Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine

Newsletter – 27 March 2008

President’s Message:

Hello again thrill seekers. Ag Day was yesterday, and we will report on that today. The 31st is the last day to apply for the scholarship. More details on that soon; as of last week we had received one application.

 

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

29 March 2008: Uptown Saturday Night, check out the local galleries uptown on the last Saturday of each month, and taste their food and wine.

4 April 2008: First Friday Art Walk, check out the local galleries downtown and taste their food and wine.

5 April 2008: Our District-wide show up at the ball park day. Our governor wants all clubs to do something with kids at a ball park. We are going to help with the concession stand so the parents can watch their kid play.

15 April 2008: Our annual Geography Bee. Once again held at Sebastian MS beginning at 7:00pm. Bob has done his usual good job of setting up everything prior to the event, we just need to sign up and do our part to help on the night in question. As I say every year, this is a great project and you will have more fun helping on this project than many others that we are a part of. Mark your calendar now and be sure and get to this event. If this is like all the others I have attended, you will learn something.

10 May 2008: Our next Garage Sale is planned. We need items to sell, so get your closets and storage units emptied and get the stuff to Tim Chiu. Once again, Tim and Jolande are gracious enough to host the event at their business (A1A Hardware) and even store the stuff for us. Please call Tim prior to delivering the stuff to make sure he will be there and available to direct you to the place to store the stuff. Also, it would be helpful to give us an idea of what you think the stuff is worth.

 

Guests: Harry, our annual transplant from Malone, NY is with us until the first of week of April. Harry always joins in our projects when he is here, and would help with the garage sale if we held it before he left. We also had a large contingency from the noon club making an Interclub with us. I didn’t get all the names, but I believe there were 10. That’s record for them. Once they were to Interclub and they had one show up. We need to return the favor.

 

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

LAST WEEK: Doug, our hard working Prez, introduced Nancy Scott, a nurse that helps at his nursing facility as well as with hospice. She discussed Alzheimer’s decease. She indicated that the medical profession is beginning to come to the conclusion that it is genetic. There are some things we can do, but if you are predisposed, you are probably just delaying the onset. First of all we need to learn to focus more. Keeping things in you memory bank longer will help. We have a tendency to lose short-term memory as we age. This is not necessarily the onset of Alzheimer’s. Do exercises that make you use your brain. She mentioned that crossword puzzles were very good. She also recommended a book Everyday Memory Builder. Check at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

THIS WEEK: Troy Silhan has the program this week. Maybe we will hear about another business he and John are involved with.

NEXT WEEK: The first meeting of the month means committee meetings and the Board Meeting

 

50/50 DRAWING WINNERS: Last week’s winner was Mark Shelley. Mark, I certainly hope they got the money to you. Mix those tickets up real good this time, and get mine on top.

 

Late Breaking News:

March Madness has begun, and I have yet to watch a game. Only thing I’ve seen on the news that would interest me is that Davidson is the new David slaying the Goliaths.

                In football, the guys are getting ready for the NFL draft. Might be an interesting year for that.

                Baseball cranked up with the first game played in Tokyo. I’ll bet the fans are none too happy with that, especially with Manny having 4 RBIs in the game.

                In other news, to quote the Sonny & Cher song, “…The beat goes on, yeah the beat goes on,” which is the refrain the Democrats are singing on their way to the convention. Interesting year in politics, when everyone thought that by now Hillary would be measuring the drapes in the White House. Well, of course, at this time we don’t know if she is even going to be the nominee. We may see a convention much like I remember in my youth where the final decision is made AT the convention. There is even a story on Drudge in which a Florida Congressman is saying that they might wind up with a compromise candidate such as Al Gore. (I’m certainly hoping that that is the case.)

Quote(s) of the Week:
Every once in a while I get something of interest in my e-mail. The following is from our own Bob Corson; food for thought, or is it drink?

As Ben Franklin said: “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as a public service.