President Dave Bell called us to order and invited Fr. Steven Dart to offer the Invocation. Rich Saunders then directed our singing of The National Anthem accompanied by Lloyd Meyer. The Pledge of Allegiance followed.
Guests
Our guests (and their hosts) included Pete Fredriksen (Dave Bell), Scott Bennion (Fr. Dart), Kiwanis Scholarship recipient Jeff Gilbert (Bruce Lukowiak) and Wayne Fulcher (Lloyd Meyer and Bill Rintelmann).
Wellness Report
Lou Snodgrass asked us to keep Nancy Totten in our prayers and gave thanks for Blaine Keith’s presence.
Announcements
Bronze Key Award
Jacquie Goodspeed received the Bronze Key in recognition of her sponsoring a recent new member.
Board Highlights
President Dave Bell reported on the Board’s approval of a plan by which to allocate monies anticipated being received from the Scully Trust.
The Club will receive 55% of the gift and will use it to increase the number of our scholarship recipients as well as the dollar amount of their scholarships. Additional money will be directed to our Funds Request and Science Fair Committees to expand the scope of their excellent work in the community.
The remaining 45% of the funds will be divided up between three non-profits in our community:
The Foothills Food Bank proposes using their 10% of the anticipated gift to create a scholarship for a local collegiate social work student to work part-time at the Food Bank and to purchase a cargo van for the pick-up and transportation of food items.
The Caring Corps will direct their 20% of the gift toward the purchase of two (2) new vans to transport clients and to invest in their capacity to meet the needs of their 400+ clients and equal number of volunteers through the next decade.
The Foothills Community Foundation anticipates utilizing 15% of the gift funds to address a variety of community needs at the soon-to-be-completed Holland Community Center including addiciton intervention, networking, and educational enrichment.
Golf Tournament
Bob Kroyer asked all golfers to put the Monday, September 21, Carefree Kiwanis Golf Tournament on the calendar. The annual event to be held once again at Desert Forest Country Club welcomes donations of gifts for a silent auction as well as tee sponsors. Please contact Bob Kroyer or Howard Dicke to participate or contribute.
New Key Club
President Bell announced a new Key Club to be sponsored by the Desert Ridge Club at the new Crescent View College Preparatory High School in the Paradise Valley School District.
Aktion Club In Formation
Aktion Club is a Kiwanis Club for special needs young adults 21 years of age and up. Kathy Haugner is offering leadership to get this new club up and running. The Community Center at the new YMCA/ PVCC campus is targetted as the meeting place. See Kathy if interested in contributing to this effort.
Southwest District Convention
See President Bell if interested in attending the August 21-22 SW District Convention in Laughlin, NV.
Guest Speaker
Russ Rosenquist introduced our guest speaker, Taser International’s Paige Carter. Ms. Carter heads the Citizen Sales division of Taser. The Scottsdale company began in the early 90s when a friend of the founders was killed in a road rage incident, prompting the Smith brothers to seek a non-lethal option for self-defense.
“Yes,” our guest announced, “citizens can own a Taser” with the same range and power as law enforcement models. She then made an informative presentation touting the superiority of the product to alternative non-lethal weapons such as pepper spray and stun guns (The Taser is the only one effectively employed from a distance of up to 15’), the cost ($350 - $1,000 models), the effect of being “tased” (“Indescribable pain.” She knows, having experienced it as part of her training), how it works (Incapacitates the nervous system for 5 – 30 seconds at a time), and its legality (Legal in 43 states, including Arizona, where no permit is needed to carry one but an identity background check must be done before the weapon is operable).
Ms. Carter closed with a demonstration of a citizen’s model by taking aim at a laser- directed target ten feet away and then firing the twin-barbed probes packing 50,000 volts into the bullseye. There being no other volunteers, the meeting was adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
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