NEWS FROM
the
KISHWAUKEE KIWANIS CLUB
December 15, 2010
Surprised editor: Amy Polzin
VOLUME XLII, NUMBER 7
39
of DeKalb, Illinois
http://www.kishkiwanis.org
LUNCH: Salad, Roast Pork, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Veggie Lasagna, etc.
SONG: "Oh Beautiful", led by our own Ralph S.
INVOCATION: Joe Gastiger
Officers for 2010-2011
President
President Elect
Vice President
Treasurer
Asst. Treasurers
Secretary
Asst. Secretary
Immediate
Past President
Lt. Governor
District Governor
Amy Polzin
Paul Stoddard
Meliissa Lenczewski
Lisa Small
Sue Doubler
Ken Doubler
Jerry Wahlstrom
Bill Cummings
Tom Hribik
Larry Forsbergl
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Kishwaukee Kiwanis Meetings
2nd, 3rd, 4th, (and 5th) Wednesday at
11:45 a.m
Hopkins Park Community Room
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K-Family Events/Meetings
Circle K
Monday nights at 9:00
p.m. in DuSable 206.
Hint: To stay young,
attend one of their
meetings!
AKtion Club – First and third
Wednesday of the month at
2:30 p.m. at Opportunity
House (202 Lucas St.) in
Sycamore.
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Defining Statement
Kiwanis is a global organization of
volunteers dedicated to changing
the world, one child and one
community at a time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We hosted the Interclub today and Keith Berkhout of the brand new Tri-County Club
presented the gavel. Representatives from the DeKalb Club, the Sycamore Club,
the Tri-County Club, and Circle K Club were in attendance.
Veronica Mata of Circle K announced Circle K's biggest fund raiser for Spastic
Paralysis Research. On January 8, 2011, Holiday Embrace will be held at the
Double Tree Hotel in Oak Brook.
For registration information, go to:
http://us.ootoweb.com/2011holidayembrace. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with dinner
being served at 6:30 followed by the dance, which begins at 8:00 p.m. Bring your
sweetie and start out your new year with a dinner dance with the proceeds going to
a great cause. Dinner & Dance is $45.00/person. Dance only is $20.00/person.
Peter Laws – Bell Ringing. Peter announced that the
bell ringing went well and we have Michael Cho to thank
for the good weather. Janet Byrnes had a special
assistant for her bell ringing time. It seems that Santa
was in town double-checking some lists he had received
-- one of them was from Tony Chulick who stated that all
he wanted for Christmas was to be appointed to the
Police and Fire Commission (piece o' cake!) -- so Santa
had time to lend a hand and add a smile to all the kids
he saw. Thank you to all the bell ringers and a special
thank you to Santa.
John Launer of the DeKalb Club invited everyone to the DeKalb Club's 90th
birthday party on January 22, 2011 at the Park District. Stay tuned for more
information.
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Flag Salute
As our flag signifies purity, valor,
and justice, may we as true
Kiwanians exemplify these virtues
as we serve the children of the
world.
Kiwanis:
Good for Me, Good for
You, Great for our
Communities!
P.o.P. Box:
Jerry Smith decided we needed to put our District Governor, Larry Forsberg (of the
Sycamore Club in our small but mighty Division 14) on the P.o.P. Box today. Jerry
asked Larry to say a few things about himself and his family – "in a minute or so."
As you all know, there is no such time increment as "one minute" to Larry, but he
was surprisingly brief. Larry lives in Clare, which he proudly states is the smallest
town in the state with its own post office. The last person who moves into town is
both the mayor and the police chief. Larry has been doing a great job as our
governor and he also thanked Mike Mooney for the use of the car to get him to his
various Kiwanis commitments. Larry and his wife, Steph, will be celebrating an
anniversary this weekend and will be surrounded by children and grandchildren for
the holidays. They are a lovely family and Larry is a dedicated Kiwanian. We thank
him for his service! It should also be noted that Larry had on a green sweater and
Jerry had on a red sweater and a Christmas “Belly Bump” was suggested. That
would have been a sight to behold!
TODAY’S PROGRAM
NIU Staff Meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste presented today's program. Gilbert visits our club on an annual basis
and always presents a wonderful program. Today was no exception. Gilbert has the ability that even when
delivering news such as, "extremely cold for Christmas day," you can't hate him as you feel the urge to do with
other weather people. Gilbert LOVES weather and can spend 18 hours a day just looking at the sky saying,
"Cool!" Gilbert gave the year in review in weather and noted how it started out, but his highlight came on June 5,
with a cluster of tornadoes south of us. We were particularly luck to get Gilbert at lunchtime as that is when he is
usually posting his forecast. Go to http://climate.niu.edu and you will see something along these lines. It's a
great website and contains a lot of information.
This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19. East southeast wind around 5
mph.
Tonight: Snow. Low around 17. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow
accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 25. North northwest wind around 5 mph.
Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Wind chill values as low as 1. Northwest wind around 5
mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. West northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 14.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2.
Sunday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 15.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8.
Monday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 17.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17.
Quote for the Day:
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such
thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
– John Ruskin
UPCOMING PROGRAMS: (Why not invite a guest? – and by “guest” we mean prospective member)
December 22 Round table at Hopkins Noon – Committee Meetings; Re-Energize Discussion
December 29 Round table at Hopkins Noon – Navigating our Website; Fundraising Possibilities
Today's Attendance:
41 Kishwaukee Kiwanians
1 Circle K – Veronica Mata
6 DeKalb Kiwanians (Jeff Hauman, Bill Scholle, John Rey, John Launer, Bob Hadley, and
Dave Wood)
4 Sycamore Kiwanians (Lois Anderson-Hoffman, Julie Roberts, Jesus Romero,
and Larry Forsberg – who also counts as a "Big Shot")
1 Tri-County Kiwanian (Keith Berkhout)
1 Speaker – Gilbert Sebentse
2 Guests - Marcia Goodrich with Jack and Jean with Abby Chemers.
56 Total
SERVING THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD