Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is on everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:4

President Frank St.Charles had the pleasure of calling the well attended meeting to order. We had thirty two members plus guest in attendance with several faithful members on vacation. Zita Franklin was called upon to give the invocation.

Don Bearghman introduced his guest, Oyler School honor student, Tiffany Ingram. Tiffany is very active at school and in the community. It's always nice to hear the good things about our youth. Other prominent guest include Bill Stautberg, Rita Trauth and Zita Franklin.

John Nordmeyer reported father Jim Willig is going to therapy next week. Howard Zoellner said his wife is improving, but still in some pain.

In the "Flowers Vs Darts" category, Bill Bigner wants to give "Flowers" to John Nordmeyer for spending several hours keeping company with a mutual friend who was very ill. John is a busy Kiwanian, but works quietly.

While speaking of John Nordmeyer he reported our Kiwanis efforts with the Salvation Army Red Kettle at Wal-Mart netted $3267.08. Not bad for 4 days work, in fact it was 62% of the 36 days total. We did have some Kiwanians (who wish to remain anonymous) put in a few extra coins. The Salvation Army sent us a gracious thank you note.

I'm not sure why the singing was limited to just "Smile", something about no leader. We had Tommy White. And what about Walt?

Mark your calendar:
The Board of Directors Business Meeting date is changed to Wednesday January 24, 2001.
The Young Children Priority #1 Committee will meet on January 16, 2001 after the regular Tuesday luncheon meeting.

The Program Parts One and Two.
Part One:
VP Carol Sohmer introduced Craig Hockenberry from Oyler School. The "Friends of Oyler" recently held a raffle with a grand prize of $15,000. Craig said the sales of tickets were a bit slow so they asked the teachers to help. Even with their help the raffle less than a success. This is where our Kiwanis Club got involved. As they say the rest is history. Craig asked Tiffany Ingram to draw the winning ticket.

Part Two:
Tom Reiring chair of the Vocational Guidance Committee has discovered in the past couple years just how difficult the task of chairing this committee can be. This prompted him to honor a Kiwanian known as "Mr. Vocational Guidance", Clifford Franklin.

Although Cliff recently received the Hixon Award for his 30 plus years of dedication to Kiwanis. Tom and the Club wished to honor Cliff for his years as chairman of the very active Vocational Guidance Committee. Tom presented Cliff with a plaque and flowers for Zita. I do believe Cliff was touched. His speech only lasted 39 seconds and no jokes. Many thanks to Rita Trauth and Bill Stautberg for attending, and of course Cliff's wife, Zita, for being his designated driver. Cliff you earned it!

Earl Ostertag

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