Weekly Kiwanis News 3/27

Posted by Tim Buenz

on Mar 27, 2013

There were 32 members in attendance today with Les Reinhart and Brenda Batschelet visiting from Aktion Club. Several happy dollars and special occasions were shared by members. Pat M. reported that there are 7-8 club members attending Teen Maze next Tuesday in Boone. Bill R. reported on Live Healthy Iowa and awarded Bill S. the weekly prize. Mike P. asked the club about having a presence at The Greene Co. Community Involvement Night on April 4th from 5-7pm. Linda S. suggested that we have a Kiwanis table and volunteered to put something together. Thanks Linda!! Vern F. reported a can deposit of $54.50.

Don VanGilder had the program today. He introduced Jim & Jaime Daubendiek from Jefferson Telecom to talk about their fiber optics project. Their Fiber to the Home (FTTH) build-out in Jefferson will begin construction in 2013. This multi-million dollar project is expected to take two years, and will involve the replacement of all overhead cable TV lines and existing copper telephone wires with buried fiber-optic cables. Fiber is capable of delivering virtually unlimited bandwidth, making it the technology of choice to meet growing needs for faster Internet and feature-rich television and phone services. A Mankato, MN company received the bid for the fiber project and will begin in 3-4 weeks, weather permitting.

Also on Jefferson Telecom’s agenda for 2013 is the addition of new central office switching equipment— the “heart and brain” of our network. This equipment handles all calls routed through our network and provides the calling features and other services you count on for convenient call management. Thanks to Don, Jim, and Jaime for the very interesting program!