Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine
Newsletter – 18 May 2006
President’s
Message:
Lou Nester
chaired the Nominating Committee, and with only a little begging announced the
slate offered by the Committee: Vice President-Dave Thompson; Board Members-Jake
Thompson, Bob Corson, and Lou Nester.
Thanks to one and all who agreed to serve, and we will vote on this list and
will, of course, take nominations from the floor. Thanks Lou, for chairing the committee. We should vote this meeting on the
new officers.
The Relay for Life was held and our Key Club was
involved. We hear tell that the tent was lost. Time to call in the SAPD to do
some sleuthing to help find their tent.
The presentation to the winner of the Geography Bee
went well. It was all taped, and perhaps if someone can find the channel, time,
and date we can all watch.
Last week was our membership day, and I must say that
we had a good turnout. Included in the turnout was our own Lt. Gov. Bill Montgomery. He came with four
other members of the Beaches club. Ya’ll come back again.
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
1 June 2006: Division Council Meeting at 1800 hours at JU.
Details to follow.
2 June 2006: First Friday Art Walk, check out the local galleries
and taste the food and wine.
5 June 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.
Guests: A whole bunch of guests, too many for me to get all
the names.
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
Skeeter introduced Dave Barnett, who is the athletic
director at Flagler
College, and he explained
that the college was moving from NAIA to NCAA. He explained that scholarships
are the thing that makes the sports world go. Flagler has, in the past, never
had to rely on them because of the other amenities that the school offers. They
also plan to build a field house and add other extras to Flagler Field to help
raise the status of the sports department. Let’s hope the school keeps moving
in the upward path it has been on since it was formed.
THIS WEEK:
Chief Hedges has the duty.
NEXT WEEK:
Steve Fricke will bring someone to
tell us something.
⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS: Skeeter and
Otis Mason were the lucky winners. Congrats
and mix those tickets up better next time. Buy your tickets early and often.
Late Breaking News:
FLORIDA DISTRICT CONVENTION--Please mark your calendars for
August 24-27. All new members, seasoned members, officers and Board members
should plan to attend this annual event for Florida Kiwanians. For those who have been to past Florida conventions,
you'll agree that these conventions include a lot of great workshops, speakers,
and our election of October 1st District officers--and there is still time for
fun, so bring your families. Our club secretary will be getting info on the
Convention frequently; and it will be in your Florida Kiwanis magazines--or go
to www.Floridakiwanis.com. Do yourselves a favor and plan to go!
I know that it is getting warmer and summer is almost
here, but don’t get complacent, because we are working on a couple of more
projects and we will need you be raring to go. Peanut Day is a Division-wide
endeavor that we will be involved with this year.
Our Student of the Month did not show last week. Are
we going to try again, Bob?
Hope one and all had a good weekend and that you
showed your appreciation to your mother, wife, or both. You editor had a good
weekend, and so did my wife.
The Preakness is almost upon us. I, for one, don’t
get real turned on watching animals running around an oval track. I also feel
the same way about cars. If basketball is your thing, I hope that the NBA
playoffs have kept you glued to your TV. I have been a little too busy to watch
much of it (read none of it), and I haven’t even had time to keep up with
baseball this season. However, we need to go and see the new baseball park in Jacksonville as a club,
before it gets old.
Quote(s) of the Week:
"Back on the home front, members of the
armed forces, who have served so courageously and sacrificially since 9/11, are
getting a foretaste of what they can expect under Democrat rule. In a rerun of
the Clinton years,
some among their ranks are being used as public relations 'props' in yet
another ruse to blur party distinctions. According to a memo from Senate
Democrat leader Harry Reid of Nevada,
aspiring Democrat candidates should make military personnel and hardware
prominent in their rallies during the campaign season in order to convince America that
its interests will be equally protected under the headship of a
Democrat-controlled Congress. Meanwhile, Democrats on Capitol Hill and in the
media are doing their best to exaggerate any negative news coming out of Iraq. Talk of
an imaginary Iraqi 'civil war' has been incessant. So what is really
represented by a party that claims to support the military while simultaneously
working to drive it to defeat by portraying its enemies as invincible? In
short, liberals running the Democrat Party hold no regard for the military, or
the country it was instituted to protect, and are willing to play any game
necessary to reacquire and enhance their political power." —Christopher Adamo
"In 2006, America is a nation of 300 million
patriots willing to die in the last ditch in defense of the proposition that
terminals at the Port
of Baltimore shall not be
operated by a company owned by Dubai,
the most pro-American government in the Arab world... By 2008, America will
have gone 11 elections without choosing a president from the Northeast. Ten
since choosing an avowed liberal (Lyndon Johnson). Only two sitting senators
have been elected president—Warren Harding and John Kennedy. And in the 46
years since it elected Massachusetts'
Senator Kennedy, the Northeast's percentage of the nation's electoral votes has
declined from 24.8 percent to 18.8 percent. But in March 2006 the Democrat
Party has increased the probability that in March 2008 its nomination will be
secured by a liberal Northeastern senator. Madness? Maybe." —George Will