April 11, 2014

All the news that's fit to print...and a lot that isn't

Jeff Dorsey, Editor

Paul Clarkson - Editor Emeritus John Tripp - Editor Emeritus

Club Meets at Noon each Friday at Stoney Creek Inn, 3809 Broadway in Quincy
2012-2013 Lincolnland District Exchange Clubs Best Bulletin Award Winner

This Friday

It is a road trip this Friday as we will assemble at the John Wood Workforce Development Center on Koch's Lane. We will enjoy lunch and find out the latest on this facility and how it assists the needs of our community. Cameras will record those who show up at Stoney Creek!

Friday Last

Aaron Kerkhoff, a sales coordinator for Kohl's Wholesale Company was our speaker. He is a former graduate of Quincy Notre Dame and Western Illinois University. This local company, owned by the Ehrhart family, is one of most successful food businesses in the Midwest.

Their service area basically covers Illinois (minus the Chicagoland area), all of Missouri and a good deal of Iowa. They are celebrating their 140^th year in operation and started back in 1873 under the guidance of Nicholas Kohl, an immigrant from Germany. The company started as a coffee roasting company and is currently into their 6^th generation of management.

Kohl's (and not the department store) employs 368 people and has never experienced a layoff in their long history. They currently have dry, refrigerated and frozen storage areas including the caves on Highway 57. They are also planning an expansion in Highway 57 in the near future.

Their success is evident by their statistics of having 25 consecutive years of growth and 15 consecutive years of growth over the previous year. They own 71 tractor trailers that travel an average of 14,000 miles a day in making over 600 daily delivery stops.

They are also very philanthropic in that the company has donated approximately a quarter-million dollars back to the community. Thanks to Mike Lavery for handling the introduction.

VIP Dates

4/1-30 - Child Abuse Prevention Month

4/9 - Perry & Angela Terwelp celebrate their 15th anniversary

4/11 - Brian & Andrea Musholt celebrate their 5th anniversary

4/14 - Kirk & Janis Frageman celebrate their 30th anniversary

5/3 - Dogwood Parade - Give-a-kid-a-flag-to-wave

5/9 - Book of Golden Deeds Presentation

5/12 - Board meeting at the Pier (11:45)

5/23-25 - Gus Macker Weekend

6/20 - Exchange Club Golf Outing

This & That

The meeting began with Jim Benz presenting the prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge was begun by Mike Llewellyn who pronounced the "I' to begin the pledge with what appeared to be a very "counselor-like" approach. Very calculated.

President Chuck Venvertloh reminded everyone that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

In reminding everyone of how many weeks he has left as President, Chuck managed to place a "Vote for Chuck" sheet in front of the podium instead of "12 weeks". That was enough for our tail-twister, Rick Gengenbacher, to say "enough is enough" and fined Chuck appropriately.

Chuck mentioned we will be having a road trip this Friday but purposely didn't mention where in an effort to get people to read their bulletin. This was also a ploy to get people to see if they will be greeters this Friday. The last two weeks we have not had greeters. If your name is selected to be a greeter please greet the membership at the meeting or find someone who will to replace you.

Chuck also reminded the membership to submit any candidates to receive the Golden Deeds Award on May 9th. Nominations end soon.

The Exchange Club Golf Outing will be held at Spring Lake Country Club on June 20th this year. Mark your calendars.

Steve Green updated us on Gus Macker. Steve thanked Carlos Fernandez of WGEM, David Adam of the Quincy Herald Whig and Jeff Dorsey of Y101 Radio for their assistance in interviewing Scott McNeal (Mr. Macker) last week. The interviews centered on getting the word out about registrations and also about the new registered officials.

Steve also passed out forms for members to sign up to be a scorekeeper during Macker. Please sign up to be a scorekeeper. To find out more about what is involved call Steve at 653-1858.

Dave Poland reminded the Club that we will be passing out flags during the Dogwood Parade on May 3rd. He will have more info in the weeks ahead.

As mentioned, Rick Gengenbacher handled the tail-twisting duties and did so with a "used" (ugh) rubber glove in reference to our previous meeting's topic. Funny stuff! Rick on a serious note complemented Carlos Fernandez and WGEM for holding the 23rd Honor Flight. Rick also reminded everyone that our Club was instrumental in getting the project off the ground (so to speak) as we donated money for the very first flight.

With the pot sitting at $983, Rich Howell licked his chops for the attempt to select the Ace of Spades. Rich drew a 5 of Spades instead so most likely we go over the one-thousand dollar mark this Friday in the 50-50 card draw. There are 21 cards left in the deck. In case you were unaware, it was Mike Lavery's idea of holding this event each week and a good one it was. Thanks again to Curt Moore for handling the card draw.

There is still time to enter the National Exchange Club's Mega Raffle. If you purchase a ticket for the Mega Raffle, the club will get $10 back. The grand prize winner, to be drawn on July 12th, 2014, will get $100,000 cash. Second prize is expected to reach $4000 cash and third prize is expected to reach $2500 cash. You can get your tickets today at www.exchangeraffle.com. You do not need to be a member to buy a ticket.

Congrats to Bill Stalder. For wearing his name badge, he was the winner of the $5 at the meeting last week.

This week's scheduled greeters are Jim Benz and Travis Brown. The same as the last two weeks.

Charlie Ledbetter gets the Joe Quinn "turn your damn phone off" Award for not only one but two separate ringing episodes. Who's next?

Get well wishes to Les Sachs who is recovering from knee surgery.

Like us on Facebook

The National Exchange Club is trying to increase its presence on social media sites. One way to do that is to "Like" a site on Facebook. If you go to these links and click "Like", it will help the club, district and National Exchange Club promote the programs of service of Exchange to others. If you are on Facebook, please support Exchange by clicking Like! Here's the links:

National Exchange Club

Lincolnland District Exchange Clubs

Quincy Exchange Club

Quincy Gus Macker Site

Smoke on the River Site

In This Issue

Macker Major Sponsor Profile

Club Information

Chuck Venvertloh - President

Curt Moore - President-Elect

Jared Haugh - Vice President

Chris Parker - Treasurer

Cullan Duke - Secretary

Perry Terwelp - Immediate Past President

Board of Directors:

Doug Greenwell - 2014

Doug Reed - 2014

Steve Labs - 2015

Joel Koch - 2015
David Adam - 2016
Alan Musholt - 2016

Lincolnland District

President - Emy Trotz, Naperville

Division 10 Director - Joel Koch, Quincy

Board meets second Monday every month 11:45 at the Pier Restaurant

Office of the Secretary:

Cullan Duke

PO Box 1173

Quincy IL 62306

National Exchange Club

President - Lou Molitor

Region 3 Vice President - Katie Smith

Line of the Week

Goes to Gary Peters again. After hearing our speaker say that when Kohl's makes a donation to the community they really don't like to publicize what they do, Gary blurted out

- "Me too!"

Web Pages

Catch more news and Pictures for the cub on our webpages at www.quincyexchangeclub.org and

www.smokeontheriver.net

Or on our Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/quincyexchange

www.exchangeraffle.com

Win up to $100,000 and help Exchange. Tickets are $100 each and are limited to the first 5,000 entries. $10% of ticket sales (up to $50,000) will be returned directly to Local Exchange Clubs. First drawing (for $1,000) will be March 31, so buy your ticket early!

Countdown to Macker

Weeks

This week's featured Major Sponsor is Titan Wheel.

Titan has a heritage of over 100 years in the off-highway wheel manufacturing business. Titan is a leading global supplier of complete wheel and tire assemblies for off-highway vehicles. Titan's primary markets include agriculture, earthmoving/construction and consumer applications.

Titan traces its roots to the Electric Wheel Company in Quincy. Founded by John A. Stillwell and three associates, the company originally produced wheels for wagons and farm implements, later progressing into the manufacture of wagons, tractors and other implements.

In 1983, assets of the Electric Wheel facility were purchased by Titan Proform of Toronto, led by the late Canadian industrialist Joseph Tanenbaum and Maurice Taylor Jr., current Titan chairman and CEO. The new company was named Can-Am Industries. After Goodyear decided to exit the wheel and rim business, Can-Am installed the Goodyear equipment to manufacture "power adjust" wheels at the Quincy facility. In 1990, the company was renamed Titan Wheel International. During 1992, Tannenbaum sold his interest in the company to Taylor and MascoTech and went public in 1993.

In 1997, Titan reorganized its operations into separate wheel and tire groups, Titan Wheel Corporation and Titan Tire Corporation, to provide the framework for continued world-wide expansion in both sectors. The wheel and tire groups have individual presidents, while Taylor serves as chairman and CEO of the parent company. The corporate name was changed to Titan International, Inc.

During 2003, Titan's flagship wheel facility in Quincy, Illinois, expanded manufacturing capability in December when Titan Wheel Corporation of Iowa ceased wheel manufacturing in Walcott, Iowa. You can read Titan's entire history here.