Wednesday, October 30, 2013

October 30, 2013


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October Birthdays.
10 Barbara Hennard

Next Program and Greeter.
Greeter: Ruth Link.
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.
November Aktion Club attendees are:
Robert Mueller.
P. Suzanne Murlin.

Upcoming Events.
Healthy Kids Day

November 2nd, 2013
Coldwater High School

Reindog Parade and Pancake Breakfast
November 30, 2013

Next Division 2 Meeting
6:30 PM, March 12, 2014
Milano's Lima

Ohio District Governor's Visit
6 PM, April 22, 2014
McIntosh Center, ONNU at Ada

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


Members present: President Eric Kramer, Linda Goodwin, Stacey Brunswick, Rita Schmit, Karen Cisco, Ivan Knapp, Suzann Murlin, Linda May, Ruth Link, Ken Rosengarten, Marjorie Stachler, Teresa Smith, J. T. Irmscher, Jason Luebke and Hans Rehrmann.
(60% of members attended).

Guest: Lt. Governor Jeff Schulman.
Speaker: Joyce Alig.
Meeting.

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

Lt. Governor's Visit.

Jeff Schulman, this year's Lt. Governor of Division 2, paid us a visit. He outlined the division's goal of one new club per year and, also, increase of membership by all clubs within the division. He said that a new club to be built in Spencerville is in the works and will, hopefully, be concluded by the end of this calendar year. He also stressed the importance of inter-clubs to pick up new ideas of projects we could do to serve our community. He mentioned the fact that matching funds might be available from the Ohio District Foundation. Of special interest was the idea of creating a satellite club for new members who cannot attend regular noon-time meetings.

Healthy Kids Day

Those of you that have volunteered please be there by 0930 November 2nd, 2013 at the Coldwater High School. The event runs from 10 AM until noon.
Program.

Suzanne Murlin introduced her speaker, the director of the Mercer County Historical Museum, Joyce Alig.



Joyce Alig
Joyce talked about her struggle with the Mercer County bureaucracy in keeping the Mercer county Historical Museum going. She has been there since 1973. Gave her notice that she would retire in 2004. She was not replaced, so she stayed on.
The museum is located at: 130 East Market, P.O. Box 512, Celina, OH 45822 and open by Appointment, and Special Exhibits throughout the year. The museum provides area historical exhibits.  Open Houses with Special Exhibits are held throughout the year, e.g. Prehistoric Artifacts; Antique Guns; Post Cards; Sports Hall of Fame, etc.
Over two dozen Western Ohio and Mercer County Local History Books have been printed by the Historical Society.  A weekly newspaper column is written by Joyce who has the best Archival Collection of Mercer County History in existence.
Unfortunately Joyce was only given about 10 minutes for her presentation.

Coat Day.

Ken Rosengarten, Joyce Jansen, Stacey Brunswick, Marjorie Stachler, Linda Goodwin and Hans Rehrmann attended. Dave Smith provided coat racks and a truck to take all supplies, as well as, left-over coats to their destinations.
As usual, people started lining up, in very cold and windy weather, by 8:30 AM. By 9 AM opening time we must have had a 100 people or more. It looks like we did well and special kudos go to Joyce and Stacey for all the work they put into this to make it the great success that it turned out to be.
It was suggested to shorten the distribution next year by 1 hour since we only had 3 customers during the last hour.
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Division 2 Meeting.
 Lt. Governor-Elect Karen Cisco, Immediate Past President Ken Rosengarten, Rita Schmit and Hans Rehrmann attended the division 2 meeting in Delphos, Ohio at 6 PM Wednesday October the 23rd. A good time was had by all. The highlight of the meeting was a address by Kathleen Moylan, the Ohio District "New Club" Supervisor. She mentioned that the district has lost 500 members last year and that new club building, as well as, increasing membership is of prime importance.
Former Lt. Governor Denny Elwer of the Delphos club and district chair for the Eliminate project, spoke about the importance of the project and the need to donate. He stated that Ohio is in 4th place world-wide after Florida.
  
Current Board members:

Eric Kramer, Ivan Knapp, Linda May, Ken Rosengarten, Jenny Jamieson, Ruth Link, Hans Rehrmann, Teresa Smith, Stacey Brunswick, Marjorie Stachler, Linda Goodwin and Rita Schmit.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Article 1.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Kiwanis Education.
30. Key Club International is Kiwanis’ oldest continuing youth-service program. The first Key Club “for key boys” was organized by the Kiwanis Club of Sacramento, California, in 1925. The concept of a service club for high school students spread to other Kiwanis clubs, and Key Club became an official program of Kiwanis International by 1942. Today, more than 200,000 young men and women belong to Key Clubs in more than 4,500 high schools throughout the US, Canada, and a growing number of other nations. Key Club International is run largely by its members, who conduct conventions and elect officers each year at the district and International levels.

Quotes.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry



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