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Chartered
September 17, 1982
Albany Golden K Kiwanis Club
2401 Barnesdale Way
Albany, GA 31707-2407
October 2011
Westview Baptist Church
2509 Homewood Dr.
Wednesdays 10:00 —11:00 a. m.
http://www.AlbanyGoldenK.com
[email protected]
October 2011
Programs for October
Oct. 5��������Aaron Blair - Downtown Manager
Introduced by: Linda Goldsmit
Oct. 12������Debbie Blanton and Kay Hind - SOWEGA Council on Aging
Introduced by: Dot Peters
Oct. 19������Dr. Robert Shiver - Camilla Retirement Village
Introduced by: Gene Goldsmith
Oct. 26������Jershaun Roberts - Dougherty CASA/Lily Pad, Inc.
Introduced by: Gene Goldsmith
Birthdays for October (Member’s)
Oct. 06.......Ross Gatlin (87)
Oct. 16.......Darell Dunn (71)
Oct. 20.......Jerry Hays (84)
Oct. 30.......Kermit Henderson (81)
Anniversaries in October
Oct. 21.......Bud & Sadie Simpson (51)
Man does not live by words
alone, despite the fact that he
sometimes has to eat them!
--Adlai Stevenson
(Spouse’s)
Oct. 09.......Allene Dunn
Oct. 16.......Isabelle Gatlin
Oct. 21.......Polly Green
Oct. 27.......Janet Holaday
Kiwanian Anniversaries
Oct. 04.....Dale Don (4)
Oct. 05.....Earl Smith (23)
Oct. 14.....Don Williams (13)
Oct. 15.....Bill Moore (14)
Oct. 15.....Dot Rigsby (3)
Oct. 15..... Johnny Short (3)
Refreshment Committee for October
Tom Mueller, Chr. Don Green
B. F. McKinney
Jack Kennedy
November Refreshment Committee
Bill Moore, Chr.
Lee James
Charles McGhee
Linda Goldsmith
Remembering ...
In the past few weeks we have lost three Honorary Members; Paul Yater,
Tommy McComb, and Dick Stratford. Each of these
gentlemen were hard working, dedicated Kiwanians. For
those of us that knew them, we’ll always have special
memories. Such as Dick being presened with an autographed photo of his favorite politician, Hillary Cliinton.
And Tommy agreeing to be Sunshine Chairman only if he
Don Williams
could have Lee James’s seat. (He got the seat.)
Editor
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Albany Golden K Contributes to Local Charity
Albany Golden K Treasurer, Ellison Rabun, presents a monetary donation to Jason
Thornhill and Jamie Knight representing Crime Stoppers of Albany. Jamie and
Jason explained to the Club the functions of Crime Stoppers and stated that all donations go for reward money for tips that lead to arrest.
Pancake Breakfast 10-1-11
From the President
I wish to thank you for trusting me to continue working toward making this a great and productive club. I can not stress the importance
increasing our membership. If you have any suggestions, please
bring them to me for discussion. During the upcoming year, we must
continue to move forward and implement changes that are beneficial
to the club. May we proceed to a healthy and safe new year.
- - - Carey Lennard, President
The Objects of Kiwanis International (and Albany Golden K)
• To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material
values of life.
• To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
• To promote the adoption and application of higher social, business, and
professional standards.
• To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and
serviceable citizenship.
• To provide, through this club, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build a better community.
• To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and
high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice,
patriotism, and goodwill.
Guest and Interclub Activity for September
September 1st. An Albany Golden K Interclub consisting of Gene Goldsmith, Linda Goldsmith, Jo Ann Wright, and Ben Lockett attended the regular meeting of
the Lee County Kiwanis Club.
September 21st. Palma James was the guest of her husband Lee James. Gwen
Bius was the guest of her husband Larry Bius. Lynetta and William Herrington was the guests of husband and father Bill Herrington. Isabelle Gatlinwas the guest of her husband Ross Gatlin. Harriet Mueller was the guest of
her husband Tom Mueller.
September 21st. An Albany Golden K Interclub consisting of Darell Dunn, Chick
Flournoy, Tom King, Bill Moore, and Poodle Prince attended the regular meeting of the Sylvester Kiwanis Club.
Katrina Baranko, Secretary/Treasurer of the Georgia Ditrict and member of
the Albany Kiwanis Club was our guest. She also assisted former Gov. of the
Georgia District, Dewey Smith, with the Technology portion of his presentation.
September 28th. An Albany Golden K Interclub consisting of Gene Goldsmith,
Linda Goldsmith, Harris Povlot, and Katrin Baranko attended the regular
meeting of the Albany Kiwanis Club.
Programs for the month of September
Sept. 7th. - Bill Bacon introduced our speaker Greg Rowe the assistant director of EMS. Greg told us about the changes made in the equipment since
his last visit. The newest equipment cost about
$30,000.00 per monitor. Local EMS received 13
of these monitors. The progress of this program
has been astronomical. What it does allows them
to recognize a heart attack on the spot. It also allows the EMS to start reversing the effects of the
heart attack immediately. They can fax the data
they have to the hospital and cardiologist . This
allows the patient get to the cath lab immediately. This reduces the time for additional care. The
time from pick up to hospital is 30 minuets or
less. This has been a very successful program.
He next told about the new building located at
1436 Palmyra Road. The new building has an administrative end and an
employees end. There is a conference room designed to accommodate large
numbers of people and is built to be eco-friendly. Last year they responded to
22,000 calls. They are a very busy unit. They take advantages of any grants
they can get to keep up to date on changes incurred. They have the latest GPS
system which shows them the shortest routes and even if there is a road that
is blocked how to detour to avoid delays. Everything that is done is computerized and tracked. Greg invited anyone who is interested can come and visit
the new location. A question and answer period followed. - - Harris Povlot
Sept. 14th. - Ross Gatlin introduced our speaker Mandy Flynn. Mandy told
us about her real job working for the Cancer Coalition which serves 31 counties. She stated that every dollar donated to the
Southwest Ga. Coalition stays in the area. The
mission of the Coalition is to coordinate facilitate
and support cancer control throughout the region
to ensure Georgians have access to the highest
quality cancer education, prevention, screening,
treatment, and research. The Coalitions vision
is to be a national model of rural comprehensive
cancer control.
Mandy next told us things about herself and her
family. She said all of he sibling are also writers.
She told her age but being a gentleman I will not
Photo by Ellison Rabun
put it in print. Mandy said one of the things she learner from her daddy was
humor and laughter can make anything better. Mandy has been writing her
current column for about 9 years. She had written other columns before writing for the Herald. Mandy read us a few of her past articles which were very
interesting and touching. A question and answer period followed. - - Harris
Povlot
- - Continue on inside Back
Programs continued...
Sept. 21st. - Tom Mueller introduced our speaker known as “Albany’s Mr. Kiwanis” Past Governor Dewey Smith, assisted by newly elected Ga. District Secretary
/Treasure, Katrina Baranko. Dewey’s program was
about his recent trip to the International Convention
in Geneva. Dewey had a slide presentation of his
trip. He pointed out his two pieces of luggage for
his 10 day trip and his KIWANIS license tag. He left
on July 4th. There are many trains in Geneva. He
showed pictures of the downtown area and different
shops. There seemed to be some difficulty with the
slides skipping. Then he showed pictures of the actual convention. Trains are used to get everywhere.
There are very few cars used. Dewey’s hotel was
across from the train depot which he said he used
daily. After the pictures of the convention he showed pictures of the area he toured
after the convention. There were photos of the Matterhorn and other scenic photos
of the area. He rode on a cable car and showed views from the ride. Dewey felt the
country is the prettiest in the world. Dewey then spoke about the 97th International
Convention in New Orleans June 28-July 1, 2012. A question and answer period
followed. - - Harris Povlot
Sept. 28th. - Our program consisted of the usual opening ceremonies followed by
announcements and business matters and then the Installation of Officers and new
Board of Directors. Installations were conducted by Albany Golden K’s Outgoing
President and newly elected Div. 3 Lt. Govenor, Gene Goldsmith.
The newly elected Officers and Board of Directors for 2011- 2012 are as follows:
President......................Cary Lennard
Linda Goldsmith (12)
President Elect............Gene Goldsmith
Wendall Prince (12)
Vice President.............Jack Kennedy
Bill Bacon (13)
Secretary.....................Boyd Coburn
Harris Povlot (13)
Treasurer.....................Darell Dunn
Bill Graff (14)
Past President..............Gene Goldsmith
Bill Herrington (14)
2011-2012 Board of Directors. NOTE: Bill Graff not pictured. Tom King - outgoing member.
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Linda
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Tom
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Harris
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Installation Ceremonies
Div. 3 Lt. Gov., Gene Goldsmith, presents Div. 3 Lt. Gov., Gene Goldsmith, presents
and pins retireing Treasurer Ellison Rabun, and pins newly elected Treasurer Darell
with the Past Treasurer’s Pin.
Dunn, with the Treasurer’s Pin.
Div. 3 Lt. Gov., Gene Goldsmith, presents Div. 3 Lt. Gov., Gene Goldsmith, presand pins new Board member, Bill Her- ents the Distinguished Service Award to
rington, with the Board of Directors Pin.
retireing Board of Directors member Tom
Meuller.
Div. 3 Lt. Gov., Gene Goldsmith, passes
Div. 3 Lt. Gov., Gene Goldsmith, presents the Club gavel to newly installed Presithe Distinguished Service Award to retire- dent, Carey Lennard along with his wishes
ing Board of Directors member Tom King. for a productive and successful year.
ALBANY GOLDEN K KIWANIS
SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING
September 7, 2011
The Board of Directors of Albany Golden K Kiwanis Club met on
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Westview Baptist Church at 9:00 A.M.
The meeting was called to order by President Goldsmith.
Officers in attendance were President Goldsmith, President-Elect Lennard, Vice-President Kennedy, Treasurer Ellison Raburn and Past President Tom Muellar.
Directors present were Bill Bacon, Linda Goldsmith, Tom King, Harris
Povlot and Poodle Prince. Also present were Bulletin Editor Don Williams, Treasurer Elect Darell Dunn and Director Elect Bill Herrington.
Minutes of the last meeting were read by the Secretary and approved by
the Board after a motion by Povlot and a second by King.
The Treasurer’s report was given by Raburn and approved by the Board
after a motion by Povlot and a second by Kennedy. Dues collection was
discussed and Treasurer Raburn reported that dues had been coming in
on a regular basis and were noted on his financial report. He then reviewed the financial reports with all in attendance.
Pancake Breakfast Chair Lennard gave a review of the progress made for
our annual Pancake Breakfast to be held on October 1 at Avalon Methodist Church. Everything is progressing nicely in order to have a very
successful fund raiser. Treasurer-Elect Dunn suggested we have name
tags for the pancake breakfast since we would have several guests there.
He then graciously volunteered to supply them.
The International Eliminate Project was discussed as to what the goal
had been established for it worldwide. Harris Povlot volunteered to be
our clubs coordinator for this very worthwhile and important project. He
also gave an overview of his observations of the Georgia District Convention that was held August 26-28 in Savannah, GA.
The board also unanimously voted to continue and support the K-Kids
Project at Magnolia Elementary School during the upcoming school year
with Bill Graff as the counselor assisted by Harris Povlot and Jo Ann
Wright.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:45 A.M.
Submitted by Past President Goldsmith
standing in for Secretary Coburn.