Janesville Blackhawk Golden Kiwanis

Ryan Lewis introduced the day’s speaker, Rich Bostwick.  Rich is a lifelong Janesville resident who likes to be an active member of society.  He is a member of many civic groups, including Rockport Park, Friends of Rock River Heritage Park, Janesville Urban Forestry Alliance (JUFA), Vets Roll, Rock County Anti-Human…

April Wright introduced the day’s speaker, Judy Shumway.  Judy is the owner of the Glass Garden in downtown Janesville.  The store and studio were opened in July, 1998.  For 28 years, they have been teaching the art and craft for stained glass hobbyists, as well as selling glass gifts, supplies…

Jim Farrell introduced the day’s speaker, Carthy Erdman.  Cathy is an advocate for SNOW Janesville, which stands for Southside NOW.  Cathy is speaking upon many topics regarding Janesville city’s Southern side, which is one quarter of the city’s population.  She will have multiple points about the ongoing GM/JATCO development, including…

Jim Farrell introduced the day’s speaker, Larry Nitz.  Larry is the secretary/treasurer of the Rock River Aero Modelers Society, a role he has held for 30+ years.  Self-employed for 20 years, Larry previously owned and operated a camera store, and a bicycle shop.  Larry worked at Woodman’s for 23 years…

April Wright introduced the day’s speaker, Santo Carfora.  Santo was a teach for 34 years, and 33 were teaching social studies.  He and his wife Jean owned a consulting company for equality training, where he travelled the country giving seminars and sometimes day-long workshops.  Santo proceeded to present upon the…

John Janes introduced the day’s speaker, Rachel Badura.  Rachel is the blood drives coordinator at the Red Cross.  She worked with them for 16 years, and then four years ago was promoted.  The Red Cross hosts blood drives all over the country.  Kiwanis’ events alone collected 2,267 units last year,…

April Wright introduced the day’s speaker, Tom and Rosie Kautz.  Rosie has been practicing word burning for many years, and Tom has been carving wood since he was in the Boy Scouts back in the 1960s.  Tom and Rosie are members of the Rock River Valley Woodcarvers.  They have many…

The day’s speaker played hide and seek.  We were treated to a video about Kiwanis, and another about the highlights of different locations in Wisconsin.

Blackhawk Golden ‘K’ General MeetingMinutesMarch 18th, 2026 President Richard Johnson presided, and called the meeting to order with a ring of the bell at 9:30AM. Richard Johnson led with the singing of America, the National Anthem, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Invocation: Bob Knudson, mentioning snow and the children. Raffle:…

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,…