2008 — 2014 
     
    
   
   
    
     The decade of 2000 was an era some of us believed we would never see. It was just so far off and 
     
     such a big number. For sure it would be another world — Spaceships and robots and the Jetsons. 
     
     Computers took over some jobs and technology was at the forefront of all that was to come. For 
     
     a man to go to the moon wasn’t something far-fetched. It had been done and there was talk of 
     
     going to Mars. Whoever thought that would happen? It isn’t Jetsons yet, but you can pay your 
     
     bills with your watch, perhaps it will soon be your finger. And the world did not end as the clock 
     
    
   
   
    
     struck midnight on New Year’s Eve on the year 2000. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 2008, KWI celebrated their 80th anniversary. Members knitted 80 pairs of mittens, which 
     
    
   
   
    
     would later go to the O’Leary school for children in need. 
     
    
   
   
    
     KWI began 2009 by doing what they always did - they got down to business. A new family was 
     
     welcomed to the community. Non-slip paint was applied to the entrance and bathroom floor of 
     
     the old school. The hard wood floors were stripped and waxed; it was not an exciting task, but it 
     
     needed to be done to ensure of the safety of others. The upkeep of the school was no different 
     
     than keeping a house. Electricity, insurance, mulch for flowerbeds, glass for a new window, and 
     
     a new convection heater. And money to be given to the many charities K WI continued to support 
     
     over the years. Money had to be raised. K WI president that year was Joan Smallman and the 
     
     secretary was Wanda Adams. Generous donations were received from the community and a 
     
     successful coffee party was held in July in the kitchen at the school with a huge crowd on hand. 
     
     However, the popular Halloween party at the school had to be cancelled due to the hIn1 flu 
     
     which began in the spring of 2010. The h1n1 was detected first in the United States and spread 
     
     quickly. The virus contained a unique combination of influenza genes not identified in animals 
     
     or people. Seasonal flu vaccines offered little protection. A vaccine was produced but it was not 
     
     available until late November after the peak of the illness. From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 
     
     2010, it is estimated there were 60.8 million cases and 12, 469 deaths world-wide. Most deaths 
     
    
   
   
    
     were in people younger than 65 years of age. 
     
    
   
   
    
     KWI members canvassed for both the cancer and diabetes foundations. Notes and News reported 
     
    
   
   
    
     that around $10,000 had been passed in to the QEH from the Spring is in the Air Gala Dinner. 
     
    
   
   
    
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