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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
Santa is joined by his elves at the Kiwanis Club of Winchester Annual Children’s
Christmas Lunch. Thanks to Robert Hurt, Eleanor Armel, Savannah Keller, Reagan
Tibbs and Sapphire Segar-Young for making this day special for so many kids in
the Winchester area. (photo by John Westervelt)
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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
John Hess
W ow! A new year is starting. I know everyone was very busy
last month and the Holidays made it even more so. I can’t
say enough about Ginny, Kay, and all those who helped pull off another
great Christmas party for 70 kids. If you didn’t make it to the party you
missed a lot fun, happiness, laughter, and a few tears.
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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS CALENDAR
Jan 1, 2020: (no meeting)
Happy Birthday
To Our Members! Jan 8, 2020: Business Meeting
Jan 15: Law Enforcement Appreciation;
*BRIGHT FUTURES AT 5:30PM
Christopher March
Jan 21: Social, Piccadilly Pub, 5:30pm
Steve Pettit
THE MOTTO
Travis Nesselrodt Jan 22: Pancake Day Review
In 1920, something important crystallized
Helen Zebarth
for Kiwanis; something that inspired Roe (Deadline for newsletter articles)
Fulkerson, the gifted
Mark Hillyardof the Kiwanis
editor
magazine, to propose two simple words—
“We Build”—as Willie
the Kiwanis
Murphymotto. It was Jan 23: Board Meeting; 6:30; Airport Confer-
the coining of the Motto, after five years of
ence Room
Rob Bronson
painful and exhilarating growth, that put Ki-
wanis into its stride.
Big Then
Al in 2005, during
Sibert
the 90th anniversary year of Kiwanis, dele-
Jan 29: Frank Scheer, Boyce Railway Founda-
gates to the International Convention voted
tion
to adopt a new motto, “Serving the Children
of the World,” to emphasize the primary fo-
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(for birthday
cus of Kiwanis errors
service & omissions,
over those nine dec-
please email editor@kcow.org)
ades and make a commitment for the years
to come.
Interclub TBD (see Tim Anderson or Robin
Doss)
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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
CLUB MEETINGS
Corporal Sean O’Connor and K9 officer Riggs give an attack demo with the reluctant assis-
tance of Kiwanian Al Sibert.
Save the Dates! (and then Show Up to Help!)
The Kiwanis Club of Winchester is scheduled to pack food at Bright Futures
on: JANUARY 15, 2020 at 5:30pm
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 at 5:30pm
MARCH 11, 2020 at 5:30pm
Bright Futures Distribution Center
178 Indian Hollow Road
Winchester, VA 22603
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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
INTERCLUB NEWS SOCIAL
Tim Anderson & Robin Doss Dennis Grubbs
T hursday, December 4th, we visited
the Kiwanis Club of Hagerstown.
A program on the new youth council group
T he Kiwanis Club meets monthly at
Piccadilly’s Public House & Restaurant,
located at 125 East Piccadilly Street in
downtown Winchester, VA.
that works with the Hagerstown City Council
was presented.
Next Social: Jan 21, 2020; 5:30pm
Those attending were: Barry Swears, Doug
Butler , Earl Zook, and Robin Doss.
The next Interclub for January will be deter-
mined at a later date.
Submitted by Robin Doss
Kiwanis members (left to right) from Kiwanis Club of Old Town Ann Colson, Sally Stryker,
Sonya May and Kiwanis Club of Winchester members Robin Doss and Doug Butler hoist the
last shovelfuls of a truckload of mulch placed around trees in the Kiwanis Area of Jim Bar-
nett City Park as a community service. The mulch was placed around the trees under in-
structions received from City Agronomist Jennifer Jenkins and in accord with soil test results
received from Virginia Tech.
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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR MEMBERS
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR MEMBERS
J anuary’s Featured Kiwanian is: ROBIN DOSS
Birthplace: Roanoke, VA
Favorite book or movie: Sci Fi books, Movie: Fifth Element.
Best advice: Follow the Golden Rule and treat everyone with re-
spect.
Most interesting place ever visited: Behind the scenes tour of
Kennedy Space Center.
Most interesting thing ever done: Visiting an Arizona Arabian horse research & health
center followed by a horse trail ride through the desert.
Career / favorite job: Various sales & management positions. Favorite: Sales Manager for
an industrial food distribution company managing five territories throughout southwestern
Virginia.
Accomplishments: Top Salesman for Scott Paper Co. Industrial Division 1980. Organized
and managed Camp Fantastic Project for Kiwanis for 23 years.
Robin has been happily married to his college sweetheart, Teresa, for 47 years, and at this
point he thinks she will be keeping him. Teresa is a retired educator.
Their only child, Charles, lives in Arlington, Virginia, where he works as an International
Trade Compliance Analyst for the US Department of Commerce.
Favorite Quote: Think it, believe it, do it. (Carl Adams)
A story about Robin: When he was in the 7th grade, Robin’s first real job was working for
the Dixie Drive-In located in the town of Vinton. He was given the job to paint the 40' high
movie screen. Robin was lowered down to the screen on a porch glider supported by 2 ropes
tied to the bumper of a 1950 Dodge truck. One of the ropes snapped, the glider dropped
from a horizontal position to a vertical one leaving him dangling from one rope. His boss tied
another rope to the truck bumper, threw it over the screen requiring him to swing over and
tie the rope to the glider. He proceeded to paint the screen knowing that he wouldn't do that
again!
Robin joined Kiwanis January 1, 1981 sponsored by Paul Carper. Robin says, “It has been a
pleasure being a member of such a worthwhile club and forging many lasting friendships.”
Kiwanis Club of Winchester is successful because of its many volunteer members
who give so freely of their time and effort.
THANKS FOR BEING A MEMBER OF KIWANIS CLUB, ROBIN!
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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
Members Support Blue Ridge Christmas Eve Blood Collection
“An awesome drive!” That’s how American Red Cross Blood Services account manager
Lisa Wilt described the Christmas Eve blood collection sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of
Blue Ridge. This year’s event collected 62 units of blood against a goal of 57, up slightly
from the 55 units collected last year. Only three potential donors were deferred for health
reasons.
The success was due in part to the support of 10 members of our club who volunteered
a unit of their own blood and nine who helped staff the collection as volunteer donor regis-
trars and escorts and as canteen staff. Volunteering a unit of blood were Kay Anderson,
John Conrad, Susan Corrigan, Doug Green, Tom Gromling Craig Organ, Al Sibert, Pat
Snapp, Scott Straub and John Westervelt. Helping to staff the event were Kay Anderson,
Tim Anderson, Mitzi Churchy, Brenda Dodd, Bud Good, Ginny Grant, Nancy Huth, Debbie
Pizzola and Lennie Wolfe.
Contributing to this year’s success were eight persons who donated a “Power Red” unit
of blood—a unit that consists of red cells, only. Red cells are particularly valuable because
they are used in many medical therapies and are perishable with a shelf life of only 42
days.
Blood Collections Committee co-chair Tim Anderson points out that Kiwanians who were
unable to donate on Christmas Eve have another opportunity to donate on Monday, January
6 at the Red Cross building on 522 North between 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. He notes that our
club’s next sponsored drive will be on June 19 during the American Cancer Society’s Relay
for Life. Blood products are valuable elements used in the treatment of many cancer pa-
tients.
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KIWANIS KOURIER
KIWANIS CLUB OF WINCHESTER, VA * Serving the Winchester/Frederick County Community JANUARY 2020
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
(Continued from page 2)
Just to recap, we put a lot of hours in last month on service projects: food packing for
Bright Futures, food sorting and packing for Salvation Army, our annual Christmas Party,
bell ringing for the Salvation Army and helping out and donating blood at the Red Cross
blood drive on Christmas Eve.
I know many of us will miss Joe Schmitt after 33 years with our club and the years of ser-
vice projects he had been involved with; he and Andrea will be missed by our community.
It is with great honor and respect that our club has presented a Hixson Fellowship Award
to Dr. Joseph Schmitt , DVM.
We have also just inducted a new member, Kathryn McCann-Slaughter. Please make her
feel welcome and let’s encourage her to be involved early and often.
-JOHN
Board Members:
Board 2018-2020
of Directors Officers Kiwanis Club of Winchester, VA
Will Murphy
President—John Hess
Ann DeLorme P. O. Box 2591
Mike Didawick President-Elect—Tj O’Connor
Winchester, VA 22604
Allen Knotts Vice President—Lynnette Embree
Board Members: 2019-2021
Secretary—Jeff Smelser
Club Contacts
Brenda Dodd Treasurer—Dennis Grubbs John Hess, President: jphess@comcast.net
Susan Corrigan Past President– Al Sibert
Tj O’Connor, President-Elect: tj@tjoconnor.com
Pat Snapp Rick Balzhiser-Membership: annedb7@comcast.net
Ernie Lightfoot Scott Straub-Editor: editor@kcow.org
Kiwanis Club of Winchester meets each Wednesday for lunch in the Clarion Inn & Conference Center Banquet Room from 12 until 1 p.m.
The Clarion Inn is located at 711 Millwood Avenue, Winchester, VA (at the intersection of Routes 50 & 522 by Apple Blossom Mall)
Newsletter submissions may be emailed to editor@kcow.org, no later than the 22nd of each month.
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