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President:        Marilyn Senick        216.524-3345 Secretary: Dottie Ornas 7924 Stone Rd.        524-2862 W-216.651-0360 President - Elect      Edith Schilla Vice President:      John Kapusta Treasurer:     John Young Immediate Past President:     Ed Chrzanowski	IndependenceKiwanis.com   INDEPENDENCE CLUB THEME: Motivated to Serve   NEXT MEETING                    February 25, 2008                                Concordia Lutheran Church	Directors   Chuck Schilla 1 year Dave Faehnrich – 1 year Randy Kreizenbeck– 1 year Bob Scott-2 year Tim Simon – 2 years Harold Todt – 2 years Diane Weseloh – 2 years

 

 

NEXT MEETING:  Monday, February 25^th Bob Sykora will speak on the Museum of Modern Art.

 

PAST MEETING:  The General Meeting was called to order and adjourn very quickly so that the entertainment could be enjoyed.  Our speaker was Jeff Cavallo aka “Island Jeff”.  He entertained the group with his Steel Pan aka “Steel Drum”.  Jeff is a fellow Kiwanian from the North Royalton Club.  What a great evening of basking in some Caribbean music to take away the coldness of Cleveland and transport the members to the islands. Jeff has been playing the Steel Pan since 1987 when he bought his first steel pan in Grenada.  Did you know that there is a company in Akron that produces steel pans?  A Steel Pan is softened and stretched by hand.  They are one piece of steel with no soldering and consist of 27 notes.  Jeff played such favorites as:  “The Hawaiian Wedding Song”, “Margarittaville”, and “Tiny Bubbles”. 

    

     A moment of silence was held for all of the club’s deceased past presidents. 

  

   Thank you to all the past presidents and member’s spouses that joined us for the evening.  Approximately a dozen presidents were in attendance and it was wonderful to see Anne Sauter!   Tom Priebe was in attendance as well as the Zimlichs, Bud and Lillian.

 

SINGING:  None, yeah!  Sorry, couldn’t resist.  Instead we enjoyed listening to our guest

 

HAPPY DOLLARS: Happy Dollars were plentiful:  His wife, Anne, threw in Dollars for Gene Sauter.  Many dollars were tossed in for our past presidents and fellow Kiwanians;  Kapusta threw in a buck in for the students who participated in the music competition in Northfield.  Chrzanowski had a dollar for George Jicha, Jr.  because he will be home in 4 more weeks!  A few dollars showed up for the weather-Spring is just around the corner!

 

THANKS To Edie Schilla for taking notes in the absence of your secretary.  “The opinions expressed here are those of the note taker and not necessarily those of the regular bulletin editor”.

 

PANCAKE BREAKFAST:  Kapusta needs a few more bodies on Saturday, March 1^st for set up.  Check your calendars and make some room for a few hours at the Middle School about 8:00 am

 

MEMORIAL COMMITTEE:  If you wish to be a part of this committee, please contact President Senick.  The committee will be meeting to discus types of memorials would be appropriate for Mel Kurtz and other deceased members.

 

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:  The newly formed Membership Committee consisting of approximately eight members under the Chairmanship of Iula, met last week and already is formulating plans to recruit new members.  They are planning to produce a brochure with the help of Natalie Buc at the Civic Center.

 

SPECIAL NOTE:  Footes Greenhouse in Valley View got flooded once again, and the family is looking for help in cleaning up the business.  Fortunately, the home was spared after the last flooding.  See Scott about participating.

 

COMING EVENTS:

Thursday, Feb. 21^st – Division 24 Council meeting

Monday Feb. 25^th – Bob Sykora talks about the

     Museum of Modern Art.

Sunday, March 2^nd – Pancake Breakfast

Monday March 3^rd – Regular Monthly Board

      Meeting

Monday March 10^th – Jerry, a cancer survivor will

speak on his experiences.

Monday March 17^th – Scott from the Independence

     Wine Shop will give us some tips on wine

     selection.

Monday March 24^th – Rich Rejna will talk about

     his trip to Honduras  .