Meeting Location: Eagles Lodge,
4700 N
Grand River, Lansing
Thursdays, 12:00 noon Buffet 11:45am
Program for August 13: FIELD TRIP to
SCHEFFEL TOYS
Our regular luncheon meeting will be at
Scheffel Toys
5937 S
Martin Luther King Blvd
(1 mile
south of Jolly Rd... 1/3 mile north of Miller Rd)
Chair of the Month: Dennis
Churchill
Chair of the Week: Dennis
Churchill
Presiding: President Clarence
Smith
Greeter: Jo Grubbe
Invocation: Jo Grubbe
August Programs...
Aug 20: Robert Roach,
"Green Energy Funding" - Richard Skinner, Program Chair
Aug 27: Rhonda Abood, St
Vincent Catholic Charities "Tour of Hope"
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August 6, 2009 Meeting
Guests
Today’s speaker Barb Byrum and her
assistant Gail were guests of Dennis Churchill.
Announcements
Clarence Smith: Nancy Pearsall, who was an Endowment Fund trustee, has left our Club
and we need to replace her. Larry Pingel volunteered to fill this opening…
case closed.
Minutes from
Tuesday’s Board meeting are on the table’s for your review.
Bob Holden has a sign-up sheet for monthly program chair for
next year, 2009-2010. Don’t be shy, pick
your month.
Also on the tables are sign-up sheets for our Kiwanis tent at the Lansing
LaborFest on Sept 5. These are 3 hour shifts, if you don’t want to volunteer
for 3 hours, sign up with a buddy and split the shift. But we do need everyone to pitch in and help
on this project.
The Michigan District Convention is coming up on Aug 20-23 in Grand Rapids. Bill Maher, Carla Johnston and Bob Nelson
will be there. They will be voting on an
amendment to article 18 to reduce the number of issues of The Builder from 6 to
4. The consensus of our members is to approve this amendment so our delegates will
be voting for it.
Liz Littrell-Wilson
is having a summer party with a Hawaiian theme at her home in Dimondale on
Saturday evening Aug 8. If you would
like to attend contact Bill Maher.
Don’t forget next
week’s meeting will be at Scheffel Toys, 5937 S MLK Blvd, same time, lunch will
be provided.
Jim Dalton: The first Texas Hold ‘Em event we are going to do at
Trippers is coming up on Monday Aug 31, Tuesday Sept 1 and Wednesday Sept
2. We need 2 members there at all times
during the 3 days. On Monday we need 3
members there from 6:30pm to 8:00pm for a registration, I don’t have the
details on that yet.
I have designated 7 chairpersons,
we will have one on duty at all times. If
you are not a chairperson, sign up for the shift of your choice on the sign-up
sheets I have provided. We will have 2
shifts each day, if you want to double up with someone and split a shift, we
can do that. We have our license, paid
the fee and set to go.
This is our fundraiser for the year, we
need your help! If you have questions…
call me, Jim Dalton, at 324-1050.
Songs
Everyone was happy to see Clyde
back at the piano, especially Roger Grove who led the singing of “Wait ‘till
the Sun Shines Nellie,” “On Kiwanis” and “Smile.”
Happy Bucks
Roger Grove, my happy buck is for Clyde, great to have our piano
player back.
Jim Dalton, my happy buck is for all the members, who are going to sign up to help out at our Texas
Hold ‘Em nights.
Roger Donaldson, a happy buck to be back and another for our
speaker.
Chuck Reifsnyder, I have a happy buck for my daughter Rita who is
doing well after being hit by a car when
crossing the street at a marathon in DeWitt.
She is recovering with stitches, bruises and broken bones. Best
wishes for a full recovery from us Kiwanians!
John Roy Castillo, a happy buck for our speaker Barb Byrum and another
to tell my ‘politician’ story. (Funny
story but you have to call John for the details) and a third happy buck for the
Cristo Rey Golf Outing on Sept 11 at Briarwood.
Dennis Churchill, a happy buck for our speaker and another for
my granddaughter who just spent a great week with her friend at Martha’s
Vineyard.
Terry Holzhausen, a happy buck for my bike trip a couple weeks
ago to Colorado and points west and
another for my daughter and grandson who are visiting us for a few days.
Barb Byrum, a happy buck for a recent golf game, my first in
over 3 years.
Clarence Smith, a happy buck for the great time we are having
with my twin grandson’s. They are 6 months old and staying with us for a
week.
Program
Dennis Churchill is program chairman for
August and introduced his first speaker Barb Byrum. Ms. Byrum is the State Representative from the 67th district. She
discussed various issues including the current state budget deficit, pending
legislation and fielded several questions from those in attendance.
Pot Winner
Gary Brya was toady’s winner. The joker eluded him.
Signed up to
serve lunch at the City Rescue Mission on Monday Aug 17:
Dick Skinner, Bob Nelson, Carla Johnston, Jo Grubbe
and Jeff Lorencen