September 12, 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

Fall landscaping and yard projects will be the topic this Friday as Todd Friye from Bergman Nurseries joins us. Fall is the best time to ready your yard for next year and Todd will provide us with timely information to make your yard the best in the neighborhood. Lots of useful information to share with a guest for Quincy's finest hour.

Friday Last

Our speaker last Friday was Bruce Boguski. Bruce travels around the country preaching sportsmanship to young people and he was the featured speaker for this week's Character Champions seminars. Bruce is an author, a columnist and a motivational speaker. He was involved in an automobile accident at the age of 17. He was struck by a drunk driver and was left in terrible condition. The prognosis was not good for Bruce to ever walk again. But Bruce proved them to be wrong. He visualized himself getting up and walking again. Some 4 months later he did just that.

He mentioned that most people hope that they have a good year ahead. Those people need to make themselves have a good year ahead. He spoke of a woman who couldn't read or write who was in terrible shape until she realized she can do something about it. Without reading and writing skills this woman actually wrote a book. She got someone to write the title for her and she did the rest. The book is called "Everything Men Know About Women". It had a cover and nothing but blank pages in between. The cost for the book was over $3 and she sold over a million copies. You do the math. She took a negative and turned it into a positive.

Bruce suggests you go for your ideas. Be positive about things. He also provided breathing tips for reducing stress and incorporated some club participation in proving his points. Thanks Bruce for a wonderful program and thanks to Jim Benz for his introduction.

VIP Dates

9/11 - Rich Howell turns 82

9/12 - Dan & Chris Veihl celebrate 22 years of marriage and Rick & Teena Veihl celebrate 16 years

9/10 - Field of Honor meeting 6 pm and ETC

9/18 - Board meeting at the Pier Restaurant

11/7-11/11 - Field of Honor - Illinois Veteran's Home

This & That

John Spring was asked to provide the opening prayer and he accommodated adroitly (where's the dictionary?).

Dick Wentura uttered the 9th letter of the alphabet eloquently to commence the Pledge of Allegiance. The group utterance may not have been so eloquent.

Rick Gengenbacher conducted a fast paced tail-twisting session which included two jokes. One involving a popsicle and the other involving something else. Just leave it at that.

Brian Koch handled the 50-50 card draw worth $418 at the beginning and then $405 at the end. What gives with this concept? Brian must have had a $13 beer tab to pay later. Sonny Christner had the correct ticket but drew something other than the Ace of Spades needed (I never heard what card he drew).

Chuck Venvertloh mentioned to the Club that speakers have been booked thru Halloween when Dracula is scheduled to address the Club. After that he has no one booked. Not surprised no one would want to follow Dracula. Seriously, if you have an idea for a future speaker, let Chuck know.

Art Awerkamp announced that we now have $8,000 in corporate sponsorships for the Field of Honor Flags. Some $450 has also been donated by individuals to the cause as well. The next meeting for this project will be held at ETC Computerland on Wednesday, September 10th (Tomorrow) at 6pm.

Eric Thomas supplied the club with its only guest in Jeriod Thomas. Jeriod is club shopping and apparently narrowed it down to the Exchange Club or the Rotary Club. Guess we will be adding Jeriod soon!!! I'm being positive as our speaker suggested.

Last, but not least, hats off to Jimmy Louthen and Josh Klitz (Co-Chairs) and all involved with pulling off the 8th Annual Smoke on the River. Thanks to all who worked the event for the two days and to those who took the time to sell tickets. We sold out of pork on Friday night but Saturday's turnout was light compared to other years. The numbers are not in yet and we should have them in the weeks ahead. Great job guys!

By the way, the winner of the raffle was Darcy Green, Steve Green's 1 year old granddaughter.

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

Club Information

Curt Moore - President

Jared Haugh - President-Elect

Brian Koch - Vice President

Chris Parker - Treasurer

Cullan Duke - Secretary

Chuck Venvertloh - Immediate Past President

Board of Directors:

Steve Labs - 2015

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

Josh Klitz - 2017

Cory Watson - 2017

Lincolnland District

President - Bill VanKeuren, Mattoon

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 our speaker who when told recuperating that he would never be able to have sex again said.

- "Again! I am17 and hadn't even had sex yet.

Web Pages

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

www.smokeontheriver.net

Or on our Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/quincyexchange

We have our new logo for the Field of Honor! A new Field of Honor/Flags of Honor page has been added to the club's webpage. Check it out by clicking on the club page link above, then click on the Field of Honor logo in the top right hand corner of the page. If you or any of your neighbors are interested in the Flags of Honor program (having a flag set up in your yard on Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Labor Day) next year, you can start signing up on this page.

Exchange Education

Structure (part 3)

The National Exchange Club consists of 30 districts organized into 11 regions. The Lincolnland District, along with the Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula District, Dakota Territory (North & South Dakota) and the old Minnesota District (which now includes Iowa and Nebraska as well as Minnesota) make up Region 3 and is represented by Regional Vice President Jim Ruzon of the Joliet club. The purpose of the National organization is to strengthen clubs, develop leaders and build new clubs. The National Board meets quarterly at the National Leadership Conference, the National Mid-Year Conference and the National Convention and also by teleconference. Current officers are National President Tom Karnes of Lincoln Park, MI, National President Elect Dan McQueeney of Charleston SC, Immediate Past President Don Wright of Murfreesboro TN, National Treasurer Ann Marie Logue of Gaithersburg MD and Executive Vice President Tracey Edwards of Toledo OH.

Operating under the direction of the National Board, the executive vice president is the active managing employee of the organization and is responsible for the day to day operations of the national office located in Toledo.

The officers and board members act as national representatives to district conventions and special club events when requested ( such as when National President Sid Mobley attended our anniversary celebrations a few years back). Each of the board members also serve on various standing committees along with other volunteers throughout Exchange in order to carry out the business of the Club.