NOV2009

Nov. 10: Ruth IttelNov. 11: Judy HevelNov. 11: Carol ShinglerNov. 12: Sally CopeNov. 12: Dave KietzmanNov. 13: John HevelNov. 15: Lou MikolicsNov. 15: Polly KoestersNov. 22: Mary Ann ThompsonNov. 24: Rosemarie EhrhardtNov. 26: Charlie DealNov. 26: Evelyn CampbellNov. 29: Cas Wiseman

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 1DATES TO REMEMBER 1 SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS 1MEETING HIGHLIGHTS 2 & 3 BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH 1OTHER AREA CLUBS 3 ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEES 4PICTURES OF EVENTS on insert pagesPuns, quotes & Bible verse wherever

I HOPE THEY BROUGHT A

CAN OF FOOD ON THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH!

Pamela Heinemann receives a $300check from President Tim O'Brien for The Center for Possibilities after her program on Oct. 14th.

Nov 4 : Brian Snedecor City Officials Grants / ProgramsNov 11: Jenny Lynn Tom Jenkins Long Term Care InsuranceNov 18: Sheila Debonis Tim Brown Regional Bus AuthorityNov 25: Club Forum

Dear Fellow Kiwanians,

I would like to thank everyone in the Hobart Kiwanis Club for doing such a great job with this years peanut sales. As you know, we sold a record number of peanuts this year! Each and every one of you was crucial to the success of this years sale, however I would like to say a special thanks to Jim and Kay Moody for being in charge of this years event. I would also like to extend a special thank you to Tom and Dottie Lackey for overseeing the street sales and all of this years team captains, Polly Koesters, Karen Robbins, Jan Gornick, Ken Buczek, Rich and Maggie Lain, Judy Patrick and Cas and Kay Wiseman. With your continued support and hard work, we can look forward to record sales for many years to come.

Sincerely,

Tim O'Brien

NOV: Bring COATS & GLOVES for kids to Linda BuzinecNOV.2,3,4 H1N1 FLUE SHOTS free at Hobart High School (942 8885)NOV. 4:Pack BOXES FOR SOLDIERS at the Y at 9 am. NOV. 11: VETERANS' DAY LUNCHEON @ VALPARAISO NOON CLUB NOV. 12: BUSINESS EXPO @ County Line Orchard NOV. 16-21: "OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD" Boxes due in.DEC. 3 :CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHRISTMAS PARTY (4-6 pm, & 7- 8 pm "after hours" part FREEDEC. 6: KIWANIS CHRISTMAS PARTY 4-7 PM AT CHAMBER $5 per person with wine tasting. Bring white elephant gift for exchange.DEC 3: MERRILLVILLE CLUB'S CHRISTMAS PARTY @ the Patio $26.00DEC. 8: MERRILLVILLE CLUB'S MEATLOAF DINNER @ Our Lady of Consolation Church. $8.00 ( IT'S CLARISE'S BIRTHDAY TOO.)

november birthdays

Sherry Williams observes Larry Barrasas as he directs our great Food Panty Drive

OCTOBER 7TH MEETING NOTES (BY ANDREA HARTY)

OCTOBER 14TH MEETING NOTES by JANET DEALOPENING: Pres. Tim O'Brien led us in singing "God Bless America" and the Pledge PRAYER: Paul SheehyGUESTS: Janet Nowell and Pamela Heinemann HAPPY BUCKS: Many for LARRY BARRASAS for our very great FOOD PANTRY DRIVE! TIM O'BRIEN for his alum Northwestern's win over Ohio. MIKE ADAMS for upcoming events:October Fest next Saturday, the Chamber's Open House this Thursday, and for seeing Ray Rodriguez back at Kiwanis. JIM SCHENHER for the Ed. Foundation & peanuts. KAY MOODY for all the kids who helped the food drive, some of whom learned the difference in veggies and fruits! CHARLIE DEAL is happy that he and JANET had a wonderful 6217 mile road trip to Seattle and back. Several people urged attendance at the Ed. Foundation event. LARRY BARRASAS thanked all who helped with the Food Drive, especially the great kids. HE WOULD LIKE ALL IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR, so share your thoughts. CAROL SHINGLER'S fundraiser raised $2580 and her husband had some successful eye surgery. There was a drawing for those who participated. The SHINGLER'S will be grandparents soon. JANET DEAL thanked JAY VETTICKAL and ANDREA HARTY and others who helped to get the October newsletter out in her absence. MARGO BROWN is happy with the upcoming Barn dedication.SHARON TARRY said the BABY-SITTING 101 went well at the "Y". That is one of our service projects.CAROL SHINGLER was thanked for her food preparation at the Food Pantry for the workers.HAPPY BIRTHDAY was sung to PAT DANKO, TONY DEBONIS, SHIRLEY RHODY, RAY RODRIGUEZ AND LISA FIELD.50/50 @ $805.50. SAM HICKS shuffled the cards, and JAY VETTICKAL did not draw the Q of Spades.ANNOUNCEMENTS: PARTY ON WEDNESDAY, OCT 21ST, AT THE BRICKYARD BREWERY. LARRY reported there were 27 KIWANIS MEMBERS helping, 27 ROTC helped, 12 from the BUILDERS CLUB and 12 from the KEY CLUB on last Saturday's FOOD PANTRY DRIVE. THANKS TO ALL. JIM BURNS gave appreciation Kiwanis shirts to JANET DEAL (for the newsletter) and to DAVE ALBRECHT (for being a founding member). Those two had been absent at the earlier presentations.PROGRAM: TIM O'BRIEN introduced PAMELA HEINEMANN, our speaker. She spoke to us of the wonderful work that is done by THE CENTER FOR POSSIBILITIES, 22 Tyler Avenue, Hobart. (near River Forest HS). Their work is with children age 0 to 18 who have disabilities. Presently they work with fourteen families, but want us to give out the pamphlets to anyone we know who might make use of them now or in the future. CALL-(219) 962 5751 for more information. "You are not alone. We can help." That is their motto, and they seek to help those families who are raising a child with a disability and need any kind of helpSCRIPTURE: SHEILA DEBONIS (program notes continued after inserted pages)

Song ledbyCasWiseman:“OBeautifulforSpaciousSkies"Prayer ledbySheilaDubonis Pledge ledbyTimO’BrienHappyBucks:KayMoody‐forthewalkandEvelyn,KayMarcus‐grocerydistributions,FrancesciaJNHSmember,thewalk,Evelyn‐supportforthewalk,Rosemarie‐forthewalk,thespeakingatthewalk,JudyR‐walk,newpresident,KayMoodyhashershirtandpinontoday,DonAttel‐50yearanniversaryandwasintheSmokeyMountainsonamotorscooter,LindaBuzinec‐forTomandEvelyn,Larry‐forthefooddrive,KenBuczek‐attendanceattheclothingdriveforkidsonSaturday,JimBurns‐forthenewofficers,Sheila‐walk,Marilyn’sDonationinTom’sname,Reita‐backfromvacation,DottieLackey‐Kim&Stash,Ruth50,RaleighandJudy50,Margogotit,Dale‐JimBurnsforPresidency,Timforsuccess,stepsongotacceptedtoFBI,Cas‐PurdueBoilermakersforlearninghowtoloseafootballgame,Mike‐Afghanistanwaranniversarytoday,gladhe’snotthereGuests:DalePolomchak,SylviaBirthdays:SamHicks50/50$762.50SamHickspulledtheJokerAnnouncements: 1stWednesdayofmonthdonationforfoodpantry,NFLbehindbreastcancer,walkonSunday‐greatweather,wonderfulturnout,Evelynspokegreatwords,Margo‐TrickorTreatattheCountyLineOrchardforsponsorship,Tim‐Wal‐Mart3rdgolfoutingforChildren’sMiracleNetworkatAberdeen11/14/099‐12,LindaBuzinec‐CoatDriveatSMMC,Kay‐SignupforCelebrationPartyatBrewery,andthankyoucardsforpeanutsaleswillbeherenextweekwithstampsGuest Speaker: Dale Polomchak from the Hobart YMCAHe discussed giving back to the community. He works with the Hobart Council on Aging on getting affordable transportation for seniors. The Maria Reiner foundation gave grant monies and they signed up 114 seniors since May 28 to participate in the program. The number one destination for the seniors was Walmart. He also stated that the seniors use the service for doctors appointments or hospital visits.

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KIWANIS PEANUT WRAP UPOctober 21, 2009I. Thanks to the following for a successful peanut drive.A. Mary Neese, Tim O’Brien’s administrative assistant who assisted with record keeping and getting peanuts to everyone. Gift certificate to Brickworks for the beer sampler.B. Tim O’Brien, gift certificate to Brickworks for beer sampler.C. Judy Candiano, great record keeping, gift certificate to Brickworks for dinner.II. Street Sales: $3,162.11—Thanks to the following businesses: Walmart $1036.40; Strack’s, $1065.56; Walgreens, $433.20; Post Office, $345.32; and Key Market, $281.63. A. Judy and John Hevel, got locations for street sales, Gift certificate to Brickworks for dinner.B. Tom and Dottie Lackey, chaired the street sales, Gift certificate to Gelsosomo’s for a pizza.III. Team captains each got a gift certificate to the Brickworks for beer sampler.A. Maggie and Rich LainB. Ken BuczekC. Cas and Kay WisemanD. Polly KoestersE. Karen RobbinsF. Judy PatrickG. Jan Gornick’s Team-CCR was the top team with $4914.40 in sales and donations-gift certificate to 54 Main Bistro for a bottle of wine with dinner.IV. 19 sold between 10 and 20 cases.A. Peggy Buffington-16B. Jim Burns-10C. Bill and Sally Cope-17D. Pat Danko-10E. Rosemare and Tom Ehrhardt-16F. Jan Gornick-10G. Joel Helding-10H. Sam Hicks-15I. Ruth and Don Ittel-17J. Polly Koesters-19K. Tom and Dottie Lackey-10L. Rich and Maggie Lain-19M. Jim and Kay Moody-17N. Tim O’Brien-14O. Rich and Judy Riba-17P. Carol Shingler-10Q. Sharon Tarry-16R. Reita and Gene Torin-12S. Monica Wiley-13V. 6 sold 20 to 30 cases for a total of 139 casesA. Margo Brown-25, gift certificate to Olive garden B. Ken Buczek-23C. Sheila and Ton DeBonis-22.5D. Bill Heuring-21E. John and Judy Hevel-24F. Sherry Williams-23VI. Top sales for a total of 141 casesA. Third place: Janet and Charlie Deal, 44 cases-$40 gift certificate to RPCCB. Second place: Judy and Raleigh Enslen, 48 cases-$50 gift certificate to ParagonC. First Place: Kay and Cas Wiseman, 49 cases- $50 gift certificate to Country Lounge

VII. As of 10/26/09, we’ve taken in $28,514.99 for a profit of $17,621.24.

VIII. Party at Brickworks Brewing Company.IX. Thanks to the following businesses who generously donated gift certificates: the Brickworks Brewery, Gelsosomo’s Pizza, River Point Country Club, the Country Lounge, Paragon, and 54 Main Bistro.

JIM AND KAY MOODY

3rd place: Charlie & Janet Deal sold 44 cases this year and happily pass along the Peanut trophy after 6 years!

2nd Place: Raleigh and Judy Enslen sold 48 cases, only one less thanthe top sales! Super!

1ST PLACE: CAS AND KAY WISEMANSOLD 49 CASES. They are holding the MR. PEANUT award.

Jim and Kay Moody wear fun hats and give out awards for the Peanuts Drive.

Tom and Dottie Lackey handled the street sales.New text block.

PAGE 3OCTOBER 21, 2009 MEETING NOTES by JANET DEALSONG: "Oh Beautiful" led by Cas Wiseman PRAYER: by DANNY LIECHTY PLEDGE: TIM O'BRIENGUESTS: MARY NEESE, ANGELA GRABCZAK, WILL EDMONDS, SYLVIA AND BABY GRACE ANNE RENN.HAPPY BUCKS: Many congratulations for Baby GRACE RENN (one month old daughter of JEFF and CHRISTY RENN (see photo at right). JIM MOODY is glad the peanuts drive is over! MIKE ADAMS is the new happy bucks collector. GENE TORIN is happy for the Hobart win! JUDY HEVEL glad to be back. SHERRY WILLIAMS thanked all for the Food Pantry help. MARGO BROWN has 18 sponsors! CAS WISEMAN is very happy about the Purdue win. MONICA WILEY is happy that MIKE ADAMS has a new job!ANNOUNCEMENTS:k MIKE ADAMS says the ribbon cutting for the Brickyard Brewery was awesome.k Nov. 12th the Hobart Chamber Business Bureau @ the County Line Orchard k CAS WISEMAN received $27 for pop tabs recently. Keep collecting them!k SHARON TARRY needs helpers to distribute our Dictionaries to five hundred 3rd graders. k PEGGY BUFFINGTON said H1N1 shots will be available Nov. 2,3, & 4th vrom 3 to 8 pm at HHS call

942-8885 free! k KAY WISEMAN REMINDED US THAT DUES ARE DUE NOW! $50 NOW AND ANOTHER $50 IN APRIL OR ALL

$100 NOW. PLEASE PAY YOUR DUES. k There are seventeen new FOREIGHN EXCHANGE STUDENTS in our High School. Wonderful!50/50 @ $814.00. JUDY PATRICK drew the ten of diamonds. That Queen of Spades is in the 23 remaining cards!PEANUTS AWARDS GIVEN OUT BY KAY AND JIM MOODY: Special thanks to MARY NEESE for keeping excellent tabs on the peanuts from TIM O'BRIEN'S office. See next page for awards and pictures.PROGRAM: MONICA WILEY presented WILL EDMONDS AND ANGELA GRABCZAK from North Coast Distributing who explained their distribution business and gave out wonderful hats and shirts. Much fun had by all.SCRIPTURE: from Matthew. OCTOBER 28, 2009 MEETING NOTES by JANET DEALSONG: God Bless America, led by Cas Wiseman. PLEDGE: led by Tim O'Brien PRAYER: by Janet DealINTERCLUB; 8 members of the Merrillville Breakfast Club!HAPPY BUCKS: MIKE ADAMS for the NY Yankees being in the World Series! Margo Brown has 25 sponsors for the Halloween night Trick or Treating. SHARON TARRY thanked all who signed up to give our dictionaries (and all slots are filled!) CLARISE GRILLO Noter Dame is back!" Several Merrillville members were happy to be here and gave a happy buck!.JIM BURNS was happy to see his other club, Merrillville, here! POLLY KOESTERS will be grandma again in 90 days! Several were given for the party at the Brickyard Brickworks last week. Cas was happy for the Peanut Party. DOUG PEARSON, principal of St. Bridgits' School needs a SANTA for the second week in December. THANK YOU NOTES:from Evelyn Campbell for the Memorial Cancer Walk participants and gift. From Sheila DeBonis and the Phi Beta Psi Sorority for the same walk. One from the Equestrians for our gift to them. One from Pam Heinemann's Center for Possibilities for our donation to them.HAPPY BIRTHDAY: JAY VETTICKAL and JACK GRENNES50/50 @ $843. JAY VETTICKAL'S son Tyne drew the 10 of hearts, so Jay didn't get a special birthday present.PROGRAM: JIM BURNS introduced JUDY FORD who told us of the wonderful "OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD" BOXES program which sends shoe-box-sized packages filled with simple needs like toothbrushes, combs, soap, sox, tiny toy or book and an optional page about yourself to children all over the work whose areas have been declared as disaster areas. Fill a box and take to Burns Funeral homes between Dec. 16th and 21st and Jim will get them to Judy. Or go on line here and see what more you can do: www.samaritanspurse.org/ezgive CLUB FORUM: COMMITTEES MET AND FRAMED THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. Among those are the Youth Services promotion of the BUG program in all Hobart Schools, the Healthy Kids Day and Germ Glow at St. Bridgets in the spring. Sponsored Programs sited Key Club activities and Builder's Club plans. Human & Spiritual Values are planning a project for underprivileged children in the future.SCRIPTURE: read by SAM HICKS: II Samuel 22: 29 You are my lamp, O LORD; the LORD turns my darkness into light. JANET DEAL INVITES YOU TO GO TO THIS WEB PAGE FOR A FANTASTIC THANKSGIVING GREETING.http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=WQ26144948

Hobart Breakfast Kiwanis Club

Founded February 24, 1975

P.O. Box 491

Hobart, IN 46342

Wednesday 7:15 a.m.

Paragon Restaurant

1701 E. 37th Ave.

Hobart, IN 46342

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CommitteesClub Meeting and Administration: Tim O'Brien, Chairperson Bill Cope, and Les ReaganCommunity Service: , Chairman (NEED CHAIRPERSON) Carl Atseff, Larry Barrasas, Ken Buczek, Judy Candiano, Charlie Deal, Sheila DeBonis,Tom Ehrhardt, Judy Enslen, Raleigh Enslen, Janet Herrick, Jim Herrick, Don Ittel, Betsy Kietzman, Dave Kietzman, Dotty Lackey, Rich Lain, Maggie Lain, Tom Lackey, Marilyn Leach, Judy Riba, Rich Riba, Mary Ann Thompson, Raleigh Thompson, Gene Torin, Reita Torin, Vince Verduzco, Cas Wiseman, Josh Krause, Jack Burger, Carla Burger, Ray Rodriguez, Larry Martin, Phil Speer, Patty Rees, Mike Adams, Karen RobbinsHuman and Spiritual Values: Ruth Ittel and Sherry Williams, Co- Ch. Carl Atseff, Dave Albrecht, , Bill Barber, Gary Brubaker, Bill Heuring, Dan Liechty, Patty Rees, David Spitzer, Reita TorinSocial Committee Kay Moody, Chairperson Jim Burns, Ken Buczek, Linda Buzinec, Tony DeBonis, Sheila DeBonis, Rosemarie Ehrhardt, Janet Herrick, Polly Koesters, Jim Moody, Tim O'Brien, Judy Patrick, Carol Shingler, Kathy Smith, Jim Thorne, Jay VettickalMembership Growth & Education: Linda Buzinec & Paul Sheehy, Co- Ch. June Barrassas, Larry Barrassas, Sally Cope, John Hevel, Monica WileyPublic Relations: Rich Riba janet Deal: newsletter editor Peggy Buffington,Lisa Field, Andrea Harty, Judy Hevel, Elsie Koleff, Steve Toth, Jay Vettickal, Christy RennSponsored Programs: KEY CLUB at Hobart High School: Alice Cope, & Kari Roach, Co Sponsors meets in Rm.226 Nicky Bush-Rodriguez, Dan Liechty, Reita Torin, Robert Glover, Dave Spitzer, Lou Mikolics, Gene Torin, Sam Hicks BUILDERS CLUB at Hobart Middle Sch.: Crystal Kistler, sponsor Rm.101 Bill Cope, Karen Robbins, Sam Hicks, Reita Torin, Tim O'Brien, Jeff RennYoung Children Priority One: Marcia Speer, Chairperson Rich Anderson, Margo Brown, Evelyn Campbell, Pat Danko, Dale Marcus, Kay Marcus, Christine McCollum, Judy Patrick, Marlene Rhode, Shirley RhodyYouth Services: Sharon Tarry, Chairperson Carla Burger, Bruce Bush, Joel Helding, Ruth Ittel, Jenny Lynn, Mark Malczewski, Jeff Renn, Paul Sheehy, Phil Speer, Brian Snedecor

OFFICERS

President: Tim O'Brien timothy.obrien@edwardjones.comVice President: Mike Adams madams@hobartchamber.comSecretaries: Kay Wiseman 942-6338 & Nicky Bush-Rodriquez nicky.rodriquez@ccr.eduTreasurer: Judy Candiano jacandiI1226@comcast.net

Past President : Jim Burns

Board of Directors:one year term two year termReita Torin Jim BurnsMike Adams Alice CopeLinda Buzinec Andrea HartyKaren Robbins Julie KrauseBetsy Kietzman Paul SheehySam Hicks Rosemarie Ehrhart INDIANA DISTRICT OFFICERS: GOVERNOR: Darwin DeLaughter (vdelaughter@msn.com)EXEC. DIRECTOR: Susan Walker ( susan@indkiw.org)LT GOV. DUNELAND Ronald Schafer (ronschafer@csinet.net)

I HOPE THEY

EACH BROUGHT

A CAN OF FOOD

TOO, RED.Special day: Oct. 4, 2009. Our Evelyn Campbell stands in the center of her son and daughter and their spouses at the wonderful Thomas CampbellMemorial Cancer Walk. Tom would have been our President last year, but he passed away. Tom was a wonderful man and we miss him. This was sponsored by Kiwanis and Phi Beta Psi.

THIS AREA WILL BE

UPDATED VERY SOON.

OUR SYMPATHY IS GIVEN TO SAM HICKS and his family in the passing of his grandfather,George Drake.