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Member Bios Paul Short and Mark Silvanic Senior Meals Drivers Meal Delivery Location Mennonite Church - Hwy 105 Delivery Days Tues, Wed, Thurs Future Program Announcements July 15, 2017 August Total Solar Eclipse Henry Gertzman July 22, 2017 Bethesda Gardens Monument Shirley Collard, Director of Sales & Marketing Thanks to Jim Murphy Member Concerns Scribes July 8 Rick Schoenlein July 15 Steve Stephenson July 22 Jim Johnston July 29 Pete Peterson A memorial service for Frank Matthews was held on Friday, July 7, 2017 at The Church at Woodmoor. RF Smith said memorial donations for Frank should be made to The Church at Woodmoor. Donations will then be forwarded by the church to the La Fuente Home, which serves veterans, families and children in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. Rich Munsell offered a prayer expressing gratefulness to live in the land of the free and for this club's spirit of volunteerism. Watch over and bless our efforts as well as the youth of this community. May we be grateful and receive blessings for our
time together and the food we share. In all things may we give thanks. Kayla Summers led the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to Dennis Beasley Upcoming Programs July 15, 2017 August Total Solar Eclipse Henry Gertzman July 22, 2017 Bethesda Gardens Monument Shirley Collard, Director of Sales & Marketing July 29, 2017 Civil Air Patrol Paul Krekorian President RF Smith Called the meeting to order at 8:00 am. August 5, 2017 Transportation Projects in Tri-Lakes Tom Vierzba, V.P. Nepco RF's thought of the day from Lucille Ball: "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."
GUESTS Thanks Larry Young Board of Directors 2015-2016 Board of Directors 2016-2017 Brian Black accompanied his mother, Marianne Black. Welcome back! Mike Luginbuhl added that Brian greatly contributed to the southend security work during the parade. President - RF Smith President Elect - Barb Broshous Immediate Past President - Rich Strom Secretary - Mike Luginbuhl RF Smith introduced Kayla Marie Summers, the 2017 El Paso County Fair Queen and the Fair Queen Coordinator, Pam Dawson. Pam gave us some information on Kayla's background. Kayla graduated from Classical Academy and has just finished her freshman year at the University of
Treasurer/ CFO - Jack Fry Sergeant-at-Arms - Paul Short Northern Colorado. Kayla then told us some information about the County Fair in Calhan from July 15-22. See http://www.elpasocountyfair.com/ for events and the latest schedule. VP - Programs - Larry Young NEW MEMBERS VP - Memberships - Bob Hayes VP- Fundraising - Barrie Town VP - Public Relations - Steve Stephenson VP - Service Leadership Program - Max Williams VP - Community Service - Cheryl Wangerman Dir - Bingo & Raffles - Mark Zeiger Dir - Granting and External Relations - Jim Taylor Dir - Member Recognition - Ron Mangiarelli Our newest member, Randy Buffington, was inducted into the club. He was accompanied by his wife and sponsor, Rose Fortune. Randy is from North Carolina and grew up in the furniture business. Randy thanked us for our courtesies to himself and Rose. Randy said he will volunteer all he can to support our efforts! Welcome! Ron Mangiarelli then awarded a bronze sponsorship key to Rose. Club business: ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dir - Plans, Analysis, & Resources - Russ Broshous Dir - Special Needs - Rich Munsell Dir - Interclub & Social - Marian Taylor Special Thanks To Bonnie Nasser for photographs RF Smith recognized Bill Stoner and club volunteers for the annual Deaf and Blind Golf program. This was a two-month program where we spent time with the kids at the Cherokee Ridge Golf Course. RF awarded a "One can make a difference" pin to Bill for his long-time leadership on this program. RF also awarded this pin to Ron Mangiarelli for setting up great televised coverage of the event by Fox Channel 21. Pete Peterson gave us feedback on results from the 4th of July Parade. Pete said we had a great parade and he recognized our MHKC members for their support.
Tom "Media Master" VanWormer for Media Services Rich Hicks K-News Editor rich7100@comcast.net MHKC Service Recognition Kiwanian of the Year 2016 Larry Young Jim Head said at Bingo last week, led by Tom Nelson, there were 113 participants resulting in a profit of $2,218. The Rocky Mountain Kiwanis conference is from August 3-6 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Play golf on the 3rd, with convention events on the 4th and 5th, and training on the 6th. Register at http://www.rmdkiwanis.com/. RF Smith said there are monetary incentives for individuals and clubs with the most new members. 2015 Mark Zeiger 2014 RF Smith 2013 Tom Nelson 2012 Ron Heard 2011 Bonnie Biggs 2010 Dennis Daugherty 2009 Ed Kinney 2008 Don Johnson 2007 Ted Bauman 2006 Glenn Scott 2005 Dick Durham 2004 Benny Nasser
2003 Sharon Williams 2002 Bill Cook 2001 Jim Taylor 2000 Rich Rima 1999 Rich Lybolt 1998 Jack Johnson 1997 Larry Cheatham 1996 Ed DeValois 1995 Paul Bacalis 1994 Jerry Losey 1993 Denny Myers 1992 Bill Tope 1991 Max Williams 1990 Dick London 1989 Len Dodson 1988 Dave Turner 1987 Charlie Emmons 1986 Bill Dudman 1985 George Goddu 1984 Jim Carroll 1983 Rev John Snyder Peach sales have started. Peaches will be delivered on Saturday, July 29, 2016 at Lewis Palmer High School (North parking lot opposite the YMCA) from 10AM - 2PM. You can order your peaches at: http://monumenthillkiwanis.org/mhk/peaches/index.php. Peaches must be ordered before July 21. The Peak Challenge 14er hike to support the Griffith Center will be in mid August, likely at Uncompahgre Peak. Our best athlete, Jim Murphy, has details. HAPPY BUCKS *Additional Sertoman of the Year or Kiwanian of the Year designates include: Dexter Peak, JoAnn Peak, Steve Hall - Sunset Sertoma Club, Darlene Loudermilk & Joe Ashby 25 Year Legion of Honor Jo Carroll, Ed DeValois, Chuck Dunham, Steve Hall, Joe Howard, Jerry Losey, Max Williams 30 Year Legion of Honor Ben Bellis, Mark O'Regan, Fred Roeming, John Snyder, Cliff Sparrow, Bud Sterling 35 Year Legion of Honor Joe Ashby, Watt Hill, John Swofford Marian Taylor thanked the committee and the volunteers for their hard work on Friday at the social mixer.
4th of July Parade is Powered by Integrity Bank and Trust is the Corporate Sponsor for the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club 4th of July Parade Monument Hill Kiwanis Club Corporate Sponsors Partners in Service Integrity Bank While on parade marshal duty, Harry Brandon wandered onto the reviewing stand during the parade. Harry said Ed Tomlinson saw him coming and called for security. A policeman offered Ed use of his taser - Harry was glad Ed declined. Harry was also happy he will be in Paris next week for the Kiwanis International Conference. Lewis-Palmer School District 38 Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Tri-Lakes Women's Club Tri-Lakes Cares Gold Sponsors JJ Tracks Also working as a parade marshal, Steve Steffey was happy to have survived the kids on Third Street. Steve said they were wild! He had a second buck for surviving the knobby knees contest at the mixer
Tri-Lakes Printing on Friday. RF Smith quickly pointed out that this contest was Steve's idea in the first place. Note Steve's knobby knees below. Wave's End Services, LLC Silver Sponsors Hunter-Wolff Gallery The Wine Seller A few parade pictures... After working long and hard on the parade, director Pete Peterson was happy to be going on vacation with his two grandsons to Lake Vermillion, Minnesota. This will involve a week of swimming, fishing, boating, mosquitos, black flies and other biting insects.
Mike Luginbuhl had five dollars of thanks for the parade southend security team. They got participants to their rightful place in the parade - it went very well and Mike was thankful. Dennis Beasley and his granddaughter Katie were the committee to judge the parade floats. They walked the entire parade lineup route, then back down the route to hand out the awards. Dennis and Katie
were impressed at how excited and proud honorees (kids and adults) were to receive and display their ribbons. Dennis was sorry this couldn't be done in front of the parade audience for all to enjoy. Watt Hill said he was greatly honored to be one of the grand marshals for the parade. Watt said he is a patriot and will die a patriot. He saw a lot of young parents with young kids displaying patriotism, and he thinks patriotism is making a comeback. Watt said God bless Kiwanis/Sertoma and all of you.
Bob Evans wanted to thank the ladies at the Diva table and Senior Leadership Program kids who did a wonderful job of "cat-herding" during the children's parade. RF Smith said he was walking down the parade route with Jack Fry following the parade. RF was tapped on the shoulder by a mother, with her son, who told him that this was the best 4th of July
parade in the world, that they enjoy it every year and to keep on doing it forever. RF said this is just another example of how much people appreciate the parade that is done for them, not for us. Pat Losey told us a little history of the parade. It was begun by a lady who thought Monument should have a parade. Initially, it was a couple blocks long. After two years, she turned it over to a couple who then started the children's parade and subsequently asked Jerry if Sertoma would take it over. It happened! There are two free, easy ways to donate money to the MHKC - without paying a nickel out of your own pocket. One is by getting a gift card (available from Mike Wangeman that comes with $5 credit) for Safeway or Kings Soopers. You can then indefinitely add money to the card. Also, at Amazon.com Smile, you can designate Monument Hill Service Club as your charity organization and purchase items through Smile. Then Amazon donates.5% of all your purchases to our club. BIRTHDAYS Frank Wynne provided a joke and announced the seven member birthdays for next week. Don Johnson Mike McGrath
Ed Tomlinson Barrie Town David Yee Matt Harris Stan Schneider Progressive Drawing July 8, 2017 Winner this week is: Marian Taylor Kiwanis Progressive Drawing Stats: Date of drawing: 7/8/17
Chips this drawing: 10 Carry over from last week: $0 Today's 1/2 ticket sales: $28 Total for today's drawing: $31 Amount won & donated back: $31 Amount won and kept by winner: $5 Available for next week's drawing: $31 Chips for next week's drawing: 9 Kiwanis Program - July 8, 2017 Member Bios Paul Short and Mark Silvanic Scribe: Rick Schoenlein Larry Young introduced our speakers, Paul Short and Mark Silvanic. First up was Paul.
Paul Short, our Sargent-at-Arms (Snickers distributor) is from Iowa. Paul read from an August 1943 St. Louis newspaper article describing how Capt. Paul Striegel in an A-36 Intruder attacked, and probably sank, an Italian cruiser just off the coast of Italy. Capt.Striegel was killed in that bombing raid. Paul said he just learned a few years ago that he was named after this family WWII aviator hero, Paul Striegel. Paul said especially in front of this crowd, he is proud to wear his Frog hat (well earned) and his Vietnam sticker from 1968-1969. "In all of the Army's wisdom," he was trained as a clerk typist but actually served his tour of duty as a machine gunner! This duty was for the MAC-V Defense Force covering north and west of Saigon. His stories included Army food (he lost 35 pounds) and monster beetles big enough to carry a can of Baumba Beer around a night campfire. Among his duties, Paul was assigned to watch out for and train a new guy, Zane, who was also from Iowa. Very shortly, Zane became a trusted team member. After Paul returned from Vietnam, he visited Zane's family and assured Zane's mother that Zane would be ok. After Zane
returned home, Paul visited the farm again where Zane told an assembled crowd: "I would like to introduce you to the guy who saved my life in Vietnam." Paul said that was one of the most powerful experiences he has had in his adult life. Paul told a story of meeting cool, calm astronaut Frank Borman, who was eating hot, hot Mexican food without a drop of sweat. Paul met his wife of 34 years during a 20k run (she beat him bad)! They have never looked back! Next up was Mark Silvanic. Mark talked briefly about the origin of his family name, which changed after his grandparents moved from Scranton, PA to Binghamton, NY. Mark's parents were volunteers. His father was in the Army National Guard retiring with 27 years service. Their family traveled around the world including Kansas, Berlin, Ft. Dix, Florida, Virginia, Korea and Wisconsin. While in high school, Mark joined Kiwanis Key Club and eventually became president. As a cadet at the Air Force Academy, Mark returned to brief that same Kiwanis Club. Mark
graduated from the USAFA in 1985 with a degree in Soviet Area Studies. Mark trained in the T-37 and T-38, and his first assignment was as a forward air controller in the A-37 at Ft. Hood, TX. This included a transition to the OA-10. While in Texas, he met Dorothy, who was in charge of an OA-10 support group. Mark was then assigned to A-10's in Alconbury, UK. While there, he and fellow aviators hosted veterans from the Battle of Briton and put on an airshow for the veterans. Mark was then assigned to Lakenheath, learned a new airplane (F-15), and had combat deployments to Iraq and Italy (Yugoslavia). Dorothy continued her successful Air Force maintenance career. Their next assignment was at Shepard AFB, which resulted in their children, Clara and George. Next was Aviano, Italy where the kids became international and learned to speak Italian fluently. When traveling, if someone asked if they were Americans, the kids would answer, "No, but our parents are." Later assignments included Kirkland AFB, Colorado Springs, Germany, Lakenheath and settling in Monument. Clara is a senior at Dartmouth, and George is a cadet at the USAFA. Mark said he was honored to be part of this organization. Happy Trails! See you Saturday at:
Lewis Palmer D-38 Administration building (a.k.a. Big Red) 146 Jefferson Street, Monument, CO 80921. Please use the West or North entrances!