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E-Bulletin for November 12, 2018
"Man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children, who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had." (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Attendance for Thursday,November 8th, 2018
Doug Balkman, Jeanne Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, James Collier, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Gary Nelson, John Roppolo, Lon Shell, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Beverly Crumley, Andrew Gary, John Polk, Glen Rydl, Gary Strunk,.....(20)…..Guests: Louise Briscow (brought by Glen Rydl) Laura Ellis-Lai(parent of K-Kid, Lucy Ellis Lai); Meyli Campusano (parent of K-Kid); Reyna Montelongo( Parent of K-Kid Abiel Montelongo; Josue Rodriguez (Parent of K-Kid); Ronda Young (Guest of Pam Cook)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of November 2018
If you are scheduled to be Greeter for a particular Thursday, try to arrive at Grins by about 11:30am, put on the special Greeter's badge and then greet each and every member and visitors as they come in.
All Right! Tex Breihan's name was drawn and he kept the Big Bucks. Congratulations Ted!
The Program last Week
Thank you Randy for arranging to have Christina Patek, our classroom sponsor for the K-Kids at DeZavala Elementary School. Here is a picture of them with Ms. Patek. They are Rachel Torres, Lucy Ellis-Lai, Abiel Montelongo, and Keziah Rios. Each one of them told our club some of the things that they liked being a K-Kid. They thought it was really tremendous to be a K-Kid. Their sponsor, Ms Patek is very enthusiastic about this year and has several great programs ahead. Thanks Randy for bringing these wonderful children to speak to us.
Gary Strunk receives 'Kiwanis of the Year' Award
Because of the many tasks that Our Kiwanis of the Year for 2018, Gary Strunk, was finally able to receive his duly deserved KOTY award. Past President Doug Balkman was joyfully able to present this cherished award to Gary last week at our Kiwanis meeting. Gary has been up to his ears in not only sponsoring our Key Club, but also has been caretaker of our Kiwanis Camp, as well as being in charge of our Salvation Army Bell Ringing program. Whenever there was an extra job to be done, Gary was right there (if he could) to help out, to include our Ramp Building Projects. He was unable to attend this year's Installation Banquet, so now he has been duly awarded and congratulated by his fellow Kiwanians. Ata Way to Go Gary!
Thanks to those who put up flags on Election Day
This has been a week of putting up flags, starting with Election Day, then on Saturday, for the Veteran's Day parade, and then again on Monday, since Veteran's Day fell on Sunday this year. We will cover each one of those with a separate article. Those who put up flags last Tuesday, Election Day were Garry White (who subbed for Glen Rydl and Francis Mendez), Randy Cook, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Gary Nelson (his own route as well as Charles Walts route), Randal Grizzle, Lon Shell, Moe Johnson, Doug & Jeanne Balkman, James Collier, Charles Johnson and Ted Breihan.
Veteran's Day Parade.....
This year's Veteran's Day parade was a tremendous success. We want to thank Academy for providing children's bikes, two bikes + two helmets for some lucky winner in our Bicycle Brigade that followed our very luxurious float. The lucky winners of this years bikes was , for the girl's bicycle, it went to Sidney Foye. For the boy's bike, David Vasquez was the lucky winner.
This year's float had some extra special features, that thanks to Jeanne Balkman, the pictures of our veterans who are members of our club were printed and hung along the side of our float. We had 12 veterans who are in our club that were displayed. A big thanks to Jeanne for doing this.(Our Vets are: Del Brown, John Polk, Charles Walts, Merwin Richards, Gary Nelson, Francis Mendez, Randy Cook, Chester Banks, Ted Breihan, Frederick Case, Glen Rydl, McBride Wilson, Moe Johnson
We had a new vehicle pulling our float instead of Lon's tractor, (McBride Wilson, driving). Steve Whigham drove a shiny white pickup truck. Thanks Steve.
Our Kiwanis members that came out and either rode the float or walked with the Bike Parade were: Kellie Whigham, Rhonda White, Pam Cook, Del Brown, James Collier, Gary Strunk, Francis Mendez, Garry White, Doug Balkman, Jeanne Balkman, Beverly Crumley, John Roppolo (& his two boys), John Polk, Lon Shell, Ted Breihan, * others (Liz Gonzales, Ronda Young (prospective members),Steve Whigham, Darrel White.
(Randy Cook would have been there, but he was riding in a different vehicle, as was Charles Walts). It was a grand parade, and if any names were omitted, please let me know. Those individuals that helped put the framework on the float were: Doug Balkman, Del Brown, John Polk, Lon Shell, and Gary Nelson. Thanks to Francis Mendez, Gary Nelson and Del Brown for putting the flags around the square. And thanks to Randy Cook for coordinating all the flag activities.
The Program for this coming Thursday will be brought by Gary Nelson.
Gary will be bringing our club up to date with the Ramp Program. The picture to the left is one from several months back, but there have been quite a few ramps built since that one. Gary will be telling us how things are going, and what can be expected in the future with regards to ramp building.
sWhat about the History of the Massachusetts State Flag
Massachusetts' flag depicts a Native American carrying a bow & arrow on a blue shield (all on a white background). A white star on the shield represents Massachusetts, one of the original 13 states. the state motto (in Latin and written in yellow on a blue ribbon) reads 'ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM, meaning 'By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.' Above the shield is a arm wielding a sword (demonstrating the state motto)
From November 9th to November 15
November 9, 1872 - - The Great Boston Fire started in a drty-goods warehou8se then spread rapidly in windy weather, destroying nearly 800 buildings. Damage was estimated at more that $74,000,000 dollars. The fire's bright red glare could be seen in the sky for nearly 100 miles.
November 10, 1871 - - Explorer Henry M. Stanley found missionary David Livingstone at Ujiji, Africa. Stanley began his search the previous March for Livingstone who had been missing for two years. Upon locating him, he simply asked, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?'
November 11, - - Celebration in the U.S. as Veteran's Day (formerly called Armistice Day) with parades and military memorial ceremonies.
November 12, 1923 - - Adolf Hitler was arrested in Germany after the failed Beer Hall Putsch.
November 13, 1942 - - The five Sullivan Brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were lost in the sinking of the cruiser USS Juneau by a Japanese torpedo off Guadalcanal during World War II in the Pacific. Following their deaths, the U.S. Navy changed regulations to prohibit close relatives from serving on the same ship.
November 14, 1770 - - Scottish explorer James Bruce discovered the source of the Blue Nile on Lake Tana in northwest Ethiopia.
November 15, 1777 - - The Articles of Confederation was adopted by Continental Congress.
This week's is "You can touch me, but not see me either way. You can throw me out, but you can't throw me away. What am I?
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"To Hoe One's Own Row!"
"To make one's own way; to be independent, beholden to no one; to paddle one's own canoe, peddle one's own papers, blow one's own nose.
This was farm lingo, and is still applicable in a literal sense on any farm on which most labor is performed without benefit of machinery. Figurative application apparently dates to a time shortly after the death of William Henry Harrison (April 4, 1841), a month after inauguration, when John Tyler succeeded him as president. Tyler, a former Democrat, had broken with his party and was elected with Harrison on the belief that he had fully adopted Whig principles. But within a few months it became evident that such was not the case. With the exception of Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, the entire cabinet resigned (September 1841). This led a writer in The Knickerbocker, a New York monthly, to say, 'Our American pretender must, to adopt an agricultural phrase, 'hoe his own row,'......without the aid of protectors or dependents."
New column coming up.....Brain Teasers"….(Answer is elsewhere in the bulletin. Look for it!)….In case you didn't find the solution, one answer could be: "Assuming you would like to live, the best thing you could tell your executioner is: 'Tomorrow morning, you will behead me." If they behead him the statement is true, and if they hang him his statement is false."
"You are standing in a room with three light switches. Each of these switches controls one of three light bulbs in the room next to you. All of the switches are initially down and in the off position, and you are told that all of the light bulbs in the other room are off. If y8ou are allowed only one chance to enter the room with the three light bulbs, how can you determine which switches go with which bulbs?" (Try figuring it out, but if you can't the answer is located elsewhere in this bulletin)
"Three friends who always argued who was the smartest are sitting on death row. The first one's number comes, but when he sits down in the electric chair, nothing happens. The warden commutes his sentence on the spot and releases him.
Same thing happens with the second friend and he's let go. Then the third guy steps up to the platform and sits down. The switch is pulled and again there's no charge. But before the warden can say anything, the prisoner starts pointing excitedly. 'You know,' he says, 'if you'd just cross that black wire with the yellow one.'"
1...Why must there be five syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?
2...Of a word in the dictionary was misspelled, how would you know?
3...If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
4...Why do we put suits in a garment bag, and put garments in a suitcase!
5...Why is the period of the day with the slowest traffic called the rush hour?
6...Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
7...How to military cadets find their caps after tossing them in the air at graduation ceremonies?
Answer to Brainteaser: In order to determine which switches go with which light bulbs, this is what you must do: *Turn the firsty light switch on. *Turn the second light switch on. *Leave the third light switch off. *Wait 15 minutes and turn the second light switch off.
Now enter the room with the light bulbs. One light bulb will be on and controlled by the first switch, because it's the only switch that's currently turned on. Of the two light bulbs remaining, both of which are off, one will be hot to the touch because it had just been left on for 15 minutes. The second switch controls this light bulb and the final switch which had remained off the whole time controls the light bulb that is off and not hot."
8...Should we be concerned that engineers describe their work as 'practice'?
9...Cats have 32 muscles in each of their ears!
10...Mountain lions can whistle!
"A Parting Thought"
….."Of those to whom much is given, much is required. And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us - recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state - our success or failure, in whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions --were we truly men of courage ….were we truly men of judgment....were we truly men of integrity....were we truly men of dedication." (John F. Kennedy)
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The Program last Week
Veteran's Day Parade.....
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"To Hoe One's Own Row!"
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