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FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 25th 2017
""Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself....
Peace on Earth, good will to men, kind thoughts and words of cheer, are things we should use often and not just once a year.
Remember too, the Christ-Child, grew up to be a man; to hide him in a cradle, is not our dear Lord's plan.
So keep the Christmas spirit, share it with others far and near, from week to week and month to month, throughout the entire year!"
"Roundtable photographs for December 21, 2017
Even though there weren't many at last Thursday's Roundtable, the conversation was stimulating and always good for our club to get together with no program in mind, no business, just enjoying each other's company.
I am sure that the nearness to Christmas was one of the reason we didn't have more, but those in attendance were glad they came. Those that were in attendance were John Polk, Rob Martin, Chester Bank and his son, Paul Banks, Cynthia Bentley, Lon Shell, Tracy Herman, Doug Balkman and his wife, Jeanne, and Del Brown.
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of JANUARY 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.
JANUARY 4, 2018..............FREDERICK CASE
JANUARY 11, 2018............PAM COOK
JANUARY 18, 2018............RANDY COOK
JANUARY 25, 2018............BEVERLY CRUMLEY
Those who have Anniversaries in the MONTH OF JANUARY, 2018
JANUARY 8..............FRANCIS AND DELIA MENDEZ
"BIRTHDAYS DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2017 & JANUARY 2018
DECEMBER 26........LON SHELL
JANUARY 18..........GARY NELSON
JANUARY 24..........RANDY COOK
SEE EVERYONE NEXT YEAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 2018
Week December 22 to December 28th, 2017
December 22, 1783 - - Following a triumphant journey from New York to Annapolis, Maryland, George Washington, victorious Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolutionary Army, appeared before Congress and voluntarily resigned his commission!
December 23, 1913 - - The U.S. Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act establishing the Federal Reserve Act establishing the Federal Reserve System to serve as the nation's central bank. Chief responsibilities include: execution of monetary policy, influencing the lending and investing activities of commercial banks; and overseeing the cost and availability of money and credit.
December 24, 1914 - - The first-ever German air raid against Britain took place when a German monoplane cropped a single bomb on Dover, England during World War I.
December 25, 1868 - - President Andrew Johnson granted general amnesty to all those involved in the Civil War.
December 26, 2004 - - An estimated 230,000 persons were killed and 1.5 million left homeless when a magnitude 9.3 earthquake on the seafloor of the Indian Ocean set off a series of giant tsunami waves that smashed into the shorelines of a dozen countries including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India and Somalia.
December 27, 1996 - - A genocide trial began concerning the killing of an estimated 800,000 Tutsis in Rwanda. In 1994, a bloody civil war had broken out between the two main ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi. After the Hutu army seized power it had waged a campaign of 'ethnic cleansing' against the Tutsi population.
December 28, 1832 - - John C. Calhoun became the first American ever to resign the office of vice president. He served under President John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and resigned after a series of political disagreements with President Jackson. He went on to become a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.
Why is scoring three goals in Hockey called a Hat-Trick?
"Hat-trick was originally an English cricket term used to describe the tremendous feat of a bowler's taking three wickets on successive balls. The reward for this accomplishment at many cricket clubs was a new hat. Other clubs honored their heroes by 'passing the hat' among fans and giving the scorer the proceeds. The term spread to other sports in which scoring is relatively infrequent - - 'hat-trick" is also used to describe the feat of scoring three goals in soccer.
The expression surfaced in hockey during the early 1900's: 'There is some confusion about its actual meaning in hockey. Today, a 'true' hat-trick occurs when one player scores three successive goals without another goal being scored by other players in the contest."
"Trivia is Always Right for the Curious!"
1..........In 1970, 127 runners ran the NY Marathon. In 1998, 32,000 did!
2..........In playing poker, there is one chance in 500 of drawing a flush!
3..........Olympic badminton rules say that the bird has to have exactly fourteen feathers!
4..........On February 6, 1971 the first golf ball was hit on the moon by Alan Shepard!
5..........Parker Brothers was founded by George Swinerton Parker, 18, in 1885. The first game produced was 'Banking', in which the player who amasses the most wealth is the winner!
6..........Pitcher Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds hurled his first major-league game in 1944. Nuxhall, the youngest pitcher in major league baseball, was only 15 years, 10 months and 11 days old when he pitched that game against the St. Louis Cardinals!
7..........The 'huddle' in football was formed due to a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around him!
8..........The annual White House Easter egg-roll was started by President Hayes in 1878!
9..........The first cover of "Sports Illustrated," in 1954, showed National League umpire, Augie Donatelli, behind the plate with two major-league stars: catcher Wes Westrum, and batter Eddie Matthews!
10.........First Instant Replay was used during Army Navy Football game at Municipal Stadium Philadelphia on December 7, 1963, invented by Tony Verna (CBS Director)!
.........This is a new column. I am going to put in a riddle when I send the bulletin out. When you read the bulletin and can answer the riddle, I will ask you for the answer the next club meeting. Ok? Here's the first riddle:
"During a jousting tournament, a man and his son are both competing. A lance impales the father, who dies on the spot. His son, also wounded, is carried into a tent. The doctor charged with examining him leans over the stretcher and exclaims, 'Good heavens! It's my son!'"
Answer___________________________!
"In a Pretty Pickle!"
"Behind the 8-ball; the devil to pay and no pitch hot; in trouble; in a sorry plight. The Dutch, from whom we borrowed "pickle" and also the original phrase some four or five hundred years ago, said in de pekel zitten, literally to sit in the salt liquor used for preserving vegetables and meats. Such a bath, one can well imagine, would not long be comfortable. From time to time through the years our forebearers have intensified the expression in such manners as 'ill pickle,' 'sad pickle,' 'sweet pickle,' and nowadays, 'pretty pickle.'"
"The 'C' Monkey"
A tourist was browsing around a pet shop when a customer came in and said: 'Have you got a C monkey?' The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a large cage at the side of the shop and took out a monkey. Fitting a collar and leash to the monkey, he told the customer: 'That will be $5.000.' The customer paid and left with the monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said: 'That was a very expensive monkey - most of them are only priced at a few hundred dollars. what was so special about it?'
The shopkeeper replied: 'That monkey is invaluable to computer buffs. It can program in C with very fast, tight code, no bugs. Believe me, it's well worth the money.
The tourist started to look at the other monkeys in the shop. Pointing at the same cage, he said to the shopkeeper: 'That monkey's even more expensive, $10,000. What does it do?'
'Oh.' said the shopkeeper, 'that on's a C++ monkey. It can manage more complex programming, even some Java, all the really useful stuff.'
Then the tourist spotted a third monkey, in a cage of its own. The price tag around its neck said $50,000. 'What on earth does that one do,' he asked, 'to justify that sort of price?'
The shopkeeper said: 'I don't know if it actually does anything. But it says it's a consultant.'"
"America the Beautiful....."OHIO"
1..........The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865!
2..........Cleveland boasts America's first traffic light. It began on August 5, 1914!
3..........James J. Ritty of Dayton, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop his patrons from pilfering house profits!
4...........Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team!
5..........Akron was the first city to use police cars!
6..........Akron is the rubber capital of the world!
7..........Seven United States presidents were born in Ohio. They are Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford kB. Hayes, James a. Barfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding!
8..........Easat 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland was the site of the first pedestrian button for the control of a traffic light. The boy chosen for the 1948 newsreel to demonstrate its operation was Louis Spronze..
9..........Oberlin College was founded in 1833. It was the first interracial and coeducational college in the United States.
10.........Our club's bulletin editor was born in Seville, Ohio in 1931, went to college in Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, entered the army as a National Guard member and attended one year as a pre-theological student at Oberlin School of Theology!
America the Beautiful"Lakeside, Ohio.
There's no place quite like Lakeside. It's a historic community on Lake Erie that offers cultural, intellectual, spiritual and physical learning opportunities in the summer. Quaint shopping, unique restaurants and a variety of accommodations complete the experience. Visiting Lakeside is a unique experiencence for each person. We invite you to experience our Chautauqua community in your own way. Reconnect with family, grow spiritually, expand intellectually, unleash your creativity or challenge yourself physically.
Lakeside was among the first communities founded as part of the Chautauqua Movement in North America, a cultural and educational movement that flourished during the 19th and 20th centuries. At the height of its existence, the movement attracted millions to hear preachers, educators, explorers, scientists, politicians and entertainers. Many people are discovering that lifelong learning is essential to living a happy and fulfilling life. Each of our States of our wonderful country offers so much information about how they have contributed to our Beautiful America!.
(Editor's note: While I was growing up, I used to go to Lakeside every year while my father, a United Methodist minister, attended conference at Lakeside. In fact it was at Lakeside that I was ordained as a minister myself.)
"My Final Thoughts!"
"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation"
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