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Mark Your Calendars for a Busy May!

May 16. Sacred Heart Zoo Trip. Meet at school at 9 or zoo at 10. Bring or purchase lunch.

May 6. Highway cleanup. See Joe to sign up. 

April 22. All Play Cleanup. Show up at 10-2. Lunch provided.
June 1-2-3. Garage Sale. Start collecting your donations now!
Interclub: Bellevue Offutt Kiwanis – Lunch
April 21
Medical Center
25 street and highway 370
Sign up with Joel
Benefit Golf Outing for COPE:
May 5
Noon
Pacific Springs
$100
Jerry is trying to set up a team.

Sign Up:

Kiwanis Meeting Invocation sign up – see Bill
Sacred Heart Reading -3 dates left. See Dale. 

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Speaker: German American Society

John spoke about the German American Society. 

For social events: www.germanamericansociety.org. 
Friday night in the Rathskeller Pub dinner is open to the public. 
There are various Clubs within GAS. Singing, dancing, shooting clubs, etc. There is a gymnast club for children. Monthly dinners. October Fest. Beer making clubs and Sausage Making. And other events. 
The German American Society has about 800 members. 
Thank you John, for informing our Kiwanis about the venue we meet. 
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meeting notes

MAY 16 – Sacred Heart Zoo trip. 

9:00 meeting at Sacred Heart to ride the bus. Or 10:00 at the zoo. Lunch with the kids. 
Sacred Heart Reading. Contact Dale to sign up for remaining 
Saturday April 22. All Play Cleanup. 10:00
May 20 and June 24. Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha designated dates. Sign up online now. 
May 6. Highway cleanup   Joe will have a sign up next week. 
Camp Okay campers in process.  Jack is meeting today to get campers. 
Bill is setting up meeting Invocation volunteers. 
Rod is promoting Membership Drive. 
Garage Sale. June 1,2,3
   Sally is suggesting collecting items now. And needs volunteers for these dates. 
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Speaker: The Cloisters on the Platte

Joe Rickets spoke on his project, The Cloisters on the Platte.

Joe had been attending retreats in MN but decided he could bring a retreat center closer to Omaha. Joe brought in the Jesuits to run the religious program and retreats. 
Religion is based in Catholicism but not exclusive. There are men and woman weekends. The workshops are up to 80 participants.  
Retreats start Thursday with a reception and dinner. And runs all weekend.  
Retreats have started in other locations and The Cloisters opens in July 2018.

Sign up online to communicate your interest.
 

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Speaker: Drive Spotter

Andrew Prystai and Selina spoke to our Kiwanis Club about the new software start-up, Drive Spotter.

Andrew is one of its founders and operations manager.

Drive Spotter is software designed for fleet vehicles, both in town and over the road, to improve driver safety.

Read the entire Drive Spotter story here if you missed this speaker. 

 Thank you for all the interesting information.

Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha

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Meeting Notes

Sacred Heart reading this Friday. Contact Dale. 

Zoo Trip coming in May. 

April 22, Saturday- All Play clean up weekend. More details coming. 
Highway Cleanup in process. Joe is looking at dates. 
Board Meeting tomorrow. At TD2. Noon. 
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Speaker: Equestrian Championship

Mike West, CEO of the Omaha Equestrian Foundation


Mike is a sports and event manager including the Omaha Equestrian Foundation, Cox Classic and CU athletic department. 

Omaha is known as an amateur sports event hub. Fan support is unprecedented. 

The Omaha Equestrian event is a multi day international, professional sporting event. This is the Olympic class athletes participating. 

Bringing the horses in was almost a million dollars. The horses need a passport. And blood test before they leave quarantine. 

Expo and shopping areas are free. Daily tickets are available. There is a fan friendly area specifically aimed to kids. 

March 29-April 2

The next city this will be held in is Paris. 
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meeting notes

Camp Okay is underway for this summer. Jack is working with Nathan Hale to find a camper to sponsor June 4-9. Jack is changing school so we can work toward a better engagement.  Jack has a second option to work with Sacred Heart. 

Sacred Heart reading is Friday. Please contact Dale if you can read. 
Zoo trip is being planned for May. 
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March Speaker Calendar

March is an excellent speaker calendar. Please let John know if you have extra guest coming on March 27th!



Date
Name/Title/Organization
Mar 6
Wayne Beal, Supervisor, Under the Sink (Deb Rost to introduce)
Mar 13
Mike West, CEO of the Omaha Equestrian Foundation
Mar 20
To be determined
Mar 27
Joe Rickets & Kurt Halvorson, Cloisters on the Platte
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Friday Readers Needed

Dale is looking for Sacred Heart readers for March. Snow day from Friday is being made up ‘this week. 

John is seeking more visitors.  Please bring a guest. 
Deb and Jack received recognition for their individual contributions to the Eliminate Project. 
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Speaker: UNO Math Lab

Mary talked about the growth and changes in the 40 year long Math Lab program at UNO. 

Mary has been with the program since 2002. She now runs the program. 
Mary redesigned the classrooms and lab work space. The curriculum was also created to meet technology integration. 
Our Kiwanis group needed a weighted curve to pass Mary’s pop quiz.  
Thanks for all the interesting information. 
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February Speaker Calendar


February Speaker Calendar

2-6         Sarah Sjolie                        Live Well Omaha
2-13       Joel Long                            Omaha World Herald
2-20       Chris Stratman                  Keep Omaha Beautiful
2-23       Mary Dennison                  Director UNO Math Lab
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Speaker:Omaha World Herald

Joel Long from the Omaha World Herald. 

Paper started in 1885. Peter Kiewit bought the paper in 1962 and held until his death in 1979. It then became employee owned until BH bought the paper. 
There have only been 6 publishers to the OWH. 
The paper has gone through changes and changed to electronic news delivery. 2/3 of Douglas county population interacts with the paper and omaha.com.
Thanks Joel for the interesting information about the Omaha World Herald. 
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meeting notes

Please sign up for reading at Sacred Heart.  See Dale for volunteering.  

Watch for All Play clean up.  April service project. 
More spring volunteer projects coming. 
Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha
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Chinese New Year Pictures!

In case you missed Kiwanis Chinese New Year’s dinner – and you truly missed a wonderful evening – here are pictures: 


Thanks to Mike and Yan for hosting! 

Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha

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February Speaker Calendar


February Speaker Calendar

2-6         Sarah Sjolie                        Live Well Omaha
2-13       Joel Long                            Omaha World Herald
2-20       Chris Stratman                  Keep Omaha Beautiful
2-23       Mary Dennison                  Director UNO Math Lab
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Speaker Coordinator Calendar


Thanks to all on this list who volunteered to arrange programs this year.  Having quality programs is vital our club’s success, but  finding interesting speakers each week can be a challenge.  Please help our program volunteers by sharing ideas for speakers.  
Please send Vince an email if you would like to use a template for arranging speakers.

April 2017
3,10,17,24
Jack Frost
May 2017
1,8,15, 22
Dan Kraemer
June 2017
5,12,19,26
Rod Muench
July 2017
3,10,17,24,31
Stu Ellison
August 2017
7,14,21,28
Bill Spiecker
September 2017
11,18,25 Oct.  2
Shawn Linehan
October 2017
9,16,23,30
Alan Hardt