Nibbles. Monroe Club gets two top awards at mid-year conference. A publication of the Kiwanis Club of Monroe, Wis.

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1 1 April 15, 2016 Volume 95 Issue 13 DISTRICT HONORS Our Nibbles editor Jim Glessner received the WIUM award for top newsletter of the year at midyear. Gov. Jim Burmeister makes presentation Nibbles A publication of the Kiwanis Club of Monroe, Wis. Visit our website: kiwanisofmonroe.org Monroe Club gets two top awards at mid-year conference Your Monroe Club Sponsors Boy Scout Troop 101 Sponsors Builders and Key Clubs Maintains the Youth Cabin and Scout Bldg Supports Boy Scout Canyon Camp Sponsors early childhood development and pre-school literacy Has raised and distributed more than One Million dollars in support of youth and community projects! Winner: WIUM District Newsletter Contest Round Robin Award Jane Paradowski accepts club s award for completing a round robin with other clubs , at mid-year meeting. Gov. Jim Burmeister did the honors. Inside this issue: Club Calendar 2 Upcoming programs 2 Recent programs detailed 3 New members aboard 4 Golfing in the snow? 4 April Board minutes 5 Div. 3 Club Directory 6

2 2 Page 2 Club Calendar: May 2 Board of Directors meets at Woodford Bank at Noon Division 3 clubs meet April 16 for Vilas Park Zoo workday in Madison April 23 Clean Boat Clean Water training at Cadiz Springs, 10 a.m to Noon April 26 Book packing with Key Club at MHS Meet in Susan Lawson s room April 30-May 1 Work days at Canyon Camp; plan to attend! Nibbles Our Kiwanis Officer and Board election April 21 The officer candidates will be: President President-elect Vice President Immediate Past President Secretary Treasurer underlined to be elected Bill Spontak Danielle Hanusa Szvon Conway Nikki Matley Beth Kindschi Erik Haworth Directors: Term expires Sept. 30, 2017 Term expires Sept. 30, 2018 Amanda Hellenbrand Ron Spielman Steve Kundert Jane Paradowski Jim Glessner Term expires Sept. 30, 2019 Gary Luhman Shannon Kaszuba Monroe Kiwanis 95th anniversary party; Turner Hall, May 19, 6 p.m Farm Tech days, July 19-21, Snudden Farms near Lake Geneva. Szvon Conway tries a few strums on one of Joe Bochar s guitar creations. See more photos on page 3. In 1961 the Candy Sales for Kiwanis totaled $4,600 as shown in the photo above. In the sale grossed $82,112! This resulted in a net of $30,000 for community projects. Upcoming Program Guide Date April 21 April 28 May 5 May12 Invocation Nanci Valentino George Vernon Bob Vickerman Sharon Wedig Program Jackie Kundert Faith Addiction Awareness Green County TBA Mike Sanders Monroe Clinic update Ben Thompson, Big Radio Is Radio Relevant?

3 3 Page 3 NIBBLES Volume 95 Issue 13 Guitar Creator Extraordinaire Joe Bochar, Bill Bethke s son-in-law, gave an inside look at the world of guitar creation at a recent meeting. Joe makes everything on the guitars himself, and works mainly in maple and ash. In addition to guitar construction, Joe wrote and recorded music used on MTV for two of their reality shows. He also licensed music to various video game companies for game backgrounds. He also produced two CDs of his music from his home studio in California before moving to Monroe. If you wish to view his guitar demos, go To YouTube at: v=c9zvprkqqug MITEK IS HUGE WORLD- WIDE Teresa Journalien and Jamie Rasmussen shared the MITEK story with Kiwanians on April 14. In addition to its Monroe facilities, it has plants in Pheonix; Ennis, TX.; Winslow, and China. With a million square feet of manufacturing facilities worldwide, MITEK produces a wide variety of sound equipment, from consumer-oriented to commercial. It is the only firm building sound systems for many military applications and our submarines all use MITEK systems. There are 9,000 speakers in the Bellagio hotel in Law Vegas, all by MITEK. The company re- tails its products in 80 countries. The firm has been growing since its inception and in 1990 purchased Oaktron here in Monroe. It uses state of the art manufacturing equipment for its products and is ISO 9001 Quality Assurance Certified. The club scholarship committee has met and selected four MHS students, each to receive $750 tech school scholarships. There are four students also receiving second year recurring $250 awards.

4 4 Page 4 NIBBLES Kiwanis Is Where A Need Is New members: Beth Kindschi, left, installs our Key Club advisor, Susan Lawson, as a new member on April 7. The same day Henry Najat, right, installed son, Joseph. They are the sixth and seventh new members to date. Kiwanis is awesome. BELOW; Our disc golf event is coming up May 14. This course, erected by Kiwanis -Marge Edler bequest at Twining Park, is used year-round. Here a group of golfers play through in the winter weather. Photo by Marge Klinzing Conway Photo Come join us for lunch! Kiwanis now meets every Thursday noon at Turner Hall Ratskellar. Enjoy a scrumptious buffet lunch, hear an interesting program, Meet REALLY interesting club members! Served

5 5 Kiwanis Club of Monroe Board Minutes 4 April 2016 Page 5 NIBBLES Members present: Jim Glessner, Danielle Hanusa, Amanda Hellenbrand, Erik Haworth, Shannon Kaszuba, Beth Kindschi, Steve Kundert, Nikki Matley, Jane Paradowski, Ron Spielman, Bill Spontak and Sharon Wedig. Excused: Al Hanusa, Funding Requests-none from outside the club At 12:00 PM, meeting called to order by President Nikki. Secretary s report had no corrections, so moved by Jane, second by Sharon and passed. Beth mentioned that the monthly report asked whether the club would be able to raise $500 for 100 pairs of shoes for local children. She answered yes. Treasurer s report was by Jim Glessner: The Foundation account has $ Administrative account balance $ Activities $25, and Petty cash is $180.25, Disk golf $1202. Bill moved the report be accepted, second by Shannon and passed. President s report Canyon Camp work weekend is scheduled for April 30 and May 1 st. $1,700 has been requested to cover food and supplies, so moved by Jim, second by Bill and passed. Committee Reports Human and Spiritual Growth, House -- had no report. Programs- Bill has filled programs thru May 5 th. One program will be training to be dementia friendly. Membership and Education: Patty Adamson, Tina Miller, Dave Mosher, Kim and Joel Hedeman, Ben Voss and Jeff Maliszewski are proposed for membership by Beth, second by Ron and passed Youth Service/Youth Cabin work day with MHS is May 11 th. We will have 48 student volunteers! We will need tools from club members as well as volunteers to supervise the students. Nikki has ordered a truckload of mulch and Beth will arrange for gravel for the drive. Bernie has a list of jobs to be done. Fundraising Disk Golf Jim is working on getting the the insurance certificate to Marge at Park & Rec with the correct wording. So far, $1202 has been collected for sponsorships, 58 letters have gone out and the advertising arranged. T- shirts need to be ordered. Nikki and Al plan to be on the radio the week of April 18 th. Clean Boats-Clean Waters A training date was set for April 16 th from 10 a.m.-noon at Cadiz Springs. We need to look for an indoor place to meet if the weather is bad. Farm Tech Days- George Vernon will notify us when a schedule is out. We will work as last year except the tent will not be just Kiwanians. Cheese Days- our booth may move because of generator noise. We will look for quieter options. Brat Fest is in Madison on Memorial Day weekend. We have applied as a club to volunteer for $8 per hour per member as hours are available and our members are able to work there. Erik should have more information soon and will bring it to a meeting. Sponsored Youth the Key Club advisor Susan Lawson will be inducted as a member next Thursday and the club plans to send members to the Kiwanis work day at the Vilas Park Zoo on April 16 th. Key Club is considering having a Senior prom and is looking for ideas and input. The board suggested they talk to Tammy at the Senior Center. Beth will Barb McArdle regarding membership. Scholarships will be chosen as soon as MHS presents the applicants. Bill will pass them out at the scholarship night. YCPO new opportunity for more books may be open, Beth will check. Nominations the slate is complete and has been announced three times at meetings and three times in the Nibbles. Election is April 21. Public Relations Jim is busy trying to figure out how to post and remove items from the site. Our speaker gift coffee cup supply is running low. Jim is asking for ideas for the next gift. Old Business New Business- Our club birthday party has been set for the evening of May 19 th. Ron proposed we charge $20 per person for the event, second by Bill and passed. The menu will be announced soon. Danielle moved we adjourn at 12:40, second by Jane and passed. Respectfully Submitted by Beth Kindschi, Secretary

6 6 Division 3 Clubs Page 6 Dodgeville Dodger Bowl Lanes Mondays, 11;45 a.m. Fennimore Hickory Grove Golf Course 2nd and 4th Mondays, Noon Madison Downtown Madison Club 11:45 a.m. Mondays Platteville Take II Restaurant Tuesday Noon Mineral Point Pointer Café 1st, 3rd, 5th Tuesdays, Noon Madison East Hometown Buffet Noon Wednesdays Prairie du Chien Mulligans Pub 2nd and 4 Wednesdays, Noon Belleville 1st and 3rd Thursdays 6 p.m. Corner Café Middleton Sofra s 6 p.m. 2nd and 4th Thursdays Stoughton Vennevoll Club House 1st Thursday 5:30 p.m. 3rd Thursday Noon Verona Park Bank, 104 Main St. 1st and 3rd Thursdays Noon Madison West Covenant Presbyterian Church 326 Segoe Rd. Noon Fridays Madison Young Professionals Monthly, varies Monroe Kiwanis Meets Thursday Noon At Turner Hall Ratskellar, th Ave., On a weekly basis Monroe Kiwanis Officers President Nikki Matley President Elect Bill Spontak Vice President Danielle Hanusa Immediate Past President Allen Hanusa Secretary Beth Kindschi Treasurer, Asst. Sec, Nibbles Editor Jim Glessner Volume 95 Issue 13 Directors: Term Expires Sept. 30, 2016 Term Expires Sept. 30, 2017 Shannon Kaszuba Amanda Hellenbrand Sharon Wedig Steve Kundert Term Expires Sept. 30, 2018 Erik Haworth Ron Spielman Jane Paradowski To contact Secretary Beth Kindschi: or kindschi@tds.net To contact Treasurer/Nibbles editor, Jim Glessner: or cheeseforme@charter.net Board of Directors Meeting 1st Monday of Month Woodford Bank Conf. Room