Happy Bucks

Dennis and Wayne

Barb Brandon

Love is in the air - Barb and Harry Brandon celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary; Jack and Lois Johnson celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary; RF and Ann Smith celebrated the 40th anniversary of their first date; and Jack Fry's grandson is 5 years old.

Safe return - While Dennis has returned from chasing yaks in Nepal and tigers in India, others have also returned from travels afar:

• Jim Clemens and Ed Holden from Australia
• Bonnie Biggs from visiting grandchildren in Houston
• Pete Peterson from a cruse where he won two jackpots (Thanks to training at Monday Night Bingo)

Steve Hall

Steve Hall is happy -

8 doctors treated him, for

7 weeks, for

6 kidney stones, with

5 surgical procedures,

4 under general anesthesia,

3 ER visits,

2 hospital admissions, and

1 great gal (Anita) for standing by his side.

  

Ted Bauman

Ted Bauman is happy for Lewis Palmer High School's Boys Basketball team continuing their super winning streak. They are currently ranked #1 in the State. Due to their ranking, they get a bye on Tuesday. Their next game is Friday at home. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COME!  

Happy Birthday

Warren Moore (Feb 16) in San Antonio, Texas

Jim Head (Feb 17) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Bob Hayes

Member Recognitions 

Bob Hayes, Director of Member Recognition, awarded Kiwanis Key pins to the following for bringing in new members:

• Larry Adams - Bronze Key (1 new member)
• Jack Fry - Bronze Key (1 new member)
• Benny Nasser - Silver Key (2 new members)
• Rich Strom - Silver and Gold Keys (3 new members)

Sad News

Addie Stern, wife of long time Monument Hill Sertoman, Ollie Stern, passed away from lung cancer on February 17th in Green Valley, Arizona. Ollie and Addie lived in the Monument area for many years before moving to Green Valley; and they enjoyed many friends in Sertoma/Kiwanis.

Update on the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZ)

by Kelly Parker, Development Manager for the Zoo

Every kid, Every time, Goosebumps!

Vision of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - Every Kid - Every Time - Goosebumps! Every kid, of any age, will have an experience for a lifetime with every visit

The Amphibian crisis - 50% of known amphibian species have gone extinct in the last 70-80 years, much of it due to fungus. CMZ is actively working in Panama and at the zoo to rescue species, remove the infection and keep scarce populations alive. Learn More

Palm oil crisis - The rise in worldwide consumption of palm oil has led to growth of palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia and has shrunk the rain forest where rare species such as Orangutans live. The zoo's goal is to educate the public on wise use of palm oils

Captive breeding - CMZ has active captive breeding programs that focus on rare Black Footed ferrets, the Wyoming Toad, Mexican Gray Wolves, and Panamanian frogs. The program releases animals back into the wild to re-establish and strengthen native populations 

Kelley Parker

Education - The zoo offers a wide variety of programs to schools, teachers, through public events, and the CMZoo.org website

Attendance - Attendance has grown over the last 15+ years as new exhibits and special programs are promoted to the public. In 2010 543K visitors came to the zoo

Recent exhibits - Snow Leopard exhibit, funded by a capital campaign that incurred no debt; Recently updated Rocky Mountain Wild exhibit provides a "super natural" exhibit space for animals found in Colorado; Current construction project - Encounter Africa is being built with a $13.5M campaign

Current fundraising campaign - "Bank On It! - a program sponsored by USBank where $50 gets you an elephant "piggy" bank that you can decorate and have displayed at the zoo

Exhibits - Kelly walked us through the new elephant barn which is part of the new construction. The elephants have already moved in and enjoy much more space and a wider variety of indoor activities. One that was highlighted is the water stall, where elephants can self-activate a shower - something they love to do

 Progressive Drawing - Amount in Pot this week was $134; Jack Fry drew a red and won $5. Next drawing will be 25-Feb-12 with an estimated pot $169.00 and 1 blue and 5 red remaining. Odds of drawer winning is 16.7%.

Jim and Marian Taylor

Max Williams

BRAVO to Max Williams for a supurb presentation at the Rocky Mountain Mid-Winter Conference on Youth Services, and to Jim and Marian Taylor for receiving the Lusche Fellows Award.

Leon Tenney

Order of the Frog Award - Leon Tenney now has the distinct honor of being awarded the coveted Order of the Frog. Ask Leon for the story behind his faux pas.

MHKC Mixer - MARK THE CALENDAR Mar 9, 6-8:00 pm for the MHKC Quarterly Mixer held at the Woodmoor Barn. The Mixer is for All members, so come one come all. Cost is $5. New members since Nov 2011 are free.

MOWW - CORRECTION - Military Order of the World Wars will have a President's Day luncheon on Monday, Feb 29 at the USAFA Falcon Club. Speaker will be Tim Matson who will talk about the land acquisition of the Air Force Academy.

Steve Plank

Steve Plank, the Rocky Mountain District Division #4 Ltd. Governor held the Division #4 Council Meeting for February in conjunction with the RMD Mid-Winter Conference in Longmont this past weekend. The Council was well attended and items on the AGENDA included Kiwanis branding, support of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), and Kiwanis One Day (April 21, 2012) service event that Division #4 Kiwanis Key Clubs will be managing and staffing.

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