Kiwanis Club of Historic
Newsletter –
President’s
Message:
Your Scholarship Committee
met and finished the screening process. Tom
Pace, who is the chair, reported the names of the winners. The committee
received 14 apps from the three schools we targeted. He gave us the names and
schools of each of the three winners, but in order to keep this secret to the
community the names will not be printed in the newsletter. (This does get on
the Internet, you know.) I will say that one was from St. Joe and two were from
Pedro.
Lou Nester
is chairing the Nominating Committee. We need to fill the VP spot and three
Board members. If you have a desire to serve, please let Lou know and you will be advised as to the functions of the office.
We have some new members and now is the time to get started learning about
Kiwanis. The Board meets once a month, unless a special meeting is called.
We have had a good run on getting new members, but we
always want more. In that spirit, we have designated 11 May as Bring-a-Guest
Day, our own little membership drive. You have some time, so think about a good
candidate, and invite them to come. Oh, by the way, we can induct women into
this club now.
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
1 May 2006: Regular monthly board meeting to be held at The
Allegro. The meeting will start at 1700 hours. There is much to discuss, so be
prompt and be prepared to share some ideas.
5 May 2006: First Friday Art Walk, check out the local galleries
and taste the food and wine.
5 &
11 May 2006: Bring-a-Guest Day – Art Runk’s idea (I have been advised that this is Bob Braden’s idea) to help stimulate
membership. Bring a prospective member so that more people in the community
will know what Kiwanis is all about—and possibly join our curious crue.
12 May 2006: Dave Thompson
announced that the Navy League would be celebrating Navy Day with a tour of
ships at Mayport. Dave has
graciously offered to give any of our members a personal tour and introduce you
to all the men and women you meet there.
Guests: Chief Hedges’
brother-in-law, Doug Neyhart, from
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
Jake’s son, Todd Thompson, a major in the SJCSO told us about cold cases, and
how CSI’s were so helpful in solving them. He indicated that there was a
perceived need for our own lab and CSI team, and that the SO was in the process
of funding one. He brought along a real CSI, Angela Hosford, and she was better looking that either one of the
females on the Thursday TV show. Thanks to Chief
Hedges for getting them here.
In addition, we honored our Student of the Month, Andrea Herbin, from Nease HS. She was
introduced by the NJROTC Chief and her father was also present. Another super
student.
THIS WEEK:
NEXT WEEK:
Our own Dennis Hollingsworth has the
program. Come see what he has up his sleeve.
⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS: Mark Shelley
and Dave Thompson were the winners. Congrats
and mix those tickets up better next time. Buy your tickets early and often.
Late Breaking News:
This week’s topic – the price
of gasoline. Hey everyone, in case you hadn’t noticed, it’s high. Cost me $45
to fill my little car this week. I love to see the politicians come out of the
woodwork blaming the other guy, or that perennial favorite, “Big Oil.” So we
are going to have still another investigation of the oil companies, which will
find that they haven’t conspired this time either. That will give the folks in
Congress something to take the microscope off them until the price recedes and
they can go back to doing what they always do, very little.
Chuck Schumer and most of the other Democrats stand
there and blame George Bush. (Boy, for a guy that is supposed to be so stupid
he manages to get past them on many important things.) And Chucky boy, with his
smug countenance looking over his glasses, talks as if this problem only began
when Bush came to town. Congress has done nothing for a long, long time.
The Democrats and other environmentalists have kept
anything constructive from being done for years. We can’t drill in Anwar, nor
any other place close to our back door, yet the Mexicans are drilling in the
To hell with ethanol from corn, switch grass, or any
thing else. I read that it costs more to produce ethanol than it would save as
a fuel. I wonder why it hasn’t been exploited by the free enterprise system. It
only comes back up when the Feds dump huge subsidies on the research and then
everybody wants a piece of that pie.
Let’s all work to get term limits imposed on the
Congress, and then we elect people who will make the hard decisions and get
something done with some substance. Elect someone who will actually work on an
energy plan that will see beyond the next price increase.
Quote(s) of the Week:
In the upcoming midterm elections, all 435
seats in the House and 33 of those in the Senate will be subjected to the
rigors of the democratic process. Truth be told, however, only about 40 House
seats and 10 Senate seats will face competitive challenges. Ronald Reagan
was fond of noting, correctly, that during his tenure more seats changed hands
in the