Meeting Location: Eagles Lodge, 4700 N Grand River, Lansing

Thursdays, 12:00 noon        Buffet 11:45am

http://kiwanislansing.org

 

Program for Feb 25: Lt Roger Lewis, Jail Supervisor Ingham Co Sheriff’s Dept

Chair of the Month: William Maher

Chair of the Week: William Maher

Presiding: President Carla Johnston

Greeter: Lou Leitz

Invocation: Lou Leitz

 

Room setup and take down for February: Rodger Conrad

 

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February 18, 2010 Meeting

                                                                           

Guests

Paul Vang was a guest of Trina Pulver.  Paul is interested in membership in our Club.

President Carla Johnston was also pleased to see new members Geri Hengesbach and Bryan Crenshaw again today.

 Announcements

Lou Leitz: A reminder to those who plan to attend… our Grand Ledge inter-club is next Monday, Feb 22 at noon.  They will be meeting at the Grand Ledge A & W Restaurant., 525 W Saginaw Hwy, in Grand Ledge. This is a fundraiser for the Grand Ledge Club, everyone is welcome.  Their Club receives $2 for each meal sold and the money will be used to provide a thesaurus for 5th graders.

Carla Johnston: Sue Devon reminds us Thursday, March 4th is our “Bring a Friend to Lunch” day in a further effort to gain new members. Get your guests lined up, next week we will have a sign-up sheet so we can tell Debbie how many to expect for lunch that day.

The Rummage sale is coming up on March 19 and 20 at the Faith United Methodist Church, 4301 S Waverly Road. A chance to get rid of those no longer used items.

The Annual Spring Divisional Meeting will be at the Kellogg Center on March 12. Registration begins at 5:00pm, banquet at 6:00pm.

Bryan Crenshaw: The South Lansing Kiwanis Club is doing an outing at the Lugnuts in August. I have some forms, which I forgot to bring, but I will make them available.  The Lugnuts contact was wondering if our Club might also want to consider doing this on a nice summer evening in August. The cost is about $10 per person and they have lots of activities going on.

Birthdays

Yvonne Groak recognized the members who have birthdays in February, noting celebrities sharing their birthdays and other tidbits of information.  The birthday boys were Roger Grove, Clarence Smith, Ray Easton and Rick Librizzi.  Clarence and Rick were in attendance and commented on their families and lives.

 

Songs

Bob Nelson combined an exercise routine with the singing of “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”

Happy Bucks

Dennis Churchill had a happy buck for his upcoming vacation which he will be spending in the sunny south. He also had a couple of humorous epitaphs.

Bill Maher had a happy buck for his speaker today Nicki Adams.

Trina Pulver, a happy buck to be here today and for her guest Paul

 

Program

Nicki Adams was the guest speaker today and was introduced by program chairman Bill Maher. Ms Adams is case manager for the foster care program at Lutheran Social Services in Lansing. She commented on the work her organization is doing to provide food, shelter, homes, education, etc. to young refugees who arrive in the Lansing area without an adult.  She emphasized the need they have for volunteers to assist in their programs.

 

Pot Winner

Pot manager Dick Skinner determined today’s pot winner to be Terry Holzhausen (again).

Terry drew a 4 of clubs.