UPCOMING MEETINGS AUG 19 - Board Meeting The regular August meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Tempe Board of Directors will be 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Pyle Adult Recreation, 655 E. Southern Ave., Tempe. All officers and directors should attend, but it is open to any Club members. New members qualify for their pins and permanent badges by attending a board meeting. UPCOMING PROGRAMS NOV 20- Induction of New Members - In lieu of a speaker, the Club will induct two new members and present awards to several members who were not at the Officers Installation and Awards dinner six weeks ago. New members to be installed are Dennis Keith, who is sponsored by Ralph Packer, and Jessica Wegener, who is sponsored by Sonia Filan. Past President Linda Spears has organized it. Past President Lawn Griffiths will handle the Kiwanis International story, while Past President Karl Wochner give the big overview on KCOT. The inductees will be asked to step to the microphone and tell their background. The Legion of Honor Award will be given to Dr. Jim Yount for 55 years in Kiwanis. Bob Lizardi will be recognized with the Legion of Honor for 30 years of Kiwanis. The Award is given by Kiwanis International to all members with at least 25 years, and it is given anew on every 5-year increment anniversary. NOV. 27 - HAPPY THANKSGIVING DEC. 4 - PHIL CHRISTENSEN, a Regents Professor in the Department of Geological Science at Arizona State University. He completed his PhD in geophysics and space physics at UCLA in 1981. His research interests focus on the composition, physical properties and processes, , and morphology of planetary surfaces, with an emphasis on Mars and Earth. A major element of his research has been the design and development of spacecraft infrared remote sensing instruments. Christensen is the principal investigator for the 2001 Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (TES) instrument on Mars Global Surveyor. He is also a co-Investigator on the Mars Exploration Rover missions, responsible for building and operating the Mini-TES instruments. His research uses infrared spectroscopy, radiometry, laboratory spectroscopic measurements, field observations, and numerical modeling and it has taken him to field sites in the western U.S., Hawaii, Mexico and South America. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued the use of spacecraft observations to study environmental and urban development problems on Earth. He was awarded NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 2003 for his pioneering scientific observations of Mars in the Infrared. He was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2004. DEC. 11 -- To Be Announced Dec. 18 -- To Be Announced -- Spouse Program Dec. 25 - Merry Christmas - No Meeting Jan. 1 - Happy New Year - No Meeting Got some ideas for a program or speaker? Call Chris Rosner, 480-227-6944, or Joe Schmoker, (480) 898-1708. Pay for your member fees online.