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E-Bulletin for August 12th 2018 (Issue 265)
"To put the World right in order, we must first put the Nation in order, to put the Nation in order, we must first put the Family in order; to put the Family in order, we must first cultivate our Personal life; we must set our Hearts right." (Confucius)
Attendance on August 8,2019
Doug Balkman, Jeanne Balkmkan, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Gary Nelson, Charles Walts, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Beverly Crumley, Francis Mendez, Glen Rydl, Tim Tippets(Guests: Ken Bahmbach, Div 38 Lt Governor, Ezekiel Elizalde and his mother, Diane Elizalde)
Happy Day to these whose birthdays or in the month of August
August 21................Glen Rydl
August 28................Pam Cook
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of August, 2019
August 15, 2019.........Merwin Richards
August 22, 2019.........Rhonda White
August 29, 2019.........Tim Tippitt
1. John & Mary Polk
2. Ted & Francis Breihan
3. McBride & Elsie McBride
4. We are blessed that Glen Rydl who spent a couple days in the hospital last week and is at home doing fine.
Our Program from Last Week.
The program last week was wonderful. It was Tim Tippett's first guest since becoming a new member and his program gave us a lot to think about. Our speaker was Elton Fite, director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Texas.
It was a fantastic program and Elton has been working with youth - 5th graders for quite a few years. The goal for the Boys and Girls Club is to provide an affordable after school option for families in San Marcos and Kyle while providing programs and activities that equip these youth to be productive, caring and responsible citizens.....and isn't this what Kiwanis is all about. In fact Elton was not only given a certificate of appreciation for being there, but also an invitation to come join our club. And in addition, your editor gave him a copy of our weekly bulletin (May have started something here, who knows?) Thank you Elton and Thank you Tim.
Boy Scout to Create an Eagle Scout Award At Our Camp
At our July Board meeting, one of the subjects discussed was a request to consider an Eagle Scout Project out at our camp. The project that was considered was the construction of a Fire Pit that would be attractive and at the same time well built, and not subject to any flood destruction which we had during the last flood. That project is now going to be done and the Eagle Scout that will be leading it will be our guest from last week - Ezekiel Elizalde from Troop 128 out of Buda. His mother, Diane Elizalde also accompanied her son last week. The Club approved Ezekiel's plans to do this project and will give him $400 to aid him in completing it. This project will be available to any group utilizing our camp.
The Program coming up this coming Thursday
Chester Banks will be bringing the speaker. He is one of our own members - Charles Walts. I have a feeling that it could be a very enlightening time, and it is expected to be a very lively time. No further information, but don't miss this week's meeting. You will not be disappointed.
Board of Directors Meeting...
Our August Board meeting will be held on August 22, at 5pm in Room 305 on the third floor of the CTMC Professional Building.
From August 9th to August 15
August 9, 1974 1974 - - Effective at noon, Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency as a result of the Watergate scandal. Nixon had appeared on television the night before and announced is decision to the American people. Facing possible impeachment by Congress, he became the only U.S. President ever to resign.
August 10, 1874 - - Herbert Hoover, the 31st U.S. President was born in West Branch, Iowa. He was the first President born west of the Mississippi.
August 11, 1841 - - Frederick Douglas, an escaped slave, spoke before an audience in the North for the first time. During an anti-slavery convention on Nantucket Island, he gave a powerful emotional account of his life as a slave. He was immediately asked to become a full-time lecturer for the Massachusetts Antislavery Society.
August 12, 1676 - - King Philip's War ended with the assassination of Metacom, leader of the Pokanokets, a tribe within the Wampanoag Indian Federation. Nicknamed 'King Philip' by colonists, he led a Native American uprising against white settlers which resulted in a war that raged for nearly two years, now known as King Philip's War.
August 13, 1961 - - The Berlin Wall came into existence after the East German government closed the border between east and west sectors of Berlin with barbed wire to discourage emigration to the West. The barbed wire was replaced by a 12 foot-high concrete wall eventually extending 103 miles around the perimeter of West Berlin. The wall included electrified fences, fortifications and guard posts. It became a notorious symbol of the Cold War. Presidents Kennedy and Reagan made notable appearances at the wall accompanied by speeches denouncing Communism. The wall was finally opened by an East German governmental decree in November 1989 and torn down by the end of 1990.
August 14, 1941 - - After three days of secret meetings aboard warships off the coast of Newfoundland, the Atlantic Charter was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Charter, a foundation stone for the later establishment of the United Nations, set forth eight goals for the nations of the world, including the renunciation of all aggression, right to self-government, access to raw materials, freedom from want and fear, freedom of the seas, and disarmament of aggressor nations. By September, fifteen anti-Axis nations signed the Charter.
August 15, 1969 - - Woodstock began in a field near Yasgur's Farm at Bethel, New York. The three day concert featured 24 rock bands and drew a crowd of more than 300,000 young people. The event came to symbolize the counter-culture movement of the 1960's
Have You Ever Heard the Phrase, "Warm the Cockles of one's heart?"
"To evoke a glow of pleasure in one; to produce a feeling of friendliness, affection, sympathy, or the like in one. Considering that fact that the study of anatomy - - most other studies too, for that matter - - was stagnant throughout the dark Ages, or roughly from the time of Galen in the second century to that of Vesalius in the sixteenth, it is astonishing that anatomists of the seventeenth century were already likening the human heart to the shape and valves of the mollusk, common on European shores, and the cockle. That is to say, they saw sufficient resemblance between the two valves of the mollusk and the two ventricles of the heart to refer to the latter as the cockles. Thus, because the heart was long supposed to be the seat of the affection, men spoke of delighting, of rejoicing, of pleasing, and, more recently of warming the cockles of one's heart."
"Know Your US Presidents"
"John Quincy Adams has two nicknames. He was called the Accidental President because he won 13 out of 24 electoral votes in the election of 1824. His contemporaries said that one of the votes had been cast by mistakes and thus 'it was an accident that he got a majority of the votes.' Adams was also called the Old Man Eloquent because of his great public speaking and his ability to masterfully debate his side of an issue."
Hungry Horse, Montana
"This town was named after Montana's severe winter of 1901-1902. Legend has it that some horses were lost and later found, alive and hungry during this brutal winter."
Policeman: (producing a notebook); ' What's your name?' (Speeding motorist: 'Aloysius Alsaliat Chysianczjiachas.' Policeman: (putting away notebook) 'Don't let me catch you speeding again.'
History of the Delaware State Flag
"Adopted on July 24, 1913, the Delaware Flag has a background of colonial blue surrounding a diamond of buff color in which the coat of arms of the state of Delaware is placed. Below the diamond are the words 'December 7, 1787.' indicating the day on which Delaware was the first state to ratify the Federal Constitution.
Because of this ratification, Delaware became the first state in the Union, and is, therefore, accorded the first position in such national events as presidential inaugurations. On the seal, a soldier (with a rifle) and a farmer (with a hoe) look at each other across scrollwork that encloses an ox, a sheaf of wheat, and an ear of corn. Under this is a white ribbon reading, 'LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE.' Above is a sailing ship (representing commerce.)"
"Oh Well!!!!!
1...…….What do penquins wear for play clothes?
2..........What is a refried bean? Why do they have to fry it twice?
3..........Do steam rollers really roll steam?
4..........Does a man-eating shark eat women, too?
5..........When day breaks, who fixes it?
6..........When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?
7..........When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?
8..........When night falls, who picks it up?
9..........When we say our minds wanders - where does it go?
10.........Where are the germs that cause 'good' breath?
Here's Some more 'Myth Information"
"Charles Lindbergh was not the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. He was actually the 67th person to make a nonstop trip. His true claim to fame was that his flight was the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic.
Although it made seven stops along the way, the first flight across the Atlantic was actually made in 1919 by a U.S. Navy seaplane. One month later, William Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic flying from Newfoundland to Ireland. The following month, thirty-one men in a British dirigible made the trip, and in 1924, thirty three also flew the Atlantic nonstop in a German dirigible.
Lindbergh's solo flight on May 21, 1927, was a thirty-three and one-half hour journey from Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget airfield in Paris. He was awarded the Medal of Honor and twenty-five thousand dollars for his flight and instantly became a national hero. But there were, in fact, sixty-six others who had flown the Atlantic nonstop before Lindbergh.
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1. John & Mary Polk
"Warm the Cockles of one's heart?"
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"Oh Well!!!!!