Meeting Location: Eagles Lodge,
4700 N
Grand River,
Thursdays, 12:00 noon Buffet 11:45am
Program for Oct 15: Carol Buzzitta,
Expectant Parents Organization
"66
Years of Providing Prenatal and Parenting Classes"
Chair of the Month: Clarence
Smith
Chair of the Week: Clarence
Smith
Presiding: President Carla
Johnston
Greeter: Lou Leitz
Invocation: Lou Leitz
Program for Oct 22:
Steve
Trecha, President and CEO of Integrated Strategies Inc.
"Scouting in
Mid-Michigan"
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October 8, 2009 Meeting
Announcements
Carla Johnston: I have a letter from the Eaton Rapids Club. They are planning a
super Inter-Club at noon on October 13.
Inter-Club Relations Committee please note.
Three months in the
next year are still open for program
chairman. I have the sign-up sheet
here again and will give you another chance to take advantage of this
opportunity.
I have passed out a Club Evaluation Questionnaire to each
of you. Take a few minutes to review each statement, and select the response
that best represents your experience. Please
return it no later than, Thursday, Oct 29.
Tom Renton has advised me he has taken a new job, no longer with Polack
Corp, and has resigned from the Club.
The minutes from Tuesday's Board meeting
are on the tables for your review.
Bob Nelson: The Youth Services Committee met this morning
discussing the dictionary program. We
decided to keep the same member/school assignments as last year. Contact me if you are not clear on your
school assignment. We picked up a couple of schools from the South Lansing
Kiwanis Club this year, Lansing Christian and
The books should be
here in about a week so you can begin calling school principals now to arrange
a date for delivery. Glenn Mulder and
his wife will be placing our stamp in the books, we
will bring them here for member pick-up. We hope to have the project completed
by the middle of November.
Sue Devon: We will have our first Membership Committee
meeting here next Thursday at 11:15am. I will send everyone on the committee a
reminder.
Bill Maher: I have copies of the committee assignments here, if you don't have one take one. They
are also posted on the website.
I have a letter from
the DeWitt Kiwanis Club. They are
sponsoring ragtime piano player "Bob Milne" in concert at the
A reminder to committee chairs to advise me of the
participation of their members in their projects. As you know this is credited for perfect
attendance records.
Clarence Smith: Members of the Public Relations Committee
will meet again with Youth Services at their meetings. I will advise you of these meeting dates as
they are scheduled.
Nicholas Ferreri: I attended the Key Club meeting yesterday
at
The Board again
approved paying $5 of each students $10 Key Club dues.
We are starting something
new this year 'Key Clubber of the Month.'
The award will go to the Key Club member who makes a special
contribution each month and will receive a certificate and also goodies from
McDonald and Burger King.
Rod Conrad: The annual Crop Walk is this Sunday at 12;30pm. If you would like to volunteer to help, let me
know. A pledge sheet is being circulated
if you would like to support this worthy effort.
The Noon News
The story of body parts missing
from an exhibit in Peru and news from roving reporter Bill Maher that there
will not be a nativity scene in Washington, DC this year as they have been
unable to find 3 wise men. And the
weather forecast,... no promise of 'Indian Summer' anytime soon.
Songs
With
Happy Bucks
Jim McCartney, I have a happy buck, on this day in 1927 the New
York Yankees won the World Series and I made an appearance for the first
time. I also have a check for the
endowment fund.
Norm Miller, I have 6 happy bucks since on this day in 1949 Nina
said "I do." She must have meant it because today is our 60th
anniversary.
Jim Kost, I have 4 happy quarters for the MSU win over U of M
in 4 quarters and overtime last Saturday.
Jo Grubbe, a happy buck for a nice end of the year trip to
Harry Kost, last week I said I would give $2 if MSU beat U of
M. Well, here's the $2.
Chuck Reifsnyder, my happy buck is a little early, but I don't
want to be late... next Wed, Oct 14, is our 59th wedding anniversary.
Ev Beemer, I have a couple of happy bucks, I was happy to be
reminded I was President in 1987 and also for the pot I won last week.
Dick Skinner, a happy buck for last Sunday when we celebrated our 51st
anniversary. I also have 2010 calendars
for every one, my wife suggested I get them out early
this year.
Clarence Smith, I have a happy buck for our guest speaker today, a
friend of mine, and another for the first meeting in a year I haven't had to do
lot's of talking.
Program
Chairman of the month Clarence Smith
introduced his speaker for the day, Trina Tulber. Ms Tulber,who
is with Comerica Bank, discussed many of the events occurring in the banking industry in the past year and
how her bank responded to them.
Pot Winner
Bob
Nelson was today's lucky pot winner and he drew the joker, emptying the big
pot.