Meeting Location: Eagles Lodge,
4700 N
Grand River,
Thursdays, 12:00 noon Buffet 11:45am
Program for Sept 10, Jack Pitts, 1st Tee of
Chair of the Month: Larry
Pingel
Chair of the Week: Larry
Pingel
Presiding: President Clarence
Smith
Greeter: Rod Conrad
Invocation: Rod Conrad
Sept 17: Glenn Mulder,
"Fishing the
Sept 24: Barry Meyer, Senior
Homeland Security Planner,
"Homeland Security in
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September 3, 2009 Meeting
Guests
The Salvation Army's Captain Alex
Norton was a guest today. Capt. Norton
is responsible for the facility on Jolly Road.
He is currently a member of the Kiwanis Club in DeKalb, Il., and will be transferring his membership to
Announcements
Carla Johnston: I received an email from the South
Lansing Club inviting us to a Division meeting on Sept 17, 7:00pm at
Grumpy's. This will be an opportunity
for an inter-club.
Jo Grubbe: We completed our 3 days of sponsorship at
Trippers Texas Hold 'em yesterday. Monday's total was $1,674, Tuesday $850 and
Wednesday $1,640. The expenses have to come out of that. It went well and a lot
less work than our Las Vegas Night's.
Jim Dalton: I think we made some money,
I will have a pretty good idea by the end of the meeting. We had a lot of good
help and some interested observers yesterday
afternoon. It turned out to be easier
than we thought and I would like to thank all those who participated.
Bob Holden: We are having trouble getting the monthly
program chair schedule filled. We especially need to get November and December
filled. I am going to pass the sign-up
sheet again.
Clarence Smith: Jo Grubbe was able to get an article in
the LSJ about our recent $1,000 donation to the Food Bank. I will pass it around in case you haven't
seen it.
We are all invited to a installation of officers dinner at Grumpy's on Friday
evening Sept 25 at 6:00pm. Dinner is $16
per person, let Bill Maher know if you plan to attend.
Nicholas Ferreri and the Noon News
News of the gentleman in Florida
who found a frog in his Diet Pepsi, and from field reporter Bob Nelson, the
story of the man who had trouble getting police to respond to a burglary in his
shed until he told the 911 operator he shot the guy.
Songs
Roger Grove was the song leader
again today with "Hail Hail the Gangs All Here" and "On
Kiwanis."
Happy Bucks
Roger Grove, I have a happy buck for the total right knee
replacement I had on August 10. I
started driving again Monday and my wife no longer has to drive me around.
Ray Easton, a happy buck for a new index, the MUI, Men's
Underwear Index. It seems when the economy is bad men stop buying underwear
when it improves they start buying underwear and in the middle they turn it inside
out.
Harry Kost, a happy buck to have Alex joining us and
another for my Kiwanis sponsor many years ago Bob Zuker. You may have noticed in the paper this
morning Bob and his wife are
celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Next Sunday Phyllis and I are taking the
train to
Jim Kost, I have a happy buck to have Alex with us, another
for MSU, another for a trip to
Dennis Churchill, a happy buck for 4 beautiful days at the
Grand Hotel last weekend and another for this weekend when we will be at the Bellagio
in
Larry Pingel, a happy buck for Jim Dalton for organizing our
participation in Tripper's Texas Hold 'em and another for the Lansing 150
LaborFest this weekend.
John Roy Castillo, a happy buck for the Cristo Rey Golf Outing
at the Brookshire Golf Club on Friday, Sept 11. To register
call 372-4700. Another
happy buck for my story pointing out a generation gap.
Jim Dalton, I have a happy buck for Roger Donaldson, Glenn
Mulder, Jo Grubbe, Jeff Lorencin, Bob Holden, Sue Devon, Bob Nelson, Norm Miller,
Gary Brya, Lou Leitz, Bill Maher and Larry Pingel for working Texas Hold 'em.
Jim McCartney, my happy buck for $1,440 worth of chips I sold on Monday
night.
Jo Grubbe, a happy buck for an opportunity to chat with Jeff
Lorencin when we had some down time Monday night. I was surprised how easy it
was to work this event.
Bob Holden, a happy buck for Jim Dalton. He wore a path between his office and
Trippers and did a great job organizing this fundraiser.
Clarence Smith, I have to add my happy buck for Jim as well.
Bill Maher, a happy buck for a golf game with Harry Kost on
Tuesday. I hope I can play as well as he
does when I get in my 90's. (That's what he said Harry.)
Program
Clarence Smith: We had a
speaker cancellation today so I will take this time to remind you all our
LaborFest event with the South Lansing Club and the Delta Club is
Saturday. This event takes place at
9:00am - 12:00 noon: Bill
Maher, Jan Maher, Glenn Mulder and Jim McCartney.
10:00am - 1:00pm: Jim Kost, Gary Brya, Sue Devon, Clarence
Smith and Jo Grubbe.
12:00 noon - 3:00pm: Norm Miller, Greg Hagbom, Clarence Smith and
Jo Grubbe.
2:00pm - 5:00pm: Sue Devon, Jeff Lorencin, Bob Nelson,
Clarence Smith and Jo Grubbe.
3:00pm - 6:00pm: Clarence Smith, Larry Pingel and Dennis
Murchison.
Anyone not signed up, come on down. We can
use all the help we can get.
Pot Winner
Justice was done this week with Jim Dalton
winning the pot. However the river card was not a joker.