www.killearnkiwanis.org
Club Code # K10763
Tax Exempt # 85-8012667911C-2
Club Address:
3851 Moriarity Ct.
Tallahassee, FL 32309
Meeting Thursdays at 7 a.m. at
the Killearn Country Club
- 19th Hole
God Bless America
Future
Meetings
April 9th, 2009
PL:COLOMBO SG: COOPER
PR: P. DOWNING
Easter Spiritual Aims Program
(Leroy Thompson)
April 15th, 2009
Board of Directors Meeting
7 a.m. for one hour
Talley's Grille
Planning and Budgeting for
community service.
Participation by Officers, Directors,
and Committee Chairs is important. All members are welcome.
Minutes of Last Board Meeting.
April 16th, 2009
PL:B. DOWNING SG: EPPINGER
PR: ESHER
Matt Pellegrino
Regional FBI Director
(John Ryor)
April 23rd, 2009
PL:FACKENDER SG: FAUST
PR: GRAGNANI
(George Sweat)
FUTURE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Look for your name here. Plan ahead and email or call Chuck Walter at 284-3760 when you have a program scheduled.
April 30th .... Jim Varley
May 7th .... Chuck Walter
May 14th .... Richard Ziegler
May 21st .... Jim Barger
May 28th .... Bob Bull
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Potential Speakers
Check the list on page two for potential programs.
Our Previous
Three Programs
March 26th
Colette Podgorski
Big Bend Big Brothers - Big Sisters
March 19th
Lt. Gov. Keith Roberts
March 12th
Robin C. Johnston,
MBA, CMC
Vice President For Institutional Advancement & Executive Director, TCC Foundation
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Click here to see our 2008 golf web page
Click here to see the Results of our 2008 golf tournament.
Click here to see photos of the 2008 golf tournament.
Click to see their names.
2008 Prize Donors
2008 Sponsors
OCTOBER MONTHLY REPORT
TO THE FLORIDA DISTRICT
Click here to read our report to the Floirda District
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FINANCING
NEW BUDGET FOR 2009-2010
Click Below To See:
- Current Treasurer's Report
Click Here
Minutes of last Board meeting
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PHOTOS
Our albums
have been deleted by the host. We are working on another place to post them.
The Raising of the Big Fish at Gretchen Everhart
Click here to see the Photo Album.
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Archives
(2005-2006)
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Archives of Previous Newsletter
Club Photo Albums
Collection Programs
Committee and Project Chairs
Division 3 Club Meeting Schedule
Division 3 Kiwanis Yahoo Group
Fund Raising Golf Tournament
General Mills Coupons For Education
How To Print This Newsletter
Objects of Kiwanis
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Killearn Kiwanis Projects
Tallahassee Activities
at American Towns
Serving The Children
Of The
World
DIVISION 3
FLORIDA DISTRICT OF KIWANIS
Kiwanis Club of Tallahassee - Killearn
Chartered August 26, 1982
A Wilbur Gold Outstanding Bulletin Award Winner:
(2000-2001) and (2001-2002)
1st Place: 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2005-2006 & 2006-2007
Honorable Mention: 1998 & 2004-2005
Dedicated to the
memory of:
Arthur D. Core, W. C.
Hinton, Harlan Snodgrass, Joe Alfes,
Dave Scherff, Val Lynch, John Duke, Frank Gavigan, Earl Bufton, Cliff Tucker,
Bernie
Higgins, Tom Yeatman, Tom King, Fred Parker, Doc Schow, Frank
Stephenson, Bill Kittel, Hal Allard, Jim Swenson, Jack Kerwin and Charles Nuzum.Click Here To Go To
Page 2
to see the permanent items of the newsletter.
FINANCING
BUDGET FOR 2009-2010
Click Below To See:
- Current Treasurer's Report
-New Foundation Community Service Budget for 2007-2008
-New Administrative Budget for 2007-2008
Minutes of last Board Meeting.
Charle Nuzum Memorial Fund - $1,095
Editor - Chuck Walter 850-284-3760
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| This Week's Meeting April 2nd, 2009 Presiding: COLOMBO; Pledge: KRAUSE; Song: GRIFFIN; Prayer: COLMERY; Introduction: PUCCIO; Winner: PUCCIO; Attendance: 24; Brag For a Buck: NONE. Guests: JOHN WELLS, Capital City Kiwains PROGRAM Mark Nelson  The Disaster Recovery Fund, it's golas and how it coordinates various service agencies in the case of disasters like hurricanes, providing aid to those in need. View the National Web site to learn more. Pocket Change Collections C. K. Krause reported receiving $50.38 in change from members. This goes into a contingency fund to support any future Kiwanis International Special program that may come up in the future. Miccosukee Little League Click Here to see the schedules of the different leagues. Click Here to see their main web site. Dictionaries For 3rd Graders Gilchrist 130+ dictionaries have been stickered by the K-Kids 5th graders to be deliverd to the 3rd graders next week. The script for the presentation was written by the K-Kids members themselves.    Hawk's Rise On March 2nd Jim Barger delivered 146 dictionaries to Hawk's Rise Elementary.  Jim with Principal, Penny Brinson and a Third Grade student. ----- DeSoto Trail    We spent $525 on the project. The DeSoto Trail Technology Education Expo April 16th, 4:30 to 8 PM. They need some volunteers to help with parking and greeting. MEMBER SOCIAL & MEMBERSHIP GROWTH Applause to George Sweat for arranging another fine social on Mar 21st at Another Broken Egg whose owner Mike Schmidt donated $500 worth of food and services to help make the affair a huge success. Divison 3 Events Try to support them. *April 20th, Tallahassee Club & Southside Club Golf Tournament. *April 24th, Quincy Golf Tournament EDUCATIONAL NOTE Click here to check these items each week to learn about Kiwanis history and trivia. Golf Tournament 24 players signed, but not paid, as of March 26th. Approximately 45 prizes and 18 sponsorships. Former Club Secretary George Easterbrook sent a check for $300 from Lewiston, NY. Posters and player registration forms are available. Take posters and ask those where you do business for permission to post them. Some will say no, but others will permit it. Donor/Sponsor Solicitation Forms are available at the sign-in table. The cover has a typo on the year so change it from 2008 to 2009. Click on the 2008 Donors and Sponsors page links to see their names. 2008 Prize Donors 2008 Sponsors and refresh your memory about who you contacted last year. A list by member name has been circulated via email. IT IS TIME TO PICK UP THE PACE. We only have a relative few prizes and sponsorships. There is only a little over one month to work on this. Sponsors will have the opportunity to sponsor a nice prize for "Closest to the hole" on all four par three holes for only $150. ----- The golf web pages have been updated for this year. Please view them and mention errors or changes needed. ---- An article with 2 photos is in the March 26th NE Chronicle on page 5. REMEMBER *A volunteer is needed to take over the Community Service Committee to relieve President Dave Colombo of those tasks. He has enough to do. The chair does not have to do all the work. Solicit several committee members to assist. *Need someone to do the March of Dimes. *A volunteer is STILL needed to be treasurer in place of President Elect Jim Barger. He will train thoroughly and be available to help. *Also, a Secretary Understudy is needed to help Al Eppinger with secretarily duties while he is handling the golf tournament. *The club needs a public relations chair. Step forward and help our club get recognition for all the good things we do. You can let your imagination run free. --- Tommy Mills is handling Habitat for Humanity and he will look for Diaper Bank contacts to determine how/if to proceed with it. Other possible projects the Board is looking at are: Pregnancy Help Center (PHI), Blankets, Guardian ad litem, New Senior Projects, and International Fund Walk. Al Eppinger will do the Builders Club later this year. Loose Change Collections Bring your loose change in to C. K. for the Kiwanis International Special Projects Fund. MEMBER NOTES RUTH ROBBINS has a new red Mustang convertible. DENNIS FAUST has been given a leave of absence until April. JIM VARLEY is now at home building up his stamina. THE EPPINGER'S attended the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando. SPRINGTIME 10K RESULTS#127 - KATY ZEIGLER - 48:21 #331 - RICHARD ZIEGLER - 57:55 Keep our ill and grieving members and families, and travelers in your prayers. APRIL BIRTHDAYS 21st - Dave Colombo 22nd - Leroy Thompson 24th - Tom Fackender A VOLUNTEER IS NEEDED TO HEAD UP our execution of The District Governor's Hugs and Hats Project Get details from President Dave. It is a one time project and will involve coordinating member efforts to collect new or good used stuffed animals and caps, and arranging with agencies to which they can be delivered. Killearn Homes Association Project In March or April we will be building trash can containers for the KHA parks. George Sweat has been our contact with KHA on this and we are waiting for details from them. K-KIDS PROJECTS  The DeSoto Trail K-Kids Our committee members are "LT" Thompson, Eric Metcalf, Jim Varley and John Ryor. --------- The Gilchrist Elementary K-Kids Our committee members are: Al Eppinger, George Sweat, Kathy Cole, Tommy Mills. Faculty Sponsors Ms Whitaker and Mr. Rodenborg ---- The club has 7-8 projects selected for the year. ---- Relay For Life Project in May Last year they raised $4,000 --- Are you as smart as a 5th grader? You have a chance on April 21st at 6 PM for a half hour to prove it at a "Brain Brawl" type competition between K-Kids, Key Clubbers and Kiwanians. Answers will be a team effort. Volunteers are needed for our four person team. In the absence of volunteers Al Eppinger has promised a draft. Come on you smart people. EPPINGER, SWEAT, LUEBKEMANN AND COLE have signed up. At least ONE more is needed. This contest will be followed by a Teacher Talent Show. ----- Click below to see the K-Kids Page of KI Web Site HUMAN & SPIRITUAL AIMS from LeRoy Thompson I've learned
that the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast
blame on others. Age 46 Potential Speakers Operation Tribute to
Freedom Community Relations
Division US Army Office of the Chief of
Public Affairs Office direct: 202-828-9719 -----Other Speaker Possibilities Go to page two and scroll down the left column. Southside Kiwanis If you know of people who live or work in that area give their name and number to Al Eppinger to pass on to the Southside Club. WEAR YOUR KIWANIS PIN! AWARDS FOR 2008-2009 Committee Chairs must submit committee reports to the District online at the District web site to be eligible for awards. It is easy once you get the feel of it. Get off to a good start by doing it now. Get the recognition we deserve. Serving The Club If you don't feel like you are involved enough in community service there is plenty to be done. Now is time to tell President designate Dave Colombo how you want to be involved this coming year. The list of committees and projects is on page 2. Click here to review it. March Club Activities *Governor's visit - de big fish, Miracle Field, Div 3 dinner, *Habitat for Humanity Lunch duty two times. *Dictionaries delivered to 3 elementary schools. $525.00 NOTE: If you are aware of any activities that should be added above advise the editor and the secretary. Provide secretary Jim Varley with details of money spent, number of members participating and miles traveled. FUTURE PROGRAM SCHEDULE Look for your name in the Future Meetings Schedule and below. Plan ahead and email or call Chuck
Walter at 284-3760 when you have a program
scheduled. REMEMBER: Our Bylaws prohibit programs which promote policital candidates or issues. It is permissable to introduce candidates, but not to have them do a program. ----- April 30th .... Jim Varley May 7th .... Chuck Walter May 14th .... Richard Ziegler May 21st ... Mr. Brad Trotman, Executive Director
Killearn Homes Association .. Jim BargerMay 28th .... Bob Bull Photo Albums Our Photo Albums have been moved to the Kodak Gallery. Click here to see the selection. There may be 3 or more pages of albums for you to select to view individually or as a slide show. If you get a sign-in page the email address is cwalt2@comcast.net and the password is ccccc1. DISPOSE OF YOUR FLAGS PROPERLY Bring them to Bob Gragnani and he will take them to the American Legion for proper retirement. Or you can take them to the mail box at the Legion marked "Flags". | KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL
---------- Serving The Children of The World President Donald R. "Don" Canaday from Fishers, Indiana; of the Meridian Hills, Indianapolis club. Click here to visit the President's Page and view his new video with a membership growth challenge. ---- International Convention Nashville, Tennessee June 25-28, 2009 Florida's Past Governor, Stan Story of the Arlington, Jacksonville Club is a Kiwanis International Trustee. ---------- Kiwanis International Information Click to view a lot of information about current projects and helpful information for Committee/Project Chairs and members. READ YOUR NEWEST APRIL 2009 KIWANIS MAGAZINE Read about the International Convention and Kiwanis Night at the Grand Ole Opry on page 23. KIWANIS CONNECTED KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL EMAIL MAGAZINE It is a quarterly complement to your hard copy printed magazine. Go to this page to view the October issue and subscribe. http://www.kiwanis.org/magazine FLORIDA DISTRICT OF KIWANIS Click here to read Florida District information.  Governor: David A. Liddell, Jr. The Governor's Message Click here to read a moving message from our new District Governor. --- Click here to read the Governor's Goals ---- Read about the Governor's Hats and Hugs project. ---- District Convention AUGUST 27-30,
2009 See page 4 of the Feb - March District magazine ---- Governor's Official Visit *March 8th, 4-6 pm, Governors cookout at the Miracle Field. AKtion Club participated. ------ Read your February - March 2009 Florida District Magazine Page 14 - Club Reports for 2008-2009 See that we led Division 3 with 205 hours and 19 projects. The Florida Kiwanian OnLine Version Check our club activities report. Lots of good articles by District committee chairs and clubs. Read it. --- Click To See Florida District Committee Chairs DIVISION 3 ACTIVITIES Lt. Governor, Keith Roberts of the Lake Jackson Club ------ DIVISION 3 COUNCIL MEETING Read the minutes of the Monday, July 14th meeting here. ------ Next Meeting Monday, April 13, 2008 7 PM Fellowship Baptist Church Fellowship Hall Lt. Gov. election for 2010-2011. The first time it will be from nominations rather than by club rotation. Club voting members are: President, Pres Elect, Secretary and Interclub chair per the bylaws. President, President Elect, Secretary and Interclub Chair should attend. All others welcome. AKTION CLUB  SECOND & FOURTH THURSDAYS 6:30 - 7:30 PM Every member ought to experience an AKtion Club Meeting, or project. ----- Dempsey Mayo Road Pickup Saturday, March 7th Only Bob Downing, Bob Bull and Ben Colmery made it to assist. ------ President Colombo would like us to make a better effort to support the Aktion Club by attending more of their meetings on a regular basis and participating in more of their projects. This is something you will appreciate. ------ Collecting canned and dry food for ECHO at each Meeting. ------ Let's help The AKtion Club collect Box Tops For Education for Gretchen Everhart ----- The GRAGNANI family donated some more clothing for the AKtion Club adopted family. Key Club  Web Site Earl Bufton Scholarship The presentation to Key Clubber Holly C. Wiggins and her achievements are covered in a March 26th NE Chronicle article (page 10) written by Richard Ziegler. ------ Key Club officers for 2008-2009 Holley Wiggins - President, J T Madigan - Vice President, Allison Dod - Treasure, Kai Childree - Secretary, Ms. Eikeland - Faculty Advisor, Ms. Gonsolves - Faculty Advisor ------ This year the club is giving special emphasis to environmental projects. However, if you can think of a project for them to consider, let Richard Ziegler know about it. ---- Key Club Officers for 2009/2010 school year. President - Allison Dod and Kai Childree Vice President - Christine Heery Secretary - Michael Katzmayr Treasure - Meghan Cunningham Public Relations - Emily Poltevecque ----- The Key Club District Convention is in Orlando in April. -------- Meeting Schedule for remainder of year: 2nd and 4th Monday of the month First Monday meeting during lunch period Second Monday meeting after school Purpose- to get more attendance, due to busy school activities most students have. Dates for
the Key Club meetings:
Lunch in room
7212 at 11:30 — 4/13, 5/11
After school at the
picnic area in front of Adminstration at 3:05 PM 4/27 ------SIGN UPS FOR ATTENDING April 13 Lunch - blank April 27 After school - Chuck Walter May 11 Lunch - John Ryor The end of the year The club had 8 attendees at the Zone Rally which was the most from any school. Lt. Governors for the new split division are: 3A, Mikeal George; and 3B, Megan Torrence. ------ President Colombo wants us to make a better effort to support the Key Club by attending more of their meetings on a regular basis next year. A sign-up list is circulating. Please sign up for several meetings and show our support for the Key Club. ----- KEY CLUB PLEDGE: I
pledge on
my honor to uphold the objects of KEY Club International; to build my
home,
school, and community; to serve my nation and God and to combat all
forces
whch tend to undermine these institutions.
The Kiwanis Family of Service Clubs
The blue outline indicates a link to the Aktion Club, Key Club, FSU Circle K & KI Home Page. HELP THE EDITOR When you see errors and/or old information please email the editor, especially scheduled activities updates. PLEASE HELP MAKE EVERY AKTION CLUB MEETING AN INTERCLUB. Check the Interclub Meetings Planned. INTERCLUBS PLANNED ---- INTERCLUBS COMPLETED *March, 9th, Governors Dinner at the Ramada Inn North. (EPPINGER, LUEBKEMANN, SWEAT, DOLOMBO) *March 8th, 3-5 pm, Governors cookout at the Miracle Field. (Al Eppinger, Richard Ziegler, Chas LaTour and Ben Colmery) * Wednesday, March 18th, noon, Monticello. (MAYBERRY, RYOR, LUEBKEMANN, ? couldn't read my notes) Short, Funny Stuff APHORISM: A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE EXPRESSING A WISE, CLEVER OBSERVATION; A GENERAL TRUTH OR ADAGE I've reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.CANS FOR JIM BRING IN ALUMINUM CANS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR ADMIN ACCOUNT Collect Aluminum cans (not the tabs) for recycling. Jim Varley will collect what we bring in and take them to recycling. Preferably they should be crushed, but bring them either way. ------- Continue to collect the tabs and bring them to CK. BOOK COLLECTIONS Remember books for the Veteran's Clinics. (GRAGNANI) TALLAHASSEE VOICES Click To Join and participate in local surveys. It is easy. "Brag For A Buck" Just give a buck and state your brag in one minute or less. Over that time costs $5.00 HOW TO MAKE UP MISSED MEETINGS Simply attend a meeting of another club, including AKtion, Key, K-Kids, or another Kiwanis Club, a Division Council meeting, a club project, or a Board meeting. With all these possibilities there is little reason not to have perfect attendance. COMMITTEE CHAIRS SUBMIT ALL YOUR MONTHLY REPORTS FOR THIS YEAR. It is the only way your committee can be eligible for District awards. If you get behind you can catch up on the past due reports. A list of District Awards and the criteria is available on the District web site at 2007-2008 District Awards Creteria Find your District Committee Counterpart and communicate with him/her. Florida District Committee Chairs Explore Your New eNewsletter This week's challenge: Go to the Florida Kiwanis Section above and click on the link to their web site and read about District activities/ Northeast Chronicle March 19th, Our golf tournament article. See it here. http://www.tallahassee.com/chronicle. To Do List: Get your guest's email address and send him/her the link to our Newsletter each week. Increase your efforts for the coming year. Help us grow toward better community service. Collections BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FOR VETERAN CLINICS Bring them in to Bob Gragnani. Ruby K Award If you have recruited 5 or more members you are eligible for this award; that is, if you can remember their names. Give the names of your recruits to George Sweat and maybe he will get the pin for you. Awards are made for increments of five members recruited. PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS Tell Secretary Al Eppinger how many years are shown on your current perfect attendance tab, if you have one. Also, tell him how many years you have earned. This includes previous membership in other Kiwanis clubs. This is not for calender years. It is for one year of consecutive meetings and/or makeups. |
