The last Board meeting of this year will be
tomorrow night, 7:00 at Descanso—one of the smaller rooms.
There are three sign-up sheets circulating:
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Club installation dinner, Sep 24th
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Div 3 Lt. Gov. installation dinner, Sep
15th
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Men about Town, October 11, $125—pay
Paul Westmoreland
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bill Scherkey made the following special
announcement:
The Board of Directors has decided to put a
special one-time assessment up to the membership for vote. The
assessment is needed to keep the club fiscally sound,
Kiwanis International has decided to
collect dues on a one-time basis at the beginning of the fiscal
year, Oct. 1st. We collect dues on a monthly basis, so this
means that the full collection of dues is not complete until the
end of the year. The club has to pay the dues in advance. This
is about $100 per member on the books as of Oct. 1st.
The assessment to collect a year’s worth of dues as of Oct 1st
and then continue to collect on a monthly basis for the year.
This way will make the club financially sound. To date, we have
borrowed from the Foundation to stay in the black. This is a
bad practice.
This proposal requires a 2/3 vote of
approval from members present at a regular meeting. The vote is
expected to be taken at the Oct 17 meeting.
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Linda Magarian announced an “OctoberFest”
dinner party on October 9, in celebration of the club’s 60th
anniversary
Mary Gant asked for help wrapping WGFT
silent auction items, this coming Monday evening, 7:00, at the
Gant house.
Pat Anderson announced the next Chamber
mixer, sponsored by the city, on Sep 18 at the Sports Chalet.
Bill Scherkey said that he still had WGFT
tickets, but that they were going fast. Better hurry. It’s on
Sunday, Sep 14!!
Daryal Gant said he MEANT to announce the
following: On Oct 17, the annual DUCK RACE, sponsored by
the Glendale club, will be held at Verdugo Park, in an
artificial lake and river. As in the past, club members will be
given the opportunity to “adopt” ducks to be in the race. Fifty
percent of the adoption fees comes back to our club and has been
a good source of revenue. So, put some grease on your wallets
and get ready for us to conduckt a mass adoption. We gotta get
quackin’. One duck, $5; A Quackpack, 6 ducks. $25 ( the most
popular choice). John Landrum will “bill” you. First prize is
$10,000 with the chance of winning another $1,000,000! Second
thru fifth prizes are $1,000 each. Special drawing, for
quack-packers only, for a $1,000 gas card. (or a full tank,
whichever comes first).
New Member Induction
Jennifer Berger (sp?) and Brian Fuller were
inducted as new members. Jennifer is with Verdugo Hills
Hospital, while Brian is an information technology consultant
(and candidate for assemblyman).
Brian Fuller & Al Restivo
The inductees were accorded our usual
welcome, read their rights, and given temporary badges and other
materials needed by new members-- by Linda Magarian, assisted by
Daryal Gant. Additionally, Jennifer was given a jeweled
bookmark, and Brian a Jolly Roger miniature flag.
Linda Announcing new members
The club gave them a big round of whistling
and applause, and sang, “You’re in Kiwanis Now!”
WELCOME JENNIFER and BRIAN!!!!
THE PROGRAM
The program was
“Fall Risk Reduction.” The slide show and talk was given by
Laura Knowles who is an experienced physical therapist and
currently the Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
at the Verdugo Hills Hospital. The presentation was
well-received and there were many questions from members of the
club who felt the presentation was directed personally to them!
.
Next week’s
program: Our Talent show! (Arranged by Tom
Burrows—Hollywood and TV talent scouts will be present)
HAPPY & SAD BUCKS
Members were sad
that that there were no Happy Bucks today due to time
limitations caused by the president’s mis-management.
OTHER STUFF
Music:
Piano tunes by Tom Burrows, and songs led by Ed Moulton--God
Bless America, You’re in Kiwanis Now, and Hail Kiwanis
Opening:
Flag salute by
Howard Backer, Inspiration
by Gigi Schlueter
Guests:
Linda
Magarian introduced Marge Hannah,
and Al Restivo introduced Tom Pasanissi. WELCOME!
Marge Hannah
Tom Passanisi
Welcome back
It’s not the same when you’re
not here! Hal Thomas, Jim Edwards, Frosty Boyd
Hal Thomas
Frosty Boyd
Jim Edwards
Anniversaries:
Anniversaries celebrated were:
Gigi Schlueter, Ken Lowe, and Melinda Thompson All three showed
respect to their spouses by donating some long-green to the club
Gigi
Ken Lowe
Birthdays:
Linda Magarian
and Karl Johnson were congratulated for being another year older
and deeper in debt. But they both left behind some cash for the
honor.
Karl Johnson
Fines: No
time for fines today. Getcha next week.
Secret
Greeter: The secret greeter remained secret.
Fifty-Fifty
Drawing: “The Lucky One”
Master of the Cash Box: Pam
Feterl
This Week's
Editor: Daryal Gant
This Week's
Photographer: Al Restivo
Webmaster and
Coordinator: Jeb Long
