Month Newsletter
Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra
www.TahoeSierraKiwanis.org
Editor: Marie Foster
President’s Corner
The first Saturday of each month our division 45 has what is known
as a DCM (Division Council Meeting).
I am happy to report that at our May DCM, the Kiwanis Club of Tahoe
Sierra showed up with nine club members as well as the President of
our Aktion Club Dennis Lahaderne. We had the most attendees of
any club in Division 45.
I was so proud of Dennis. He was asked to be a part of the program
and display the scrapbook that the Aktion Club members created and
showed the trophy they received for an excellent job.
The Carson Valley Kiwanis Club will be coming up to our Aktion Club
meeting this Thursday, May 12th at LTCC in the Aspen Room. It would
be wonderful to have an outstanding show of support from our club
members showcasing our Aktion Club to the Carson Valley Kiwanis
members.
AMBBR (America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride) is coming up on Sunday,
June 7th. We need every member to be actively involved so please
put this date on your calendar. In addition, we assist with the
registration at Sports LTD on Saturday, June 6th and again, we will
need your help.
Let’s continue to have a GREAT year. See you all at the next meeting.
Cheryl Millham
Club Officers
President: Cheryl Millham
Past President: Marvin Buchmiller
President Elect: Marie Foster
Vice President: Pat Frega
Secretary: Carolyn Willford
Treasurer: Carmen Delgado
Presidential Advisor: Mike Foster
Sergeant At Arms: Tom Millham
Board Members
2nd year: George Alm
2nd year: Colleen Green
1st year: Penny Fairfield
1st year: Bob Fleischer
1st year: Rich Dart
Committee Chairmen
AMBBR & Tour de Tahoe – Mike
Foster
Cemetery Clean Up – Mike Foster
Club Newsletter – Marie Foster
Easter Ham Bingo – Mike Foster
Elections – Tom Millham
Fingerprinting – Penny Fairfield
Interclub – Pat Frega
Membership – Marie Foster
Programs – Bob Fleischer
Publicity – Tom Millham
SeptOberfest – Pat Frega
Sunshine – Carmen Delgado
Social - ALL
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2016-17 Slate of Club Officers and Board Members
The election of 2016-17 club officers was held at the May 4th meeting. The
results are as follows:
President – Marie Foster
President Elect – Pat Frega
Vice President – Penny Fairfield
Imm. Past President – Cheryl Millham
Secretary – Carolyn Willford
Treasurer – Carmen Delgado
Treasurer – Carmen Delgado
President Advisor – Tom Millham
Sgt. At Arms – Mike Foster
1st Year Board – Jan Lynds
1st Year Board – Sharon
Seegelken
nd
2 Year Board – Rich Dart *
2nd Year Board –Chris Lynds**
2nd Year Board – Bob Fleischer
*Rich Dart will be completing the two year term vacated by Sharon Meka
**Chris Lynds will be completing the second year of Penny Fairfield’s two
year term
Thank you to everyone that has accepted the leadership role that they
were elected to. With a number of new members serving on the board,
we can look forward to a year with new ideas, enthusiasm and energy.
Kiwanis Name Badges
Tom Millham is updating the club name badge box with a slot for all
members. Following our club meetings, it is tradition that all name
badges are returned to the box and available for the next meeting.
Several years ago a number of our club members ordered plastic engraved
badges to use when attending Kiwanis events outside our regular club
meeting. These badges are available in gold or blue and with either a
magnetic or bulldog clip. Magnetic badges are $18 and bulldog clip
badges $16 each. The price includes engraving. If you are interested in
ordering an engraved badge, they can be found at
Tahoe Sierra Club
Calendar
Thursday, May 12th
Aktion Club Meeting, LTCC Aspen
Room, 3pm
Saturday, May 21st
Historical Cemetery Clean Up,
10:00 - noon
Monday, May 23rd
SeptOberfest committee
meeting, location TBA
Thursday, May 26th
Aktion Club Meeting, LTCC Aspen
Room, 3pm
Saturday, June 4th
AMBBR Registration, Sports LTD,
10am – 8pm
Sunday, June 5th
1 - AMBBR Late Registration, Hard
Rock, 4:30 – 8am
2 - Road Closure – Spring Creek
Track/Hwy 89, 6:00 – 9:00 am
3 - After Ride Party - Pool Security,
Hard Rock, 11:30 – 5pm
Wednesday, June 8th
Board Meeting, LTCC Aspen Room,
3pm
Saturday & Sunday, September
10th & 11th
Tour de Tahoe Bike Ride (watch
for full details)
Thursday, September 22nd
SeptOberfest – MontBleu Casino
Resort
www.kiwanis.org/store
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2016-17 CNH Kiwanis Division 45 Officers
At this month’s DCM, Mary Geisler was unanimously elected as Division 45
Lieutenant Governor Designate. She will begin her term of office as
Division 45 Lt. Governor on October 1st. Mary is a member of the Sierra
Nevada Kiwanis Club. Also elected, Sondra Condron, a member of the
Carson Valley Kiwanis Club is Lt. Governor Elect. She will hold that position
until she is elected next year as Lt. Governor Designate to serve as Lt.
Governor for 2017-18.
For some of our newer members, Division 45 is comprised of eight clubs:
Carson City, Carson Valley, Dayton Township, Fallon, Lake Tahoe, North
Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada and Tahoe Sierra. Just as the club president is
the leader of the club, the lieutenant governor is the leader of the division.
He/she works closely with club leadership, specifically club presidents, to
ensure that they feel supported and have access to information to
continuously improve the members’ experience. The Lt. Governor is
responsible for supporting club leaders and strengthening his or her
division during the year in office.
The Best of Tahoe
We already know that we have the best ‘Charity Event’
in town but let’s get the word out and be recognized.
You can vote for our club in the following categories:
Recreation and Entertainment, Charity Event (Kiwanis of
Tahoe Sierra SeptOberfest) and Local Charity. Voting
closes May 14th so time is running out. Vote TODAY at:
http://nevadaappeal.secondstreetapp.com/l/Best-of-Tahoe-2016/
Thinking of you Bob & Sue Rutherdale
Around Our Kiwanis
Division
Saturday, June 4th
DCM, Grandma Hattie’s, Carson
City, 9am. Everyone welcome
Friday, July 15th
Sierra Nevada Club – Wine Train
Fundraiser, Mills Park, 5 – 7:30pm
Friday & Sat., July 29th & 30th
Dayton Township Club Pancake
Breakfast, Mills Park, Carson City
Friday & Sat., Aug 12th & 13th
CNH District Convention, Las
Vegas
Saturday, August 13th
Carson City Club – Cash for Kids
fundraiser – Johnny Cash Tribute,
Virginia City
Friday, August 19th
Dayton Township Club – Best in
the Desert Off Road Race
Fundraiser
Sat & Sun, Sept 17th – 18th
Dayton Township Club – Dayton
Valley Days Pancake Breakfast
Wednesday, Sept 21st
Lt. Governor Installation, Carson
City (watch for details)
We send our best wishes to Bob and Sue Rutherdale, charter members of
Tahoe Sierra Kiwanis Club. Bob and Sue spend their winter months at their
home in Sacramento and look forward to their summer retreat at their
home in Tahoe. Unfortunately Bob has been experience major health
problems this year so they will remain in Sacramento through the summer.
We continue to keep Bob and Sue in our thoughts and pray for Bob’s
improved health.
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Valhalla Volunteer Workday
Submitted by Bob Sweatt
Valhalla, built by the Heller’s in
the 1920’s is an amazing
historical site. Our historical sites
in Tahoe are a precious resource,
not only for our pleasure, but for
many visitors who travel here.
And, although their beauty and
nostalgia go without saying,
these buildings and grounds need
lots of tender care. Saturday,
April
30th
was
Valhalla’s
volunteer workday where club
members Chris and Jan Lynds,
Bob Olson, Mike Foster and Bob
Sweatt, along with Key Club
members Ian MacLean, Dillon
King and Kyle Yokotake joined in to help clean up the grounds. Inside the house, new felt protectors were
put on the chairs legs to protect the newly refinished floor. Thank you to those who joined in on this annual
task.
Club T-shirts and Caps
Don’t want to get your club shirt dirty cleaning the cemetery or another not so clean service project, how
about purchasing a club t-shirt? Purple t-shirts imprinted with our club name on the back are now available
for $11 each. Embroidered club ball caps in either high or low profile are available for $12 each. Tom will
have shirts and caps available for purchase at our May 18th meeting.
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Happy Birthday Tahoe Sierra Kiwanis – Part II
Submitted by Tom Millham
April 18, 2001. That is the ‘Official’ Birthday of our Kiwanis Club. In the last
article, we told you about what had to happen BEFORE we became an
official club on April 18, 2001. That was just the start.
About 5 weeks later, the club celebrated its ‘Charter Night’. This is the night
of ‘Pomp and Circumstance’! All of the clubs in the surrounding area, both
in and around Division 45, come to help you celebrate the birth of your new Kiwanis club. Our ‘Charter Night’
occurred on the Tahoe Queen. It was a very special occasion as the Governor of the Cal-Nev-Ha District, Tom
Vildibill as well as our Division 45 Lt. Governor, Mike Mader, were both in attendance to get our club started
on the right foot. Lt. Governor Elect (at that time), Ralph Denny, created some beautiful woodworks for our
club by donating a podium as well as a member badge box.
That first night we chartered with 53 people and we, as a club, decided that we were going to do what we
could to work with the community by accomplishing projects and not just writing checks. We were the third
Kiwanis Club in South Lake Tahoe. The other two were the Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe (chartered in 1959)
and the Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe Sunrisers (chartered in 1973). Since then, the Sunrisers surrendered their
charter last September, leaving two clubs in South Lake Tahoe.
The Charter President was Tom Millham, with Sue Tarter as President Elect and Pam Singer as Vice President.
Since she never got to serve as Immediate Past President of the Sunrisers, we decided to elect Rexanne RingHarris as our IPP with Katy Spivy as Secretary and Doyle Harris as Treasurer. We had five members of the
board serving two years with alternating expiration dates. They were Margie Daum, Cheryl Millham, Steve
Rose, Kathy Evans and Bert Spivy.
We were an official club for only 4 months when, wham---a new Kiwanis year was upon us. The club decided
to keep everyone in their same position for the next year. Although our charter night was on the Tahoe
Queen in May 2001, our ‘first Annual Installation of Officers’ was held at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course on
September 29, 2001. Now you have a little more knowledge than you ever wanted.
Happy Birthday Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra. In 15 years you have come a long way baby!!
2001
2016
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Welcome Blair Bolles
At our May 4th meeting we welcomed Blair
Bolles as the newest member of our Kiwanis
Club. Thank you Jan Lynds for sharing your
‘K’. We look forward to getting to know Blair
and having her join us in upcoming service
projects, SeptOberfest and club socials.
SeptOberfest
Plans for SeptOberfest 2016 are well underway. Be sure to mark your calendars for Thursday, September
22nd. This is the one event of our Kiwanis year that we ask everyone to participate in. Pat Frega is our
SeptOberfest chairman and is holding regular planning meetings. Our next meeting is Monday, May 23rd at
6pm. Watch for an email from Pat with location and time.
SeptOberfest Sponsors
Submitted by Mike Foster
Last week everyone should have received by email both sponsor letters and a spreadsheet showing our 2015
SeptOberfest sponsors. In the years past, we seem to have waited up to the last minute to obtain our
sponsors. We should remember, that it is these sponsors that help defray the hard costs of SeptOberfest.
The three sponsorship levels are for $100, $250 and $500. All three are detailed in the sponsor letter.
Last year we received a total of $3,000 in cash sponsors. In addition, we received $3,000 from ‘in kind’
sponsors from our advertisers. This covered both printed and radio advertising.
Please take the time to make a list of those businesses you frequent and be prepared to hand them a letter
and talk to them about our event. A good source for sponsors come from doctors, dentists, service providers
(plumbers, landscapers, etc.)
Our event flier will include the business logo for $500 sponsors but to do
this, we must have their check by July 15th. We can accept $500 sponsors after July 15th but they will not be
recognized on the flier. For your use, you can print a copy of our flier from our website but it does not yet
include any $500 sponsors. Sponsors will be added after the July 15th deadline.
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A Message from Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Submitted by Cheryl Millham
When you are working in your yard, getting ready for summer, remember to empty ALL containers which
may have ‘standing’ water, which breeds mosquitos. We are anticipating a heavy mosquito season this year.
We all might want to encourage swallows and bats around our houses. Swallows can eat 1,000 mosquitos a
day to feed their babies and bats can eat up to 1,000 mosquitos PER HOUR in a feeding frenzy.
LTWC has a very simple diagram for a bat house that you are welcome to use.
Kiwanis Social for May??
Here is an idea for our May
social.
Dick VanBuskirk,
member of the Lake Tahoe
Kiwanis Club and South Tahoe
Chamber of Commerce, asked
me to remind ALL of our
members that because our
Club is a member of the
Chamber (that’s the Chamber
located in California), that our
entire membership is always
invited to mixers and Chamber
events.
Coming up on
Thursday, May 19th is ‘Foot
Golf’, a Chamber mixer held at
the Lake Tahoe Golf Course.
All of our club members and
families are invited. There is no
charge for the event which
begins at 5:30pm.
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Around Our Community
Thursday, May 12th
Bert’s Spaghetti Night, A benefit for Tahoe Arts Project, 5:30-7:30. For tickets call 530-542-3632
Thursday, May 19th
Amgen Tour of California, Heavenly California Base, and SLT Women’s Stage 1 - start 10:50am; finish approx. 2pm
Men’s Stage 5 – finish approx. 5:30pm
Thursday, May 19th
South Tahoe Chamber Mixer, “Foot Golf”, Lake Tahoe Golf Course, 5:30pm. No
Charge
Thursday, & Friday, May 26-27th
Sutter’s Fort Environmental Living History, Mr. Matteucci’s Tahoe Valley 4th Grade Class. To volunteer as a chaperone
contact Gene Matteucci [email protected]
Tuesday, August 23
South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament, Lake Tahoe Golf Course. For info call Jan Hansen 916-9558434
Thought for the Day
Before packing up the grill, beach towels, and bathing suits for an eventful Memorial Day weekend, we should
all take a little time to remember what it is exactly we are celebrating. Dating back to the American Civil War
when it was known as “Decoration Day,” the practice of placing flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers is not
only done in remembrance of the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces, but
also to honor the freedom in which they upheld.
To all of our Kiwanis members, and members of your families that served, thank you for your service.
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,
support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." – President John F. Kennedy
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