Upcoming Meetings
June 1, Club Meeting
Father Wally Kasuboski will update us on his Panama mission.
June 8, Club Meeting
David Sakrison will present a program on recumbent bikes.
June 10, Board Meeting
We'll meet at noon in the Milahy Room of Pickard Commons.
June 15, Club Meeting
Journalist Charles Wiley – we’ve enjoyed programs with Charles for many years and we’re honored to hear him speak while he is participating at Badger Boys State. We need an alternate location for his meeting. If you have any ideas, please let Tonya or Kristy or Barb know.
June 22, Club Meeting
Officer Trevor Hanke will speak to our club about raising funds for a new canine officer, as Danni is nearly 10-years-old and approaching retirement.
Upcoming Events
June 1 & 3
Ripon Noon Kiwanis Variety Show
June 3-6
Ripon Summer Players
June 11 & 12
Relay for Life
June 14-17
Distance Running Clinic
June 19
Doug Lyke Sunrise Run
June 29, 7 p.m.
Kids from Wisconsin
RHS Auditorium
July 9, 5 p.m.
Vic Ferrari Concert Brat Fry, Village Green
July 24
Fond du Lac Lakeside Kiwanis 50th Anniversary Celebration, South Hills Country Club, Fond du Lac
August 14, 7:30 p.m.
Doug Lyke Twilight Run
Club Leadership
President
Tonya Alling
President-Elect
Paul Nulton
Secretary
Kristy Sadlon
Treasurer
Bob Meyer
Past President
Norm Loomer
Board of Directors
Herm Leitz (2010)
John Roesch (2010)
Ken Koffarnus (2010)
Barb Evensen (2011)
Linda Putzer (2011)
Mellisa Wipijewski (2011)
Emily Dinegan (2012)
Tom Keuler (2012)
Ian Stepleton (2012)
Committee Chairs
Fundraising
Paul Nulton
Youth Services
Pat Himebaugh
Sponsored Programs
Rick Bunge
Jack Christ
Kristy Sadlon
Community Services
Herm Leitz
Young Child Priority One
Ian Stepleton
Mellisa Wipijewski
Club Meetings
Barb Evensen
Membership Growth
and Education
Norm Loomer
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This Week’s Meeting
Attendance: 15 members and 4 guests
Guests
Brittany Ferch is the Ripon High School Key Club Student of the Month. She is the guest of Rick Bunge.
Bill Neill brought his wife, Judy.
Ken Hill is the Director of Twelve Angry Jurors, which is the upcoming play from the Ripon Summer Players, co-sponsored by our Kiwanis club.
Frank Cumberbatch is one of two owners of Boca Grande in Ripon and also our program speaker today.
Announcements
Left to right: Maggie Parks, Ashley Himebaugh, Bridget O'Brien, Sarah Stansfield, Tonya Alling, Rachel Schulz, Amanda Himebaugh and Erin Shiroda.
2010 Ripon High School Scholarship Night
Tonya Alling presented $500 Ripon Noon Kiwanis Club scholarships to seven very deserving young ladies on Wednesday, June 19. Each of these students are Key Club members who logged between 140 and 160 hours of community service, excelled academically and were involved in many extracurricular activities. In addition, Ashley Himebaugh, a 4-year Key Club member who has served as both vice-president and president received a $500 matching scholarship from the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Kiwanis District Foundation. Congratulations ladies!
International Convention Update
The board of directors held a meeting last week before our regular noon meeting to discuss exceeding the budget to pay for all expenses to send a member of our club to the Kiwanis International Convention, June 24 through 28. With a motion by Paul and a second by Herm, the board voted unanimously "to find the funds necessary to send a representative to the Kiwanis International Convention and to determine later how to balance the budget." Club secretary Kristy Sadlon will be our delegate this year. We hope to use excess revenue from the 50/50 raffles and to move our gifts to the WI-UM KDF and the International Foundation out of the administrative side of the budget and into the foundation side of our budget. Those two things should get us close to our goal, but if you'd like to make a donation it would be very much appreciated. It's been years since we had a member attend the KI convention.
Relay for Life
Mother Bunny Marge Burling announced that the Relay for Life will be themed Hawaiian style. She encourages us to sell Luminaries, invite other survivors to the survivor walk and to continue raising money for the American Cancer Society.
Ripon Summer Players
Volunteers are needed on Friday and Saturday June 4-5 from 6:30 to 7:30 and on Sunday June 6th from 1-2. Please contact Norm or Helga if you are available to sell tickets for Twelve Angry Jurors.
Tim Scottberg stands with several potential members of the Ripon Middle School Builders Club.
Builders Club
The Ripon Middle School Builders Club held an informational meeting for students on Thursday, May 20, under the guidance of RMS teacher (and our newest Noon Kiwanian) Tim Scottberg. Our goal is to send in the charter paperwork soon and to start the club up in earnest right away in the fall. Mr Scottberg already has the idea to plant a vegetable garden, with the harvest donated to the food pantry.
Ripon Noon Kiwanis Variety Show
The Variety Show theme is “Forever Young”. The show will be held on Tuesday and Thursday, June 1 and 3 at Ripon High School. You can help by acting in a skit. You can help by selling tickets and posting posters to publicize. We'll need the help of many to entertain our town with a good show. Practice schedule for chorus is: Thursday, May 27, 6:30 pm, Immanuel UMC.
Birthdays: Norm Loomer, May 28; Emily Dinegan, May 29.
Thank You to Kristy Sadlon and Tonya Alling for filling in for Norm on this edition of the Noon News.
Kiwanians "Caught in the Act" of Community Service
Ripon Noon Kiwanians, Ripon Early Bird Kiwanians, Ripon Aktioneers and Rotarians joined together on May 1 to clean up the Little White Schoolhouse. The joint effort was so successful that we're putting our heads together to plan a picnic for all to attend.
Kristy Sadlon and Carol Thome take a break together at the Bowling with Friends day at Plaza Bowl on May 2. It was a joint effort of the Noon Kiwanis, the Early Bird Kiwanis and the Ripon Aktion Club. Bowling with Friends is a party for adults with developmental disabilities who are served by Diverse Options, Inc.
The Ripon Noon Kiwanis garden at Murray Park is well on its way to being beautiful. Bill Neill, Marge Burling and Norm Loomer
worked hard last week planting, weeding and watering. Thank you for all your hard work!
A special thank you to Paul Nulton for hosting our May 25 meeting at Immanuel United Methodist Church, to Barb Evensen for bringing a salad, and to Tonya Alling for bringing beverages.
Happy Bucks
Herm Leitz is happy because he was Tonya’s date over the weekend at Green Lake's prom (where the two of them "rescued" the Central Park themed prom set at midnight to use in the variety show.
Norm Loomer is happy because the Memorial Service for his mom and dad over the weekend in Green Bay went well and he was able to spend time with his family.
Kristy Sadlon is happy that her son participated in the 4th Annual DreamCatchers Softball Game in FDL over the weekend for disabled children. He is also a member of the Ripon 8U Traveling Team and they had their first scrimmage at Beaver Dam last week and they were awesome!!!
Tonya Alling is happy because yesterday Ian Stepleton informed her that someone had discovered a stack of documents from the Noon Kiwanis Club from years ago. She is also happy that the City Council approved the Road Run road closures. Finally, her daughter, Megan was Tinkerbell in the play Peter Pan and she was also on prom court over the weekend.
Queen of Spades 50/50 Raffle
Herm Leitz’s number was called and he drew an Ace of Diamonds. Better luck next time Herm! 19 cards are left in the deck and the pot starts next week at $339.50! It's getting up there folks. Come to the meetings and take a chance at winning!
Today’s Program:
Franklin Cumberbatch on Boca Grande and Granite Broadband
Boca Grande has been in Ripon for three years now. Roadhouse Pizza remodeling is their current project. This project created over 50 construction jobs for Ripon. The first phase of the construction should be done around June 10th. They will then start on phase two which should be done around mid-July. These renovations will expand the restaurant to seat four times the customers that it does now.
The next project will be renovating buildings 205, 207 and 209 on Watson Street. They have found that some of the apartments have been vacant since 1937 according to old newspapers found laying on the floor. The goal of Boca Grande is to “renovate the properties they own to last another 100 years.” Also, they are working with Larry Trotter to get the occupants of the American House moved to their new building so they can start working on the new Ripon Inn and Spa.
Regarding Granite Broadband, any visitor that visits downtown Ripon will have access to WIFI. The lowest speed is free and there are daily, weekly, and monthly packages for higher speeds. There is not one small community in all of Wisconsin that can say they offer this. One goal is to offer a marketing opportunity to the downtown businesses who may offer specials on the wi-fi access. “Ripon On Air” is the moniker which will pop up on your laptop or smartphone when you're in range of the wireless feed.
So, what is next? The entire city of Ripon will be covered by wireless internet. Frank stated, “this was never a real estate project, it is an economic development way of bringing more dollars to Ripon.” His office is at 305 Watson Street, and his desk is located right near the front window, if you have any questions, comments or concerns about any of the projects.
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