MIDLAND KIWANEWS President: Tom Darger Secretary: Richard Kopple President Elect: Cathy Devendorf Treasurer: Gilbert Harter Asst. Treasurer: Deb Rittenburg Bulletin Publisher: Carl Edmunds Vol.96 No. 43 August 21, 2017 Incoming President Cathy called the picnic/meeting to order at 6:30 PM at Plymouth Park.
Location: Valley Plaza, The Great Hall Time: Monday Nights, 6:00 PM Website: www.midlandkiwanis.org www.mi.kiwanisone.org www.kiwanis.org Happy Dollars: •
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Cal was happy to have been married for 65 years to the same woman. He is willing to pass on the secret to his success to anyone willing to listen. Randy was happy to share that his son had developed a board game that has been picked up by a gaming company. At a recent convention, 1000 copies were sold. Cathy was happy for all the support from the club members at the Fair popcorn booth last week. Special thanks to Dick Kopple for handling the banking each day and to Ed Yonkers who opened the booth every day and was part of the setup and take down crew. Ed also went for and returned the popcorn maker. Many members were at the booth many days for multiple shifts.
Program: The Fair Program Next Week: Backyard Astrophotography Program Upcoming Meetings: TBA Committee Meetings this week: none Committee Meetings next week: none Secretary’s Report: none Anniversary: Cathy Devendorf, Cal Goeders Birthdays: Lyle Bitler Guests: Pat and John Roush, Pat Buechner, Craig Davendorf, Gretchen Aerstin, Miriam Harter, Julie Nielsen, Rick Aiken, Marilyn Soules, Mary Shaughnessy, Nancy Jackson, Marty Briggs, Beverly Bitler. Announcements: • Randy mentioned that T&A tickets are available and that we should return money to Randy as soon as you can. • Earl mentioned that the pink buckets are not on the tables but he was willing to take $$ for the Eliminate Project.
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Donna Jo reported on the Small Animal Auction which our club has supported for many years. She collected $675 for the auction, $300 came from the foundation, the remaining came from contributions from club members. She was able to bid on many animals and bought a goat, a rabbit, several ducks and a guinea pig. They were all resold.
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Cathy gave a summary of our week at the popcorn booth. We popped three 50 pound bags of popcorn, sold 16 cases of water, 37 cases of pop, and 12 cases of caramel corn. She expects revenue to be about the same as last year, around $3000.
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.