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FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30th, 2018
"Don't Judge a Situation you've Never Been In!"
-------Chester Banks lost his lovely wife last week. There will be a Memorial Service for Betty on Saturday, September 22, at 2pm at the lst Baptist Church, San Marcos. Let's have as many Kiwanians that can be there to support Chester.
Those who were present on Thursday, September 13, 2018
Doug Balkman, Jeanne Balkman, Cynthia Bentley, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Gary Nelson, Lon Shell, Charles Walts, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Beverly Crumley, Garry White, Francis Mendez, John Polk, Merwin Richards, Glen Rydl. (Guests present: Karl Haas (brought by Federick Case) and Robert Starns (brought himself)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of SEPTEMBER 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.
.…..September 20...….Gary Nelson
……..September 27...…..John Polk
Birthdays during the month of September 2018
………….September 17...…...McBride Wilson
Gary Strunk had his name drawn, but he was not present. Sorry Gary!
The Installation Banquet is upon us...Next Thursday Evening.....
Our annual Installation and Awards Banquet is right upon us....one week from this coming Thursday, September 27th, at sthe Price Center. By now you should have turned in your menu desire, and if possible give Randy the money up front before the 27th. It's going to be a great Banquet. Lots of work has gone into it. We'll be handing out perfect attendance awards. We have 15 perfect attendees. We should have more. There are so many extra ways you can be given attendance. Check with Secretary Glen Rydl, and he will tell you the ways. It's a lot more than just meeting for our weekly luncheon
On the morning of the 27th, we will be having a Roundtable at Grin's Restaurant. These are fun. Let's have a good crowd and have fun getting ready for the banquet that night. Roundtable will be at regular lunch time.
A Day We Shall Always Remember.....Patriot Day
We had a full scale turnout to both putting out flags and picking them back up on September 11, 2018. The morning was dry, but the afternoon brought us a bit more rain. The following club members put out and/or picked up our flags: Glen Rydl, Francis Mendez, Randy Cook, Gary Nelson, Randall Grizzle,(Gary Nelson also put out flags on a special route on Wonder World Drive.), Del Brown, Frederick Case, Lon Shell, Moe Johnson, Doug Balkman, James Collier, Charles Johnson, Charles Walts and Ted Breihan.
Program for this coming Thursday, September 20, 1018.
Charles Johnson will be bringing the program this coming Thursday, Sept. 20 and it will be a crackerjack of a program. It will deal with the CAP (Civil Air Patrol.
Since Civil Air Patrol's formation during the earliest days of World War II, this vigilant organization of citizen Airmen and AirWomen has been committed to service to America. Founded on December 1, 1941, to mobilize the nation's civilian aviation resources for national defense service, CAP has evolved into a premier public service organization that still carries out emergency service missions when needed --in the air and on the ground.
As a Total Force partner and Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, Civil Air Patrol is there to search for and find the lost, provide comfort in times of disaster and work to keep the homeland safe. Its 60,000+-selfishly devote their time, energy and expertise toward the well-being of their communities, while also promoting aviation and related fields through aerospace/STEM education and helping shape future leaders through CAP's cadet program. Charles will show how his work with the Medical Explorers works in CAP activities. Should be another great program. Be sure and attend!
Week of September 14th - 20th
September 14, 1741 - - Composer George Frederick Handel finished Messiah after working on it nonstop for 23 days.
September 15, 1916 - - Tanks were first used in combat, during the Allied offensive at the Battle of the Somme, in World War I.
September 16, 1620 - - The Mayflower ship departed from England, bound for America with 102 passengers and a small crew. The ship weathered dangerous Atlantic storms and reached Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 21st. The Pilgrims disembarked at Plymouth on December 26th,
September 17, 1908 - - The first fatality involving powered flight occurred as a biplane piloted by Orville Wright fell from a height of 75 feet, killing Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, his 26 year old passenger. A crowd of nearly 2,000 spectators at Fort Myer, Virginia, observed the crash of the plane which was being tested for possible military use. Wright himself was seriously injured.
September 18, 1947 - - The U.S. Air Force was established as a separate military service.
September 19, -20, 1985 - - Earthquakes in Mexico City killed an estimated 5,000 to 20,000 persons and left more than 100,000 homeless, causing $4 billion in damage. The quakes registered 8.1 and 7.5 on the Richter scale.
September 20, 1873 - - The New York Stock Exchange was forced to close for the first time in its history as a result of a banking crisis during the financial Panic of 1873.
"If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into an empty piggy bank?"
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"To Talk a Blue Streak!"
"To talk rapidly and, usually, interminably. We seem to have made this up from two or more other American expressions, all referring to lightning. As long ago as 1830, for instance, mail coaches, though drawn by horses. moved with such rapidity as to leave a 'blue streak' behind them. And if one 'made a streak for home,' or any other designation, he was in such a harry to get there that, figuratively, he ran like lightning. Or it could be that we have partly taken a German expression, das Blaue vom Himmel schwartzen, to chatter the blue from the skies. The British equivalent is 'to talk off a donkey's hind legs,' which with us is 'to talk one's arm off,' in modern slang."
"When a lonely frog consults a fortune-teller, he's told not to worry. 'You are going to meet a beautiful young girl.' she says, 'and she will want to know everything about you. 'That's great!' says the excited frog. 'When will I meet her?'
'Next semester, ' says the psychic, 'in biology class.'"
Well, How About That!!
1..Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
2..If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
3..If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
4..Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
5..Why do we say the alarm went off when, in fact, it went on?
6..Where does weight go when people lost it?
7..What is an occasional table the remained of the time?
8..When does a large puddle become a pond, and a pond become a lake?
9..Why do people say, "It's always in the last place you look"? Of course it is always in the last place you, what kind of moron would keep on looking after he'd found it?
10. How do you draw a blank?
Here's a bit of thought from Andy Rooney!
"The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it!"
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Gary Strunk had his name drawn, but he was not present. Sorry Gary! 
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