Weekly Kiwanis News 5/6/15

Posted by Tim Buenz

on May 06, 2015

There were 37 members in attendance today with Les visiting from the Aktion Club. Angie Pedersen was also a guest and spoke briefly about Tourism and the Bell Tower Festival. Angie encouraged the club and individual members to purchase tickets for the Pop Rocks concert on Saturday, June 13th. Several happy dollars and special occasions were shared.Vern and Larry will empty the can drop today. President Monthei will present Kiwanis scholarships next Tuesday evening at GCHS during Senior Awards Night. The annual Walter Zeller Fellowship award presented to a member of the club was given to Pat Miller by President Monthei. Pat received a special medallion, lapel pin and certificate. Congratulations Pat!! Tim B. announced that the planned program/speaker for next week is Templeton Rye co-founder Keith Kerkhoff.

Derrik Bauer had the program today. He showed us the new JAWS of Life combination tool that was recently purchased by the fire department. He shared that this new tool is more powerful than the previous model that is still used by the department. The cost of the new JAWS was $16,000 and was funded from a variety of fundraising activities. Their goal is to also add a $7,000 cutter tool within the next year. Derrik shared that there are 28 members in the local volunteer department with many younger members. Only 8-9 members have 5 years or more experience with the department. Thanks Derrik for the update and being a volunteer firefighter!