KiwanisMissouri-Arkansas District

September 2011Serving the Children of the World™

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The Kiwanigram is published fourtimes a year in March, June,September, and December at acost of $2.50 per year by the EarlCollins Foundation of theMissouri-Arkansas District ofKiwanis International, 2516South Sheridan, Springfield, MO65804. The Mo-Ark DistrictOffice is at 8320 Shady Oak Lane,Bentonville, AR 72712.

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GENE BARTLEY

Governor

GARY GOEBEL

Governor Elect

BARBARA “BARB” THOMPSON

Immediate Past Governor

DAVID A. GREEN

Secretary-Treasurer

STEPHANIE BONDS

Circle K Governor

BEN DURAN

Key Club Governor

DON E. SCHAEFER

Kiwanigram Editor

Kiwanis Roll Call: As ofSeptember 8, 2011 the number ofKiwanis Clubs in the Missouri-Arkansas District - 201; numberof members: 6,328.

A “Thank You” forall your service

Thank you for the honorand privilege of serving asthe 2010-11 Mo-Ark KiwanisGovernor. I was blessed toserve with a great team oflieutenant governors,

trustees, district chairs, governor-elect, past gov-ernor, secretary-treasurer, club officers, Key Cluband Circle K officers, and YOU, the members ofthe Mo-Ark Kiwanis clubs.

Thank you for all your service…it was over-whelming to announce Champions for Childrenat the District convention; they stand as symbolsof all the District service. You have made a BIGdifference for children and the communities thatyou serve; your love and leadership changes theirpresent and their future. Thank you for theService Leadership Programs that you have start-ed and sustained throughout the year. Thankyou also for your continued growth efforts.Every new Kiwanian makes that much more of adifference in the world. Your strong support ofthe Eliminate campaign shows that you careabout changing the world for all children.

First Gent Charlie and I thank you for yourkindness, hospitality, generosity, friendship, andpersonal expressions of support. We treasure themany gifts that you have given us and donated inour names. A special gift was that you inspiredCharlie to become a Kiwanian.

Thank you for making every day a brighterday throughout the Mo-Ark District and beyond.Now, let’s keep on growing and serving withGovernor Gene!

BARB THOMPSON

Mo-Ark Governor, 2010-2011

The deadline for the December issue is Nov. 22.

Hello Mo-Ark!

September is here and as I write this mes-

sage, so is a welcome change in the “hot”

weather we have been having this summer.

Although it is also the time we “change”

some of our district and local leadership,

don’t look for the drastic changes as we have had in the weather

this year. Jan and I want to build on the many great achievements

our leaders have accomplished over the recent years and continue

to motivate and encourage the Mo-Ark district toward Growth for

Service as my theme for this year would suggest: “More Hands -

More Service, Filling the Needs of Others.”

Let me ask you a couple of questions. Do you see the needs in

your community decreasing? I would say probably not; at least

they are not in my hometown or any other town I have recently

visited. That is why we need Kiwanis; that is why we need more

Kiwanians. Second question. Do you enjoy being a Kiwanian? I

certainly hope the answer to this question is a resounding Yes. I

hope you enjoy the feeling you get when you see a child’s eyes

light up as you present them a gift or toy at Christmas. I hope

you enjoy seeing their parent’s eyes light up when you drop off a

food basket that relieves the fear of not being able to have that

special holiday dinner.

If the answer to my second question is yes, then why not offer

that opportunity of a “feel good feeling” to a friend? Invite them to

join our great organization. There are still a few days left in this

administrative year; let’s ALL recruit just one more new member to

each of our clubs and help Governor Barbara “Finish Strong.”

I have shared with my great team of lieutenant governors how

Kiwanis International President Alan Penn wants to place empha-

size this year on “Service” and the “Club Experience.” Back to

the basics! We want YOU to enjoy being part of a local club and

enjoy providing service to our communities and to the children of

the world.

I look forward to serving with you this year and Having Fun

Serving Others!Gene Bartley

Mo-Ark Governor 2011-2012

Gov. Gene Bartley

Barb Thompson

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District, Clubs Get Awards at ConventionThe 61st annual Mo-Ark District

Convention was held August 4-7 at theArlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Ark.

Again, the presence of the AktionClub members inspired us and thisyear they had a speech contest.Kiwanians from Missouri and Arkansasabsorbed more information about howto serve their communities better.

Convention chairs Marion DuBoseand A. C. Paxton and Division 15clubs did a wonderful job hosting theconvention. Official attendance was418, which included 305 Kiwanians,80 guests, 28 kids and 5 Aktion Clubmembers.

The ELIMINATE Project, to elimi-nate maternal/neonatal tetanus, was“kicked off” with 14 Walter ZellerFellowships purchased at $1,250 each.

The Silent Auction netted $2,573,including $204 Crystal Raffle income,for the Earl Collins Foundation.

A complete report of the conventionis in Networker No. 59.

Above: KiwanisInternational TrusteeJerry Peuler presents2009-10 Mo-Ark Gov.

Mike Grimes theDistinguished

District Award forthe past year.

Right: Gwen Bondswith her “CharterZeller” Medallion.

These club repre-sentatives andtheir lieutenantgovernors wererecognized at theconvention byGovernor BarbThompson fortheir club recruit-ing one or morenew members inthe May-Junecontest and inthe July contestthis year.

Lee Schmidt with Miss Arkansas’ TeenAshton Campbell (and Huntsville High KeyClubber) at the Friday evening dinner.

Receiving the Outstanding LieutenantGovernor Awards for 2010-2011 were DanYates (19A) and Julie Magnuson (19B).They are flanked by KIF Trustee JohnHolley and KI Trustee Jerry Peuler.

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Earl Collins FoundationScholarshipsIt’s Time to Get Applicants

Below is the time line the Scholarship Committee has set so theapplications from the 23 divisions will be selected by the time we meetin Springfield, Missouri, for the Mid-Winter Conference on March 3,2012. Club presidents, please distribute copies of the application that isin the packet you receive from your Earl Collins trustee. These applica-tions and instructions may also be obtained from the Mo-Ark Districtweb site: <http://www.moarkkiwanis.org>.

TIME LINE FOR 2010-2011TRUSTEES

August/September 2011 - Contact each club president in your divi-sion ensuring that they have the scholarship packet and understand thescholarship application process.

January 14, 2012 - Complete Division Grading Form for all schol-arship applications from clubs in your division. Forward the DivisionGrading Form and applications for top three applicants, including appli-cations and supporting documentation, to the Earl Collins FoundationScholarship chair by this date.

CLUB PRESIDENTS - See specific instructions on next page

September 2011 - Fill out the bottom portion of the first page ofthe application (“Deliver to Sponsoring Kiwanis Club...”) in its entirety.If you do not fill this out, applicants do not know where to return theapplication. Make 10-12 copies of the Application and ApplicationInstructions and deliver to appropriate high school counselor for distri-bution. You may distribute to more than one high school in your com-munity and applicants need not be members of Key Club to apply.Strongly communicate the application deadline of November 30, 2011.

December 16, 2011 - Complete the Club Grading Form in itsentirety and submit it along with the top three applications and supportingdocumentation to your Division trustee by this date. Do not send theseto anyone else. The name and address of your trustee should be foundat the bottom of your instruction sheet on page 6. Be sure the club pres-ident has signed the applications.

CLUB PRESIDENTS INSTRUCTIONS FOR GRADING 2011-2012SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

YOU and your club will determine whether seniors from high schools inyour area have the opportunity to apply for an Earl Collins Foundation$750 Scholarship. You can help to improve our program and ensure thisopportunity for the students if you do the following:

1) Upon receiving the Earl Collins application packet, complete the bottomportion of the first page of the application with your name and addressand other information requested. If you do not complete this section, thenapplicants do not know where to send completed applications. Make atleast 12 copies of the application and student instructions.

2) At this point the club’s ad hoc ECF committee, OR the club presidentshould take the applications to the appropriate person at the high schoolsin your area. You may leave as many applications as you like.

3) Ensure that the counselor or individual assisting students with scholar-ship applications understands our program and the deadline for submit-ting the application [at some time you might check on the progress].Please ask that applications be widely distributed to all qualified students.

4) Ensure that your club understands the Foundation Program. Detailedinformation about the Foundation and a form to submit contributions isfound in the packet. For your club to receive a banner patch this year thecontribution must be $5 per member. If there are any questions, yourEarl Collins Foundation trustee will assist you.

5) Do not consider applications from candidates who do not meet the“College Academic Readiness” qualification (ACT/SAT score) and/or thegrade-point average qualification in the absence of the ACT/SAT scores setforth in the “Scholarship Application Instructions. List these candidateson the grading form along with ACT score but do not judge these applica-tions. Applications must be complete.

6) When tallying points please do not include the ACT score in the totalscore.

7) Use the Club Grading/Rating form as found in the packet.

8) Complete your screening/rating process by DECEMBER 10, 2011.

9) Forward your rating sheet(s) listing all applicants to your Division’s EarlCollins Foundation trustee NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 16, 2011.Clearly identify your number 1, 2, and 3 candidates. Include the applica-tion and supporting data for your number 1, 2, and 3 applicants.

10) Complete and sign the Club Grading Form, showing applicants, finalists,and scholarship application information.

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York. The death toll of more than 150includes the son of one JoplinKiwanian and grandsons of two others.Governor Barb Thompson said herKiwanis Club president was transferred

to Joplin one week beforethe tornado and “rode outthe storm” in a bathtub.

You may have seenKiwanian John Gollihughon CNN as fellow employ-ees thanked him for savingtheir lives at the Dillon’sgrocery store in Joplin.

Don Davis, from nearbyCarthage and Div. 12 lieu-tenant governor, assumedthe responsibility of coordi-nating the donations fromKiwanis Clubs throughoutour district and the nation,and it has turned into ahuge job because Kiwanianshave huge hearts. We were

Kiwanis Aid Comes to Joplin, Mo.

At the Joplin METS Ambulance Station these Levittown Kiwanis members and LongIsland Circle K lieutant governor show some pediatric trauma items they brought as giftsfor Joplin. Governor Barb and local Kiwanians are there to accept these gifts.

Left: Circle K Lt. Gov. Lauren Sacks of the Long Island Division in New York shows thecontents of the pediatric trauma kit. Right: Lauren and Levittown Kiwanians are holdinga board for stabilizing and transporting pediatric patients.

Sunday, May 22, this year, a massivetornado hit Joplin, Missouri. Help forthe devastated city poured in from allparts of the U.S,, and some of it camefrom Kiwanians as far away as New

At the convention in Hot Springs, school supplies andclothing were collected from attending Kiwanians to “FillThe Bus.” Representatives of the Arkansas Rice Depotand the Joplin Kiwanis Club shared the supplies and gotthem to needy children in Arkansas and in Joplin, Mo.

extremely lucky to have Don on theground because he knew the area andhad many contacts that could facilitatethe relief effort.

Members of the Levittown KiwanisClub and Circle K of New Yorkcollected clothing, food, andother items. The Levittownclub paid for the rental of a U-Haul and SUV. The Kiwanisfamily members drove threedays to get to Joplin, deliveringthe donations on Sunday, July24. Then the Kiwanis Familymembers from N.Y. drove to St.Louis to fly back home. Theypaid for their own lodging,meals, and plane transportation.What generosity and servanthearts!

As Kiwanians, always think-ing of children, they broughtsome very needed items forpediatric trauma.

Gifts also came in fromKiwanis clubs across the Mo-

Ark District. Some clubs sent workcrews. At the Hot Springs convention,school supplies and clothing were col-lected for the Joplin school childrenand for the Rice Depot in Arkansas.

At the Mo-Ark Convention in August these threeKiwanians received a Servant Leadership Award fortheir humanitarian work in the tornado that hitJoplin, Mo. earlier this year. They are: Don Davis,lieutenant governor of Division 12 and a memberof the Carthage Kiwanis Club; and John Gollihughand Scott Pennington of the Joplin Kiwanis Club.

During the past baseball season, theNorth Little Rock (Ark.) KiwanisClub has manned a concession standat the home ball park of the ArkansasTravelers. This fundraiser used KeyClub help during the school year.

At the Bridgeton, Missouri summerconcerts in the park, the BridgetonKiwanis Club sold bratwursts, ham-burgers, hotdogs, chips, and drinks for

a fundraiser, The club also workedwith kids at the Edward Jones YMCA.

The Benton Golden K KiwanisClub has financially supported theChristian Community Care Clinic inBenton, Ark., making it possible formany needy families to get medical,dental, and pharmaceutical services.

The Ava (Mo.) Kiwanis Club is sell-

From the clubs

NEWS BRIEFS

The Buffalo Area (Mo.) Kiwanis Club host-ed a pizza party in honor of these proudTerrific Kids and their families at HipPocket Pizza in Buffalo.

The St. Charles (Mo.) Kiwanis Clubalong with members of the DuchesneKey Club assembled and painted over140 cars and helicopters that weredonated to the SSM St. Joseph HospitalPediatric Department.

These members of the Ava (Mo.)Kiwanis Club are gathering this fooddonation for the local Food Harvest inAva. The Ava Club also had a very suc-cessful Peanut Day.

“Curious George” helped theMalvern Area (Ark.) KiwanisClub kick off the library’sSummer Reading Program.

The Branson Tri-Lakes Kiwanis Club raised $1,500 toassist Jacob’s House at Thunder Ranch to help chil-dren have a safe, loving environment. Jacob’s House isa faith-based children’s home.

The Columbia (Mo.) Golden KKiwanis Club had its annual picnicin June with lots of food and a band.

North Kansas City Kiwanis had their SeventhAnnual Northland Children’s Drawing Contestin July and awarded prizes in four age groups.

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The Terrific Kids program spon-sored by the Kiwanis Club ofRichmond (Mo.) is doing well. Ittouches about 1,500 students in gradesK thru 8, and last year 103 kids wererecognized as Terrific Kids.

The Huntsville (Ark.) KiwanisClub reports that Kid’s Night at theRodeo was again a huge success. Anextra—$568 was raised selling pizza.Also in connection with the Rodeo, theclub hosted all the Rodeo Queen con-testants at their July 28 meeting.

The Kiwanis Club of Springfield-South (Mo.) sponsored a Back toSchool Bash at Westport ElementarySchool, providing school supplies,books, food, haircuts, and entertain-ment for needy families. A team fromthe club raised $430 for the Make aWish Foundation with their three lapsin the “Walk for Wishes.”

ing Really Big Coloring Books to helpthem raise money for Christmas forKids. They are also planning TerrificKids programs in three local schools.

The Fort Smith (Ark.)Commissary Kiwanis Club, sponsor-ing the Fishing Derby for twentyyears, had a record 204 kids registeredthis year. They get assistance from

many local organizations, and the WildTurkey Federation furnished hotdogs,chips, and water this year.

The Kiwanis Club of CapeGirardeau (Mo.) is starting up anAktion Club and they are looking at aNovember chartering date.

Governor Barb Thompson made aquick swing through Arkansas recent-ly, visiting the two largest clubs in Mo-

Ark, Conway and Springdale. Shespoke at each of the club’s weeklymeeting, presenting a program onKiwanis’ second global children’s ini-tiative, the Eliminate Project.

The O’Fallon (Mo.) Kiwanis Clubcelebrated its 50th anniversary inAugust. Its first project in 1961 wasto help a family who had been burnedout of their Cottleville home.

These are the charter members of the Republic (Mo.) High School Key Club.President Elect Rex Pittman and Secretary Randy Williams of the sponsoring KiwanisClub of Republic presented t-shirts and pins to each of the new members.

These graduates of Stuttgart (Ark.) HighSchool were awarded $12,500 worth of schol-arships by the Stuttgart Kiwanis Club.

The Kirkwood (Mo.) Tuesday MorningKiwanians recently presented RonaldMcDonald House with two Weber grills.

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North Kansas City Kiwanis held theirannual picnic in June to start the NKCLibrary Summer Reading Program.

From the International Convention in Geneva. Left: the Eliminate Project is started offwith Governor Barb receiving the disrict’s first Zeller Fellowship from KIF PresidentJack Harten. Right: some of the Mo-Ark delegates at the convention.

Greater Hot Springs Village Kiwanishad a picnic on Lake DeSota for headstart kids that included boat rides.

The Kiwanis Club of SouthCounty-St. Louis had a “Christmas inJuly” activity, collecting a dozen bagsof groceries and two envelopes of cashfor the local food pantry.

Did you notice the great storyabout Paul Fultz on page 40 of theAugust Kiwanis magazine? He’s amember of the Southwest St. Louis

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Governor ElectCandidates

for 2011-2012:

IN MEMORIAMDivision 1Harold Ward

Hannibal

Division 4Steve CatronHarrisonville

Division 5Robert JurgensmeyerLittle Dixie, Columbia

Division 7Farzad Faramarzi

Ferguson

Division 12Jess Reed

Joplin

Division 13Richard ShadwellSpringfield North

Division 14Rodney Green

Dexter

Thomas WarnerPoplar Bluff

Division 15George CarbineJames Upham

Greater Hot Springs Village

Division 16Past Gov. Ralph Wilson, Sr.

Osceola

Division 21ATony Rowell

Morrilton

Division 22Perry Handley

Crossett

FUTURE KIWANIS EVENTS

October 14-16 Key Leader Camp, CampMihaska, Bourbon, Mo.

November 4-6 Key Leader Camp, CampTanako, Hot Springs, Ark.

March 2-4 Mo-Ark Mid-WinterConference, Holiday Inn,Springdale, Arkansas

March 9-11 Mo-Ark Key ClubLeadership Conference,Springdale, Arkansas

March 16-18 CKI District ConventionLake of the Ozarks, 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.

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A WORD ABOUT NETWORKERThe Mo-Ark Networker was started four yearsago to carry some of the things that you need tosee and read but may be too lengthy to put inthe Kiwanigram that was re-designed to empha-size color photos of happy Kiwanians, kids, andothers with whom we touch with our service.The Networker can be put out quickly and reacha wide audience of Mo-Ark members. I encour-age district officers and chairs to use theNetworker to get the word out to others—help-ing your committee do its job. Send me yourcopy! — Don Schaefer, Kiwanigram editor

Kiwanis Club and the story tellsabout his 60 years of coaching youthbaseball and basketball teams. On thepage before that is a Key Leader adfeaturing Paul Meyer, president of theBridgeton Kiwanis Club.

The Kiwanis Club of North KansasCity recently awarded scholarships tofour graduating seniors totaling$2,750. Together with other MetroCouncil clubs they collected food atHyVee stores as a part of the annual

In June the O’Fallon (Mo.) Kiwanis Clubgave out five $1,000 scholarships to deserv-ing high school graduates from the area.

Mothers Day Food Collection.At their Annual Boys & Girls Club

BBQ, the St. Charles (Mo.) KiwanisClub members cooked and servedfood, beverages, and ice cream toapproximately 90 children.

The Pulaski Heights (Little Rock)Kiwanis Club just had its 24thAnnual Golf Scramble August 27.

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This is a graduation ceremony of the NorthGarland Head Start School supported bythe Kiwanis Club of Hot Springs Village.

Last May theUnion (Mo.)

Kiwanis Clubmembers helpedwith the SpecialOlympics Field

Day, assisting andcheering on the

contestants. OneUnion Kiwanian

served as theannouncer for the

event.

We have just received word thatPast Governor Ralph E. Wilson, Sr.passed away September 13.

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