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NEWSLETTER

Cedar Rapids Downtown Kiwanis Club

February 14, 2007

The meeting was called to order by President Chuck Wehage.     26  Members in attendance.

Guests:   None

Birthdays:  Kay Bloom – 2/14 - Happy Birthday, Kay

Anniversaries:   none 

Announcements:  1. Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and fish will be served for lunch.  2. Pancake Henry reported that ticket sales are underway.  117 tickets were sold this past week and the big push begins right now as we have 3 ½ weeks before the breakfast on March 10.  Pick up tickets from him or call his office at 399-8612 for tickets.  The workers’ schedule sheet is being passed around the tables.

Happy Bucks:   Jim Moriarity – opening his own office and happy to be back; also his son is back from Iraq; Doug Dix – his wife emailed him a great line on colostomy; Ray Vaughn – wife’s $2 ticket won $25K but Ray only got $1 of it for Happy Bucks; Bob Hatala – heard Rawhide song on Jim Doyne’s radio show Sunday; Jim Doyne – happy that someone is listening; Bob Dye – celebrating 2 year anniversary from his stroke and we’re glad he’s doing so well; Keith Sutherland ($3) – great boost in familial intelligence with his son’s engagement; great ski trip and it’s a sunny day today; John Anderson – his Cancun trip was slightly warmer than Iowa; Mel Rhodes – Cornhuskers over K State in basketball; Chuck Wehage – paid a fine for telling his 10 year old granddaughter’s joke; Dan Breitbach – happy his parents must be happy since they haven’t called.

Next week’s program:Kelly Moore announced that Kelly Malone from Four Oaks is our speaker next week. 

Speaker:   Kelly Moore introduced Tom Janusz, owner of Cedar River Brewing Company.  Tom gave a very interesting talk on how to brew beer.  Needless to say he had a captive audience, none more so than our very own Kelly Moore.  Tom and his wife have owned CRBC since July 2004, but Tom has been with the company since in opened 11 years ago as General Manager.  Coincidentally, Kelly Moore has been a patron for 11 years as well. 

He gave a brief history of beer, dating back to when Kelly Moore was an infant.  Not really, beer has been around for approximately 7000 years.  It is one of the oldest fermented beverages, much older than wine.  CRBC is the first fully-operating brewery in Cedar Rapids since prohibition.

There are four basic components (or food groups as Kelly Moore would like to think) in beer:

1. Water – composes 90-95% of beer and is the most important ingredient.  CRBC uses regular CR water but tests it regularly for consistency.

2. Barley malt – is the basic grain that is used most often to make beer. 

3. Hops – introduces bitterness into the mix.  Seattle, Portland and Europe provide most of the hops.

4. Yeast – the final component added once the wart goes into the fermenter.  There are about 1500 strains of yeast.

Tom loves his job and Kelly Moore appreciates that very much.  Although business is very good, Tom would most likely agree that if there were more Kelly Moores in CR, he could open another brewery.

Stop by CRBC sometime and not only can you try one of Tom’s personal favorites, you can visit with Kelly Moore as welll

Word for the day:   Don was missing today and so was the “Word”

Submitted:  Dan Breitbach

UPCOMING SPEAKERS
 2/21:  Kelli Malone, Four Oaks

KIWANIS SPEAKER COORDINATORS:
February:  Kelly Moore
March:  Kelly Allen
April:  Joe Schmall
May:  Paul Anderson
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