There were several guests. They included the following: Roxie Denning brought Steve Attarian. Daryl Pridy introduced Shawnalee Wall again. Kristi Adams had Rick Adleman as her guest. Steve Thompson had his new boss, Merv Heinke with him and Heidi Waggoner brought Kendall Montigriff from her company as her guest. Welcome to all.

Those with Happy Bucks included Pete Jouflas, Steve Thompson, Mike Moran, Kristi Adams, Paul Miller, Joe Breman, Dennis Durmas, Heidi Waggoner and Sally Ryan. Sally said Mary Oblander was finally able to drive after breaking her ankle last summer. We look forward to seeing Mary back at club.

The speaker today was County Commissioner, Craig Meis. Craig talked about the things that have been done to improve county government since he and Janet Rowland have taken office.

Those celebrating birthdays were Steve Thompson, Sue Conry and Gordon Harbert. Happy Birthday, all.

We were all given a little card with the new goal of Kiwanis on it. It says " Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time." Every week during the next year someone will be called on to say this. If you can you will win the $5.00 pot. This week Mike Moran was asked to say the goal and was successful so he won the pot.

President LeAnn Zetmier honored immediate past president, Mike Moran, with a picture of himself. She thanked him on behalf of the club for his service last administrative year.

President LeAnn also handed out fines to Steve Thompson and Ron Sherman. She took suggestions from Steve on how to do the fines. LeAnn said she intended to do her own fines this year.

Steve Katz told about his NASCAR simulator fundraiser. He thanked all the other Kiwanis members who helped out and gave the club a check for $1005. Way to go, Steve!!!!

President LeAnn said her plans for the coming year is to have all inductions of new members on the first Thursday of the month. The Sponsored Youth such as Key Club, Aktion Club and such will be honored on the second week of the month. The Young Women of the month will be recognized the third week of the month and on the 4^th week the members of the club who need to be recognized will be honored. She further stated the orientation of prospective members will be held the 4^th Wednesday of the month. Don Teets will continue to do this job.

In lieu of the thought for the day the Kiwanis Service to the World 1-100 will be told each week. That is one or more of those 100 thoughts will be told.. LeAnn mentioned there are some 280,000 Kiwanis members world wide.

Special thanks for Heidi Waggoner for her job with the monthly calendar. There was a new one on the table this week. It featured the picture of our new president.

Don’t forget October 1 is Oktoberfest. That is the opportunity for the club to earn some money. Come down and help out if you can. If you have signed up for a time be sure to be there then. Rick Nisley says he has it all organized. We will be located at 3^rd and Main.

The Golden K club will have their charter dinner on October 5^th at 6PM with dinner at 7 at the Redlands Community Center. The new District Governor, George Kinzer, and Lt Governor, Fred Wyngarden, will be there. The cost is $17.50 each. You must have made reservations to attend.

On October 6 there will be an interclub with the Montrose Kiwanis Club. Rick Nisley is heading up the delegation. There must be at least 4 members from our club for it to count as an interclub. Contact Rick if you would like to make that trip.

President LeAnn recognized Bruce Isaacson as a distinguished alumnus of Mesa State College. She recognized Bob Burger for his mentioning of Kiwanis on his radio program. The also recognized Ron Sherman as the head of FEMA. Ron said it was really not him but someone else named Ron Sherman.

See you next week when the program will be a program on Kiwanis International. Henry Langstaff Bulletin Editor.