April 2011

April 1 Meeting: At today's meeting, we had several guests. Susan Bryant was visiting today and we had 4 Sabetha Kiwanians joining us today also. Bea opened the meeting by sharing several April Fools jokes. Terry Smith introduced today's speaker, Mike Grimm from the City of Hiawatha. Mike explained the current city sewer problems and the steps that the city is taking to solve those problems. He also stated that all houses in the city of Hiawatha will be getting inspected during the next several months.

April 8 Meeting:

April 15 Meeting:

April 22 Meeting: Today we had 2 visitors from the Sabetha Kiwanis Club. Rev. Randy Quinn was in charge of spiritual aims for today's program. Instead of a sermon, he introduced Debi Farnen who is the Youth Director at the Methodist Church and the Young Adult Librarian at Morrill Public Library. She spoke about the work that she is doing with the youth of the community.

April 29 Meeting: For today's meeting, we had a membership day. Roger Aberle attended as a prospective new member. Lt. Governor Doug Clark spoke today about what it means to be a Kiwanian and explained the projects and groups that Kiwanis supports. We also had a guest from Sabetha here for an interclub.

Kiwanis Recognizes Kids

Eric Oldham, Kiwanis Member, presents Isabella Eppens, 4th grader, the Teriffic Kid Award for the month of March.

Terry Smith, Kiwanis Member, presents Brenden Steele with the Student of the Month Award at the middle school.

April Featured Kiwanian

Joe Koechner, owner of and pharmacist at KexRx is April's featured Kiwanian. Joe and his wife Chanda live in Hiawatha and have 4 children. Joe enjoys running and playing with his children in his spare time.

Joe enjoys the fellowship during the weekly Kiwanis meetings and the opportunities Kiwanis offers to serve the community.