Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine

Newsletter – 18 October 2007

President’s Message:

The Hillsboro Inlet Light is the new Christmas ornament/fundraiser for Kiwanis this year. Order them while supplies last. This light was first built in Chicago and was on exhibit at the Chicago Exhibition. Later, is was dismantled and moved to its present location. (This is similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was to be dismantled after an exhibition, and it was not. The rest, as they say, is history.) The club voted to make one order, so if you want some for yourself or for gifts, let me know.

We are still awaiting the final numbers for the Pancake Breakfast. It is looking very good, however, and we definitely improved on last year’s total.

The club approved the participation in the annual Veteran’s Day ceremony. Mark you calendar, and remember that it will be on SUNDAY, 11 November. More details as the date approaches.

A quick Board meeting after the regular meeting was called and Ellen Coryat was approved for membership.

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

22 October 2007: Our Key Club at Bartram Trail will meet at 3:15 in room 860. Arrive a little early because they have to run a background check on you before you allowed on campus.

27 October 2007: Uptown Saturday Night, check out the local galleries uptown on the last Saturday of each month, and taste their food and wine.

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

13 November 2007: The first Division Council Meeting (DCM) for this year will be held here in St. Augustine. This is also the official visit for our new District Governor, Mark Taylor. It will be held at Amici’s Restaurant, corner of S A1A and SR 312. Cash bar at 1800 hours and dinner will be served at 1900 hours. Let’s make sure we have a huge turnout.

Guests: Ellen Coryat and Linda Thomas were guests. Ellen was approved for membership, and Linda has her application for membership. Last week we also had, other than the two almost members mentioned above, Judy Mason, the new director at The Allegro, also looking for membership.

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

LAST WEEK: Clay Carmichael, Principal at Pedro introduced our Student of the Month, Tyler Coleman, a real go-getter. Tyler’s parents were also in attendance. Then our own Dennis Hollingsworth, gave the message. He discussed America as a spiritual model and other aspects of our heritage. You may not agree with Dennis word for word, but his theme is definitely true and a sobering. There is a culture that is out to consume us and remove all vestiges of our culture just as they removed those old Buddhist statues a few years back.

THIS WEEK: We are going back to the last date on last year’s schedule, and Lou Nester will have the first chance in this new administrative year.

NEXT WEEK: Richard Hedges has the duty next week.

50/50 DRAWING WINNERS: This week’s winner was Dave Thompson, father of John, brother to Linda (and others), and husband to Rachel. Stir the tickets good this week (which means get mine on top).

Late Breaking News:

The Noles and the Gators have now both lost two games this season. I just wish that both halves of the Noles team would show up at the sane game on a consistent basis. Said another way, I wish the offense played as well as the defense at each game. Now we see another Florida team in the top 10, nay in the top 5, coming in at #2. I haven’t seen them play, and don’t know their schedule, but a lot of other folks are impressed. Then there is Notre Dame. Shall we say “rebuilding” and leave it at that? SAHS suffered a loss to arch rival Nease. That’s two in a row.

Then we have baseball and the play-offs to keep up with. The Colorado Rockies swept the Diamondbacks and will be in their first World Series. That won’t start until next Wednesday, the 24^th. In the meantime, Cleveland is now up 3 games to 1 over Boston. Clearly their pitching has held up better than Boston’s, and they are getting production from just about everyone in the batting order. Boston has about three batters that are consistent. Ortiz, Ramirez, and Lowell. If you were watching Tuesday night, you saw a first in baseball history, when those three each hit a home run back, to back, to back. Didn’t get the game won, however, as that was all the scoring for Boston that night. So Thursday night tells the tale. Should be another good game.

In case you haven’t heard, the Surge appears to be working. We are finally getting the locals to trust and help us. That is something we don’t understand. We think that the country is just as we see it on the map, when actually there are tribes that rule areas and could care less about the map. They rule their area and we are finally realizing that.

Also in case you haven’t kept up, Rush Limbaugh has a letter for sale.

Quote(s) of the Week:
”If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!” - P.J. O'Rourke

”In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.” - Voltaire (1764)

”Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!” - Pericles (430 B.C.)

”No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” - Mark Twain (1866)

”Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.” - Unknown

”The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.” - Ronald Reagan

”The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” - Winston Churchill