Kiwanis Club of Historic
Newsletter –
10 May 2007
President’s
Message:
I’m not part of the team, but I bet the Gamble Rogers
Festival was not as big a success as most had hoped. When you host an outdoor
event, you need to be ready for inclement weather. Do hate to complain, because
we need the rain!
Let us not forget, we are going to have a garage sale on the 19th
of this month. Tim & Jolande Chiu
have graciously agreed to allow us to store the
goodies at their location and to hold the sale in their parking lot. Please
call them in advance of dropping items off.
Their number is 471-9685. Also, this does not mean that you can just
come and dump stuff into a pile. If you have clothes, for example, make sure
that they are clean and folded, preferably with the size showing. Try to keep
like items together, and if you are donating something with parts to it, keep
all of it in a box. The sale will go better if we are neat about displaying the
items and we won’t junk-up their place. Neatness
counts when you have as much as we did last time.
The
Nominating Committee presented a list of candidates, and Board approved last
week. Now it you turn to exercise your franchise this week. You must be present
to vote or to nominate from the floor. Come hear who the Nomination Committee
has presented.
We’ll
be doing a lot of voting at this week’s meeting, because we are also voting to
decide if we will change our By-Laws to match the present ones used by
International or to keep our own, often-revised ones.
In
Membership news, Judi Robinson
tendered her resignation, and it was with a heavy heart that it was accepted. Judi is having arthritis problems, and
has indicated that she will do what she can to help as long as it doesn’t
include getting up and going early in the morning. On the positive side, Doug Gibson and John Thompson have applied for membership, and their applications
were approved. It would appear that Dave
Thompson is attempting to load the club up with supporters to help him rule
when he takes over as President. The rest of us better get busy and help to
even the numbers a bit.
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
17 May 2007: Division Council meeting in
19 May 2007: Another yard sale will be had by our
club. Tim and Jolande Chiu have generously agreed to allow us to hold the sale at
their hardware store parking lot as we did last time. Proceeds will go toward
our pledge of assistance to the Boys and Girls Club Building Fund. Please call Tim at 471- 9685 to arrange delivery of
your items to the site for storage.
22 May 2007: The annual Ag Day at the Ag Center. The
service clubs started this some years ago, and the Farmer of the Year is named
and honored along with agriculture in the county, of which there is less each
year. This will be a luncheon at the Ag Center, and we usually cancel our
regular meeting for that week.
26 May 2007: Uptown Saturday Night, check
out the local galleries uptown on the last Saturday of each month, and taste
their food and wine.
Guests: None last week. Let’s get going youse guys; we need
to get a few more members.
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
Our
monthly committee meeting and Board of Directors meeting, the highlights of
which were discussed in the President’s message.
THIS WEEK:
Human & Spiritual Values meeting as well as the last Student of the Month
for the school year. This month the student will come from SAHS. The scheduled
speaker is Keith Cronwell the head
football coach at Pedro. He will discuss his first year on the job and how
prayer has helped to keep spirits raised.
NEXT WEEK:
⅓-⅓-⅓ DRAWING WINNERS: The winning tickets were drawn and the winners were Bob Corson & Dave Thompson. (Wow!! Two weeks in a row.) Congrats to both.
Remember to mix those tickets well (put mine on top), and to buy your tickets
early and often.
Late Breaking News:
The Republican Presidential
hopefuls had their debate, read joint news conference. I really didn’t watch
much, it’s too early for me, but I’m wondering if those of you who watched both
party’s joint news conferences saw any difference. For the most part, the Dems
were served soft ball pitches, while the Reps were hit fairly hard by the
interrogators. I think that they, the Republicans, should take a page from the
Dems playbook, and refuse to appear on CNBC and CNN just as the Dems refused to
appear on Fox News Channel. I have always felt that the Republicans have always
been too soft on these people. I know for sure that President Bush has been too
nice all these years. He and others in his administration have turned the other
cheek far too much. When Harry Reid and the rest of those his ilk, come out
with the big lie, you can’t ignore it and act as if you are rising above the
fray. In D.C. you had better respond, or the big lie becomes a truth that is
imbedded into people’s minds. E.g., “Bush Lied, People
Died!” That is the new mantra of the Left and because the administration did
not come out to refute it, many people believe it. Of course, there was no
“lie.” Everyone thought there were WMD in
Quote(s) of the Week:
“When the political columnists say
‘Every thinking man’ they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to ‘Every
intelligent voter’ they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.” —Franklin P. Adams
“Our political elite and chattering classes deserve a stiff rebuke for
ignoring—and encouraging the public to ignore—the truth: In a global war for
the Free World, there is nowhere to run.” —Frank
Gaffney