Weekly Kiwanis News 5/18/16

Posted by Tim Buenz

on May 18, 2016

There were 30 members in attendance with Les and Mindy visiting from the Aktion Club. A record number of Happy Dollars were shared and it was good to have Dean McAtee in attendance! Vern reported a can deposit of $152.25. Linda reported that the Aktion Club met last Monday and planning a picnic next Wednesday. President Palmer mentioned that we will be grilling and serving for the construction open house on Wednesday, June 1st from 5-7pm. She also mentioned that the club president rotation has been moved up a year with the pending departure of Dr. Dave Jaskey. The board is looking for a candidate for president in 2018. Contact the nominations committee if you are interested. Kiwanis scholarship recipients for 2016 are: William Davis, Dalton Defenbaugh, Alison Gallagher, Faith Hanson, and Brandon Miller.

Derrik Bauer had the program today. He invited Dan Towers from Greene County Conservation to speak to us about the Raccoon River Valley bike trail. When Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation announced the first distribution of charitable grants from the new casino's profits, the largest financial award for any project was $124,000 to Greene County Conservation, specifically to complete the paving of the nine gravel road crossings of the RRVT in the county. Dan said they are attempting to complete the paving of the remaining crossings as soon as possible. He also spoke about the Ruth Hanson Wildlife area which is 160 acres of timber in southern Greene county near Rippey. The area is open to public hunting and has a parking area. Thanks to Derrik and Dan for the update!