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Back to Home pageNEWSLETTER Kiwanis Club of Cedar Rapids Wednesday, April 29, 2009 The meeting was called to order by President Bob Hatala, Esq. 27 Members in attendance. Guests: None Birthdays: None Anniversaries: Don Grimm, Ron Sunderman, Lonna Drewelow, Kevin Carlson Announcements: Jeff Hollingsworth has set up an Interclub with the Hiawatha CREW for Tuesday, May 19 at the Hiawatha City Hall. No food service – bring a brownbag; Wendy’s Four Oaks Golf Tournament on June 8 needs volunteers for ball spotting and similar chores. Talk to Rod Thorpe; Officer nominations are: Dan Breitbach, President, Mike Poggenklass, 1st VP; Pam Landon, 2nd VP; Sister Charmaine, Secretary; Gerry Kneeland, Treasurer. Also nominated are members Schmall, Graeff and Sutherland for the Board, and Pam Landon for the Foundation board. A motion and approved by acclamation to close nominations, and another, equally well subscribed action approved the slate; an opportunity to help other Kiwanis clubs will be May 3 at 4 PM at the Kernels stadium assisting in cleanup. Happy Bucks: Chuck Wehage passed on a couple of dollars received from former member Rich Paterson now a census worker. One of Rich’s bucks was for Dan Breitbach, who was originally sponsored by Rich; Chuck also had a dollar thanking the powers that be for a safe trip to North Carolina; Mel Rhodes had a dollar in honor of his brother’ s 97th birthday; Richard Boardman was glad to see Steve Walrath; Kevin Carlson had a dollar for his anniversary. Kevin was sponsored by Joe Schmall;Sister Charmaine had a dollar thanking those who took attendance while she was out; Joe Schmall noted that no one has to work too hard to draw an opinion from Kevin Carlson. Upcoming Programs: Barbara Hoffman, Director, Retired Senior Volunteer Program Speaker: Steve Buttrey of the Gazette continued theme introduced at an earlier visit to the club. Newspapers are in big trouble because their revenues are down. They need a new business model. By show of hands, he demonstrated that boomers and beyond still read papers. Young folks don’t – they get all the content they want electronically. The boomers are doomed to diminish. Ads are very much cheaper on the internet, and are reaching more eyeballs than papers. In the near term, papers will look for synergy by having one team of reporters for print, television, and internet communications. Word for the day: Submitted: Chuck Wehage |