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2009-2010 OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
  ADAM BAIN
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
  CRAIG KNOBLOCH
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
  TOM KETELAAR
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
  DENISE ORMSBY
SECRETARY
  MIKE BELL
TREASURER
  DARYL EMPEN
2009-2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

COMMITTEES
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 MARCH
   DENISE ORMSBY
 
SONGLEADER AND INVOCATION SCHEDULE
INVOCATION
APRIL 5TH JOHN KUSTES
APRIL 12TH MARK SCHWIEBERT
APRIL 19TH LEE SCHENCK

SONG LEADER
APRIL 5TH DARYL EMPEN
APRIL 12TH OPEN
APRIL 19TH LEE SCHENCK
MEMBERSHIP ROSTER
For a listing of our full membership roster, 
 
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Volume 88 No 204
March 29, 2010
Upcoming Events/Fundraisers/Dates

Rose Day, April 21st.  Orders are due in next week to Denise Ormsby.  Please bring them to Monday's meeting or make arrangements to get them in.
The Opening Act
     Our Club President, Adam Bain, presided over our meeting of March 29. Jonathan Turner was again in attendance and provided the entertainment with the Kiwanis Bunny Hop Chorus.
    To the delight of the audience, our former Queen Daphne led us in her favorite Tootsie-Wootsie song.
    The last day to purchase roses is April 8.  From what I hear at the table where I usually sit, a number of you could use a few points, so get out there and snatch up a few dozen.
    John Califf reminded us that the grant application deadline is April 12, so if you know of someone who might wish to apply, get this information out.
    Adam announced that we need a program chair for June.  If you'd like to handle this job, contact Alicia Shuman.
Adam again identified the members of the Nominating Committee handling open positions for next year's leadership:  himself, Bob Stecker,    Alicia Shuman, and Lee Schenck.  If you have any past experience in herding cats or nailing Jell-O on a wall, you might be the right person for one of these positions.
    Bill Nelson related that the Easter egg hunt went smashingly last Saturday.  Approximately 1,000 children participated.
    Dave Umphrey announced that another Terrific Kids visit will be next week at Francis Willard Grade School.
In the Interclub area, Joe Robb informed us that the traveling gavel will be finding its way to Aledo next week.
   The Club collected $57 for the food pantry. 
   Guests included members of an Interclub from Moline.  The Moline Club also presented us with their traveling gavel.
    In Fun and Fellowship, the Kartel won the preliminary prize, and Bob Tapprich won the grand prize.  There were rumblings among the Club officers as to the continued effectiveness of Mike Bell in this job.
The Feature Attraction
      Instead of a program, the Club made another one of its periodic award presentations.  Jordan Schools received $500.  The Rock Island Park District received $600.  $500 was awarded to School District No. 41 for the Rock Island Center for Math and Science.  Arrowhead Ranch received a gift of $469, and Boy Scout Troop No. 423 received $1,000.
Future Attractions


April 5             Scott Muller, I Wireless Center
April 12           Brad Johnson, "Time is Money"
April 19           Officer Ryan DeRudder and Jago, Rock Island Police Canine Division
April 26           Dick and Mary Fislar
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
 
            "It's easy to make a buck.  It's a lot tougher to make a difference."  - Tom Brokaw