Kee-Notes

Weekly Newsletter of the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland

Serving the Community Since 1945

Meeting Date: April 16, 2009 ______________________________________________________________________________

President Jim Leder opened our meeting.  Bob Gradle led the Pledge, Shira Oler led us in singing America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) and Bill Hague gave the prayer.  President Jim reminded all attendees at today's meeting to email him “the reason you joined Kiwanis.”  He has received two comments and wants to hear from everyone in the club.  Bring to the next meeting or send to drno812@aol.com.

We sang Happy Birthday to two of our April birthday members - Bob Gradle and Bob Cressy.

Announcements:

Jeanne Smith announced the results of the Nominating Committee.  Elections will be held April 30.            

Happy Dollars:

Ben Schlesinger 5 HD he is glad to be back from his business travels,  HD for our guest speaker Dave Feldman, and a HD for his son who has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship -- his son is currently in Mongolia for a year.  Bob Cressy  HD for the Potomac Club who have added five new members to get to 16. Sue Kirk HD for our speaker today and for Earth Day coming up.  Shira Oler HD for her daughter who  is a doctoral candidate in Education at the University of Maryland.  Bob Gradle 5 HD glad to be back from Florida (his winter home) and a special thanks to Pat Tiede for keeping him up to date with Kee-Notes. Bernadeen Zivkovic  HD for the April 14 board meeting.  It was difficult but helpful. Her son, Julian was a guest -- he's getting good training to carry on the Kiwanis traditions.  Pat Tiede HD for our speaker, and for Jim Leder and Jeanne Smith.  Jim Leder HD for his "harem" Pat Tiede, Jeanne Smith, and Bernadeen Zivkovic who are doing so much work for our club. 

President Jim Leder with guest speaker Dave Feldman

Speaker:

Sue Kirk introduced our speaker Dave Feldman of Bethesda Green.  Dave's background was in International Trade and he worked at the British Embassy for a number of years. He grew up in Bethesda and about a year ago was chosen to head Bethesda Green, a non-profit dedicated to improving the environment in Bethesda. At their kickoff one year ago they had over 380 people show up for the first meeting. They have placed about a dozen recycling bins in downtown Bethesda. In addition they also  sponsored a day for people to drop of their old computers to be recycled, the last effort yielded over ten thousand pounds of used computers.  Bethesda Green serves as a living model to sustain the current and future development of Bethesda by promoting energy efficiency, recycling, and a community-wide environmental ethic. Through their collective efforts residents, businesses, and government, it is their goal to make Bethesda a better place to live and work. An appropriate and energizing talk so close to Earth Day.

Pat Tiede won the 50/50 and donated it to the House Fund.

George Patterson, editor-for-the day.

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