Monday Morning

There were 16 members plus five guests at the Monday’s meeting. Gail came for breakfast in order to help Mark with his program. She ran the computer and took all the pictures. Our scholarship winners from the Key Club joined us for breakfast. They are Anistyn Dreifuerst, Nate Arkin, Kassie Ellingson and Rachel Hays.  Mark and Cathy were the greeters. John did the grace. Charlene had the humor. Cathy had a happy buck for her daughter coming home from Australia. We are going to the Dock Spiders on July 30th. You can still purchase tickets at the door. Pete was winner and loser. He drew the Ten of Spades. There are still 35 cards with a pot of $185.00.  Salvation Army Brown Bag program needs peanut butter and jelly. Please bring on Monday. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii

I won’t be able to do justice to all the information that Mark shared with us on Monday. Pompeii is near the Bay of Naples and 2 ½ miles South of Rome. The eruption in 79 AD destroyed Pompeii and two more cities in the area. 2000 people were trapped in their homes. And over 20,000 people in the area were killed. The ash covered the whole area in a matter of days. Also the poisonous gasses killed many more in the area. Early excavation started in the 1700’s. In 1960 in order to protect Pompeii, excavation was stopped and the site in 1997 was declared a UNESCO site. The last eruption was in 1944. Today over three million people live within five miles of Mt. Vesuvius.