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THE KIWANIAN Bulletin of the Herm=
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Beach Kiwanis Club |
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June 30, 2004 |
Carol Lawson, Editor – Howard Seeb, Photographer |
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STARTERS: P= rez Rick opened the 3919th meeting, the Men’s Choir led us in God Bless America, Joel l= ed the pledge, and Merle gave the invocation.
GUESTS: Rick
brought friend Michael Balmer and Greg brought many cardboard cutout vers=
ions
of Nelson Tucker. BIRTHDAYS/A= NNIVERSARIES: The Prez brought the wrong list and nobody fessed up. DRINK DISPENSER/FINK/OTHER FINES: Everyone shook the drink dispenser’s (Whit) hand and the Fink (Carol) couldn’t hide. SPEAKER NEX=
T WEEK
(7/7): Only Greg knows =
for
sure. THANKS: We received nice thank-you n= otes from a couple of our scholarship recipients, from Circle K for use of our hall and food for their banquet, and from Lincoln School for a Casner contribution. SAD NEWS: DISTINGUISH=
ED
KIWANIAN FORMS: Forms are i=
n the
Board Room. Be sure to fill=
out a
form and submit it ASAP if you qualify.&=
nbsp;
Do not be shy!! Clai=
m your
reward. They have to be sen=
t in
by 8/1. It’s not just=
for
you. It gives the club, the
division and the district more “credits” toward being
“Distinguished”. &nbs=
p; &=
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UPCOMING=
KIWANIS
EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDAR: · 7= /1 – Interclub with LAX – Earl, Alice, Joanne, Linda, Rick, Yvon= ne and ? signed up. · 7= /8 - NEXT BOARD MEETING. NOTE CHANGE OF DATE OF MEETIN= G. Caterers will be Greg Wyatt and = Nick Paneno. · 7= /19 – LAST DCM – Hawthorne is host. Signup will be passed. · 8= /4-8 - Cal-Nev-Ha District Convention in Las Vegas · 8= /11 - Loreto Picnic at Valley Park OTHER LOCAL=
EVENTS: ·
7=
/2
– Grand Opening of Howard Seeb Photo Exhibit at Java Man – 7P=
M to
10PM. Come check it out! ·
7=
/8
– PS I Love You Fundraiser – 345 – 29th Stre=
et -
$20 for volunteers, otherwise $40.
Contact Mike Miller for details or tickets. · 7= /24 – PS ILoveYou Day at the Beach. Let Mike Miller know if you can volunteer to help. They still need about 30 volunteers. It sounds like fun! DAN WAS BACK – AND SPOTTED DRIVING A FANCY NEW MERCEDES-BENZ. He was appropriately fined. VIVA LAS VEGAS : If you want to g=
o to
the Cal-Nev-Ha Convention in Las Vegas, it’s time to get your
registration in. Forms are
available on the Cal-Nev-Ha website and in the Cal-Nev-Ha magazine. If these aren’t available =
to
you, contact the Prez. |
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INTERNATION= AL CONVENTION IN ST. LOUIS. Prez Rick, Prez-Elect Greg, Terry and Carol attended. Greg and Rick promise a video re= -cap for our program on 7/14. The Cal-Nev-Ha candidate for Vice President/Treasurer, Nelson Tucker, put on a vigorous campaign and won!! He will be the first Cal-Nev-Ha International Officer in decades. The entire city of St. Louis was populated with Nelson Tucker cutouts and volunteers passed out thousands = of bottles of Nelson Tucker labeled bottles of water. The campaign was completely fina= nced with donations and Tucker’s own money –district funds were not used. One major resolution = that was passed provides for annual payment of international dues. All attendees reported having a = great time. |
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THE KIWANIAN =
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Bulletin of the Hermosa Beach Kiwanis Club – June 30, 2004 – Pa=
ge 2
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PROGRAM: Our speaker today was Judith Lev=
ey
Meyer. She is a Criminal Pr=
osecutor
with the LA County District Attorney’s Office and is running for a
position of Judge of the Superior Court – Office No. 69. Her topic today was Identity The=
ft. Some Prevention Techniques are: =
(1)
Shred all documents containing account numbers or other personal informat=
ion
before disposing of them; (2) Never give credit card or other personal
information on the phone unless
you initiated the call; (3) Do not carry your Social Security Numb=
er,
birth certificate, passport or extra credit cards with you except when
required; (4) Don’t write SSN or credit card numbers on checks; (5)
Keep your PIN numbers private; (6) Use a locked mail box – don̵=
7;t
put outgoing checks in your mail box; (7) Order copies of your credit rep=
ort
annually; (8) Pick up new checks at the bank. If you are a victim, immediately=
close
accounts, make a police report, get copies of your credit reports from all
three credit bureaus. Notify
Social Security if your SSN was used.&nb=
sp;
Major Credit Bureaus are Equifax, Experian (formerly TRW) and Trans
Union. They can be contacte=
d by
phone, mail or website. Last Message: Judge Judy? Guest Mike:
Guest Michael Balmer told
us a little about his work to provide clothes, school supplies and other
necessities to the hill tribe children in Thailand. He’s from Hermosa and has =
been
living in Thailand for several years.&nb=
sp;
He’s now moving there permanently. Hopefully, he will be a future p=
rogram
before he returns. |
HAPPY/SADS:=
Greg W R= 11; happy his girlfriend took him to the airport and picked him up (even tho he got back late); Yvonne R= 11; happy for the success of the Art Walk last week. Lots of great artists and a good= crowd attended. Also happy for Howiee’s opening at the Java Man this Friday. Joel –= ; happy his oldest son Blake has moved in with him and has a summer job bussing tables. Joe –= happy for daughter Rosalie’s great 60th Birthday Party held at= the hall last weekend. Terry ̵= 1; happy about Howiee’s photo show opening at Java Man this Friday Night (7-= 10 pm). Happy to have gone on = St. Louis Trip and happy to be back. Happy about learning new things Kiwanians can do and about being inspired at the Convention. She urged everyone to attend a convention sometime. Cathy ̵=
1; happy
for the mystery table setter who had the hall all set up today with 4 Nick –= ; happy that Mike Miller invited him to go surfing. Whit –= ; JUST HAPPY! Earl –= ; happy that the mystery person is also going to do the clean-up of all the decorations. Bob –= happy the convention attendees have returned and are still upright. Sam –= sad he missed last week’s meeting—working too hard at El Camino.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Thought for the Day: “Give every day the chance= to be the best day of your life.” – Mark Twain. Dan –= happy we had such good attendance at convention. Gave special thanks to Terry for attending everything! Pat –= sad that she had invited members of Leadership Hermosa to our meeting but they didn’t show, but happy that the Tim Kelly fundraiser was very successful and a good party. Carol ̵= 1; happy she attended the Convention, saw all the sights, brought back pictures of convention (and of grandson). Dallas R= 11; sad that Dorothy is having such a good time on her trip that she’s goin= g to stay a couple weeks more. L= ooking forward to the board meeting so he can get a decent dinner. Rick –= ; happy he attended the convention, got to meet lots of folks and learned a lot.<= /p> Guest Micha= el – happy to be at our meeting and meet a lot of positive people = who believe they can make a difference. |
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RAFFLE: Car= ol had the winning ticket, but only came up with the Ace of Clubs. Daily was $33, pot was $187 with= 11 cards. NEXT FINK: #997 |
CHECK OUT O=
UR
WEBSITE: hermosakiwa= nis.org |
Do Good, Ha= ve Fun, Hail Kiwanis |
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