IN MEMORIAM

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Rober Ayres passed away this past Sunday.

Bob was a Kiwanian for over 50 years and he will be greatly missed.

A memorial service will be held for Bob at:

Bethesda Worship Center
1280 E Algonquin Rd
Des Plaines, IL

847-299-7729

June 23rd meeting

At our 23 June meeting we were pleased to welcome Marty and 2 of his associates from the Arlington Heights Club. They passed the gavel in what, we hoped, was a case of beer. Instead, it turned out to be millions and millions of seeds that fell from Maple trees. At the left you see President John and Mike Bagby going through the seeds to find the gavel.

We also had a presentation by Tricia Williams of MCYAF (Maine Youth Assistance Foundation) on their attempts to reduce alcohol use among kids. Actually, it turned out to be more of a focus group discussing what we thought about their campaign and how it gets the message out.

Hopefully, the input we provided will be of assistance.

Next week we will hear from our newest member. Nancy Reiser.

One sad note passed along by Chuck Reid after the meeting, Bob Ayres is now in the ICU unit at a hospital near his son in Iowa. He was moved there by ambulance and was supposed to go to a care center. But, the long ambulance ride was apparently hard on him. The picture on the bottom is one of Bob with his great grand-daughter, Lydia Anne Tomczyk

Election and D Shere

It was great to see 30 people at our 9 June meeting. Unfortunately, 1/3 was made up of the Palatine Kiwanis holding an Interclub and the Grady Clan.

However, Ed Kenny (left) chaired the election where officials were elected for the 2009-2010 fiscal year and Dennis Shere spoke on the role of defense council in criminal trials focusing in on his involvement with the defense team in the Brown's Chicken massacre trial.

Elected officials for the upcoming year are:

President Joel Bloom

President-Elect Holly Sorensen

Vice-President Betty Wurster

Treasurer Joy Matthiessen

Secretary Ed Kenny

Immediate Past President John Burke

Board of Directors

Term ending 2009-10 Michael Bagby

Keith Christman

Barbara Ryan

Term ending 2010-11 Eldon Burke

Gayle Mountcastle

Christen Osowski

Term ending 2011-12 Pedro Arias

Jim Grady

Nancy Reiser

Mr Shere's talk was fascinating and focused on many stages of the trial. From the goal of the defense team (to make the State prove its case), to jury selection to the process of jury deliberations.

Annual Our next meeting (9 June) will be our annual meeting where elections will be held. Please try to make this meeting.ting

Our next meeting (9 June) will be our annual meeting where elections will be held. Please try to make this meeting.

Note that this is in addition to our speaker being an attorney who was involved with the Brown's Chicken massacre trial. (See separate posting for details)

Avenues to Independence

Ann Marie Ehrlich of Avenues to Independence was the speaker at our 2 June meeting. She spoke about their clients, some of which live in a facility in Des Plaines. She also talked about the financial problems their organization and others are also facing as a result of the current financial crises in the State of Illinois. Fortunately, their problems are not as great as other organizations; but they are seriously affecting their programs.