Meeting Location: Coscarelli’s, 2400 S Cedar St

Thursdays, 12:00 noon        Buffet 11:45am

http://kiwanislansing.org

 

Program for August 14: Charles Ballard PhD, Professor of Economics, MSU

            "Michigan’s Economic Future, Challenges and Opportunities"

 

Chair of the Month: Harry Kost       

Chair of the Week: Harry Kost

Presiding: President James Kost

Greeter: Tom Renton

Invocation: Tom Renton

Room Setup:

 

August Programs:

Aug 21: Joe Ruth, Sr. Vice President of Sparrow Health System,

             "Issues with Michigan Health Care Coverage"

Aug 28: Roger Hoopingarner PhD, Professor Emeritus MSU,

            "Issues on the US/Mexican Border"

 

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August 7, 2008 Meeting

Guests

Visiting today was Andy Such a member of the Haslett Kiwanis Club.  Andy is Executive Director of the Michigan Sustainable Energy Coalition.

 Announcements

Jim Kost: Copies of the minutes from Tuesday’s board meeting are on the table.  Feel free to discuss the contents with any of the board members.

Lou Leitz: We want to finish our inter-club round robin at the South Lansing Club on Friday, Aug 15.  They meet at the Delhi Café, 4625 Willoughby Road at 7:30am.  I am looking for volunteers.

Clarence Smith: About a month ago I asked if anyone of our committee chairman did not want to continue as chairman.  Having heard from no one we will plan on the current committee chairman to continue.  There are sheets on the tables giving the members an opportunity to request on which committee’s they would like to serve.  Remember you can serve on more than one committee.  We need to get this done so Bill can have the new roster books printed.

 Jo Grubbe: I just wanted to report we received a gumball check for $1,449.49. We now have 580 machines located throughout the city.  In the past year 37 new machines were placed and 33 were removed. Since our involvement in this program we have received $263,116.

The Noon News with Nicholas Ferreri

This date in 1782 George Washington announced the Order of the Purple Heart to be awarded to men wounded or killed in military action. The Brett Favre drama is over, he will be joining the New York Jets.  The current pleasant weather will continue into the weekend and Nicholas also reported, from a reliable source, that a preacher may have to learn to cuss a bit in order to get his lawn mower started.

Songs

With no help, Jim McCartney led the singing of “Your in Kiwanis Now” and “Smile.”

Happy Bucks

Jim McCartney, a happy buck for my granddaughter who is working on the Obama campaign and arranged for my wife and I to get a front row seat and shake hands with Mr. Obama when he visited Lansing earlier this week.

Clarence Smith, I have a happy buck for the good meeting we had for Presidents and Secretaries last Friday in Owasso and the 4 day Boy Scout meeting which I just attended in Nashville.

Jeff Lorencen, my happy buck is for a beautiful week with my family in northern Michigan.

Jo Grubbe, I am on the board of Scheffel Toys and they are having an open house next Thursday, 10:00am to 2:00pm.  They will be displaying the work they do, in their effort to attract sponsors and donors. WILX-TV anchor David Andrews will be the speaker. 

Harry Kost, a happy dollar for the privilege of sitting at the head table between Bob Nelson and my son Jim.

Jim Kost, I have one for my Dad. If you knew how non-musical our family is and for him to be playing the piano at 80…

Jim McCartney, another happy buck for the International Jamboree up at Northwood.  There will be 27 countries represented.

Program

Harry Kost introduced his speaker for today our fellow member Bob Nelson.  Bob is an attorney, author, teacher and has received many honors and distinctions.  In his work with public utilities he has served on several commissions including several years on the Michigan Public Service Commission.  His remarks included issues with proposed legislation now pending.  Andy Such also contributed to the discussion.

Pot Winner

Today’s pot winner… Norm Miller.  He drew a 3 of spades.