Kee-Notes

Weekly Newsletter of the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland

Serving the Community Since 1945

Meeting Date: October 16, 2008

President Jeanne Smith led us in the Pledge, a soft version of God Bless America and Bill Hague gave our prayer.

Happy Birthday Shira Oler (October 18).  Claire Goldberg, guest of our newest member, Bernadeen Zivkovic was introduced.. Claire works at the Bethesda YMCA and was in charge of their aquatics program and now assists Bernadeen.

Announcements:

• Sunday October 19 Division 17 Picnic at Black Hill Regional Park from 11 AM to 4 PM. Bernadeen and her son and Liz Quinn plan to be there. The Redskins game starts at 4:15 PM so you can attend and still get home in time for the game.
• Saturday October 25 at 9 AM. At Leisure World. Spiritual Aims Breakfast  Bill Hague, Jeanne Smith, Bob Cressy, Pat Tiede and Scott Brewer plan to attend. The cost is $18.00. 
• Tuesday November 11 at 10:30 AM. Veterans Day Observance at Veterans Park Woodmont Triangle. Our club has sponsored this for 48 years thanks to Dick Ruprecht.
• Saturday November 22. Walkathon for Homeless on the National Mall. All three of our Key clubs participate as walkers- they need our club to sponsor them. Our own Sue Kirk- from Bethesda Cares- reports that this walkathon is the single biggest source of funds for Bethesda Cares.
• Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 27.  YMCATurkey Chase 10K run, 2 miles fun walk and 50 yard tot walk.  To sign up go to www.turkeychase.com.
• Thursday December 4 7PM. Pat Tiede has made reservations at Alfio's for our Holiday Party Cocktail Buffet. Save the date!

 Happy Dollars:

Dick Ruprecht –HD  happy that the debates are over, also happy for Hearts and Homes brochure that came in the mail. This organization provided the first house- Caithness House- for homeless kids in Montgomery County- started by Chet Caithness a Bethesda Kiwanis member. Scott Brewer and Bill Pennington have worked raising funds as former Bethesda Kiwanis club Presidents. Pat Tiede HD for Jim Lynch-former Bethesda Kiwanis member and soon to be Honorary Member who recently helped her with our website.  Bernadeen Zivokvic  HD for Stephanie MCabe at Hearts and Homes- Bernadeen has joined some colleagues from the YMCA who are helping with Christmas presents for the kids.  Bob Cressy HD for Dick Ruprecht and his work with Veterans Day celebration.  Also for his wife Nancy who joined the Potomac Club because it is too difficult time wise to attend our meetings.  She was elected the new secretary.

Scott Brewer was our speaker and related the reunion of his World War II 449th Bomber group. The reunion was held in Rapid City South Dakota near Ellsworth Air force base. Currently the B1 and B2 (Stealth) bombers are based here.  The 449th was based in Italy during the war and one day the colonel decided a newspaper was needed for the base and Scott was appointed to be an editor. Those days the paper had to be printed by the Italians- the only words the Italians spoke were "Cigarette Joe?”  It was a challenge to get the spelling correct. Scott brought several issues of the paper - amazing reading these stories from 60 + years ago. There were over a thousand men at the base - they suffered many casualties and POW's. 

Our guest Claire Goldberg won the 50/50

George Patterson, EDITOR