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NEWSLETTER
Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club
March 7, 2007 The meeting was called to order by President Chuck Wehage. 28 Members in attendance.
Guests: Mike Poggenklass
Birthdays: none
Anniversaries: none
Announcements:The Governor's dinner will be on Wednesday, March 14, at the Clark Alumni House on the Coe College campus. The social hour will start at six, and dinner will be served at 6:30.The regular noon meeting on March 14 has been cancelled.The Nebraska-Iowa District mid-year conference will be from 7:00 - 3:30 at the Scheman Center in Ames, Iowa. President Wehage plans, weather permitting, to fly to Ames in the early morning, and he has room in the plane for three others.1239 tickets to the pancake breakfast have been sold toward our goal of 1990. 299 have been sold to individuals, toward a goal of 750. Please turn in tickets that you will not be able to sell so they can be used at the door and to meet corporate sales needs.
Happy Bucks: Five happy bucks were collected.
Next week’s program:
Speaker: The speaker was Paul Denowski, director of Camp Wapsi. Camp Wapsi, a part of the YMCA, opened in 1918, and provides programs year-round. Paul presented an overview of the camp programs and facilities. The camp does not turn young people away because of ability to pay, and is conducting a fund drive to raise $38,000 to fund camperships. Each campership costs $310.
Word for the day: Miasma -- a poisonous atmosphere. The wordmaster kept his dollar.
Submitted: Keith Sutherland |
