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PRESIDENT
ADAM BAIN
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
CRAIG KNOBLOCH
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
TOM KETELAAR
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
DENISE ORMSBY
SECRETARY
MIKE BELL
TREASURER
DARYL EMPEN |
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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 OCTOBER
JOHN CALIFF
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INVOCATION
TBA
SONG LEADER
TBA
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| Volume 88 No 179 |
October 1, 2009
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| Upcoming Events/Fundraisers/Dates |
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The Opening Act
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Newly-inducted
Club President, Adam Bain, began his administration by calling the September 28
meeting to order. As a holdover from the
previous administration, Jonathan Turner provided the entertainment along with
his Kiwanis Foggy Mountain Boys.
Daryl
Empen announced that Dining Tour books are available for sale for the extremely
reasonable price of $35. Buy one soon
before Bob Tapprich cleans out our current stock.
Joe
Robb announced that the next Interclub meeting will be held in Annawan Monday,
October 19 at 6:30. Let him know if
you'd like to join him for one of the Annawan Club's stick-to-the-ribs dinner
meetings.
Adam
gave a personal recap of the recent bags tournament. He noted that 45 teams participated, and it
appears that the Club will net $5,000 from this venture. Over 100 people were involved in the
tournament, counting the team members and Club volunteers. Adam gave special thanks to those Club
members who volunteered, sponsors of the tournament, and the main tournament
sponsor, A.D. Huesing.
Guests
included members of the Rock Island Golden K Club, representatives of the Rock
Island High School and Alleman High School Key Clubs, a former St. Ambrose
Circle K member and guest of Liz Loveless, and John Califf's wife.
To
kick things up on a high note for the start of Adam's administration, there was
a flood of Happy/Sad Dollars, including a warm "welcome back" dollar to
longtime Club member, Milt Hedquist.
In
Fun and Fellowship, the preliminary prize went to Steve Schroder, who
graciously donated it back to the Club.
The Kartel won the opportunity to play for the grand prize and noted St.
Louis Cardinal fanatic, Dick Fislar, was selected to play for the Kartel. He won his first round and was certain he had
won the grand prize when the question posed was whether the next card drawn
would be higher or lower than a three.
Dick went with the odds and, showing his magic touch, Mike Bell managed
to have a two drawn.
We
were also pleased to participate in a special presentation as John Califf
became the Club's newest recipient of the Hixson Award. Congratulations to you, John, for all of your
dedicated work on behalf of Kiwanis.
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The Feature Attraction
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The
program was given by Jennifer Hollenback of Trinity Regional Health
System. Jennifer's presentation centered
on the relatively new robotic surgery system in use at Trinity. She began by explaining how the system works
and the background of the DaVinci system.
With film, she showed how procedures were done with this device. She wrapped up by discussing the advantages
of this system over direct hand procedures.
A number of thoughtful comments and questions followed her presentation.
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| Future Attractions |
October 5- John Phillips, Rock Island City
Manager
October 12- Tom Bowman, Chief Operating Officer,. Community
Health Care Inc.
CHC Medical and Dental programs and Health Care Reform
October 19- John Califf, American
Cemeteries and Battle
Monuments in France and Europe
October 26- Alan Carmen, Rock Island
Planning and Redevelopment Coordinator/Trisha Griffin, Rock Island Web site coordinator and Grants
administrator, New Developments in Rock Island and the 2010 Census and its
importance Rock Island business
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THOUGHT
FOR THE DAY
"The
most important political office is that of the private citizen."
- Louis Brandeis
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