| Christine's
Connections by
Pres. Christine Semon
 Well
my Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick, welcome to the beginning
of our Maryland summer!! It is starting off pretty warm and
sticky, so please do your best to stay healthy, cool and
as hydrated as possible!!
June
seemed to go by very quickly for me this year. My job kept
me very busy this month, since it was the last month
of the Fiscal Year. We needed to spend our monies or loose
it, thus I was very busy spending the state's monies, via
my non profit organization, for the families I work for.
And now, as of July 1, a new fiscal year is beginning.
The fun never stops!
On
June 14, we had Hannah Thompson and Curtis Rhoderick from
the MD 4-H Dairy Judging Team visit our club, and
from what I heard from
the members in
attendance, it was a very good presentation. I had a family
commitment and was unable to attend our meeting, so Phil
P. ran the meeting that week and did a great job (from
what he reported!) I apologize for missing this great
presentation
as I heard it was very entertaining and informative.
On
Wednesday, June 20th, the Divisional Council Meeting (DCM)
was hosted by LTG Fred Lohnes and the Kiwanis Club of
Mount Airy.
Thanks to Ellis, Phil and Larry for attending it with
me! During the meeting, we voted in Bill Brickman
from
the Hagerstown Club as LTG Designate for 2007-2008 and
voted
Donna Ohler from the Westminster Club as LTG Elect
for 2008-2009. Fred also reminded us about the upcoming
District
Convention in Rockville, from August 17-19. It is a great
way to learn more about the events and projects that
Kiwanis International and our District is involved in,
and meet and
mingle with Kiwanians from the area.
At
our club meeting on June 21st, our own Charlie Mertz shared
with us about his experiences on WWII Destroyers
and current reunions
he has been attending thru the years. Thanks Charlie for
an entertaining
and informative presentation!
On
June 28th we were again honored by a member sharing some
more recent experiences with us. Terry Proescholdt
shared
with us slides of his
recent trip to France and Germany with his wife and a hand
full of
students they chaperoned. It sounds like a great
time was had by all!!!
Thanks again Terry!!
As
a reminder, please keep Glenn Magaha and Ken Dell in your
thoughts and prayers. Recent updates are encouraging
and they both
seem to be getting closer to being more stable and healthier.
A little bird has told us that Eric Gatrell might be visiting
with us again soon. We knew he couldn’t stay away
very long!!
As
this year is winding down for me, as this club's President,
I am starting to think about new and future goals for our
club and myself. When one thinks about goals and future
aspirations, I am reminded of a quote from George Bernard
Shaw: “Imagine
what you desire; Will what you imagine and then Create
what you will.” Maybe we can ponder this as we go
into the heat of the summer and towards the new Kiwanis
year, which
will be starting in the near future, on October 1st, 2007.
What would you like to see our wonderful Kiwanis Club of
Suburban Frederick try that might be different, new and
possibly outside the box in the future, to help us continue
to grow
and give back to our community and the children of the
world??!? Feel free to discuss these ideas with other club
members,
myself and next year's President Phil Pople in the near
future!! Have a wonderful month!!
Oh,
by the way, keep an eye out for Larry and Dave's announcement
of the date for our annual club picnic which will be held
at Larry's House of Fun in late summer.
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