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Keith Schmitz Discusses Tissue Donation

Monday Morning
We had 18 members and our guest speaker, Keith Schmitz, at our Monday morning meeting. Members were reminded to get any Pork Fest money still out to Marlin ASAP so we can wrap up the final accounting for this event. Gary Miller had a “Happy Buck” just because he was happy. Gary is also trying to pull together an InterClub to Kewaskum next Monday evening, (10/22). Their meeting is held upstairs at Woody’s Restaurant with fellowship at 5:30PM and dinner and the meeting starting at 6:00PM. Check your calendar and sign up to attend at Monday’s meeting. Dave Twohig was the 50/50 Raffle winner and he drew the Queen of Clubs, not a winner but darn close. Next week’s drawing will have 50 cards with nine pay cards and a pot of at least $37.

Keith Schmitz, American Tissue Service Foundation
Keith Schmitz, Office Manager from the Appleton office of the American Tissue Services Foundation, joined us on Monday to talk about tissue donation. American Tissue Services Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to caring for families and helping them heal from the death of their loved ones. Accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks, they provide a compassionate and knowl-edgeable team of education, recovery and quality systems professionals. They support healthcare agencies, coroners, medical examiners and funeral professionals through donation education and training. They partner with organizations dedicated to the innovative use of tissue in medical care and research. Tissue enhances—and sometimes saves—lives through procedures conducted thousands of times each year. It is their mission and honor to support donor families and recipients, and to help rebuild lives through the gift of tissue donation.
Tissues that can be donated include bone, heart valves, veins, skin, ligaments and tendons. These tissues can be recovered up to 24 hours after a death has occurred. Tissue donation is not the same as organ donation. Organs are kidneys, lungs and intestines, as well as the heart, pancreas and liver. One tissue donor may enhance the lives of more than 50 recipients.

Rick Gudex Shares Concerns

Monday Morning
We had 21 members, our guest speaker, Rick Gudex, and two Noon Kiwanians, Don Kurki and Dick Taddy at our second Monday meeting at our new location at Main Street Lounge & Café. Bonnie Baerwald thanked John Cooper, Donna & Gary Miller, Ron & Joan Seidl and Marlin Towne for helping her out with breakfast for the walkers at last Saturday’s “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” at MPTC. Marlin Towne asked any and all members with Pork Fest money still out to please get it in ASAP so we can wrap up the final accounting for this event. Gary Miller is trying to pull together an InterClub to Kewaskum next Monday evening, (10/15). Their meeting is held upstairs at Woody’s Restaurant with fellowship at 5:30PM and dinner and the meeting starting at 6:00PM. Check your calendar and sign up to attend at Monday’s meeting. Glen Treml was the 50/50 Raffle winner and he drew the Three of Diamonds, not a winner. Next week’s drawing will have 51 cards with nine pay cards and a pot of at least $25.

Rick Gudex, State Senatorial Candidate
Rick Gudex is the current FDL City Council President and is also running for the 18th Senate District seat in the November elections. Rick’s presentation is best summed up from his introduction on his campaign website: “It is my mission to restore unity and strength among Republicans and represent all citizens throughout the 18th District. Faith, family, and conservative values are strong characteristics that lie at my core. I firmly believe that the path to a better Wisconsin starts at home. I do not advocate government dictating our lives. However, I do believe government should be there to help people help themselves. And the best way government can do that is by advocating and fostering an environment in which business will grow and create jobs giving citizens the opportunity to better themselves and their families. The people of Wisconsin are proud and resilient people. I ask for the chance to represent you in the State Capitol!”
Rick is a Production Manager at Brenner Tank and had to leave our meeting early to do a new employee orientation. He was proud to note that Brenner has added over 100 jobs during this past year.

2012 Pork Fest is a Huge Success

Monday Morning
We had 19 members at our first Monday meeting at our new location at Main Street Lounge & Café and also the first meeting under our new President, Marlin Towne. Bonnie Baerwald announced that the “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” will be Saturday morning (10/6) at MPTC. Our Club is sponsoring the food and Bonnie could use a couple of helpers to layout the breakfast items Saturday morning around 8:00AM. Our Club is also sponsoring two teams in the walk, Del Waldschmidt’ s team and Kathy Hass’ team. “Happy Bucks” were offered by Bonnie Baerwald for surviving Sunday’s Packer game at Lambeau Field, Steve Millin for his first ever hole-in-one with his wife, Mary, as his witness, Glen Treml for another grandchild on the way and Gary Ring, who was glad to see Kathy Schreiber back. Kathy Schreiber was the 50/50 Raffle winner and she drew the Queen of Hearts, the big winner. Unfortunately, the pot was a lot smaller than it was a couple of weeks ago, but Kathy still got half of what was in the kitty. A new game starts on Monday.

Marlin Towne, Pork Fest Report
Marlin reported that we had 1,724 meal tickets turned in on Thursday night with 843 of those take outs and 881 eat ins. Of those 1,724 tickets, 186 of those sales were at the door, up about 40 from last year. The Take Out operation was described as Fast and Furious while the dining room operation also bordered on chaotic. Thank goodness for the 15 excellent workers from Trinity Baptist Church in helping maintain some semblance of order. After all 1,800 chops were grilled and everyone had a chance to eat, there were only 21 chops left. The Raffle was another large success with a net profit of $773. Thanks to everyone that helped out on Wednesday, Thursday and the many days running up to the event. Final numbers will be reported as soon as they are available.