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BULLETIN FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 16th, 2016
"Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
ATTENDANCE FOR MAY 5TH, 2016
We accidently omitted the attendance for May 5th.We apologize. They were: Doug Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Rob Martin, Gary Nelson, Lon Shell, Kelli Whigham, Beverly Crumley, Tracy Herman (She was also present on April 25th). JohnPolk, Gary Strunk, and McBride Wilson (16)
Here is the Attendance for May 12, 2016
Doug Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Rob Martin, Gary Nelson, Lon Shell, Kelli Whigham, Garry White, Ted Breihan, Andrew Gary, Tracy Herman, Francis Mendez, John Polk, Glen Rydl, Gary Strunk,
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It's a new month and here is the list of greeters for the month of May.
May 19...........Glen Rydl
May 26...........Kelli Whigham
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU WHO WERE BORN IN MAY
May 18..............Chester Banks
May 20..............Andrew Gary
May 24..............Steve Wnigham
ATTENTION ALL KIWANIS MEMBERS!!!
We need your help, at least about 10-12 of you to help hand out 'goodies' to the Terrific Kids at DeZavala Elementary School on FRIDAY, MAY THE 20TH AT 2:00pm. You need to get there and signed in at the office by NLT 1:45pm. If you have done this before, you know what to do. We need your help. This is the Terrific Kid's Spring Ceremony and we can't let them down. All of the items that we hand out are donated by various businesses around town. Our being there is most important.
HAPPY ANIVERSARY TO THOSE IN MAY 2016
May 20...........Steve & Kelli Whigham
Susan Smith updates Library Information last week.
Glen Rydl again brought Susan Smith from the San Marcos Public Library to bring us up to date as to what is going on through the Children's Summer Reading Program. Susan is always a delight to have bring this information each year, and again, as we have done each year, our club presents a $2500.00 check to help out with the Reading Program, which kicks off this year's Summer Reading program, June 3, with a Castle Carnival from 9am - 12:00pm.
This summer, the library will offer over 100 free events for kids and babies, teens and tweens! Here are some events coming up this month; 'Rainwater Collection', Thursday, May 26. Genealogy Workshop, Saturday, May 21, 10am to 2:00pm; Basic Computer Class, Wednesdays, 10:00am & 5:30 p.m.' Hatha Yoga, Friday, May 27, 5pm.
You need to drop into the Library and get schedules of the hundreds of events that our library furnishes our community. Susan's big advice to children, teens, adults, seniors adults,,,,,there is no substitution for sitting down and reading a good book. Our library has all sort of ways to read, both with hardback books, or E-books, Audio Books. Keep your brain active - Read!
Remember our support check that goes to the Library each year comes through our display of American flags put out on various patriotic holidays.....and as a reminder to our flag crew....our first display is on Monday, May 30....Memorial Day!
Our Program for this coming Thursday, May 19th, 2016
Our program this coming Thursday, May 19th will be a very unusual one, but one that hits at the heart of this editor. Andrew Gary is going to present a Power Point presentation on one of his great loves, - 'Woodcarving'. The Orca whale to the right was one that he made for his 11 year old granddaughter. He does most of his carving now with an elaborate set of Dremel tools. This will be a program after my own heart believe you me, and you will not want to miss it.
Andrew, I believe he mentioned that he started woodcarving back in 1997. That's interesting, because I started my scrollsawing in 1996. If that picture is any indication of Andrew's work, we have a treat in store for us this coming Thursday. Plan to be there, and bring a friend.
Oh Woe is Me! Chad Burn's name was drawn last week, but he wasn't there.
KIWANIS CLUB HANDS OUT SCHOLARSHIP TO SMHS SENIORS
President Moe Johnson handed out five $1,000 scholarship to five worthy seniors. As in the past, we will invite them to come to one of our meetings and speak to our club regarding their future plans and aspirations. They will be coming this coming Thursday, May 19th. The names of those who were awarded these scholarships are: Madison Gish, Hannah McComb, Sarah Mock, Nayan Patel and Joshua Scully
Work Day was a bit disappointing last Tuesday, May 10th, and we only had three show up, Gary Strunk, Randy Cook & Del Brown. They cut quite a few tree branches and hauled them to one side of the Park inside road. They worked till about 11:15am, it was pretty hot, but perhaps next month we will have a few more, The park is really looking pretty good considering what it went through almost a year ago. Can you believe that! Thanks Gary for your wonderful leadership as Manager of the Park.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE NUMBER '22?'
1...........The distance between the wickets on a cricket pitch is 22 yards or one chain.
2...........Snooker is played with 22 balls: a white cue ball, a yellow, a brown, a green, a blue, a pink, a black and fifteen reds.
3...........There are 22 players on the field in a football match.
4...........There are 22 different ways of linking five hexagons together (pentahexes)
5...........Superextraordinarisimo with 22 letters is the longest word in the Spanish language. It means 'extraordinary'.
6...........Bingo calls for 22 include 'Dinkie Doos' and 'Two little ducks.'
7...........'Catch 22' is a book by Joseph Heller (b. 1923) which has also been made into a film. It describes the exploits of a group of American airmen based on a Mediterranean island during the Second World War.\
9...............There are 22 letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
10.............In photography, f22 is the largest f-stop (and thus smallest aperture) available on most lenses made for single-lens reflex cameras.
There will be a Board Meeting this coming Thursday Evening, May 19th at 5:30pm, held at Brookdale Senior Living Solutions
Our U.S. Constitution!
1.........There was a proposal at the Constitutional Convention to limit the standing army for the country to 5,000 men. George Washington sarcastically agreed with this proposal as long as a stipulation was added that no invading army could number more than 3,000 troops.
2.........The Pennsylvania State House (where the Constitutional Convention took place) was where George Washington was appointed the commander of the Continental Army in 1775 and where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. It was also where the Articles of Confederation were adopted as our first constitution in 1781.
3...........Rhode Island was the only state not to send delegates to Philadelphia in 1787. At that time the state legislature was controlled by the agrarian party and was fearful that a stronger central government would demand that debts be paid 'in specie' (hard money). It was the last state to ratify the Constitution on May 29, 1790 (over a year after President George Washington's inauguration) by a vote of 34-32.
4...........The word 'democracy' does not appear once in the Constitution.
5...........The Constitution contains 4,543 words, including the signatures and has four sheets, 28 3/4 inches by 23-5/8 inches each. It contains 7,591 words including the 27 amendments.
6............Daniel Webster (1782-1852) of Massachusetts, has been called the "Expounder of the Constitution".
7............From 1804 to 1865 there were no amendments added to the Constitution until the end of the Civil War when the 13th Amendment was added that abolished slavery. This was the longest period in American history in which there were no changes to our Constitution.
8............The text of the Constitution was printed by John Dunlap and David Claypool in Philadelphia to then be sent to the various state constitutional conventions for debate and discussion.
9............As evidence of its continued flexibility, the Constitution has only been changed seventeen times since 1791.
10..........At the time of the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia was the most modern city in America and the largest city in North America. It had a population of 40,000 people, 7,000 street lamps, 33 churches, 10 newspapers, and a University.
Makes you want to go rushing to the beach!
"I live in Montreal and for that reason my children have never been to a beach before. On our first family trip down South we decided one of the first things we were going to do was head to a beach.
As soon as we saw the sand, my kids went running off excitedly looking for seashells. 'Mom!' screamed my five year old, running towards me with his hands full. 'I found hundreds of them right next to each other!'
With that he excitedly opened up his little hands revealing a handful of shells......not sea shells........but pistachio nut shells"
CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE EXTRAORDINARY FACTS?
1.........Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
2.........Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'
3.........Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
4.........The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' head enables it to see all four feet at all times.
5..........Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
6..........The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese. Russian and Spanish.
7...........It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
8...........The average person laughs 10 times a day.
9...........Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not.
10.............If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
"Many a good person has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been"
ATTENDANCE FOR MAY 5TH, 2016
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"Many a good person has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been"