Back to Home page NEWSLETTER Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club Wednesday, June 4, 2008 The meeting was called to order by Vice President Bob Hatala. 24 Members in attendance. Guests: None Birthdays: Fran Brown Anniversaries: 6/6/06 Katie Hiatt Braasch (Ooohh! Katie, almost 666 – an exorcism may be in the works) Announcements: 1. Mary Corkery reported that we have opportunities for fund raisers with the Kernels. Paid $20 per person, six persons needed each night, to wrist band for alcohol. She will get back to us when she has more info.
2. Ron Sunderman reported that he had collected and shipped 102 cell phones. How much that will net? Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion.
3. Dan Breitbach passed around the Hawkeye football sign up sheet. We will be pulling this together this fall and anyone interested should sign up and complete a background check form. Forms will be forthcoming…forthcoming forms. Say that three times fast.
4. Brian Davis, sponsored by Kevin Carlson, was inducted today by Past Pres. Doug Dix. Brian is a financial planner for Securian Advisors MidAmerica. He and his wife have a dog, Lucy, and live in Marion. He previously worked at Liberty Bank and prior to that, a bank in Cedar Falls. A native of CR, Kennedy HS grad, Brian graduated from UNI with a degree in finance and real estate. Welcome, Brian! Happy Bucks: 1. Jim Moriarity – 2 bucks: happy for Jerry Spence’s final successful trial and sad for loss of his cat of 18 years
2. Don Grimm – one for Chuck Wehage whose home was hit by lightning and sustained significant damage and potentially a 2 week loss of power
3. Kevin Carlson – a buck for his cat after 17 years and one for Jim Doyne playing Sinatra tunes last weekend
4. Jim Platt – happy Doyne finally got his replacement car and for the fine table group that he sits with each week
5. Jim Doyne – 2 bucks: happy he got his car after a 7 mo. wait, too; and for the joke about the toilet seat being dishwasher safe. Makes you wonder how clean the dishes are.
6. John Schweitzer – happy for the upcoming fishing trip and the big lie he’ll tell about the one that got away when he returns Upcoming programs: June 11: Civil War Re-enactment
June 18: Economics of Municipal Solid Waste
June 25: IA Dept of Public Health re: New smoking law Speaker: Dr. Graeff introduced Janet Wilhelm, the Director of the Freedom Festival. Janet’s been with Freedom Festival for 7 years now. She gave an excellent rundown on what to expect this year. The festival kicks off on June 19. She passed booklets around, quizzed the club and handed out festival buttons to the winners which almost created a donnybrook between Jim Moriarity and Mike Poggenklass over America and Three Dog Night (soon to be Two Dog Night according to Doug Dix – who has insider info on such things evidently). Janet did warn the group that the one variable they have no control over is the weather; and with the forecast not good, they’ve moved the concerts indoors to insure that they go on. It’s the 25th festival and one of the great events each year for CR and the surrounding communities. She encouraged all to come out and join in. Word for the day: Don Grimm confused us once again with “solatium”. Kevin Carlson made a stab at it, only to be rejected. The definition: a sum of money, or other compensation, given to a person to make up for loss or inconvenience. Submitted: Dan Breitbach | 