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President:        Ed Chrzanowski        216.524.642.5630 Secretary: Dottie Ornas  7924 Stone Rd.        524-2862  W-216.688.4151 President - Elect      Marilyn Senick Vice President:      Edith Schilla Treasurer:     John Young Immediate Past President:     Bob Scott	IndependenceKiwanis.com   INDEPENDENCE CLUB THEME: Enriching the Community   NEXT MEETING October 30, 2006                 Concordia Lutheran Church	Directors   Jim Brearey 1 year Edward Kukawka – 1 year Tim Simon– 1 year Willie Wells-1 year Dave Faehnrich – 2 years Randy Kreizenbeck – 2 years Chuck Schilla – 2 years

 

NEXT MEETING:  Our next meeting will be on Oct 30,2006 with Mr. Roger Howard, the new principal of the Independence High School as our speaker.

 

PAST WEEK:  Kathy Kapusta and John Nicastro gave an insightful presentation into the senior housing issue, which will be on the ballot this November.  The issue does not address any particular form of housing, that will be decided later, what it does do is to rezone the property behind the Lutheran Church and Historic Hall on Brecksville Rd. to accommodate housing for seniors in whatever form.  It could be cluster homes, apartments, condos or single-family units.  No more the 218 units can be developed in this area.   Both presenters were very knowledgeable on the subject. 

 

SUNSHINE:  President Chrzanowski stated that he had talked with Scouloukas who is home and recuperating from his surgery.  Wheaton is getting along, slowly.  It was good to see, “arm in sling” Senick back among the ranks.

 

HAPPY DOLLARS:  Molnar, one of our newest members, who we were so glad to see, was recruited to collect “Happy Dollars” in the absence of Scouloukas.  Kapusta tossed in a buck for our speaker, who just happened to be his wife.  He also honored the High School Volleyball and Soccer teams with a dollar tribute.  Spilker had a great visit with her brother in Tennessee, which was worth a dollar.  Senick’s return drew several dollars from our members.  Hornack was delighted with his trips to Arizona and Michigan.  Iula tossed in a buck just to see Molnar present. 

 

SINGING: Hornack, even though he’s been gone for a few weeks hasn’t lost his touch in leading us in singing.  Three songs were on the placard – Happy Birthday to Molnar and Boyle, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and “Wait til the Sun Shines, Nellie” were all sung enthusiastically.

 

GUESTS: Lisa again accompanied Weseloh for a visit.  She has taken an application for membership and we can expect it returned shortly.

 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  International Relations Chair, Rejna reported that he is looking into providing more support to Fr. Jenne from St. Basil’s on his trips to Honduras, perhaps even sending a Kiwanis volunteer.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY:  Remember, Sunday, October 29, 2006 is Kiwanis “Make a Difference Day” This year’s project is the rebuilding of a bridge at the Land Lab.  Several men are needed.  Beginning at 12 and going to approximately 4:00 pm.  Contact Chrzanowski if you are interested in helping.447.0432. 

 

INTER-CLUB:  Richfield is the destination this month for an Inter-Club.  Thursday, October 26 our Independence members are meeting at Concordia at 5:45 pm to travel to Richfield as a group.  All new members should attend at least one Inter-Club during the year.  Call Benes at 524.4038.

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS:  PR Chair, Nicastro, is looking for a few good members to work on the Public Relations Committee.  Photographers, “Kiwanis Corner” writers and press release composes are a few of the positions available.  Get in contact with Nicastro if you are willing to help in any way.

 

PRESIDENT’S REPORT:  President Chrzanowski read Thank You notes from Senick for all our well wishes and flowers, also from the Cornerstone of Hope for our donation.  He reported that he was trying to get a high school student or two to attend the Key Leader conference this coming weekend.  Key Leader is similar to the HOBY leadership conference and last year we had determined that we would send students to both conferences.  He mentioned a couple of future projects that he felt were viable for our group.  One was putting the address book on the computer and the other replacing the deliberators in the churches.

 

COMING EVENTS

Saturday, Oct 28^th  - Make a “Difference Day”

Monday Oct 30^th – Mr. Roger Howard, Principal of

the Independence High School will introduce

himself and explain his goals for the coming year