April 18 Meagan Kurmel – Miss Czech-Slovak US 2015-16
April 25 Merlyn Klaus – Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
April Speakers
Speaker: Fix the Debt
Jack Heidel spoke on the subject ‘Fix the Debt’ to our Kiwanis Club. He graphically illustrated the dilemma of fixing the national debt. In 2014 the USA had a $half-trillion deficit. Interest on the debt was 7% in 2014 but projected to increase to 16% by 2030 and 20% by 2050. Medicare/Medicaid alone comprises nearly 50% of total spending so the continued need to provide health care coverage is challenging any solution to the national debt. Jack has no solution but was simply stating the facts urging us to contact our representatives to find a solution.
Want to learn more? Visit www.fixthedebt.org
September Kiwanis Speakers
September Kiwanis Speakers:
September 8th –
Lacey Studnicka, Development Officer, Lutheran Family Service
September 15th –
Dr Adi Pour, Director, Douglas County Health
September 22nd –
Stan Cathol, Dir of Finance, Omaha Airport Authority
September 29th –
Roger Weitz, General Director, Opera Omaha
Reminder: Bring a guest!
Speaker: David Brown, Greater Omaha Chamber
Prosper Omaha
Putting money behind reaching out to business to locate in Omaha. GO! raised over $20 million to spend $5 million on economic development. Goal was 50 new projects, with 25 being new companies to Omaha. 203 to 2013 462
20 years later. .. the Chamber retooled the process and became Prosper Omaha.
Goals for Prosper Omaha:
Regional development of 6 counties.
Brand and image.
Business climate.
Talent development.
Thanks David for the update!
July Speaker Schedule
Hey gang, just a quick reminder about our upcoming speaker programs for the next 2 weeks.
July 21st – Anyone that’s ever done Highway Cleanup will not want to miss this meeting. Denise Wallman, State AAH Coordinator and Natalie Clark from our District 2 Headquarters are scheduled. July 28th – David Brown, President of the Chamber of Commerce will be with us… come & find out about all the cool things they are working on. Maybe some political incite about some of the local hot issues too!
Thanks for strong attendance in July!
Joe Grier
April Kiwanis Speaker Schedule
April 7.
Alan Parsow, Elkhorn Partners
April 14.
“Finnegan”
April 21.
Gold Metalist, Curt Tomasevicz
RSVP Required by April 16.
April 28.
Clete Blakeman, NFL Referee
Wikipedia Bio (here)
February Speakers
February speakers –
2/17 Healing Kadi Foundation
healingkadi.org Julie Cornell, Board Member
2/24 Live Well Omaha
Livewellomaha.org
Anne Meysenberg, Executive Director
February Speaker Schedule
February speakers –
2/3 Empowerment Network
Empoweromaha.com
Symone Sanders, Communications
Events & Community Outreach Coordinator
2/10 City of Omaha Parks
Recreation and Public Property
Brook Bench, Director
Emily Burgess, Special Projects Coordinator
2/17 Healing Kadi Foundation
healingkadi.org
Julie Cornell, Board Member
2/24 Live Well Omaha
Livewellomaha.org
Anne Meysenberg, Executive Director
January KCOGO Speaker Schedule
January Speakers
Jan 6th
Bart McLeay,
U.S. Senatorial candidate
Jan 13th
Northstar Foundation,Scott Hazelrigg, CEO
Jan 20th
KFAB Radio, Gary Sadlemyer
Jan 27th
Heartland Family Services, John Jeanetta, President & CEO
November Speaker Schedule
11-4
Qiana Brown, Outreach Coordinator, Ted E Bear Hollow
11-11
Bob Reisser- WWII Veteran B17 Pilot
11-18
To be determined
11-25
Kelly Sears, Metro Regional Coordinator, TeamMates
Reminder: Speakers for October
October 21st
Margaret Hoarty
First hand account Walking the Camino de Santiago the summer of 2012
October 28th
David Klitz
Habitat for Humanity – David discusses his recent trip to Haiti
Speaker Schedule
23 September – Ariel Robin, GM & CEO of KETV; “New Digs at the Burlington Station”30 September – Dr Tom Sanchez, UNO Sociology Department; “Surprising Diversity in Omaha”
September Speaker Schedule
9 September – Kristine Gerber, Restoration Exchange; “Historical Architecture in Omaha”16 September – Lorraine Grote, Alegent Creighton Health; “September is Prostate Month!” 🙂
23 September – Ariel Robin, GM & CEO of KETV; “new Digs at the Burlington Station”
30 September – Dr Tom Sanchez, UNO Sociology Department; “Surprising Diversity in Omaha”
Presentation : Durham Museum
Thanks to Carrie Wieners of the Durham Museum for the presentation Monday.
Especially of interest was the conversation on the Durham’s extensive archives on the history of Omaha.
To access the archives online: go to www.durhammuseum.org. {Go to Learn. Both the Byron Reed collection and the various other archived collection are located here.}
July Speaker Schedule
July 8 Omaha Storm Chasers
July 15 OPPD Nuclear Power
July 22 All Play
July 29 SCOLA
Kiwanis Club of Greater Omaha meets at 12:00 every Monday.