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THE KIWANIAN Bulletin of the Herm=
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Beach Kiwanis Club |
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September15, 2004 |
Carol Lawson, Editor – Howard Seeb, Photographer |
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STARTERS: P= rez Rick opened the 3930th &n= bsp; meeting. Joel Geffen= led the pledge and Merle gave the invocation GUESTS: Cathy
brought visitors Hilda Valenzuela and Sherry Gore from Commercial Capital
Bank (formerly Hawthorne Savings).
Sherry is the Regional Relationship Manager and Hilda is the Branch
Manager for Hermosa Beach. =
Hilda
is planning on joining our club.=
Today’=
;s
guests: &nbs=
p;
Singing to “MOM”:
BIRTHDAYS/A= NNIVERSARIES: Today was Maria Mokay&#= 8217;s birthday, but she wasn’t here today. We sang via cell phone to Greg Wyatt’s mother, whose birthday is tomorrow. At first she thought Greg was ou= t with some drinking buddies, but when told it was just the Kiwanians, she said “I might have known.” I think she was overwhelmed. DRINK DISPENSER/FINK/OTHER FINES: Whit caught Greg, Linda, Joanne and Carol. Linda was the fink and she paid.=
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UPCOMING=
KIWANIS
EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDAR: · 9= /18 – Start of ARC Classroom Improvement Project – Classroom 2, downstairs at the Community Center at 710 Pier Avenue. Come about 8:30 a.m. · 9= /25 – GREG’S INSTALLATION – Be sure to RSVP – Starts = at 5PM - Southern BBQ and Blues. · 1= 0/7 – NEXT BOARD MEETING – Greg’s first! Plan to be there. Caterers TBA. OTHER LOCAL=
EVENTS: ·
9=
/16
– HB & RB Chamber Mixer at Union Cattle Company – 5:30 to
7:30 pm ·
9=
/18
– Coastal Cleanup Day – 9-10 at HB Pier – Sponsored by =
Heal
the Bay. · 9= /26 – HB Sister Cities Auction at Thelma Greenwald’s House – 900 Strand - $10 – 1pm to 4pm – Cathy and Rick have tickets.<= o:p> MISC: Bottle Inn is
celebrating 30 years with 30% discount on meals tonight and tomorrow. Sign up to work at ARC on Saturday: &nbs=
p; &=
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THANKS: We received nice thank you n= otes from scholarship recipient Alyse Dombo (Casner scholarship) and from the Canine Companion group. ARC RENOVAT= ION: Be sure to come help start the A= RC Classroom renovation on Saturday 9/18.&n= bsp; Be there at 8:30 a.m – Classroom 2. We will probably be there about 3 hours. This is a great chan= ce for hands-on involvement in improving our community. |
DIVISION 19
INSTALLATION: Rick repo=
rted
that he and Greg had a great time at the Installation. It featured an “Amazing=
221;
magician. Rick was selected=
to be
the guilty party in the guillotine trick where he nearly lost his head. |
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THE KIWANIAN =
–
Bulletin of the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club – September 15, 2004 ̵=
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PROGRAM: The program didn’t make it
today. The speaker’s =
father
had a heart attack. We spent a grea=
t deal
of time hearing about the theft of the safe at Union Cattle Company and
thefts at other local restaurants.
As the contractor who built the place, Prez Rick was a “part=
y of
interest” to be interviewed.
We hear he will be living in Paris next year. Doris Played:
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HAPPY/SADS:=
Cathy &= #8211; Happy/sad that she had a call from a June 2001 scholarship recipient who wanted to know if he ever got our check – Cathy checked and it had = been cashed. Sam –= Sad he’s missed so many meetings and will be gone next week to visit his daughter back East. He was = happy to see our guests today. He misses Terry. Where is she?= ?? Yvonne R= 11; Happy that we have completed our interclub round robin by going to Manhattan Be= ach on Tuesday. Yvonne, Linda, = Joanne and Pat invaded the nearly all male club and had a great time. She has concluded after visiting everyone that our club is the best! Maria (McKe= ever) – Happy that her kids’ car wash was successful last weekend. It was a school fundraiser. Pat –= Sad that the fines levied at the MB interclub were much bigger than our fines. Happy to be “home” at our club. Howiee R= 11; Sad that he participated in a Rotary chili cook-off last week and didn’t win. Happy that he won a se= t of golf clubs as a door prize. (Hey Howie, let’s play some golf!) Sad that the magician stole the Prez’s bell. Bob –= Happy that daughter Katie called, but sad that this time it was for money. Happy/sad that he went to the surfboard auction and came home with two surfboards. (He outdid the McCurdy’s w= ho only came home with one.) Linda ̵= 1; Happy that she’s not a member of the MB club. She thinks we’re a lot friendlier. Bruce ̵= 1; Happy about the visit from the Amazing Bozo. Greg –= ; Happy/sad that daughter Tracy and new husband flew to Florida and encountered the L= AX snafu and saw the hurricane. They arrived safely, however. Dallas R= 11; Happy that Mike saved the ladies in our club from falling into the toilet. (He fixed the seat.) Mike said t= hat “No bottoms shall be damaged on my watch.” Thanks for saving our butts, Mik= e. Merle ̵= 1; Happy he has a new Lexus. Happy t= hat we are doing the ARC fix-up at the community center. Dr. Barr &#= 8211; Has nothing to say – didn’t want to get in trouble. Rick –= ; Happy for the mysterious return of his bell. |
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RAFFLE: Whi=
t had
the winning ticket again and found the joker this time! Daily was $27, pot was $195 with=
14
cards left. Now Whit’s
really happy! He also contr=
ibuted
$100 of his winning to our Foundation.&n=
bsp;
Thanks Whit. NEXT FINK:
#892
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CHE=
CK OUT
OUR WEBSITE: http://www.hermosakiwanis.org |
Do Good, Ha= ve Fun, Hail Kiwanis |
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