Lake City AKtion Club Chartered and Officers Installed
11/25/2009 - District: Minnesota-Dakotas - Submitted by: Larry Sonnek

A new club entered the Kiwanis family in Lake City, MN.  The Lake City Kiwanis Club sponsored the formation of an AKtion Club on the evening of Nov. 19 at the Lake City High School Auditorium.  Lake City, the home of water skiing, sits on the Mississippi River at picturesque Lake Pepin.  The chartering of the club and the installation of officers was coordinated by Jim Albright who along with Jenni Doyle will be the advisors for this new club.  This community of 5,000 people provided tremendous support for the new club as was evident by the crowd of over 100 people who attended the event.

 

The following individuals were elected to the board:

Jeff Miller - president

Tracy Murphy – vice president

Deanna Oelkers - secretary

Josh Hielscher - treasurer

Patti Roberts - director

Jason Schroeder - director

Darcy Soine - director

 

Dignitaries in attendance included:

District Governor Bruce Klair,

Region Seven Lieutenant Governor Denis Cornell,

Past AKtion Club District Administrators

- Dwain and Carole Petersen,

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Lake City,

Aktion Club District Administrator Larry Sonnek,

Members of the Key Club of Lake City,

Lake City Mayor Jerry Dunbar,

Lieutenant Governor Denis Cornell,

Representatives of Kiwanis and Aktion clubs in Rochester and Mankato,

Members of the Red Wing AKtion Club,

AKtion Club Theater of Mankato Coordinator - Wilber Neushwander-Frink,

Past AKtion Club District Administrator - Al Nelson  (Al coordinated the formation of the Red Wing AKtion Club.)

Pictured: Jeff Miller - Lake City AKtion Club President
Bruce Klair - District Governor


 

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