THE KIWANIAN Bulletin of the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club
March 10, 2004	Carol Lawson, Editor – Howard Seeb, Photographer
STARTERS: Prez Rick (with bell) opened the meeting. We all sang God Bless America, Parras Builders Club President Lisa led the pledge and Merle gave the invocation. The Prez then turned the meeting over to Prez Elect Greg. GUESTS: We were happy to see returning member Maria Mokay. Dick McCurdy brought Parras Builders Club President Lisa, Secretary Kendall and 6th Grade Rep. Adam (sorry, I didn't catch the last names). Builder Club Kids: Birthday Kid: BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES: Members celebrating birthdays this week are Doug Jenkins and Alice Feys on 3/11. Since neither of them was here, we sang for Howiee, who has a birthday next week. DRINK DISPENSER/FINK/OTHER FINES: Whit fined the Lt. Gov. Tony Molino and slightly late arriving Maria Mokay (Dick volunteered to pay her fine). Fink Rick Hankus hid in the kitchen and caught Dick, Keith, Mike, Bob, Carol and maybe a couple others.	UPCOMING KIWANIS EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDAR: · 3/13 - St. Pat's - Decorate Float at Hall at 3:00 p.m. · 3/13 - St. Patrick's Day Parade - Meet at float on Valley Drive between Library and Clark Building at about 10:00 a.m. - Parade starts at 11:00 a.m. · 3/15 - Next DCM - Lomita hosting - Elections · 3/20 - Total K Day - Breakfast at hall, highway cleanup - Bruce Bogart is Chairman. Starts at 7:00 for those setting up and 8:00 for the rest of you. OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS: · 3/20 - HBEd Foundation Fundraiser at Manhattan Mall. Call Bob McEachen if you need info. · 4/21 - Lawndale Charter Party - Signup will be passed. · 4/24 - HB Pier to Pier Walkathon - Benefiting KTLA charities · 4/24 - Sister Cities Ocean Oasis Program UPCOMING PROGRAMS: · 3/17 - TBD - Submit ideas to Greg W · 3/24 - Dennis Colona - Daytime voice of NBC - Will be speaking about the entertainment industry. Lt. Gov. Tony Molino:
GREG'S DAD- After a heart attack followed by quadruple bypass operation, Greg's Dad is home and recovering well. Greg and his family appreciated kind words and thoughts of his Kiwanis family.	ERRATA: I had some incorrect dates on last week's bulletin. In particular, Total K is on March 20th (Saturday). BANNER PATCH: Tony presented our club with a Rose Parade Banner Patch for our contribution to feeding the decorators.
PROGRAM: Lt. Gov. Tony Molino, Past President of our club, now a member of the Torrance Club and currently Lt. Gov. of Division 19 was our speaker today. He joined our club 24 years ago after buying insurance from Cary. Cary gave him the Kiwanis pep talk, but it took Jim Fucile to finally get him to join the club. He said that Cary was President shortly after Tony joined and hardly ever had his bell (they just kept stealing it). So when Tony was President he handcuffed it to himself and no one stole it, but they took his gavel instead. Joe was President right after Tony and he was nervous about public speaking so he went to Toastmasters. We haven't been able to get him to stop speaking since. Back in those days Whit had an exemplary record as a pilot both in the military and for Continental. Then he retired, bought a motor home and had a zillion accidents. Tony also participated in the sky divers at the Loreto picnic caper that wasn't quite by the book. He also gave a run down on the LEAP forward program for the District. The frog is the mascot this year.	HAPPY/SADS: Howiee happy Kiwanis doesn't have initiation rites like the Masons back East (someone was shot); Cathy sad she was sick last week, but happy she hasn't had a cigarette for a week, happy to see Maria here; Sam happy to be here, today's question for Terry- If No. 2 pencils are the most popular, why are they still No. 2?; Whit just happy; Bob happy that Sam has so much time on his hands to come up with these questions; Dick happy Cathy hasn't been smoking, happy for his Builders Club kids here today; Dallas happy the hall rental program is going well; Terry happy re Builders kids here (hopes to see them in Key Club when they get to Redondo), happy Tony Molino here, happy re Cathy quitting; Christine happy to have a break from work; Joanne happy re Builders kids here who are also going to the Soup Kitchen later today, happy for Greg's dad, happy re Cathy quitting, happy re today's meal, happy re daughter completing the marathon; Joe happy he's well enough now to do 30 miles on his bike; Cary happy re Cathy and happy no School Board meeting tonight; Tony happy re Builders kids and happy to be here; Carol happy Maria here, happy re first sunburn of the year and happy re set-up help from Joanne, Linda & Cathy; Howie happy re birthday song and that we're all contributing to Medicare; Greg happy re Dad's recovery and all the support his family received from so many friends.
RAFFLE: Bob McEachen had the winning ticket but drew the Queen of Spades. Daily was $41, pot $403 with 11 cards. NEXT FINK: #022		CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: hermosakiwanis.org	Do Good, Have Fun, Hail Kiwanis