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Love, Kiwanis style
Mike and Lori Oldenettel celebrated some important firsts earlier this year: They marked their first year as a happily married couple, and as co-chairpersons of the Jacksonville, Illinois, Kiwanis club’s pancake and sausage day they helped set club records for most pancakes peddled, most advanced tickets sold, and most money raised.
Was their flapjack success an indication of how strong their relationship is? “It could be,” Lori says with a laugh.
Indications are the couple is not through celebrating firsts. They are expecting their first child in September.
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How the Wild West settled Kiwanis
For Deborah Trujillo and her brother, Robert Fryer, a discarded panoramic photo of the 1924 Kiwanis International Convention stoked a passion for history. A magnifying class enlarged fascinating images of old cars, men in straw boater hats, and a group of ornately attired North American Indians.
Most intriguing, however, was a bewhiskered cowboy who looked a bit like the legendary showman Buffalo Bill Cody.
The July 1924 issue of The Kiwanis Magazine published the photo and information about the convention’s “Spirit of the West” theme:
On Wednesday evening came the outstanding entertainment feature of the entire convention. … Denver, the village of ’59, picturesque, wild, and romantic during the gold rush days, was reincarnated at the Denver Civic Center. A great historic pageant, “The Spirit of the West” was presented. More than 3,500 persons took part in the spectacle including 50 Indians, (Apaches, Arapahoes, Santa Domingines, and Navajos). They came from the great painted desert opf Arizona, clad in the regalia of the warpath Indians. …
“A group of 300 men and women from Idaho Springs, Colorado, came masque in the costumes and gowns of the early pioneer days. They took a very vivid part in the evening’s pageantry. Striking realism was injected into the great tableau when the cowboys rode into the saloon, a replica of the old days in every detail, which had been set up in the Civic Center. The cowboys broke up the roulette games that were in progress there and procereded to shoot up the place in true Western style, while the gamesters and hangers-on ducked behind the tables and chairs or fled pell-mell from the building.
“Not content with such realistic features as these, the entertainment committee provided a rock drilling contest, put on by actual miners right in the center of the pageant ground. The contest was won by a rock drilling team which drove a chisel through 13 inches of solid granite in five minutes. After this contest was over, the spectators were thrilled to see a modern drilling machine penetrate the same rock at a spot 21 inches thick, in two minutes. Bands of cowboys mounted on spirted broncos and armed with six shooters; the covered wagon of a thousand memories and tragediers; the early stage coach with adventurous drivers urging their horses at breakneck speed to carry their passengers and mails afely to the nearest trading post; a replica of the Western dance hall; the bar and the hotel, the dancing girls, the roulette wheels, gold miners, and above all, the pioneer women with her steadaft courage and neverfailing devotion—these were some of the features of the old Western society that brought back the Spirit of the West.
Imagine if you will, a genuine Franciscan Monk from Sante Fe, New Mexico, who marched in the pageant with cross and chaplet, bringing up a vivid picture of the zeal, sacrifice and devotion of the early Christian missionaries who sought to plant Christianity in a strange land savage people.
Picture, if you can, Colonel Kick Rutledge himself, an Indian Scout and former companion of Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill, as one of the actual picturesque figures of th pageant. Cowboy bands and all the other Kiwanis musical organizations present at the convention took a vital part.
The 1924 Convention was an important landmark in Kiwanis history. Among the decisions approved at the "Constitutional Convention" were:
- Approval of Kiwanis International's Constitution and Bylaws
- Creation of a new name: Kiwanis International
- Creation of an International Council authorized to amend Bylaws
- Designation of the convention delegates as the only amending body of the Constitution
- Establishment of a Board Executive Committee and a Board Committee on Finance
- Approval of Kiwanis' six Objects, which remain unchanged to this date
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Can You Top This?
Legacy of leaders. The Kiwanis Club of Tempe, Arizona, has been represented on the Tempe City Council for the past 76 years. Though the club organized in 1952, three charter members already had been taking turns as city councilmen since 1932. Five Tempe Kiwanians have been Tempe mayors.
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 BUG stats
10.6%: Kiwanis clubs involved in Bring Up Grades--Source: 2006-07 Annual Club Reports
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Ontario Kiwanian marks 100 years
Alma Williscraft usually helps set up the Seniors Community Center for her Thames Valley-Fanshawe, Ontario, Kiwanis club meetings, but one week this past March, all preparations were dedicated to her. It was her birthday. Her 100th birthday.
Alma, who was born March 19, 1908, regularly volunteers at a nursing home, singing, reading, and reciting poetry. Only recently did she retire from singing in her church choir after 63 years.
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Club birthdays
These clubs celebrate anniversary dates during September and October 2008:
90th—1918
Newark, Ohio, September 4
Wheeling, West Virginia, September 24
Tacoma, Washington, October 8
Salt Lake City, Utah, October 10
Kansas City, Missouri, October 12
85th—1923
Alleghany Highlands, Virginia, September 4
Woodbury, New Jersey, September 6
Fulton, Missouri, September 11
Jacksonville, Texas, September 11
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 15
Ozark, Alabama, September 15
Creston, Iowa, September 19
Titusville, Florida, September 25
Gainesville, Florida, September 26
Black Hills, Hot Springs, South Dakota, September 29
Exeter, California, October 1
Anderson, South Carolina, October 2
Rock Rapids, Iowa, October 5
Texarkana, Texas, October 5
Saint Augustine, Florida, October 10
Roseburg, Oregon, October 15
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, October 18
Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, October 29
Willoughby, Ohio, October 30
Sanford, Maine, October 31
80th—1928
Columbus Northland, Ohio, September 25
Standish, Maine, September 26
Red Bluff, California, September 28
Tiffin, Ohio, October 4
El Dorado, Arkansas, October 13
Huntsville, Texas, October 16
Monroe, Washington, October 19
Oshawa-Durham A.M., Ontario, October 27
75th—1933
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, September 14
Alice, Texas, October 11
Greer, South Carolina, October 11
70th—1938
Mamaroneck, New York, September 9
Midvale/Fort Union, Utah, September 27
Shafter, California, October 10
Monticello, Kentucky, October 14
65th—1943
Transfer Pennsylvania, September 23
Grafton-Midview, Ohio, October 26
60th—1948
Madoc, Ontario, September 11
West Akron, Ohio, September 14
Marion, Illinois, September 20
Fairhope and Eastern Shore, Alabama, September 23
Greater Red Bank, New Jersey, September 27
La Canada, California, October 4
Gaffney, South Carolina, October 18
Moosehead Lake, Maine, October 20
Lindsborg, Kansas, October 25
55th—1953
Stuttgart, Arkansas, September 1
Lindenwald-Hamilton, Ohio, September 8
Red Jacket, West Virginia, September 9
Glendale, New York, September 10
Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, September 15
Wallingford, Connecticut, September 16
Bath, New York, September 17
East Portland, Oregon, September 17
Palmetto, Florida, September 24
Idabel, Oklahoma, October 1
De Smet, South Dakota, October 7
Kiel, Wisconsin, October 13
Pembroke, Massachusetts, October 14
Los Angeles International Airport, California, October 15
Westland Area, Columbus, Ohio, October 15
Lebanon, Indiana, October 19
Odenton, Maryland, October 19
Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 21
Annawan, Illinois, October 29
50th—1958
Clinton, North Carolina, September 10
West Mobile, Alabama, September 17
Hampden, Maine, September 18
Westmount, Oshawa, Ontario, September 25
Sierra Oakhurst, California, September 30
Rexburg, Idaho, October 1
Madison Heights, Michigan, October 9
Levelland, Texas, October 20
Perryton, Texas, October 21
Cynthiana, Kentucky, October 23
Geneseo, New York, October 27
Ottawa-Vanier, Ontario, October 30
45th—1963
Davie, Florida, September 10
Crestwood-Sunset Hills, Missouri, September 12
Metropolitan Huntsville, Alabama, September 16
Zürich, Switzerland, September 17
South Platte, Parkville, Missouri, September 18
Osage, Iowa, October 2
Columbia River Gorge (The), Corbett, Oregon, October 10
East Hawaii, Hawaii, October 19
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, October 24
Ontario-Parkway, California, October 30
40th—1968
Drummondville, Quebec, September 4
Rampart Range (The), Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 10
Akureyri-Kaldbakur, Iceland, September 14
St. Eustache, Quebec, September 22
Houma, Louisiana, September 24
Cebu, Philippines, September 24
Basel-Birseck, Switzerland, September 30
Verviers, Belgium, October 1
Houston County, Dothan, Alabama, October 3
Early Risers, Worthington, Minnesota, October 10
Allouez, Green Bay Wisconsin, October 21
Roberval, Quebec, October 22
Oostburg, Wisconsin, October 24
Peninsula (The), Hewlett, New York, October 30
Bogotá, Colombia, October 30
La Chaux-de-Fonds/Le Locle, Switzerland, October 31
35th—1973
Fort Worth-Southwest, Texas, September 4
Nipissing, Ontario, September 10
Monroe, North Carolina, September 10
Les Bois, Boise, Idaho, September 11
Oxford, Alabama, September 13
Vero-Treasure Coast, Florida, September 18
Jacksonville, Alabama, September 20
Belden Village, Canton, Ohio, September 20
Sandy Springs, Georgia, September 20
Mount Prospect, Illinois, September 24
West Valley, Willamina, Oregon, September 25
Kirkland Sunrisers, Washington, September 27
Northumberland-Point Township, Pennsylvania, September 27
Humboldt-Seven O’Clockers, Iowa, September 28
Pays de Montbeliard, France, September 20
James River, Richmond, Virginia, October 1
Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, October 1
Polson, Montana, October 9
West Metro San Jose, California, October 11
Mansfield, Texas, October 11
Reynella, Australia, October 11
Greater Federal Way, Washington, October 24
Moulins, France, October 31
30th—1978
North Smithfield, Rhode Island, September 6
Quincy, Gem City, Illinois, September 8
Beaune, France, September 12
Sun City-Kachina, Arizona, September 12
Dennis-Yarmouth, Massachusetts, September 13
Selah, Washington, September 18
Dobytown, Kearney, Nebraska, September 26
Enna, Italy, September 27
Firenze (Florence), Italy, September 28
Kings-Hanford, California, September 29
Cambridge City, New Day, Indiana, September 30
Boulevard, Vancouver, Washington, September 30
Berryton, Kansas, September 30
Merrillville, Indiana, October 1
Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, October 1
Taichung Shuang Shan, Taiwan, October 1
Lansing, Kansas, October 2
Lake Jackson, Florida, October 2
Gembloux Abbaye, Belgium, October 3
Sunrise, Goldsboro, North Carolina, October 4
Batavia, Illinois, October 4
Southlake, Clayton County, Georgia, October 5
Waverley, Victoria, Australia, October 11
West-Cal, Westlake, Louisiana, October 18
Gordon, Nebraska, October 25
25th—1983
Green Pine, Changhua, Taiwan, September 3
Janesville/Blackhawk Golden K, Wisconsin, September 14
Bendigo, Australia, September 15
Galleria-Northwest, Atlanta, Georgia, September 15
Lynnhaven-Virginia Beach, Virginia, September 22
Houghton Lake, Michigan, September 23
Elm Grove Golden K, Wisconsin, September 26
‘S-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, September 26
Pa Te, Taiwan, September 26
Neuchatel Entre-Deux Lacs, Switzerland, September 26
Gossau-Flawil, Switzerland, September 27
Dunkirk, Indiana, September 27
River Falls, Wisconsin, September 28
Grants Pass Golden Eagles, Oregon, September 29
Historic Harrison County, Indiana, September 29
Muenster, Texas, September 29
Rice Lake Golden K, Wisconsin, September 29
Northeast Washington, DC, September 30
Flers Suisse-Normande, France, September 30
Tyler-Alpha, Texas, October 1
North Dallas Golden K, Texas, October 1
Golden K-Clyde, Texas, October 1
Perrysburg, Ohio, October 5
Mechelen Beiaard, Belgium, October 11
Macon Golden K, Georgia, October 14
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