Kiwanis Club of Tempe


	UPCOMING PROGRAMS SEPT. 9 - "CSI TEMPE -- Police Forensics" with Lee Corning of the Tempe Police Department. Learn how police arrive at the scenes of crime and meticulously gather and comb for minute details that provide the means to catch perpetrators and send folks to jail. SEPT 16 - "TGEN - THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE" with Kari Trent and Brandi Wells as speaker. SEPT. 30 - DR. CHRISTINE WILKINSON, Senior Vice President of Arizona State University, discusses the changes that have come to ASU since Dr. Michael Crowe became ASU 16th president July 1, 2002. She is also the "Secretary" of ASU, the first person to hold that role. Christine also is president of the ASU Alumni Association. Prior to these appointments she served as the Vice President for Student Affairs for 13 years. Among her other administrative assignments, Dr. Wilkinson has served as the university's interim athletic director on three separate occasions. She teaches regularly and chairs doctoral committees as a tenured faculty member in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Dr. Wilkinson hold a B.A. degree in education with distinction from ASU; a master of arts degree education, Counseling Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from ASU. She is the daughter of legendary ASU coach Bill Kajikawa, who led baseball, basketball and football teams at ASU 1937 to 1978 and who died earlier this year at age 97. OCT. 7 - SKYSONG ASU - JULIA ROSEN - Julia is the assistant vice present of economic affairs at Arizona State University and previously the manager of business development for ASU's technology transfer office. She led business development efforts for an Arizona-based venture capital firm. She also did economic development for the City of Tempe where she directed Tech Oasis. She will discuss Sky Song, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center that includes access to new technologies, capital networks, business education and a skilled workforce. She is fluid in Spanish and Portuguese and holds a master's degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). She has an MBA from ASU and a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. OCT. 14 - Preview of the Arizona State University Sun Devils basketball season, coached by Herb Sendek, the Pacific 10 Basketball Coach of the Year, who has led the Devils to three consecutive 20+ win seasons. Speaking will be Roger Detter, ASU basketball and baseball '66-'69. OCT. 28 - SUSAN GORDON, M.D. -- Anderson Cancer Facility, located in Gilbert. NOV 4 - Rob Kubasko, KCOT member and national political consultant, giving a savvy comprehensive wrap-up of the Nov. 2 election results. DEC. 16 - Anthony Aguilar and a guest will speak about the upcoming Insight Bowl and Fiesta Bowl games Dec. 23 - Sister Cities Around the World at Holiday Time. (tentative). Dec. 30 - KCOT President Kerry Fetherston, who works in development for the Alzheimer's Association in Arizona, will speak on the tragic disease. Jan. 6 - KCOT Annual White Elephant Sale whereby members bring their offbeat, bizarre, one-of-kind stuff from holiday gifts to sell, with all proceeds going to the Administrative Fund. GOT A PROGRAM OR SPEAKER IDEA? Contact one of our program co-chairmen, Chris Rosner (480) 227-6944 or Joe Schmoker (480) 510-0398.

About the Kiwanis Club of Tempe

Founding of Club

The Kiwanis Club of Tempe traces its beginning to the post-World War II boom that saw populations expand across America, and small desert communities like Tempe grow and gradually mature. The Club was chartered on Feb. 20, 1952, through the work of the Phoenix Valley of the Sun Kiwanis Club, the 55th oldest Kiwanis Club, founded in 1918. For months, its sent members into Tempe to target men who had the interest, time and and will to be active in a civic service club. It was on a Wednesday night that 26 recruitments to the Kiwanis movement gathered at the now-gone Desert Landings Grill as its charter members. Harry Burger was elected as the first president.

It was determined that regular weekly meetings would be noon Thursdays at the American Legion Hall. At one of the first meetings, a few members of the New York Giants baseball team that had played in the 1951 World Series showed up and provided a movie highlights of their series with the Yankees.

The first major project was to hold a city fireworks show at now-razed Goodwin Stadium. "A whiz-bang display of pyrotechnics" of 185 "aerial pieces" was offered, along with an American flag of "colored fire," a "Niagara Falls" plus such entertainment as gasoline powered model airplanes and a trampoline demonstration. Proceeds would go for "underprivileged children," the club history said. About 2,000 saw that first firework show that generated $1,483 in gross income and $1,244 expenses, leaving $230 in net income. The fireworks resulted in to small fires, one in which a fireball fell on a house on East 14th Street and toasted the composition shingles. The other fell onto stadium seating.

By August of that first year, KCOT was sponsoring the Miss Tempe contest that would lead the winner to Atlantic City and the Miss America contest. The club would give her $100 for her personality, intelligence and talent. Seven competed for the prize. The winner, Mary Lou Lindly, went on to be chosen Miss Arizona and go to Atlantic City.

By the end of the Club's first year, members was designing a float for Salad Bowl parade -- and KCOT was well on its way.

Supporting College Students through Circle-K

KCOT sponsors ASU Circle K Club whose focus on service to the community, building tomorrow’s leaders, and creating fellowship between Circle K members is key. Service, a fundamental element of Circle K International, is exemplified by the more than one million hours of service on Circle K members contribute on campuses and in communities annually. A primary focus of Circle K, and shared with Kiwanis International, is serving the children of the world. Circle K International has crated a service initiative called Focusing on the Future: Children. This initiative encourages members to address the issues facing children ages six to 13 and to find solutions through service for addressing these issues. Our club donates $5,000 annually to support our Circle K Club.