KIWANIS CLUB OF NORTH OLMSTED
Chartered July 21, 1930
Meets Monday Evening at 6:30 P.M.
North Olmsted Party Center
29271 Lorain Rd.
Club Officers
2015-16
President
Amber Pierce-Smith
(440) 506-0317
([email protected])
Imm. Past President
Linda Cleary
(440) 263-0409
([email protected])
President Elect
Thomas R. Herbster
(440) 777-9145
([email protected])
Vice President
Open
Treasurer
Donald J. Machovina
(440) 237-2594
([email protected])
Secretary
Kenneth N. Neuzil
(440) 829-1039
([email protected])
Directors
Mary Biss
(440) 327-1804
([email protected])
Duane K. Limpert
(440) 734-7439
([email protected])
Howard J. Luke
(440) 777-6493
([email protected])
Dr. Frank Miller, III
(440) 427-0184
([email protected])
Gretchen L. Schuler
(440) 329-6234
([email protected])
Laurette M. Tully
(440) 777-1762
([email protected])
www.nokiwanis.org
NEWS LETTER JANUARY 2016
MONDAY MEETINGS
January 4 – Scholarship Foundation
January 11 – Barb Schirhart on the 50’s and 60”s
January 18 – Board Meeting
January 25 – Don Machovina on new tax laws
SPECIAL DATES
January 13 – Dine to Donate @ Chic-fil-A
January 21 – Key Club @ NOHS @ 7:15
January 21 – Division 14 @ Porter Library @ 7:00
January 28 – Dine to Donate @ Bakers Square
OTHER NEWS AND VIEWS
At our November 2nd meeting we were once
again entertained by Mr. Terry Smith. Terry has
the well-trained ability to memorize declarations,
documents, and speeches. It is truly fascinating
to listen to him recite long passages without the
use of notes or prompts. Perhaps his most stirring speech this night was General George Patton’s address to his men as they prepared for the
Terry Smith and President Amber
D-Day Invasion in June 1944. Thank you Terry
for a very entertaining evening!
Members Duane Limpert and Ken Neuzil worked with members of our Key
Club and advisers Laura Thogmartin and Lisa Rosenburg on Saturday
November 7th raking leaves for eight community folks who needed the help
in getting their leaves to the curb. Between 20 and 25 Key Club kids worked
very hard and in the space of about four hours, cleaned eight yards. Thank
you Key Club members and advisers!
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Our November 9th meeting was dedicated to fire
safety. Jerry Cifranic, a 23 year fire fighter and
paramedic veteran
spoke to the club
about fire prevention
in the home in general, but more specifically about the need
to replace outdated
smoke detectors with
the newer photoelectric models. These
Jerry Cifranic and President Amber
photoelectric units
respond faster to smoldering fires, are less prone
to nuisance false alarms from cooking and steam.
Thank you Jerry for your hot tips (pun intended)
about home fires.
Also at this meeting, former member John Kiley
made available single stars cut from American
flags bound for proper destruction. This noble act
was in honor of Veterans Day on November 11th.
Led by President Amber Pierce-Smith, and with
the aid of NOHS Key Club, we packed 50 shoe-
Everyone hard at work filling shoe boxes
boxes full of items for kids in the Third World as a
part of Operation Christmas Child on November
16th. Locally, this wonderful effort is directed by
the Friends Church. Besides for the goods donated by Kiwanis members, the club also pays
$7 per box for delivery expenses. Thank you
Amber for your efforts in this worthy cause.
Members Glenn Knight, Jim Yager, Howard
Luke, Dave Dillon, and Ken Neuzil attended the
Key Club meeting on November 19th. Key Club
members were thanked for their work on raking
leaves earlier in the month and their help in Operation Christmas Child. We also discussed the upcoming Breakfast with Santa and emphasized
how important the kids from the NOHS Key Club
are to the success of that morning. The five Kiwanians were joined by Stan Ball later for breakfast at Canary’s. It was indeed good to have Stan
back with us.
Later that same day, Ken Neuzil, Linda Cleary,
Barb Schirhart, Vera Brewer, Tom Herbster, and
Bob Wendt joined other community members at
the annual President’s Dinner held at the Community Cabin.
The monthly Board Meeting was conducted on
November 23rd. Minutes of that meeting have
been emailed to members under a separate cover. A collection for the Oxcart Food Pantry produced $52.
Our fourth annual Acronym Game Night (okay,
Jim Yager, acronyms and abbreviations!) was
held on November 30th. Needless to say (but
Typical table at work on 75 problems!
we’ll say it anyway), Frank Miller and his Key Club
partner, Zach Neal won again with 67 correct answers out of 75 problems. Congratulations Dr.
Miller and Zach Neal.
Of all the Kiwanis functions through the year,
none involve virtually every member of the club
and have as wide an appeal as our Breakfast with
Santa, this year held on December 5th. With the
financial backing of Walid Jamal and the Dover
Insurance Agency and the wonderful interaction
of the NOHS Key Club with area children, the
morning was a complete success. Key Club advisers Laura Thogmartin and Lisa Rosenburg
worked with the Key Club members to make eve-
It was all about kids - large and small
ry child’s day a special one. And, of course, we
have to thank Santa for a great job! Some day
Dave Dillon will get his lazy you-know-what out of
bed in time to help out that day. We’ll see.
It’s time to begin thinking about our annual Cornhole Tournament again and Gretchen Schuler
brought us up to date on this at our November 7th
meeting. It is scheduled for April 9th at St. Clarence. We need teams to sign up quickly to reserve their spot, but we also need some major
sponsor donations. Last year this tournament
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produced over $3000 in scholarships for North
Olmsted graduates. Gretchen urged all of us to
seek out possible sponsors. Thank you Gretchen for all you do for this event.
Also at this meeting, Ken presented the preliminary numbers on the Breakfast with Santa and
also reported that we now have enough money
in the Tribute Bench Fund to purchase one
bench. It was decided to inscribe it with “North
Olmsted Kiwanis.”
The final meeting of 2015 was the annual Christmas Dinner, held on December 14th. Mae
served appetizers of shrimp, prosciutto ham,
meatballs, and cheese and crackers, followed by
AND FINALLY………..
As we begin something new (2016), we might want
to look back and re-read the wisdom of one of the
brightest Founding Fathers – Ben Franklin.
 A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish
between two cats.
 A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
 A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip
of the tongue you may never get over.
 All human situations have their inconveniences.
We feel those of the present but neither see nor
feel those of the future; and hence we often make
troublesome changes without amendment, and
frequently for the worse.
 All would live long, but none would be old.
 An investment in knowledge always pays the best
interest.
 Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a
good One.
One of many fancy tables
Kiwanians like to handle money
her usual splendid beef wellington. Cherry pie
with ice cream made the meal complete! Linda
Cleary brought in some seasonal CD music for
background, President Amber Pierce-Smith gave
us a quiz on Christmas and presented a lucky
winner at each table a really cool glass block
centerpiece, and Charlotte Creel produced three
Christmas carols and led us in the singing of
them. Thank you Linda, Charlotte, and Amber
for helping to make the evening special.
INVOCATION AND WORK SCHEDULE
 At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at
40 the judgment.
 Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with
few; friend to one; enemy to none.
 Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
 Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
 By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to
be growing old.
 Content makes poor men rich; discontentment
makes rich men poor.
Date
Serving
Invocation
 Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what
may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
1/4
Tom Herbster
Jack Boss
Mary Biss
 Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
Rose Serraglio
Charlotte Creel
Howard Luke
 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man
healthy, wealthy, and wise.
1/18
Stan Ball
Walt Spalding
Dave Dillon
1/25
Jim Hoover
Willie Cain
Glenn Knight
1/11
BIRTHDAYS
 Educate your children to self-control, to the habit
of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and
you have done much to abolish misery from their
future and crimes from society.
 Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get
leisure.
January 6------------------------------- Melissa Clere
 Energy and persistence conquer all things.
January 7------------------------------- Laurette Tully
 Genius without education is like silver in the
mine.
January 26 ------------------------------ Glenn Knight
January 29 ----------------------------------- Stan Ball
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS AND MEMBERS
31084 LORAIN ROAD
27350 LORAIN ROAD
440-777-9411
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 God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.
A Little More Filler to fill the
Extra Page…..
Are these gems or pearls?
 Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed
of it, is.
 Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not using it in a fruit salad.
 He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
 Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to
myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a
virgin.' Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
 Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and
never well mended.
 He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has
nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the
sparks fly in his face.
 He that can have patience can have what he will.
 He that falls in love with himself will have no
rivals.
 I had a rose named after me and I was very
flattered. But I was not pleased to read the
description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed,
but fine against a wall.' - Eleanor Roosevelt
 Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest
woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited
 He that is good for making excuses is seldom good
by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statefor anything else.
ment. - Mark Twain
 He that is of the opinion money will do everything
 The secret of a good sermon is to have a good
may well be suspected of doing everything for
beginning and a good ending; and to have the two
money.
as close together as possible. - George Burns
 He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
 Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only
 He that would live in peace and at ease, must not
once a year. - Victor Borge
speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.
 Be careful about reading health books. You may
 Hide not your talents, they for use were made.
die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
What's a sun-dial in the shade?
 By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll
 How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his
become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll
precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than
become a philosopher. - Socrates
Commandments.
 I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a
 I am in the prime of senility.
jury. - Groucho Marx
 If a man empties his purse into his head no one can  My wife has a slight impediment in her
take it away from him. An investment in
speech. Every now and then she stops to
knowledge always pays the best interest.
breathe. - Jimmy Durante
 If you know how to spend less than you get, you
have the philosopher's stone.
 I have never hated a man enough to give his
diamonds back. - Zsa Zsa Gabor
 If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as  Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
getting.
essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and
fat. - Alex Levine
 If you would know the value of money, go try to
borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-  My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery,
sorrowing.
people would stop dying. - Rodney Dangerfield
 If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are
 Money can't buy you happiness .... But it does
dead and rotten, either write something worth readbring you a more pleasant form of misery. ing or do things worth the writing.
Spike Milligan
“Those who adjust survive. The rest are extinct –
 Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT
Darwin”
UP. - Joe Namath
 I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon.
Then it's time for my nap. - Bob Hope
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