
President Kevin Scott
Modesto Kiwanis Club meeting of Sept 30, 2025
We ended the month with a fine meeting. Seldom seen, Loretta Menshew
and Joy Swick were present, and Margaret Trammell slipped
in late. How nice to have several women. Sorry, Carole Thoming
couldn’t join us this day.
Club president Scott
called on Don Ahrens to lead a “patriotic song”. He asked
Margaret for her choice. She said, “Heck if I know!” We managed to
make a reasonable, if not notably patriotic, song out of that phrase.
Joy led us in the pledge, and Loretta was asked to give an
invocation. She reminded us that “that was Al’s forte.” She gave
a few words in remembrance.
Scott
said we are “stuck with me for another two weeks” because the scheduled
installation of new officers had to be postponed. Next week Modesto
Mayor Sue Zwahlen will be our guest speaker so the installation will be
further delayed. North Modesto Kiwanis will be invited to join us
for an interclub meeting.
Golfers are invited to participate in a Cancer Society fundraiser on
October 20th at the Turlock Country Club on Golf Links Road.
The Shriners' bus trip to their eight-story Sacramento Children's
Hospital was “amazing”. There were 8 empty seats on the bus. You will
have another opportunity to join the tour next year.
President Kevin Scott thanked all who supported him throughout the club
year. “Even Craig and John,” he quipped. Kevin said he is
“going up” in the Masonic Lodge but he pledged, as past president, to
arrange speakers for us.
He will be attending the 7 AM Thursday meeting of North Modesto
Kiwanis at Fuzio’s on 10th Street. These weekly meetings are a good
place to sell tickets to our Shrimp and Cioppino Feed coming up on
November 1st. Kevin will ask them to provide helpers for the Veterans
Day parade preparation.
Loretta
said there remains $23,400 in the July 4th parade account. Two high
schools have yet to cash checks given to them.
Happy and Sad:
Paul Hearst celebrated his 76th birthday with a happy family
gathering. He was also happy when they left.
Don Ahrens said someone had asked why the Southern
hemisphere wasn’t warmer than the Northern, given that the earth is
closest to the sun in January, which is their summer. He will fill us in
at a later meeting.
Bill Gordin with the resilience of a rubber sole Bill
feigned happiness that the LV Raiders are “on the march to get the
number one draft pick”. It was a close game last Sunday, but the Raiders
did what the Raiders do.
Margaret was happy that her son brought grandkids to visit
her all the way from Texas.
Ron Freitas was happy that a lot of what was burned in the
recent Chinese Camp fire was trash. Clean up has begun. The landmark
school was untouched.
Warren Kennedy is happy that Amazon has rented the new empty
warehouse at the corner of Kiernan and Tully Road. The company that had
it built went bankrupt. It will be filled with electronics, TV’s, etc.
Craig and buddies went tent camping along the Clark Fork off
Highway 108 above Pinecrest. They had a long “beautiful day” riding
e-bikes nearly 200 miles, passing Portola and Sardine Lakes.
John Hertle was saddened by the funerals of 3 old friends, fellow
business owners, this past week.
Loretta recalled that our renowned member, her spouse, Al
Menshew, has been gone 5 years this week. Time flies.
Jerry Jackman
Scribe
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