The Exchange Club of Urbana, IL, meets each Thursday noon at Clark- Lindsey in Urbana Lunch is served 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. President: Ron Wilcox, Urbana, Illinois.

Address inquiries to: Secretary Van Bowersox, 1811 Clover Lane, Champaign, Il 61821https://urbanaexchangeclub.wordpress.com/

Upcoming Meetings

November 23 – No MeetingNovember 30 – UHS Chior

Weekly Meeting, November 16, 2017 Reporter: Dave Wilson

Meeting Leader: President Ron WilcoxPledge of Allegiance: Led by Ron Wilcox Invocation: By Dave WilsonSong: Members sang “YOU’RE A GRAND OLD FLAG” led by Tom Gordon with JoAnn Smith playing piano this week. G uests: - Brian Cortright, guest of Dean Cortright and Paul Chato guest of David Chato.Joys and Sorrows: Read by Dick Underwood. Fred Holhubner, $1, November Student of the Month, Jacob; Ralph Langenheim, Let there be peace; Dean cortright, $5, for son visiting from Wisconsin; Beth Chato, Joy of having grandson Paul with us today; Ron Peters, Any day with mash potatoes & gravey is a good day; Wayne Weidner, Where is Gary with our “leaf” report?; Gary Stensland, $10 missed meetings; John E. Smith, $2, for joy of having Gary Stensland back today; Tom Gordon, Sorrow-wife Shirley is ill-No driver.Announcements: - John Hummel announced and distributed the Salvation Army Bell Ringing schedule among members for their sign-up. Judy Hummel announced the X-mas party December 6, 2017 at the Champaign Country Club for a luncheon event with an 11:30 start time. Reservations and payment is due November 30 to Judy Hummel or Tom Williams.Ron Wilcox announced that due to holidays there will be no weekly meeting Nov 23, Dec 7 and no meeting Dec 23.JoAnn Smith announced a call for member participation involving a group that can phone members when they are absent.Gary Stensland presented a brief leaf report as we are near the end of the season for leaf color.So Far $463.00 has been collected for the Eastern Illinois Food Bank.

Our 92nd Year

Student of the Month: Fred Holhubner introduced the November Youth of the Month as Jacob Luffman.

More Songs: No piano player so the song list was shortened to two. 1. ‘BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC” , 2. ‘YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE’, 3. ‘OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS”.Contents of Pig: $37.07 plus 5 Euro cents.Program: Nancy Hesselmann introduced the program for today as Kim Shearhan with a presentation on the Spurlock Museum. The Spurlock Museum began as three different cultural museums on the 4th floor of Lincoln Hall on the University quad: European Cultures, Classical Archaeology and Art, and Oriental. By the end of the 1960s, renewed interest in the museums led to a formal broadening of their scopes to include Africa and Asia and a new name: The World Heritage Museum.

Mission StatementExchange, America's Service Club, is a group of men and women working together to make our

communities better places to live through programs of service and Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities and its national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse.

Jacob has a busy resume as expected including serving as a class officer, NHS, and the UHS Academic Monogram program. He volunteers for local Youth Football, helps in the Stratton Elementary School as an afterschool volunteer. He also finds time to work for A & R Mechanical Contracting, and the Urbana Park District.

By 1990 a generous donation was made by alum William Spurlock to build a new, purpose-designed museum structure on the east side of campus. Additional donations of artifacts from other units on campus, including the ethnographic pieces from the Museum of Natural History (now closed), increased the global scope of the collections. After opening in 2002, the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures opened with 9 permanent exhibits, a dedicated space to changing exhibits, an auditorium for events, a learning center for hands-on activities, and carefully designed spaces for artifact storage and research.Members were encouraged to visit on a Sunday when tours are offered. The Museum has 5 featured galleries and 2 temporary galleries that change during the year.

Kim Shearhan receiving a certificate of participation from President Wilcox for her program presentation.

Jacob introduced his parents and shared his plans to attend Western Illinois University with a career goal to become a first responder and paramedic/firefighter.