Lake City Kiwanis Club

Teacher presents on the local history of education

Aug 27, 2025

One of the many of Lake City’s devoted teachers, Becky Houghton, talked about Lake City’s school history. She has taught math for 31 years with 11 at Lincoln High and has earned a doctorate degree which has led her to believe that we need to know our history if we are to prepare for the future...

Coombs speaks to Kiwanis about Lake City Food Shelf

Aug 27, 2025

Donations of all sizes have allowed the Lake City’s Food Self Food Shelf to serve hundreds of families a year. Co-Director Dianne Coombs explained at a recent meeting that users are able to visit any of the local food shelves. The only requirement is registering at the building and being on the...

Kiwanis hears from octogenarian adventurer

Aug 13, 2025

Lake City is full of interesting people of all ages. Kiwanis was privileged to meet and hear from Art Howard. Art showed us what a vital octogenarian adventurer is all about. He spoke about the adventure of he and his wife motoring his sailboat from Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico with the...

Heidi of Heidi’s Huggamug speaks to Kiwanis Club

Aug 13, 2025

Heidi Walker spoke to Kiwanis when they held their annual picnic at the Lake City Yacht Club. She has a long history in the food business including HyVee, Fiesta Foods, The Railhouse Coffee Depot and now is the energetic force behind the very popular Heidi’s Huggamug near the Marina. Her 15...

Kiwanis president speaks about electric vehicles

Jul 30, 2025

The Lake City Kiwanis Club learned about electric vehicles (EVs) from one of its own recently Tom Kregel served double duty on Wednesday as club president and guest speaker. Adoption of EVs is growing very fast much like computers and cellphones did in past decades. That growth of sales in the US...

Author Logan Thomas speaks to Kiwanis Club

Jul 16, 2025

Logan Thomas, a very talented and energetic Lincoln High School English teacher visited Kiwanis to show and talk about the many children’s books he has written. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Logan’s first books were written for professional baseball players with the Cleveland Guardians, for their...

Port Authority director speaks to Kiwanis Club

Jul 2, 2025

Lake City Port Authority Director Doug Grout was the guest speaker at a recent Lake City Kiwanis Club meeting. Kiwanians are always keen to meet new people and learn about the world around us. The word port in the directors’s title seems to indicate work around water and waterfronts. But that is...

Author of ‘Inner Rival’ speaks to Kiwanis Club

Jun 11, 2025

Kiwanis member Greg Schreck asked his friend Jeff Butorac to speak to Kiwanis about his life’s journey and the book he wrote because of that experience. After suffering anxiety and panic attacks required him to change carreers and his outlook on life, Jeff learned to turn those negative feelings...

Coding competitors speak to Kiwanis Club

Jun 4, 2025

This week’s Kiwanis speakers were Lincoln junior high students Shawn Hadler, Mason Kerwin, Elliot Kline, Izaiah Johnson and Lincoln High School technologist Chelsea Kerwin, who is the leader of the group. These student are first place winners in a computer coding competition of the Junior High...

Kiwanis hears from service to help seniors remain in their homes

May 28, 2025

Home Instead representative Karen Hansen, seen with past president Bill Otto, talked to the Lake City Kiwanis Club gathering about ways of staying in your own home instead of the nursing home. Home Instead provides staff to do housework, shopping, bathing assistance and medication planning and...