Kiwanis Club of Historic
Newsletter –
President’s
Message:
Pancake
Breakfast, Pancake Breakfast, Pancake
Breakfast! I just had to say it one more time now it is over.
Having been involved with a pancake breakfast with a long tradition, I think
that our first annual event was very well received and was profitable. My
thanks to one and all who purchased tickets, found sponsors, and then showed up
to help last Saturday. A special thanks to the residence of The Allegro. They
allowed us to disrupt their normal routine which allowed us to have a great
venue for our fund raising event. They knew that we were raising money for a
good cause, and I want them to know that this club appreciated their
cooperation. While we are on the subject of The Allegro, we also owe a big debt
of gratitude to Judi and the entire culinary staff for all they did to make
this first annual event such a success. Thanks to all who participated. Now we
can look forward to making this an annual event.
My
thanks go out to one and all who attended the Installation Banquet on Thursday
evening of last week. Again, we need to thank The Allegro for a great meal and
great service. If you missed it, you missed some good food, good company, and a
changing of the guard that went smoothly. Rande
Le Fevre, our new Lt. Governor, and his wife, were here and we look forward
to a very productive year under his leadership
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
Guests: None last meeting
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
THIS WEEK:
NEXT WEEK:
Human & Spiritual Values meeting & Student of the Month
⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS: Winning last meeting were Lance Conner, and Barry
Schweim. Mix those tickets well to keep Art from winning again. Buy your
tickets early and often.
Late Breaking News:
The Gators are looking tough,
or at least they persevere. I thought they got about as much as gave with
Speaking of defense, the Jags are running hot and
cold. They looked very tough against the Colts, and yet Peyton did his magic.
They looked less tough last week, and Portis seemed to have the run of the
field.
Baseball is back in the news, with the playoffs
starting Tuesday evening. Most are betting on a subway series again. Clearly
the two
Much violence occurred in just a few days of this
week. What was it three school shootings and the shootings of some bad people
by the police? We even had a shoot-out here in
Next week we will get back to some semblance of order
around here. We will get speakers assigned, next week it will be Human &
Spiritual Values meeting. Don’t forget the Board meeting next Monday. Our hard
working Prez has some ideas he would like to kick around, so make sure you
attend.
Quote(s) of the Week:
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is
offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an
individual...but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human
society for which he is accountable to God and his country." —Samuel
Adams
"Government is not reason, it is not
eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master.
Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." —George
Washington
"In every person who comes near you look
for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults
will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes." —John Ruskin
"Only the morally obtuse—or
perverse—cannot recognize the difference between a terrorist group that targets
civilian population centers with anti-personnel weapons designed to maximize
civilian casualties and a democracy that seeks to prevent terrorism by
employing smart bombs designed to minimize civilian casualties. [UN Secretary
General Kofi] Annan knows better than to suggest a moral equivalence. He is
fully aware of the tactic employed by terrorists of launching their rockets
from, and hiding behind, civilian shields, so as to make democracies have to
kill some civilians to get at the terrorists... [E]ven worse than the one-sided
condemnations that ignore Hezbollah and Hamas are the numerous statements that
perversely suggest moral equivalence. The UN peacekeepers on the Lebanese
border have turned out to be collaborators with Hezbollah, videotaping the
Hezbollah kidnapping of three Israeli soldiers in 2000 and then refusing to
release the video—which could have helped in the rescue—on the grounds that it
might compromise their 'neutrality.' This is a real test for the UN. If it
cannot—or will not—distinguish between terrorists who target civilians and a
democracy that seeks to stop the terrorism while minimizing civilian
casualties, it has become part of the problem, rather than part of the
solution." —Alan Dershowitz
"Nations crumble from within when the
citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better
provide for itself... [I] hope we have once again reminded people that man is
not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here
that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands,
liberty contracts." —Ronald Reagan