KiwaNews, Thursday July 24, 2008

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

¨ GOVERNOR ELECT DAVE'S WIFE DIES : Wednesday afternoon at 5pm, Gov. Dave's wife Nancy was rushed to a hospital and passed away very unexpectedly. Cause of death is still not known. Gov. Mark Taylor sent an e-mail and said, “ My plea for you is to hug your loved ones today, pray for Dave and his family, and remember what Kiwanis stands for. Forming enduring friendships is a great object, but when you friends are hurting, we all hurt .”

¨ ANNUAL INTERCLUB DIABOLICAL LIST : The following 6 members need an Interclub this fiscal year and have not fulfilled their obligation. They are: Diehl, Hernandez, Hoke, Levell, Mingle, R.Taylor . Fines started June 1 of $1 per week for every week not getting your Interclub. We have 22 consecutive years with 100% of members getting their Interclub. Please make this our 23rd year and GIT-R-DONE! Contact Chair Margit Sargent for the next Interclub. Remember, it takes 4 members to make an Interclub; less than 4 is only a makeup.

¨ JULY 16 “FUN RAISER” AT VISANI : Our “Fun Raiser” at Visani Dinner Theater & Comedy Club was a success. Club members sold all 120 tickets at $10 each and the club keeps it all! Tom Hannon is Chairing the event and has done a fantastic job. Please turn in your ticket money to Tom. Many came early for an excellent dinner. In a drawing, Kaye and I won 4 tickets to Visani to be used by the end of August.

¨ PG Kiwanis KALENDAR:

Aug. 14: Candidates Day

Aug. 21: KFCC annual meeting.

Aug. 22-24: Florida District Convention, Jacksonville.

¨ NEXT PNM LUNCHEON AUG. 5 : Prospective new Members and their sponsor meet at River City Grille at 11:45 a.m. Contact Susan Scribner or Norm Hall.

¨ MEMBER PREGNANT; DUE IN NOVEMBER : This doesn't happen to often in our Club, but Kaley Miller announced that she is expecting in November. Congrats to Kaley and hubby Roger!

¨ ROGER ENGER HITS 40 YEARS IN KIWANIS : On May 1, 1968, Roger joined Kiwanis. He joined our club in Nov. 1994. He will be presented his 40 year Legion of Honor certificate from Kiwanis International at our September annual Installation Banquet.

¨ DAN GARRETT NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAIR : Dan Garrett asks CS members to attend Thursday for a reorganizational meeting.

¨ NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: Please make a change to Gloria Walker's e-mail address which is: gwalker25236@comcast.net.

¨ LAST WEEK : Howard Kunik, PG City Manager and CC Administrator Roger Baltz on the 1 ¢ sales tax

¨ TODAY's PROGRAM : Member Ralph Jordan on E-Mail etiquette.

¨ SPEAKERS : July chair is Emily Henson .; July 31, Tentative, Dr. Kennedy with topic to be determined. Speaker Chair for August is Rodney Taylor and September is Eddie Webb.

¨ DOOR GREETER : July is Dan Garrett; Aug. is Bill Martin and Sept. is Bill Cameron.

¨ BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK : None.

¨ WELCOME BACK LAST WEEK : Bill Cameron, Kaley Miller, John Fersner, Gene Murtha.

¨ GUESTS : Theresa Murtha, Sandy Armstrong, Joan Andrews, Theresa Murtha, Harvey Goldberg, Bill Albers, Tara Gosine, Elinor Kline, Susan Belcher, Howard Kunick, Roger Baltz.

¨ 50/50 WINNER : $59, John Fersner.

VISANI FUN RAISER PHOTOS: ((See KiwaNEWS))  Tom & Liz Hannon, Sheryl & Chris Flavin, Lt. Gov. Joan Greene, Bob & Kaye Carpenter.

¨ FOOD FOR NEEDY: Please bring food items to be donated to the Homeless Coalition.

¨ CLUB POLICY ON CANDIDATES: Please feel free to bring a candidate to lunch, but, no politicking in the building. Introduce them by the office they seek, but no speeches. Literature and petitions must be distributed OUTSIDE the building. No announced candidate will be considered for membership until after the elections. Candidates in the Aug. 26 Primary will be invited Aug. 14 to a “Candidates Day” program. Those in the Nov. 4 General Elections, will be invited to speak Oct. 30 . Kiwanis International forbids politicking at club meetings. Please abide by the Kiwanis International and club policy.

¨ CELL PHONES : Community Service collects used cell phones and gives to the CC Sheriff's Office. Phones are deprogrammed and can only call 9-1-1. They are given to groups like CARE and distributed to abused women to get help if they need it. Please give your phone & charger; to Roger Enger.

¨ P.G. KIWANIS POSTER : Bill Martin is Chairman of our color poster project, a great gift; $5 each, or framed/signed by artist Ron Bates for $25, or Special Framed Poster “Personalized” by the artist for $50. Please see Bill, Joan Greene's Accurate Accounting, Dr. Rick Fox's dentist office, Peace River Wildlife Center, Nolan Insurance, Bobbie Diehl's CC MotorSports Park.

¨ ALUMINUM CANS : Please bring your aluminum cans for The Peace Wildlife Center, bag the cans and put in Ben Scott or Dan Garrett's car.

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