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Maryville Kiwanis Kourier October, 2019 Kiwanis Club of Maryville, TN Meeting at noon at Green Meadow Country club; lunch served at 11:30 Email: mkiwanis@charter.net; Website: www.maryvillekiwanis.org The Kiwanis Club of Maryville is dedicated to building a better community by focusing on service to children and youth.

BRIGHTENING UP THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ON “KIWANIS-FAMILY” SERVICE DAY By Patsy Russell & Pete Davis

Saturday, September 14, was a day that I felt extra proud to be a member of Maryville Kiwanis. About 100 volunteers came together and worked at least 4 hours (many worked even more) helping to clean-up both the interior and exterior of the Boys & Girls Club. Volunteers came from Maryville Kiwanis, and Service Leadership Programs (SLP’s) Maryville College Circle K Club, Key Clubs from both Heritage and Maryville High Schools, Builders Clubs from Eagleton and Heritage Middle Schools, Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School and Maryville Junior High School. Several friends of Kiwanians also volunteered and came from the community. Over 325 total volunteer man-hours of work were performed. We also had the help of a couple of Boys & Girls club employees who were very helpful not only in working but in helping us find needed items like extra trash bags and pot scrapers. There were 24 members of Maryville Kiwanis, 49 SLP members (Circle K, Key Club, and Builders Club), eight SLP faculty advisors, and seven “friends” of Kiwanis gathered at the Boys & Girls Club to work on a variety of projects.

Organized by Steve Frana, Robert Russell, and Patsy Russell, volunteers were divided onto teams. Under the direction of Steve and Robert, team leaders Heath Barberry, Bill Henry, and Bob Ullom led the effort to trim and clean up the landscaping. Load after load of brush was hauled away from trimming trees and bushes. Emily Mantooth led a group cleaning out flower beds on the playground side of the building. In the cafeteria, Dan Monat, Tim Thurston, and Michael Torano coordinated a

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“KIWANIS-FAMILY” SERVICE DAY (continued) group of about 20 youth to clean and paint the cubbies that the children store book-bags in daily. What a difference! Dale Henry led a group that set up tables and chairs (for the day) in the gym and cleaned four classrooms. Susan Jones and Deanna Hall helped clean the neglected kitchen. Thanks to all the other Kiwanis volunteers who worked for two hours or more in the heat! You were a wonderful example of leadership-by-example for the kids. Big thanks to Deanna Hall and Linda Ullom, who helped Patsy Russell with the sign-in tables and helped keep everything running somewhat smoothly; to Jim Hands for coordinating the pizza that was donated by Maryville Papa John’s manager Kyle Leachman; to Pete Davis for taking pictures and doing the publicity; and to the cookie bakers: Patsy Russell, Linda Ullom, Maureen Diffley, Anna White, Debbie Jones and Dale Henry. The kids loved the cookies! And, thanks to Steve, Robert, Pete Davis, Dan Monat, and Jerry Heiny for coming back on Monday morning to replace the hooks in the cubbies!

Another aspect of the project was the purchase of 20 new tables and 128 chairs for the cafeteria, to the tune of over $5000 from our Maryville Kiwanis Foundation. Steve Frana spent many hours ordering the tables, chairs, and carts to hold them. He also made three trips to Knoxville (one with Robert Russell) to pick up the tables and chairs and then deliver them to the Boys & Girls Club. He saved Maryville Kiwanis over $1000 in shipping costs! One last part of the project will be completed soon. Maryville Kiwanis is going to pay for the floor (ugly) in the cafeteria to be stripped and waxed. The cafeteria will look, feel and be much cleaner once the floor looks shining clean again. Our Kiwanis members may have been weary after such intense work, but we were all making a difference in the lives of the children who go to the Boys & Girls Club. We got to know members and faculty advisors from our SLPs, and we were able to show them our dedication to children. Many more photos of all of the crews at work are available at www.maryvillekiwanis.ord/photos.

Dale Henry helps direct Builders Club Kids and one of their sponsors in placing some new chairs around some of the new tables, ready for delicious donated Papa John’s pizza lunch and cookies baked by Maryville Kiwanians.

Key club members paint cubby-hole cabinets and actually end up with more paint on the surfaces of the cubbies than on themselves.

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President’s Korner Dear Maryville Kiwanians: Welcome to a New Year in Kiwanis! I love new beginnings, do you? I love that we get to start fresh with new eyes, new energy. We get to wrap our arms around those things that are serving us well and working, and we look at those areas where we want to grow. I’ve referred to Jim Collins’s speech at the Kiwanis International Convention about successful clubs twice. Collins wrote the book Good to Great to help corporations push forward from mediocrity to greatness. He said we needed to think about nine things when working on being a successful club. I have summarized those below. 1. We need to remember great clubs are about WHAT WE DO! It’s not what we think about, wish for, or want. 2. We need to put ourselves UNDER THE CAUSE. We need to eliminate the “I” and focus on the “We.” We will constantly ask ourselves with every decision we make this year, “Is this a decision that benefits the children of this community?” 3. LIFE IS ABOUT DOING MEANINGFUL THINGS WITH PEOPLE WE LOVE. We will make sure we don’t forget about all the meaningful projects we are doing in this community and how awesome that we get to do it with the incredible folks in this club! 4. We must CONFRONT THE BRUTAL FACTS - ASKING QUESTIONS WITHOUT GIVING ANSWERS, LISTENING INTENDING TO LEARN, ENGAGING IN DIALOGUE AND DEBATE - NOT COERCION OR SEEKING TO GET OUR OWN WAY. We must have the hard conversations. They lead to great work! 5. We must CONDUCT AUTOPSIES WITHOUT ASSIGNING BLAME. We will make changes this year where changes need to be made without fear or worry. We will know those decisions are the correct decisions because we know they help the children of this community. 6. POWER CANNOT BE CONFUSED WITH EXCELLENCE. We are going to always seek excellence, not power. 7. WE MUST LOOK FOR CHANGES COMING NOT FOCUSED ON THE PAST. We must ask WHAT CAN WE STOP DOING that is no longer serving our core mission. What are we NOT doing that we need to start that serves our core mission? 8. WE MUST EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY. This is a must for our future viability. This is a priority of mine for our club this year. 9. THE SECRET TO MEDIOCRITY IS INCONSISTENCY. Consistent, disciplined actions create momentum and propel the mission forward. I’m looking forward to a fabulous year! Let the fun work begin! Call or email me anytime. I have one request, if you have a suggestion for change, please bring your suggestion as to the solution. Here’s to a great year! Deanna

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Briefs Membership

We welcomed another new member, David Stephens, into our midst in September. His orientation was accomplished by Pete Davis. David appears to be fitting in quickly and well; he’ll soon find just the right projects to help with, and his pleasant smile will make him well received anywhere. There seems to be a lot of kidding and laughter from his chosen table so far.

Sad News Randy Allen lost his father-in-law Walter “Pete” Martin; Randy and his wife Debbie would love you to remember them in your prayers and your kind thoughts. Their address is 970 North Old Grey Ridge Road, Maryville, TN 37801.

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Steve Frana lost his mother, after a long, debilitating illness; Heaven’s definitely a greatly improved address for her. Please remember Steve and his family in prayer and warm thoughts. Steve and Gail’s address is P.O. Box 196, Greenback, TN 37742-0196.

Illness Ed Harmon made it out to our installation banquet, which was good for him. He is recovering from an illness which has required a hospital visit and is slowly gaining the strength he needs to have the problem repaired. He was happy to see his friends at the banquet and enjoys an occasional chance to touch base via phone or card. His address is 1013 Park Lane Court, Maryville, TN 37803.

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Lynn Tittsworth had a scare that took him to the emergency room just lately and through testing done discovered what we already knew - that he has a good heart. He still has some other health concerns - painful, but less life-threatening than a heart attack.

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Didja Know?

So far in the 2018-19 Kiwanis Year, Maryville Kiwanians have put 4,320 service hours and $115,000 into making Blount County a better place for their children and community. That didn’t count all of the hours put in during the months of service in August and September since we had already reached and far surpassed our anniversary goal, so no one was asking for them. Kiwanians rock when it comes to service.

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Walter Zeller Fellowship Awarded to Howard Kerr By Jim Warner, Alcoa Club Board Member & Newsletter Producer The Kiwanis Children’s Fund International project for the past few years is eliminating Maternal Neonatal Tetanus, or MNT. A contribution of $1,250 from our club to the Children’s Fund can protect more than 690 women and their future babies from MNT. That’s saving lives, probably well over 690 babies lives, from a horrible, excruciating death from tetanus. That gift of $1,250 to the Children’s Fund allows us to award a Walter Zeller Fellowship. We can use Zeller Fellowships to recognize those in the community who are dedicated to helping children. We are pleased to honor one such person who has made major contributions to kids in our community and around the world. It is a privilege to present a Walter Zeller Fellowship to Howard Kerr. Howard has set the standard for helping kids. He is Boys and Girls Club coach and Board Member from 1966 to the present; Boy Scouts sponsor and counselor; Member of Kiwanis Club of Maryville; Managing Director of Alnwick Community Club from 1986 to the present; Member of Blount County Sister-City organization; Founder, TIPS cultural exchange program from 1999 to 2018; Hosted 4000+ international students.

From the time Howard gets up, he is doing something for the community. He was elected State Representative, 20th District, from 1994 - 2000; He was Co-organizer of Blount County Solid Waste Authority; and he was Co-organizer of Blount County Public Building Authority. Pat Marshall, Co-Chair of the Hixson/Zeller Committee, was pleased to present this well-deserved recognition.

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INSTALLATION BANQUET: Changing of the Guard

At our Installation Banquet on September 24, we honored those who have done a great job of leading us for the 2018-19 Kiwanis year and welcomed those who will lead us from October 1, 2019 to Sept 30, 2010. Pete Davis, President at the start of the evening presented certificates of appreciation and gifts to those who helped him have a great year as President.Our dear Ed Harmon received the Kiwanian of the Year plaque. He was delighted with the honor and said that he had no idea that he would receive anything Our expectations of newly installed President Deanna Hall for the 2019-20 Kiwanis Year are high, also, and we can see from her President’s Korner letter that hers are high for all members, too. We had Governor-Elect and Mrs. David Coulter as honored guests. Our Division 5 Lt. Governor Ginger Riggs counted as a welcome guest, too. Ginger is a member of the Sevierville Kiwanis Club. Part of her official duties is installing all of the new officers and directors for Division 5. She also helped us honor those who have served so ably for the terms that finished on September 30, 2019.

Past President (from minutes before) Pete Davis receives a plaque acknowledging a highly successful year as President serving in our 100th year from Deanna Hall who will also serve for the last three months of our 100th year.

Division 5 Lt. Gov. Ginger Riggs, Pete Davis, and Deanna Hall at the moment of the changing of the guard as Deanna received her President's pin.

Ed Harmon shows his delight as he receives our Kiwanian of the Year award.

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Kiwanis Club of Maryville History Moments

For our meeting on September 10, “Bob Ergenbright read a list of all the various programs for the meetings that were held in our first year -1920. Discussions included parking downtown; expansion of Maryville High School; the number of people allowed to be on a single party line phone; the county fair/carnival; Republican or Democrat and why? and a new organ for the Palace Theater. Bob’s wonderful but-so-well-detailed “moments” are they’re hard to write down hurriedly, so he’s been sharing his notes each month.

IN MEMORIAM Horace Robert “Bob” McCammon, a longtime member, passed away “quietly in his sleep” on September 3, 2019. According to Bob Ergenbright, our Club Secretary and Historian, “Bob McCammon joined our club in 1961, was president in 1969 when Kiwanis International changed from a calendar fiscal year to our present fiscal year October 1 through September 30 and served as president for 9 months from January 1 through September 30. He had to resign from the club in December 2017 due to failing health. He was the longest serving member at the time of his resignation having served for one-month shy of 59 years.” Bob was one of the designers of the Mercury Space Program, the manager of McCammon Motor and Equipment, and later, a Senior Vice President at First Federal Savings and Loan. Bob traveled to Florida each winter for a few years and would return with a stack of visitor attendance sheets proving that he had visited other Kiwanis Clubs weekly and thus managed a great attendance record. Bob was predeceased by his wife Bettie and leaves his namesake Rob, Rob’s wife Cynthia, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren to mourn his loss.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild Look upon a little child

Pity my simplicity Suffer me to come to Thee - Charles Wesley

SPECIAL REQUEST

If you have an important benchmark in your life, like a new baby, grandchild, great grandchild, or a promotion or job change you wanted; or if you have a need for prayers and positive “vibes” in your life due to your own, a friend’s or a family member’s illness, injury, or passage to more Heavenly realms, please let Susan Jones (suzeree1@yahoo.com) know. It is terrible to find out too late for congratulations or for comfortable condolences, so if you let Susan know, Kiwanians will be able to find it in our “Briefs” section.

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Interclub News

Interclubs provide connections with other Kiwanians that grow into real friendships and involve lots of fun as well. If an interclub is in a somewhat distant spot or at a very long distance, folks generally car-pool from somewhere in Blount County and have the enjoyment of getting to know one another better. Arrival at the interclub location provides good food, laughter, and learning. We learn how things are accomplished at that club’s meetings, what projects are being planned, and we learn something new from their program speaker as well. Our club had a magic interclub situation as we had three interclubs at the same time on September 5: four members met with the Alcoa club and a double interclub attended the newly formed and already relocated Seymour Club. Only seven Maryville regular members attended Seymour’s meeting, but Lt. Governor Claire Crouch also attended and she is considered a member of every club. Later in the month, five members attended the Volunteer State Aktion Club as well and had another program that Aktion Club members enjoyed.

L-R: Peter Towle, Ben Cate, Debra Jones, Dave Stephens, Kent Willoughby, Bobby Burke, Claire Crouch, and Pete Davis attended the new Seymour Club’s meeting.

Aktion Club Interclub: L-R: Doug Craig, Bob Ullom, Pete Davis, Linda Ullom, and Peter Towle

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Reading Mentor Program Ramping Up If you haven’t found just the right “niche” for the kid-related service work you’ve been looking for, you might just want to talk to Patsy Russell, who’s chairing our reading-mentor program. To become a mentor, you have to give up just the time it takes to get you to an elementary school near you, a half hour to a whole hour (or more, if the success rate goes to your head) reading with the kids and then the trip home or back to work. If a child does not overcome his or her inability to read well by third grade, success as a scholar may be beyond reach. With your help, one child or some might have his, her, or their particular form of genius be discovered because you helped him, her, or them learn to read better and to thus reach their full potential. Warning: you could become addicted to helping kids (one at a time, or a small group at a time), learn to read better and to help increase the “aha!” moments when what’s on paper actually starts to be an interpretable piece of information for the young reader or readers you’re helping. This is an addiction from which you are unlikely to want to recover. Quitting cold turkey is not advised for any involved as the side effects will make you and those you’re helping feel terribly sad.

September Member Moments

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me. Getting to know you, putting it my way, but nicely, You are precisely - my cup of tea…From “The King and I” Dan Monat gave Jeff Money a great introduction in his Member Moment to those of us who attended the meeting on September 10. We learned that even though Jeff grew up in University of Tennessee territory in Knoxville, he somehow became a big Alabama fan (perhaps he talked too long to Susan Knopf). He’s the baby of his family and was born quite a bit later than his older siblings - isn’t sure what happened there. He went reluctantly, apparently, to the Webb School then on to graduate from Furman University, a Baptist School, where he became one of the Furmon University Christian Knights. Choosing not to go to Furmon might have wrecked a lengthy family connection as 18 members, so far, attended Furman. The Money family is the fifth largest Furman-Family multi-generational roster the university has had.

Pete Davis Kayden Kite, Adelina Robledo, Jack Kidd, and Tyler Rimmer at Ms. Angela Barham’s 3rd grade class at John Sevier Elementary School

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Member Moments (continued) After graduation from Furman, Jeff attended the Appalachian School of Law, became a lawyer, passed the bar exam, and still holds his license…that’s a rather important knowledge base for someone who runs a non-profit agency. Jeff wanted to be a sports agent as a lawyer but took a little detour and suddenly found himself deeply involved with the Boys and Girls Club of Knoxville, in 2008. He became the very active Executive Director of the Blount County Boys & Girls Club on June 1, 2012. The person who influenced him the most was his dad, a Baptist Preacher and that makes Jeff a preacher’s kid. He hasn’t really followed in that stereotypically rebellious role, though - except for liking Alabama more than UTK. Jeff has no children of his own as yet, but he places great value on his relationships with his five nieces and nephews. If he ever has a son, he would like to name him Cash (he says jokingly) as then there will always be Cash Money around (we all groaned dutifully when we heard that one). Dan Monat, in talking with Jeff as he got to know him better for his Member Moment, discovered they both shared a great love for hot sauce. For an appreciation gift, Dan presented him with one of his favorites: One Drop at A Time sauce with enough drops to make many meals spicy and delicious.

On September 3, Regina Jennings introduced her husband and Maryville Kiwanis member Roger Jennings for the day’s “Member Moment.” Roger was born and grew up in Huntland, in Franklin County, Tennessee, which is near the city of Winchester. Together, after working at their professional careers, the two lovebirds run a farm together. For the Member moment, Regina asked Roger, “What is the one thing that happened in your life that changed you into who you are today? Without having to think about it, he replied that marrying Regina helped change him into an even finer man than he was when Regina first met him. He gave Regina about a third of the credit for being the largest influence on his life and gave his mother and father the other two thirds credit for being strong, affirming influences on his life.

As to career highlights, Roger cites interactions with every single family that he helps in his career as a funeral director. He feels he gains something positive from each family as they deal with the toughest times of their lives, and he hopes they always feel the same way about him. The greatest piece of advice he can give others is to stay calm and let things take care of themselves, as long as there is no blood or broken bones. Roger says that the craziest thing he has ever done was to go zip-lining at age 60. A strong work ethic, faith, and a sense of adventure help make Roger an interesting Member Moment subject.

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Meeting Notes We had a nice crowd at our September 3 meeting, 51 in all. Folks were greeted by Steve Kiefer and Linda Ullom. Steve did double duty as he collected Happy Bucks, too. Reverend Bob Hayes gave the invocation. Carl Van Hoozier came properly dressed. Bob Ergenbright gave another remarkable “history moment” about the many projects that have been accomplished by Maryville Kiwanis in the last 100 years. Regina Jennings did another member moment on someone she’s rather close to - her husband Roger Jennings. Chair of the day Robert Russell introduced our own member, Blount County Mayor Ed Mitchell. Mayor Ed was born and raised here in Blount County and six generations of his family could make the same claim. He graduated from Everett High School. After a career in the Maryville Fire Department, with many years as the Fire Chief, Ed retired. He wasn’t finished with public service yet, however, because soon after retiring from the Fire Department, he ran for and was elected as Blount County Mayor. According to Pete Davis’ notes, “His goal as Mayor is to work every day to maintain Blount County's beauty and integrity, while also keeping it as a place where citizens receive an excellent education and obtain good jobs, so they can earn what they need to raise their families. He works closely with the county’s leadership and the State government. He strives to be open with the citizens about how the county is run.” Ed is a fast study because soon after beginning as mayor he had a firm grasp of county business and finances. Ed cited many statistics about our unemployment rate, job opportunities, the budget ($202.9 million), and our debt level ($168.3 million). He stated that Blount County recently received a clean audit for the fourth year in a row which is the first time that has happened in Tennessee. He reported about jail overcrowding and the county’s efforts to build more facilities and also facilities for the homeless. A troubling statistic was that, currently, our first responders have been using narcan averaging 4 calls for overdoses per day. Each unit of narcan costs the county about $143. Ed urged each of us to vote and to participate in the US Census. On September 10, 2019, we had 50 in attendance, greeted by Doug Hill and Heath Barberry. Dale Henry provided our invocation. Dan Monat was properly dressed as he introduced Jeff Money for his Member Moment. Bob Ergenbright listed the programs for our first full year as a club, way back in 1920. Jeff Money collected our Happy Bucks. Tom Coulter told us a little bit about his mission trip to Kenya. Chair of the Day Regina Jennings introduced Tonia Latham, a social media and marketing consultant for EpicNine Marketing. Tonia was born at the Naval Air Station (NAS) at Pensacola, Florida and moved to East Tennessee when her dad retired from NAS. Tonia is a member of Toastmasters, Networking with a Purpose, and the Leadership Blount Class of 2019.

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Meeting Notes (continued) Tonia helped us all relate to the ever-changing number and increasing speed of technological changes we have already met and survived. She started by asking what phone systems we had used and discarded in our lives. We moved from wall phones with rotary dials and party lines to smaller variations that could sit on a desk or table, to small hand-held and touch tone phones to large mobile phones to small cellular phones that will fit in our pockets and become obsolete within five years. Our association with television went from bulky, small-screened black and whites on special stands to smart flat-screen TVs that can watch us while we watch them, can be almost as large as a cinema screen, and can be hung like a picture on your wall. Some of us are still kicking and screaming, but eventually, we must face catching up with social media changes. This all tied in with the various aspects of social media which we can use to improve our business and personal lives through more opportunities to communicate. In application to our club, Tonia suggested that we need to have a presence on Facebook, websites, Twitter, etc. as 77% of business customers use such media to meet their needs. She made it clear that social media is very “Intentional” communication that shares what we want others to know about your business or “product.” She warned that nothing ever dies once you hit send so that we should be very careful about what we post. Even a snapchat post that is gone in minutes can be caught in time with a quick “screen shot” and posted through infinity. She said also that the most dangerous sentence for any organization to use is “We’ve always done it this way.” Times are ever changing and now at a terrific rate. We must try to keep up with the changes or risk being left behind and found irrelevant. Our brands are improved if our messages are consistent, positive, and engaging. “Choose well,” Tonia said about what you focus to put on social media. “Choose what’s most valuable.” She also said that we should “never assume anonymity.” Tonia gave us some other great advice as well: “Never put anything on social media that you wouldn’t want your mother to read.” For our meeting on the 17th, 49 people attended, greeted by Susan Taylor Bryant and Susan Jones. Doug Craig gave the invocation. Our President, Pete Davis, was properly dressed. We had neither a history moment nor a Member Moment. David Stephens was inducted into full membership with the club. Ben Cate collected a large number of Happy Bucks and saved the last $100 for last as he knew that Steve Frana had to pay up because Alcoa had been beaten by Maryville. Steve paid all $100 in ones! Our AMVETS speaker didn’t show up, and it turned out to be a good thing. Ben issued a challenge, that those who had come on the previous Saturday to help with the project at the Boys & Girls Club should pay $1.00 for the privilege, and anyone who wasn’t able to be there should pay $2. We had so many happy people sharing their great thoughts that we’d have run out of adequate time for the speaker. There was just enough time for Patsy Russell, one of the three project coordinators, to report on the great success produced by nearly 100 people who showed up for hard work (lots of it out in the sun) on a miserably hot day. We had only a “round table” afternoon on September 24 since we had a chance for lunch but no planned program. Those who showed up were able to eat with a great but small group of friends. About 54 were scheduled to attend our Installation Banquet that evening.

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KLUB KALENDAR

Date Speaker/Program Invocation Greeters Chair of the Day (at podium, please) (11:30 a.m., please) Oct 1 Jennifer Wackerhagen, Regina Jennings TBA United Way Chair: Regina Jennings Oct 8 Teresa O’Mary/Blount Linda Ullom TBA County Benefits Manager Chair: TBA Oct 15 Ralph & Karen Weekly/ Newsom Baker TBA UTK Lady Vols Softball Chair: Doug Craig Oct 22 Lisa Elder/IRS Special Robert Russell TBA Program Chair: Patsy Russell Oct 29 Don Heinemann Tom Coulter TBA Blount Memorial Hospital Chair: Robert Russell Nov. 5 Tony Crisp/Fire and Police Bob Hayes TBA Chief of Maryville

Chair: Robert Russell

0THER KEY DATES Date Event Time Location Oct 3 Interclub with Alcoa 11:30 to eat Airport Hilton 12:00 to meet Oct 11 Board Meeting 12:00 noon to eat Green Meadow Country Club & meet

Upcoming Birthdays

Bob Hayes October 1 Dan Monat October 13 Bill Dempster October 16 Kent Willoughby October 17 Susan Taylor Bryant October 27 Doug Hill October 31 David Erwin November 2

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KY-TN DISTRICT NEWS Since Governor-Elect Designate David Coulter’s responsibilities and duties would make it difficult for him to continue as Aktion Club Administrator, Immediate Past President Pete Davis has been named David’s successor. DIVISION 5 NEWS Division 5’s Lay Person of the Year Award recipient was featured in the Division 5 notes. He was, of course, our Maryville Kiwanian Tom Coulter, who recently contacted us from his latest mission trip in Africa. We are very proud of this energetic gentleman who puts his time and money to work where it counts tremendously for others, not for himself.

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL NEWS

PRESIDENT POLY LAT PASSES VICKI HERMANSEN | SEP 18, 2019

President Lat, from the Philippines, began his term on October 1, 2018 and served until his death on September 18, 2019. He was elected Kiwanis International President during the 103rd Annual Kiwanis Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Tom Coulter with Division 5 Lt. Gov. Claire Crouch and KY-TN Gov. Russ Williamson.

Florencio C. “Poly” Lat, 2018-19 Kiwanis International President, died Wednesday, September 18, 2019, after a long illness.

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President Poly Lat (continued) “All of Kiwanis sends our heartfelt sympathies to Poly’s family and friends,” said Kiwanis International Executive Director Stan Soderstrom. “One of Poly’s greatest dreams has been realized: helping children around the world live better lives. He often said the only difference among children is opportunity, and Poly worked tirelessly to ensure all children have the opportunity to thrive.” Daniel Vigneron, president-elect, expressed sadness at Lat’s death. “He was so full of joy at our Kiwanis International convention at Walt Disney World Resort® in Florida,” Vigneron said. “He was energized by seeing all his friends and colleagues.”Vigneron said Lat was a true servant leader. “Kiwanis is a better organization for his membership and leadership.” Lat was a member of Kiwanis for more than 30 years. He became president of the Kiwanis Club of Inter-City Homes, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, in 1991; lieutenant governor in 2000; distinguished district governor in 2011-12 and was a Kiwanis International trustee from 2013 to 2016. He was a charter member of the Kiwanis clubs of Inter-City Homes, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila; Manila Bay and Fort Bonifacio Global City. Lat held multiple Kiwanis awards and honors, including the Kiwanis Children’s Fund’s Walter Zeller Fellowship, George F. Hixson Diamond Fellowship and its Centennial Award, the first among members in the Kiwanis Asia-Pacific Region. Under his leadership, Kiwanis received The Outstanding Philippine Leadership Excellence Award in Philanthropy for Environment from a joint project of the Rotary Club and Jaycees International. He is survived by his wife, Susan; three children, Diane, Dan and Geline; and three grandchildren, Iñigo, Nica and Lia. Lat retired from the Philippine National Bank as senior vice president. He spent 35 years with the bank.

Kids are curious, lovable, and hilarious. They are also wild, impatient, and vulnerable. Kiwanis is looking out for kids in every corner of the globe with over 600,000 volunteers who serve their communities through local clubs.

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Objects of Kiwanis

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Maryville Kiwanis Board of Directors

Position Name Phone Email President Deanna Hall 865-680-6717 dhall0407@gmail.com

President Elect Doug Craig 865-233-4706 dcraigut@gmail.com Vice President Stephanie Tipton 9607-227-865 maryvillekiwanis.tipton@gmail.com Past President Pete Davis 865-773-5617 textoten@gmail.com

Secretary Bob Ergenbright 865-556-8747 mkiwanis@charter.net Treasurer Julie Miller 865-556-7506 jmiller@cbbcbank.com Director Heath Barberry - 2 years Director Lori Borden - 3 years Director Jim Hands - 3 years Director Kathy Jackson - 3 years Director Steve Kiefer - 2 years Director Blake Mansfield - 1 year Director Dan Monat - 2 years Director Peter Towle - 1 year Director Anna White - 1 year

PROUD SPONSORS OF...

at Heritage, Maryville, Eagleton Middle School and

Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School

Key Clubs at Heritage and, Maryville High Schools

Circle K Club at Maryville College

Volunteer State Aktion Club

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Division 5 Meetings Meetings at 12 noon (unless otherwise noted) TUESDAY Maryville Kiwanis, Green Meadow Country Club, 1700 Louisville Road, Alcoa, TN 37701 Newport, Sagebrush Steakhouse, 201 Heritage Blvd. Sevierville, Applebee’s, 207 Collier Drive WEDNESDAY Farragut*, Tn State Bank Building, 11470 Parkside Dr, Knoxville, 37934 Foothills**, Highland Manor Inn, 7766 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend Northside, Foundry, Worlds Fair Site THURSDAY Alcoa, Airport Hilton Hotel Knoxville, Foundry, World’s Fair Site Jefferson Co.* Perkins, I-40, Exit 417 Seymour,* Noon, First Thursday of every month, Live-It, 11935 Chapman Hwy, Seymour FRIDAY Norwood, Puleo’s Restaurant, 110 Cedar Ln., (I-75 exit 108 Merchants Dr.) Knoxville Morristown, Morristown Country Club *1st and 3rd weeks only **2nd and 4th weeks only

Maryville Kiwanis Corporate Members The Kiwanis Club of Maryville has a number of corporate memberships - companies with a commitment to have representatives present at our meetings and that have embraced our community and child-enriching causes, programs, and projects. You can find these Corporations in your Kourier each month and can locate them, along with their logos, on our website as well via the following link: www.maryvillekiwanis.org/corporate-members Advanced Catalyst Systems Life Care Center of Blount County Blount Partnership (Chamber of Commerce) Maryville City Schools Blount County Habitat for Humanity Newell Brands Blount County Public Library Pellissippi State Community College Boys & Girls Club of Blount County Second Harvest Food Bank CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) The Salvation Army DENSO United Way of Blount County Great Smoky Mountain Council of Boy Scouts Vienna Coffee Company

They support us…. Please support our corporate members!

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Maryville Kiwanis Website www.maryvillekiwanis.org

Here are all the pages you can access for information about Maryville Kiwanis and Kiwanis

International with descriptions of what is on each page. There is a lot of important information and lots of photos. They can be viewed or downloaded from your phone, iPad or computer.

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Home Members Only (member directory and other important documents to view or download) Board Members Only (board records and other important documents to view or download) Member Access Request 100th Anniversary (photos and videos) Membership Information (facts, membership application, recruiting packet, more) Leadership (Board of Directors photos) Corporate Members (Links to our corporate members) Coming Events (list of coming events) Newsletters (view or download Kouriers, K-T Notes, KI Magazines) Photos (view or download photos of donations, member moments, speakers, activities, interclubs, read for success) Pancake Breakfast (slideshows and powerpoints) Imagination Library (photos, slideshows and powerpoints) Golf Tournament (champions, slideshow, more) Leadership Adventure (attendees, video) Service Leadership Programs (photos) Aktion Club Key Club Circle K Links (important Kiwanis related sites)