KiwaNews, Thursday Sept. 18, 2008

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

¨ NEW MEMBER PARTY TONIGHT : The club will hold a wine & cheese party here at Benedetto's at 5pm. Joan Greene has been coordinating the event and sent out over 40 invitations based on members suggestions. 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.

¨ K.I. PRESIDENT CANDADY VISIT SATURDAY : 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.

¨ ANNUAL INSTALLATION BANQUET SUNDAY : Our annual 83rd annual banquet is Sunday at St. Andrews South. Cocktails are 6-7pm, dinner at 7pm followed by the installation ceremonies. Active Member and one (1) guest are free; Seniors members and others $25 each. Deadline to register was last Monday; Joan says 54 signed up.

¨ BOARD OF DIRECTOR ELECTION : Last week members voted for Gene Murtha to fill the director-elect position of Cindy Milburn. The 3 year term runs Oct. 1, 2008 to Sep. 30, 2011.

¨ RODNEY HAS 12 DAYS LEFT FOR INTERCLUB: Rodney Taylor has only 12 days left to get an Interclub together with no less than 4 members to get off the Diabolical List! Fines started June 1 of $1 per week and Rodney now owes $17. We have 22 consecutive years with 100% of members getting their Interclub.

¨ PEANUT DAY RESCHEDULED : Our annual Peanut Day fund raiser has been rescheduled to October.

¨ DIV-18S SCHEDULES FUND RAISER AT VISANI : Our Division has scheduled a fund raiser at Visani Dinner and Comedy Club on Oct. 7 . Cost for the 8pm show is $10 with 100% of the funds going to our Kiwanis Division. Dinner starts at 6pm if you'd like. See Joan for tickets.

¨ 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. 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 : Brenda Bala, CC Housing Corporation.

¨ TODAY's PROGRAM : Jerry Olivo, CCSB updates on CHS rebuilding program.

¨ SPEAKERS : Eddie Webb is September Speaker Chair. Sep. 25 , Ron Struthers update on the new Sunloft Center in downtown PG. October chair is Bill Klossner.

¨ GREETER : Sep/Bill Cameron.

¨ BIRTHDAYS : None.

¨ ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK : Don & Sandra Rutherford.

¨ WELCOME BACK LAST WEEK : Sue Scribner, Lee Swift.

¨ GUESTS : Joan Andrews, PNM Bob Dickinson (Bob Armstrong), Harry Creutzmann of Surf City, NC, David ???

¨ 50/50 WINNER : ???

¨ 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!”