LUNCHPulled pork sandwiches, fruit salad, and cookies.
SONG: Oh Beautiful, led by Gordy Melms. Invocation: Al Mueller.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS
and OPPORTUNITITES
Fairdale:
The next Interclubis Monday, May 11 at 5:30 pm at the Elks Club in DeKalb (Sycamore to DeKalb).
Glidden Homestead's Divas Dishwill beApril 25 at 5:30.$30 or $50 for 2. Barsema Alumni Center. Jennie will be selling tickets, and Svetlana is collecting donations to purchase items for theSilent Auction. Please see Jennie, Lisa, or Svetlana for questions.
Adventure Works:They’d like (a) adult bikes in good working condition--minimal or no repairs -- given the budget limitations and man power to repair them, (b) bicycle locks and chains, and (c) volunteers to help repair the bikes
Garden Tool Drive- See Lisa to donate garden tools for the DeKalb County Community Gardens. Community Service donated$200for their cause.
We will again be participating in the DeKalb County Shoe Share Project. Please start collecting gently-used and new shoes, especially for little kids.
St. Paul's Lobster BoilisMay 16, 2015. See Bill C., Jennie, or Dick.
Check out Sue'sBiking with Beanzie Displayat the DeKalb Public Library
Save the date. TheGlidden Homestead's, DeKalb County Barn Tourwill beSaturday, August 8 from 9-4:00. See Jennie, Svetlana.
Kiwanis 100th Anniversary Party. The party will be THIS SUNDAY, April 26th at 2 pm at Kiwanis park and the DeKalb Rec Center on S. 4th Street. Please come (and wear your Kiwanis gear – especially a Kiwanis shirt if you have one).
Art and DeKalb – ArtiGras, May 2 2015 at the Art Building on NIU’s campus. Arts parade starts downtown at 3 pm. Why not check them out? go.niu.edu/artigras
Joan is collectingbox tops and Coke lids.Jennie will take yoursoup labels.AKtion Club is collecting aluminum cans.
Archives: If you find any old stuff related to Kiwanis, please give a copy to Norm!
Elections: For ‘15-‘16: Prez Dick Dowen, Prez-elect Joe Gastiger, Vice Prez Bob Higgerson, Treasurer Lisa Small, Asst. Treas Sue Doubler, Sec’y Ken Doubler, Asst Sec’y Jerry Wahlstrom, Abby Chemers, Immediate Past Prez, returning board members Al Mueller, Svetlana Henrikson, Steve Cichy, Bill Finucane, and Joe Jarocki, and new board members Norm Schaeffer, Bill Minor, Mike Mooney, and Dean Quarnstrom. Finucane (Polzin) moved to close nominations and cast a unanimous ballot. Passed. Congrats all!
Dues are duesoon to Sue!
PROGRAM
Rich McElliott was with us today, talking about the Shabbona Lake Sportsman’s Club. The club is about 40 years old, and was founded to support the park. Now they’re mostly a fishing club, but still help out with cleanup and maintenance of the park. Every year a muskie survey is conducted. They collected (and then released) 56 this year. 2 to 3 is considered needed for a “good” muskie lake. They found one that was 46½“. Too small to keep. 4 years they got a record 47¾“ muskie. Still too small. The lake is a landmark muskie lake, which means a muskie must be 48” long to keep. They started a Friends of Shabbona Lake to help out the DNR with lake management. They’ve got their 401(c) status. Rich says they’ve got their ducks all in a row. I don’t know how they managed that, but I wish he’d brought a picture of it. They make donations to various local groups like Safe Passage. But with funding cutbacks to the DNR, uncertainty looms. The DNR is already understaffed. The Sportsman’s Club has a “Young Anglers Fishing League” for kids – the only such league in Illinois. Last year 55 kids participated, and they anticipate more this year. The group is really dedicated to doing whatever’s necessary to keep the lake in good shape. Why not check them out at the lake or, if the weather’s bad,at
Heard around the tables:
Apparently Al has special insight into the art of sitting in a chair…
Quotes for the day
“ There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.”
-Steven Wright
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
–Henry David Thoreau
Steve Cichy wanted to know how much it cost an Illinois resident to go drown a few worms. Answer: A mere $15.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS: (Why not invite a guest? – that could also mean a prospective member!)
Apr 29Safe PassageMary Ellen Schaid
May 6Board Meeting@ the Lincoln Inn
June 3Board Meeting@ the Lincoln Inn
June 10New bookRon Modell
June 174H Public Speaking ContestWinners
Today’s Attendance:
38 / Kish Kiwanians1 / Mark Strauss
1 / Big Wig: 1st Prez, Ralph Sherman
1 / Speaker: Rich
41 / TOTAL
See next page for some other important stuff brought to you by Kishwaukee Kiwanians.
Garden Tool Drive- See Lisa or Jennie to donate garden tools for the DeKalb County Community Gardens.
DCCG is always appreciative of donations that help create the gardens. Their wish list includes:
*digging garden forks
*pitch forks
*harvest knives
*pruning shears
*plastic bins for harvesting
*buckets (with or without lids)
*rubber bands
*scrubbing brushes
*bricks, stones, old fencing, twine, rope, etc.
*pop-up tents
*old straw/hay
*seeds and plants
*wheel plows
*financial support.
Bring items to Kiwanis meetings during April or call Lisa at 815-739-4757 to arrange pick up at your home.
Also, if you would like to contribute to the Fairdale Tornado Relief Effort, what is really needed now are monetary contributions. Cash and/or gift cards are greatly appreciated. This will be especially true in the coming months as residents begin to rebuild. Go to villageofkirkland.com for information.
This picture was taken on 4/19/15 – 10 days after the tornado. Crews have basically been working around the clock cleaning up Fairdale and the surrounding area.