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                      March 31st 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, 31^st is a spouse’s night be sure to get your reservations in with Kapusta.  Our speaker will be our very own Rich Rejna who will tell us about his adventures in Honduras.  This should be an interesting program since Rejna was so excited about going.

 

PAST MEETING:  Our speaker was Brian Kelly a conductor on the Cuyahoga Valley Train.  It was a really interesting talk.  Did you now that there is 52 miles of track?  Brian told us that the CVNRA is the 8^th busiest national park in the United States.  There are several types of trips available for young and old.  How about a wine tasting trip?  Thomas the Tank Engine or a trip to Canton’s Football Hall of Fame?  Something for everyone!

 

HAPPY DOLLARS:  Penitz, Senick, Klepacz and Kukawka all had dollars for a great Easter Egg Hunt.  Mycokie threw in a buck thanking everyone who helped with the Easter Egg Hunt. 

 

SINGING:  In honor of our speaker we sang “ I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and we sounded great!  We also sang, “You are My Sunshine” for the sunny weather we had on Monday.

 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  Rejna reported that the check was sent to Columbia.

 

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER:  The day will be held on May 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm Please mark your calendars; it would be great if we had a great show of support.  Event tentatively will be held at the Middle School

 

 

DIVISION COUNCIL MEETING:  Division Council scheduled for Thursday, April 17^th at 8:15 pm is being hosted by our club.  This would be the time for all members to attend a Division Council Meeting to show our interest and support.

 

 

VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT:  Our next big fund raiser is the Volleyball Tournament April 12 and 13.  Iula has everything ready what he needs now are workers for Saturday and Sunday.  He passed around a sign up sheet.  Be sure to get your name on the list.

 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS:  It’s time to think of officers for 2008-2009.  A Nominating Committee has bee formed.  If you have suggestions for officers contact Chrzanowski.

 

SPECIAL REQUEST:  Angie from the Independence Court is looking for 3-5 adult volunteers to help with clean up on Saturday April 26.  Three or four hours are needed to work with kids who need service hours.  Contact Senick if you can help

 

 

COMING EVENTS:

 

Monday March 31st – Rich Rejna will talk about

     his trip to Honduras  .Spouses’ Night

Monday April 7^th – Board Meeting

Monday April 14^th – TBA

Saturday/Sunday April 12-13^th – Volleyball

     Tournament

Thursday, April 17^th – Division Council –

     Independence Club hosts.

Monday April 21^st – Amanda Boczek speaking on

     St. Michael’s Mission Trip

Monday April 28^th – Roscoe Schlacter,

     Superintendent Cuyahoga Valley Career Center.

 

Thank you, Edie for the notes for this bulletin!