President Elect Tom Neumann presided, and called the meeting to order with a ring of the bell at 9:30AM.
Tom Neumann led with the the singing of America National Anthem, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Invocation: Dave Calverley, mentioning rain reminding us of better days, and the children.
Raffle: John Janes oversaw the ticket sales and drawing this week.
The weekly pot was $12 and the big (Joker) pot was $12.
Mel Lemirande drew a ticket from the bucket, ticket number 918. Congratulations to the winner, Don Kellogg.
The deck of cards has 53/53 cards remaining. Don Kellogg drew the 9♠.
Tom Neumann thanks greeter April Wright, invocator Dave Calverley, rafflemaster Nikki Bennett, and server Bob Knudson.
Happy Box: Don Kellogg and Dick Fay announced they are happy because they won the raffle, and are donating the proceeds to the Truck on Ice!
Nikki Bennett announced she is happy because the Beloit Chamber of Commerce had their 99th annual dinner, and the Bennetts’ son Dayton won Entrepreneur of the Year!
Jokes: Joker Steve Skelly had a good joke about a cabbie who picks up a nun and stares at her.
Member Health: Tom Neumann had a status update on Bruce Jorenby, who is home and recovering.
Other Announcements: Tom Neumann spoke upon the Truck on Ice winners.
Glenn Disrude spoke upon the buddy benches, which are now awaiting the 24 principals’ okays.
Committee Reports: Ray Szczepaniak announced Easter Lillies location set for April 4th.
Luci Cramer introduced the day’s speaker, Kim Hoholek. Kim’s photography interest started at a young age when she snuck into her brothers’ room and “borrowed” their polaroid camera. Her interest grew as she discovered National Geographic magazine and spent hours admiring and studying the colorful photos. In her late teens, her encouraging father gifted Kim an SLR Canon Camera. Kim is now widely featured in area tourism visitor guides, on billboards and has been featured in Our Wisconsin Magazine and in the 2023 Discover Wisconsin Calendar. She also had a hand in the multimedia production at JPAC, “Tales of Our Heritage” where her images were featured.
Kim proceeded to detail the many places and photographs she had related to Native American heritages.
2,500 to 900 years ago many mounds in effigy were created, including Cahokia.
While many believe teepees were prevalent, in Northen climates, it was generally a wigwam or a long house.
The year 1954 was when the American Religious Freedom Act was passed, allowing Native Americans to speak their own languages again for the first time in many years.
Renewal of languages pre-’54 continues to occur today.
Lac du Flambeau has a yearly powwow with full regalia, including many dances. The Jingle Dance is for healing.
People perform ‘water walks’ around, for example, the great lakes. Women wear a skirt, and can carry a copper pot.
Bad River is fighting an Enbridge Oil Pipeline.
Dignity was sculpted in 2016. It is 50 feet tall, along the Missouri River.
Keepers of the Pipestone is the largest pipe sculpted. The man that made it, Bud, from the Bad River Reservation, had many stories.
Kiwanis member Jim Farrell asked, “Which tribe is in the Kenosha area?” Kim responded, “Potowanami.”
Kiwanian John Janes inquired, “Do regalia have colors?” Kim replied, “Not to my knowledge.” Kiwanis member Mel Lemirande contributed, “The feathers tell the area’s birds.” Kim said, “and they need permits to carry them.”
Kim recommended interested parties search powwow etiquette before attending, and not to touch fallen feathers.
Kim’s talk was well received and appreciated.
Luci Cramer thanked Kim Hoholek for speaking and presented her with a Kiwanis Parker pen.
Tom Neumann adjourned the meeting with a ring of the bell at 10:55AM.
Reminders: There was a brief executive board meeting after the meeting.
On this day:
1702 First English daily newspaper “Daily Courant” is published
1779 US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
1823 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vermont
1888 Great blizzard of ’88 strikes northeastern USA
1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts)
1897 A meteorite enters the earth’s atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.
1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black second baseman Charlie Grant
1918 Conservationists John Merriam, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn found “Save the Redwoods League” – a non-profit forest conservation land trust in San Francisco, California founded
1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
1958 Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus
1964 Gene Roddenberry brings together a 16-page pitch for the original Star Trek series
1967 Pink Floyd releases 1st single “Arnold Layne”
1968 Episode of “The Monkees” TV show features musician Frank Zappa posing as Mike Nesmith and vice versa, debating qualities of each other’s music
1982 Detroit Pistons play the Chicago Bulls, with final score of Detroit 152 to Chicago 144 and Detroit having 20 blocked shots
1986 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21, 753 BC
1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley’s Comet at 6.8 million km
1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule
1988 British pound note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by one-pound coin
1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
1995 Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m
1997 Beatle Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
Google worked with Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, San José, and its county, Santa Clara County, to create National 311 Day in 2020. National 311 Day aims to raise awareness about the non-emergency number 311 and how to use it, so that non-emergency calls go to that number instead of 911, speeding up response time to emergencies. The day also honors the “first” first responders who take emergency calls. San José unveiled their new SJ311 omnichannel network on the first observance.
Minutes by Ryan Lewis.
Credit: Dave Figi, and Ryan Lewis, photographs.
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