Kiwanis Club of Historic
Newsletter –
President’s
Message:
We are still awaiting the final numbers for the
Pancake Breakfast. We know that we did well, but we need the stragglers to get
the funds in so we can get a total picture. We know tentatively that it is over
$7K. If you haven’t done so, get your money into the club now. This event was
over a month ago.
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. We were called
and they request that we send a representative to a rehearsal at 1630 hours on
Friday. Evidently this year there will be another side of the Fort used, and
they want to make sure everyone knows where to walk.
While
thinking of fund raisers, Skeeter is
promoting a volley ball tournament to be held at the beach in the Spring. He is a very busy man these days, so he will be
asking for help. Step up to the plate when he asks you for help. This could be
another good source of revenue.
Coming Events: [Advise the
editor of events of interest at 797-4332]
Guests: No guests last week. Let’s get busy.
Programs:
(Check the website for your speaker assignment date.)
LAST WEEK:
Our monthly committee and Board meetings
THIS WEEK:
The second week of the month is always our Human and Spiritual Values meeting,
and during the school year we also honor our Student of the Month. My notes
reflect that the student to be honored will be from Bartram Trail HS.
NEXT WEEK:
Our very own Wayne Howell, not some
else’s, has the program, and told be he was on it.
50/50 DRAWING WINNERS: This week’s winner was Dave Thompson. I’m not sure if he was holding Mark’s ticket, or if it was his own. I heard some conflicting
rumors from that area of the room.
Late Breaking News:
In case you missed it, the
Gators defeated Vandy. The only way you would have missed it was (a) not be a
reader of The Record, or (b) you don’t watch local sports reports. The only way
you would know that the Noles beat the #2 team in the nation,
In the NFL, we had the meeting of two undefeated
teams on Sunday evening. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, two of the premier
quarterbacks today, met to decide which would remain unbeaten. This was a very
good game, but at the end, it was the New England Patriots who came out on top.
Both teams were playing without their best lineup. I would have loved to see
this game in the first week when everyone was healthy.
In the Board meeting last week: (1) we officially
approved sponsoring the new Key Club, approved the stipend for the advisor, and
an expense account equal to our other club at St. Joe’s; (2) assigned Charlie Stevens’ committee with the
task of getting an assignment from Salvation Army, and to find our needy family
for the holidays; and (3) we donated money in memory of our late member, Fran Ferrell.
Notice was sent to members to get a head-count as to
how many of us will be going to the DCM that will be held here in
Quote(s) of the Week:
“Destroying a president is not much
of a strategy to win a war, but it’s all the Democrats have. The churls of the
left don’t seem to care whether their country wins the war,
the important thing is to ‘keep hate alive.’ If hate worked in ‘06, maybe it
will work again in ‘08, when the stakes will be considerably higher. Sometimes
it’s not only hate, but a bit of schadenfreude, too, taking pleasure
in the woes of the enemy. ‘Partisan pleasure in George Bush’s pain dates to the
anguish of the contested 2000 election loss,’ observes Daniel Henninger in the Wall
Street Journal. ‘The Democrats have run against something called ‘Bush’
for so long this sentiment is now bound up in any act or policy remotely
attached to the president.
“His Example is
now complete, and it will teach wisdom and virtue to magistrates, citizens, and
men, not only in the present age, but in future generations, as long as our
history shall be read.” —John Adams
on George Washington
“Speak when you
are angry, and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” —Ambrose Bierce