Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine

Newsletter – 1 February 2007

President’s Message:

Correction of one item in last week’s missive. We are not giving a scholarship to Pedro, but we are giving a scholarship to Bartram Trail. The Noon Club is handling Pedro.

Have received word from our Lt Gov, and he is asking that as many as possible come to the Governor’s meeting on the 16^th. He promises a well-run meeting and we will be out on time. Rande is so energetic, I think we should get behind him and support him. Also, our Governor will be there this time.

Don’t forget the Mid-Year Conference in Lake City in March. The club will pay the registration fee for those members that wish to attend.

Coming Events: [Advise the editor of events of interest at 797-4332]

2 February 2007: First Friday Art Walk, check out the local galleries downtown and taste their food and wine.

3 February 2007: Uptown Saturday Night, check out the local galleries uptown on the first Saturday of each month, and taste their food and wine.

16 February 2007: Division Council Meeting at Westside Club. This will also be the official Governor's visit to our division. Let’s at least have an interclub. I’ll bet this new governor isn’t as long winded as last year’s, and we probably won’t have to learn a new song either.

22 March 2007: Our annual Geography Bee. Again this year it will be held at Sebastian Middle School. Always a great time had by all. Plan to spend the early evening with your fellow members, and Bob will be getting us to fill jobs too.

March 30 - April 1, 2007: The North Midyear Conference for divisions 1-15 to be held in Lake City in conjunction with the Hog Wild Pig Crazy Barbeque festival. See our website for details.

Guests: Richard Welty had as his guest his daughter, Lenore, who is the new director of St. Augustine Village Museum. A prospective member.

Programs: (Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)

LAST WEEK: All potential speakers backed out at the last minute.

THIS WEEK: Committee meetings and Board Meeting.

NEXT WEEK: Human and Spiritual Values meeting along with our Student of the Month. The week after is one of the official visits by our Lt. Gov., Rande.

⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS: The winning tickets were drawn and the winners were Jake Thompson and Jim Dale. Congrats you guys. Remember to mix those tickets well, and to buy your tickets early and often.

Late Breaking News:

This is it youse guys! Super Bowl Sunday is upon us. I’ve already told you who I think will win. I noticed an article in the paper this week indicating that Chicago has an answer to the Colts no-huddle. We shall see. I really don’t think it will be a blow-out, but then I thought the same thing about the Ohio State and Florida game. Therefore, do NOT place your bets based upon my prognostications.

So what is next on the sports agenda? Two things, as I see it. First, of course, is March Madness. This is about the only time I watch basketball during the year. It began in 1972 when FSU went to the Final Four and lost to UCLA. Usually a very good time to watch, and too, Florida is still ranked #1.

Secondly, you baseball fans, the spring training schedule was in the paper last week. It starts on or about 1 March, and then the regular season begins. I can remember when I was in high school in Winter Haven, that you could just about walk into any spring training camp and sit anywhere you wanted. Lakeland was the nearest to us, but I never could get up enough fire to become a Tigers fan. I was always a Bosox fan, having heard about Ted for all those years from my mother. I also liked the Cardinals, because they had a farm club in Columbus, Ohio when I lived there. I got to see Musial play in an exhibition game. A few years earlier I got to see Ralph Kiner play in Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Anyone remember him? A few years back I was in San Diego and went to a Padres game and got to see Tony Gwynn. Now there is a player I could relate to. He is one athlete that is built like me.

I also noted in the paper that curling was becoming a more popular sport. We really are turning into a bunch of couch potatoes if that is our idea of a sport.

Quote(s) of the Week:
They’re Supposed to Mail Real Ones?: “Stop Mailing Fake Grenades, Canadians Told” —Reuters
That’s What We Call Heavy Drug Use: “Cops Take 45 Lbs. of Meth in Greeley” —Denver Post
Do Police Chases Normally Cheer People Up?: “Police Chase Depressed Driver” —Indianapolis Star
The Things We Do for Animals: “Wash. Landowners to Help Pygmy Rabbits” —Associated Press ++ “Drink Free Beer and Polka to Help Homeless Cats” —Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times
News You Can Use: “Conserving Heat Will Lower Bills” —Columbus Dispatch

“If Bush had gone to war with Iraq immediately after 9/11 and waited to attack Afghanistan, Democrats would now be pretending to support the Iraq war while pointlessly carping about Afghanistan. Afghanistan didn’t attack us on 9/11! The Taliban didn’t attack us! What’s our exit strategy? How do you define ‘victory’ in Afghanistan, anyway? It’s a quagmire—aahhhhh!” —Ann Coulter

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” —Mother Teresa

“Unless a man is master of his soul, all other kinds of mastery amount to little.” —Theodore Roosevelt

“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.” —Phillips Brooks

“’Trust but verify,’ Reagan discovered, applied not only to the Soviets but also to the Democrats in Congress.” —Lyn Nofziger

“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes...” —John Adams