By: Bob Carpenter, Secretary 941/ 629-5238 carp 813 @ comcast.net

¨ CLUB STRATEGY PLANNING MEETING : Last Saturday, Pres. Elect Gene Murtha held a special meeting at the Tidewell Hospice in Port Charlotte, thanks to Pres. Sheryl Flavin for inviting us to here business conference room. The meeting was to help the club proceed in a positive direction for the future. Those 14 attending were Gene, Sheryl, Pedro Perez, Joan Greene, Joe Maggiore, Sam Summers, JJ Gerow, Norm Hall, Bob Armstrong, Robin Lindecamp, Bill Kopp, Lee Swift, Eddie Webb and Bob Carpenter, plus Gene's wife Theresa took notes, and I'll forward them via e-mail to all members. Items discussed were member recruiting via a round-up and retention, club meeting locations, our 4th of July Fireworks, effective fund raisers, projects, organized social events for members, need for a PR chairperson, our Club Website, etc. It was a very productive meeting and the club certainly thanks Gene for offering his business talents.

¨ PIANO PLAYER WAS IN HOSPITAL : Charlotte Straley was in Peace River Regional Medical Center last week and should be home now. We really missed her as you could tell by our singing without her great musical talent.

¨ UNUSED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN STORAGE ? At our last Div-18S Council meeting, clubs discussed a project to obtain unused musical instruments and donate to Peace River and East Elementary schools. Band Director for both schools, Julio Guerra says many students can't afford a $20 rental fee. If you have an instrument, please consider donating in the name of Kiwanis. Please call Mary Gavalas at 941-662-0099, or let me know.

¨ PNM LUNCHEON TUESDAY Nov. 6 : New PNM and their sponsor are asked to meet at the River City Grille at 11:30 a.m. We have 3 PNM's who members brought to meetings, they are: Darrin Metz (Diehl); Ed Miller (Hicks), and Alli Creek (Carpenter) . Please turn in their application ASAP now. It's very important for us to do more community service, we need more members. Please bring a PNM to Kiwanis.

¨ INTERCLUB : Margit Sargent, chairwoman, set up an interclub this morning at PC Sunrise Kiwanis. We'll get a list of name today. Lt. Gov. Joan Greene will be going to the Englewood-Cape Haze Kiwanis on Thursday, Nov. 8. If she can get 3 more, we can get an interclub. Contact Joan. She'll leave at 11:00am.

¨ CC CHAMBER CHRISTMAS PARADE : Dec. 1 is the CCCC annual parade. We sell hotdogs and soda, and the location to report lost kids. The event starts at noon from the future City Market Place (Old PG Mall) empty lot. (Thanks to Charley)

¨ CHRISTMAS CARD LANE : Gene Murtha has flyers for the Christmas Card Lane project in Gilchrist Park Dec. 1 to Jan. 5. Entry “cards” are limited to the first 60 submitted with a check; deadline is Nov. 26th . Our Kiwanis Club is the sole sponsor of the project this year. Please see Gene, call 637-4669 or e-mail gmurtha@stonebridgetec.com .

¨ FOR LOVE OF KIDS DINNER/GIFTS : Pres. Sheryl says Dec. 17 is the date for the annual event. It will be here at the Am. Legion Post-103.

¨ KFCC SCHOLARSHIP NOMINEES : Dr. Joe Maggiore has applications for Kiwanians who are a current member of the Foundation, and would like to have the KFCC consider a student for a scholarship. Deadline is Dec. 31st . Please contact Dr. Joe.

¨ KIWANIAN OF THE YEAR : Lt. Gov. Joan Greene and VP Gene Murtha presented the annual award to Robin Lindecamp. Robin was named by 2006-07 Pres. Pedro Perez for all of the work she has and continues doing. Congrats Robin! ((See Photo by Oscar))

¨ DONATION : Last week we donated $300 to our speaker, Randy Atkinson of Parents of Downs Syndrom Angels.

¨ LAST WEEK : Randy Atkinson, Parents of Down Syndrome Angels.

¨ TODAY's PROGRAM : Jewell Eddings, Guardian ad Litem Program.

¨ SPEAKERS: November Chair is Tom Hannon. TBA

¨ DOOR GREETERS : November is Roger Enger.

¨ BIRTHDAYS LAST WEEK : Steve Kline, Roger Enter.

¨ ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK : Sam & Jeri Summers, Alleen & Bill Miller.

¨ WELCOME BACK LAST WEEK : Susan Scribner, Aileen Miller, Gene Murtha.

¨ GUESTS : Randy Atkinson, Erin Atkinson, Chris Zietler.

¨ 50/50 WINNER : $55, Bill Cameron.

¨ 3rd ANNUAL KIWANIS FAMILY KAR SHOW MAR. 1 : Sam Harris needs volunteers to work and has a sign up sheet. Gloria Walker needs “goodie bag” items like pens, notepads, calendars, key chains, golf tees, pocket knives, sticky notes, mini flashlights, etc. We'll include marketing material only if you attach a “goodie” to it. The Graddy Insurance Agency has offered a cloth bag from Hagerty Insurance. Please bring or call Gloria.

¨ 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.

¨ KIWANIS CRUISE MAR. 29-APR. 3 : Gov. Mark invites Kiwanians to join in a fun-filled Interclub on the Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas from Ft. Lauderdale to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, then a huge Kiwanis party by the George Town, Grand Cayman Kiwanis Club. There will be no Kiwanis business on the ship, just lots of fun. For info, please go to the Florida District Kiwanis website www.floridakiwanis.com and download the details. We have 3 signed up so far. See Joan Greene or Carp for details.

¨ What we are … Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time!”