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E-Bulletin for January 6, 2020 (Issue 284)
"Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it." (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Attendance at our Meeting on January 2, 2020
Doug Balkman, Jeanne Balkman, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan,, Andrew Gary, (13)...(Guest: Steevie White (Rhonda's Grandchild)
Birthdays during the Month of January 2020
...........Gary Nelson,,.....January 18
...........Randy Cook........January 24
Anniversaries Celebration in January, 2020
Francis & Delia Mendez.......January 8
Upcoming Program for January 9th, 2020
President Rhonda White will be leading the program this coming Thursday, and the subject will deal with the different committees which our club has.
Important Dates to Remember!
JANUARY 21.......Kiwanis' 105th Birthday!
FEBRUARY 17-21: Kiwanis K-Kids Week
MARCH 16-20 - - Builder's Club Week
MARCH 20 - - - iNTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS
APRIL 7th - - -Kiwanis Children's Fund's 81st Anniversary
APRIL 22 - - - Earth Days 50 Anniversary
APRIL 30 - - - Annual Achievement Report due
MAY 4 -8 - - - Teacher Appreciation Week
JUNE 17-20 - - - 105th Annual Kiwanis International Convention (Indianapolis, Indiana)
JULY 1 - 5 - - - - Key Club International Convention (San Francisco, California)
"Flag Day this Month"
We have a flag day coming up on January 20th (Martin Luther King Day) .
"John Polk, Ted Breihan & wife Frances, Gary Nelson and wife, Sherry.
Where 'Wisconsin' got it's name
"Wisconsin comes from the Menomonee Indian word meaning 'wild rushing channel' or 'river of a thousand islands.' It was called variosly Wisknonsan, Ouiconsin, and Misconsing by early settlers, but became Wisconsin on July 4, 1836."
""Why, Why, Why!" 1......Do fish get thirsty?
2.......Do jellyfish get gas from eating jellybeans?
3.......What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?
4.......What is 'Soft Liquor'?
5........What is a 'free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
6.........What is a refried bean? Why do they have to fry it twice?
7..........Do Scottish Terriors get Scotch Tape worms?
8..........Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?
9..........What is the diameter of a square
10.........Do steam rollers really roll steam?
Know Your Presidents . .Theodore Roosevelt...
"Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States , governing from 1901-1909. His most popular nickname was Bull Moose because he told reporters he 'felt like a bull moose' after accepting his nomination for candidate of the Progressive Party. But mostly, he was simply called Teddy.
"Skull Valley, Arizona,
Skull Valley, Arizona was named by the first white settlers of the first white settlers of the area who arrived in 1864. They found piles of Indian skulls, which were remnants of a battle that had been fought between and Maracopa warriors,"
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"Jackson went to a psychiatrist, 'Doc,' he said, 'I've got trouble. Every time I get into bed I think there's somebody under it. I get under the bed, I think there's somebody on top of it Top, under, top, under. I'm going crazy!"
"Just put yourself in my hands for two years," said the shrink. 'Come to me three times a week, and I'll cure you.' 'How much do you charge?' 'A hundred dollars per visit.' 'I'll think about it.'
Jackson never went back. Six months later he met the doctor on the street. 'Why didn't you ever come to see me again?' asked the psychiatrist..
'For a hundred bucks a visit? A bartender cured me for 10 dollars.' 'Is that so! How?' 'He told me to cut the legs off the bed.'"
"Why Do We say 'Lame Duck?'
"A lame duck is an officeholder who has lost the election for the next term but still has some time to serve before a successor is inaugurated. The term comes to us from Exchange Alley, eighteenth-century London's equivalent of Wall Street. There, people who couldn't pay their debts were referred to as lame ducks because , it was said, they 'waddled out of the Alley."
"Alka Seltzer
"When Miles Laboratories introduced the anti-acid in 1931, the product was called Alka-Seltzer, because Alka is an abbreviation for alkaline, the neutralizing ingredient used in this solution, and 'seltzer' generally refers to fizzy water. The company first launched the product using the character named Speedy.
"National Holidays" "Despite what most people seem to think, there are no national holidays in the United States. What does exist is a hodgepodge of federal and state legal holidays with only six days recognized throughout the entire country as the same holiday.
Technically, only states have jurisdiction over legal holidays, which are designated by legislative enactment of executive proclamation. Congress and the President of the United States can legally designate holidays only for the District of Columbia and federal employees. But in practice, most states observe these federal public holidays, although often on different days.
There are actually ten federal holidays, but only six of them --New Years Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas - -are officially observed in all states on the same day. Other so-called national holidays are celebrated on different days in various states. In addition, there are over seventy other holidays observed in some states that have the same legal recognition and standing as the more widely observed national holidays." ("Myth Information" by J.Allen Varasdi)
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"John Polk, Ted Breihan & wife Frances, Gary Nelson and wife, Sherry.
""Why, Why, Why!"
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