Last week Annie gave up an overview of the News happenings in 2012.

She spoke of the many different events that occurred no only in Christian County, but Trigg as well:

Eggners Ferry Bridge Colaspe

Veterans Center Opening

High School Bomb Threats

Welcoming home Ft. Campbell Soldiers

Gander Ceremony

And many many more, Thanks Annie for a wonderful Year in Review with attitude..

It is with sadness that we mourn the loss of fellow Kiwanian Jim Love. Jim’s infectious smile and positive attitude helped to shape our club and community for over 30 years. His news with Love will be absent from now on, but  his spirit and memory will live forever in our club and in our hearts.

 Rest In Peace Jim, our fellow Kiwanian and eternal Cubs Fan.

Pembroke K-Kids President Gabe Hellums and K-Kids Sponsor Taylor Gatespresented items collected by the Pembroke K-Kids for the JROTC soldier care boxes.  in addition, Kiwanian Lisa Selbe presented a check and donated items to Colonel Sartain for the JROTC soldier care boxes.

Retired Colonel Sartain has been the JROTC instructor at Fort Campbell High School since 2008. He began by noting the similarities between Kiwanis objectives and the goals and aims of the JROTC. He shared with us the organizational chart for the JROTC and explained some of the responsibilities of the different positions in the organization.

             There are currently 202 students involved in the program at FCHS. They have a Drill Team, Color Guard, Raiders, and Rifle Team. They will be participating in the Veteran's Day parade in Hopkinsville on Saturday, 11/10/12, as well as the Veteran's Day ceremony at the Kentucky Veteran's Cemetery West on Monday, 11/12/12, among many other local events in the Hopkinsville/Clarksville area. He told us that their current project is FCHS Falcon Battalion Troop Holiday Packages for which our club has been collecting items during the last few weeks.

Josh Maxwell with the Pennroyal Arts Council gave us a preview of some of the events that will be happing at the Alhambra this year. You can find out more about their happenings on their website.

Eli Pace, Editor for Kentucky New Era.

Welcom

Club officers for the 2012-2013 Kiwanis year include:

· Carter Hendricks, President

· Steve Barrios, President-Elect

· Guy Howie, Vice President

· Wally Lyon, Secretary

· Phil Camp, Treasurer

· Barbara Ptaszek, Immediate Past President

David was guest speaker at Kiwanis on August 2. He have a brief history of mental health practices in our country and how attitudes have changed over the years as we deal with persons with mental illness, mental retardation, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse & other mental health issues.

David also provided background  info about the Pennyroyal Center. Therapeutic rehabilitation groups are held now to help people reintegrate into the community after receiving therapy & assistance through PC.

He talked  about Trace Industries & how it helps people be productive while producing equipment for the US Army & services for local industries. PC serves as many as 18,000 different people in a year through as many as 300,000 visits. Pennyroyal Center is a not-for-profit organization providing valuable services for 8 counties in western Kentucky

John, is a passionate philanthropist and Kiwanian. He talked about the villages that he visited, and with $100, 000 in his pocket he was wonder how he was going to change the world. But with the help of Kiwanis, UNICEF and the Governments he did just that.

He told that Kiwanians needed to know how $ 1.80 can protect a woman and her future babies with vaccine of tetanus. So our help with the Eliminate Project will do that.

Thanks John for sharing your story with us.

April 5, 2012

TO KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE DISTRICT KIWANIS CLUB LEADERS

You are where the action is, and I want you to know what you have done! For the first time in this, our 2011-2012 administrative year, the Kentucky-Tennessee District now has more than 5,000 members, and we are continuing to grow our membership and our service. Fifteen of our 18 divisions experienced positive growth trends in the month of March. The names of the presidents and secretaries of those clubs that experienced member growth in March are listed at the end of this message. This is my note of appreciation to you for what you have done and are continuing to do.

Please note that many, many clubs have experienced no change in their member numbers. At the very least this means our district is experiencing great retention, and that is highly commendable. But we also need to remember that some clubs may have lost members that were replaced by an equivalent number of new members, and in a way this is also growth; I can't give you the credit you deserve because the monthly membership report from International does not reveal that information. If your club fits that category please accept my thanks and accept my regrets for not being able to name you, too. Just hang on to that good feeling, knowing how important you also are to our efforts to serve the children of the world.

Below are the names (if available) of the presidents and secretaries of those clubs that had a positive membership growth in March. Congratulations to each of you for your leadership in encouraging your members to recruit new members and for your achievement!!!!!!

President Barbara Ptaszek and Secretary Wallie Lyon of the Hopkinsville club

Thanks, again.

Don

Donald E. "Don" Ritter
Governor 2011-2012
Kentucky-Tennessee Kiwanis District
Serving the Children of the World -- Together We Will