ISSUE 2008 VOLUME 5

NEXT MEETING
March 20,2008

Kinsmen multi Purpose

Building
7:00p.m. dinner-8:00p.m.
meeting

Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200.00

and a substantial tax cut saves you $30.00?

Unknown

Progressive Dinner Pictorial

National KINvention
Easter Word Search
1 New District Website
 President
Greg Croft

Past President
Todd Armstrong

Vice President
Dale Dutka
Daren Perkins

Secretary
Sean Leveille

Treasurer
Brad Bruce

Membership Director
Tim Lunn

Registrar
Tony Colosimo

Directors
Tom Faloona
Jason Komoski

Bulletin Editor
Randy Abramowich

Bar Chairman
Brian Rosnow

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Oh Canada
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Kin Song
Here we are together once again
One and all a happy bunch of men
Leave your cares and troubles for a while
Let your face break forth in smiiiiiile
Look around, grab someone by the hand
They're your friends, the finest in the
land
Now, all set, let's shout to beat the band
What do you say
Kinsmen, Kinsmen, Kinsmen.

Kinsmen Grace

Happy to meet, sorry to part

Happy to meet again
O Lord
For what we are about to receive
May we be truly thankful
Amen.

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Gentlemen,

For all those who missed out on Progressive dinner, you missed on one, if not
the best Progressive Dinners ever. I can’t remember the last time everyone had a
blast like that evening. My Jello shooters didn’t last the complete bus tour and the
food was awesome. Enjoy the pic’s in this issue of the Dispatch.

I have compiled five of my best issues so far and will be submitting them to
James Doerr, our District Governor, for consideration for this year’s Bulletin
Awards.

Another reminder to start selling the “Beer for A Year” tickets. You can pick them
up from Tony.

Thank you all for the flowers and all of your condolences, in respect towards my
Grandfather, who passed away at the ripe old age of 97. Once again the family
of KIN shines like a sunny day in the Caribbean.

Thanks, enjoy and take care.

YIK
Randy

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 KINSMEN MEETING #12
MINUTES Thursday, February 21, 2008
Kinsmen Hall

IN ATTENDANCE Brian, Kenny, Spudz, Tony, Jaason M, Jason K, Todd, Darren,

Sean, Tom.
GUESTS Mario Biron– Friends of Olivia

LATE ARRIVALS

REGRETS

CALL TO ORDER 1905

ADDRESS TO Vice President Darren, guests and fellow kin
CHAIR
SARGEANT AT Spudz – I collected $25.00 and this will go towards Windup.
ARMS
50/50 DRAW Kenny – I collected $60, winner is Tony of $30 and the other $30
goes to Windup.
O CANADA SONG Fine.
KIN SONG Fine.
TOAST TO THE Lead by Ken.
QUEEN & FLAG
KIN GRACE Brian
BREAK FOR 1908
DINNER
GUEST SPEAKER
BACK TO ORDER 2000

SECRETARY’S Sean – The minutes have been circulated in the bulletin. There
REPORT was no notice of motions in the last minutes. Does anyone see
any omissions or errors in the last minutes?

Brian – My motion should have read:

Brian – I would like to make a motion to have the club pay
for our half of the loss of progressive dinner up to $150.

Sean – I would like to make a motion to accept the minutes

as circulated in the bulletin.
Seconded by Tony. Carried.
TREASURER’S
REPORT No Report – Numbers are from last minutes.

Brad – The account balances are as follows, General =

$3200, Service = $6,653, Nevada = $234.00, House =
$142,761. GIC = $10,147.

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COMMITTEE REGISTRAR – Tony – We have quorum at 9 out of 18
REPORTS members, 1 life member and 1 guest which is 55% attendance.
Tony – I would like to make a motion to accept the
Registrar’s report.
Seconded by Brian. Carried.
MEMBERSHIP – Tim – No Report.
BAR REPORT – Brian – At present the bar has $1000.00, 6
cases of beer and whatever liquor, and then bar tabs owing.
BULLETIN EDITOR REPORT – Randy – No Report.
BEER FOR A YEAR – Tony – I only have about 900 tickets,
where as last year I had about 1500. Tickets are going fast. We
will use the Canadian Tire ticket selling location if needed. We
will sell this out this year.
BUILDING REPORT – Tony – My son and I are going to fix
the few small various things around the hall that need fixing,
some lights and the handicap railing outside. Things are good.
CHARITY DINNER & AUCTION – Tyler – No Report.
COMIC IDLE – Kenny – The Comic Idle will be held on Apr.
4 at the Da Vinci center. We are working on the ticket locations.
We have Investors Group, Pinewood Ford, Ad Venture group and
Thunder Bay Chain Saws so far. We need help from everyone in
the club to sell VIP tables.
CF Pay for Play Radiothon– No Report.
BAR OLYMPICS – No Report.
M$HIO – Jason – No Report.
2007 HOUSE LOTTERY – Todd – No Report.
AWARDS CHAIRMAN – No Report.

SLAPSHOT CHALLENGE – Tim – No Report.

HOCKEY SCHOOL – Tim – No Report.

2008 HOUSE LOTTERY – Darren – The shingles are on. I
walked through the house, it’s coming along good. We got a
sponsorship for the windows from A & R Ross. We got 5000
dollars more off the windows than our previous deal. Bruno has
been trying to get as many sponsors as possible, we may
possibly have a sponsorship on the wood. I am talking to
Dougall Media to set up a deal with the best reach. We have been
getting positive comments on our house design. There will be
brick on the front and stucco on the sides, seeing how that was a
huge complaint last year. Ticket sales will start on July 15. I am
working on a contract to penalize the contractor and the builders
of 500 a day, if times are not met. Jay is working at the airport,
which could possibly help us with our marketing. 150,000
people a month go through the airport. Would be good for house
advertising. Jay will check into it, hopefully minimal cost.

OLD BUSINESS Jason K - Speakers comp will be on April 3rd for our club.
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NEW BUSINESS WINDUP - Spudz – I made our reservation for Barrel Bay for
the second last weekend in June.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Mario – I have some tickets for St. Johns Ambulance to sell,
Prize is a brand new 30 foot Dayco trailer.
Todd – Sean and I went to a luncheon for Camp Quality and we
received a card signed by the kids from the camp. And a picture
to go up on the club wall.
KIN CRITIC
Tom – Nice to see a guest out, Darren ran a good
meeting, well done, it went by fast.
GOOD OF KIN Tom – I still have an 93 Buick in the back yard for sale.
Todd – Progressive Dinner was really fun this year, for those of
you who didn’t go, you should really show up next year.
ADJOURNMENT 2055

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 Come on out and have
Breakfast
with the
Easter Bunny!

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 Presented by

Fort City Kinsmen

Friday April 4, 2008

Davinci Centre
$12/person earlybirds
$15/person at the door
Symposium: 6:00 pm Dinner: 7:00 pm Show: 8:00 pm

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 SPUDS IS BACK
Can you find him somewhere hidden in this bulletin.
He looks just like this but can be any size, be anywhere
and be in any direction……even upside down.
Good Luck

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The 88th annual Kin Canada National Convention
will be held in Lethbridge, Alberta from August
13th. to 16th., 2008.

Hotel Information: Lethbridge Lodge Hotel and

Conference Centre

Official Convention website: www.kinvention.ca

Go to the above website for more info and to

obtain a registration form.

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 NEW DISTRICT 2 WEB SITE

Kinship 2 Our Future

Governors Barb and Rob and the entire district executive are pleased to announce
the launch of a crisp new District 2 Website!

Please visit http://www.d2kin.ca to view the site!

Our District Theme this year is "Kinship 2 Our Future"

You will see by our masthead that our ship has a good anchor (to keep us all
grounded) and stars that sparkle with enthusiasm. Our Kin Ship is happy,
(looking pretty cool with the sunglasses), and offers plenty of cabins for new
members.

Included in our District goals are membership retention through education, and
growth through recruitment and charters. Communication is key: not only do we
need clear and effective communication from our District Council to our Club
members, but also from the grassroots members through our Club Presidents and
Deputy Governors.

We together will respect each other with positive attitudes, have fun, and celebrate
our many accomplishments.

Kin Ship is about to set sail, taking us to the future of our Association. Welcome
aboard!

Website Posting Access:

Due to security reasons if you wish to post you'll need the admin to set up an
account please e-mail Raj Phangureh.

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One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me.

I was maybe 2 1/2 years old and had just recovered from an accident.

Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a get-well gift and it was one of my
favorite toys.

Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought Daddy a
little cup of 'tea', which was just water

After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Mom came home.

My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him a cup of tea,
because it was 'just the cutest thing!

My Mom waited, and sure enough, here I come down the hall with a cup of tea for
Daddy and she watches him drink it up.

Then she says, 'Did it ever occur to you that the only place that baby can reach to
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Member’s Name Address Home Phone Work Phone Cell Better Half
get water
Randy Abramowich 809 Wis Mary
the toilet?
St 577-1997 345-1137 627-3072 Charmaine
rancha@shaw.ca
Todd Armstrong 165 Newberry Cres. 577-7879 473-4858 621-2407 Nancy
tarmstrong@creightonyouth.com
Scott Basaraba 3-593 Syndicate Ave S 474-3079
Bazzy66@hotmail.com
Bradley Bruce 216 Fanshaw St 622-6805 473-1304 251-4070 Crown Royal
Bradley.bruce@rbc.com
Tony Colosimo 4115 Mapleward R 475-4751 344-4021 628-6743 Larrie
tony.colosimo@shawcable.com
Greg Croft RR 16, St 11, Box 29 683-6971 345-7364 627-6867 Carolyn
crofts@tbaytel.net
Tyler Doherty 1-337 Brodie St 474-1026 623-8842
pauerhaus@hotmail.com
Pat Doherty RR 1, Nalalu 475-5966 623-1965 621-9203 Barb
Hpspudsdoherty@tbaytel.net
David Donahue 528 Empire St 628-8117
downafew@hotmail.com
Tom Faloona 387 Otto St 345-9017 939-2631 Judy
tfaloona@tbaytel.net
Ken Glauser 184 Glengary Dr 767-8581 476-7802 Beth
ken.glauser@icantellyou.com
Jason Komoski 1145 Crawford Ave 622-0545 472-8032 Illa – SexToyLady
jkomoski@canada.com
Rob Kozak 105 Vintage Cr 346-1273 625-1628 629-9013 Heather
Robert.kozak@ontario.ca
Robert LaPointe 538 Hargrove St 626-9234 628-5882 Chris
robski@shaw.ca
Sean Leveille 1302 W Gore St 577-7847 623-0315 474-9481 Kathy
biglav333@hotmail.com
Timothy J Lunn 2039 Almira Ave 577-0046 345-1650 986-3838 Karri
tlunn@manshield.com
Jason MacKenzie A-285 Paru Ave 768-7090 624-2130
Jaybyrd_14@hotmail.com
Michael Marostica RR 15 Kingswood Dr 939-1155 623-8842
muzzy109@hotmail.com
Darren Perkins 304 Catherine St 626-2932 344-9611
darren.perkins@gmail.com
Brian Rosnow 2716 E Churchill St 624-9066 627-1716 Deb
brosnow@tbaytel.net
Dan Wilder 418 W Walsh St 475-8087
wildersbong@hotmail.com
Denotes Life Member

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 Randy Abramowich February 6,1966

Todd Armstrong October 16,1964

Scott Basaraba September 4,1982

Brad Bruce June 18,1979

Tony Colosimo October 18, 1962

Greg Croft February 16,1960

Pat (Spuds) Doherty February 24,1957

Tyler Doherty August 9,1979

David Donahue February 9,1966

Dale Dutka September 22,1961

Tom Faloona November14,1958

Ken Glauser September

15,1955

Jason Komoski December 8,1973

Rob Kozak January 27,1963

Rob Lapointe

Sean Leveille August 29,1981

Tim Lunn July 16,1968

Jason MacKenzie

Micheal Marostica

Darren Perkins March 26,1973

Brian Rosnow July 12,1957

Dan Wilder April 6, 1976

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Breakfast General
with the Meeting
Easter
Bunny
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Darren
B-Day

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