Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine
Newsletter –
1 March 2007
President’s
Message:
Bob Braden explained
that he submits our monthly report by e-mail, but that we were not getting full
credit, because the individual committee reports were not going into the
District, so we were not getting credit for all of our work. He requested that
all chairs of the committees go on-line and submit their monthly reports
on-line so that we would get full credit for the work that we do. If there is a
question or problem about this, call Bob.
Don’t forget the Mid-Year Conference in Lake City
at the end of March. Please note in the masthead, that we are into March as you
read this. The club will pay the registration fee for those members that wish
to attend. I believe we have some going to that event as well.
The Geography Bee is fast approaching. This is a fun
event, the teachers there do most of the work, and we all learn something new.
A good time is had by all! Plan to volunteer to help and show up on the 22nd.
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
2 March 2007: First Friday Art Walk, check out the local galleries
downtown and taste their food and wine.
3 March 2007: Uptown Saturday Night, check out the local galleries
uptown on the first Saturday of each month, and taste their food and wine.
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: Back for another visit with our club and our fair
city is Harry Matteson, escaping all that white stuff in upstate New York. He’ll be here for a while; it
takes time for that stuff to melt. Lenore
Welty was back and turned in her application for membership. Jim Dale had his college roommate as a
guest, Jerry Bailey. Last, but by no
means least, Mark Shelley had as his
guest for the second time, Jim Mathisen.
Welcome to one and all.
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
We couldn’t rally a speaker, but we had enough other business to make it an
interesting meeting. We learned that we should have an Interclub, because Tim
wants to go. We also learned that we are moving forward on the concept of a
501(c)(3) foundation for our club.
THIS WEEK:
Our monthly meeting of committees and the Board Meeting.
NEXT WEEK:
Human and Spiritual Values meeting along
with our Student of the Month.
⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS: The winning tickets were drawn and the winners were Jerry Saia and Bob Braden. Congrats to both. Remember to mix those tickets well
(put mine on top), and to buy your tickets early and often.
Late Breaking News:
We are fast approaching the
start of March Madness, and Florida
has slipped from #1 to #5. The top spot was taken by none other than Ohio State.
What is this, déjà vu all over again?
As they say, “We shall see.”
Is it me, or have things changed and I just haven’t
kept up? Two Border Patrol agents are in prison for shooting AT a fleeing illegal alien felon who
was attempting to bring a large quantity of drugs into this country. The crook
is not dead, in fact, he was given immunity to come back and testify against
the agents. So the crook is given immunity for the crime he committed while the
agents are convicted and sent to prison. They aren’t even allowed out on bond
while their sentence is appealed. Now I know that there must be more to this
story than meets the eye, but what is this?
In a related story there is a new documentary film
released recently that documents that Mexican militia are shooting at people on
our side of the border, even crossing the border to fire at our citizens, and
the government appears to do nothing. When Poncho Villa came across the border
back in the early 20th century, we sent an army unit after him.
Lastly, Scooter Libby is on trial… for what? I would
understand if this woman had been a covert agent for the CIA, but clearly she
was not. And why did the CIA send her husband on this mission without him
signing the normal confidentiality agreement? As the Mad Hatter said, “Things
just get curiouser and curiouser.”
Quote(s) of the
Week:
“America’s
present problems are many and varied, but we seem not to have been gripped by
the same sense of purpose that drove Ronald Reagan in his quest to bring the
Cold War to a peaceful conclusion.” —Richard Allen
“We have been imposed on so often that it is understandable how some would
think that we had reached the point where we would stand for anything.” —Thomas Sowell
“Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil.” —Doug Patton
“It is losing that
Americans have no patience for—not casualties or a protracted war. Let Bush
make it clear that he is serious about victory, and that he will do whatever it
takes to achieve it. The political support he needs will follow.” —Jeff Jacoby
“Very hardheaded realist
terms: interest, stability, regional powers. But stringing them together to
suggest that Iran
and Syria
share our interests in stability is the height of fantasy. In fact, Iran and Syria have an
overriding interest in chaos in Iraq—which
is precisely why they each have been abetting the insurgency and fanning civil
war. Perhaps in some long-term future they will want a stable Iraq as a tame
client state of the Syria-Iran axis. For now they want chaos. What in God’s
name will a negotiation with them yield?” —Charles
Krauthammer
If you’re one of those
dummies who goofs off in school, you wind up in Iraq. But, if you’re sophisticated
and nuanced, you wind up on a commission about Iraq.” —Mark Steyn