President Harold Friesner called the 39th meeting (July 31th) of the 2011–2012 Kiwanis Year to order at 12:03 p.m. on Tuesday July 31, 2912 at McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University
Jon Umphress offers the Invocation.
Joe Ferguson introduced his guest, Saiko Takeda who is visiting here from Japan for two weeks for an exchange program.
The birthday of Bob McCurdy (July 29th) was noted in song. The membership agreed that no Grammy awards would be presented for the performance.