The Early Bird
Monthly Club Bulletin

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Current News: October 2009

Old News...

March 2009

Oct 2008 Sep 2008

June 2008 : Jan 2008   Nov 2007

Aug 2007 Jul 2007 : Feb 2007
Dec 2006 : [no nov] : Oct 2006
Sep 2006 Jul-Aug 2006
June 2006 : Apr-May 2006
Mar 2006 : Feb 2006 : Jan 2006
Dec 2005 : Nov 2005 : Oct 2005
Sep 2005 : Aug 2005 : [no July]
June 2005 : May 2005 : Apr 2005
Mar 2005 : Feb 2005 : Jan 2005
Dec 2004 : Nov 2004 : Oct 2004
Sep 2004 : Aug 2004 : [No July]
Jun 2004 : May 2004 : Apr 2004
Mar 2004 : Feb 2004 : Jan 2004
Dec 2003 :Nov 2003 : Oct 2003
Sep 2003 : Aug 2003 : Jul 2003
Jun 2003 : May 2003 : Apr 2003
Mar 2003 : Feb 2003 : Jan 2003
Dec 2002 : Nov 2002 : Oct 2002

January Edition-- Thank you everyone for your your hard work
 contributions. Please e-mail me with articles,  photos, and ideas.

Jan Borg, Bulletin Editor

photo above: egret in flight over lake at Shoreline Park

Gull in Flight at the beach in
Half Moon Bay.

Ducks in the slough off Seaport in Redwood City.

Used for The Early Bird Masthead

Juvenile Duck sheds feathers but retains an odd “ducky-doo” in Lithia Park Ashland Oregon during the 2004 Shakespeare festival.

Donna’s Donna Duck logo
in recognition of the Duck
mascot for 2004-2005.

Duck in Flight--photo during walk at the Baylands off Shoreline Park in Mountain View.

“Early Birds” from photos taken at Delos (left top and left bottom Sep 2006 ) Olympia (right bottom Sep 2005) and Delphi Museum (right top Sep 2005) during tours of Ancient sites in  Greece.

Our club bulletin has won first place Orange Section Clyde L. Hurley Newsletter Awards in 2004-2005. The bulletin won first place in the Blue Section 1995-1996 with Glenn Lew as editor and in 2002-2003 with Michael Akana as editor.  Thank you all contributors and club members for helping us achieve this recognition!

Early Bird Wins 1st Place Award-Orange Level!

“Congratulations!  We are pleased to advise you that your club newsletter, “The Early Bird”, has been selected as a winner of the Clyde L. Hurley Newsletter Award for the administrative year 2004-2005. Congratulations to Editor, Mike Akana and the club on this prestigious award”, wrote Peter C. Horton, District Secretary of California-Nevada-Hawaii District Office to Woodside Terrace A.M. Kiwanis Club President, Donna Vaillancourt.

Some of the feedback comments written from our club in our application included: “Members are really proud of our newsletter”, It has all of the elements that the club members are looking for, details and dates for coming events, plus articles on past events with photos. People love the photos”, “It’s a great recruiting tool, good calendar, great human interests, interactive”, “We appreciate all the time and effort editor, Mike Akana puts into getting this bulletin out each month. We have also heard how folks love that it is available on our web page so anybody can access it at any time”. 

My father, Mel Cohn, a 56-year lifetime member of the San Carlos Kiwanis club also enjoys reading our bulletin every month.  He always comments on how this is such a well-done and excellent newsletter”.

I myself enjoy working with Mike on the bulletin each month, because he makes everything gel, with a professional, and fun agenda. All the writers and photographers--Donna, Lynne, Larry, Harry, Mike, George K., George B., Jan--blend together like a perfectly orchestrated symphony.  Congratulations and thank you to all who continue to create, contribute, support, and read our infamous, award winning  “Early Bird” newsletter. 

by Jan Borg