February 26: Denise Elffner, USD #415 Board of Education, presented Janice Smith with a Friend of Education Certificate of Merit Award from the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force for "outstanding contributions to public education in Kansas". Jere Bruning presented Jim Bush as the speaker today. His topic was the completion of the Frances Sewell Plamann History Center. After his presentation, he invited all present to move to the Center for a tour of the facilities. 6 Sabetha Kiwanians were our guests today (Hicks, Grimm, Girton, Cook, Lukert and Lippert).February 19: Today's program by Troy Boswell dealt with 'money trivia'. 18 members were present on this wintry day. The secretary read correspondence from Lt. Gov. Dan Gaumer asking for our club's official vote for 2010-2011 Division 2 Lt. Governor -- Beckham Smith moved that we cast a unanimous vote for Sabetha Kiwanian Doug Clark, seconded & carried.
February 12: Plans were continued on our club sponsoring the March 19th Community Blood Bank -- John Moore, John Severin, Jere Bruning, Lana Reigle, Beckham Smith and Gretchen Randall will call past donors; Justin Fluke will be responsible for posting posters and putting information on the radio. In addition, Jere, John, Beckham, Janice Smith and Eric Gustafson will be at the refreshment table that day. Sean Binkley gave the program today on "Partners in The Perfect Crime!" touching on the 4 Deadly Food Additives, The Dangers of Sugar, Whole Food Nutrients vs. Synthetic Nutrients and much more. Topeka Kiwanian Harold Wohlgast and his guest Layman Pierce were present along with 19 Hiawatha Kiwanians today.
February 11 - Club Valentine Party: 26 Members and guests welcomed o
ur 2 honored guests -- Mrs. Fern Wolney and Mrs. Nancy Klontz, wives of former Kiwanians no longer with us. Randy Quinn led the group in reading the official Kiwanis prayer from 1955. Vice President, Jennifer Ploeger presented Gretchen Oldham with the "Night At The Cabin" certificate she had won in November.
Secretary, Janice Smith, delivered the "First 50 Years of Hiawatha Kiwanis Club" in a trivia format. Door prizes were won by Jere Bruning, Nancy Klontz, Kathy Nelson, Gretchen Randall and Beckham Smith. All present enjoyed the delicious meal and fellowship.
February 5: Chad Bachman introduced Payton Trosclair, member of Boy Scout Troop 313, who gave the history of scouting as well as personal information of the troop. His mother Dawn Newman and Jay Boyles were guests. Janice Smith presented more trivia that she has gleaned from the club's archival files. 19 members were present.
February 3 - Board Meeting: Pancake Feed's net now stands at $1460 -- this money is used to support our 4 scholarships given to Hiawatha High seniors that will be attending a Kansas Community College or Kansas Vo-Tech School the following year. January Volunteer hours totaled 132 hours by 16 Kiwanians impacting 128 children. January attendance was up 3% from the previous month; 9 members had perfect attendance -- Chad Bachman, Jere Bruning, Joe Koechner, Peggy Kolb, Del Larson, Laurie Neeman, Beckham Smith, Janice Smith and Terry Smith. Thank you notes were received from a Christmas Adopted Family and for "Fighting 4-Phoenix" Lucky Bears donated to Hiawatha Community Hospital. The club will be sponsoring the March 19th Community Blood Drive. Voted to invite 3 widows of former Kiwanians to be our honored guests at the February 11th Valentine Party. Carl Nelson, Eric Oldham, Pat Loyd and Troy Boswell were reappointed to the Hiawatha Foundation Board for an additional 3 years. Carl Nelson was a guest today and explained their plans for a Spring Golf Tournament to be held May 1st and asked that our board designate how proceeds be used. Board gave the secretary permission to donate the original 1930-1934 Kiwanis Scrapbook to the Brown County Historical Society once she has made copies of the information contained therein to be retained with club archival records.
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