When I arrived at the meeting the greeters were Greg Schaefer and Randy Kirschbaum. The song of the day was This Land Is Your Land. The prayer was delivered by Kristin Winn. Ron Sherman read the thought for the day. It was from the Kiwanis goals.

President LeAnn Zetmier called the meeting to order. She announced the Golden K Charter Dinner was a success with some 18-19 members of our club in attendance. She also mentioned the Lt Governor, Fred Wyngarden and the Governor, George Kinzer, were in attendance.

I am told there were at least 4 of our members at an interclub with the Montrose Kiwanis Club today. It was the official visit of the Governor to our Division. Rick Nisley was scrambling to find at least 4 to attend.

Ron Sherman had his son, Patrick, as his guest today. Brad Willms brought Lori Pilling with him. Lori works with Brad at his business. Jeff Freeland introduced Curtis Haynes as his guest. Sandy Barger brought Mitch Schierland along as her guest. Welcome to all.

We had two new members inducted into the club today. Shaunalee Wall who was sponsored by Daryl Pridy was made a member. Shaunalee is originally from Olathe but has spent some time in Chicago. She has one son and plans to use Kiwanis to have some balance in her life so she can give back to the community. Also Rick Adelman was brought into the club. His sponsor was Kristi Adams. Rick is the sponsor of the new Circle K Club at Mesa State. Rick is married and has one daughter. Rick, too, said he felt Kiwanis would help him to put balance in his life.

President LeAnn handed out fines to Dennis Durmas because of the stolen gavel last week. She also fined those who were at his table and did not "fess up" to knowing what had become of the gavel. She also fined Ron Sherman for telling her he had been appointed head of FEMA.

The program today was about the goals and activities of Kiwanis. LeAnn Zetmier, Mike Moran and Lynne Sorlye spoke and showed some slides and movies about the activities and goals of Kiwanis. Among the movies was a part of the speech given by the International Kiwanis President. He spoke of burying the past and moving into the future.

The first meeting of the new Circle K college club was held. About 2 dozen were in attendance. Kristi Adams made that announcement as she is one of the two working to get this club up and running.

Rick Nisley said Oktoberfest was a great success. There was about $15,300 in gross sales. After the expenses of about $6000 and Key Clubs earnings of $1900. We and the Golden K Club split the net proceeds. Our Club should net about $7700. The sales were much larger than last year. Rick also recognized those that helped. Nearly ½ of the club in attendance stood to show they had helped to make this a great success. Thanks to everyone who helped.

Terry Wakefield read thank you letters from three of the groups who received money from our allocations this past summer. He had a letter from the Marillac Clinic, the Partners and from Girls on the Run.

Ron Sherman auctioned off the remaining items from the NASCAR Simulator. He said he was not an auctioneer but he did a good job.

Jim Moore celebrated his birthday this week. Congratulations, Jim.

Gary brown recited the Kiwanis Defining Statement and won the $5.00. The statement reads. "Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time."

Next week the program will be Nick Adams from Mesa State College. He is the athletic director.

See you then. Henry Langstaff   -  Bulletin Editor.