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NEWSLETTER

Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The meeting was called to order by President Kelly Moore. 34 Members in attendance.

Guests: None

Birthdays: Steve Walrath 11-13

Anniversaries: Jerry Banes 11/12/68

Announcements: -Our board has decided to forego meetings on 12/26 and 1/2/08
-The traditional offsite meeting at Witwer will be either 12/12 or 12/19
-Donations by the board include $300 for the Homeless Trust and 4 pr. Eyeglasses
-Pick up your cinnamon rolls on 11/14, or S. Charmaine will put them in her freezer
-The Governor’s dinner will be at the Ronneburg in Main Amana at 6:00, 12/3. Make res with Byron Tabor by Thanksgiving
-Wrapping and shopping with homeless kids will take place on 12/8 – talk to Sister Charmaine
-There’s an Interclub at the Pizza Ranch in Vinton at noon on Tuesday, 11/20
-The scribe thinks the Sandy Batchelor Bell Ringing will be on 12/1. The signup sheet will be at the meeting Wednesday if more ringers are needed.

Happy Bucks: Janet Blackledge added to her accident woes. This time it was a car and two deer, and happily, she’s OK; John Schweitzer was none too happy about Minnesota’s underdog status at Kinnick; Dan Breitbach ecstatic about his parents being back –his “parents”, Dick and Charlene Boardman, had bucks to celebrate being back from down under; Dave Graeff noted that the Missouri Tigers were #6 on the BCS, and a bunch of Big Twelve teams were also on the BCS list; Joe Schmall, class act that he is, had a buck for the Xavier Saints despite losing to Cedar Falls, and says, :”wait’ll next year” of a flag from the 2007 Masters tourney, autographed by Zach Johnson.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS - John Anderson (15); Dan Breitbach (1) Doug Dix (8); Jim Doyne (4); Dave Graeff (21); Bob Dye (2); Jeff Hollingsworth (2) Duane Kurrelmeyer (32); Sister Chamaine (9); Joe Schmall (17); Ray Vaughn (29) and Chuck Wehage (2)

Next week’s program: Dr. Ryan Sunderman, speaking on fitness, health, and other factors relating to visits with him at the ER

Speaker: Tracey Weber of the First Avenue Wine House had a very informative talk on the subject of fine wines, and laid out a good rationale for visiting a wine shop instead of just plunk picking at Sam’s Club. .Wine has recently overtaken spirits and beer as the #1 alcoholic beverage. Stop in at her place, the one with the barrels out front, for non-patronizing help in choosing a nice bottle for lunch or dinner.

Word for the day: Ficus: A member of a large genus of trees and shrubs so named, belonging to the family Moracceae and widely distributed in warm regions; it includes the fig (Ficus carica) and the rubber plant (F. elastica), a common house plant. Mr. Grimm accepted the answer “Fig tree”. Dan Breitbach burst into a paroxysm of elation, and cast in a late happy buck – this was the first time he ever knew the word for the day

((Webmaster calls a Word Foul on Scribe Wehage for using "paroxsm", a word more difficult than the Word for the Day ... Illeagal Upstaging of Wordmaster Grimm.))

Submitted: Chuck Wehage