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NEWSLETTER
Kiwanis Club of Cedar Rapids
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The meeting was called to order by President Dan Breitbach. 26 Members in attendance.
Guests: None
Birthdays: Mel Rhodes 9/5
Anniversaries: Jeff Hollingsworth 9/8
Announcements:
- Jeff Hollingsworth announced an interclub at the Marion Golden K for Tuesday, Sept 29 to be held at the Longbranch at 11:30 a.m.
- The Olivet Nazarene playground re-dedication ceremony honoring Duane Kurrelmeyer has been set for Saturday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m.
- At yesterday’s board meeting, the board approved $1500 to sponsor 10 students for
Happy Bucks: Jim Moriarity - $3 for broken foot mended, older son’s job in CR and younger son at Wartburg; John Schweitzer – Mary Corkery’s good work with the wrist banding fundraiser; Don Grimm – for his neutron joke; Bob Dye – Kennedy’s VB team sang the national anthem; Chuck Wehage – won a contest?; Pam Landon - $5 that she found; Keith Sutherland - $4 for mayor’s bike ride and 3 quotes that he read; Bob Hatala - $4 for the Hawks, Cyclones,??? and Dan Breitbach for something.
Upcoming Programs:
- September 16: Dr. Todd Conway
- September 23: Officer installation
- September 30: Carole Luth – follow up visit on Vision in Motion
Speaker: Chuck Wehage introduced Roy Robertson, chief investigator of weather radar and Principal System Engineer-Advanced Radar Applications at Rockwell. Roy gave an informative presentation on Collins’ current multiscan hazard detection radar system. Very interesting!
Word for the day: Obsidian – dark colored vitreous rock, lava; resembles common bottle glass. Someone in the crowd guessed correctly, costing Don a buck.
Submitted: Dan Breitbach - El Verboso Bloviatoro |
