Kee-Notes
Weekly Newsletter
of the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland
Serving the
Community Since 1945
Meeting Date: May 27, 2010
President
Jeanne Smith opened the meeting and Ben Schlesinger led us in the pledge and George Patterson
started the singing of God Bless America and Rev. Bill Hague offered
the prayer. Glad to see John Beck, Ben Schlesinger, Pat Norry
and Ann Black. Guests attending were Elana Gardner
and Casey Melcer (both from Cricket Communications).
Denis Lipman, accompanied by his wife Frances Lipman,
was introduced as our speaker.
Announcements:
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Monday , May 31 – MEMORIAL
DAY
SERVICE – WOODMONT TRIANGLE 10:30 pm
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Thursday, June 3 – BOARD MEETING – Tragara
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Monday, June 6 – DCM MEETING – Leisure World
6:30 pm
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Thursday, June 10 – LUNCH MEETING – SUE KIRK
SPEAKER FROM BETHESDA CARES
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Sunday, June 13 – DIVISION 17 FAMILY
FUN
PICNIC- Black Hills Regional Park – 11-3- $18
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Monday, June 14- Wheaton/SS RICA Golf Tournament
– Interclub
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Thursday, June 17 – LUNCH MEETING – TODD LAMB
SPEAKER. BEVERLY GOUGH FROM CAMP FRIENDSHIP
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Thur.-Sun, June 24-27-95TH ANNUAL
CONVENTION IN
LAS VEGAS
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Thur., June 24 – NO MEETING
Happy Dollars:
Pat Tiede 2 HD one for Jeanne Smith
leading us as President the past four months and one HD for our
speaker, Denis Lipman. Ben Schlesinger HD
for Pat Tiede who does so much for our club, HD for Jeanne Smith and
her incredible service especially to the two Key Clubs, and a last HD
for his son who is in China for a year as a doctoral candidate. He is
fluent in Chinese and is living in Beijing which is a dirty, dusty
city. Anne Black 2 HD, one for Jeanne Smith for her
work with last week's youth banquet and one for Pat Tiede
for all her work.
Speaker:
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Our speaker was
Denis Lipman,
a.k.a., The Prodigal Tourist is
author of the book, "A Yank Back to England,"
Denis grew up in
London and emigrated to America over 20 years ago and would travel
back to his home from time to time to visit his parents. His wife
who he met in America wanted to tour England so she went with him
back home to begin a tradition of touring villages and
churches not on the usual tourist destinations. With his English
accent and humorous stories of the tension, love and disagreements
with his parents he gave a charming talk. Many of the places they
visited are within an hour or so drive from London and at some of
them they were the only visitors. He specifically talked
about the town of Sandwich which is an overlooked village with
much history. A fascinating and entertaining talk. He
whetted my desire to visit England some day. His website can give
more information about the book and his experiences:.
http://www.ayankbacktoengland.com/prodigaltourist
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Pat Norry won the 50/50.
George Patterson, Editor
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