THE KIWANIAN Bulletin of the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club
February 18, 2004	Carol Lawson, Editor – Howard Seeb, Photographer
STARTERS: Prez Rick opened the 3,899th meeting, we sang God Bless America, Bruce Bogart led the pledge and Merle prayed. GUESTS: Maggie McAlpin (Rick's mom); Carrie Davidson (Youth Basketball Rep.) BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES: We sang for Cathy McCurdy's and Bob McEachen's birthdays and for Charlie Cheatham's 12th Wedding Anniversary. DRINK DISPENSER/FINK/OTHER FINES: Whit didn't get to fine anyone and neither did the fink (was it really Winston?). "Bob" Yost and "Dallas" Crowley were fined for wearing the wrong badges. NEW CATERER: Today's caterer was the New York Food Company - Lunch was pot roast, potatoes, carrots, broccoli and brownies and cookies for dessert.	UPCOMING EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDAR: · 2/26 - Chamber Mixer - Fat Face Fenners Fish Shack - Leadership Class Participants will be there. · 2/29 - Sand and Strand Run benefiting Project Touch at the Hermosa Pier. Participate or volunteer to help. · 3/3 - Friends of the Library - Members Only Book Sale - 6:00 to 7:30 on Bard Street · 3/4 - Next BOARD MEETING - Caterers are Cathy & Dick McCurdy, Jack Belasco & Keith Watts · 3/6 - Friends of the Library Public Book Sale - 9:30 to 12:30 - Great deals available. · 3/13 - St. Patrick's Day Parade - Float decoration at the hall on Friday, March 12. · 3/15 - Next DCM - Lomita hosting - Elections · 3/21 - Total K Day - Breakfast at hall, highway cleanup - Bruce Bogart is Chairman · 3/31 - HBEd Foundation Fundraiser at Manhattan Mall. UPCOMING PROGRAMS: · 2/25 - New HB School Superintendent · 3/3 - New Hermosa Valley Principal (maybe) · 3/10 - Div. 19 Lt. Gov. Tony Molino · 3/17 - TBD - Submit ideas to Greg W · 3/24 - Dennis Colona - Daytime voice of NBC - Will be speaking about the entertainment industry.
MONEY WELL SPENT: A check for $2,500 was presented to the HB Education Foundation. Maria Flannagan and Hedi Sanders accepted the check and passed out invitations to the Evening at the Coconut Grove fundraiser on 3/20. We received thanks from the 1736 House. Casner donated $400 to the Friends of the Library DVD program. We presented checks today to the HB Youth Basketball Program ($100 and $350).	CHRISTMAS TREE LOT CHECK: Judi McEachen, who handled the accounting for the tree lot, presented a check for $44,000 to the HB Kiwanis Foundation as the net proceeds from this year's tree lot operation. There may be a little more after all the bills are paid. Many thanks to Paul and Yvonne and to all who worked to make this a huge success. SORRY NO PICTURES: I'm leaving for SF and don't have time. Maybe Howiee can send them to you separately???
PROGRAM: Linda Dickerson, the Hermosa Beach Community Library Manager was our speaker. She has been in Hermosa almost a year and with County of LA for nearly 7 years. Last year's Hermosa circulation was ;29,500 adult books, 21,700 childrens books, 60,400 audio/visual materials, 12,000 new borrowers; 15,000 reference inquiries. Problems facing the library are major (40%) budget cuts that may result in reduced hours. Write to your legislators. We also need to do more with less; but demand for services is increasing. The library is looking for suggestions for programs and materials that people of Hermosa may be interested in. New DVD Rental Program started by Friends of the Library last week has earned $77 so far. Current release DVDs rent for $1/day. Proceeds will be used to buy new materials.	HAPPY/SADS: Greg sad that his rabbit is ailing; Charlie happy/sad that his father in law is visiting for a month; Cathy happy/sad re having to go the US Open Golf Tourney instead of the Mid-Year Conference in Burbank; Keith happy his parents and in-laws will be moving back to the area; Anna happy she is still cancer free; Pat just happy; Dallas happy re our newly cleaned/waxed/buffed floors; Dano happy Maggie here; Mike happy/sad that its raining (leaky roofs?); Christine sad she's no longer at Smith Barney, but happy she's now at Wells Fargo in Hermosa; Cary happy re trip to Bora Bora and running into a fellow Hermosan there; Judy happy she got to write a check for $44,000, sad it wasn't to her; Alice happy Anna's doing well and that Rick's mom was here; Carol happy daughter about to give birth to new grandson; Rick happy re great pot roast and mom here; Merle happy re Anna doing well and wife Marjorie doing well, too; Bob happy re birthday song and the greatly improved floor.
RAFFLE: Dick McC had the winning ticket but drew the nine of hearts. Daily was $40, pot $340 with 14 cards. FINK NEXT WEEK: #759		CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: hermosakiwanis.org	Do Good, Have Fun, Hail Kiwanis