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FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9th, 2017
."One Reason People Resist Change is Because They Focus On What They Have To Give Up Instead Of What They Have To Gain!"
Those who have Anniversaries in the Month of October 2017
October 15......................James & Kathy Collier
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of OCTOBER 2017
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.
October 12............John Polk
October 19............Glen Rydl
October 26............Lon Shell
Attendance for Thursday, October 5, 2017
Doug Balkman, Cynthia Bentley, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Steve Furney, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Rob Martin, Gary Nelson, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Beverly Crumley, Andrew Gary, Garry White, Tracy Herman, Francis Mendez, John Polk, Gary Strunk, Glen Rydl
NEW MEMBER JOINS OUR CLUB LAST THURSDAY.
Last Thursday, October 5th, we had a new member join our club....Charles Walts comes to us under the sponsorship of John Polk. Steve Furney had done all of Charle's pre-induction work, Charles has visited more than three times, and was keager and ready to be first new member under the new president, Doug Balkman.
Charles is a retired US Army Colonel, has a vast military experience and is looking forward to pitching in from the very start. He was our club's noon program back on August 10, 2017. Charles served more than 26 years in the military and retired in 1988.
In 1997, he became a professional business continuity and disaster recovery consultant for a large consulting firm. He developed more than 300 business and governmental agencies continuity and disaster recovery plans for organizations in the United States, Canada, China, Japan, and Puerto Rico.
He co-authored the book, which he spoke about, called "Rest In Peace.
We welcomed Charles in our traditional club manner, and look forward to getting him involved in our club activities.
It's just a little over a week from now. The October Dash will be on us before we know it....October 21.....Race starts at 9am, but we need to be there at 6:30am.
Donations are coming in slowly, but the need is for runners. Spread the word around. The more the merrier!
Thanks for all the donations that have come in. The picture to the right is San Marcos Toyota presenting a donation to Doug Balkman, Gary Nelson and Del Brown. (Picture by Kelli Whigham)
Our Program for this Thursday, October 12, 2017
Gary Strunk will be presenting the program this coming Thursday. His guest is Lt. Col Henry Gonzalez, Area Commander for the Salvation Army Austin states.
The Salvation Army, established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need without discrimination for more than 135 years. More than 25 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through a range of social services: food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless, and opportunities for underprivileged children. The Salvation tracks the level of need across the country with the Human Needs Index. The Salvation Army has served survivors of every major national disaster since 1900. The Salvation Army does not place an administrative fee on disaster donations. During emergency disasters, 100% of designated gifts are used to support specific relief efforts.
The Salvation, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for more than 126 years in the Austin area. Locally more than 400,000 people receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year.
Let's have a rousing attendance for this interesting speaker who will be speaking on a most critical subject....Helping the needy!
Notice: Put this on your calendar as a reminder for the K-Kids Induction Ceremony. It is Friday, October 20th, at 2:00pm in the Lorenzo DeZavala Cafeteria. We need a good turnout of members. Please check in at the office by 1:45pm.
Week October 6th - October 12, 2017.
October 6, 1927 - - The first "talkie" opened in New York. The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson was the first full length feature film using spoken dialogue.
The Age of Imponderables! - (There are no answers to these imponderables, but if you think of a good answer, let me know and I will put it in?
1.....You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?
2.....Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?
3.......Why does sour cream have an expiration date?
4.......Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee" on money they already know you don't have?
5.......Why do people go to Burger King and order a Double Whopper with a Large Fries also insist on getting a Diet Coke?
6.......If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it do the other trees make fun of it?
7.......How come abbreviated is such a long word?
8.......If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?
9.......If progress is technology moving forward, then what is congress?
10.....Why do scientists call it research when looking for something new?
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"NOT WORTH A RAP"
Having no intrinsic value; not worth a straw, nor a tinker's dam, nor beans. We don't know just how rap got its name, but it was a very small coin which, though not legal tender, was passed for a halfpence in Ireland during the early eighteenth century. It was because of the lack of legal small currency and in protest against a lopsided patent issued to one William Wood by George I for the coinage of copper halfpence in Ireland that Dean Jonathan Swift wrote the celebrated Drapier Letters in 1724. Concerning the rap, he wrote in one of the letters, "Copper halfpence or farthings........have been for some time very scarce, and many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps."
And when we say, "I don't care a rap," it is the same worthless coin to which we refer.
"My brother Jim was hired by a government agency and assigned to a small office cubicle in a large area. At the end of his first day, he realized he had no idea how to get out. He wandered around, lost in the maze of cubicles and corridors. Just as panic began to set in, he came upon another employee in a cubicle. 'How do you get out of here?' Jim asked. The fellow smiled and said, 'No cheese for you.'"
Facts About The Planet Saturn
1............Saturn can be seen with the naked eye. It is the fifth brightest object in the solar system and is also easily studied through binoculars or a small telescope.
2............Saturn was known to the ancients, including the Babylonians and Far Eastern observers. It is named for the Roman god Saturnus, and was known to the Greeks as Cronus.
3.............Saturn is the flattest planet. It's polar diameter is 90% of its equatorial diameter, this is due to its low density and fast rotation. Saturn turns on its axis once every 10 hours and 34 minutes giving it the second-shortest day of any of the solar system's planets.
4..............Saturn orbits the Sun once every 29.4 Earth years. It's slow movement against the backdrop of stars earned it the nickname of "Lubadsagush" from the ancient Assyrians. The name means "oldest of the old".
5.............Saturn's upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds. The top layers are mostly ammonia ice. Below them, the clouds are largely water ice. Below are layers of cold hydrogen and sulfur ice mixtures.
6..............Saturn has oval-shaped storms similar to Jupiter's. The region around its north pole has a hexagonal-shaped pattern of clouds. Scientists think this may be a wave pattern in the upper clouds. The planet also has a vortex over its south pole that resembles a hurricane-like storm.
7...............Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen. It exists in layers that get denser farther into the planet. Eventually, deep inside, the hydrogen becomes metallic. At the core lies a hot interior.
8...............Saturn has the most extensive rings in the solar system. The Saturnian rings are made mostly of chunks of ice and small amounts of carbonaceous dust. The rings stretch out more than 120,700 km from the planet, but are amazingly thin; only about 20 meters thick.
9...............Saturn has 150 moons and smaller moonlets. All are froze n worlds. the largest moons are Titan and Rhea. Enceladus appears to have an ocean below its frozen surface.
10.............Four spacecrafts have visited Saturn. Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and 2 and the Cassini-Huygens mission have all studied the planet. Cassini continues to orbit Saturn, sending back a wealth of data about the planet, its moons, and rings.
America the Beautiful.....DELAWARE
1.........Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States constitution. It did so on December 7. 1787
2.........Delaware shares a semi-circular border with Pennsylvania. The border was drawn at the time of the original land grants to William Penn from King Charles II and the Duke of York.
3.........Delaware is the only state without any National Park System units such as national parks, seashores, historic sites, battlefields, memorials, and monuments.
4.........The most historic site in Frederica is Barratt's Chapel east of town. The chapel is where the Methodist Church of America was organized in 1784.
5.........Today about 500 descendants of the original Nanticoke Indians reside in Delaware. They celebrate their heritage each September with the Nanticoke Indian Pow Wow.
6.......John Dickinson was called the Penman of the Revolution for his writings on independence. His boyhood home is preserved in Dover.
7.......The Blue Hen chicken is the official state bird. The hens were noted for their fighting ability. Delaware is sometimes referred to as the Blue Hen State.
8........The Lady Bug is Delaware's official state bug.
9........Eleven years after the landing of the English pilgrims the first white settlement was made on Delaware soil.
10........In total area Delaware ranks 49th in the nation. It contains 1,982 square miles. It is 96 miles long and varies from 9 to 35 miles in width.
"America the Beautiful....."The Lazy L, Lewes, Delaware"
The Lazy L., is nestled on eight acres on the banks of the Willow and Red Mill Creeks in Lewes, Delaware. The Lazy L offers 5 spacious rooms and a private cottage (now open all year). All are furnished with queen sized beds, individual heater/air conditioners, full baths and TV's. They are located just outside the beach town of Lewes so it is a quick car ride for beaches, parks, outlet shopping and first class restaurants. There is a n outdoor heated Swimming pool, year round hot tub, guest kitchenettes, screened porches, picnic area, on site massages, dock with kayak rental. Guests can use a free computer with printer and free wireless internet access, and in room TVs with DVD players and available DVDs
"A Person is never in worse company then when they fly into a rage and is beside themselves!"
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"My brother Jim was hired by a government agency and assigned to a small office cubicle in a large area. At the end of his first day, he realized he had no idea how to get out. He wandered around, lost in the maze of cubicles and corridors. Just as panic began to set in, he came upon another employee in a cubicle. 'How do you get out of here?' Jim asked. The fellow smiled and said, 'No cheese for you.'"
erica the Beautiful
Delaware"
