Sundial

Thanks to Hans Thiele and John Denaro for welcoming us this beautiful day, to our set up crew, Father Dart for the Johnny Appleseed invocation, and to Lloyd Meyers and Richard Saunders for leading us in our Club Song and America the Beautiful. We look forward to Ted Dimon and Herb Engdahl greeting us at the door in two weeks -- next week is the Annual Charter Lunch at Carefree Conference Resort.




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Today’s guests included Don Burton, friend of George Bowles; Mark, Sue and Jake Engdahl, son, daughter-in-law and grandson of Herb Engdahl, respectively; Erik Spurgin, son of Ralph Spurgin; and soon-to-be-a-new-member John Voloudakis, guest of Jon Loffman.

Brian Kunkel was given the Award Poster Board showing all of the awards that were received by the club during his presidency.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wellness Report:
President Dave acknowledged how great is was to have Don Parks back with us today. Lou Snodgrass indicated everyone was doing well and Ed Knight reported Nicky Rycroft had been released from the hospital after having fallen earlier and was doing well.

Annual Charter Lunch:
The Annual Charter Lunch is next Wednesday, March 21st at the Carefree Conference Resort with the reception starting at 11:00am and lunch at 12:00 noon. He wanted to thank Carroll Vanik and Richard Saunders for their help with regard to entertainment, which will be the wonderful sounds of a wood-wind trio.

Flea Market:
Kirk Wilson reported the next flea market is scheduled for Saturday March 21st and asked all the “usual” and any “not-so-usual” volunteers to contact him about times and specific help needed.

Pancake Breakfast:
Brian Kunkel announced April 11, 2009 as the date for our next pancake breakfast and indicated everyone would be receiving their 10 tickets in the mail to either sell, buy or return. Volunteers are needed for set up, service and ticket sells, and should contact Brian or Jon Loffman for more information. Brian also awarded Jake Engdahl with a crisp $100 bill for selling the most tickets at his school for the last pancake breakfast.

Western Night:
Ted Dimon reminded everyone to mark their calendars for Western Night on April 18, 2009 at Los Cedros. The cost has yet to be determined. Ted stated there will be a live auction with all items being relevant to Kiwanis members. In addition, the horse show will be held in the main arena this year in order to provide better seating and more room for the horses.

Caring Corp Raffle Tickets:
Kathy Haugner has raffle tickets available for the Caring Corp. Please see or contact her for more information.

Pima Air Museum:
Bob Lundgren encouraged everyone to join other members and friends for the Kiwanis day trip to the Pima Air Museum on Thursday, March 26th. They are meeting at 8:00am SHARP at the Desert Foothills Lutheran Church parking lot and should return between 5:00 and 6:00pm. The bus fare is $24 round trip and tickets into the museum are $12.50. Contact Bob for further information.

Officers Slate for 2010-2001:
Names are being accepted for anyone who is interested or whom you think would be interested in serving as an officer next year for Kiwanis. Please contact Brian Kunkel and/or Alan Haugner.

PROGRAM
Ralph Pipp introduced guest speaker, Lisa Shevy, with the Junior Achievement program. Lisa was born in Wisconsin and attended ASU where she earned a degree in non-profit leadership and administration. She has been with Junior Achievement for over a year.

Lisa spoke of the Junior Achievement’s (JA) mission: “To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy,” which is accomplished by partnering with schools, businesses and other organizations to provide financial literacy education to children ages kindergarten thru 12th grade. Originally a part of 4-H, JA went out on its own in 1919 with JA of Arizona commencing in 1957. They are currently offered in over 100 countries and reach over 9 million students a year, 90,000 of which were in Arizona last year.

Junior Achievement presently has two 7,000 square foot cities, -- “JA BizTown” and more recently “JA Finance Park” -- that encourage students to learn about the free enterprise system by participating in a simulated town.

They currently have more than 6,000 volunteers from all walks of life that share their time and talent with JA of Arizona. Varied skill levels are needed for volunteer opportunities throughout the year. If you are interested in volunteering your time or have or know of a business that would want to partner with JA, contact JA Central District at 480-377-8500 or visit their website at http://www.jaaz.org/.

We appreciate the efforts of reporter Janie French and photographer Sherman Agins on this issue of the Sundial.