WHAT’S INSIDE: PAGE 2 Assignments, Guests, Hospitality, Announce- ments, Social Events PAGE 3 Fines, Happy Dollars PAGE 4 Club Calendar and Weekly Numbers PAGE 5 Michigan Builder PAGE 6 Club Info, Thanks to Our Advertisers PAGES 7-10 Thrift Sale Work Schedules Volume 9, Issue 44 TODAY’S PROGRAM... Washtenaw County Update Jane Talcott introduced today’s speaker, Greg Dill, Washtenaw County Administrator. Greg Dill has degrees in business administration and years of experience in local government. He was appointed Washtenaw County Admin- istrator in 2016. This is his home community, which he cares about deeply. Greg thanked Kiwanis for our dedication to community ser- vice, thanked his mother for being his “rock” growing up, and his wife for 23 years of love and support. Greg was pleased to report that voters have passed four millages to support road repairs, community mental health services, public safety and justice, and veteran services. In the current environment of increasing expenditures and de- creasing revenues, fiscal stewardship is both challenging and critical. Using a four-year budget cycle helps with plan- ning and best use of resources. Greg talked about the Equity Initiative, which includes racial issues, but also inequity in dealing with gender and with the elderly, especially those living out county. One of Greg Dill’s themes is caring about and serving the whole county. He talked about “east of US 23” having different challenges and fewer resources than Ann Arbor and the need to balance that out. For example, an African American male living east of US 23 has a seventeen year shorter life expectancy than an African American male living west of the highway. There are also pockets of poverty in the rural western part of the county. We need to remember that though Ann Arbor has lots of resources and has been named the “smartest city in the world”(!), we are one county-wide community of 360,000 residents. The new strategic plan, “One Washtenaw County” deals with education disparity, transporta- tion issues, affordable housing, mental health needs, and development of talent throughout the county. It will provide effective leadership to create positive outcomes in these areas of need and answer the question, “Do these initiatives improve conditions for all our popula- tion?” with a resounding “Yes”. NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM... August 6—Leuke’s Landing. Speaker: Leona Foster. Introduction by Emily Allshouse. UPCOMING PROGRAMS.... August 13—U-M Football. Speaker: Jim Brandstatter, U-M Football Broadcaster. Introduction by Jim Carey. August 20—Local Radio, Past & Future. Speaker: Arthur R. Vuolo, Jr. Introduction by Al Gallup. MEETINGS... No extra meetings this week! Happy Vacation for all our hard working committee chairs and members. July 30, 2018 Jane Talcott Greg Dill
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WHAT’S INSIDE:
PAGE 2
Assignments, Guests, Hospitality, Announce-ments, Social Events
PAGE 3
Fines, Happy Dollars
PAGE 4
Club Calendar and Weekly Numbers
PAGE 5
Michigan Builder
PAGE 6
Club Info, Thanks to Our Advertisers
PAGES 7-10
Thrift Sale Work Schedules
Volume 9, Issue 44
TODAY’S PROGRAM...
Washtenaw County Update Jane Talcott introduced today’s speaker, Greg Dill, Washtenaw County Administrator. Greg Dill has degrees in business administration and years of experience in local government. He was appointed Washtenaw County Admin-istrator in 2016. This is his home community, which he cares about deeply. Greg thanked Kiwanis for our dedication to community ser-vice, thanked his mother for being his “rock”
growing up, and his wife for 23 years of love and support.
Greg was pleased to report that voters have passed four millages to support road repairs, community mental health services, public safety and justice, and veteran services. In the current environment of increasing expenditures and de-creasing revenues, fiscal stewardship is both challenging and critical. Using a four-year budget cycle helps with plan-ning and best use of resources.
Greg talked about the Equity Initiative, which includes racial issues, but also inequity in dealing with gender and with the elderly, especially those living out county. One of Greg Dill’s themes is caring about and serving the whole county. He talked about “east of US 23” having different challenges and fewer resources than Ann Arbor and the need to balance that out. For example, an African American male living east of US 23 has a seventeen year shorter life expectancy than an African American male living west of the highway. There are also pockets of poverty in the rural western part of the county.
We need to remember that though Ann Arbor has lots of resources and has been named the “smartest city in the world”(!), we are one county-wide community of 360,000 residents.
The new strategic plan, “One Washtenaw County” deals with education disparity, transporta-tion issues, affordable housing, mental health needs, and development of talent throughout the county. It will provide effective leadership to create positive outcomes in these areas of need and answer the question, “Do these initiatives improve conditions for all our popula-tion?” with a resounding “Yes”.
NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM...
August 6—Leuke’s Landing. Speaker: Leona Foster. Introduction by Emily Allshouse.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS.... August 13—U-M Football. Speaker: Jim Brandstatter, U-M Football Broadcaster.
Introduction by Jim Carey.
August 20—Local Radio, Past & Future. Speaker: Arthur R. Vuolo, Jr. Introduction by Al Gallup.
MEETINGS...
No extra meetings this week! Happy Vacation for all our hard working committee chairs and members.
July 30, 2018
Jane Talcott
Greg Dill
Officers and Directors
President: William V. Hampton
President-Elect: Dan Dever
Treasurer: Greg Meisner
Secretary: Kathie Wilder
Immediate Past-President: Alan Burg
Board Members: Marianne D’Angelo Deborah Jones Margaret Krasnoff Evan LeRoy Peter Schork Ellen Webb
Newsletter:
Editor Lynne Lande
Photos Bob Gray
Publisher John Kidle
Do you have news for the newsletter, or are you in-terested in advertising? Contact Publisher, John Kidle, at [email protected].
GUESTS AT OUR CLUB…
Dave LaMoreaux introduce our many guests: Elissa Benedek, guest of Dick Benedek; Doris and Debra Dill, mother and wife of our speaker Greg Dill, and guests of Jane Tal-cott; Arno Buhrer, guest of Pat Buhrer; Kathleen __(sorry)__, guest of Harry Hawkins; Esther Hampton, Cynthia Reid, Juliet Taylor, and Shiloh Taylor, all guests of President William; Carlos Rengifo from Columbia and guest of Harry Cross. We are happy that you were with us today and hope you will come again soon.
HOSPITALITY…
Fred Sanchez reported that volunteer Karen Hadwin is doing well after lung surgery; Lynne Lande’s son Steve Carbeck is home and recovering well from his heart attack; Dick Benedek took a fall, but is OK and here with us today; Esther Hampton also fell, while on vacation, is recovering well and with us today. We welcomed Sue Dailey back! We are thankful for healing and health for all of these people, and hold in our hearts all those who are dealing with chronic illness or loss.
ANNOUNCEMENTS…
Kiwanis Outreach Program: Kathy Barden Perlberg reminded us that about 25 Rota-ry members will be our special guests this Saturday. They will gather for a tour of our building and opportunity to shop. At noon they will be served lunch and hear a presen-tation about Kiwanis and our mission in the community. Please give our Rotarian guests a warm welcome if you are at the Sale this Saturday.
Ellen Webb needs one person for 8/9 , two people for 8/23, and one for 8/30 to help with vouchers.
SOCIAL EVENTS...
Annual Summer Picnic is this Sunday,12-2pm at the Kiwanis Center. Come at noon. Bring a dish to pass. Ribs and chicken and beverages will be furnished. There will be shade, and we can go indoors if the weather doesn’t cooperate. Bring your family. We want volunteers and friends of Kiwanis to come, too. Contact Mary Stewart if you haven’t signed up, or just come.
Annual Tiger Baseball Game Outing is Saturday, August 11. Fred Sanchez may have one or two tickets. Contact Fred ASAP if you are interested and he will give you details. Those already signed up have gotten more instructions from Fred via email.
Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Golf Outing: George Gilligan reminds golfers to get your foursomes together and save the date Thursday September 13th at Pierce Lake. We also need hole sponsors. It’s always a great day! See George for more info and to sign up.
ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK...
Volume 9, Issue 44 Page 2
Mon-Sat Sale See Pages 7 and 8
Fri-Sat Sale See Pages 9 and 10
Vouchers 8/2—Ellen Webb, Carla Summers, Debbie Rydzor, Bud Roberts, Jim Carey, Dee Smit, Ken Hillenburg, Alan Burg, Mark Lavin
Invocation Doug Ziesemer
Meeting Greet-ers
Deb Jones (A), Griff Dick, and a player to be named replacing Betsy Ford
Unfortunately, the editor was filling her plate at the buffet and missed the beginning of a string of fines and counter-fines. They all had to do with President William’s outstanding white suit and matching headwear, which was mistakenly referred to as a “skull cap”. After we all paid, in-cluding President William, he ex-plained that his headwear is called a “kufi”, and that he wears the kufi in honor of his ancestors and all that they endured. That piece of infor-mation and its meaning to William was worth way more than the quar-ters we all contributed to the fine bucket.
HAPPY DOLLARS...
Lynne Lande started off Happy Dollars with a sad word that she had to “put down” their beloved Newfie, O’Malley, last week. But the best news is that her son Steve is recovering from a heart attack caused by blockage of the major arteries in his heart.
Larry French was happy that he did not fall for a bogus email demanding $3,200 in Bitcoin, with the threat of putting out on the Internet that he watch-es porn. Larry went to the FBI and learned this is a common Internet crime. Larry has an article about this type of crime, if you want more information. (BTY, Larry says he does NOT watch porn).
Clar Dukes was remembering this day in 1953, when he was preparing to go to fight in the Korean War. As he stood in line, word came that Korean Armistice had been signed, and he didn’t have to fight.
Dale Leslie reported attending Doug Olsen’s memorial service in Dundee this past Saturday. Doug and his father Don Olsen were both active mem-bers of our Kiwanis Club. Doug was a Methodist minister and served two churches in Ann Arbor before transferring to Dundee.
Juliet Taylor, daughter of President William, wearily but happily reported she and her son Shiloh, and her sister Cynthia drove seventeen hours straight from Ft. Worth, Texas to visit their Ann Arbor family for a week.
Fred Sanchez was happy for a Michigan hat with a brim, given to him by Clar Dukes. Fred was ushering at the recent soccer match at the Big House, and fainted again, in spite of drinking 11 bottles of water. Fred hopes this hat will give him more protection from the sun.