Kiwanis club goes out with a circus
CC Kiwanis Club to close after 65 years
Press photos by Amie Johansen Skeeter the clown coached 5.5 year old Cora on how to balance a peacock feather.
Skeeter the Clown plays a whistle and a flute at the same time to a captivated TLC audience. Skeeter told the children the instruments are some of the first wind instruments ever to be played.
Eli, 5, left and Cora, 5.5., right, look to the “eyeball” on the peacock feather. Skeeter the Clown challenged the pair to balance the feather for at least 10 seconds to win a ticket to the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus.
By Amie Johansen | amie@charlescitypress.com
The Kiwanis Club began its service to the Charles City community in 1951. Now, after 65 years, club members have decided it’s time to disband.
“Decreasing membership last couple of years, it’s hard to get new members. We’re down to a handful of members,” Dean Andrews, Kiwanis Club member said. “It’s hard to do projects with just a couple of members.”
To celebrate 65 of years of service to the community, the Kiwanis Club decided to bring youth and family orientated entertainment to town: the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus.
“We had the same circus here six years ago,” Andrews said. “It will be, kind of, one last ‘hurrah’ for the Kiwanis Club as a thank you (to our community) for supporting us.”
The Culpepper and Merriweather Circus will come to Charles City Monday, Aug. 8 and will take place at College Grounds at the corner of Clark and Jung Ave. There are two showtimes the first beginning at 5 p.m. and the second to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Besides trapeze artists, exotic animals, music and tricks, the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus also offers a sneak peak behind the scenes into circus life. Those curious to learn more about the circus are encouraged to be at the College Grounds at 9:30 a.m. to watch the entertainers set up camp. Free tours will be given at 9:30 a.m. and will include seeing the big top being erected.
According to Andrews, the Kiwanis Club “Clyde Smith Memorial Scholarship” will still be offered to graduating high school students, despite the closure of the club.
“That is in a foundation so that will continue,” Andrews said.
The Kiwanis Club’s mission is to complete service projects benefiting the youth of the committee. As the club comes to an end any funds remaining will be used to promote youth oriented organizations, Andrews said.
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