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Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown
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| Mark Murry and Randy Lesseps | Mark Murray speaking to Kiwanians and gursts |
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| Mark Murray answering questions |
January 2011
Richarte High School Key Club Donate to Angelheart
Pictured are members of the Richarte Key Club surrounded by
assorted totes, bags and suitcases to be given to Angelheart.
Angelheart is a licensed, 501(c)3 non-profit organization
responsible for providing a children's shelter and establishing
foster care for children from newborn to 18 years of age that have
been removed from their homes due to abuse and/or severe neglect.
These bags are given to the foster children who often carry their
possessions from one foster home to the next in a plastic grocery
bag. Thanks to the generosity and hard work of the Richarte Key
Club members, the foster children will now have their own bag for
their possessions.
Jack and Gayle Noble delivered another group of assorted bags from
the Kiwanis Club of Sun City to the Richarte Key Club at their
meeting on January 27th. Another delivery to Angelheart is now
being arranged, so more children will benefit from the Key Club’s
interest in this project.
November 3, 2010
The Kiwanis Club
of Sun City Georgetown proudly announces that Nathan Johnson is
the club’s nominee for the Walter Hurst Sophomore of the Year
Scholarship for 2010-2011.
Nathan is a sophomore at
Nathan’s
application has been submitted to Division 24 of the
Texas-Oklahoma District, which will submit one nominee from those
submitted to the Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Foundation for final
selection in February 2011.
The Kiwanis Club of Sun City Georgetown congratulates Nathan on his selection as the club’s representative for the Walter Hurst Scholarship given each year by the Texas-Oklahoma Foundation. Out of 38 Divisions, Texas-Oklahoma Foundation will award scholarships to 20 outstanding sophomores throughout the Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District.
The chartering
ceremony for the Young Professionals of Austin Kiwanis Club (AYP)
was held on November 3 at the Brick Oven in Austin. The Kiwanis
Club of Sun City Georgetown sponsors the club, and a number of our
members attended the ceremony.
Based on service, AYP is called a 3-2-1
club. The members participate in three service projects a month,
two social gatherings a month and one regular, business meeting
per month. They are a full-fledged dues paying Kiwanis Club.
Clint Carrens, AYP President holding the charter certificate
AYP Members at Charter Ceremony
Immediate Past Governor Bill Bishop and AYP Club President and organizer Clint Carrens (on right) and his fellow charter members join Sun City Club members Past Lt. Governor Jack Noble and Past Texas-Oklahoma Governor Gene Jantzen (on left).
September 14, 2010
Juan
Juarez thanks the club for his support both at the Jarrell Key
Club and the Southwestern CKI.
John
Stock gives a tour of the Battleship Texas, explaining its history
and successes in battle.
September 7, 2010
Christi Van Rite introduces Any Baby Can to the club.
July 27, 2010
Mayor
George Garver presents a second Youth Leadership award to Mandy
Merideth, faculty advisor to Richarte Key Club. Vicky Hollingshead
was also recognized.
Civic Club Day where Georgetown service clubs explain their
mission, service projects and fund raising activities to our Club
members.
Linda Silva for Optimists.
Dale Hoffman and Myra Page for Downtown Rotary.
Paul Hooper for
Sertoma.
July 20, 2010
Erica
Gordon of College Forward explains how her organization supports
needy students in their dream of attending college.
July 14, 2010
Chief
Wayne Nero of The Georgetown Police Department briefed the club on
organization, plans, and successes of the GPD.
July 6, 2010
John
Hopper congratulates Jim Ramay for 30 years in Kiwanis
Gayle
Noble thanks Lauren Thompson Madden of the Children's Miracle
Network for her presentation on the Dell Children's Hospital.
The club donated $500 to the Children's
Miracle Network.
June 29, 2010
Member
and City Council Lady Pat Berryman presents a Kiwanis mug to Mark
Thomas, Economic Development manager. Mark spoke about how
Georgetown works to retain corporate citizens and how Georgetown
convinces new corporations to locate and grow here.
March 23, 2010
David
Thompson (left), Operations Manager and Gabriel Dominguez (right),
Conservation Manager of the Georgetown Water Dept spoke to the
club about operations, future plans, and water conservation in
Georgetown.
March 16, 2010
Phyllis
Vogel receives a Lifetime Membership in the TO
John
Hopper presents donation to Rhonda Smith, of
Spirit Reins and
Daniel Anstee of the Georgetown Boys and Girls Club
March 9, 2010
Shelly
Hargrove, Georgetown Main Street Director, described the mission
of the Main Street Program and what is going on around the
Georgetown square.
March 2, 2010
Erich
Prinz and Ginger Beavers explain the importance of Partners in
Education. Erich is the Project Mentor Chair for PIE and Kiwanis
member Ginger is a mentor.
February 16, 2010
Kent
Nitcholas and
Michael Warburton of the Blood Center of Central Texas explain the
value of the blood center.
February 9, 2010
Richarte Key Club members thank the Club for sending them to the Weekend of a Lifetime and sell Valentine chocolate covered strawberries.
February 2, 2010
Karen
Crosby describes the Georgetown Eagle Locker Program.
January 26, 2010
Dr.
Ernest Rebuck of the Texas Water Development Board presents
Rainwater Harvesting to the club and interested Sun City and
Georgetown city people.
New
members, Alexia Griffin, Milton Rister, Warren Kincaid, and Ray
Schlitzkus are introduced to the membership.
January 19, 2010
Bill
White, with Barbara's help, explained the function of the Texas
Finance Commission. Bill is the group's chairman.
January 12, 2010 Speaker
Jenny
McMillan from Family Connections
KIWANIS DIVISION 24 NEWS
DIVISION 24 LAY PERSON OF THE YEAR
Division 24 and Kiwanis Club of Sun City Layperson of the Year Phyllis Vogel is shown accepting her award-winning plaque from Clarence Cossey, Division 24 Chair of Human and Spiritual Values at the Division's Annual Prayer Breakfast. Also shown is Division 24 Past Lt. Governor Jack Noble.
Congratulations to Phyllis! Her daughters, Stacey and Jackie, who look exactly like they belong to Phyllis, were both able to come to the Prayer Breakfast and help honor their mother. They said they were very proud of their mother and so glad that they could be there. Phyllis is the Chair of our Literacy Initiative which has now given away some 25,000 books to Pre-K, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade students after reading a Portion of each book to the children. Her application will now be forwarded to the District Chair of Human and Spiritual Values who has the monumental task of picking a winner for the entire Texas-Oklahoma District.
| LT. GOVERNOR BILL RIVES PASSES AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY |
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Lt. Governor Bill Rives passed away unexpectedly Thursday evening May 5, 2011. Bill was a Past-President of our club and a charter member. Bill will be missed by all. The service for Bill Rives
10:00 A.M. Tuesday Morning, May 10
Santa Rosa Catholic Church in Andice. There will be a small gathering at the church after the service. Burial will be in the Killeen Veterans Cemetery with the service beginning at 2:00 p.m. |
2010-2011 Lt. Governor
Lt.
Governor Bill Rives was born in Dallas Texas. He attended high
school at Dallas Jesuit and college at Loyola University of the
South in New Orleans where he met and married his wife Lydia. He
served thirty years in the US Army, retiring in 1987. After that
he worked in commercial property management for five years in
Washington, DC before he and Lydia came home to Texas. Bill has
approximately 22 years of service in five Kiwanis Clubs (three in
Texas, one in Clarksville TN, and one in Springfield VA). Lydia
has over sixteen years Kiwanis service in the Killeen and Sun City
clubs. Bill has a masters degree in management and Lydia has
masters degrees from West Texas State (now West Texas A & M) and
Catholic University of America.
Kiwanis Texas-Oklahoma District News
2011 TEXAS-OKLAHOMA CONVENTION AT SEA
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Ann Wilkins of the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Kiwanis Club was chosen as the 2012-2013 Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District Governor-Elect. She is the successor for 2011-2012 Governor Susan Hennum of the Garland, Texas, Kiwanis Club.
Killeen was
chosen as the site of the 2012 T-O District Convention, and
Granbury was chosen as the site of the 2013 Texas-Oklahoma
District Convention.
Governor Greg Beard of the
LaMissTen District made a presentation on the Kiwanis
International 2012 Convention in New Orleans.
Eight
Amendments to the T-O District Bylaws were brought before the
House of Delegates.
A two-thirds vote is required
for the passage of an amendment to the bylaws.
The first four amendments were recommended by Kiwanis International as a result of amendments to the Kiwanis International Bylaws adopted at the 2010 Kiwanis International Convention.
AMENDMENT #1: The purpose of this amendment was to add the requirement of a criminal background check for district officers. Passed.
AMENDMENT #2: The purpose of this amendment was to add the requirement of a criminal background check for candidates for governor and governor-elect. Passed.
AMENDMENT #3: The purpose of this amendment was the discipline of district officers. There was debate about the vague wording of the amendment and who would decide what is “conduct unbecoming a Kiwanian” or exactly what was “failure to perform the duties of office” in addition to several other concerns. This amendment and an amendment to the amendment failed.
AMENDMENT #4: The purpose of this amendment was to add the position of Vice Governor to Articles of the T-O Bylaws containing reference to Governor and Governor-elect, essentially adding the possibility of an additional person in the line of succession for Governor. It was argued that this increased commitment of time unreasonably; no other district had this position; increased expenses for the district. Failed.
AMENDMENT #5: Submitted by the Kiwanis Club of Robson Ranch, Texas. The purpose of this amendment was to align T-O billing on dues and fees with Kiwanis International. Passed.
AMENDMENT #6: Submitted by the Kiwanis Club of Jones, Oklahoma. The purpose of this amendment was to prevent for-profit companies or groups from selling Kiwanis merchandise in the exhibit area of a District Convention. An amendment to the amendment was made to allow outside vendors and to have them pay a rental fee for a booth or to make some other form of payment for the right to sell at the District Conventions. Said payment to go to the Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Foundation. Amendment to the amendment passed. Then the writers of Amendment #6 wanted to add another amendment, so Governor Sam Curry asked that the Amendment 6 writers and the writer of the amendment to the amendment get together and come up with a compromise. Compromise amendment stated that the payment of fees from outside vendors would go to the Past Lt. Governors Association to be used for scholarships. Amendment and the amendment to the amendment to the amendment passed. Whew!
AMENDMENT #8:
Submitted by the Kiwanis Club of
Richardson, Texas.
The purpose of this amendment
was to switch to an online District Newsletter with printed copies
available to members upon request to the T-O District Office.
Passed.
AMENDMENT #7:
Submitted by the Kiwanis Club of
Richardson, Texas.
The purpose of this amendment
was to have the savings generated from this change from printed
newsletter to online newsletter used to assist clubs and divisions
in website and technology development and the use of this
technology and other media to spread the word about Kiwanis
activities in their communities.
Passed.
Resolutions were next and were approved unanimously as follows:
Resolution 1: Honoring Roy Welch who died February 10, 2011.
Resolution 2: Supporting Kiwanis International’s Eliminate Project.
Resolution 3: In appreciation of Governor Sam Curry and First Lady Joyce Curry.
Resolution 4: In appreciation of David Ross, District Secretary.
Resolution 5: In appreciation of Gary and Linda Hicks, District Ki-Notes Editors.
Resolution 6: In appreciation of Erby G. Eikner, District Treasurer
The purpose of “your” Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Foundation is to
provide funds for support of the youth of our District with
emphasis on Kiwanis Sponsored Youth.
Our Division 24 is getting
more than its share.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that our division
contributes on average less than one third of what it receives in
scholarships and training.
The Kiwanis Club of Sun City
Georgetown is one of the few clubs in our
division to budget an annual Club Gift for the Foundation.
Of the 38 divisions in the Texas-Oklahoma District, Division 24
has received an average of over 9 percent of the $80,000 plus that
the Foundation awards each year for leadership
training, development and scholarship programs for Circle K
(CKI), Key Club, Builders Club and K-Kids.
Over the last three years some 81 kids from Division 24 have
attended Weekend of a Lifetime leadership and service training at
the camp in Maypearl, Texas.
Over that same period, our Division has seen 18 of our
sponsored youth receive scholarships.
The Foundation receives its funding through annual club gifts
(each club in the Division is asked to give at least $5 per
member),
Endowed Scholarships, and the following special programs:
C. T. Bush Award: This
award is named after the founder of the Foundation who worked
tirelessly for its success. The contributor is recognized with a
specially designed medallion and pin for a $500 gift to the
Foundation.
District Life Membership
Status:
A $400 contribution pays all district dues for a member’s
lifetime.
The
recipient receives a framed and numbered certificate. This
is a great way to honor an outgoing Club President or Lt.
Governor.
21st
Century Club:
Names of $1,000 contributors will be placed on the “21st
Century Honor Roll” in the District Office, and the contributor
receives a custom-designed plaque.
Memorial Gifts:
Gifts may be given to the Foundation by members or non-members in
any amount.
Legacy Society:
A person may leave a lasting legacy dedicated to helping maintain
the Foundation's goals of supporting the district's youth.
Gifts to the Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Foundation are tax deductible
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Donations are accepted from clubs, club members and
individuals and/or businesses that want to support the work of the
Foundation.
Your
support would be greatly appreciated.
Jack Noble, Trustee
Texas-Oklahoma Foundation