Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine

Newsletter – 11 December 2008

President’s Message:

As you know our club is supporting a family for Christmas all members are asked to bring a gift for one of the children. We will take the gifts to the family NEXT WEDNESDAY, the 18^th of Dec.  If you can not get a give, you may donate and we will get one for you. Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

THE CHRISTMAS FAMILY is a single mother with girls 17, 16, & 7. The boys are 11, 7, & 4.

SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING: If you can ring and have not signed up just pick a time and we will give you time. Please E-Mail me. If we have enough we could reduce the time for everyone. Bell Ringing SCHEDULE, December 20, Anastasia Island Publix

8:00-10:00 Doug Wiles, Lou Nester, Charles Myers
10:00-12:00 Tim Chiu, Grant Nielson

12:00-2:00 Matt McClellan, Dr. Frank

2:00- 4:00 Paul Linser, Skeeter Key

4:00- 6:00 Doug Hernandez, Richard Welty

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

20 December 2008: Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Anastasia Publix

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

31 December 2008: Beach Blast Off (New Years Eve Fireworks & Chili Cook Off at the Pier)

2 January 2009: First Friday Art Walk, check out the local galleries downtown and taste their food and wine.

26 February 2009: Florida District President will visit St. Augustine as part of a Division Council Meeting. Details as they are received.

Guests: Sorry, I wasn’t here. I hope the Sgt. At Arms kept track for our Secretary..

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

LAST WEEK: Human & Spiritual Values meeting along with honoring the Student of the Month from Creekside: Erika Baca.

THIS WEEK: My list reflects that Wayne Howell has the assignment, but I seem to recall that he traded with Matt McLellan.

NEXT WEEK: No meeting for the next two weeks. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

50/50 DRAWING WINNERS: According to Tim, the winner last week was Charlie Stevens who won the large, taxable amount, of $28. Make sure that gets reported. Of course, you can deduct the amount you have spent to win that, so it’s probably a wash. Mix those tickets real good, and make sure mine is on top.

NEWS OF NOTE:

I was called by the fundraising arm of Special Olympics. Their games will be in February and March. The cost is $145 per athlete. I told her I would bring it up at the meeting today. Her name was Dawn Howell at 800-755-4320, x-2900. I’ll this in until the next issue in 2009. If you have done something with this, let me know.

This from Chief Hedges: Do any members want to volunteer for Beach Blast Off (New Years Eve Fireworks & Chili Cook Off at the Pier). Shifts are 3p-6p, 6p-9p, or 3p-9p at various locations and you get a free T shirt. All proceeds are going toward the Veterans Memorial Park to be in the park next to the Police Station. The volunteer coordinator is Verna Brown, (904) 377-2766, vjbrown@bellsouth.net, she is a member of the noon Kiwanis Club, and has some volunteers from her club. Besides being a community event, I believe if we each have at least 4 members it could be counted as an interclub also. Sign-up sheet is going around. Use the back and indicate time you can be there.

Skeeter’s new project in early 2009 is: HATS AND HUGS. I’ve had it in the newsletter for the last two issues, and I’m still not sure what we are to do. I missed last week, and perhaps Skeeter explained it. I really don’t understand hugging a baseball cap.

The Heisman Trophy has been awarded, and Tebow came in third. He only won the South and no other sections of the country. I also found the article dealing with the draft fascinating. It said, basically, “He may be one of the top 5 players ever in college football, but he won’t go high in the pro draft.” I don’t know, if enough QBs who run the spread offense get into the pros maybe that will change.

Did you watch the ESPN special on the Greatest Game Ever Played? I remember watching it and that was the game that made me a Colts fan. My loyalty shifted to Miami when Shula went there. However, I couldn’t give up on Unitas. I agree with the lady who said that Manning reminds her of Unitas. Did you see him turn and just walk off the field when Ameche scored? Times have changed.

Quotes You Can Use (or Not):
I received an e-mail from our own Jerry Saia that included some good quotes. By good I mean good enough to put in this newsletter. So, here goes:

Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist ".

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY

Don't Drink and Drive You might hit a bump and spill something

Five days a week my body is a temple. The other two it's an amusement park.

GUN CONTROL: Using both hands.

The latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.

The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.