Invocation and Pledge:  Lloyd Phillips

Guests: 

Rob Clingaman's Guests:  Dave Janicki, Football Head Coach, Niles High School.  Rick Storm, Niles High School student and athlete.  Rick Clingaman, Rob's Dad, former member.

Captain Bill Walter, Salvation Army.  Prospective member.

Diane Bass' Guest:  Diane Powers, manager, Building Department, City of Niles.

Dave Welcomes Back:  Jack and Lucy Arbanas, Craig Krassow

John Willis bragged on JoAnn Krueger, Dave Morse, Diane Bass, and Michelle Morse for their work on sorting soccer players into teams on Sunday.  They sorted players into ~50 teams.  (Thanks also to John!)

John Willis also bragged on the Regional Optimist meeting in Kalamazoo on Saturday.  Diane, JoAnn, Tom, and John attended.  Assistant Governor Tom Majerek was recognized for recruiting the third-most optmists of anyone last year (9).  Our club received several banner patches, including a gold Honor Club patch for +1 membership and a member's attendance at the national convention.  We were also honored as a Star Club by Governor Karen for meeting the old honor club requirements.

Jack Arbanas bragged on his wife's election to the Buchanan City Council.  Jack also bragged that his daughter Lucy is now able to swim underwater and dive into the pool.

Rudy Kappe bragged that he was able to find a picture of his father's house (built by his grandfather) online, in the background of a picture of a business. 

Lloyd Phillips bragged that he has finished the manuscript for his third book, "Hope for Today's Living".

John Willis added a late brag: he won the $120 50/50 at the Regional Meeting.

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Program:  Rob Clingaman introduces Niles Football Head Coach Dave Janicki.  Dave became the Niles coach in 2000 and has revitalized the football program.  Niles won their conference championship in 2001 and made their 1st ever playoff appearance.  They made the playoff again in 2002, and in 2003 earned their first-ever playoff win!

Dave tells us that the team has earned all-state academic honors for 6 years now.  When he entered the program 50-60 kids participated in Football annually - this year well over 100 kids came out for the team.  In his first year they had 6 students become ineligible due to academics and he made it clear to these and all his football players that it's a privelege to play on the Niles football team, not a right.  He has three goals for the football program - to make each player a ... 1.. better person 2. better student and 3. better athlete - in that order.  He believes it's important to teach kids how to properly shake someone's hand while looking them in the eye.

Mr Janicki then introduced one of his top players and an outstanding young man, Rick Storm.  Rick has a 4.0 GPA, attends Andrews University part time, and has been accepted to West Point.  He is also considering the University of Michigan.  Rick is a 3-way player - offense, defense, and special teams.