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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 |
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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
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SONG LEADER
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| Volume 88 No 169 |
July 20, 2009
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| Upcoming Events/Fundraisers/Dates |
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 presided over the meeting of July 20.
Entertainment was once again provided by Jonathan Turner and his Kiwanis
Bix Chamber Choir and Jazz All Stars.
Tom
Plechaty informed us that signups are improving for the softball tournament but
that he still has some openings at the front gate, as well as service at the
liquid refreshment tent during Mark Amacher's shifts.
Daphne
also informed us that there are two golf outing opportunities for us this
summer. One is in Aledo on August
5. The other is in Kewanee on September
14. If you'd like to participate or
actually know who you might find yourself golfing with, feel free to contact
her.
Tom
Hanson announced that the last Interclub of the Club year will be held August
24 at 6:00 p.m. with the East Moline/Silvis Club.
The
Botanical Center is sponsoring an opportunity to participate in a scrambled
letter project. Help out a worthy cause
and put a smile on the faces of your fellow Kiwanians.
It
did your editor's heart good to find that at least one person actually reads
this newsletter. In confusing wording in
the newsletter of a few meetings ago, your editor stated, "As a special treat,
Lee Schenck didn't lead us in singing . . ."
Lee pointed this out, and your editor regrets what, for some, like Bob
Wakefield, was an unintentional joke. To
the contrary, your editor's intent was to identify the special treat as
Jonathan Turner's medley of patriotic songs.
Lee led us in singing Monday, and I would venture to say that the
membership was delighted.
In
Happy/Sad Dollars, members in attendance had the rare opportunity of seeing the
perfect segue when Daryl Empen informed us of how he developed a back problem
over the weekend right before Rob Scranton spoke about his trip to India. Cards were exchanged and, hopefully, Daryl
will be back in business shortly.
In
Fun and Fellowship, Joe Beatty won the preliminary prize, which he graciously
donated back to the Club. Dick Timmer
qualified to win the grand prize but managed to succumb to the wiles of Mike
Bell.
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The Feature Attraction
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The
program was given by Paul Rumler, Executive Director of the QC Passenger Rail
Coalition. Paul began by giving some
background on this organization. It was
created in May of 2007 and, in a relatively short period of time, has developed
a strong base of support, not only from individuals, but from area
businesses. The focus would be on
restoring rail service between the Quad Cities and Chicago with an extension
westerly to Iowa City. The funding has
been identified not only from federal sources but Illinois and Iowa State
sources as well. The route would be over
rights-of-way currently operated by Iowa-Illinois Interstate and Burlington,
Northern & Santa Fe and would be operated separately from the current
Galesburg-to-Chicago route. The
recommendation for location of a local train station has focused on the Moline
Center Station for a variety of factors.
The eastern terminus would be the Union Station in Chicago. It would take roughly two years from start to
finish on establishing this route, and a fare of approximately $45 for
round-trip service from the Quad Cities to Chicago should be expected.
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| Future Attractions |
July 27 Justice Thomas Kilbride, Supreme Court of Illinois,
Third District
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QUOTE
FOR THE DAY
"You
miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretsky
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