Greeter: Greg Hagbom

Invocation: Greg Hagbom

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Bob Nelson: The dictionaries have arrived and are in the back of the room. There are copies of your school assignments on the tables. They are also posted on the web site... click here >> School Assignments. The numbers for each school may not be accurate so take a few extra and bring back what you don't need.

Call to arrange deliveries, some schools may experience conflicts with MEAP testing and the flu but we hope to get the deliveries completed in the next couple of weeks.

Jim Dalton: Please mark your calendars for next Nov 23/24/25. Those are our next Texas Hold 'em nights at Trippers. Those of you who worked there in Sept know this is pretty easy duty, much less involved than were our Las Vegas nights. The shifts were a bit long r so we are planning to have 3 shifts each day instead of 2. We will need to get a few more people involved. Nov 23/24/25, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Dennis Churchill: I cut out an article that appeared in the Lansing State Journal regarding some activities of the Okemos Kiwanis Club. I am passing it around. I would hope we can get this type of publicity for our Club.

Terry Holzhausen: I would like the Endowment Fund Trustees to meet here next Thursday at 11:15am.

Carla Johnston: Nicholas Ferreri has asked me to announce the Leadership Program Committee will meet here at 11:30am next Thursday.

Sue Devon: The Community Services Committee met today and approved $100 to be used by the Membership Committee at the Festival of Trees for the membership drive. Thank you very much for that support.

Rick Librizzi: Good News! After undergoing several tests in Ann Arbor yesterday... they told me to come back in a year.

Jim Kost: On behalf of the Past Presidents and the members of the Club I would like to present this plaque to Clarence Smith for the outstanding work he did as President of the Kiwanis Club of Lansing in the past year. Congratulations Clarence!

President Carla Johnston and Sue Devon, chairman of the Membership Committee, presided over the induction of three new members. Clarence Smith did an excellent power point orientation presentation for the new members before the meeting.

Darren Duso, sponsored by Harry Kost, resides in Mason with his wife Cari and 2 children. Darren manages the Fluke Hearing Instrument office in Frandor.

517-676-8160 W: 517-333-0830 ducepursuit@yahoo.com

Robert Haney, sponsored by Richard Skinner, lives in DeWitt with his wife Jeri. They have 3 children. Robert is a retired master pastry chef and now in retirement spends his time with the Festival of Trees and supporting non-profits in the Lansing area.

517-410-8376 W: 517-272-1363 tricountyfot@yahoo.com

Captain Alex Norton and his wife Aimee recently moved back to the Lansing area from Illinois where he also was a Kiwanis member. His sponsor is Harry Kost. He is responsible for the Salvation Army facility on Jolly Road.

517-899-3157 pugmonster@gmail.com

No piano player today but we had Jim McCartney who led the singing of "Your In Kiwanis Now" and "Keep it Booming."

Jim McCartney, a happy buck for Darren Duso and Fluke Hearing who provided hearing aids at now cost to the daughter of one of my employees with a hearing deficit.

Ray Easton, a happy buck for the new members and another for the great job Clarence did last year.
Jim Kost, a happy buck for Clarence and one for the Past Presidents dinner last evening.

Sue Devon, I have 3 happy bucks, one for each of our new members.

Dennis Churchill, one happy buck for the new members and the second one because I had to miss the Past Presidents dinner last night.

Jo Grubbe, I also have one for our new members and another for our little party last night. You know you have to be President before you can get invited.

Jim Dalton, I have one for our long suffering editor. Thank Goodness for correcting the bulletin every week.

Bob Nelson, a happy buck for Glenn Mulder and his wife for stamping all the dictionaries. They got a free lunch but it is really a down payment for his gas we will be using when fishing in January.

Harry Kost, I have 2 happy bucks, one for each of my new members.

Dick Skinner, I have one for my new member Robert Haney and another for the Past President's Club as we say goodbye to Clarence and hello to Carla.

Glenn Mulder, I don't have a happy buck but I have a birthday check since I was not able to be here for the birthdays last month.

Terry, I have a couple bucks... just because everybody is so happy.

Roger Grove, I am going to bill this happy buck to Dennis. I saw a picture of he and his very lovely wife in a prominent magazine this morning. I think he should cough up a buck for that.

Clarence Smith introduced his last speaker for October, Steve Trecha. Mr. Trecha is a consultant to companies worldwide. He is also a Boy Scout leader, having won several awards and was also an eagle scout. He spoke today of the scout experience and how it teaches young men values to be used the rest of their life.

The winner today, our Treasurer Jo Grubbe. Jo drew the 9 of clubs.