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
July 2nd, 2009
PL:FACKENDER SG: GRAGNANI
PR: GRIFFIN
Mary Waller
Capital Regional Medical Center
(Bob Downing)
July 9th, 2009
PL:LUEBKEMANN SG: MAYBERRY
PR: MEARS
(Al Eppinger)
July 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.
July 16th, 2009
PL:METCALF SG: MILLS
PR: ORSILLO
(Charley Esher)
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.
July 23rd ...Annette Ponder - Turn-it-Around Ministries. Tom Fackender
July 30th . J. B. Stoutamire, Heritage Oaks Marketing Director .. Bob Gragnani
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Potential Speakers
Check the list on page two for potential programs.
Our Previous
Three Programs
June 18th
Tom Cooper
Senior Staff Director
Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee
June 11th
Keith Roberts
Div 3 Lt. Gov.
"The Spirit of Excellence"
June 4th
Rick Theobald
Financial Advisor with Waddell and Reed
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Click here to see our 2009 golf web page
Click here to see the Results of our 2009 golf tournament.
Click here to see photos of the 2009 golf tournament.
Click to see their names.
2008 Prize Donors
2008 Sponsors
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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Killearn Kiwanis Projects
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Serving The Children
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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, Charles Nuzum and Vince Puccio.Click Here To Go To
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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 June 25th, 2009 Presiding: COLOMBO; Pledge: R. DOWNING; Song: COLOMBO; Prayer: THOMPSON; Introduction: RYOR; Winner: P. DOWNING; Attendance: 18; Brag For a Buck: LUEBKEMANN; 54 years today of wedded bliss for her and Heinz. Guests: NONE ----- Helpers taking down equipment after the meeting: MILLS, BARGER, VARLEY, R. DOWNING PROGRAM  Holly Watts FSU Womens Volleyball Associate Coach Here from Arkansas with the new head coach. The outlook for the team for the coming year and insight into how it may stack up with the competition. The importance of scheduling to team performance and final post season participation. Team members do a lot of community service and will help us if we ask. Thank You Letter From The Pilot Club Thanking us for donating toward the purchase of a special high back chair for Gretchen Everhart School. We got credit in the Chronicle. Ronald McDonald House Tabs Tommy and Marvin delivered 385 lbs and collected 35 cents per lb. (up from 20 cents) Since January 1st we have helped them by delivering 915 pounds. Marvin says that amounts to 1,840,000 tabs. Greensboro July 4th Celebration Highly recommended. See a special tribute to local veterans in the form of crosses lining the street along HWY 12. A significant community contribution by a small, but active Kiwanis Club. SOMETHING NEW IN MEMBERSHIP Alternate and Associate membership concepts exist. George Sweat will explore the concepts with a membership sub-committee including Johnnye Luebkemann and Steve Mayberry. De Big Fish  At the Gretchen Everhart work day: George Sweat, Jim Barger, Charley Esher, Steve Mayberry and Tommy Mills. Tabs and Education Coupons Marvin Doyal reported that he and Tommy Mills delivered 530 lbs of tabs to recycling collecting $106 for Ronald McDonald House. Also delivered many Education coupons to Gretchen Everhart. Golf Tournament The Complete Photo Album Click Here! We have photos of all the sponsor signs on the course if you want one to show to your sponsors. You can order prints from this album. Letters of thanks have been completed by Don Griffin and distributed to members to mail. Thank You cards have been mailed to the players and will soon be mailed to prize donors. Another project for you to help. Need a Chair and several committee members to handle the establishment of a new Builders Club at Deer Lake Middle School next school term. You will be steered to the right information. A very worthy project for children. Help keep up our momentum for service to children. Soccer Tournament at The Miracle Field? this Fall? Need 3 members to assist with directions and crowd handling. Moved and seconded to assist this effort. John Ryor was the first volunteer. Monies earned by the volunteering club members at the Soccer Tournament will be used in our Club’s Administrative Fund to cover administrative costs incurred by the club. EDUCATIONAL NOTE Click here to check these items each week to learn about Kiwanis history and trivia. MEMBER NOTES A lot of members will be traveling the next month or so. Attendance will be down so it is important that you make every effort to attend when in town. THE LUEBKEMANN'S to Panama City, maybe to celebrate that 54 years. Keep our ill
and grieving members and families, and travelers in your prayers.KATHY COLE had a ruptured appendix in the last week. No report on her current condition. THE COOPER'S are off for another charity golf tournament in South Carolina. Pam's mother and father began this golf tournament to assist a food bank organization there many years ago. Since her father passed away, her mother has remained active in assuring its success; so much so that she makes sure all her children and grandchildren participate! THE Esher's off to the wilds of NC for a friends daughters big wedding, and then to North Georgia for a visit with old Miami ex patriots. RICHARD ZIEGLER ran in the 5K race at the Watermelon Festival last weekend. He wasn't first or last, but he did finish.  Richard with two Monticello Kiwanians THE KRAUSES moved to Orange Park to be near their daughter this week THE BULL'S visiting Boston, Montreal and Toronto the next two weeks. Later MILLS and SWEAT (separately) will be going in the same general direction and beyond. JUNE BIRTHDAYS 6th - John Robbins 14th - Richard Ziegler K-KIDS  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 -------- Congratulations to all the committee members who helped make this first year successful for both these new K-Kids Clubs. Tallahassee Club Theater night, Thursday, July 16th, at the Tallahassee Little Theater with hors d'oeuvres rather than dinner. Titanic, The Musical for $20 per person. President Dave has more details and tickets. The report from last year was very favorable. Click below to see the K-Kids Page of KI Web Site HUMAN & SPIRITUAL AIMS from LeRoy Thompson I've learned
that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your
family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very
best you can, happiness will find you. Age
65 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 Dave Colombo how you want to be involved this coming year. And while you are at it tell President Designate Jim Barger how you want to be involved this coming year after October 1st. The list of committees and projects is on page 2. Click here to review it. June Club Activities *AKtion Club meetings - June 11th & 25th 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. ----- July 23rd ..Annette Ponder - Turn-it-Around Ministries .. Tom Fackender July 30th .. J. B. Stoutamire, Heritage Oaks Marketing Director... Bob Gragnani 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". INTERCLUBS PLANNED Paul Downing has stepped forward to handle Interclub Scheduling. Give him your support. Each member is encouraged to attend at lest one interclub meeting each year. Easy ways to do it are: Division 3 quarterly meetings, AKtion club meetings, Key Club and K-Kids meetings when in session. ---- INTERCLUBS COMPLETED *Madison, June 11th, (RYOR, MILLS. THOMPSON, VARLEY). Aktion Club, June 25th: Bob Downing, L.T. Thompson, Paul Downing, and Ben Colmery 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. Potential Speakers Jean Baeringer, Culley's MeadowWood "A GIFT OF LOVE". Information with no obligation in regards to pre planning your final arrangements. It is upbeat and informative.
Contact her at 893-4177 or email Barbara.Baeringer@sci-us.com | 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 It is not too late to be one of our delegates. Read about it in the new District magazine on page 6. Florida's Past Governor, Stan Story of the Arlington, Jacksonville Club is a Kiwanis International Trustee and running for Vice President this year. ---------- 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 JUNE 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 It is not too late for anyone to register. Caring CornerSee page 4 of the Feb - March District magazine Search for your good White Elephant items with resale value, or your hand made crafts, or books, to donate for this sale to benefit the Florida Kiwanis Foundation. Our delegates will take the items to the convention in August. ---- Read your NEW June-July 2009 Florida District Magazine Page 5 District Convention registration form, and page 7 the workshop schedule - Page 14 Club Reports for 2008-2009 See that we led Division 3 with 787 hours and 57 projects. Articles about Capital City Kiwanis projects on pages 12, 16 and 20. 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 ------ Divison 3 won an award from Sportsability for work on the Miracle Field, a lot of which was done by Jim Wylie. ------ DIVISION 3 COUNCIL MEETING ------ Next Meeting Monday, July 13, 2009 7 PM Fellowship Baptist Church Fellowship Hall ------- 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 ------- June 11th A tour of the Democrat Operation guided by Bob Gabordi John/Carol Ryor, Bob Downing, Bob Bull, Ben Colmery, and L.T. Thompson attended for an Interclub. ------ August 13th Interclub meeting at Greensboro. You can help by scheduling yourself for transportation assistance. ------- Sad News One of the club's charter members and past president, Bonnie Flynn, passed away this week. Visitation at Culley's Funeral Home on Riggins Road from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, tomorrow, Friday, June 26th. The funeral will be at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church, at 900 W. Tennessee St., on Saturday, starting at 11:00 AM The aKtion Club members seemed pretty up-tight --
teary -- at the start of the meeting. They and a lot of other people were
bonded to her. After the meeting's pledge-song-and-prayer, L. T. Thompson gave
an outstanding, religious mini-sermon which relaxed them. Then Bob Downing's
son-in-law, a long-time soccer coach, gave an interesting talk about that sport
and his experiences in it. He kept their attention. He inserted a quiet humor
as his talk progressed. At the end of the meeting the members seemed relaxed --
at peace. ------ Every member ought to experience an AKtion Club Meeting, or project. ----- 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 ----- Key Club  Web Site 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 ----- Holly Wiggins was a nominee for Best and Brightest. ----------- No more meetings this year. 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. Killearn Homes Association Project This will be ready for workers between Mid July and Aug 1st. 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 Marvin Doyal. 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 TO MAINTAIN YOUR PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD 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 2008-2009 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 26th NE Chronicle article on The Bufton Scholarship Presentation (page 10) http://www.tallahassee.com/chronicle. Short, Funny Stuff Gentle
Thoughts for Today-- 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. |
