WHAT’S INSIDE:

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Assignments, Guests, Hospitality, Announce-ments, Prospective Member

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Fines, Happy Dollars, Social Activities

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Club Calendar and Weekly Numbers

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Rotary and Birthday News

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Interclub and Centenni-al Celebration News

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Club Info, Thanks to Our Advertisers, Cen-tennial Memory Gem

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Thrift Sale Work Schedules

NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM...

May 14—UM Mott Hos-pital Update. Speaker: Dr. Michael W. Quasney. Introduction by Dennis Powers.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS.... May 21—What is

Fracking? Speaker: Daniel Raimi, Ford School for Public Pol-icy. Introduction by Kathy Wilder.

May 29 (Tuesday)—First Responders Salute. Speaker: John Kinzinger, US Veterans Organizer. Introduction by: Dale Leslie

MEETINGS...

Next week, Monday, May 14—SMOC at 10:00am; Children and Youth Services at 10:45am; Membership at 1:15pm.

Tuesday, May 15—Board of Trustees Meeting, 6:30pm at TKC.

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TODAY’S PROGRAM...

St. Joseph Mercy Cancer Program and Research Max Ziegler introduced today's program, St. Joseph Mercy Cancer Program and Research with speakers: Beth LaVasseur, Director of Oncology Services and Katie Elliott, Director of Development.

Beth LaVasseur presented a brief history of the St. Joseph Mercy Cancer Program with-in Trinity Health, whose mission is to serve together in the spirit of the Gospel to be a

compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. And whose vision for cancer care is to serve the community by striving to prevent cancer and treating those affected by cancer with competence, compassion, and respect.

The Hematology/Oncology program started in the late 1950s; the 14-bed Oncology Unit opened in 1962; the first official cancer registry started in Michigan in 1961; Dr. John Nixon named department director in 1965, and in 1978, cooperative group clinical trials began. She cited notable accomplishments as St. Joe’s Ann Arbor serving as the regional hub for cancer services for Saint Joseph Mercy; being the first center in the State to implement Cyber-knife technology, and introducing oncology patient navigator roles in Nursing (2005) and in Financial Services (2009). It is a leader in national research trials as one of only 34 National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Programs (NCORP) in the U.S. It heads the Michigan Cancer Research Consortium of 150 researchers and 14 hospitals, and serves 3,400 patients annually with 20,000 patient visits.

Katie Elliott continued with a description of "Life is Remarkable", the campaign to transform cancer care. This is a $10 Million partnership with the community to raise money for capital—$5 Million, Operating Funds—$2 Million, and an Endowment of $3 Million. $6.6 Million has been raised to date. She reminded our members of the 2018 Holiday Ball, which will support the Campaign.

Many of our members stood to be recognized as having been affected by cancer, and many of those who stood have been treated in the Cancer Treatment Center at St. Joseph Mercy. Ms. Elliott showed us pictures of the new addition to their facility which will, when opened, enhance their ability to treat patients in our area.

ELECTION RESULTS...

A Special Election and the Annual General Election of Board Officers and Directors was held on Monday, May 7, 2018. All candidates were elected by a majority vote. The results are as follows:

In the Special Election, Dan Dever elected as President-Elect to fill the current vacancy of President-Elect for the remainder of this Kiwanis year through September 30, 2018.

In the Annual General Election, the following persons were elected effective October 1, 2018. Alan Burg as Immediate Past President to fill that upcoming vacancy. William Hampton as President, Dan Dever as President-Elect, and Greg Meisner as Treasurer. Mary Stewart and Gordon Beeman were elected to the two Board Director positions of three-year terms of 2018-2021. No election by the general membership is needed for the Secretary position.

Congratulations to all!

May 7, 2018

Max Ziegler

Katie Elliott and Beth LaVasseur

Officers and Directors

President: William V. Hampton

President-Elect: Dan Dever

Treasurer: Greg Meisner

Secretary: Kathie Wilder

Immediate Past-President: Alan Burg

Board Members: Marianne D’Angelo Deborah Jones Margaret Krasnoff Evan LeRoy Peter Schork Ellen Webb

Newsletter:

Editor Ken Hillenburg

Photos Bob Gray

Publisher John Kidle

Do you have news for the newsletter, or are you in-terested in advertising? Contact Publisher, John Kidle, at jkidle@gmail.com.

GUESTS AT OUR CLUB...

Presented by Dave LaMoreaux—Andrew Tay, husband of Mary Stewart. Mary Morgan, Honorary Member. Peter Grant, guest of George Gilligan. Arno Buhrer, spouse of Pat Buhrer.

HOSPITALITY… William Hampton reported—Sallie Springer is looking forward to returning to and re-maining active in club activities in a month or so. She is completing all the tasks related to Sherry's passing and does have some sad times, but knows that Sherry would want her to keep active among her Kiwanis friends.

Lynne Lande is assisting with family health problems and unable to attend today's meet-ing. Sue Dailey says she is progressing slower than she'd like, but is getting better each day. Carl Williams and his wife are now living at The Sanctuary at St. Joseph Mercy Hos-pital. They are both doing fine and send hellos. Mary Stewart had to go home sick from working the Thrift Sale on Saturday, but fortunately is much better today and was able to attend the meeting with her husband, Andrew .

ANNOUNCEMENTS...

Charlie Phibbs reported:

May 8 A2 Western will have as speaker, Miss Washtenaw.

Superinterclubs:

May 23 Manchester, 6:00 p.m. Sharon United Methodist Church hall, 19980 Pleasant Lake Rd., Manchester, MI 48158, at the corner of M-52 and Pleas-ant Lake Rd.

June 11 South Lyon, 6:00 p.m. Kiwanis Hall, 288 N. Warren.

June 18 Saline, 5:30 p.m. Brecon Village.

More Interclub news on Page 6!

President William reminded us that the Kiwanis International Annual Meeting will be held in Las Vegas on June 28. He and his wife will not be attending, thus saving the club money, and they will make a donation instead.

PROSPECTIVE MEMBER...

Carol Lynn Presley has submitted a membership application that will be considered at this month’s board meeting. She is sponsored by Joe Medrano, co-sponsored by Ellen Webb, and endorsed by Dale Leslie. Carol lives in Milford, is retired from Pittsfield, and is now self-employed as the owner of Carol’s VIP Adventures. First publication.

In the words of endorser Dale Leslie... A NEW MEMBER IS ENTHUSIASTIC! Carol Lynn Presley, a frequent Thrift Sale volunteer, will be an outstanding new member of the club. She is an independent, professional event planner, especially of short durations and destinations. Carol planned senior activities for the Pittsfield Township Senior Center until retiring in 2014. She is a close friend of a past Kiwanis Michigan District Governor and club member, Joe Medrano. They met at the Pittsfield center about 20 years ago when Joe and his late wife, Runelda, were members. An enthusiastic idea person, Carol has agreed to serve on the Program Committee for our Centennial Celebration. Welcome!

ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK...

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Sorting & Pric-ing

See Pages 8 and 9

Cashiers & Sales

See Pages 10 and 11

Vouchers 5/10—E. Webb, C. Summers, S. Lamkin, K. Hillenburg, D. Rydzor, A. Burg, B. Roberts, J. Carey, M. Lavin. Another volunteer is needed for 5/17.

Invocation Cliff Sheldon

Greeters John Kidle (A), Jean Robinson, and Fred Sanchez

Hospitality William V. Hampton

Newsletter Ken Hillenburg

Cashier John Sampselle

FINES...

Dan Dever proposed a fine on Ken for making Charlie walk back to give him a copy of his report. Al Gallup proposed a fine on all those who deserted the children of the world by going South of Toledo and West of Coldwater seeking warmth for the winter. Nick Dever proposed a fine for Al's not mentioning east or north. Max Ziegler proposed a fine for all lawyers who don't know that in winter, warmth can't be looked for in the east and north. Fred Sanchez proposed a fine for all those who voted because they should be happy to pay a fine for having the good fortune to be able to vote.

HAPPY DOLLARS...

Luke Panning is happy because he visited his brother's graduation from Army Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, where he graduated at the top of his class with honors (from the same company that Luke graduated from nine years ago,) and now is at Ft. Huachuca for intelli-gence school and wants to be an airborne Ranger.

Emily Allshouse is happy for Carla and Mary and anyone else who helped with the Scholarship Luncheon while she was visiting her family down in Texas. She is also happy for her trip to Las Vegas and that she returned all in one piece with her cellphone and credit cards.

Claire Dahl is happy that Sherry Springer, among all the other good things he did for the club, brought Bud Roberts to us. She is also happy to be marching with the Rosies in the Tulip Festival this weekend in Holland, MI, and making good corners in preparation for the march in Washington, D.C. on the fourth of July.

Jim Meretta is glad to donate a dollar to announce that Measure for Measure will have its 30th annual concert in Hill Auditorium on May 19. Jim, Dan Burroughs and Rick Hendricks have tickets you can buy for $12. He is also happy about the Brazeal Dennard Chorale, who will be participating with the concert. There will be special presentation by Dan Burroughs at the concert.

Bud Roberts is happy about a message to the Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor from the Dexter Lions Club, thanking us for Bud's having gone to a meeting with a couple of bags of used eyeglasses and promising more in the future. In a given year, the Lions Clubs International recy-cles over 30 million pairs of used eyeglasses. They also recycle hearing aids. Thanks, Bud!

Joe Medrano is very happy after attending an excellent production at the Dio Thea-ter in Pinckney with other Kiwanians.

Larry Dittmar is happy that the First Baptist Church in Ann Arbor will host a harpsi-chord recital of Bach and Handel on Thursday, May 10 at 12:15. He is also happy about the Brazeal Dennard Chorale.

Charlie Phibbs is happy to thank the Kiwanis Young Professionals who volunteered at the Ann Arbor Western spaghetti dinner held at the High Point school in Ann Ar-bor, which was a great success, in spite of the fact that it was the first time in 15 years that he hadn't cooked for it.

Don Kossick is happy to thank all those who helped out at the Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Scholarship Day Luncheon and Awards Presentation last week. He is also happy, as we all are, that Al Gallup is back with those creative fines.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES... Fred Sanchez says the annual Tiger trip is Saturday, August 11th against Minne-

sota. The cost is only $70 including, game, bus ride, lunch. See Fred to sign up.

The A2Y Regional Chamber golf outing is June 11 at Polo Fields. Registration info available here. All Ann Arbor Kiwanians are members of the Chamber and eligible to participate.

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This Week’s Numbers

Attendance: 68

Fines: $22.08

Happy $: $16

Mott Pot: $0 Today

$1,313.65 YTD

Vouchers: $1,617

9 Families $49,466 YTD

249 Families YTD

Thrift Sale:

Friday: $6,942

Saturday: $7,791

Other: $677

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14 UM Mott Hospital Update

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18 Kids Swing 19 6:30pm Board

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ROTARY GRACED BY THE PRESENCE OF THREE KIWANIANS…

Bob Gray reports—This may be a first with three Kiwanians in the Rotary weekly newsletter. The Kiwanians are keep-ing a close watch on those Rotarians. Claire was “in her element” and gave an excellent Rosie performance at this event. (Photo by Karen Kerry)

MAY BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED…

We sang "Happy Birthday" to this month's Kiwanians who are celebrating birthdays: May 5, Demond Johnson, 9 Shi-loh Taylor, William's grandson, 14 Doug Ziesemer, 15 Ann Mattson, 16 Caroline Grachek, 17 Jon Bulkley and Lar-ry French, 18 Ron Gardner, 20 Tom Fegan, 22 Larry Dittmar, 23 Terry Linden, 27 Ted Brokaw, 28 Jim Wolf-ington, 31 Chris Cooper and President William's Mother, Elsie Blue Hampton.

Our Sponsored Programs in Service to Youth:

“Serving the Children of the World…our motto, our mission” Angell Elementary

Huron High School Pioneer High School U of M Circle K WISD Aktion Club

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MORE INTERCLUB NEWS…

David "The Baton" Drake (above right) (email: djdstat-man@gmail.com) invites you to strike up the band in the excit-ing world of interclubbing and discover how our Kiwanis peers "toot outside the box." Dates: Wednesday, May 23rd, Man-chester Kiwanis (The Home of the Chicken Broil); Monday, June 11th, South Lyon Kiwanis; and Monday, June 18th, Saline Kiwanis. If you have not attend-ed a SuperInterclub with the new member you sponsored, you've hit a sour note. Practice Your Scales! ~Dale

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION NEWS…

DEPARTMENT OF NOT-SO-INCIDENTAL INFORMATION—Confirmed! The date and time for the 100th Year Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor anniversary celebration & gathering of the clan: Sunday, June 13, 2021, 4 p.m. Committees have formed for periodic meetings (pick one and Dale Leslie will provide the details): FINANCES, LOGISTICS, PROGRAM, SPECIAL COMMUNITY GIFT, PUBLICITY & REG-ISTRATION, VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT & ORGANIZATION. Club Members: this is literally a once

-in-a-lifetime event. Be part of it. We need your participation!

Our Sponsored Programs in Service to Youth:

“Serving the Children of the World…our motto, our mission” Angell Elementary

Huron High School Pioneer High School U of M Circle K WISD Aktion Club

CENTENNIAL MEMORY GEM…

1980s Centennial Memory Gem—When they're young, Kiwanians can be talked into anything. An Ann Arbor JCC Bed Race saw the Kiwanians with a young and slender entry. Left to right, the late David Evans, former mem-bers John Schuon and Judge David Swartz, Doug Ziesemer, bed builder, Lee Bachman; and Gary Elling. They finished in the top five. How many entries? Did you have to ask? Photo by team photographer, Dale Leslie.

KIWANIS CLUB OF ANN ARBOR

Meetings: Noon on Mondays at

The Kiwanis Center 100 N. Staebler, Suite C

Ann Arbor, MI 48103-9755

www.a2kiwanis.org

Building Phone: 734-665-2211

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Thanks to Our Advertising Supporters...

"Serving the Children of the World"

Other Links:

Michigan District Kiwanis Click here to read the latest Michigan Builder.

Kiwanis International

Kiwanis Young Professionals of Washtenaw County Meets 6pm first Thurs. of Month

U of M Circle K Meets 7pm Thursdays at UM Union or League (Check Calendar on Website)

Kiwanis Club of Ypsilanti Meets Noon Wednesdays at EMU Student Center

Ann Arbor Western, Meets Noon Tues. at Quarter Bistro

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Interested in becoming a member? Please send an e-mail to MembershipGrowth@a2kiwanis.org or visit the website www.a2kiwanis.org.

Sale and Donation Hours The Kiwanis Thrift Sale At The Kiwanis Center

100 N. Staebler at Jackson Fridays and Saturdays

9am-1pm

Saleable Donation Drop Off:

Fridays and Saturdays 9am-12:30pm

Call for Donation Pickup:

734-665-0450

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