June 19, 2015

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

We learn all about the Avenue of Lights event as John Groves and Bob Scott join us with all the details. Some 12 to 15 thousand vehicles annually make their way through all of the displays. John and Bob have handled this project since 1999 and are ready to turn it over to the Exchange Club.

Friday Last

With Flag Day last Sunday, we held our annual "Proudly We Hail" program. Six different individuals received honors for flying their American Flag in a proper and patriotic way. In addition two active duty Army Cadets at West Point were recipients of a special letter, a certificate and an actual flag flown over our nation's Capital with special thanks to the staff of the Illinois 18th Congressional District. '

Lt. Blaine C. Brown, son of Jason and Stephanie Brown was one recipient. The other cadet was Lt. Seth A. Pinkston, the son of Reno and Sandy Pinkston. Lt. Brown's flag was accepted by Herb Wellman, area military academy recruiter and Lt.Pinkston's flag was accepted by his father, Reno Pinkston, as neither recipient was available to be with us.

The six flag flying honorees all received a plaque from the Club. The plaques were presented to: Carol Rischar, for displaying flags in yards along 24th Street and Maine Street annually. To Sayan Taylor, for an impressive display at her residence at 1217 Curtis Creek in Quincy. To Jim Thompson, on behalf of Adams Electric Cooperative, for a display at their business in Camp Point. To Ed & Linda Holthaus, for a display at their residence at 4631 Harrison in Quincy. To Dr. Robert Reich, for a display at the Animal Medical Clinic of Quincy at 2803 Wisman Lane and to Mike Klingner, for a display of the flag at Klingner & Associates at 616 North 24th Street in Quincy.

All of the recipients spoke as to why they fly the flag and what it means to them to do so. Each recipient was recommended by Club members so if you see a display that is worthy, please contact Dennis Koch for next year's presentations. Thanks to Dennis for chairing this event

VIP Dates

6/17 - Dick & Pat Wentura celebrate their 54th anniversary

6/18- Steve and Karla Labs and Rnady and Ronda Frese both celebrate their 32nd anniversaries and Vic & Margie Welper celebrate their 21st anniversary

6/19 - Cullan & Michelle Duke celebrate their 22nd anniversary and Mike Lavery turns 69

6/22 - Dennis Koch turns 56

6/23 - Steve & Jean Green celebrate their 36th anniversary

6/18 - the last board meeting of the Moore administration - 11:45 at the Pier (third floor)

6/25-28 - Lincolnland District Convention

7/3 - No Meeting in observance of Independence Day

7/10 - Installation of officers and recognition of Exchangite of the Year and John Tripp DSA

This & That

It was Jared Haugh week last week as Jared presented the Prayer, the Pledge, The Card Draw and he also Tail-Twisted.

Albeit a small gathering for both the picnic as well as the Flag Day Concert last Wednesday at Madison Park, Art Awerkamp did take the opportunity to promote our Flags of Honor to the crowd prior to the concert's start. The Club members in attendance then handed out the small hand held flags to the concert goers.at 6pm. Thanks to the Butcher Block for the food and to Gengenbacher Shaved Ice.

Don't forget to check the Club's directory on our website www.quincyexchangeclub.org to update any information that is incorrect. Contact Joel Koch if you need to update anything.

It is not too late to contact Jared Haugh, who is chairing the golf outing during the District Convention with the tee-off date of June 25 at Spring Lake Country Club. Golf includes a dinner afterwards. The cost is just $75 so get your foursomes to Chairman Jared Haugh. We would love to see quite a few golfers there to kick off the convention.

Don't forget the District Convention is Thursday thru Sunday, June 25 thru June 28. The cost to Quincy members is a reduced rate of only $85. You can also pick and choose individual events to attend at a reduced rate. Check the Lincolnland website at www.lincolnlandexchange.org for the registration form and details or contact Dennis Koch.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Mel Dillman for a speedy recovery. Mel was hospitalized with acute pain in his knee and missed the meeting.

In true Exchangite fashion, Mel was still able to contact President Curt and ask him to purchase a ticket(s) for the card draw. As luck would have it, Mel had the right ticket (purchased by Curt) but Curt drew a 5 of Hearts. Hope he has better luck with his recovery and is back with us Friday. So the 50-50 Card Draw is now down to 10 cards plus a Joker.

Don't forget the National Exchange Club's Mega Raffle. Tickets are $100. Go to www.exchangeraffle.com to purchase your tickets!

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 third Thursday 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

The line belongs to who else (he did everything else) but Jared Haugh. Jared, while collecting money as Tail-Twister, stopped by a plaid colored, sport coat wearing, Gary Farha and asked him to

- "please put that back on my picnic table by noon"

Web Pages

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

Or on our Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/quincyexchange

Exchange Education

As we close in on President Curt Moore's final couple of weeks, it's time to reflect on our accomplishments over the past year.

The Exchange Club of Quincy has once again earned the National Service Award and will be recognized at the National Convention in Columbus, Ohio. In doing so, here are some of the service projects that we have completed this past year -

Americanism:

Between the Dogwood parade and the Flag Day concert and a few other events, we distributed nearly 7,000 flags. We also held our first Field of Honor with 1,000 flags at the Veteran's Home and kicked off the Flags of Honor program on Memorial Day and Flag Day. We were also credited with two Get Out the Vote events and recognized six individuals and businesses with Proudly We Hail plaques.

Child Abuse Prevention:

With the help of HyVee, we conducted our annual Blue Ribbon campaign this past month. Last December, we hosted all of the foster children and their families for Christmas dinner and a visit from Santa, and Time-Out Teddy made the rounds at several local events.

Youth Program:

We recognized 6 QHS and QND students with the Youth of the Month program and awarded $1,000 scholarships to our Youth of the Year, Bud Willer ACE award and Character Champion recipients. Speaking of Character Champions, we recognized about a dozen area junior high and senior high school athletes for their character and sportsmanship during the fall and winter sport seasons and held another successful Character Champions seminar. We also hosted the annual Quincy Arts recognition luncheon and held our annual Hearing Impaired Christmas program.

Community Service:

We recognized our Firefighter of the Year, Law Officer of the Year, Citizen of the Year and Book of Golden Deeds recipients, matched elementary school students from St Dominic's with adopted grandparents at the Illinois Veterans Home each month and hosted the Mayor's State of the City address.

Fund Raising:

Hosted the 25th annual Gus Macker tournament, put on the last Smoke on the River BBQ contest and raised money through the flags program and Blue Ribbon Campaign. Looking ahead, we took up the challenge of taking over the Avenue of Lights program and have already looking towards this winter.

All in all, that adds up to about 36 service projects. Not a bad year Curt!