What’s Inside: Page 2 Assignments, Guests, Hospitality, Prospec-tive Member

Page 3 Fines, Happy Dollars

Page 4 Club Calendar and Weekly Numbers

Page 5 Announcements, Events of Interest

Page 6 Board Update, Annual Meeting and Election News, May Birthdays

Page 7 President’s 2016-17 Goals, Club Info, and Thanks to Our Advertisers

Michigan District Gold Division Best Newsletter 2015-16

Volume 8, Issue 32

Today’s Program… U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, an Update

Kathie Wilder introduced our speaker, Frank Castria, Community Relations Officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Frank Cas-tria began his Federal government career in 2002, as an Immigration Inspector, with the agency that was formerly known as Immigra-tion & Naturalization (INS). He continued as an Immigration Inspector once Customs and Bor-der Protection (CBP) was created under the Department of Homeland Security in 2003. During his tenure as an Immigration Inspector, he worked at both the McNamara International Terminal at Detroit Metro Airport and the U.S./Canadian Land Border.

In 2003, Frank began working for U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), at the Detroit District office, as an Adjudica-tions Officer, a title that later became known as Immigration Services Officer (ISO). As an ISO, he conducted daily interviews with the public regarding various immigration benefits.

In 2012, Frank entered into his current USCIS position, Community Relations Officer, in which he provides education and assistance, primarily through informational outreach regarding new and existing USCIS immigration programs and initiatives. As Community Relations, Officer Frank keeps an ongoing dialogue open between USCIS and the public, as well as community-based organizations, immigration service providers, and other governmental agencies.

Officer Castria spoke about the Department of Homeland Security, specifically U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. He also shared information regarding legal immigration to the Unit-ed States and the Naturalization process—from the time a person becomes a permanent resi-dent of the United States to when they become a citizen of the U.S., as well as the application, test, interview, and finally the Naturalization Oath Ceremony, which is the culmination of an immigrant’s naturalization process. Officer Castria conducted a question and answer session afterward fielding many pertinent inquiries from the audience .

Next Week’s Program... May 15—The Eisenhower Center, Serving Our Veterans and Professional Athletes that have a Brain Injury. Speaker: John Cormach, Brain Injury Association of Michigan. Introduction by: Mike Dabbs.

Upcoming Programs… May 22—We’re Addressing Addiction in Washtenaw County. Speaker: Ashton K. Marr, Pro-

gram Coordinator. Introduction by: Dan Burroughs. May 30—Rosie the Riveter. Kiwanian and local “Rosie”, Claire Dahl, describes the dedicated

American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. June 5—Ann Arbor Art Fair/Summer Festival. Speakers: Maureen Riley and Amy Nesbitt. In-

troduction by: Peter Schork.

May 8, 2017

Meetings... Mary Stewart is coordi-

nating a Wednesday evening Work Party at KCW. 6 to 8:00 PM. If you can volunteer for this, please contact Mary.

The 100th Year Celebra-tion Committee is meet-ing May 15 at BoAA, 3rd floor at 10:00 AM. Please RSVP to Dale Leslie.

The Membership Recog-nition Committee and the Membership Growth and Education Commit-tee were to meet imme-diately after today’s meeting.

Building & Equipment Committee on Thursday May 11 at 9:00 AM at KCW.

Past Presidents, May 22, after the regular meet-ing.

Kathie Wilder

Frank Castria, USCIS

Officers and Directors

President: Alan Burg

President-Elect: Gretchen Preston

Treasurer: Eloise Lavin

Secretary: Kathie Wilder

Immediate Past-President: Betsy Ford

Board Members: Ray Argyle Kathy Barden-Perlberg George Gilligan William Hampton Deborah Jones Evan LeRoy Joseph Medrano Greg Meisner William Robb Ellen Webb

Newsletter:

Editor Dave LaMoreaux

Photos Bob Gray

Publisher John Kidle

Do you have news for the newsletter, or are you inter-ested in advertising? Con-tact Publisher, John Kidle, at jkidle@gmail.com.

Guests at Our Club... John Sampselle introduced Dick Pitcher and Charles Phibbs both from Ann Arbor Western Kiwanis; Paul McKelvey, guest of Bill Hallock; Melessa Zhouo from Circle K; Robert Ball, guest of William Hampton; Arno Buhrer, guest of Pat Buhrer and Linda Ann Heldt, the ‘Shoe Lady’ from the Utica Kiwanis Club. (Note: Linda can be reached at; uticakiwanis@gmail.com). Wel-come all!

Hospitality… Jane Talcott welcomed Harry Cross back from a brief leave. She welcomed Jim and Ann Mattson back from a longer leave. She welcomed Larry Dittmar back from heart surgery. She reported that Al Engerer thanks all of us for all our thoughts and prayers. He’s entering the second phase of treatment and looks forward to coming back. Jane was sad to report the passing of Simon Eaglin at 99 years of age. Arrangements are in-complete at this time. A funeral service will be held at Saint John the Baptist church in Ypsi-lanti. Marilyn Drake is having knee replacement surgery at Saint Joe’s Mercy Hospital on May 9, thoughts and prayers are welcome

Latest, post meeting, update from Jane: The funeral for Simon Eaglin will be held at Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, located at; 410 W. Cross Street, Ypsilanti, on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM. Interment shall immediately follow at the church cemetery at 1400 N. River Street in Ypsilanti. A family hour will be held at the Nie Family Funeral home on Car-penter Road, just south of Washtenaw Ave., 4 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 16, 2017.

Prospective Member…

Susan M. Smith has applied to join our club. She is sponsored by Bob Gray and co-sponsored by Bill Robb. First publication.

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Officer of Day KCD Clarence Dukes

Antiques No Info

Beds & Garden No Info

Dockers We need dockers

Sorters No Info

Hardware No Info

Men’s Clothing Dave LaMoreaux and Dick Smit

Books/Records No Info

Office & Med. No Info

Lamps No Info

Electronics No Info

KCW Cashiers & Sales

Friday—C. Dahl, N. Dever, G. Gilligan (OD), B. Gray, E. Lavin, B. Roberts, J. Sampselle, F. Sanchez, S. Springer, E. Webb Saturday—B. Barden, C. Dahl, N. Dever (OD), A. Engerer, G. Evans, B. Gray, J. Luke, B. Roberts, C. Sheldon, S. Springer, E. Webb

KCW Sorting & Pricing

Tuesday—Bob Gray Wednesday—J. Clear, G. Gilligan, B. Gray, P. H-Duynslager, M. Harback, B. Harper, M. Stewart Thursday—P. Caufield, J. Ford, B. Gray, B. Harper, R. Nuhn, K. Rickelmann, M. Stewart Friday—M. D’Angelo, G. Gilligan, K. Gravlin, P. H-Duynslager, G. Kavanagh, K. Con-nell, M. MacDonald, G. and R. Maten, J. McNish, L. Menghini, S. Rabidoux, S. Smith, M. Stewart Saturday—E. Aiken, P. Brown, K. Rickelmann, M. Robb, M. Stewart

Vouchers Ellen Webb, Alan Burg, Pat Buhrer, Jim Carey, Matt Chaiken, Ken Hillenburg, Bob Johnson, Sally Lamkin

Invocation William Hampton

Greeters John Kidle, Paula Fomby (A), John Sampselle, Jim Wight, Sharon Keys

Hospitality Jane Talcott

Newsletter Dave LaMoreaux

Cashier Jean Robinson

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Fines… Nick Dever proposed a fine on every member who is not running for a club office. It easily passed.

Happy Dollars… Dale Leslie put in a special plea for each and every one of us to join him at Ann Arbor Bank, 3rd floor, at 10:00 AM as we begin to plan for our 100 Anniversary Celebration. He noted that this occasion does not happen too often and that he is not sure that he will be around for the next one, celebrating 125 years. He hadn’t mentioned attending this meeting to any of the past presidents because he just expects that they will be there.

John Schenk has a Happy Dollar for having spent the past four days in South Carolina for the graduation of his oldest grandchild. Joe Medrano had ten Happy Dollars for returning from a two-week cruise through the Panama Canal. Each Happy Dollar is for the pound that he did not gain. Andrea Kotch Duda had the honor of spending an evening celebrat-ing all of the many and major contributions that Michael Dabbs has made to world and especially to Michigan for all he has done for the Brain Injury Association. Over a thousand people attended this celebration. Through his work, many lives have been impacted.

Dave Drake had five Happy Dollars for something that he did with his wife last weekend for something that he thought he would never do: He spent two days up at the campus at, well he couldn’t say it, but it was understood to be Michigan State University. His grandson was graduating from the school of education. He is going to be a Spanish Teacher. The commencement address was delivered by former MSU Football Star Kirk Gib-son and it was a very stirring talk. Dave said that he has another grandchild up at that school so he said that he might have to change his thinking about that school.

Max Ziegler had ten Happy Dollars for the privilege of spending Good Friday in London where he met his granddaughter where she had been as an exchange student. He then took her to Germany for a week where he was able to show her from where her great-grandfather came.

Linda Ann Heldt, from the Utica-Shelby Kiwanis, had one Happy Dollar for having eight Key Club members attending Key Leader training. The other Happy Dollar is for the Utica-Shelby Kiwanis 60th anniversary celebration. It is on June 15 and it is on their website if anyone is interested in going. Tickets are $30. She also said that they have collected 38,000 pairs of shoes and she thanked our club for our contributions to this drive.

Mike Dabbs had $35 Happy Dollars in appreciation and thankfulness for his years in Kiwa-nis and for this club standing with and taking care of one another, even though he has not been all that active in the club.

Peter Schork decided to say three things so he put in a buck and a half. He thanked Wil-liam Hampton for running for President. He told William that the will do a great job. He got word this morning that fellow Kiwanian Simon Eaglin has passed away. Peter went on to say that Simon was, among other things, the first Postmaster of Ypsilanti and that he had had an incredible career, he was a trendsetter and that he was an inspirational person. He asked us all to look for the notification in the newspaper when it comes out. Please note that funeral arrangements have been announced and they are noted under ‘Hospitality News’, above. And, lastly, Peter thanked Arlene Barnes for her work in last week’s Scholarship presentations.

Gary Donner shared a short story about what his 94-year-old mother has recently gone through with C-Diff being mis-diagnosed. She finally got it correctly diagnosed and, fortu-nately, she is 90 to 95 percent recovered.

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This Week’s Numbers

Attendance: 72

Fines: $22.37

Happy $: $79.22

Mott Pot: $0

Vouchers: $2,087

12 Families $41,090 YTD

226 Families YTD

Thrift Sale: KCD:

$6,151

KCW: $6,723

Other: $0

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KCD Donations 9am-Noon

2 3 4 KCD Dona-

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5 Sale & Dona-

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6 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCD 9-12 KCW 9-1

7 8 Immigration

KCD Donations 9am-Noon

9 10 11 KCD Dona-

tions 9am-Noon 12 Sale & Dona-

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13 Sale & Dona-

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Mother’s Day

15 Brain Injury

KCD Donations 9am-Noon

Club Election

16 Board Meeting 6:30pm at KCW

17 18 KCD Dona-

tions 9am-Noon 19 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCW 9-1

20 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCD 9-12 KCW 9-1

21 22 Addiction +

Annual Meeting KCD Donations 9am-Noon

23 24 25 KCD Dona-

tions 9am-Noon 26 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCW 9-1

27 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCD 9-12 KCW 9-1

28 29 Meeting Moved

to Tuesday Memorial Day

30 Rosie the

Riveter KCD Donations 9am-Noon

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May 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 KCD Donations

9am-Noon KYP Meeting

6pm

2 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCW 9-1

3 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCD 9-12 KCW 9-1

4 5 AA Art Fair

KCD Donations 9am-Noon

6 7 8 KCD Donations

9am-Noon 9 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCW 9-1

10 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCD 9-12 KCW 9-1

11 12 Groundcover

KCD Donations 9am-Noon

13 14

Flag Day

15 KCD Dona-

tions 9am-Noon 16 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCW 9-1

17 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCD 9-12 KCW 9-1

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Father’s Day

19 Women’s

Center KCD Donations 9am-Noon

20 Board Meeting 6:30pm at KCW

21 22 KCD Dona-

tions 9am-Noon 23 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCW 9-1

24 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCD 9-12 KCW 9-1

25 26 AA YMCA

KCD Donations 9am-Noon

27 28 29 KCD Dona-

tions 9am-Noon 30 Sale & Dona-

tions: KCW 9-1

June 2017

Announcements… Charlie Phibbs, Lieutenant Gover-nor, representing our district, said that he is looking for recruits the Ann Arbor Western golf outing on May 25. He an-nounced that there will be a Council Meeting at KCW on Thursday, June 8, at 6:00 PM. He also told us that there will be a District Board meeting this Satur-day to vote on the redistricting, realign-ment, of the Michigan Kiwanis Club divi-sions.

Jerry McMahon shared information about Michigan District Mentoring Program. He spoke about the importance of Mentoring and the benefits that is has to offer and he asked for a show of hands of those who would be willing to make themselves available to exchange e-mails with prospective kids who are seeking Mentors. He reports that additional information on this is available at: www.xmas365.com

Bill Hallock spoke about Aktion Club. He introduced us to Paul McKel-vey. Paul spoke about working with young adults with disabilities, through the WISD Action Club, so that they can be of service to other people in the county. What this does for these young adults is that it provides purpose and meaning in their lives that they would not other-wise have. Paul thanked us for our financial assistance. He gave a big thank you to Bill Hallock for his involvement and all of that he has done for this program and he also thanked Kathy Wilder for being there to facilitate meetings and he thanked Don Kossick and Dan Burroughs for stepping in to help during Bill’s absence. He concluded by thanking us all for our continued support and he concluded by giving us a Certifi-cate of Appreciation.

Draft Foundation Bylaws are out for member review and comment through next Monday, May 15. Comments will be reviewed to create a second draft, which will be submitted to the Board for approval. Following board approval, the proposed bylaws will be voted on by the general membership in June or July.

Please signup with Ellen Webb for Voucher duty in May and June.

Summer Camperships ($250) due by July 29. Ray & Eleanor Cross Foundation 50/50 challenge.

Our 100th Year Celebration: Please complete interest survey—return to Dale Leslie ASAP.

Interclubs and Social Events of Interest… 5/20—Measure 4 Measure Concert. See Jim Meretta, Rick Hendricks or Dan Burroughs for tickets.

5/21—Manchester Kiwanis River Raisin Canoe Kayak Race

5/24—Manchester Super Interclub. Dave Drake reported that the Super-Interclub will be Wednesday, May 24th at 6:00 PM at the Sharon United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, located at the corner of M-52 and Pleasant Lake Road, $15.00 for the meal, optional Happy Dollars. The program will be Paws for a Cause.

5/25—Golf Outing Fundraiser Ann Arbor Western

7/29—Tiger Game and Bus Trip on July 29th. $70.00 per person, sandwich etc. on the bus, driver tip, great seats, fire-works and a ride back to A2. Get your reservation to Fred Sanchez.

9/14—Our Golf Outing is September 14 at the Pierce Lake Course in Chelsea. $80, contact George Gilligan to sign up.

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“Serving the Children of the World…our motto, our mission”

Our Sponsored Programs in Service to Youth:

WISD Aktion Club U of M Circle K Huron High School

Pioneer High School Angell Elementary

Charlie Phibbs

Paul McKelvey and Alan Burg Bill Hallock

Board News… President Alan recapped actions taken at the April board meeting: Approved a three-month extension of our current line of credit (LOC) through June 30, 2017, working with Chemical

Bank for a long-term extension of our LOC through January 2018. Approved changing the date of our Annual Meeting from May 15, 2017. Election of Officers and Directors is now sched-

uled for Monday, May 22, 2017. Past President Betsy Ford presented a list of candi-dates for Officers and Board of Directors.

Officer Nominees for 2017-18 Administrative Year: Immediate Past President: Alan Burg President: Gretchen Preston - Elected position

President Elect: William Hampton - Elected position

Treasurer: Eloise Lavin - Elected position

Secretary: The position of Secretary is annually appointed by the new president-designate (this year that will be Gretchen Preston) and then approved by the new Board-designate within one week after the annual meeting election day.

Changes to the Board and Current Nominees: Change in number of Directors—Was ten, will be six pending results of the election.

We need to elect three Directors: two for three-year terms and one for a two-year term. We will then have two Directors whose terms end in 2018 (Deb Jones and Evan LeRoy); Two Directors whose terms end in 2019 (Greg Meisner and one new-ly elected nominee); and two Directors whose terms end in 2020 (two newly elected nominees).

Continuing Directors 2017-18: Deb Jones and Evan LeRoy (not up for election)

Current Director nominated for election to one additional year (through September 2019)- Greg Meisner

Director Nominee, two-year term (through September 2019) - Mary Stewart

Director Nominee, three-year term (through September 2020) - Marianne D’Angelo

Director Nominee, three-year term (through September 2020) - Margaret Krasnoff

Nominations from the floor will be accepted for next week. The nominee must consent.

May Birthdays… We celebrated the following May member birthdays at Monday’s meeting: Jim Jeszke, Doug Ziesemer, Ann Mattson, Jon Bulkley, Larry French, Ron Gardner, Dave Bell, Tom Fegan, Ted Brokaw, and Jim Wolfington.

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“Serving the Children of the World…our motto, our mission”

Our Sponsored Programs in Service to Youth:

WISD Aktion Club U of M Circle K Huron High School

Pioneer High School Angell Elementary

Betsy Ford

The Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor’s Annual Meeting and the Election of Officers and Directors will be take place at Kiwanis Center Downtown

at Noon on Monday May 22, 2017

KIWANIS CLUB OF ANN ARBOR

Meetings: Mondays at Noon 200 S. First Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48104 www.a2kiwanis.org

Building Phone: 734-665-2211

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Kiwanis International

Kiwanis Young Professionals of Washtenaw County Meets 6pm first Thurs. of Month

U of M Circle K Meets 7pm Thursdays at UM Union or League (Check Cal-endar on Website)

Kiwanis Club of Ypsilanti Meets Noon Wednesdays at EMU Student Center

Ann Arbor Western, Meets Noon Tues. at Quarter Bistro

Kiwanis Ann Arbor Morning Edition, Meets 8:30am 2nd & 4th Weds. at Guy Hollerin’s

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Interested in becoming a member? Please send an e-mail to MembershipGrowth@a2kiwanis.org or visit the website www.a2kiwanis.org.

Sale and Donation Hours

Thrift Sale Downtown 200 S. First at Washington

Saturdays 9am-Noon

Thrift Sale West 100 N. Staebler at Jackson

Fridays and Saturdays 9am-1pm

Saleable Donation Drop Off: Downtown: Mondays, Thurs-

days, and Saturdays 9-11:30am

West: Fridays and Saturdays 10am-12:30pm

Call for Donation Pickup:

734-665-0450

Downtown

West