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THE KENNER NORTH KIWANIAN Kenner
North
Kiwanis, Kenner
Louisiana Working
for children and the community since 1976 NEWSLETTER February 2, 2012 |
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President – Doris Rappold |
E editor--Steve
Childers
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2011-2012 Officers & Board of Directors:
President
Doris Rappold, President-Elect Mike Koorie,
Vice President – John Dufrene, Secretary – Faye
Dufour, Treasurer--Bill Lindsey,
Directors: Sharon Leshe, Ira Snyder, Jim Perrier, Irby Bourque and Dr. David Charles.

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Next Meeting (February 9th, 2012, 7:00 am,)
February 2nd, 2011 Meeting
President-Doris Rappold - presided over the meeting.
Opening Prayer – Larry Manguno
Song – Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Mardi Gras Stands – Take
Down will be on Sat. Feb. 25that 8: am until about noon.
Inter-Club – John Dufrene
– We had an interclub at the Mardi Gras stand set-up with the Crescent City
Eye Openers.Present were Anthony Simmons, Sharon Lesh, Russell Diodene’, and
Larry Sevenker.
Brags:
Roy Taylor and Wendy Barrios are
leaving on a Caribbean Cruise after today’s meeting.
Jim Perrier’s
Company landed the contract to provide the technology work at the new Churchill
Downs race track in Jefferson Parish.
Youth Leadership – Anthony
Simmons
Our four key clubs are planning
a Book Sale in February, start saving your old books, videos, C.D.’s., New picture frames, Stationary Items,
Etc.…We needs lots of books still!
John Curtis’ Key Club hosteda 7th& 8th grade dance last Saturday and raised $54 and over 100 can goods. They participated in a dance-A-Thon on Friday to raise money for Children’s Hospital. They raised $639.
They will participate in a 5-K run this Saturday to raise money for St. Jude’s.
Thank
you to our very generous Kiwanians. Today
you donated $89 for Muscular Dystrophy, and donated money to sponsor three
walkers in Saturday's walk for St. Jude's Hospital! You make me proud! Anthony
Haynes Key Club – Gene Katsanis – Holding a blood drive today. They had a successful fundraiser selling beef jerky. They will also be participating in the 5-K run this Saturday to raise money for St. Judes and will be helping at the Hope Lodge dinner on the 8th.
Ira Snyder:
Tutoring – We had a meeting this week to and everything is going well. We are getting feed back from teachers and tutors and will be tweaking and improving our efforts.
B.U.G. Program – We presented 3-$10 gift cards to students at Jefferson Community School who have successfully raised their grades. Joel Phillips will be meeting with the principals at three other schools to see if we can start a B.U.G. program at those schools.
Park-A-Boo – Larry and Ira will be moving supplies from Bonnabel to the storage facilities after todays meeting.
Dues – Bill Lindsey – We have come up with a system for those who would like to pay their dues and or weekly breakfasts annually. When you pay for your breakfasts in advance you will receive a coupon book.
The Breakfast Coupon books are now available.
Guest Speaker Program – Bill Curl is looking for some help with the guest speakers, making follow up calls and finding new and interesting speakers. Let Bill Know if you came spare some time to help or if you have some ideas for guest speakers. This is a great opportunity to learn from the best.
Even if you can’t help with the program if you know of someone who would be a good speaker let Doris know and she will contact them.
Mark your calendars;
Jefferson Community School will hold its annual fund raiser “Classic Chefs of Jefferson” on Friday March 16th. They need some volunteer to help make follow up phone calls to people who were mailed tickets. This is a nice event with good food and a silent auction.
Jefferson Parish Special Olympics will be held on Friday March 30th.
International Convention News: The Kiwanis
International Board, meeting in New Orleans this past weekend, agreed to extend
the Registration Deadline for this summer's convention in the Crescent City from
the middle of February to MARCH 20th.
This does include the special Host
District Volunteer Registration offer of $100.
Next
Week we will have a club survey. Come and make your opinions known.
Speaker
– - Pat Buckley – 2011 Taxes
The IRS is
having problems enforcing tax laws because they are to complicated and the staff
of the IRS is being cut due to budget cuts.
They are
collecting more and more information electronically and matching that info to
your tax return. If you forget to
declare any income they will likely find it eventually.
Another
problem they are having is that many fraudulent returns are being filed by
identity thieves trying to collect large refunds. A lot of these are coming from
prison inmates. They send in these returns very early before the IRS has all the
information to verify the returns, now the IRS is holding up returns on the
returns filed early.
When there is a discrepancy it can
take several months to correct.
50/50 Winner – Mary North
Closing
Prayer – John Dufrene
“There
was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of
the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy."
--Mark
Twain
REMINDERS
Visit
Kenner North Kiwanis on the World Wide Web--http://www.kennerkiwanis.org
Dues News – Please mail your checks for dues to:
Kenner North Kiwanis, P.O. BOX 642033, Kenner, La. 70065
Park-A-Boo –-Set-up starts on Sunday October 22nd, the
event itself is October 28, 29, & 30th, take down work to finish
by Tuesday, November 1st.
Members
are reminded to contact Frank Ellis,
who is heading up our Spiritual Values activities,
with any info on members or members of their families whose situations should be
recognized in some manner. Remember, this is not just for illness or
death, but also for congratulations for babies, grandbabies, anniversaries,
birthdays, etc. Please also include members who have been missing
meetings if you think they need a gentle nudge.
February
Milestones

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Member Birthdays February
3 – Irby Bourque |
Spouses
Birthdays February
11 – Patti Buckley |
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Anniversaries February 12 – Clarence &Vilma Machado February 23 – John & Audrey Bourgeois |
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* Remember to bring a guest to next
week’s meeting!!!
KNK
Meets 7 to 8 am each Thursday at the DoubleTree Airport Hotel
2150 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, Louisiana.