President Heather Cox called weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club to order at 12 noon on Tuesday August 12, 2014 at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University
The invocation by Jon Umphress
Junko Yamaguchi, a guest of Joe Ferguson, was introduced.
The birthday of member Sandy Neely (August 15) was noted in song.
The membership anniversary of member Myrna McCurdy (August 13, 2007) was also noted.
The wedding anniversary of Mark and Kimberly Light (August 12, 1995) was also noted.
In business:
- Treasurer Bryan Marshall updated members on club finances. He also noted that dues are now due for the 2014-2015 Kiwanis year.
- The satellite club will meet tomorrow night (August 13) at the Community Health Professional Building.
- The club will hold a joint picnic with Rotary on August 19. It will be held at noon at the 4H shelter, War Memorial Park.
- Sandy Neely reported on the recently completed, club sponsored, swimming lessons program at the Ada Municipal Pool. She noted the following: there were 36 total volunteers, with six being Kiwanis member. Club members volunteered 106.5 hours. There were 70 total students, which included 36 beginners. She thanked the club for its sponsorship and members for their volunteer assistance.
- Joe Ferguson reported on the pedal-pull at the Farmers-Merchants. The results were: Class 1 (age 3 & 4) 11 competitors: 1st Place Marshall Capps, Lima, OH; 2nd Place, Chad Williams, Ada, OH; 3rd Place, Carter Reese, Perrysburg, OH; and 4th Place, Langston Millar Ada, OH; Class 2 (age 5 & 6), 26 competitors: 1st Place, Slade Gossman, Ada, OH; 2nd Place, Carson Reese, Ada, OH; 3rd Place, Lane Shea, Leipsic, OH; 4th Place, Andrue Lamb, Alger, OH; Class 3 (age 7 & 8), 19 competitors;1st Place, Madisun McCoy, Dunkirk, OH; 2nd Place, Kennedy Jones, Ada, OH; 3rd Place, Jillian Hazelton, Ada, OH; and 4th Place Sierrah Sewell, Fairborn, OH. Joe reported that there were 56 total competitors. Kiwanis members who served on pedal pull event included: Scott Allison, John Berg, Joe Ferguson, Carol Friesner, Harold Friesner, Marilyn Green, Bryan Marshall, Myrna McCurdy, Robert McCurdy, Jon Umphress and Charles VanDyne. Our special guest who took the pictures was Junko Yamaguchi of Japan.
- Lt. Governor Jeff Schulman reported on the recently completed Ohio District Kiwanis Convention held in Columbus. He commented on the basket room, the Eliminate Project, and Kiwanis membership. He also provided a brief update on Division 2 clubs.
- Members are reminded to collect box tops. They will be delivered to the Ada Schools during the first part of December. There are all kinds of foods distributed by General Mills, and other things including Kleenex boxes.
- The annual Spaghetti Dinner date is set for Thursday evening October 23 at the Ada High School Cafeteria. Peter Previte is the committee chairman.
- Kiwanis Education Minute: The first Kiwanis headquarters, a two-room office, was opened in Chicago in 1918. Kiwanis continued to rent larger and larger offices I the “Windy City” until 1957, when the first Kiwanis International building was dedicated. This building served Kiwanis for 25 years, until the organization outgrew the space. In 1982, the sale of the property allowed construction of a larger building in Indianapolis – a site with lower costs and greater convenience than downtown Chicago.
- Something to Ponder: Why does the word “cleave” mean to both split apart and stick together?
Upcoming Meetings/Events
- August 19 – Picnic in the Park with Rotary
- August 26 – Manda Bennett
- September 2 – Marilyn Green
- September 2 – Board Meeting (following regular meeting)
- September 16- Division 2 meeting at the ONU Wishing Well – 6:30 (will replace regular noon meeting.)
- September 23 – Installation of Officers –Wishing Well.
Club member Scott Wills spoke about the Ada Junior Tennis Program at the Ada Park and Ohio Northern tennis courts.
He said the junior tennis program utilizes the Quick Start tennis format and is sponsor, local businesses, and the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
He commented that Ada was one of the first pilot programs nationwide to initiate the Quick-Start tennis format in 2007.
Since that time the program has become the USTA's national model to introduce youth to the game of tennis.
He also outlined the program’s continued growth and thanked the club for its support.
The 50/50 drawing was won by John Berg.
