June 25, 2014

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June Birthdays.

13 Patty Williams.

Next Program and Greeter.

Greeter: Dave Smith.
Program: Board Meeting.

Next Aktion Club Visitors.

The Aktion Club meets every 2nd Tuesday of the

month at Briarwood Village
100 Don Desch Drive
Coldwater, Ohio.

 July Aktion Club attendees are:

J. T. Irmscher 

Jenny Jamieson.

Upcoming Events.

Freedom Days 
July 5 from 11 am until 1 pm.
Inflatable watch. 

Kiwanis Night at the Mariners

July 9 at 7 PM
 
Kiwanis International Convention
July 17 thru 20, 2014
Tokyo-Chiba, Japan
Asia-Pacific Kiwanis District. 
 

97th Annual District Convention

Crown Plaza Columbus North Hotel
August 8-10, 2014

Healthy Kids Day

November 1, 2014

Coldwater High School

10 AM until 12:30

Members present: President  Eric Kramer, Ruth Link, Jenny Jamieson, Phillip Miller, Ivan Knapp,  Rita Schmit, Karen Cisco, Ken Rosengarten, Marjorie Stachler, P. Suzanne Murlin, Larry Goins, Linda Goodwin, Suzanne Murlin, Dave Smith and Hans Rehrmann.

Guest: Cheryl Winner.
Guest speaker: Division 2 Lt. Governor Jeff Schulman.

Meeting.

President Eric Kramer opened the meeting in the traditional manner. Happy/Sad dollars were collected.

President Kramer announced that we still need 5 volunteers for the Freedom Days "Inflatable" watch.

Larry Goins announced that he is still checking on pricing for Lakefest and also checking into the feasibility of adding products to our foodstand.

Ruth Link announced that 7 pm July 9th is Kiwanis night at the Grand Lake Mariners baseball game. Eric Kramer will throw out the first pitch. We will need a talented person to sing the National Anthem (P. Suzanne)? and several bat boys. The Mariners will be playing Lexington and the game will be played at Montgomery Field in Eastview Park.

Program.

Division 2 Lt. Governor Jeff Schulman was the featured speaker for today.

He spoke about the 6 objects of Kiwanis:

• Object 1 - To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
• Object 2 - To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
• Object 3 - To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
• Object 4 - To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
• Object 5 - To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.
• Object 6 - To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.

He then stated that goals are a means of implementing a value. He spoke about the 3 basic values of Kiwanis: love of God, Country and fellow man. Last, but not least, he spoke of the need to recruit new members, especially young people. He said that the average age of Kiwanis members is 60+ years and that membership in on the decline.

Kiwanis Education.

59. The European Federation of Kiwanis International is composed of the eight districts and nondistricted areas of Europe: the Iceland-Faroes, Norden, Netherlands, Belgium-Luxemburg, France-Monaco, Switzerland-Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Italy districts, and areas such as the Iberian peninsula and eastern Europe. The European Federation has more than 1,000 clubs and stages an annual convention to elect federation officers and promote Kiwanis goals and training.

Quotes. 

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."

- Yogi Berra