| Christine's
Connections by
Pres. Christine Semon
 It
looks like we are back in April again, with all the rain
showers we have been having the last few days; however,
I know that is great for the flowers and hopefully makes
up
for some of the summer-like days we have been having also.
Please be safe driving around, and I am hoping the high waters
aren’t effecting your homesteads too much.
This
month seems to have flown by and fortunately we had a very
diverse group of speakers, thanks to Frank and Glenn’s
efforts. Our first presentation was by Mark Williams. He
visited us with a great presentation about a course his organization
is offering young drivers and their parents to increase there
driving skills and learn about things they don’t learn
in traditional driving school. The courses are to help improve
their hand-eye coordination and hopefully increase their
abilities to react to adverse or unusual road situations.
He offers the course within a combination of classroom and
on the road (or parking lot) training. Mr. Williams claimed
that teen survival rates have increased and accident rates
have decreased in their students, in the long run. Maybe
we could get this information out to our families in the
area and some the youth we support, so they and their friends
are safer while driving?
The following week, we had invited Cathy Beeler, from the
Monocacy National Battlefield, to do a presentation. This
was also a significant others night for our club and we had
a few visitors join us. Mrs. Beeler offered a wonderful and
informative presentation about the history of the Monocacy
National Battlefield. She also shared with us some upcoming
renovations for the Battlefield, for us to look forward to
when we visit in the future. Please be sure to go and visit
this local historic landmark!
Next
we had Mike Corrigan, a free lance writer with many articles
and several awards, to his credit, visit with us.
He shared several of his articles and beliefs with us about
how service organizations, especially Kiwanis, are like little
platoons of democracy and the many good things organizations
like ours are offering to the society. During his presentation,
he made us laugh, asked us to think a bit deeper and left
us with a different way to look at some things we often take
for granted.
Though
I was not there because of my trip to KI Convention in
Montreal, Canada with Ellis, this past week our own Dr.
Jim Krysiek hosted Dr. Marty Malone
from Mt. St. Mary's who spoke about the impact of globalization
on America.
I am
sure it was very informative and entertaining, as most
things from our own Dr. Jim are.
As
I write this article, a week early (thanks to Dave who
has to go out of town soon), I am reminded of a quote by
George Moore: “A
man travels the world over in search of what he needs and
returns
home
to find it.” With this in mind, I am looking forward
to attending the International Convention and representing
the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick! I am looking forward
to meeting new people, learning new things, gathering great
ideas (maybe to implement in our community) and bringing
them back HOME to YOU, my friends and fellow Kiwanians in
Frederick, Maryland. See you in July!! |
