KiwaNews: Jan 18, 2007

By: Bob Carpenter, Secretary     941/629-5238    carp813@comcast.net 

 ¨  KIWANIS EDUCATION DAY: Saturday, 8am-10am at PC Elks Club, is a special education day for club Officers, Board and Committee Chairs/Members. Officers are expected to attend, and every Committee needs to be represented. There will be round tables set up for CS, YS, SY, H&SV, YCPO, Secretaries, Treasurers, Officers and Board members. There will be no speeches for the Committees as this is meant to share info and gain ideas to improve each Committee. So far, only YCPO, CS and SY are confirmed. Need to have someone from YS & H&SV.

¨  GOVERNORS ANNUAL DIV-18 VISIT: Governor Phil Yorston will make his official visit Saturday at the PC Elks Club. Cocktails 5:30-7pm, dinner at 7pm. The Club pays for the members $30 ticket. So far Joan Greene says we have 12 signed up: Perez, Naylor, Greene, Flavin, Kopp, Rooney, R. Taylor (2), Bolton (2) and Carpenter (2).

¨  GOODBYE OSCAR HETTEMA!: Oscar made his last club meeting last week. Oscar and his family have built a new home in Tennessee. His new address is 190 Bird Ford Rd., Dunlap, Tennessee 37237. Oscar has 61 years Perfect Attendance and 61 years of Membership in Kiwanis. You can send an e-mail to his daughter, Joan Smoak at seesmoak@yahoo.com. Oscar has asked the Board to become a Senior Member of our Club while he looks into joining a Kiwanis Club in Tennessee near his home.

¨  KIWANIS KAR SHOW COMING: Please plan to work at our 2nd annual Kiwanis Kar Show on Sat., Feb. 17. This family fun event is located at the corner of Jones Loop Road and Piper Road. Please see Chairman Sam Harris to volunteer for a job. Signup sheets will be out soon. Sam said there’ll be 60 trophies presented.

¨  FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money, i.e.: Your Kiwanis Friendships!

¨  PNM LIST: Here is a list of members and their proposed PNM they brought to lunch in the past few months. Membership needs to know their status. Chairman Robin Lindecamp said the next PNM Education Lunch is Feb. 6 at 11:30a.m. and their application is needed ASAP. On the list areLynda Jones, Jennifer Persaud, Jim Deutsch (Welch); Marianne Votava, (Reisman); Ray Berilla (Kopp); Lenny Kompinski & Bobby Diehl (Harris); Sharon Reynard (Johnson); Harvey Goldberg (Ginter); Bibi Ullah (Boehm); Paul Beight, (Greene); David Friedman (D.Scott), and Mark Geach (Ginter).

¨  SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING: Brian Birch gave me the list of those who worked Dec. 15 at Publix. They were: Birch, Bottorf, Jordan, Lindecamp, Bill Martin, Pence, Ben Scott, Shaw, Vollmer and Winters. Brian will get with S.A. to find out how much they collected.

¨  MEMBERS OFFERED OPTIONS FOR SCOUT DONATIONS: The Board discussed various options for donating to scouting in 2007. February is “Boy Scout Month” and we’ll kick off our annual Friends of Scouting fund raising campaign program on Feb. 1. This is the start of the FOS fund raiser and pledge cards will be issued for members to donate as usual. FOS funds are used to further Boy Scouts in the SW Florida Council and provides for the Boy Scout Camp, pay for executives to coordinate all Boy Scout, Cub Scout and Explorer activity in our area, including the scout office. FOS picks up expenses above what they receive from United Way, scouting fees, fund raisers, and various other activities. Last year members donated $7,800 to the FOS campaign. Some members said they wanted the option to donate funds directly to Charlotte County Boy Scout troops, Cub packs, Explorers, Girl Scouts, Brownies, etc. The board approved creating a special reserve account within our Youth Services Committee. Those funds would be allocated by YS upon request by local scout organizations.

¨  BRAD WALDEN: Member Brad had a hip replaced, that’s why he hasn’t been to a meeting for several weeks. He may try to get back by the end of the month, or in time for the Boy Scout FOS kickoff Feb. 1. Call him at home, 239/458-0098.

¨  TODAY’s PROGRAM: Mac Horton, Supervisor of Elections.

¨  LAST WEEK:

¨  SPEAKERS: January Chair is Lee Swift. Jan. 25, TBA. February chair is Brad Walden. Feb. 1, Boy Scout Day, FOS Kickoff, Paul Penttila; Feb. 8, TBA; Feb. 15, Daniel Noah, meteorologist; Feb. 22, Stamp Collecting.

¨  CHS KEY CLUB: Last week I wrote about JJ Gerow et al that brought the Key Club back to life, like Phoenix. Here is a group photo of the officers and advisor. We’ll hear more about them today.

¨  MEMBERSHIP REPORT: Please help us continue rebuilding our club; bring a PNM! Robin Lindecamp is the new Membership Chairwoman; Cindy Milburn is Co-Chair. PNM Education Lunch is Feb. 6, 11:45am at River City Grille.

¨  BIRTHDAYS LAST WEEK: None

¨  ANNIVERSARY’S LAST WEEK: None

¨  WELCOME BACK LAST WEEK: D.Scott, Larkin, Gerow, Larson, R.Taylor, Degroot, Milburn, Shiladay, Boehm.

¨  GUESTS: John and Sue Meyer (Clark), Mark Geach, PNM (Ginter).

¨  50/50 WINNER: $73, Dr. Bob Andrews.

¨  PUNTA GORDA POSTER: Ralph Jordan is chair and has a great gift idea. You can get one at Nolan Family Insurance, Cayo Costa Dental, SunTrust (318 Tamiami Tr./Emily’s office), The Welcome Center (I-75/Exit-161), Bill Martin State Farm Insurance, Peace River Wildlife Center, C.C. Chamber (Punta Gorda Office), P.G. Chamber, Caruso Bay Gifts and Accurate Accounting (Joan Greene’s office). Local artist Ron Bates donated his 16x24 color poster artwork to our Club as a fund raiser.

¨  CELL PHONES: Community Service is still collecting used cell phones then given to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. They are deprogrammed and can only call directly to 9-1-1. They are given to groups like CARE and distributed to abused women to get help if the need help. Please bring your phone and charger; give to Roger Enger.

¨  ALUMINUM CANS: Members are asked by Community Service to bring aluminum cans for The Peace River Wildlife Center. Please double-bagged cans and put in Dan Garrett’s car.