Dear Kiwanians,
Keith opened the meeting with a moment of silence for the
victims of the terrorist attack 13 years ago today.
Carl was the secret greeter.
It was Peter’s wife’s birthday, Rande and Marge’s 17th
anniversary, and Bill and Nancy’s 51st anniversary. We sang, but it was not worth hearing.
Joe, our guest speaker, selected his own ticket for the dollar
draw! I won the 25 cent card draw and
donated the money to the Cheney Museum. (I would rather win the dollar draw!)
Reminder of dates to
circle on your calendar:
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October 2 is a regular meeting
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October 3 is our annual meeting at Gatto’s at 5:30 pm
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October 6 is the first Board Meeting under President Tom
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October 31 is the annual Halloween Party at EWU (location TBD)
Dues are now due ($106
person; $55 for spouses). However,
national and district imposed an insurance fee equally an additional $12. Our club will cover the $6 difference this
year only.
Roger reminded everyone
about the rest stop fund-raiser from 12-14 September. This is it!
Roger went through all the logistics to make this happen to include
coffee, lemonade with ice, and the combo to the building.
Next Friday (9/19) will
be an InterClub visit to South Hill at 7 am.
Marge announced Coats for
Kids is starting up again.
Guest speakers for
September include Bob Quinn (TV weatherman) next meeting, and Mark Shuler, City
Administrator, the week after that.
Peter introduced Joe of
the Cheney Light Department. Joe talked
about the transmission grid, balancing areas, brown and black outs, and
spinning reserves.
It is becoming more
challenging to predict the energy availability with the onset of wind and solar power sources. However, the wind generators send their
electricity to California.
Cheney buys 97% of its
power from Bonneville Power (15 megawatts per day from the Grand Coulee Dam). It costs around $350,000 in the Summer months
and $600,000 in the Winter months.
However, Cheney is among the top 75 cities in the US for lowest
electricity rates.
Respectfully,
Steve
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