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March 23, 2010

This Week’s Meeting

Attendance: 19 members and 1-1/2 guests

Guests 

Brian Stigen, manager of Anytime Fitness, was the guest of Tonya Alling. Since Brian has lost 215 pounds over the past 18 months, he's the "half" a guest!

Meg Wuske, prospective member from the Ripon Community Church and future downtown gathering place, “Mugs”, is the guest of Tonya Alling. Third time’s a charm! Meg has her membership application in hand!

Announcements 

Tonya Alling, Rich Scamehorn, Paul Nulton and Lil Milbrandt all attended the Club Excellence Summit with KI President Paul Palazzolo in Appleton last Saturday. They were all motivated and inspired by his presentation.

Lisa Hale, Jenny and Steve Machkovich received their “Lowest Team Bowling Score” medal today from the Green Lake Kiwanis Club Bowling Fundraiser.

The Children’s Fair will be held on Saturday April 17th from 9AM-12PM. Volunteers are needed on Friday evening 5PM-8PM, Saturday morning 8AM-11AM and clean-up 11AM-2PM. Please contact Ian if you are available.

RC2 5K, 10K and Half Marathon are going to be held on Saturday April 25th. Volunteer sign-up sheets will be going around soon.

Republican House grounds clean-up will be held on Saturday May 1st. This is an all-service club event including the Noon Club, Early Birds, Rotary and Aktion Club.

Pick-N Save Brat Fries are here! We are signed up for Saturday May 1st to serve brats and burgers to the community. Volunteer sign-up sheets will be going around soon.

Bowling With Friends will be held on Sunday May 2nd at the Plaza Bowl. The Early Birds sponsor this event for the Diverse Options consumers and several other service clubs will be helping as well. Volunteer sign-up sheets will be going around soon.  

March Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy 93rd Birthday Don!

Birthdays: Pat Hart, March 9th; Linda Putzer, March 17th; Don Amsden, March 31st

Interclub Opportunities

The West Bend Kiwanis Germanfest on Tuesday, March 30. Cocktails at 6 p.m and dinner at 7 p.m. Deadline for reservations is March 25th. Please let Rich know if you can attend.

Happy Bucks

Tonya Alling is happy that her daughter Megan received the Herb Kohl Scholarship over the weekend. She is happy that she received her “gold Key” from the KI President. And she is happy to have our guests here at the meeting.  

Mary Avery is happy that guest Meg Wuske stayed in Ripon after graduating from Ripon College. She is missed at the CEC where she used to work.

John Olsen is happy/sad that his wife and daughter have left him for the week and headed to Arizona and Colorado to visit daughter/sister Rachel.

Matt Lueptow is happy to give to the John Olsen dinner fund in Laura's absense.

Don Amsden is happy to be at today’s meeting. Happy 93rd Birthday Don!

Lisa Hale is happy to be in the dating scene after many years! Congratulations!

Brian Stigen is happy to have been invited to attend this great club's meeting.

Queen of Spades 50/50 Raffle

Herm draws a dud – the Queen of Diamonds!

Herm Lietz and Kristy Sadlon split their tickets. They each had their own end and the middle was shared. The middle ticket number ended up being drawn by Brian Stigen. $271.00 was in the pot and Herm chose the King of Diamonds from the deck. There are now 27 cards left and the Queen is still hiding.

Today’s Program: New member orientation and committee meetings

New Member Orientation went smoothly with the help of a new powerpoint presentation which was downloaded from the KI web site and customized for our club, division and district. Meg, Brian, Lisa, Jenny, John, Mary, Mellisa, Henrik and Jolene all participated (some of them fell into the "better late than never" category)! The next step is to guide our newest members in their quest to find the committee(s) they'd be most passionate to serve on.

Kristy, Sue and Mary are hard at work!

Helga, Paul and Herm plan our future.

Committee Meetings: Some committees met today to discuss the future goals and visions they have for the rest of our Kiwanis year. Some topics discussed were the upcoming Variety Show, and the start of the Builders Club.

Upcoming Programs and Events

March 30 – Ray Loth from Collier Legacy Planning will lead an educational workshop on financial planning.

April 6 – Paul Nulton will talk about a task force focusing on underage drinking which has been organized in Ripon.

April 13 – Fond du Lac County Executive Al Buechel may tell us about the new half a percent sales tax in Fond du Lac County (the topic is up to him)!

April 20 – Biscuit, the miniature dachshund therapy dog, will sit patiently while her owner, Pat Grahn, tells us how Biscuit fosters a love of reading in elementary students at the Ripon elementary schools. My son, Noah, just loves it when Biscuit visits twice a week. You won't want to miss this program!

April 27 – Brian Wells will tell us about his mission trip to Haiti, which took place in the weeks following the traumatic earthquake in Port au Prince.

Editor's Note: Kristy and I will both be giving happy bucks upon Norm's return, when he can resume his fine work on the Noon News each week.