THE KIWANIAN Bulletin of the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club
October 23, 2002		Carol Lawson, Editor --Howard Seeb, Photographer
STARTERS: Doris guided us thru the patriotic song, Greg W led the pledge and Merle gave the invocation. BIRTHDAYS: Jean Lombardo (10/23), Colleen Hartley (10/24) and Greg Ronkainen (10/27). We sang, Colleen blushed, Jean grimaced and Greg hid. DRINK DISPENSER/FINK: Prez forgot to go after these fines. Maybe cuz he lost his bell? GUESTS: Scott brought friend Ross Plank who has a new business that services websites. Steve Delk was here for his last free lunch. JIM FUCILE - Would still like visitors (around 3pm on Tues/Thurs is best.) Call first - 374-5306 WHO'S GOT THE BELL? While the Chief of Police was speaking, someone stole the bell. Maybe Prez Tony thought law enforcement was enough -- he underestimated Kiwanian ingenuity.		UPCOMING EVENTS: · 10/25 Builders Club Photo Booth for Halloween · 11/1 HVMS - 4th grade beach cleanup · 11/5 ELECTION DAY - Be sure to vote! · 11/7 NEXT BOARD MEETING: Caterers will be Rick K, Greg W, Jan E, Christine H. · 11/8 Chamber of Commerce - Man/Woman of the Year Luncheon - at EinSteins - Call Chamber for tickets. CHAMBER MAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR: Plan on attending the lunch because the honorees are none other than our very own RICK HANKUS for Man of the Year and City Council Member Kathy Dunbabin for Woman of the Year. Congratulations RICK!!!!!! DISTINGUISHED KIWANIAN FORMS available-See Tony if you've done or intend to do all the stuff!!
NEW MEMBER: New member, STEVE DELK, was inducted today. New Membership Chairman Howard Seeb and sponsor Rick Koenig did the honors. Steve is a long time South Bay resident currently residing in Manhattan Beach with his wife and 4-year old daughter/son?. He's the owner of OB's Bar & Grill in Manhattan is will soon be opening The Underground (formerly Besties) in Hermosa Beach. It will be a family oriented restaurant and has just undergone a major remodel (with help from Rick). He even managed to avoid the initiation chamber that Rick promised. Welcome, STEVE!!!		HAPPY/SADS: Bruce happy that new member Steve has now fallen in with a bad crowd, happy re police chief here; Merle sad Jerry's badge has gone missing; Sam happy re Steve becoming a new member, happy to be back safely from Sniperville; Terry happy re Steve and the Underground, the Police Chief and the Angels; Rick happy re Steve, re the Chief agreeing to speak on short notice, happy re visit to Jim Fucile - said Jim was smiling and telling jokes and really enjoyed the visit; Jean happy re Steve's donation of OJ for the Women's Club Pancake Breakfast, happy to have made it to this birthday; Dallas happy re hall rental cancellation; Howiee glad to be back from three weeks of miserable French cuisine -- he missed the fine Hermosa fare; Yvonne happy re Man/Woman of the year choices, happy closer to tree lot time and happy re Steve now a member; Cathy happy to be going to Loreto this week, happy re Man/Woman of the Year and sad re Shea's traffic ticket; Greg happy re Steve not changing the Besties menu too much; Whit just happy; Tony happy re sign-ups, new members Steve and Josh; Carol happy re wonderful Women's Club raffle prize, Angels, sad re internet cut-off.
SPEAKER: Hermosa Beach Police Chief Mike Lavin started out with a really bad lawyer joke (following the lead of jokesters Dallas and Bruce). Mike grew up in Hermosa, went to Hermosa View and Mira Costa and El Camino. At age 21 he got married and joined the force -- he's been here ever since. Val Strasser was his mentor and trained him well. 38 of 39 budgeted position on the force are filled. It takes about a year to train a new officer and recruiting gets more difficult all the time. The department consists of uniformed patrol, detectives, motorcycles, traffic enforcement, a small jail, parking enforcement, animal control. They work with regional task forces on narcotics, car thefts and other major crimes. Identity theft is rampant. Watch your stuff??	Hail to the Chief: The Birthday Ladies:		RAFFLE: Doug Jenkins had the winning ticket and thought about taking the $33 daily money, but got talked into drawing for the $253 pot and got the ace of clubs. Only 39 card left FINK next week is 1539. Bulletins and more pictures, calendars, are on our website. http://Hermosakiwanis.org Do Good, Have Fun Hail Kiwanis