December Kids Recognized

Terrific Kid

Silas Garlington, a 4th grader was chosen as the Kiwanis Terrific Kid for the month of December. Eric Oldham presents Silas with his t-shirt, pencil, bumper sticker and certificate.

Student of the Month

Joseph Kunkle was chosen as the December Kiwanis Student of the Month. Terry Smith presented Joseph with a gift certificate to Subway and the Arrow Twin Movie Theatre.

Snowy January

January 7 Meeting: There were no visitors at today's meeting. Mike Twombly spoke about the upcoming launch of the local television station created by Rainbow Communications.

January 14 Meeting: There were no visitors at today's meeting. Today we discussed the future direction of the Hiawatha Kiwanis and how we can best serve our community.

January 21 Meeting: There were no visitors at today's meeting. Eric Oldham gave a presentation about the first classes to take advantage of the one room school opportunity at the Ag Museum. All 4 of Hiawatha's second grade classes participated. Students and teahers alike had a great time at this educational, fun-filled day.

January 28 Meeting: There were no visitors at today's meeting. Mike Twombly talked about the new local TV station through Rainbow NEK. Several clips from the new channel were shown and her reminded everyone that they were still looking for submissions. Also, should you want a program listing for this channel, please visit the Rainbow website: http://www.rainbowtel.net/

January Featured Kiwanian--Gretchen Randall

Gretchen Randall is the Featured Kiwanian for the month of January. Gretchen and her 3 beautiful daughters live in Hiawatha. She is the office manager at Heartland Realty and enjoys playing with her girls, singing, shopping and cheering on the KU Jayhawks and St. Louis Cardinals.

Gretchen enjoys the networking with other Kiwanis members and doing service projects to help the children of the community.