Mini-golf tournament of champions (of sorts)

Including family members we had 15 people show up for our mini-golf outing Thursday evening (July 23.) We kind of lost track of the scores. I had the lowest score, but then again I didn't play about 6 or 7 holes. Everyone did pretty well on the handicap, too. Our newest member Carmellia Adams had 6 right! Going to the KI convention certainly helped. The ringer Diane Polito had 2 hole-in-ones.
Mulligans were used one the first hole. I think I see how we can just about fund the CSH building program: sell Mulligans at a buck each.
Among our handicapping questions: 1) Where is the KI office located? 2) Who is the NJ District governor? 3) Who is the president of KCOJ? 4) What is your favorite color? 5) How many people are needed for an Interclub? 6) Name 2 ssponsored programs KCOJ supports? 7) Who is the KI president this year? 8) How many financial accounts does KCOJ have? 9) Name three clubs in our division. 10) Who is our division's LtG? 11) Where ws this year's KI convention held? 12) Who is KCOJ's secretary? 13) Who won this year's Superbowl? 14) What is KI's 2-word motto? 15) How many Objects does Kiwanis have? 16) Who will be KCOJ's next prresident? 17) Who will be next year's LtG for the division? 18) What is Kiwanis's main emphasis? See below for the answers.
We broke midway through the tournament for pizza. A grueling day on the links will take the best out of you.
I will have a link to some photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22036136@N07/sets/72157606413287655/ Cllick and paste the link into your browser and then hit "slideshow" in the upper right when you get to the Flickr page.
Answers: 1) Indianapolis. 2) Mike Mulhaul 3) Stan 4) your choice 5) 2, 3 or 4, depending upon the size of the club 6) Key Club, Builder's Club, Circle K, K-Kids 7) Dave Curry 8) we agreed it's more than 2 but less than 5 9) Brick, TR, TR-Daybreak, Original Leisure Village, Leisure Village West, LBI, Greenbriar 10) John Hale 11) Orlando 12) Lois 13) The Giants 14) "We Build" 15) 6 16) Fran 17) Stan 18) children

August events

Liberty Key Club will hold a car wash at Applebee's in Howell (Route 9) Sunday, August 3 from 9 a.m. until Noon.

KCOJ will hold its board meeting Aug. 4 (special date) at the Whitesville Fire House, 6:30 p.m. Everyone is especially welcome to attend this board meeting. The Key Clubs will try out their new menu item for Jackson Day: Frito Pies and Walkin' Tacos. Two Key Clubs will host their board meetings that night, too. This will be a great opportunity to see your club and its sponsored programs in action.

We are trying to figure out what we want to do for our first meeting of the month, Aug. 14. The NJ District of Circle K is hosting a fireworks cruise that evening and we'd like to see the club participate. Can you make it? The cost is $15 per person. Circle K has chartered two ships the will leave from Point Pleasant. Floyd and Larry need to know ASAP if you will attend.

The district convention will be held Aug. 22-24. We will have more information for you.

On Aug. 28 President-elect Fran will conduct a club analysis and we would like everyone to attend. We'll discuss the club's strengths and weaknesses, as well as ways we'd like to see the club grow.

Best wishes Linda

One of the nicest things that happens when you are a member of a group like the Kiwanis Club of Jackson is the fine people you meet. Over the years our club was enriched by our association with Linda Dougherty. A devoted educator, Linda was in charge of our Builders Club at McAuliffe Middle School for several years. Some people shine because they truly love what they do. Linda loved the kids and the opportunities Builders Club offered them. It was our loss when Linda announced she was leaving the school district to move to upstate New York. How do you repay someone who has been so helpful, so inspirational? You can't, but you can try. We honored Linda by inducting her into our club earlier in the year. We also had a special presentation for her at a Board of Education meeting in April. Thanks Linda, and best wishes.

Helping Harbor House

We and members of the Kiwanis Club of Toms River, were able to help out Harbor House by sprucing up their home and getting paint all over ourselves.

Harbor House provides temporary shelter for teens and children, teaching them valuable life skills.

Our members (Lois & Pat) have also helped out big time by participating in a few of their annual five-day long bike-a-thons.

Police Officers of the Year

The Kiwanis Club of Jackson hosted its 12th annual Police Officers of the Year Dinner May 15, 2008 at Eagle Ridge Country Club. The honorees, selected by their peers, were: John Convery, John Biovanetti, Michael Grochowski, MaryNelson and William Simon. Besides being thanked by our club the offers received proclamations from the New Jersey state legislature, the Governor, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and the Jackson Township town council.

BBBSBowling

Our members took part in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bowling fundraiser a couple of weeks ago. We raised the most money in the community service category. Our own "ringer" Fran took the trophy of the highest scorre: 199!

KCOJ events in July

Project Life Saver July 10
We will have a special presentation at our Thursday, July 10th (6:45 p.m.) Captain Richard Casagrand, of the Berkley Twp. Police Dept., will speak about Project Lifesaver, a program which provides monitoring services to Alzheimers patients and autistic children so they can be located if they go wandering unsupervised.

We are expecting guests from other clubs and have been moved into the larger room off the main dining room. The View needs a headcount because we are going to be a larger group than usual. Therefore, please check your calendar and drop me an RSVP email IF YOU ARE COMING. No need to contact me if you do not expect to be able to attend...

Thank you! Donna

The Asbury Park Press ran an article that is appropriate to this coming meeting. Here is the link. (If you cannot go directly to the site by clicking on the html, the copy and paste it into your browser and access it from there. Larry)
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS/80627008

Miniature golf July 24
The Kiwanis Club of Jackson Open, aka Miniature Golf at Fit Golf Center (2156 Route 37 West, Manchester - 732-657-3227) will tee off at 6:30 p.m. Cost for 18 holes is $6 per adult and $4 per child. We will provide the dinner of champions: pizza. You're on your own for drinks. Fit GC has their new soda machines and their agreement with the vending company is no soda brought on site.

It will be a handicapped event, meaning that we will deduct a stroke off your score for each correct answer that you give on our Kiwanis "test." And we'll even handicap the handicap by having three levels of questions: "newbes," "old timers," and "Ted."

I told them we'd have about 25 to 30. Can we get more to attend? I hope so. Let me know if you'll be there so I know how many pizzas to eat.

See you then. And for those even more fortunate ones I'll see you the next day at Kiwanis Night at the Blueclaws the following night.