Kee-Notes
Weekly Newsletter of the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland
Serving the Community Since 1945
Meeting Date: March 5, 2009 ________________________________________________________________________________
President Jeanne Smith opened our meeting with the Pledge, singing of God Bless America, and John Walker delivered the prayer.
Announcements:
President Jeanne Smith welcomed guests and past members Greg Morrison and John Durfee. It was also nice to see Past President John Ratnavale at our meeting. Members were reminded to participate in the following functions:
Sunday, March 8 - We will prepare dinner at NIH Children's Inn. It will be a St. Patrick's Day theme and food can be brought to the Inn at 5
p.m. Be sure to allow yourself time to get checked through security.
Saturday, March 14 is Wheaton Silver Spring's Charter Night at Argyle Country Club. We will have several attending from our club.
Saturday, March 21 will be the Capital District Potomac Region 4th Mid-Winter Conference held at Clubhouse #1 at Leisure World in
Silver Spring. Jim Leder, our President for April, May, and June; Bernadeen Zivkovic, President-Elect, and Pat Tiede, Secretary
will attend this all-day program.
Monday, March 23 is a Foundation Board Meeting at RICA at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 19 is Division 17 Fundraiser - MENOPAUSE, THE MUSICAL at the Bethesda Theater (formerly the Bethesda Cinema and
Draft House). The play is a 90-minute production and includes 25 re-lyricized tunes from the '60s and '70s. All proceeds will go to
Camp Friendship. See Jeanne Smith for tickets.
Sunday, April 21 is Montgomery Village's Charter Night.
Sunday April 26 is the Key Club Convention in Richmond, Virginia.
Dick Ruprecht thanked Pat, Bernadeen and Scott who were drivers picking up desserts for the Carnival of Chocolates sponsored by The Dwelling Place on Sunday, March 1. A check from our club was presented at the affair. The Dwelling Place helps indigent families get back on their feet.
Happy Dollars:
Bob Cressy, Debbie Van Horn, Dick Ruprecht, John Ratnavale, Pat Tiede and Jeanne Smith all had Happy Dollars for our successful and inspiring Charter Night, for our speaker, Kay Bowman; and for our guests, John Durfee a former member and Jeff Morrison, who will rejoin our group. Of course, everyone was 'happy to be here' and Jim Leder HD in appreciation for all the cards, calls and visits while recuperating at Suburban Hospital and at home. Also HD for the 3 angels (you remember Charlie's Angels?) -- Jeanne Smith, Debbie Van Horn, and Pat Tiede for organizing the great Charter Night. Another HD for Bernadeen Zivkovic who will be the Chairman of the 2009 Golf Tournament. Jeff Morrison HD was for the care and compassion our group has for each other and past members. The Charter Night was awesome.
Speaker:
Sue Kirk introduced our speaker Kay Bowman who is Branch Manager of the Bethesda Library on Arlington Road in Bethesda. Libraries, particularly in this economy, are a hot spot. Where else can you get free internet, resources for the job hunter, help with resume writing, classes on English, help with homework, help with applying for a job online, help with learning the catalogue system and the internet. Book discussion groups have incredible speakers on art and music programs. Besides free movies that can be checked out, there are "Play Aways" which is a small cassette the size of a deck of cards that runs on batteries -- a complete book! Kay mentioned that in surveys Libraries are at the top of the list of public services offered free to users. Libraries are considered as essential and are a solid investment of our tax dollars. The budget will be cut back which may cause a redistribution of hours. A very informative talk about a very important attribute to our community. Thank you Kay!
Pat Tiede won the 50/50.
Pat Tiede, editor-for-the day.
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