AMES GOLDEN K KIWANIS MEETING

October 8, 2015

Bell

Opening – National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance – Roger Anderson

Devotion – Craig Ause

 Songs – Roger Anderson  Row, row, row your boat – a round

Sharing Time (Illness reports, members in the news, anniversaries, births, happy times, etc.) 

Circulated 1976 Ames Tribune picture of Bill Mengeling on the occasion of his being named Outstanding Kiwanian, Ames T&C Kiwanis

Interclub Visitors/ Guests  None (I hope, I did not recognize any!)

Announcements

1. Election officials.  We now have 24 signed up.  There is potential for 36 workers.

2. Tom Peter judged that there was enough market to order new Kiwanis shirts

3. Gene Pollman read the names of those working on the Highway clean up

4. Dennis Keeney is giving a reading of his book, “The Keeney Place: A Life in the Heartland,” this evening at 7:00 in the Ames Public Library.

5. Don Muff spoke of the “Run for the Roses” 5K and 10K races at 9:00 Sunday Oct 11, 9:00 Ames Middle School,

Appendix 3 to my Installation Speech.  My goal for the year is that we should know one another better a year from now than we do today.

Humor – Lowell Richardson

Program (Glenn Hillsland)  Joe Traylor described the many features of our web site.

CLOSING

· Final announcements:

· Remember to write your expanded profile and send it to Joe Traylor.

· Remember to consider signing up to be an election official

1. Paper trailer beginning next Monday – John Slaughter

2. Refreshments next week: Doug Provo, Lowell Richardson

· Next Meeting – Again at St. Paul Luther

· What is Kiwanis? “A global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time”

· Thought for the day:  Benjamin Franklin, The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Taken from notes by Jim Cornette