THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Safety never takes a holiday. Author Unknown
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TODAY’S PROGRAM
Mindy Key, Senior Health Educator with the Barren River District Health Department, will speak on the topic: Safe Routes to School
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OUR MEETING LAST WEEK
There was a sense of excitement in
the air with a new member in the wings and with newspaper reporters and TV
cameras hovering around. President Wayne looked rather excited himself as he convened the meeting.
There were the guests and a new member induction, and there were the awards and
recognitions (see below). Byron Henbest gave our prayer, and later introduced his guest, Ron
McDole. Our old friend and honorary Kiwanian, Rick Wilson also paid us a visit (see the related item
below). There was the exciting pledge to the flag led by Leah Eckley (you won’t let us
get away with that, will you Leah?).
Mo Weldon thought it
appropriate to select Kevin
Laughlin
as Kiwanian of the Week. And Kristie Kennedy led an exciting rendition of “Smile.” Announcements. Some
announcements are found elsewhere, but in this section we will tell you President Wayne told us that there
will be a Girls, Inc Reverse Raffle, and tickets will be available in May. He
also reminded us that we are invited to the grand opening of Camp Courageous on
April 19 with an RSVP needing to be sent by April 1. This reminded him to
remind us, he needs a new inter-club chair since our inter-club chair has
resigned from Kiwanis. YOU can help President
Wayne
as inter-club chair. All you have to do, is tell him. Happy Times Don’t exclude Sergeant Steve from that list of
excited, happy people. He commended the presence of Tammy Oldham who he said has
been absent for a few meetings. Steve then discussed with Secretary Greg the fashion show
situation in Lexington during the Mid-Year Conference. Steve is pretty good at
finding gossip – wonder what he learned? We think the club needs to see those
pictures they discussed. Steve made it clear how observant he is by noting the
absence of a name badge on Slim Nash’s person. Hey Slim, without the badge we aren’t going to know
who you are. Steve also demonstrated how much arithmetic he learned (or didn’t
learn) from Paul
Manning’s
math teaching wife when our sergeant couldn’t remember if she was his 4th
or 5th grade teacher. Our sergeant did speak to Editor Don who had carefully
listened last week (and wrote what he thought he heard). He thought our
esteemed Elvis gave that dollar last week to support those attending the
convention in Miami (you sure that convention is in Orlando, Steve?). Steve
then closed with a story about the widow lady permitted to select three hymns,
and so she selected him, and him, and him. The Program. Dr. Sue Fleschner described a mission trip to Nepal to
help girls on the other side of the world through the Madhav Ghimire
Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to raise funds to assist children in
rural Nepal. Ninety percent of the funds donated go directly to the children’s
education. Through their efforts scholarships are provided for girls selected
on the basis of financial need, academic potential and performance. Currently
60 children in six different villages are being supported and there are plans to
increase that number in the future, expanding opportunities to many regions of the country. Sue and her husband were in
Nepal for two weeks working with children.
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BB&T IS SPONSORING THE 11TH ANNUAL SOAP BOX DERBY
It has been 10
great years, and in each of those years, Rick Wilson and BB&T Bank
supported Kiwanis in sponsoring the All-American Soap Box Derby by donating a
total of $225,000. And Rick said that for each of those years, his bank has
done it for children. He complimented Kiwanis in running a great race each
year, saying that he looks forward to continuing this relationship and support
for many Soap Box years to come. With those comments, Rick Wilson, on
behalf of BB&T, presented Kiwanis with a check for $20,000.
We cannot tell you, Rick, how much we appreciate what you have done for the
children and for Kiwanis as we, too, work to help those children. It’s not
thanks enough, but for now we will just say THANK YOU!!! and we
promise you that your support is valued much more than we can ever say.
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MID-YEAR FOLKS ARE BACK, TALKING BIG MONEY!
President Wayne gave a brief report on the attendance of our officers at the Mid-Year Conference in Lexington, February 22-23. He said that he, Vice President Debbie, and Secretary Greg represented our club at this annual event. President Wayne proudly repeated K-T District leaders’ praise for 2007 K-T Convention chair, Kevin Laughlin under whose leadership K-T, the leaders were pleased to say, turned a profit of $6,573.35. The K-T convention often does not make a profit. The delegates report that they attended several training sessions and were quite positive about them and about what they learned. It is this kind of sacrifice of personal time that makes Kiwanis the distinguished club it has come to be down through the years. Thanks, Wayne, Debbie, and Greg for making that sacrifice.
