Monday, March 5, 2018


February 22, 2018 – Thirteen club members plus  5 members of Spokane Valley Kiwanis heard a presentation by Joe Lachnit from Freedom Has a Face.  This is a local organization that focuses on honoring fallen military members and providing financial assistance to families of fallen military personnel.  In 2017 they issued 10 grants to families and their goal is to issue 30 grants in 2018.  Most of their financial support comes from businesses.
 
 February 15, 2018 – Twelve members attended and the speaker was Chris Cargill from the Washington Policy Center, a conservative think tank.  He spoke about various tax proposals before the legislature ( carbon tax, changes in state taxes for school funding and pay by the mile tax).  He also talked about the proposed Seattle income tax and whether it is legal. 

Clara reported that Betz K-Kids delivered 400 valentines to the Veterans’ Home in Spokane.

 February 8, 2018 – Instead of a morning meeting, we met for our annual Sweetheart dinner.  Eleven members, 9 spouses and the Lieutenant Governor and his wife attended.  Our speaker was Ron Seibold from Stem Cell Solutions Northwest.  He explained how a stem cell transplant resolved constant pain he had for many years and explained that stem cells are  not subject to being rejected by the recipient’s body. 
 
February 1, 2018Rob Roettger, Sean Dotson and Kassidy Probert from Cheney School district spoke to our club about the upcoming replacement educational programs and operation levy election.  They explained that this levy would replace an expiring levy and the new tax rate per thousand (starting in 2019) would be lower than the current levy rate.