Ken Carrick
will introduce Leona Stemple, Curator of Education at
the State of Alabama Department of Archives and History.
She is a University of Texas, San Antonio, graduate. She
has lived in various places in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
She started working at Archives and History in 1988 and
became the education curator in 1990.
LAST
WEEKS
PROGRAM
President Winstead
was in
charge of the program as it was President's Day. He began
by saying if you married an ugly girl and she ran away would
you mind?
He shared
with us some goals that were passed down to us by
International President, Bob Moore. He also talked about
goals that were clarified by our Governor John Johnson and
some of his goals. Bob Moore gave us 3 simple goals: for us
to succeed in service excel in membership and educate
everyone.
Our
Alabama Governor, John Johnson recommended the same goals.
Mike's goal is to create an opportunity for every member in
the Club and encourage everyone to take part in service
projects. We had several Reading is Fundamental events, and
several events at Dalraida; reading to students is one. You
need to participate in a reading program. If you can read
on a third grade level, you should be there.
You also
need to visit veterans at the V.A. Hospital. At Christmas
we take children accompanied by members, shopping at J.C.
Penney's. It touches your heart to see what the children
buy. Each child is given $100 to buy gifts and clothing.
Many times they want to buy gifts for the family.
We are
also involved in HOBBY, where we cook a meal for the
participants. Last year we cooked a meal for 400 people in
20 minutes.
Our
Governor John Johnson encourages us to do a joint project
with another K-family member. There is a new, young
children's Priority One project in the works.
Excel in
membership, which we are going to do this year, having
inducted 3 new members; two being transfers. Happy that
John and Dana decided to join us rather than another club in
the area.
John
encourages us to share Kiwanis with someone; invite a
guest. Kiwanis is only greater when it is given away and
shared with someone else.
We plan to host a special guest day in the
spring. It is a great time to ask someone if you are timid
about asking someone to a meeting. Keep those people in
mind and they will be sent a special invitation.
We want to have fellowship at the meetings
and have fun. He encouraged members to attend social events
and interclubs. A Christmas party is coming up and next
summer we will plan a family day fellowship.
He would
like to establish care groups. We have members who may be
ill or absent for a few weeks. He wants to establish a
system whereby someone will check on those people and let
members know they're OK.
He doesn't
want us to go out and recruit a lot of new members just for
the numbers. He wants us to stand behind those numbers and
have each new member support our Club and our community.
He wants
to figure out a way that we can get the young professionals
in town to join. There are a lot of people in the 30 to 40
age group that would like to serve the community but don't
know how. We need to reach those people so they can plug
in.
A couple
of things he would like us to look into this year are K-Kids
Club at Dalraida School. He wants to revitalize our
Builder's Club at Flower's Middle School. Sometimes things
happen in a weird way. His wife told him he needs to learn
to say no. He attended an event at his church, a men's
breakfast and they were looking for volunteers to usher. He
said "I can do that". Last Sunday before taking up the
offering a man came running up to him wanting to know where
the coke machine was. His girlfriend had low blood sugar,
so Mike reached in his pocket, and asked if a peppermint
would help; the fellow took it, but the man still wanted a
coke. He asked what he does and it turned out he was the
Principal at Floyd Middle School. Maybe we can revitalize
that club and get some people to help.
Governor
Johnson asked if we could add one new member a month for our
Club. He asked us to help others in the world; a short
statement with a broad meaning.
We are
still involved in the IDD program. He also asked us to
educate everyone and have members learn more about Kiwanis.
He wants us to learn more about the IDD program.
Food is
sent to foreign countries the people don't know what to do
with. The vast majority of these 3rd world countries are
retarded. Iodine deficiency is the major reason for
children being retarded. People who are not retarded have a
better chance when it comes to providing for them. It takes
a nickel to eliminated iodine deficiency in a person.
Alabama
has the largest Riff program in the world saving 26,000
children last year.
LAST
WEEK'S
GUESTS
Mike
Fritz had his son, Michael,
III, accompany him.
Lee Conner,
Past President also joined us.
INDUCTION
OF
NEW
MEMBERS
El
Kidd inducted 3 new members, 2
transferred and one new member. Jimmy Reynolds, a captain
in the Montgomery Police Department. He will retire in
February in the spring join the ministry. Donna George was
a transfer from the Faulkner Club. John Roddan transferred
from the Dallas County Club. While in the Jasper club he
was awarded the Spirit Away and had 14 years perfect
attendance.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
District
Conference
will be held in Dothan.
President Winstead said if you make reservations for the
Christmas Party and don't show up, you will be billed.
Barnie
Paulson and Jean Ash bought gifts last week for
the vets at the V.A. Hospital. He will need members to
distribute them.
ENTERTAINMENT
Al
McLellan said about 93% of
the songs he sings are sad. He said the blues make you feel
better. The song he sang was "Some Day".
PEANUT
BAGGING
Last Monday,
2,200 lbs of peanuts were bagged in 1 hour, 20 minutes. How
is that for a record? The following members performed this
feat: El Kidd, Pete Summer, Jean Ash, Dick Bennett
and his friend Evelyn, Jerry Evelan and wife,
Shirley, Ken Carrick, George Worley, Hoyt Middleton, Al
McLellan, Mark Wilkinson, John Roddan, Barnie Paulson and
Warren Mitchell.
FAST
STARTERS
IN
THE
SHELL
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