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Pizza Ranch Fundraiser

This message from Doris Swinburn, Event Chairperson, says it all!: I want to thank everyone, members and their spouses, who volunteered last night at our first fundraiser for this year. There were so many of you helping that the work was steady, but not too hectic. Some fun seemed evident, too! Thank you also to club members who came to eat and support our club. I’d like to give a special thank you to Lois Dixon for printing brochures and name tags and bringing other items, as well, to Karl Adlon for sending out several emails, and to Joe Johnson for use of the banner. We even received a compliment from the assistant manager about how pleased she was with our work and attention to details! It was a successful fundraiser with our club earning $808.00! What a great way to begin the year’s fundraising endeavors!

(An additional $55 in donations associated with the event was later received!)

Photo: Doris Swinburn is delighted as Karl Adlon shows off the $100 dollar bill (edited) we received!

More photos on subsequent pages.

Wow! It's that time of year already. First it's Labor Day, then Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. and finally the New Year and that spells cold weather. Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. At this time we are looking at September and the Club’s Annual Golf Outing which is to be held at GOLFMOHR. Tee time is at 12 Noon, but come early as we have things to pass out. Prizes will handed out at the end of play.

Next we have our Annual club picnic to be held at the Ben Butterworth Parkway. We have the shelter farthest east of the Captain's Table.

We are looking for someone to host our Annual Hobo Chili Night so please let me know if you can host it.

Let me finish by reminding all of us, including me, that when we go about our busy day to remember to ask someone to join; be thinking about a New

Fund Raiser and don't forget that our first Exchange Club meeting is September 18th.

"The Tip Of The Day" Remember to use sun screen.

Thanks to ALL for your work in Exchange and in your Community.

"Your Friend Through Exchange" Dah Prez (Joe Johnson)

MISSION: Exchange, America's Premier Service Club, working

together to make our communities better places to live.

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Golf Outing is our Annual September 13

Golf Outing at GOLFMOHR Golf Club in Hampton, IL with a tee time of 12, Noon. Please be there

a little early because we have handouts. Don't forget to bring a friend. Please RSVP Joe Johnson if you plan on playing golf. Prizes will be given out immediately after the golfing. So let’s all go out there and have fun.

Next Board Meeting

October 13 6:30 PM

Vistabon

804 16th Avenue, East Moline

Sept. 18 Meeting Our speaker will be Jackie Inman, Rock Island Center. Director, USO of Illinois and I am sure you don’t want

to miss it! The USO provides a location where soldiers are able to stop by for snacks, water or soft drinks at any time. These are received by the USO through donations as very little funding is available. PLEASE BRING A DONATION to the meeting. Items they could use are packages of beef jerky, individual packaged snacks (chips, cookies, nuts, etc), bottled water, soft drinks, Gatoraid, candy bars, etc. THANK YOU!

Annual Picnic Saturday, Sept. 27 is

our annual picnic, 5PM

to 7PM. We have

reserved the Ben

Butterworth Parkway

Pavilion located east of Captain’s Table. Look for the

Exchange signs. Meat will be provided. Please bring a

dish to pass, your own place setting and a friend. If you

have a game to play, please bring that, too.

Calendar of Events

September 13 Golf Outing at Golfmohr Golf

Course, 12:00 PM

September 18 Regular Meeting, The Windmill, 6:30 PM. Speaker: Jackie Inman, Rock Island Center. Director, USO of Illinois

September 27 “Gather Around the Campfire” Picnic, Ben Butterworth Parkway -Pavilion farthest east of “Captains Table”, 5 PM – 7 PM

October 2 Regular Meeting, The Windmill, 6:30 PM. Speaker: Bill Stoermer, Exelon Corp., Quad Cities Generating Station

October 13 Board Meeting – 6:30 PM Vistabon 804 16th Ave. East Moline

Freedom Run A message from Daryl Reitz,

Program Chairperson:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the

Freedom Run on August 7. The runners enjoyed

seeing the flags, as did the many spectators who saw

the flag holders lining the route. Thanks also to Bob

Hellstrom for distributing the shirts. What a great

Americanism project so many of you supported!

September

Birthdays Kevin Wallace 9/8 Ray Garbett 9/23

Anniversaries Karl and Mary Jean Adlon 9/8/79 Ralph and Lucy Wilshusen 9/24/66

Celebrations

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Dining Club Books

Jim Moews now has the Dining Club books. The books this year have 27 new restaurants for a total of 139

restaurants. Cost is still $35.00 with $10.00 going to the Exchange Club. Jim will have them at our first meeting but for now anyone can call him at 496-9046 and he'll be glad to drop them off.

Aledo Exchange

Golf & Steak

A Guest Night & GOLF OUTING are planned for

Thursday, Sept. 25 at Oak View Country Club! A 12:00 Noon start time is planned for anyone wishing to Golf. The cost for the Steak Fry is $20.00 each, tax & tip included. Contact Gerald Paulsen at <girls60@frontiernet.net> if interested.

Pizza Ranch Fundraiser Pictures

At the entrance, Gordy and Cindy Cornelius greet

customers and GiveAKidAFlagToWave to the

youngsters.

(L-R): Sue Swisher, Ron Murphy, Judy Greer, Jim

Moews and funny man Joe Knapp are the servers,

bringing dishes from the kitchen to the tables.

You say it’s your birthday? We clap our hands and sing

to you, as (L-R, standing) Connie Yuknis, Carol

Murphy, Joe Knapp and, seated, Joe and Kathy

Johnson demonstrate.

Bob Dixon chats with customers as he busses tables.

{From Wikipedia: The term for a busser in the classic

brigade de cuisine system is commis de débarrasseur,

or simply débarrasseur. I didn’t know that!}

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It can be a long evening, so breaks are a necessity, as

demonstrated by (L-R) Lois Dixon, Mary Jean Adlon

and Pat Tank.

As our shift nears completion, it’s clean-up time and Bob Dixon is not going to let that crumb escape the

battery-powered sweeper.

The Queens are in The Counting House . . .

and they are (L-R) Louise Hellstrom, Fern Greer, Lois Swinburn and Mary Jean Adlon.

THANK YOU,

PIZZA RANCH!

Some of us were there for 5 hours and I can tell you that while we were busy most of the time and it was nice to relax at the end, it was, by far, not the hardest work I’ve done. The Pizza Ranch people were very helpful and

understanding, as this was our first time doing this. It was nice to hear that they were happy with our efforts and I expect we will be happy to do this again next year.

Thanks you, Pizza Ranch!!

--Karl Adlon, Editor

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Messier 22

Sometimes just “M22”, this globular star cluster is about 10,500 light-years away and contains about 70,000 stars.

In case you were wondering, yes, I took this picture – with the Quad Cities

Astronomical Association’s 20-inch telescope in Dixon, IA. --Karl

Editor Karl Adlon

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2013-2014 Goals

Grow Membership by four (4)

new members

Increase club visibility

Find and promote new

fundraisers

Involve more members in club

activities

Have FUN!

Just ASK!

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Community

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Next Event

Sept. 13: Golf

Outing