THE WEEKLY BUILDER
Kiwanis Club of Wenatchee
Meeting Tuesday Noon
Volume 2010-11-31
Meeting of May 3, 2011
State Farm Insurance
Ernie Hobbs
129 Methow Street
Wenatchee 662-9574
H. Steven Harvey DDS
Hospital & General Dentistry
211 Whitman Way
Wenatchee 663-5722
Country Financial
Laurie Mooney
1 S. Chelan, Suite A
Wenatchee 663-3800
Weekly News
I arrived at the Red Lion on Tuesday at noon, for our weekly
luncheon meeting, only to discover that members were
eating scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, ham and pancakes.
No, I was not confused on the time of day, we were
preparing for our 51st annual Pancake Breakfast to be held
next Saturday, May 7th. In fact, I was looking forward to
today’s menu. It was delicious but somehow I missed the
syrup and ate my pancakes without it. I will do better on
Saturday.
President Joe Blackmore had difficulty interrupting our
“breakfast” and so rapped both the bell and the podium to
bring us to our feet. The opening team included Ken Buttel
with the flag salute, Bill Dearing with “God Bless America”
and Ron Yates (keeping in practice) with the prayer. There
were no guests but we had been greeted by new member
Mark Wiser. “Mighty” Mel Birmingham collected a full pot of
money painlessly extracting it from many of the members. If
you want to know about Montana weather this time of year
just ask Al Smith. He and Steve Harvey just arrived home from
a fishing trip.
Earl Carey told of his wife’s accident and two demolished
autos and Brian Flones’s son rolled his truck. There were no
severe injuries for which we are grateful. Tom Irvin
conducted the drawing and it was won by John Hook. Jim
Taylor reminded us that today would have been his wife,
Estel’s, 90th birthday. Joe Blackmore told of his wedding last
Saturday and his attendance at graduation at WSU this
coming Saturday. He owes us because he won’t be cooking
pancakes for us.
Announcements
There were several acknowledgments and announcements:
Doug Head was pleased with the club’s support of the
Children’s Home Society luncheon and announced that a
generous amount of money was raised. Did you see the
picture in the World of one of our club’s tables? It was a
great picture of Ernie Hobb’s back.
This Thursday evening, May 5th, the Division Council meeting
will be held at the new Wenatchee Public Works building, at
7 pm. We need an interclub group.
Alan L. Smith CPA
Tax & Accounting
159 S. Worthen, Ste 100
Wenatchee 663-6817
Legacy Memorial Funeral Home
Serving all NCW
The Apple Valley Kiwanis Club’s annual Prayer Breakfast is
scheduled for Thursday morning, May 12th, at the Wenatchee
Golf and Country Club, at 6:30 am. Tickets are $15 and can
be purchased from Dick Ward or Apple Valley club
members. Dr. Gene Sharratt will be the guest speaker. This is
always an outstanding event.
Saturday, May 14th will be cleanup day at Camp Zanika
Lache, from 9 am to 4 pm. More about this next week.
Flyers on the tables announced the fund raiser for Camp Fire
at Applebee’s on Tuesday, May 17th. 15% of the income
from meals, with voucher, will go to Camp Fire. Let’s support
them.
Several members have mentioned to me that they are not
receiving their weekly newsletter by e-mail. I write the
Clayton Draggoo
newsletter and e-mail it to John Reichmann who then e-mails
Answering Life’s Most Difficult Calls
it to the members. Perhaps you have changed e-mail
(800) 986-5232
addresses and John does not have that information. Please
contact John if you don’t receive your copy. His email
www.legacymemorial.info
address is: dadolalla@aol.com and his telephone is 782-3649
Program
______________________________ Brian Flones is the program chairperson for the month of May
and introduced the first of his program personalities, today.
Jon Torrence is the director of the Wenatchee Valley
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Wenatchee Kiwanis Foundation Technical Skills Center, located at Olds Station. This is his 4
year as the director. He has both a bachelor’s and master’s
Remember the Foundation in your planning degree from Central Washington University at Ellensburg. His
administrative credentials come from Central, as well. He
of the future
has worked in both the Eastmont and Cashmere Districts in
physical education and construction trades. He was also a
fire fighter for the City of Wenatchee for three years. He is
married and has three children, a 23 year old daughter who
is a graduate of Whitworth College and works as a youth
2010 – 2011
director for a church. She has three children. He has a 19
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
year old daughter who is a student at Western Washington
University at Bellingham. His 15 year old son is a freshman at
2 Years
Cashmere High School.
Doug Head, Ken Buttel,
Jim Conner, Les Keeney
The Skills Center Vision Statement reads: “To be the leading
career training center in the Wenatchee Valley, providing
high school students the tools, technology, curricula and
1 Year:
industry certification leading to job placement or post
Ernie Hobbs, John Hook,
secondary education.” Only 4 in 10 Americans have
Tom Irvin, Dick Ward
obtained either an associate’s or bachelor’s degree by their
mid 20’s. Fewer than one in three young people go to
college. Today’s best CTE programs do a better job of
___________________________________ preparing many students for college and career than
traditional academics-only programs.
2010 – 2011
CLUB OFFICERS
Past President
Bill Dearing
President
Joe Blackmore
Programs offered include: Automotive Technology,
Cinematography & Production Collision Repair Technology,
Computer Technology plus Robotics, Construction Trades,
Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, DigiPen Video Game
Programming & Animation, Fire Science,
Interpretor/Translator and Law Enforcement. There are
about 300 students in the program. A power point
presentation was used and the visual presentation was
prepared and filmed by students in the program. Thanks,
Brian and Jon for an excellent and informative program!
President-Elect Theresa Samuelson
Vice President
Mel Birmingham
Secretary
Melody Neidhart
Treasurer
Bill Dearing
Upcoming speakers and programs
 Next Tuesday, May 10th, Eric Granstrom, director of
marketing for the Wenatchee Valley Sports Council,
will be our presenter.
 Tuesday, May 17th, superintendent of the North
Central Washington Educational Service District #171,
Rich McBride, will speak.
 The following Tuesday, May 24th, B. J. Kuntz, director of
athletics for the Wenatchee High School Sports, is
scheduled to speak.
 On the last day of the month, Tuesday, the 31st, Dr. Jim
Richardson, president of Wenatchee Valley College,
will be our speaker.
Closing
It is time to close with a few words of wisdom…..
“Is there another word for synonym?”
“Is it possible to be totally partial?”
“If a # 2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still # 2?”
“What’s another word for thesaurus?”
Finally, “Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground,
and I’ll show you a man who can’t get his pants off.”
That is enough of this nonsense. Ron Yates