CIVITAN REGION 05 DISTRICT NEWSLETTER 1st Quarter 2012-2013 GERALD KIMBER Governor It s a great day to change someone s life! Heart of the West Governor - Gerald Kimber 624 North 10 th Pocatello, ID 83201 (C) 208-406-6304 (B) 208-232-1234 guzzkimber21@hotmail.com Governor Elect Bob Everhart 2683 Coronado Circle Idaho Falls, ID 83404 208-351-7095 (B) 208-535-0399 everhartb@cableone.neti Immediate Past Governor- Tracey Holyoak P O Box 6082 Boulder City, NV 89183 (H)702-272-1604(F)702-778-0689) tracey.civitan@yahoo.com Secretary Connie Doerr Treasurer-John Maddox 1572 E Marconi Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85022 (H)602-862-1216 (C)602-318-8895 maddoxj@cox.net Judge Advocate Donald E Bergen 3575 Wayward Wind Dr Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406-6359 (H) 928-680-0052 (F) 928-680-0244 bergen@citlink.net Heart of the West Area Directors Shea-Lynn Toumey Area 1 Old Pueblo, Phil Schlesinger, Road Runner, Cresta Loma Golf & Civitan projectamor@projectamor.org Maggie Adams Area 2 Metro Phoenix, Sun Cities, Phoenix Bird London Bridge Bigal.54@cox.net Sandy Beall Area 3 Henderson,Lovely Ladies, Diverse City Sandreap@ix.netcom.com Manny Arias Area 4 Las Vegas, Civitan on the Green msonovision@yahoo.com Pam Holmes Area 5 Bannock, Friends Civitan, Twin Falls Ph911rn@cableone.net Dorothy Smart Area 6 Idaho Falls Civitan, Helena, Montana smart536@msn.com Civitan Passion Speaks with Action GOVERNOR S MESSAGE What a great theme for our 2012-2013 Civitan year. For as long as I have been a Member of Civitan the one thing I have seen over and over is how much passion Civitan Members all over the World have. Civitan Members have a Passion for great service projects, helping people with Developmental Disabilities, making our World and Communities a better place to live, Special Olympics, recruiting new members, charting new Civitan Clubs, sharing fellowship with our members, fund raising, expanding our existing Clubs, setting record contributions to our CIRC, mentoring new leaders, and the list goes on. Civitan Passion Speaks with Action! I love the fact that all Civitan Clubs are action Clubs. As Civitans we are involved in our communities; we are hands on; we are getting things done; we are making a difference!! In the first ¼ of my year as Governor I have seen and experienced so much Civitan Passion. In October Linda and I were blessed to be in Tucson to install the new Officers in the Roadrunner Club. We installed a new Member and had a night full of fellowship. Thank you so much for the invite. Also while in Tucson we attended a Phil Schlesinger Club meeting. While I was still in my room sleeping, the Phil Schlesinger Club was out doing a park cleanup project before the meeting. After a great meeting many of the members were off to practice for Special Olympics Bowling. Now that s what I call Civitan Passion in Action! What s your Civitan Passion? Will you put that Passion in action? Will you share that Passion with someone else? I have challenged your District Board Members to all share THEIR favorite Civitan story with someone and ask that person to join Civitan. Now I ask each and every member of the Heart of the West District to share YOUR favorite Civitan story with someone today! Thank you all so much for everything you do in the name of Civitan!!!!!! Gerald Kimber Governor HOTW 2012-13
1 st quarter 2012-2013 Page 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS FROM OUR REGION 9 DIRECTOR THERESA WAKEMAN The first quarter of 2013 had total of plus 73 for all of Civitan Membership. This is a great start to our year. I encourage all clubs to hold recruitment meetings and talk about the benefits of membership. Keeping in mind Civitan Passion Speaks with Action The 2013 International Convention will be held in Denver, Colorado July 3-6 at the Denver Downtown Sheraton. Registration forms are available at civitan.org. The President Council Reception will be held on Friday, July 5 at Coors Field home of the Colorado Rockies. This will be a great event. Hope to see you there!! Juniors Civitan held there annual Sno-Do in Barrie, Canada. Our very own Heart of the West Junior Civitan Governor Olivia Sonnen raised $1800.00. Congrats!! The Next fund raiser for Junior Civitan is Dance-a thon held March 8-11 in Canada by the Midland Civitan. The Junior Civitan has set a goal of raining $55,000.00 from these events. Civitan at the Helm program has expanded category of giving with the Admiral of the Fleet designation available for clubs who reach the $200.00 per member. Membership levels are based on your club s roster as of Oct 1, 2012. I will be headed to Birmingham, Al on March 21, 2013 for the second International Board meeting. This has been an awesome opportunity to learn more about Civitan Organization. Thanks for your support!!! 2013 Civitan International Convention: Colorado Denv Civitan International 2013 Convention July 3 through July 6 Denver, Colorado DO NOT MISS THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION THIS YEAR! It is a wonderful experience And Denver is in the West Check the International Web Site www.civitaninternation.org for additional information and registration
1 st quarter 2012-2013 Page 3 GETTING TO KNOW OUR DISTRICT CIVITAN MEMBERS DON BERGEN LONDON BRIDGE CIVITAN CLUB, LAKE HAVASU, ARIZONA DISTRICT JUDGE ADVOCATE Don was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved out west in the mid 70 s to Colorado. Within a short time he and his family had lived in Denver, Pueblo and finally to Colorado Springs.. He had a neighbor that introduced him to Civitan. That was Orville Kenelly. During his 15 years in Colorado Springs. He got involved in the school board, city government and his favorite, Civitan. He held several Club and District offices there. In 1986 Don and Chris found Lake Havasu City and in 1990 they moved full time to Arizona. Don has had several interesting jobs in his career. Photographer and speech writer a major oil company in New York City Marketing for a western clothing store, manned the Roll-A-Coaster ride in Denver, and joined Mountain Bell Tel & Tel and transferred to AT & T where he retired in 1989. In Havasu he helped charter the London Bridge Civitan Club in 1990. Don has been through all the club chairs, now serving for a second time as President. He was a District Governor in the Arizona District and is currently the Judge Advocate for the Heart of the West. He has been awarded two club honor keys, two District honor keys and one Governor honor key. Again in Lake Havasu, Don has served on several City Boards, ran for City Council once. He is a Master Gardner Emeritus through the University of Arizona program. He is the treasurer for two foundations in Lake Havasu City and is a coach and volunteer for Lake Havasu City Special Olympics. He also is the newsletter publisher and program chairman for four groups. Each Newsletter this year we will hi-light those special Civitans we all have in our clubs. This issue we are honoring our Judge Advocate, Don Bergen from the London Bridge Civitan Club. So, Directors, Presidents, send in your pictures and articles, so we can learn more about the members in your clubs. Your oldest and/or longest Civitan, always helps, just special, etc. Don with the LHC bocce team at the National Special Olympic Games in Denver in 2011.
1 st Quarter, 2012-2013 Page 4 ALL ABOARD CIVITAN ENERGY BUS! 2012-2013 SAVE THE DATES SAVE THE DATE- HOTW District Convention -Las Vegas August 23, 24,25 International Convention Denver,CO July 2,4,5,6 2 nd Quarter Newsletter Info due to Maggie April 30 th Junior Convention District Convention April 19 20, Tucson, Arizona Theresa Cisler, Junior Chair, would like to invite any adult Civitans that would like to attend. There will also be a brief Area 1 Update on Saturday morning presented by Area 1 Director, Shea-Lynn Toumey. The Banner Cub in Pocatello, Idaho is having their 25th Annual Indoor Golf Fundraiser in February. Look for pictures in the next Newsletter. Last year s winners are pictured below CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW CARIBOU CIVITAN CLUB All the clubs in the Heart of the West are out there making a difference in their communities. We have only hilighted a few. We will hi-light others in coming Newsletters. FOR OUR GOLFERS WATCH FOR UP COMING GOLF EVENTS........................ TUCSON, 23 RD ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP CHARITY GOLF APRIL 27 TH LAS VEGAS DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED PHOENIX LURA TURNER Annual Patty Foster Memorial Golf Tournament- Sept 28th
HOTW DISTRICT NEWSLETTER 1 ST Quarter 2012-2013 Page 5 NEWS FROM OUR JUNIOR CIVITANS Heart of the West District Junior Civitan Convention April 19-20, 2013 Tucson, AZ For further information contact: Theresa Cisler, Jr Civitan Chair (520) 730-5215 Email: tcisler@q.com Agenda Jr Civitan Pre-Convention Activity Friday, April 19th Academy Middle School MPR; 3:15 7PM Pizza Dinner, Tie Blanket Project, District Officer Board Meeting Jr Civitan District Convention Saturday, April 20th Wilmot Library; 530 N. Wilmot Rd. 9:30 AM 4:30 PM 9:30 10:00: Jr Civitan District Membership Meeting/Area 1 Update 10:00-10:45: Guest Speaker: Stephen Terres, YoYo Pro (YoYo s available for purchase under $10) 10:45 11:00: Break and YoYo practice (optional) 11:00 11:30: Junior Civitan District Awards and Officer Installation 11:30 12:30: Lunch 12:30 4:30: Jr Civitan Project: Summer Decorations for Ronald McDonald House Work on decorations at the Library Go to Ronald McDonald House to decorate Finish Tie Blankets if needed 5:00 8:00 PM Jr Civitan Dinner/Social: BBQ dinner, swimming, games at Wendell and Theresa s House (Directions to be given out later) -------------------------------------------------------cut here and submit bottom portion----------------------------------------------------- Send completed form and check payable to Heart of the West Jr Civitan District Must be received no later than April 1 st, 2013, please send to: Theresa Cisler, Jr Civitan Chair 800 N. Swan Rd. #128 Tucson, AZ 85711-1276 Club Name:
1 st Quarter 2012-2013 Page 6 NEWS FROM THE TUCSON AREA Cresta Loma Golf & Civitan Club You all know we play golf. Since October 1st we have played par 3 golf, Championship Golf, Private Golf, FREE Golf, and even Backyard Golf. You may NOT Know that we have added NINE New Members! You may not know that we Donate Funds to: The Phil Schlesinger Civitan Club, Junior Civitans via Sno-Do and Dance-a-thon, Adopted a Christmas Person, First Book Program, and donate Annually to the Civitan International Research Center (CIRC) to help find the cause and cure for mental and developmental disabilities. As PS member Ken Kundert would say we help the "Intellectually Disabled". We continue to find homes for Medical Supplies like walkers and wheelchairs so it is not JUST about Golf as many may think. We Golfers and Roadrunner Civitans will work together to pull off our 23rd Annual Championship Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday April 27th, 2013. You can play, sponsor a hole, make a donation, or buy a Raffle Ticket for a Sean Miller and U of A signed basketball ($5) as all the money goes to CIRC! We just completed a Super Bowl Sunday Social and of course 9 of us played golf at the CLCC before kick-off. We have 4 or 5 socials per year and compete in 4 to 6 Golf Tournaments that help YOUTH and the handicapped. We plan to send a representative to Denver to Play in the Annual Civitan International Golf Tournament in an attempt to help raise over $300,000 to benefit the "Intellectually Disabled" and take a giant step to find the cure and prevention. We raise money playing golf and we give it away playing golf! We are a "good gang of golfers" trying to make our mark - please help us help the less fortunate, Carl H. Mangelsdorf III CLCC Club Pro @ 520-237-2225 Civitan Tournament Coordinator President Cresta Loma Golf & Civitan What is this?? Carl s new hobby Bird Watching!
1 st quarter 2012 2013 Page 7 NEWS FROM CLUBS IN THE DISTRICT The London Bridge Civitan Club conducted their annual garage sale in late January. This year a neighbor of a Civitan member moved to assisted living and told the club they could have almost everything in the house. It took a lot of work, but the end result was a sale totaling $1358 - by far the biggest garage sale they have ever had. Now they are into their 100-Degree Contest. For $5 you pick the day that will be the first 100 degree day for Lake Havasu City. The winner gets a 50/50 split, or shares if more than one entree for that date. It had varied over the past 15 years from April 4 to June 3. If you would like an entree, just call Don Bergen on 928-680-0052. Winning checks will be mailed. Last year the club gave away $500. Much of the fund-raising is in preparation for the Colorado River Special Olympics Area Track & Field Games on March 16th. The Civitan Club totally sponsors and conducts the annual event, with the mayor, state officials, the Marine Corps. League Color Guard and the Community Choir and others all participating. Members of the Friends Civitan Club of Pocatello,Idaho and New Day Products collected over 125 cans, and boxed meals for the Aid for Friends Homeless Shelter. This the 4 th year the Friends Civitan Club has held a canned food drive for the Aid for Friends Home. Members bought cans of food for a Thanksgiving dinner. Club members helped put food and items in a basket and add ribbon. Club members had donated so much food they had make 6 baskets to the deliver to the Aid for Friends Shelter on South 4th Ave. The Friends Civitan Club is a club of people with development disabilities wanting to give back to the Pocatello community.