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PRESIDENT
DENISE ORMSBY
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
ADAM BAIN
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
CRAIG KNOBLOCH
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
STEVE SCHRODER
SECRETARY
MIKE BELL
TREASURER
DARYL EMPEN |
| 2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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| COMMITTEES |
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HOUSE
DALE GRABAU
MILT HEDQUIST
DARYL TOWNSEND
BOB VANDEVORDE
BRIAN VERDUN
INTER-CLUB
JOE ROBB
MUSIC
JONATHAN TURNER
BULLETIN
BILL CLEAVER
GRANTS
JOHN CALIFF, CHAIR
PROGRAM CHAIR JULY
TOM STONTZ
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INVOCATION
TBA
SONG LEADER
TBA
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| MEMBERSHIP ROSTER |
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| Volume 88 No 168 |
July 16, 2009
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| Upcoming Events/Fundraisers/Dates |
State Softball Tournament, August 7-9, 2009. Volunteers will be needed to run the Gate and at the Beer Stand. We especially need volunteers for the gate. Please reply to this email if you can take a 2-hour shift and we will contact you regarding when you can work.
Web-Site Committee. We will be revamping the web-site over the coming year, and we are looking for volunteers who would be willing to assist with keeping the site up to date. Each member will be responsible for a specific area (newsletter, roster, photos of events, officers and committees, etc. If you be willing to assist with this, please reply to this email or let me (Daryl Empen) know at the next meeting. You do not need to be a web-site designer or expert.
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The Opening Act
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Empress Daphne graced us with her
presence and ably conducted the July 13 meeting. Jonathan Turner once again provided the
entertainment, along with his Kiwanis All Star Singers. Daryl Empen served as song leader and
selected the only song in the Kiwanis registry with the words "hoochee koochee"
in it.
Tom Hanson reminded us of the next
Interclub to be held July 15 in Kewanee at 12:15. Tom needs participants and, as we all know,
he can play rough. So if you are looking
for a good time early in the afternoon Wednesday, give him a call.
Daphne informed us that the division
golf outing will be held in Aledo on August 5, so there's still time to buff
the rust off of your clubs and enjoy some good Kiwanis fellowship.
Tom Plechaty gave us an update on the
softball tournament and, to no one's surprise, informed us that so far, the
sign-ups to work the beer tent compared to the sign-ups to work the front gate
are running about 150 to 1. Tom has promised
to provide refreshments to those working the gate, so please help out. Empress Daphne would hate to have to spend
10-hour shifts to cover us.
To our delight, we were informed that
long-time Kiwanian and Moline Club member, Mel Peterson, has thrown his hat in
the ring for District Governor. If you
are plugged in to Kiwanis politics, let's show our support to Mel.
For those who haven't been around for a
while, Gene Smith gave a shot at trying to solicit Birdies for Charity pledges,
but it didn't appear there were any takers.
Gene will be getting back to us with how our Club ended up doing on this
fine project.
In Fun and Fellowship, the Kartel
swallowed up the preliminary prize of $3.
Our secretary, who ordinarily tosses out nickels like they were manhole
covers, also managed to allow the grand prize of another whopping $3 to elude
the Club treasury. Dave Temple won this
grand prize and was seen furiously checking out investment opportunities.
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The Feature Attraction
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The
program was given by Club member, Margo McInnis, who spoke to the group in her
capacity as director of sales for the QC Convention and Visitors Bureau. Margo left some handout sheets explaining the
"hosted here" program of the Bureau and detailing the benefits derived from the
Bureau in conjunction with QC events.
Your
Editor cut short his presence during the program in the interest of checking on
the progress up on 18th Avenue where the concrete was being poured
and the anchor set for installation of our clock. Work appeared to be progressing well with
what appeared to be the appropriate number of cheerleaders on the
sidelines. Those providing the able
"assistance" appeared to have been Joe Robb, Dale Blocklinger, John Kustes,
Mike Bell and Steve Schroder. Always
good to have your insurance salesman around when people are dealing with sharp
tools and heavy objects.
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| Future Attractions |
July 20 Paul Rumler, QC Passenger Rail Coalition
July 27 Justice Thomas Kilbride, Supreme Court of Illinois,
Third District
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QUOTE FOR THE DAY
"All
the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening."
- Alexander Woollcott
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