Meeting Location: Coscarelli’s, 2400 S Cedar St

Thursdays, 12:00 noon Buffet 11:45am

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Program for Oct 16: Bob Johnson, Director of Planning - City of Lansing

"Other Downtown Lansing Developments"

Chair of the Month: James Kost

Chair of the Week: James Kost

Presiding: President Clarence Smith

Greeter: Rob West

Invocation: Rob West

Speakers on:

Oct 23: Mike Rogers, Michigan 8th District Representative, "2008 Election Issues"

Oct 30: Kay Walters, Gift of Life

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October 9, 2008 Meeting

Guests

Visiting today from the Lansing Golden K was their President Dean Pope.

The Noon News with Nicholas Ferreri

News of the day including a story from Cape Girardeau, MO about a man who was picked to serve on a jury in a drunk driving case. However he was unable to make it… because he was drunk. The weather forecast for the weekend, sunny with temperatures in the 70’s.

 Announcements

Norm Miller: Lou Leitz underwent successful hip replacement surgery on Tuesday, he is progressing well and expected to be going home on Friday.

As you know Lou has scheduled inter-club visits in conjunction with Lt Governor Bob Nelson’s visits to all the Division 16 Kiwanis Clubs. An inter-club is planned next Monday with the Grand Ledge Club. They meet at noon at Independence Village, 4775 Village Dr., Grand Ledge. We need a couple people to complete this inter-club.

An inter-club is also planned at East Lansing on Monday noon, Oct 27. Keep this in mind, I will follow up at a later meeting.

Rod Conrad: The Crop Walk is coming up on Sunday and Nicholas says we are going to have good weather. There is a sheet circulating if you would like to sign up to donate to this worthy cause.

Jim Kost: This room will not be available next week so we will be meeting just up the hall in the banquet room.

Carla Johnston: The Youth Services – Sponsored Youth Committee will meet here next Thursday at 11:15am. We have lots to discuss and work to do in getting our projects started so I hope all committee members can be here and be on time.

Bob Nelson: In addition to Grand Ledge on Monday I will be visiting the East Lansing Club on Oct 27. That same week on Oct 31 at 1:00pm the International President will be at the District office in Mason. Also I have spoken to Clarence and he is already getting us involved in the Lansing Sesquicentennial next year.

Clarence Smith: At their Tuesday meeting the Board set budgets for projects at a certain amount. All the committee chairs will have their budgets sent to them and this year we really have to adhere to that budget. We are looking to engage in more community service type projects. We also need to be thinking of some new ways to raise funds.

As Bob mentioned I have been in contact with the Sesquicentennial Commission and believe there will be several opportunities for us there.

Songs

With the financial markets being in turmoil Jim McCartney suggested singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” but since that is not in our song book he led the singing of “We of Kiwanis” and our theme song “Smile” with a big assist from Clyde Flory at the piano.

Happy Bucks

Dennis Churchill, a happy buck for my son-in-law who my wife and I visited last night and got a couple of humorous ideas for epitaphs.

Chuck Reifsnyder, a happy buck for my gymnast granddaughter again. Last week in Indianapolis she was selected as “gymnast of the year” in that district. This week she is in Houston training and she called yesterday saying she was selected to go to Belgium in November with the Olympic Gymnastics Team.

John Roy Castillo, a happy buck to have lunch with Clyde today and I explained to him if he had purchased $1000 worth of beer a year ago the return on the recycled cans would have been worth more than an investment in Delta, Lehman Bros or AIG.

Jim Kost, I have 3 happy bucks, one for the Past Presidents dinner last night, one for our speaker today Pat Gillespie and a third for my dad who gets back from California next Wednesday at midnight and will be here on Thursday.

Clyde Flory, happy bucks for the good job Jim did for the past year, and for a piano tuner who is going to tune our old piano at a nominal fee and for the next two weeks sightseeing from a time-share in Las Vegas.

Carla Johnston, a happy buck to have Dean Pope here today, I had not seen him in 20 years.

Nicholas Ferreri, a happy buck for lunch with some fellow Kiwanians from Mississippi yesterday who were traveling through Lansing.

Jo Grubbe, a happy buck for Clarence who has a new vision for our Club in the coming year.

Yvonne Groak, a happy buck for the good test reports from my doctor this week.

Jim McCartney, a happy buck for my birthday coming up, I won’t be here but a check will be in the mail.

Bob Nelson, I have happy bucks for Dean and Clarence. I installed both of them and they are both off to a great start.

Program

Jim Kost introduced Pat Gillespie, President of the Gillespie Group. Mr. Gillespie’s remarks included his completed projects, Prudden Place and Stadium District as well as new projects, City Market and Ball Park North.

Pot Winner

It was appropriate outgoing President Jim Kost won today, he drew a 5 of diamonds.