OPENING:
We were small in number but mighty in voice as Ed Moulton
led us in America the Beautiful (a cappella, no less)!
Pres Jim had Mel Wilson lead the flag salute, and
Frosty Boyd followed with the invocation.
CONFESSIONS, FINES,
ETC: Pres Jim
caught many off guard,
and fines were collected from those who hadn’t shaken hands with
Bob Wallace (today’s secret greeter) and/or were not
wearing their Kiwanis pin. Confessions for September wedding
anniversaries were squeezed out of Don Davidson (59th)
and Hal & Julie Thomas (55th).
Don even joined the Century Club.
HAPPY/SAD BUCKS:
Clyde Hemphill
had happy bucks
because local Democrat (and club member), Anthony Portantino,
supported our advertising efforts for the Wine and Gourmet Food
Tasting by having his picture taken next to the Memorial Park
gazebo – stomping grapes in his bare feet. Jack Dawson
made a generous offer to help the club raise several thousand
happy bucks through a fund-raising raffle. He will donate the
raffle prize - a very special custom Bentley he built several
years ago. (What an opportunity! Thanks, Jack!!!)
Bill Watts was happy he only got seasick once on his recent
trip to Alaska, and sad because we were trying to drink iced tea
out of wine glasses. Pres Jim had $5 sad bucks because
last weekend he and Jo found their mountain cabin had been
burglarized and thoroughly trashed. His $5 happy bucks were
because he spends his time with people who work to make the world
a better place (and not people who tear it down).
GENERAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Pres Jim
reminded everyone
about the 7 p.m. Board Meeting tomorrow night (Sept. 2) which will
be held at his house.
2) Diane DellaValle
thanked
Clyde for
helping so much with the Summer Social and thanked the rest of us
for attending. Thanked the rest of us for attending? Diane
– we thank you for doing all the planning and then missing the
event because you had to work!!! Diane had something else
she wanted to say, but couldn’t remember what it was.
3) Jack
had something he wanted to forget but couldn’t remember what it
was. (Smart aleck!)
4) Daryal announced he had postcards we could send to
friends and acquaintances to invite them to our Wine and
Gourmet Food Tasting event on Sept. 12. Daryal and
Mary have already sent out over 200 postcards themselves.
Daryal also has flyers that can be sent in an envelope.
5) Bachy Bachmyer
reminded to help Childrens’ Hospital by contributing to the tubs
on our tables.
6) Ed Moulton
encouraged us to
ratchet up our newspaper donations as the Glendale Workshop is
running short on supplies. Amazing statistic – our Kiwanis Club
(with the support of all our clubs for children and the AM Club)
supplies over 25 tons of newspapers annually.
FROSTY’S SLA UPDATE:
Frosty
encouraged each of us to take the time to call Dick DeGrey
and Pat Flynn and let them know we miss them. Neither
Dick nor Pat is able to get “out and about” very often,
so a friendly call with a little news adds a lot to their day. Do
you remember what “SLA” stands for?
FROSTY’S CHALLENGE:
Frosty had
a pretty good story about a man who asked his wife how she could
be so beautiful and stupid at the same time, but Pres Jim
said George Lutes was the biggest nut in the room and
awarded him the coveted bag of peanuts for his story about a man
at a gravesite.
50/50 DRAWING: Tom
Gilfoy had
the lucky number.
PROGRAM: Ed Moulton
introduced Katie Mach from the County Registrar’s Office.
Katie is a speaker for the Election Board and had a short
talk about the shortage of poll workers. Some of her statistics
were astonishing.
The County of Los
Angeles is the largest election district in the United States.
The Registrar’s office
needs to find 22,000 poll workers for every election.
The average age of
poll workers is 80.
One month before the
March election this year, there were 3,600 positions unfilled.
A fundraising
opportunity exists for our club. Each member who serves as a poll
worker can have the $80 stipend go to our club. If we provide
enough members to handle all positions at a local polling place,
we can put up our Kiwanis banners, set out our brochures, wear
Kiwanis T-shirts, and have the opportunity to talk to people about
our club and what we do. This could be a great opportunity for
more exposure and a chance to troll for new members. Pres
Elect Daryal asked for a show of hands and many of us thought
it was a good idea and worth pursuing.
CLOSING:
We ended this very
interesting meeting with Hail Kiwanis.
UPCOMING
WEDNESDAY PROGRAMS
-
Sept.
8
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL – Elizabeth Bachmayer
CRAFT TALK – Steve Hagerty
-
Sept.
15 FOUNDATIONS
– Gene
Stoeckly, La
Canada
Scholarship Foundation Funding for the Future
-
Sept.
22 SWAN
SONG by President Jim Ackland
-
Sept.
29 INSTALLATION
BANQUET – Evening Meeting
- Induction of Club Officers and Board Members for
2004-2005
OTHER
SPECIAL KIWANIS DATES
Sunday
Sept. 12
Wine and Gourmet Food
Tasting
TRAVEL
ADVENTURES
-
Saturday
Oct. 16
Ireland
Celtic Myths &
Splendors
-
Saturday
Nov. 27
Sardinia
-
Saturday
Jan. 22
Sailing Down to
Rio
on
the Queen Mary 2
-
Saturday
Feb. 12
Exploring the Ancient
Southwest
-
Saturday
Mar. 26
RV’ing in
Alaska
’s
Inside Passage
-
Saturday
Apr. 16
Soul of
Morocco
