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Kiwanis Weekly |
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January 26, 2006 |
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President LeAnn Zetmier opened our
meeting with a song and the Pledge of Allegiance. Happy
bucks were offered by Amy Dyer for her grandson who turned
two years old today, and Kristi Adams who reminded us about
the
Tope Elementary School's Silent Auction on February 25.
Three members of the Central High
School Key Club attended our meetingtoday. They are
looking to raise funds to go
to a District meeting.
President LeAnn mentioned that the club will provide some
funding from our budget so that representatives from all key
clubs may participate.
The club passed a hat for Jeannie
Thomas, who is recovering at home after her car accident.
LeAnn suggested we
use the money to provide
housecleaning services for Jeannie. Jeannie sent a note
thanking everyone for their kind cards, flowers, letters,
thoughts and prayers. She has a long recovery ahead, so
keep thinking of her.
Michaele Hizer has returned to our
club from Trinidad, CO. where she has been living and
working the past three years. She has accepted a position
with the Chipeta Girl Scouts. It's great to have you back,
Michaele!
Les Goodding returned to the club
today. Les had been out several weeks with pneumonia. Great
to have you back, too!
Tickets are being sold for the
February 25 Mardi Gras Party, which will be held at Adobe
Creek Golf Course. Tickets are $30 each, and can be
purchased at the club. Next week we'll take your payment by
credit card. Cheryl from Cormier's Cajun Cafe=E9 attended
the meeting with some delicious samples of the food we will
enjoy for our event. Great Cajun food, dancing to a live
band, and outrageous costumes-don't miss this event.
Bob Olescovich from Colorado West
Mental Health was our speaker today. They serve a ten
county area west of the Eisenhower Tunnel. Bob spoke about
their new in-patient mental health facility that opened in
December behind the Texas Roadhouse. Three of the four
buildings are completed and opened. They have 44 beds total
for the facility. Of those, 16 are for adult patients, 8 for
pediatric patients, 8 for adolescents, and 8 are in the
detox facility. A fourth building for outpatient services
will open in late March. Prior to the opening of this
facility, there was nothing
located on the Western Slope
for in-patient mental health hospitalization, and people
had to travel all the way to Pueblo.
Orville Peterson gave a "This is Your
Life" report, telling the club that he was fortunate to
spend three summers working on a ranch in the San Juan's
when he was about 14. The guiding business belonged to a
friend's father, and they spent most of those summers on
horses. We'll hear from Kristin Winn next week.
Kristin Winn was elected to the 1st
Vice-President position, and Wes D'Aponti moves up to
Vice-President with the departure of Mike McDill to Glenwood
Springs. We'll miss Mike.
Rick Nisley has updated the Kiwanis
membership directory, and it is available on the web as a
PDF file. The address is www.kiwanis-gj.org
. The sign in is Kiwanis, and
the password is Pancake.
Reminder-the Charter Luncheon will be
held on February 23.
Respectfully submitted by Kristin
Winn, filling in for Henry Langstaff
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President - LeAnn Zetmier - 243-4483
Pres-Elect - Mike McDill
- 256-4047
V-Pres - Wes D'Aponti -
245-5897
Treasurer - Orville
Peterson - 245-3000
Secretary - Lynne Sorlye
- 243-6790
Team 1 - Gary Brown -
243-0235
Team 2 - Kristin Winn -
256-4076
Team 3 - Amy Dyer -
245-8610
Team 4 - Marilee Wood -
243-3702
Team 5 - Tom Sheldon -
254-2135
Team 6 - Sandy Barger -
250-9943
Team 7 - Dennis Durmas -
257-1833
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