KiwanisMissouri-Arkansas District

March 2012Serving the Children of the World™

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GENE BARTLEY

Governor

GARY GOEBEL

Governor Elect

BARBARA “BARB” THOMPSON

Immediate Past Governor

DAVID A. GREEN

Secretary-Treasurer

PAM NAPPIER

Circle K Governor

BRANDON WHITTLE

Key Club Governor

DON E. SCHAEFER

Kiwanigram Editor

Kiwanis Roll Call: As of March5, 2012 the number of KiwanisClubs in the Missouri-ArkansasDistrict - 201; number of mem-bers: 6,058.

You have been hearing about and readingabout the Kiwanis International Conventioncoming up this summer in New Orleans. So,this is no big news. But the time for actionis now! You can register on line, use a formfrom the Kiwanis magazine, or get a formfrom your club secretary. You can also takecare of your hotel reservation the same way.

The official hotel for Mo-Ark is the NewOrleans Marriott on Canal Street. It’s a longwalk to the Convention Center, but don’tworry, there will be a shuttle service, asalways. And, the Marriott is closer toJackson Square. We will share that hotelwith the Illinois-Eastern Iowa, Kansas, andRocky Mountain Districts.

There will be a Mo-Ark District Dinnerthis year—at the Palace Café, Thursday, 6:30p.m., June 28. No transportation problem,it’s just across the street from our hotel. Youwill need to make reservations, using a formprovided by the District Secretary. The din-ners are $50 each, and you must select fromentrees on the form. Look for the form onthe Mo-Ark web site. (See the Palace website at <http://www.palacecafe.com/>)

Make reservations early. Space at the din-ner is limited to 175 and we are to share thiswith the Kansas District. (Maybe you willhear some of the old-timers talk about theold Mo-Kan-Ark District.)

The deadline for the June issue is May 25.

Mid-Winter, or was it Mid-Spring?

WOW! What a great Mid-Winter

Conference? Starting with the temperatures

being in the sixties & seventies rather than the

normal thirties, to the great attendance that we

had this year in Springdale, Arkansas.

We also had the pleasure of hosting the Kiwanis International

President and First Lady, Alan and Jeri Penn, at this year’s confer-

ence. Alan and Jeri spent an entire week in our district visiting

our club meetings, SLP meetings and getting a first hand look at

many of the projects that we have going here in Mo-Ark. Alan

and Jeri seemed very impressed with what they saw, as we were

very impressed with them as our International leaders.

The highlight of their many visits may have been the one to

Lee Elementary in Springdale. The Lee Elementary K-Kids pre-

sented Alan with a check for over $400, which came from a coin

drive they did for our Eliminate Project. The kids were ecstatic

when the President told them that this donation made them the

Number One K-Kid contributor in the entire Kiwanis World to

the Eliminate Project.

Our conference contained some great forums where we were

able to impart a little District and International education.

Attendees learned more about our district project, Healthy

Lifestyles for Children and were given more information on our

International campaign against MNT. We are so happy to

announce that we increased our Walter Zeller Fellowship from 39

at the start of the conference to 50 by the end of the closing ses-

sion on Sunday morning. Thank You Mo-Ark for stepping up

and making a difference in such an important project that can

save babies and mothers lives for such a low cost.

Thanks to each and every one of you that attended the confer-

ence and made it the success it was. Thank You!

Governor Gene

Gov. Gene Bartley

June 28 - July 1, 2012

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Alan Penn Makes Impression on Mo-Ark

At the Saturday noon lunch-eon KI President Alan Pennput on a Mo-Ark t-shirt andthen began to interview peo-ple in the audience about whythey are in Kiwanis. (On thecover, President Penn isshown with members of theSpringdale ERC Aktion Club.)

Kiwanis International President AlanPenn and his wife, Jeri, did not come toour Mid-Winter Conference to make justa couple of appearances and a speech.They wanted to be involved in every-thing and get a feel of how our districtworks—down to the club level. Theyspent a whole week with us, visiting asmany Kiwanis clubs, SLP clubs, andprojects as the Mo-Ark leaders lined up.

New this year at Mid-Winter was theBasket Raffle! Clubs brought baskets ofgoodies, raffle tickets were bought, andtickets were drawn for the winners.More than $2,500 was raised for theEliminate Project.

A complete report on the Mid-WinterConference will be in a Networker.

Below left, Past Governor BarbThompson presents a specialplaque to Mo-Ark Secretary-Treasurer David Green. Belowcenter, Judy Welch of Newportwas one of about three peoplewho won two baskets each in theraffle. Below right is song direc-tor Jack Mase of the RogersBreakfast Kiwanis Club.

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K-Kids Start Big in Two Schools in Mo-Ark

Kiwanis Clubs in both Huntsvilleand Fort Smith went all out to mark thechartering of their very first K-Kidsgroup. Both occasions included themayors of their respective cities.

In Huntsville it was a Charter NightJanuary 17 that included the kids, par-ents, school officials, and Kiwanians inthe school cafeteria. There were 66charter members. Long before theirchartering datethey were busyhelping theHuntsvilleKiwanis Clubwith Thanksgiv-ing and Christ-mas activitiesand planning school service projects.

The Fort Smith Commissary KiwanisClub likewise made big plans for thechartering of the city’s first K-Kids club.The Cavanaugh Elementary School’s K-

These students at Cavanaugh Elementary School were the first group of K-Kidsformed in Fort Smith (Ark.) Sponsored by the Fort Smih Commissary KiwanisClub, they were chartered February 22.

Huntsville K-Kids PresidentNick Garrett with KI PresidentAlan Penn and his wife, Jeri.

These are the charter officers and board mem-bers of the Huntsville Intermediate School K-Kids at their Charter Night January 17.

This is theBuilders Club ofUnion MiddleSchool, spon-sored by theKiwanis Club ofUnion, Missouri.

Kids were chartered February 22, andtheir school principal reminded thekids that they are “making historytoday”—on Washington’s Birthday.Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sandershanded out certificates to the twenty-two charter members. Chuck Raneyof the sponsoring club installed thenew officers.

Both Kiwanis clubs had special t-shirts designed and made for each oftheir new K-Kids members.

Huntsville K-Kids cake

Here are the Lee Elementary K-Kidswith some Kiwanians from ColumbiaBoonslick, their sponsoring club.

Cavanaugh K-Kids President MeganJowers gongs open their first meeting.

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Baseball interest is growing, andplaces to workout are scarce. Withthat in mind, the Springdale KiwanisClub, which sponsors both the CalRipken (ages 7-12) and Babe Ruth(13-18) little leagues in Springdale,has opened an indoor hitting andpitching facility to cater to this needfor a place where kids can work ontheir baseball skills.

The Kiwanis Club of North LittleRock, Ark. is in the midst of theKiwanis Reading Club BookDistributions this month. This projectfurnishes books to fourth graders.

The Maumelle (Ark.) KiwanisClub had its charter night March 13 atthe Maumelle Country Club. TomSullivan was the Mo-Ark new clubbuilder and the sponsoring clubs werethe North Little Rock Kiwanis andthe Conway Kiwanis clubs.

The Mexico (Mo.) Kiwanis Club

held their largest project on Feb. 4—they served over 725 customers pan-cakes and sausages.The Mexico HighSchool Key Club and Mexico MiddleSchool Builders Club helped waittables and got a share of the ticketsthat they sold.

On February 29 Kiwanis Inter-national President Alan Penn and FirstLady Jeri had a breakfast and tour ofJoseph Pfeifer Kiwanis Camp atFerndale, Ark., with Executive DirectorSanford Tollette. The Pfeifer Kiwanis

Camp is a non-profit facility ownedand operated since 1929 by theDowntown Kiwanis Club of LittleRock.

In January the St. Joseph (Mo.)Kiwanis Club stuffed bags of food at

From the clubs

NEWS BRIEFS

This little girl at the Early ChildhoodLearning Center in Union, Missouri, justloved her Christmas stocking shereceived from the Union Kiwanis Club.

The St. Joseph (Mo.) Kiwanis Club par-ticipated in the annual Helen Davis StateSchool Christmas party and even fur-nished this Kiwanian Santa Claus.

Aktion Club members, sponsored by theCape Girardeau Kiwanis Club, assembleValentine’s Day candy bouquets for theSEMO Alliance for Disability Independence.

These are shoes collected by theColumbia Golden K Kiwanis Clubfor the Shoeman Project—that fundsclean water projects.

These Liberty (Mo.) Kiwanis Club mem-bers volunteered at the Winter Carnivalfor Liberty Parks and Recreation thatraised funds for scholarships

The Columbia Kiwanis Club led the Holiday Parade in Columbia with a wagon andhorses. This was a public relations activity for Kiwanis as hundreds of residents comeout to watch. (Looks a bit like an old hay ride.)

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the Tullio Jacuzzi Outstanding HighSchool Senior Award to a senior ineach of the area high schools. Thiswas done February 6 this year and theawards went to five high school sen-iors. Tullio Jacuzzi is a longtimemember of the Pulaski Heights Club.

The Oak Park High School KeyClub, sponsored by the Kiwanis Clubof North Kansas City had a new proj-ect this year. Hy-Vee Foods donatedto them cases of valentine cookies.

The Key Club baked the cookies andsold them, raising $176.50.

The Bentonville (Ark.) KiwanisClub has been preparing Christmasfood baskets for the needy since 1954.This year they handed these out to 600families. Eight-five-year-old GuyWilkerson has been chairing this proj-ect since its inception 57 years ago andhe is still going strong.

The Kiwanis Club of Bridgeton,

These are the officers of the Greenwood (Ark.) Kiwanis Club who made possible this“Trail of Lights” last December. At $3 per car they made nearly $3,000.

These are the charter members, with Kiwanians, of the new Hancock High School KeyClub. The club was chartered December 30 and sponsored by Gravois Kiwanis.

The North Little Rock Kiwanis Club had their Pancake Breakfast February 24 atApplebees. They cleared $1,600 and had 19 of their members working.

Kelli Gilmer kept pancakes cooking at theHuntsville (Ark.) Pancake Breakfast.

The Kiwanis Club of West St. CharlesCounty served the athletes of DASA.

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Center and the keynote speaker will beKiwanis International President AlanPenn.

The Carrollton (Mo.) Kiwanis Clubdistributed dictionaries to third-gradestudents in six local elementaryschools. A Key Club and BuildersClub member are guests at each week-ly meeting of Carrollton Kiwanis.

Each year the Pulaski Heights(Little Rock) Kiwanis Club has a highschool awards banquet and presents

the local Second Harvest Food Bankfor their Backpack Buddies programthat provides healthful food for chil-dren from food insecure homes totake with them over the weekend.

The Columbia (Mo.) Kiwanis Clubwill celebrate its 90th anniversary onApril 5, 2012. The club was charteredwith the sponsorship of the SaintLouis Downtown Club. The eventwill be held at the Peachtree Banquet

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Mo., uses the RIF program soPattonville pre-schoolers can choose abook to take home three times a yearAfter Kiwanians read to the classes,the students get to choose their ownbook to take home from a wide varietyof books. Members of the club labeleach book with a sticker that says,“Enjoy Reading from the BridgetonKiwanis Club.”

The Kiwanis Club of West St.

Charles County (Mo.) served dinnerto a Student Center full of hungry ath-letes and their families February 18.The athletes were from teams compet-ing in the St. Louis Regional PowerSoccer Tournament. The tournamentwas sponsored by the Disabled AthleteSports Association (DASA) and held atthe Saint Charles Community College.

The Cape Girardeau Kiwanis Clubagain helped with the Polar Plunge.The area Plunge had over 300 taking

the chilly dip to raise nearly $40,000for Special Olympics. As usual, CapeKiwanis cooked hot dogs for thecrowd. Central Middle School K-Kidsand the Circle K members took theplunge to help raise more cash.

The Southside High School KeyClub, sponsored by the CommissaryKiwanis Club of Fort Smith, Ark.,worked in the library of CavanaughElementary School to brighten it upfor the charter pizza luncheon of the

Tullio Jacuzzi, with the five Little Rock studentswho were honored with the Tullio Jacuzzi Out-standing High School Senior Award this year.

Lloyd “Lurch” Lapore was oneof several North Kansas CityKiwanians who rang bells forthe Salvation Army this year.

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Once again the Kiwanis Club of NorthKansas City distributed free dictionaries tothird grade classes in five local schools.

For 18 years the Christmas For Kids Committee and the Kiwanis Club of Ozark Coastin Lake Ozark, Mo., have been making Christmas a little special for needy childen(more than 1,800 childen this past year.) Pictured here are many of gifts that are pre-pared for the kids to pick up.

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This busy scene is from preparing the57th Annual Food Basket Program for theneedy done by Bentonville (Ark.) Kiwanis.

Hot Springs Village KiwanisClub members painted lockersat Garland County Headstart.

The Siloam Springs Kiwanis Club is collectingstuffed toys to donate to the local fire and policedepartments to help comfort children present whenlaw enforcement or rescue crews respond to calls.

school’s new K-Kids Club.

Kiwanis International PresidentAlan Penn and First Lady Jeri visitedseveral Arkansas Kiwanis clubs theweek that they were here for the Mo-Ark Mid-Winter. On his visit to theHuntsville Kiwanis Club March 1,Huntsville Mayor Kevin Hatfield (aKiwanian) gave a history of the Key ofthe City and presented Alan Penn agolden key. The club presented himwith a club t-shirt and a set of mugs.

FUTURE KIWANIS EVENTS

Mar. 30-April 1 Key Leader Camp, ThreeTrails Camp,Independence, Mo.

April 21 Kiwanis One Day

June 28 - July 1 Kiwanis InternationalConvention, New Orleans,Louisiana

June 28 - July 1 CKI International Conv.,New Orleans, Lousiana

July 4-8 Key Club InternationalConvention, Orlando,Florida

August 2-5 Mo-Ark DistrictConvention, St. Louis, Mo.

October 12-14 Key Leader Camp, Camp

Mihaska, Bourbon, Mo.

November 2-4 Key Leader Camp, Camp

Tanako, Hot Springs, Ark.

Feb. 22-24, 2013 Mo-Ark Mid-WinterConference, Holiday Inn,Springdale, Arkansas

June 26-30, 2013 Kiwanis InternationalConv., Vancouver, B.C.

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IN MEMORIAM

Division 3D. Ward Hanks

Smithville

Division 4William Bleish

Kansas City

Harold YoungWarrensburg

Division 5Jack Marshall

Fulton

Division 7Robert Swank

Bridgeton

Division 10Jewel Robertson-MinzesPulaski Co., Waynesville

Edwin G. LoreyRolla

Division 15John Schweser

Greater Hot Springs Village

Division 16Owen Hudgins

Jonesboro

Floyd HendersonKennett

Division 21BWalter Coleman

William GlasscockPaul StrackLittle Rock

Division 23Charles Sponer

Camden

Governor ElectCandidates

for 2012-2013:

BETTY FLOWERS

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At the Mid-Winter Conference inSpringdale the Mo-Ark DistrictBoard of Trustees selected JeffHartman, a member of the Pacific(Mo.) Kiwanis Club, as the Districtsecretary-treasurer to replace DavidGreen who is stepping down fromthat position at the end ofSeptember this year.

Jeff Hartman is a nativeof Franklin County, Mo.He has a B.S. degree inbusiness from BenedictineCollege in 1964 and anM.B.A. from theUniversity of Utah.Between the two degreeshe spent three years in theU.S. Army Signal Corps.

In 1972 Jeff returned to the retaillumber business where he hadworked as a boy. He became generalmanager of the Pacific LumberCompany in Pacific in 1978, a posi-tion from which he retired in 2007.He is a past president of the PacificChamber of Commerce.

Jeff's Kiwanis service began in1974 when he was elected the char-ter president for the Kiwanis Club ofPacific, Mo. He is a past distin-guished club secretary; past distin-guished club president in 1994,when the club won the InternationalEmerald Section single ServiceAward for the Pacific City ParkPlayground; past distinguished lieu-tenant governor; and received aTablet of Honor from then GovernorMike Flowers.

He was district membership

chairperson in 1999 and receivedover 250 pledges for new membersat the District Convention in KansasCity which were fulfilled in the fol-lowing 12 months.

In 2000 he was ask to rewrite theLieutenant Governor Training for

Governor Velma Wachterand continued as lieu-tenant governor trainer forthe next eight years.

In 2001 he served asChairman of the PastLieutenant Governors andoversaw the rewriting ofthe bylaws and completeda survey of over 200 pastlieutenant governors. In

2004 he chaired the Legion ofHonor Luncheon at theInternational Convention in SaintLouis.

Jeff was elected as the Region 5Trustee in 2009 and started an effortto expand the district's HealthyLifestyle Obesity Project in 2011.

Jeff lives in Villa Ridge, Mo.,with his wife of 37 years, the for-mer Miss Mary Watters. Maryworks as an administrative assistantfor the Rockwood School District inFenton, Mo., and is also a memberof the Pacific Kiwanis Club. Theyenjoy snow skiing, golf, and travel-ing, and are active in Mount OliveUnited Methodist Church.

As the District's secretary andtreasurer, Mary and Jeff hope towork together to maintain the highstandards set by current Secretary,David Green.

Jeff Hartman Named New District Secretary

District Awards at Mid-WinterThere were many awards given out at the Mid-Winter Conference in Springdale in earlyMarch. These were made to clubs, divisions,and individual Kiwanians. They were given fordistinguished clubs and divisions, club inter-clubbing, Earl Collins Foundation giving,Kiwanis International Foundation giving, mem-bership growth recognition, and special gover-nor awards. Details on these various awardswill be published in future Mo-Ark Networkers.

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