Vol. 88, No. 24                                              March 16, 2010

INTER-CLUBS COMPLETED
Inter-club Chairman Hugh Winnell says his "job" is getting easier
and easier - here we're only half-way through the month of March
and both of our inter-club visits have been completed.  On March
3rd Hugh was joined by Marion Kuebler and Bob Esford for a visit
to the Kiwanis Club of Harbor Springs, completing the first of our
required two.  Last Tuesday, March 9th , D. J., Jordan Dutcher, and
Ken Winter visited the Kiwanis Club of Charlevoix to complete
the second visit for the month.  Two members are already on the
"list" for next month's Spring Divisional in Gaylord, so we're
nearly half-way to having April's "in the bag".

SPRING DIVISIONAL MEETING
The 2010 edition of the Division 22 Spring Divisional will take
place on Saturday, April 17, 2010, in the Eagles Lodge in Gaylord.
One significant change will be that this will be a LUNCHEON
MEETING.  Registration and Social Hour will be from 11:00 to
11:50 a.m. followed by the Division Caucus from 11:50 to Noon.
The election of a Lt. Governor, Lt. Governor-Elect, and a new
Trustee of the Kiwanis of Michigan Foundation will take place
during this caucus.  Lunch will feature Roast Beef, Oven Roast
Chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans almondine, salad
and dressing, rolls, butter, and beverage - all for $18.00 per person.
Reservations must be turned in no later than April 13th.  Our Board
has agreed to pick-up-the-tab for members attending.  This is the
Official Visit of District Governor Joan Van-Arsdalen and her
entourage of District Officers and Committee Chairs to our
Division. 

MORE PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS
In addition to Past President Cameron offers of a couple of ideas
for those who might be "struggling" to arrange a program/speaker:
     the Robert Emmet Society provides an annual scholarship to
Ireland - you can contact George Colburn at N.C.M.C.
     the North Central Michigan College Foundation is also inter-
ested in providing an update on what's new - contact person is
Sean Pollian at the college.
Hugh Winnell suggested contacting Mr. Ken Stolpmann, a native
of New Zealand for a program.  Ken can be contacted at 487-1448.

MEMBERSHIP FOLLOW-UPS
Membership Growth Chair Marion Kuebler urges each member
who brought a guest to our Bring-A-Guest luncheon to follow-up
by making sure that these individuals have all their questions about
Kiwanis answered.  Try inviting them to another meeting - the
meal price will be $11.50.  Early reports indicate that we will be
electing at least three of the ten as New Members.  The only way
to be sure if someone will join your club is - ASK 'EM!

KIWANIS SCHOLARSHIP
The 2010 Kiwanis Scholarship Committee will be spearheaded by
Julie Witthoeft.  The groundwork is already underway which will
get applications in the hands of high school seniors.  Completed
applications will be due by mid April after which time, an inter-
view committee will meet with the candidates to determine the
winner(s).  At this point, we are planning at least one scholarship
of $1,000.

THIS WEEK - Mar 16, 2010
Rick Neumann will be our Program Chairman for this week's
meeting.  Our program will feature representative(s) from the High
School Band Boosters, speaking about the current project of
replacing the band uniforms worn by the Marching Northmen.

NEXT WEEK - Mar 23rd
Ken Winter will be Program Chairman for today's meeting.  Our
guest speaker will be Mr. Rick Diebold, Interim Superintendent of
the Char-Em Intermediate School District.  With the cost of
Education being at the forefront of everyone's mind, we'll get an
update on how our district is fairing.  (See related para for
location.)

LAST WEEK
Our thanks to "Prospective Member" Hank Hoffman for the inter-
esting program at last week's meeting.  Hank is a consultant for
Wolverine Power and gave us the low-down on a new coal-fired
plant being planned in Rogers City.  He also spoke about the need
to improve the transmission system in northern Michigan as well
as he rest of the country.  Our thanks also to Hugh Winnell for
arranging the program.

FLAG PROJECT
We may be depending on our newest fund raiser more that we'd
first planned.  Jordan Dutcher has announced the following sche-
dule for this year's Flag Project:
     Materials are being ordered to handle 150 residences with
a beginning date of Memorial Day - May 31st.
     Kiwanis volunteers will go door-to-door starting the week-
end of March 27th to invite homeowners to participate.  Initially,
the homes on Bay, Lake, Mitchell, Michigan, and State Streets east
of Howard will be contacted along with Howard, south of Grove
St.
     As soon as materials arrive (or picked up), a group of vol-
unteers will be needed to measurer and cut the PVC that will be put
in the ground, and prepare the conduit for mounting the flags.
A sign-up sheet will be circulated which will also announce the
times and places for workbees.

SPECIAL MEETING LOCATION
Our regular meeting for Tuesday, March 23rd will be held in the
dining room of Independence Village.  We'll need to know how
many Kiwanians will be attending this Special Meeting so a sign-
up sheet will be circulated at this week's (3/16) meeting.  Meeting
time (12:10 p.m.) remains the same.  President-Elect Jim Ehrnst is
handling the arrangements for the meeting.  Your Board of Direc-
tors authorized the change in location as a salute to Past President
Oliver Aho, our longest-serving Kiwanian.

PROGRAM CHAIRS
                              Mar  30   Julie Witthoeft
                              Apr    6   Joe Baird
                                     13   Ryan Bentley
                                     20   Cameron Brunet-Koch
                                              and our Annual Meeting
                                     27   Joe Daly