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VEX Wows Kiwanians with Robotics

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Monday Morning

We had 17 members along with our guest speakers, Ken Stephani and his son Joshua and his classmate Bryce.  A “Happy Buck” was offered by Glen Treml for his wife’s recently completed surgery.  Gary Miller is organizing an InterClub to the NFDL Key Club for next Thursday, December 5th at Horace Mann High School at 2:30PM. Check your calendar to see if you can attend.  Sign-up sheets started circulating for our Annual Family Christmas Breakfast on Monday, December 16th and also for our Annual Christmas Party on Thursday evening, December 12th at Steve and Mary Millin’s house.  Chris Serres was the winner of the 50/50 Raffle drawing and she drew the Two of Hearts, another non-winner.  Next week’s game will have 42 cards with eight pay cards and a pot of at least $125.

 VEX Robotics Team

Ken Stephani and his son Joshua and his classmate Bryce joined us on Monday morning to talk about the relatively new VEX Robotics team in North Fond du Lac.  The team is currently made up of ten students and Ken is their current coach.  The robotics team meets every Wednesday after school (around 2:30PM) at Bessie Allen Middle School to work on their robot and fine tune their competition strategy.  The initial robotics kit from VEX Robotics costs about $800 and annual updates or new game attachments can cost anywhere from $200 – $400 per year depending on the game for the year.  The Robotics Club is looking to buy a robotics field in order to practice for their competitions on a surface similar to that used in the competitions.  The cost of the field is approximately $1,500 with another $500 for interchangeable parts to simulate the current year’s game.  Ken talked about the benefits of a robotics team in the local schools as a way to stimulate the students’ interest in math and science with real world design and fabrication.  While the current team is all male Ken is hoping that future teams will include female students as well to help stimulate their interest in science and technology.  Ken also told our Club about how they fund the team.  One of their fund raisers is next Wednesday night, December 4th, at Buffalo Wild Wings.  Go out for dinner and support this excellent team.

Dogs and Reading: An Unlikely Pairing

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Monday Morning

We had 18 members along with our guest speakers, Colleen Sabel, Barb Williams and Steve Williams from Healing Paws Inc.  A “Happy Buck” was offered by Gary Miller to celebrate that his basement wall is hopefully fixed.  VP Gary Miller thanked everyone that attended the Evening Club Spaghetti Dinner to accomplish our InterClub for November.  It looks like we had ten members that made this event.  John Cooper was the winner of the 50/50 Raffle drawing and he drew a Two of Spades, another non-winner.  Next week’s game will have 43 cards with eight pay cards and a pot of at least $114.

Healing Paws, Inc – Paws to R.E.A.D.

Colleen Sabel, Barb Williams and her husband, Steve, along with their dogs Kiki and Taz joined us Monday morning to talk about the Paws to R.E.A.D. program.  Healing Paws, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to enriching the lives of children and adults in special circumstances, through safe therapeutic interaction with dogs and cats.   The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program improves children’s reading and communication skills by employing a powerful method: reading to a dog.  R.E.A.D. dogs are registered therapy animals that volunteer with their handler as a team, going to schools, libraries, and many other settings as reading companions for children.  R.E.A.D. utilizes registered therapy animals that have been trained and tested for health, safety, appropriate skills and temperament. When these animals come to hear children read, it’s fun and that makes all the difference!

The local R.E.A.D. volunteers go to several elementary schools in addition to public libraries in Fond du Lac, Lomira, North Fond du Lac, Campbellsport, Brownsville, Ripon and at Quad Graphics.  Public library visits can last anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half while school visits can take up to three hours.  There are current about eight dogs that are registered to participate in the R.E.A.D. program out of the 20 or so dogs that are in the overall Paws for Healing therapy program.  Funding for Healing Paws, Inc. and the R.E.A.D. program come from private donations and fund raisers.

Kiwanians Learn Benefits of Acupuncture

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Monday Morning

We had 16 members and five guests at our Monday meeting back at the Retlaw Hotel.  Joining us were our guest speaker, Kari Webb, along with an InterClub from the Noon Club consisting of Ray Farr, Don Kurki, Dick Taddy and Scott Wittchow.  “Happy Bucks” were offered by Bonnie Baerwald for a successful Make A Difference Day, Gary Miller ($2) for Donna joining him on Monday morning and another just for the heck of it and by Scott Wittchow for our Club’s support at their recently completed Pancake Day.  Glen Treml was the winner of the 50/50 Raffle drawing and he drew an Ace of Spades, not a winner.  Next week’s game will have 46 cards with eight pay cards and a pot at least $67.

Kari Webb – Certified Acupuncturist

Acupuncture is one of the oldest, most commonly used forms of medicine in the world. Originating in China more than 2,500 years ago, acupuncture is currently one of the most thoroughly researched, practiced, and respected forms of complementary medicine available anywhere.  According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, your overall health is determined by the quality of the Qi (energy) flow through the natural pathways of your body (meridians). Acupuncture involves placing very thin sterile needles into specific points on the meridians, to stimulate and improve your Qi flow. The many benefits of acupuncture include:

  • Pain reduction

  • Stress and tension relief

  • Increased energy levels and performance

  • Stronger digestion

  • Relief from bad habits and addictions

  • Greater sense of overall health and well-being

Kari’s practice focuses on treating and managing all kinds of health concerns.   She is also enthusiastic about promoting general wellness, relaxation, and balancing treatments.