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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
JEFF BEHRENS
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INVOCATION
TBA
SONG LEADER
TBA
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| MEMBERSHIP ROSTER |
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| Volume 88 No 170 |
July 28, 2009
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| Upcoming Events/Fundraisers/Dates |
Softball Tournament, August 7-9, Alan Campbell Field.
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 was in attendance to preside over the meeting. Jonathan Turner was apparently in recovery
after a big weekend of Bix musical merriment.
Fortunately, Jim Horstmann was assigned songleader duties which he very
ably filled.
As
part of Jim's songleading assignment, he also took the opportunity to inform
the membership that on July 28, our fearless leader will be celebrating her 50th
birthday. After some quick thought, the
membership elected against singing "Hail to the Chief" and settled for a
special a capella Happy Birthday offering.
We
were reminded of the upcoming softball tournament. Rumor has it that there are still openings
for working the gate.
Adam
Bain handled Happy and Sad Dollars, some of which were in recognition of his
recent Iron Man performance witnessed and verified by Steve and Cyndi Pressly
up in Door County. There was also a
batch of bucks in recognition of performances in the Bix, the Cubs, and that
other team that plays half its games in St. Louis.
In
Fun and Fellowship, the Kartel won the preliminary prize and qualified for the
grand prize as well. Gary Miner outfoxed
the wiley Mike Bell and added to the Kartel's coffers.
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The Feature Attraction
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The
program was given by Justice Thomas L. Kilbride of the Illinois Supreme
Court. As a theme, Justice Kilbride made
note of precept No. 4 of Kiwanis, that of fostering and developing better
citizenship. He remarked that,
unfortunately, one subject on which Americans seem to be weak is in the area of
citizenship. He observed that many of
the foci of education currently are on the meeting of national standards, with
an emphasis on subjects such as math and the sciences. At the same time, the focus on civics and
government has lessened. He cited as an
example the relatively recent poll result that more Americans can give the
names of the Three Stooges than the three branches of American government. Justice Kilbride suggested that perhaps
civics could become more of a core value in education.
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| Future Attractions |
Aug. 3 William Albracht, U. S. Secret Service - Retired
Aug. 10 TBA
Aug. 17 John Maxwell, Agri-Tourism Entrepreneur
Aug. 24 Neil Dahlstrom, author, "The John Deere Story:
A Biography of Plowmakers
John and Charles Deere"
Aug. 31 TBA
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QUOTE
FOR THE DAY
"Be
careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment."
- Iara Gassen
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