Kiwanis Club of Historic
Newsletter –
President’s
Message:
Pancake Breakfast, Pancake
Breakfast, Pancake Breakfast! Let’s not forget that it is coming sooner than
you may think. Get the tickets sold and, more importantly, get some sponsors.
Ask your dry cleaner, ask your butcher, ask your candlestick maker, the worst
that they will say is “No.” They are not rejecting you, they are simply saying
“No” to a request and you need not take it personally. This should be our
largest money making project and it can be done with just a little effort on
the part of each one of us, and should not be left up to just a few people. Off
your face and on your feet, get out there and talk it up!
We
are also planning a Peanut Day or two in the future, but that shouldn’t take as
much of your time as the Pancake Breakfast, and will be after that event, so
just keep your eyes peeled here for word about that fund raiser.
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
Guests:. Present and turning in their papers to transfer
their memberships were Barney Salzberg,
and Cheryle Newman. WELCOME
YA’LL!!
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
Our Human & Spiritual Aims speaker was presented by our hard working Prez, Nick, and he was doing a little
brown-nosing, because it was his immediate boss, read department head, Yvan Kelly. (No mis-spelling there
either!) He gave a very good presentation on The Economics of Religion; he is
in the Economics Department at Flagler. His discussion looked at how religion
does its business as opposed to its impact on an individual or group. He had
some very interesting statistics, e.g., 17% of the population were church
members in this country in 1776, and today that number is 60% of the
population. Since 1945 contributions to religion made in this country have
remained at a fairly constant 1% of GDP. And as many of us had read elsewhere,
the old, mainstream churches in this country are losing members. The
Episcopalians, the Methodists, the Presbyterians, and some others are in that
group, and many of them are scrambling to attract and keep more members by
becoming more “relevant.” So far, that tactic has not seemed to change the tide
flowing against them.
THIS WEEK:
Brent Fonner is up, and I spoke to
him to get his e-mail address straight, and he advised that his dad was
expected back soon, however, not early enough to take Brent’s place for this
job.
NEXT WEEK:
Ned Ross is slated to have the
speaker. Haven’t seen Ned, and his e-mail box is full and has been for at least
two months.
⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS: Winning last week were Art Liepold, and Jake
Thompson. (Turned out to be the lucky table for the week.) Mix those
tickets well to keep Bob from winning again. Buy your tickets early and often.
Late Breaking News:
In
Sports: You can tell football season is
fast approaching, not from the weather, but from the sports page. There are
pre-season games galore, and big names getting hurt in them, e.g.,
Get accustomed to it, you are going to be hearing a
lot about the pancake breakfast in this column until it is over. Chief Hedges, our soon to be fearless
leader, has handed out the tickets to those of us who were present. Show up and
pick your set up so that we won’t have to waste postage mailing yours to you.
Let’s get cracking on those sponsors – that is where the gravy in this project
lies. Get one business that you know to be a sponsor and get their name on the
placemat. If we put forth the effort this time, then we won’t have to worry
about as many fundraising events in the future. Do your part, and get your
tickets now and get at least one sponsor. If we all did that, we would make
some money on this project. This is the type of project a club like ours wants
to have. You concentrate your efforts in a relatively short period of time, and
the rewards are more than 10 other projects that are labor intensive and cash
poor.
I was advised last week that Stephen Shelley, Mark’s son, was a member of the Coast Guard and
not the Merchant Marines. Sorry for the mix-up, and no insult was intended.
(Now that I think about it, do we even have a Merchant Marine anymore?)
Quote(s) of the Week:
"A society that puts equality...ahead of
freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom." —Milton Friedman
"
"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other
reason but because they are not already common." —John Locke
"Clearly, the greatest threat, the greatest threat to our country is the
war on terror. But we also have another threat, and that is out-of-control
federal spending. If we are going to buy the guns, we had better get a little
lean on the butter, and we had better quit wrapping the butter in the American
flag." —Rep. Jeb Hensarling
"If there's any conspiracy involved in today's high gasoline prices, it's
a conspiracy of cowardice and stupidity by the