Established 1919 - 7TH Oldest Club in Illinois Celebrating 88 Years of Service to The Community

Meetings - Monday - Noon - Quad City Botanical Center

OPENING ACT

President Steve Schroder called the meeting to order, immediately after which Daryl Empen led us in a rousing, contemporary Kiwanis song from the years of the Hoover administration.

The first announcement came from John Califf concerning Interclubs. He reminded us that the next Interclub will be at Kewanee at noon on November 21 where the highlight will be the presentation of the Traveling Gavel. John is in the process of negotiating transportation through Goods Furniture. If you are into heavy lifting, keep this one in mind.

The next announcement came from Dave Umphrey, who drew our attention to a fundraiser for Bethany at Quad City Music Guild on December 2.

Tom Plechaty followed this up with the cheesy fundraiser he is working on.

The assembled membership was saddened to hear of the deaths of longtime, beloved member, Dr. John Souders, and Milt Hedquist’s wife. Condolences were extended to the families.

We were fortunate to have a number of guests, including a prospective member brought by Liz; Chris Carmack, our webmaster and unofficial Club photographer; and the leader of our Kiwanis All Star Chipmunks tribute band, Jonathan Turner. The Club also entertained representatives of the Alleman High School Key Club, Rock Island High School Key Club joined by faculty member Sheila Gussey, and Builders Club from Washington Junior High School.

Happy Dollars included well-deserved kudos for our own Baron of Bisquick, Adam Bain, and the rest of the committee chairs on our most recent reincarnation of Pancake Day. We also celebrated quick and successful recoveries by Daryl Townsend and Mark Amacher. Dick Timmer shared a portion of his winnings as the grand prize winner in the Rock Island/Milan Booster Club drawing this past weekend. Dick also shared with the Club some of his expertise on, shall we say, "asset management and allocation".

In our Fun and Fraud segment, the Kartel only required $6 to win the $5 preliminary prize. Char Dahl again won the right to play for the grand prize but lost on the roll of Mike Bell’s fuzzy dice.

THE FEATURE ATTRACTION

The program featured Megan Bush from the Student Food Drive. Megan shared some statistical data with the Club and also went through a brief history of the 21 years of the program. Facts included on a handout included the fact that food collected goes to River Bend Food Bank in Moline for distribution to approximately 120 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers, and rehabilitation centers in Rock Island, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine and Henry Counties. She also explained that a bit less than 25 percent of the 4.4 million pounds of food distributed by River Bend Food Bank during 2006 came from the Drive, which is run by 24 participating high schools in the greater Quad Cities area. This presentation was followed by a brief presentation from representatives from the two high school Key Clubs in attendance, explaining the various programs and activities in which these Clubs have engaged.

FUTURE ATTRACTIONS

Nov. 12 Grey Giovanine, Augustana College men’s basketball coach
Nov. 19 Thom Sigel, Rock Island High School boy’s basketball coach
Nov. 26 Steve Smithers, Alleman High School boy’s basketball coach

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