| Our President, Dasher Adam Bain, called the meeting to order. Blitzer Jonathan Turner provided
entertainment, along with the Monotone Kiwanis Chorale.
Adam first
reminded us of the Tom and Jerry party being held by the Davenport Club this
Thursday, December 17. This is a great
opportunity to get an Interclub credit, mingle with your fellow Kiwanians, and
to remember that trick of touching your nose with your eyes shut.
Tom Plechaty
gave us the first reminder of his cheese distribution. If you don't want it coming back to you in
the Bad Gift Exchange, make sure you pick it up real soon. Tom also mentioned that the Club cleared
almost twice as much as it did last year in this project. Many thanks to Tom and all those who
participated.
Yes,
Virginia, there still are some Dining Tour books available. Keep this in mind for a stocking stuffer.
Adam
informed us that the Club Social with Rock Island Rotary will be January
27. This is another incentive to pick up
one of the Dining Tour books.
Dave Umphrey
reported on Salvation Army bell ringing this past Saturday and informed us that
this project came off extremely well.
Remember
that the annual Club Bad Gift Exchange is next Monday. No promises were made as to whether Santa's
favorite elf, Rod Jennings, would be officiating or who his helper might be,
but a good time can be assured.
In case this
gets to you before then, the Club's annual sponsorship of the Martin Luther
King holiday party will occur Wednesday, December 16. Kiwanis helpers would be welcome starting at
4:00 p.m., since doors will be open at 5:00.
A special
feature of the meeting Monday was a slide montage of pictures taken over recent
years of Club meetings and activities in celebration of the Club's 90th
anniversary. If you think about it, this
is an extraordinary occurrence, considering that the Club began as veterans
were returning from World War I and continued on through the Great Depression,
World War II, intercontinental flight, the Cold War, and more New York Yankees
baseball championships than most people (other than Dale Grabau) would care to
think of.
In Fun and
Fellowship, the preliminary prize was won by the Kartel. Kristi Crafton won the opportunity to win the
grand prize but chose to accept the lottery ticket Mike Bell had been carrying
with him for the last few weeks. Not
surprisingly, it was a losing ticket.
We welcomed
a new member, Julie Derrer, to our membership and thanked Gene Smith for
sponsoring her.
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