Bvk Newsletter Sept 2008

SEPT 2008 Published by the Blue Valley Kiwanis Club Meeting each Thursday at noon at the Salvation Army Bldg, 6618 East Truman Rd, Kansas City MO 64126

Calendar / Events

Reminder to attend the Sept 18th BVK meeting to hear guest speaker Lewis Diuguid (see bio below). Oct 2: Installation of new BVK Officers (see below) Oct 11: BVK Picnic at George Owens Park Nov 20: BVK Chili Day Fund Raiser

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2008 Program Coordinator & Topics September Coordinator: Joe Vigliaturo Sept 4: Dictionary Project (Christopher Hope) Sept 11: Report from Kiwanis MoArk Mid-Year Conference (Dr. M Coatney) Sept 18: Louis Diuguid, KC Star Columnist Sept 25: TBE New BVK Officers for 2008-2009 President: Vice-Pres: Treasurer: Secretary: Past Pres: Lt Governor:

Mark Wasserstrom Don Leming Richard March Mike Alteri Jose Gonzalez Byron Lee

BVK Board: Mark Wasserstrom Jon Henderson Jose Gonzalez Myral Coatney Roger Kelley

NEW

“Joe Vig’s” Lunch Menu .

Sept 4: Meatloaf, Green Beans, Salad, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Sept 11: Herb Roasted Chicken, Potatoes, Salad, Black Forest Cake Sept 18: Herb Roasted Pork, Potatoes, Salad, Cherry Crisp Sept 25: Roasted Turkey Breast, Potatoes, Salad, Salad, Cheesecake Birthdays & Anniversaries (BD = Birthday; BVK = Blue Valley Kiwanis Anniversary; W = Wedding Anniversary)

September Don Leming Mike Altieri Betsy Calcara Don Vest Richard March

The installation of new officers and a grateful salute to the out-going officers is tentatively scheduled for October 2, 2008 at St Paul's School of Theology's Dining Hall. Reception at 6:30 pm and a buffet-style dinner at 7:00 pm. ECO-Tip: It’s Good to be Greedy. Household appliances can use 4 to 7 watts per hour, even when not in use. A fridge with an Energy Star label uses 40% less power than an older model. New, front-loading washing machines use half the energy and water compared to a 5-year-old top-loading washer. Consider updating your household appliances to use more energy-efficient technologies. Just think of the loads of energy and water you can save and the money you can keep in your pocket. Use appliances

Don Leming, BVK (1 yr) Mike Hinojosa, BVK (15 yrs) Roger Kelley, BVK (31 yrs) Mike Altieri, W=Jan (Sep 9)

October George Owens, Sr., BD (Oct 12) Mike Hinojosa, BD (Oct 30) David Biersmith, BVK (14 yrs) Joe Vigliaturo, BVK (39 yrs) Mike Altieri, BVK (28 yrs) Don Leming, W=Lori (Oct 14)

November David Biersmith, BD (Nov 6) Myral Coatnery, BD (Nov 27) Richard March, BD (Nov 25) Mike Spady, BVK (5 yrs) Bob Zimmerman, BVK (4 yrs) Monty Allen, BVK (30 yrs) Jerry Morales, BVK (24 yrs) Jerry Morales, W=Virginia (Nov 28)

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Questions or suggestions? Contact the editor: Don Leming (email: [email protected] or phone 816-510-5231)

Featured BVK Speaker for Sept 18th meeting:

Lewis W. Diuguid

SEPT 2008

Brain Teasers Anagram: a word or phrase formed by reordering the

Lewis Diuguid is vice president for community resources at The Kansas City Star. He serves on the editorial board, is an opinion page columnist and is responsible for The Star's philanthropic efforts in the community. Diuguid joined the staff of The Kansas City StarTimes in May 1977 after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism. He is the author of an upcoming book, Discovering th Read America: Toward a More Perfect Union, and the 2004 award-winning book, A Teacher's Cry: Expose the Truth About Education Today. A Teacher's Cry is rooted in his studies with the Class of 1999 from the students' freshman year until graduation at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan. He wrote about 100 columns for The Star chronicling what it's like to be a teenager and teacher today.

letters of another word or phrase, such as “satin” to “stain”. A salute to the Olympics which were held in China starting 08/08/2008! The following anagrams are well known SPORTS, some of them are also Summer or Winter Olympic events. Here are the

answers to last month's “teasers”! “KEY CHOICE”: ICE HOCKEY “LOVELY BALL”: VOLLEY BALL “BLEAK BLAST”: BASKET “STINGY SCAM”: GYMNASTICS “BASTE LINNET”: TABLE TENNIS “GENGHIS BILBO”: BOBSLEIGHING “WOAD TOKEN”: TAI KWON DO “NICE GRANDPAS”: PARASCENDING “CHEEKY IF OLD”: FIELD HOCKEY “SABOTAGED RINK”: SKATEBOARDING “BIND ON MAT”: BADMINTON “WANTS LINEN”: LAWN TENNIS “BABES ALL”: BASEBALL

Spotlight on

Diuguid is a founding member, treasurer, newsletter BVK Sponsored Projects editor and Media Awards Committee chairman of the Kansas City Association of Black Journalists, the \ Missourian Publishing Association Board of Directors, the William Allen White Foundation Board of Trustees (University of Kansas), and several other DELLA LAMB COMMUNITY SERVICES organizations. Principal BVK Coordinator: Mike Hinojosa (BVK donated $200 to Della Lamb in 2008). He is a certified diversity facilitator with the Della Lamb Community Services was founded in 1897 Newspaper Association of America. He has received as a Methodist Mission to provide child care for poor, more than 50 awards, including the 2000 Missouri working mothers. Today, they provide low-income Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. families with early education, child care, youth services, adult services, adult education, transportation, emergency social services, international refugee Diuguid was born and raised in St. Louis and has two services, Elementary Charter School education, backchildren, Adrianne and Leslie to-school supplies, Thanksgiving groceries and Christmas groceries and gifts. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Questions or suggestions? Contact the editor: Don Leming (email: [email protected] or phone 816-510-5231)

Della Lamb Mabee Multi-Purpose Center and other Della Lamb youth sites offer educational, athletic, recreational, and cultural activities as well as drug and violence preventative programming for children and youth ages 5-18. In addition, they operate satellite centers throughout the inner city, including an Adult Education Center, Social Services, Distribution Center/Thrift Store, Transportation Center, and our Elementary Charter School at 10th and Charlotte.

Cochrane Lamb was also first president of the board of SEPT 2008 trustees of the Methodist Church’s Women's Division of Christian Service.

Fifty-four years after it was built, the handsome stone Institutional Church was razed to allow for construction of the Sixth Street Trafficway. The new center, built at 500 Woodland, was constructed in 1961 at a cost of $250,000. In 1988, major renovations were Over 10,000 low-income families are assisted annually made to "The Lamb" and a modern gymnasium/multithrough various DLECS services. They are members purpose center was added at a cost of $1,900,000. of the Heart of America United Way; their organization is a project related to the General Board of Global The Lamb Today Ministries of the United Methodist Church; and they The current building at 500 Woodland, built in 1961 are a MONAP Neighborhood Assistance Project and renovated in 1988, serves Kansas City’s entire inner accepted agency. city. It houses administrative offices and facilities for Youth Services, Emergency Social Services, Adult The history of Della Lamb is a story of love and Services and the largest of three day care centers. concern. It began when a group of Methodist women in Kansas City formed a local home mission to serve Several satellite locations house other state-licensed the needy in their community. Their first task was to child care facilities and the Mabee Multi-Purpose establish day care for the children of working mothers, Center, with programming for area youth, adults and the Italian immigrants who had settled on the North seniors. side. For More Information about Della Lamb contact: With rising trends in social reform, women of the Judy McGonigle Akers mission saw more opportunities to serve low-income DLECS Executive Vice President families in the growing city. Using a model from a voice: 816-842-8040 welfare center in London, they founded what was fax: 816-842-7727 called an "Institutional Church." The Christian e-mail: [email protected] settlement house offered social services and Mohamed Nur educational opportunities for children and adults. Site Manager The three-story Institutional Church opened in 1906 at voice: 816-221-0043 Admiral, Holmes and Sixth Streets. Twenty rooms fax: 816-221-0937 included day care and kindergarten, a "pure milk" station, a dormitory, a boys' carpenter shop, sewing How You Can Help! ● Become a Volunteer Today! classrooms, reading rooms and an auditorium. Nondenominational programs served all races and ● Youth & Adult Volunteers needed ● Make a Financial Donation Today! religions. "The Kansas City Star" said, "As the Institutional Church and Neighborhood House, it ● Become A Friend of the Lamb ● Serve on a Fundraising Committee! provided the first day nursery and first well-baby clinic in the city." It also offered one of the first gymnasiums To make a donation to the Youth Services Program, available to the public in Kansas City. please visit their online Donation page: In 1946, the Institutional Church was renamed in http://www.dellalamb.org/help_donate.asp, honor of Mrs. Fred Lamb, who had served as president or you may mail your donation to 500 Woodland, of the Neighborhood House for 25 years. Della Kansas City, MO 64106 Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Questions or suggestions? Contact the editor: Don Leming (email: [email protected] or phone 816-510-5231)