THE WEEKLY BUILDER

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Kiwanis Club of WenatcheeMeeting Tuesday NoonVolume 2012-14, 23
State Farm Insurance
Ernie Hobbs
129MethowStreet
Wenatchee 662-9574
H. Steven Harvey DDS
Hospital & General Dentistry
211 Whitman Way
Wenatchee 663-5722
Country Financial
Laurie Mooney
1 S. Chelan, Suite A
Wenatchee 663-3800
Alan L. Smith CPA
Tax & Accounting
159 S. Worthen, Ste 100
Wenatchee 663-6817
Wenatchee Kiwanis Foundation
Remember the Foundation in your planning of the future
2011 – 2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dick Ward
John Hook
Doug Head
Trina Heuchert
Randall Davis
Greg Heuchert
Byron Moore
Debra Montgomery
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2011 – 2012
CLUB OFFICERS
Officers
PresidentMel Birmingham
Pres. ElectDick Ward
Vice Pres. Trina Heuchert
Secretary Melody Neidhart
Treasurer Bill Dearing
Past Pres. Theresa Samuelsen / Meeting of March 26, 2013
Weekly News
It is the last week of March, but the first week of Spring. Also this is Holy Week for Christians, with GoodFriday, Holy Saturday andEaster Sunday all coming up this weekend. Our faithful Kiwanians, Dick Ward and Ron Yates, have been supervising Holy Week servicesat noon, St.Joseph's Catholic Church all week. Join them if you have time anddesire.
Carla Steward opened our weekly meeting with the flag salute, Al Smith intone the patriotic song, Tony Wright offered the invocation, our resident attorney Byron Moore introduced the one guest (Curt Lutz, director of the Chelan County Jail), Ronnie Crumpton collected the happy bucks and Tom Irvin headed the Lucky Dog drawing won by guest Curt Lutz ($5)and the true Lucky Dog,Ken Adams, ($20).
Announcements
There are plenty of these:
  • Lean Heath is scheduled for knee surgery on Monday, April 1; please keep her in your prayers
  • Next Thursday, April 4, Division Council meetsat the United Methodist Church, corners of Washington and Miller St's. where the election of our new Lt. Gov. will be held
  • The All Service Club luncheon is set for Weds., May 1, tickets $25 and Downtown Kiwanis is the host club (former Seahawk fullback Mac Strong is theheadline speaker)
  • The annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast is right behind, Sat. ,April 4, and we need to start selling tickets)
  • The annual Children's Home Society Sweetheart luncheon iscoming Wednesday, April 17, noon Convention Center, $25 per person
  • Interclub luncheon is planned for Ephrata, noon, April 3.
Program
City of Wenatchee new Chamber of Commerce director, Shilo Schauer, talked about rebranding the City of Wenatchee and surrounding area to make tourism a more inviting adventure tothose visiting the area.
Shilo was born and raised in the area, graduated of Wenatchee High School and a member of four generation pearfarming family. Besides selling the Wenatchee area, she has a passion for motorcycles and red hair jokes.
For thelast 10 yearsshe has served as legislative assistant to State Legislator and Senator Linda EvansParlette and most recently was a candidate for the Mayor of Wenatchee office. She was selected inFebruary of lead the Chamber of Commerce and now is leading the charge to introduce a new branding project which asks the question to visitors "What will you pick today?" from the many area options (depending on the season) such as skiing, hiking, hunting, fishing, rafting, camping, shopping, wine tasting, dinning etc.
The Wenatchee Chamber and Vistor Center will be joining forces under one roof at the corner of Palouse and WenatcheeAve
Upcoming speakers and programs
APRIL PROGRAMS
APRIL 2; Dawn Davies, Wenatchee Humane Society;
APRIL 9, Annual club meeting;
APRIL 16,Wenatchee Apple Blossom Royalty;
APRIL 23,Mark Peterson, swimming safety in Wenatchee schools;
APRIL 30, Greg Loomis, director of maintenance and building projects, Eastmont schools.
Closing

Keeper of the Spring

The late Peter Marshall was an eloquent speaker and for several years served as the chaplain of the US Senate. He used to love to tell the story of the "Keeper of the Spring," a quiet forest dweller who lived high above an Austrian village along the eastern slope of the Alps.
The old gentleman had been hired many years earlier by a young town councilman to clear away the debris from the pools of water up in the mountain crevices that fed the lovely spring flowing through their town. With faithful, silent regularity, he patrolled the hills, removed the leaves and branches, and wiped away the silt that would otherwise have choked and contaminated the fresh flow of water. The village soon became a popular attraction for vacationers. Graceful swans floated along the crystal clear spring, the mill wheels of various businesses located near the water turned day and night, farmlands were naturally irrigated, and the view from restaurants was picturesque beyond description.
Years passed. One evening the town council met for its semiannual meeting. As they reviewed the budget, one man's eye caught the salary figure being paid the obscure keeper of the spring. Said the keeper of the purse, "Who is the old man? Why do we keep him on year after year? No one ever sees him. For all we know, the strange ranger of the hills is doing us no good. He isn't necessary any longer." By a unanimous vote, they dispensed with the old man's services.
For several weeks, nothing changed.
By early autumn, the trees began to shed their leaves. Small branches snapped off and fell into the pools, hindering the rushing flow of sparkling water. One afternoon someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown tint in the spring. A few days later, the water was much darker. Within another week, a slimy film covered sections of the water along the banks, and a foul odor was soon detected. The mill wheels moved more slowly, some finally ground to a halt. Swans left, as did the tourists. Clammy fingers of disease and sickness reached deeply into the village.
Quickly, the embarrassed council called a special meeting. Realizing their gross error in judgment, they rehired the old keeper of the spring, and within a few weeks, the veritable river of life began to clear up. The wheels started to turn, and new life returned to the hamlet in the Alps.
Charles R. Swindoll
Are there leaves of anger, twigs of resentment, or silt of unforgiveness clogging your spring of living water? Just as little by little the stream became clogged and contaminated by debris, so our hearts can become obstructed by the *pitfalls of negativity* in day-to-day living. Let's keep the water clean and flowing...
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