Kiwanis Club of Historic
Newsletter –
President’s
Message:
The Division Council meeting was
last Thursday night at the JU campus. The District Gov. and her husband were
not there, so we got in and out at a reasonable hour. Bob Braden,
Thanks one and all for the outpouring of concern for
me after my cycle accident last Wednesday evening. I missed the meeting and
recuperated quickly. For those who have ridden bikes before, you know it is
touch and go when you have to lay one down. Thanks especially to Chief Hedges
who, I understand, covered for me very well.
The monthly Board meeting was last Monday evening,
and it was well attended. We discussed some of our thoughts on Peanut Day and
we also discussed on ongoing project regarding a Pancake Breakfast. We paid our
Division dues, made a contribution to the Florida Foundation, and also made our
contribution to the International Foundation. Lou indicated that his YCPO project will need some help in about
two months. It was decided NOT to invite any of the candidates running for City
Commission to speak at our club, but that an invitation should be tendered to
all candidates for contested County offices.
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
Guests: None were noticed.
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
Steve Fricke gave it the old college
try, but his invited speaker, Joe Bolles,
failed to appear.
THIS WEEK:
Spiritual and Human Aims meeting is the week. No Student of the Month, because
school is out. We’ll kick that back in come September.
NEXT WEEK:
Tom Fonner is scheduled to have the
speaker, and he has e-mailed me to advise that Brent will fill in for him since he is far, far, away.
⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS:
Late Breaking News:
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.
The Heat and the Mavericks are in the finals of the
NBA tournament. I understand that this year’s effort has been better than many
in the recent past. Michelle Wie missed the cut and will not get to play with
the boys. Boo Hoo! Her life is over; she may as well hang it up. And the
Yankees, as beat up as they are, put a thrashing on my Bosox Monday. Speaking
of baseball, my Seminoles won’t be going to the College World Series. (Now that
does deserve a Boo Hoo.)
Former member, Sam
Dee Thomas’, wife suffered a
stroke recently and was hospitalized and it was decided to move her to Bayview.
In the paperwork shuffle at the hospital, they reported her as dead and now
there is a big mess. Sammy, let us
know if there is anything we can do to help.
Quote(s) of the Week:
"Whatever man loves, that is his god. For
he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and
wakes with it, be it what it may—wealth or self, pleasure or renown." —Martin Luther
"What about those British and American soldiers who gave their limbs and
lives for the freedom of others? Are such lives worth so little that we believe
we can quit before the task is done? Do we think that by leaving now before the
Iraqis are fully capable of repelling the terrorist insurgents we will have
done ourselves—or
"The question we all must answer is whether, like our parent's and
grandparent's generation, we have the patience to wage a long war against an
ideological enemy as evil as the former
"However things gets hashed...the single operative word in the
[immigration] debate for most Americans is 'illegal'..." —Kathleen Parker
"Do American citizens go around carrying documents with them when they
work or apply for work? Most Americans are undocumented workers but they are
not illegal immigrants. There is a difference." —Thomas Sowell
If [Democrats] are competent to fight this war, then I ought to be singing on
American Idol." —Vice President Dick
Cheney
"For most of the three years of the