 | Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. |
| Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. |
| NEWSLETTER Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club August 23, 2006 The meeting was called to order by President Doug Dix. 30 Members in attendance. Guests: Delaine Peterson, from the ARC. Birthdays: Aaron Randolph, 8/27 Anniversaries: None Announcements: Dave Graeff announced the upcoming Kiwanis golf outing at St. Andrews scheduled for Thursday October 5. Contact Dave for details and to sign up. Sign up sheets for the Installation Banquet will be available at next week's meeting. The Banquet is scheduled for Wednesday September 27 at Elmcrest. Drinks at 6:00, dinner at 6:30. Cost is $10. John Locher is coordinating volunteers for the reading program at Taylor Elementary School. Volunteers are needed to work with first graders at 1:30 on Wednesdays for approximately one hour. Contact John to schedule a time. Happy Bucks: Happy Bucks: Jim Platt (wife's good news regarding no need for surgery), Don Grimm (wife's sisters visit), Keith Sunderman (Yellowstone trip), Dave Graeff (PGA tourney in Medina) and Rich, Charlene & Dan (one big happy family vacationing together). Next week’s program: Next week's program: Next week Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Jim Nussle will join us. Please bring a guest. Speaker: Verne Jackson and Greg Frommer of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers Club discussed the plans for the expansion of the Eastern Iowa Observatory and Learning Center. Through a joint effort of the CAA and the Linn County Conservation Department, significant improvements at the Eastern Iowa Observatory are in the works. A new expanded facility at the Palisades Dows Preserve will begin in September. This facility will provide observatories for both the Boller & Chivens 24 inch telescope and the Meade 16 inch robotic telescope, as well as provide presentation facilities for all types of programs. Total cost of the new facility will exceed $700,000, and the group still needs to raise over $48,000 by September 10 to comply with terms of their Vision Iowa grant. Additional information can be obtained at the group's website at www.cedar-astronomers.org. Word for the day: diffident - wanting in self confidence; distrustful of oneself; not confident in disposition; timid, shy, modest, bashful.. Submitted - Kelly Moore | ||||||||||
| KIWANIS SPEAKER COORDINATORS: June 2006 - Dave Graeff July 2006 - Jack Anderson August 2006 - Chuck Wehage September 2006 - Dave Gosch October 2006 - Joe Nolte November 2006- Bob Cenek Back
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