Upcoming Meetings

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.

July 6, Club Meeting
Gary Ring from the Kiwanis Club of Fabulous Fond du Lac will present a program about "Yell and Tell" -- a Kiwanis-sponsored program designed to keep children safe.

July 8, Board Meeting
Mihaly Room, Pickard Commons, 12 noon.

July 13, Club Meeting
Green Lake Festival of Music Chamber Music Camp students will perform for us.

July 20, Club Meeting
Kristy Sadlon, club secretary and delegate to the Kiwanis International convention, will give us an update on her experience.

Upcoming Events

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, 8 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

This Week’s Meeting

Attendance: 15 members and 2 guests

Guests 

Andrew Gaines, Development Associate at Ripon College, was the guest of Helga Rikkers.

Journalist Charles Wiley was our program speaker.

Announcements 

Happy Birthday to:
Meg Wuske, June 17
Lisa Hale, June 20
Rich Scamehorn, June 20
Ian Stepleton, June 22

June 10 Board Meeting/Nominations of Officers
A board meeting was held on Thursday June 10, 2010. Nominations were made for the 2010-2011 Slate of Officers which, per our bylaws, need to be officially announced at two meetings and voted on at the next meeting. Nominations are:

Officers
Vice President: Mellisa Wipijewski
President-elect: Richard Zimman
President: Paul Nulton
Past President: Tonya Alling
Treasurer: Bob Meyer
Secretary: Kristy Sadlon

Board of Directors
Term Expires 2013
Jenny Machkovich; Rich Scamehorn; Sue Brereton

Term Expires 2012
Emily Dinegan; Tom Keuler; Ian Stepleton

Term Expires 2011
Barb Evensen; Linda Putzer; Steve Sorenson (replacing Mellisa)

Our June 29 meeting will be our Annual Meeting. We will induct Tim Scottberg and Lindsey Michels as members, hear from our Lt. Governor, Stu Kindschuh, and vote on our new slate of officers and board members.

Relay for Life
Relay For Life was held on Friday and Saturday June 11 and 12. Mother Bunny, Marge Burling reported that this year, the “Energizer Bunnies” team raised $2279 for Relay For life and the entire Ripon event raised over $68,000. The highlight of the entire event was the luminaries that lined the relay path and turned complete darkness into light. Great Job Energizer Bunnies!

Relay for Life Bike Relay
Out of the 20 participants in the Relay for Life Bike Relay, five were Noon Kiwanians. They were: Kristy, Tonya, Rick, Cory and Jolene. Great job!

Doug Lyke 5K Sunrise Run
There are many empty spots that need to be filled for this Road Run event to be successful, especially road guards. The event will be held on Saturday June 19, 2010; please contact Herm Lietz if interested. FYI, he will be assigning Nooners if there is a shortfall!

Kids from Wisconsin
The Kids will be here on Tuesday, June 29. We need you to sell tickets in order to make a profit on this event. It costs around $5000 to bring them here, and we need over 400 audience members just to break even. We also are planning an ice cream social during intermission. Aktion Club members will be invited to pass out programs and take tickets. If you can help in any way with the ice cream social, please contact Barb Evensen. This could either make or break our annual budget.

Happy Bucks

Lindsey Michels is happy she ran in a five-mile race at Walleye Weekend and ran her personal best time.

Richard Zimman is happy he has never had to run in a race.

Steve Sorenson is happy that this is his 37th year involved with Badger Boys and that his good friend Charles Wiley is here to speak to our club.

Herm Lietz is happy he runs every morning out of town with his shirt off because he recently received a phone call from our friendly Town of Ripon officer explaining to him a complaint was made because he does not wear a reflecting jacket for safety.

Tonya Alling is happy because she took her daughter Megan to UW-Stout for summer orientation and registration.

Queen of Spades 50/50 Raffle

The pot grew to $373 and Steve Sorenson’s ticket was pulled. He drew a five of clubs which means he won $5. Congratulations Steve! Next week, the pot will start at $368 and there are 16 cards left, with the queen and one five still hiding -- the next lucky person has a 12.5 percent chance of winning at least $5 and a 6.25 percent chance of drawing the Queen!

Today’s Program: Journalist Charles Wiley

When introducing our program speaker, Steve Sorenson called Charles Wiley a "living legend”. Charles is a regular speaker for our club during Badger Boys week and has political and social perspectives on world events.

Charles’ current mission in life is to get today’s children to realize the true meaning of Independence Day. Many children know this great holiday as July 4th and fireworks; they don’t have a clue that Independence Day is actually the celebration for the birth of our country.

He feels the news media seems to have more influence than the President, and political figures react to that. He urges everyone to have “as many sources as possible to get the true accurate story from ALL perspectives”. The media thrives on bad news! Many of the Y2K guru’s looked real foolish when nothing happened after all of the hype of the world ending and planning for disaster.

“The era of close neighbors is over” stated Charles. This is different for Ripon, but in larger cities . . . people are no longer friendly neighbors. Back in the day, he remembers knowing all of his neighbor’s names and their children within a couple of weeks. Now, “nobody knows anybody anymore”. He feels the only thing that keeps communities together are clubs like Kiwanis. Every club in America is fighting for new members to join their service club and many are failing. Many kids these days don’t have a clue about all of the good deeds we do and what our clubs stand for. He states, “if you think about it, there are no political figures today that have pointed out the problem of lacking service club memberships”.

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Note: I apologize for the delay in getting this edition out the door. On the bright side, you can look forward to reading two issues over a three-day period. - Tonya