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| WEEKLY THOUGHT | | | Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do but won’t get you anywhere. |
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| Independence Kiwanis Recent Events "We Build" |
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| News Letter Archive. |  | | Kiwanis moves fast. If you need information on prior events, check the weekly newsletter archive. |
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| Monday Jan 22 2007 | Mayor Ramos addresses Kiwanis | | |
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| Monday Jan 15 2007 | Kiwanis Celebrates 55 years of Service | | | 55 years ago our club began with the help of our neighbors in Brecksville. |
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| Tuesday Dec 18 2007 | Kiwanis protects the hearts of Independence Churches | | | Kiwanis has donated 4 new portable defribulators to update units placed at four area churches in recent years. The newest units are even easier to operate and have the latest technology and software to save lives. Older units will now be carried by IFD personnel in their cars to broaden coverage of the city. The City of Independence and congregations will continue to work together to provide training to insure that immediate assistance can be provided in the critical moments after a coronary event. Kiwanis has donated over $10,000 for defribulators for city churches. |
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| Monday Dec 18 2006 | Regular Meeting | | | Meeting at Pickle Works. First time guest Karen Ascliembrennen joined us. Kudos to Necia Spilker and the families and friends who put together an excellent Santa Delivery. |
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| Sunday Dec 17 2006 | Santa visits Independence | | | Ho ho ho. Kiwanis elves assisted Santa in teams criss crossing Independence, delivering toys and games to good boys and girls. Excellent orginization, weather and turnout made this a stellar event with even the grinches joining in Christmas Cheer as the last packages were delivered. |
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| Monday Dec 11 2006 | Annual Christmas Party | | | Kids and Grandkids, Food and fun for Kiwanis members and families. |
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| Friday Dec 8 2006 | Santa Delivery (2) | | | Drop off for Santa Delivery |
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| Tuesday Dec 5 2006 | Santa Delivery (1) | | | Drop off for Santa Delivery |
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| Monday Dec 4 2006 | Pickle Works Casual Night and Board Meeting | | | Great meeting, induction of Lisa Stasek. Her hustband Scott and Justin Weseloh were visitors. A board meeting followed with approval of Justin for membership, and budget discussions for 2006-2007. |
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| Monday Nov 27 2006 | Speaker: Charlene Paparizis and Michelle Nowakowski, Principal of St. Michael's School | | | Discussion of the facilities, improvements, and technology, plus a background on how the school developes minds and character. St.Michael's is "hidden" behind the church and hopes to be putting up a sign. They have a big open house coming up in January (1 week before the superbowl) |
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| Monday Nov 20 2006 | Spouses Night! The Cuyahoga County Auditor | | | Our speakers told us one of the main functions of their office is to set the property values that we see on our tax bills. They encouraged us to avail ourselves of their office if we feel our appraisals are too high. They reassurred us that they will work with us to reduce our appraisal, not to try to collect infomation to raise our taxes. They suggested that any information we can provide, such as recent appraisals, homestead exemption, etc, make it easier to get an adjustment. |
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| Monday Nov 13 2006 | Speaker: The American Diabetes Association | | | Learned a great deal about recognizing the onset of diabetes. Compelling information on the number, age and increase in diabetes, especially in younger people, related to our life styles. In the next 50 years the rate of diabetes could rise to 1 in 3 if we all don't take steps to educate and provide healthy alternatives for our children. |
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| Sunday Oct 29 2006 | Make a Difference Day | | | Kiwanis combined it's "Make A Difference Day" with the Land Lab community work date. Members with other groups and residents to fix up paths, prepare the park for winter. Organized by President Ed and Mr. Maretka from the High School Biology department. |
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| Monday Oct 16 2006 | Speaker: Dave Snyderburn, Service Director | | | Dave talked about the service dept and the variety of services they provide. Members expressed their appreciation for the extra effort the Service Dept goes to at every event, which Dave echoed "I'm very proud of the people I work with" He showed a great video clip of the "Brookside waterfalls" taken during the flooding in June and discussed how that affected the city, as well as plans for the future. |
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| Monday Oct 9 2006 | Speaker: Mrs. Judith Schulz, Principal, Independence Primary School | | | Our primary school's extraordinary “Character Counts” program helps our children learn and practice their skills in value, caring and responsiblity. The program reinforces important traits and complements the experiences and activities occuring in other areas of children's lives at home, church and community. |
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| Sunday Oct 8 2006 | Booster's Outback Fundraiser | | | A restaurant full of Booster's supporters were treated to a great Sunday dinner by the folks at Outback Steakhouse. This was a private affair, with raffels and entertainment by the usual local suspects. Necia won the door prize; we hope she'll ask for help uncorking them. |
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| Saturday Oct 7 2006 | Coaches Refreshment stand at Field House | | | Kiwanis and Boosters worked in shifts to provide breakfast, lunch and dinner as a fundraiser and service to 500 coaches visiting Independence for the Nike Clinic on Basketball. |
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| 2005-2006 Events |
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| Sunday Oct 1 2006 | City of Independence Fall Fest | | | A beautiful day with great attendance. A big showing of community groups ran games and served food ranging from clams to cookies, corn and fries. Yummm. Hats off to the City for organizing this event. |
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| Monday Sep 25 2006 | Annual Club Installation. | | | President Ed Chrzanowski, officers, chairs and Board of Directors were sworn in for the 2006-2007 year.Awards aplenty were passed out celebrating a terrific year. The Kiwanian of the Year went to the Kapusta Family whose contributions of time and talent have had a significant and lasting impact on our community. |
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| Sunday Sep 17 2006 | Kiwanis Annual Fall CHICKEN BARBEQUE |  |  A beautiful day and excellent turnout made this one of the best BBQs in history. Special racks and the experienced team prepared 1200 perfect chickens. Residents and visitors from as far as 50 miles enjoyed corn, rolls, coleslaw, and an amazing assortment of deserts.Chairman Chuck Schilla guarenteed a great chicken and delivered. The Independence Cultural Arts Council also provided a "Chicken Fun Chalk Walk" for kids and adults. |
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| Saturday Sep 16 2006 | Airport Disaster | | | George Klepacz was amoung the hundreds of volunteers simulating an airport disaster to help area fire and rescue teams, doctors and hospitals deal with mass casualty situations. Photos on CityOfIndependence.com |
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| Saturday Sep 16 2006 | BBQ Setup | | | Sat. Morning setup. Grills, serving line, clean everything, powerwash."Start early, end early!" |
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| Thursday Sep 14 2006 | Foote's II | | | By popular demand! Students of Independence High wanted to take another shot at getting the flood damaged house on Canal Road fixed up. A second full dumpster was filled to the brim, and walks and attics were cleared. |
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| Thursday Aug 31 2006 | Foote's Home "Improvement" - rebuilding after the flood | | | A FANTASTIC effort by Key Club, Kiwanis, family and members of Northfield Presbyterian Church to tear out all the damaged drywall, lath, cabinets and walls throughout the entire house. 25-30 folks came prepared and made the home ready for reconstruction. |
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| Thursday May 15 | Think about becoming a member | | Make the world a better place one child at a time
Kiwanis needs your experience and talents, and we think you'll enjoy Kiwanis. Find out more by contacting our membership chair John Kapusta or any member. We'd like to invite you to join us at any meeting or event. Kiwanis meets weekly. |
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| Thursday Aug 31 2006 | Foote's Flood (work) Party Before Pictures | | | (Kiwanis & Key Club) Foote's Nursury on Canal road took a big hit in the recent floods. They are back in business but the house next door was trashed. We will be gutting as much as we can (pulling out the drywall and stripping away anything that has to go before rebuilding.)These folks are our neighbors and never hesitated to help our town. They could use a hand. And, it's a whole lot closer than our earlier projects in Slidel,La and Pass Christian, Ms. Map |
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| Monday Aug 21 2006 | Ray Martin inducted at Heidelberg Meeting | | | 80 people attended our annual meeting at Heidelberg Distributors. Heidleberg is a tremendous corporate neighbor. We appreciate their hospitality as all members and guests who attended thought this was a great treat. Capping our meeting, Ray was formerly sworn in to the Kiwanis Club of Independence. Congratulations Ray! |
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| Tuesday Aug 1 2006 | Soccer Goals at High School | | | Kiwanis and the Independence Boosters are purchasing a set of soccer goals for the students and residents playing on the fields in front of Independence High School. Photos when they are installed. |
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| Monday Jul 24 2006 | Mavis Winkles meeting | | | Our summer home away from home. Enjoying a few glasses of community service over dinner at Mavis Winkles. |
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| Saturday Jun 10 2006 | Rebuilding Mississippi | | | 8 men from Northfield Presbyterian Church, Broadview Heights Kiwanis and our Independence club travel to Pass Christian Mississippi to aid in rebuilding. Photo Set 1 from drive down (1000 mi) and devestation as it looks today in Gulfport. |
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| Friday Jun 2 2006 | Presentation of Scholarships at Independence High School | | | Presentation of multiple scholarships including Kiwanis-Outback, Music Department, one time and 4 year awards to graduating seniors. Congratulations to the Class of 2006! |
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| Saturday May 20 2006 | BBQ Preparations and Setup | | | Chicken delivery crew 4am. Rack and pavilion 9am. Supplies, charcoal, and the Secret Sauce gang. |
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| Monday May 15 2006 | Mayor Ramos - City Update | | | Mayor's annual update on our busy city. Briefed the club on topics: Cavs, Rockside, New Road/Sewer Improvements, Finances, Senior Initiatives, and much more. |
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| Saturday Mar 11 2006 | Kiwanis Volleyball Tournament | | | Tremendous success for 1st ever. 2000 kids, 48 teams, a weekend of excellent competition and community service. |
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| Wednesday Mar 1 2006 | Kiwanis Acquires Camera | | | Trial and Error. Pictures of our thumbs, the floor, a few of the ceiling. Some we just don't know. |
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| Archives from Prior Years |
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