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 Otober 17, 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
Quincy School Board member Jeff Mays will be our speaker this Friday. One of the hot topics that will be discussed is the school referendum to build new facilities. It is on the November ballot and Mr. Mays will try and sort it all out for us.
We will also feature our Student of the Month from QND.
 
Friday Last
  

Retire Marine Lt. Colonel Paul Schimpf of Waterloo, Illinois was our speaker. Mr. Schimpf was the lead attorney advisor to the Iraqi prosecutors in the Saddam Hussein case.

He didn't start out as the lead advisor until the trial kept getting delayed and the lead advisor then had to return to the United States. At that point, Colonel Schimpf became the lead man. Due to Colonel Schimpf's experience as an infantry officer, he was instrumental in gathering the needed witnesses for the prosecution.

 

Colonel Schimpf discussed the differences in the court systems of the United States and that of Iraq. He also reviewed the circumstances that led to the trial and that dated back to 1982. It was that year that an attempt to assassinate Hussein took place by 12 men. All 12 were killed but Hussein decided to arrest over 1000 people and massacred 150 men and boys as retribution. It was that act that led to his trial in 2006. He was found guilty on November 5th of that year and executed by hanging on December 30th of the same year.

 

One of the interesting and humorous parts of the trial came when Hussein complained to the judge that when he was found hiding in an underground bunker that someone stole his Rolex watch. A very interesting program and thanks to Colonel Schimpf for his presentation and thanks to Randy Frese for his introduction.

 

 

VIP Dates

 

10/15 - Eric & Kathryn Thomas celebrate their 20th anniversary
10/15 - Flags meeting at Niemann Foods office (12th & Locust) - 6:00 pm
10/16 - Board meeting at the Pier Restaurant
10/16 - Bob Hays turns 58
10/19 - Kelly & Amy Stupasky celebrate their 23rd anniversary and Kevin O'Donnell turns 62
10/21 - Doug & Janie Reed celebrate their 19th anniversary and Gary Peters turns 72 
10/24 - Firefighter of the Year progrm
11/8 - Veterans Day Parade
11/7-11/11 - Field of Honor - Illinois Veteran's Home
 
This & That  

 

President Curt Moore read a thank you note from the Veteran's Parade Committee for our donation to their parade. President Moore had a much better bell ringing ceremony this week. He must be practicing.

 

Jared Haugh followed with an inspirational message with our opening prayer.

 

Mel Dillman, despite a sore throat, was able to state the word "I" to commence the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Sonny Christner did a fabulous job of tail-twisting which included a great "work-out" story that included an ATM machine. Had to be there.

 

Jared Haugh conducted the 50-50 card draw flawlessly. With the pot worth $517, Dennis Koch got the opportunity to draw the winning card of Ace of Spades but he drew a Jack of Clubs instead. So the pot grows. (Can I say that a get away with it?)

 

You are running out of opportunities to purchase a raffle ticket to win two seats in the upcoming B-25 flights during Veteran's Day. These flights will help offset the cost of a flyover during the Veteran's Parade. A raffle ticket costs $5. We will sell them during our meetings for the next few weeks with the drawing to take place on October 31st. See Mel Dillman to purchase a ticket.

 

Dennis Koch updated us on the Field of Honor campaign. Last week we received $1,000 from Quincy Mack Trucks. So far $15,000 has been raised.

 

The new Exchange Club shirt order is currently being taken. Order forms will be on the tables next week. Contact Dennis Koch if you want one and can't be there.

 

New Club Shirts
 
If you are interested in purchasing a new shirt, pleas let Dennis know by sending your shirt size to exchange@adams.net. Cost is $32 and the shirts are a 60/40 cotton/polyester blend. We'll place the order before the end of the month to see if can get them before the Field of Honor event, so don't delay!
  
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In This Issue
This Friday
Friday Last
VIP Dates
This & That
Quote of the Week
New Web Page
Exchange Education
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


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
Lines of the Week
 

The Lines go to Jared Haugh and Jeff Dorsey. After looking at the shirt sizes available on the shirt order form, Jared asked

 

 - "why did you even bother to put Small on there?"
 
 The other line was a question asked by Jeff Dorsey to our speaker after the Colonel revealed that Saddam Hussein's Rolex was missing after his capture. Colonel Schimpf was asked if his 
 - "Rolex was still working"
 
  
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 
  
  

Please keep the weekend o November 7 - 11 open to help out at the field! We'll have a road trip meeting to the Illinois Veterans Home on Friday, November 7 and ask that as many of you as possible stick around after the meeting to help set up the flags. It's a simple process, but there are 1,000 flag that need to be set up.

 

On Saturday, Sunday & Monday, we'll need members (and families and friends) to volunteer to man the tent. No heavy lifting - we just need to be there to answer questions and give direction.

 

Finally, on Tuesday, following the Veterans Home ceremony, we'll need help taking everything down. 

     

Exchange Education
  
Our Programs of Service
 
The National Exchange Club has four Programs of Service that all of our projects fall under. Those programs are Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities and our National Project, the Prevention of Child Abuse.
 
This week, we'll focus on Child Abuse Prevention. Our National Project, Child Abuse Prevention is something that nobody wants to talk about, but is prevalent in all of our communities - including Quincy. It's recently gotten more attention due to Adrian Peterson and other high-profile folks, so at least that's a start.
 
Locally, our biggest CAP project is Give-a-kid-a-chance, where we provide Christmas dinner and presents to every foster child in Adams County. This year's dinner will be held on Friday, December 5. It's always a great time for the kids who get to tell Santa Dorsey what they want for Christmas.
 
In addition, we provide financial support to the Children's Advocacy Network and the First Steps Programs at Cornerstone and Transitions with the proceeds of our Blue Ribbon Campaign. Thanks to our friends at HyVee, we've raised over $4,000 with the campaign over the last two years.