KiwaNews, Thursday Sept 4, 2008

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

¨ BOARD OF DIRECTOR ELECTION : Your Board nominated Norm Hall and Gene Murtha for members to consider filling Director-Elect Cindy Milburn's position. The term runs Oct. 1, 2008 to Sep. 30, 2011. Nominations from the floor will be accepted today. Elections are next week .

¨ TOP PRIORITY! NEW MEMBER PARTY SEP. 18 : President Sheryl and Pres. Elect Joan Greene have set up a wine & cheese event here at Benedetto's at 5pm. We ask EVERY member to Suggest at least ONE prospect. Give your suggested name to Joan Greene, or send to joangreene@embarqmail.com as soon as you can. Joan has mailed out over 40 Special Invitation so far and to the person you suggested. This will NOT be a regular meeting, just fun and fellowship. Our Kiwanis materials will be available but the purpose is to hob-knob with our members in hopes they'll consider becoming a new member.

¨ LAST CALL - BRING YOUR FOOD FOR NEEDY : Please bring food items to be donated to the needy in our county. Food shelves are empty so members have been asked to bring items for the last 5 weeks. Donations have been made to five different organizations who desperately need food. Every member is asked to participate or give Joan Greene a check to purchase food. Those on Leave or haven't been to our meetings are asked to mail a check to Joan !

¨ ANNUAL INSTALLATION BANQUET : Vice President Larry Taylor set up our annual banquet Sunday, Sep. 21 at St. Andrews South. Cocktails are 6-7pm, dinner at 7pm followed by the installation ceremonies. Signup sheets are out; choice is fish, prime rib or chicken. Active Member and one (1) guest are free; others $25 each. Please contact Joan Greene to make reservations.

¨ K.I. PRESIDENT DON CANADAY VISITS SEP. 20 : Members are invited to meet and greet our International President. It will be at Lakewood Ranch High School at 8:30am. There is NO CHARGE. Please see Joan.

¨ IRAQ/AFGHAN VETS COMING HERE : These vets will be here Sep. 11-15 with a special ceremony in our Kiwanis Veterans Garden in Laishley Park. See Bob Naylor or Eric DeYoung for more details on how you can help.

¨ ANNUAL INTERCLUB DIABOLICAL LIST : It's down to only one member who needs to get 3 other members to make an Interclub and get off the Diabolical List! He is Rodney Taylor . Fines started June 1 of $1 per week and Rodney now owes $12. We have 22 consecutive years with 100% of members getting their Interclub.

¨ NEW KIWANIS GOLF SHIRTS: Larry Taylor is still taking orders for a new, lighter weight Kiwanis Orange golf shirts, complete with logo. Total cost is $32. See Larry.

¨ PG Kiwanis KALENDAR:

Sep. 18 : Membership wine & cheese event here at Benedetto's. Look for a prospective new member now!

Sep. 20 : K.I. President Canady visit, 8:30am. See Joan.

Sep. 21 : Annual Installation Banquet; St. Andrews.

Sep. 30 : End of Kiwanis Fiscal Year!

¨ NEXT PNM LUNCHEON OCT. 7 : Prospective new Members and their sponsor meet at River City Grille at 11:45 a.m. Contact Susan Scribner or Norm Hall.

¨ LAST WEEK : Bob Carpenter, CCSO/PIO gave us a humorous report on dumb things criminals did.

¨ TODAY's PROGRAM : Suellen McElroy, CC Solid Waste Resources Division on Recycling in CC & PG.

¨ SPEAKERS : Eddie Webb is September Speaker Chair. Sep. 11 , TBA; Sep. 18 , Jerry Olivo, CCSB updates on CHS rebuilding program; Sep. 25 , Ron Struthers update on the new Sunloft Center in downtown PG.

¨ GREETER : Sep/Bill Cameron.

¨ BIRTHDAYS : Sheryl Flavin.

¨ ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK : Rodney & Jenny Taylor.

¨ WELCOME BACK LAST WEEK : Roger Enger, Ben Scott, Fred Fox, Barbara Scott.

¨ GUESTS : Lynette Theisen, Elaine Vogel, Joan Andrews, Canda Cameron, Kathy Mahar, Rick Keeney, Bob Craig, Nate Larrison, Rick Benson, Don Clark (Bob Armstrong's PNM).

¨ 50/50 WINNER : $59, Rick Fox.

¨ 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 comments by the candidate . Literature and petitions must be distributed OUTSIDE the building. No announced candidate will be considered for membership until after the elections. 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.

¨ 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.

¨ 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.

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