Holiday Cheese Sale.  Tom Plechaty has several cheese packages available for sale, a great gift for the Holidays.  See Tom at a meeting, or contact him to make arrangement.  Last year, the club made almost $1500 on this fundraiser!

The Feature Attraction

     The program was given by FBI Agent Steffens.  He began by giving a brief narrative on his past and has served this general area since 2005.  He is fast approaching the end of his 20 years in service.  He described his function as prevention of threats, particularly, of the nuclear, biological, and chemical variety.  He identified Al Qaeda as the chief threat to the American citizenry.  The business model of this organization is to find susceptible, potential agents, train them, and send them off to accomplish their mission.  Steffens explained that since 9/11, the emphasis has been drawn more toward recruiting and training individuals in the United States instead of taking them to foreign countries for this function.  The FBI has found that the major tool in recruitment includes using the Internet to disseminate the English language magazines, particularly, one called "Inspire".  The accessibility of the Internet has facilitated the dissemination of this literature.

October 28th       Mike Bell, New Kiwanis Youth Protection Guidelines                               Training

November 7th      Basketball Month

PHRASE FOR THE DAY

            "While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster." - Abigail VanBuren