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FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 5TH, 2017
"Don't beat yourself up for past mistakes. You did the best you could with what you knew at the time. Keep learning, keep growing, keep improving, but be kind to yourself and others that are a step or two behind you"
Attendance for June 1,2017
Doug Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Steve Furney, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Lon Shell, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Beverly Crumley, Garry White, Tracy Herman, Francis Mendez, John Polk, Glen Rydl, McBride Wilson.....(Guests: David Wiershem, Brittany Bouzard) (20)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of June 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.
June 8...........James Collier
June 15..........Pam Cook
June 22.......Randy Cook
June 29........Beverly Crumley
"BIRTHDAYS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2017"
June 28..........Veronique Hahn
June 30..........Francis Mendez
THOSE WHO HAVE ANNIVERSARIES IN THE
MONTH OF JUNE, 2017
June 7...........John & Mary Polk
June 9...........Steve & Suzy Furney
June 30..........Del & Marie Brown
LastWeek's Program!
Every time that Charles Johnson comes and gives our club a travelogue experience, it is not only about a different country, or a different setting with different people, but he makes you feel like you have either been there yourself or wish you could.
Charles did it again when he gave our club a marvelous travel experience to the town of Ronda, Spain. It is a city in the Spanish province of Malaga. It is located about 62 miles west of the city of Malaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. It's population is about 35,000 inhabitants.
Around the city are remains of prehistoric settlements dating to the Neolithic Age, including the rock paintings of Cueva de la Pileta. Ronda was first settled by the early Celts, who called it Arunda in the sixth century BC. The current Ronda is of Roman origins having been founded as a fortified post in the Second Punic War. Ronda received the title of city at the time of Julius Caesar.
In the early 19th century, the Napoleonic invasion and the subsequent Peninsular War caused much suffering in Ronda, whose inhabitants were reduced from 15,600 to 5,000 in three years. Ronda's area became the base first of guerrilla warriors, then of numerous bandits, whose deeds inspired artists such as Washington Irving, Prosper Merimee, and Gustave Dore.
Ronda's Romero family - from Francisco, born in 1698, to his son Juan, to his famous grandson Pedro, who died in 1839 - played a prinicipal role in the development of modern Spanish bullfighting. In a family responsible for such innovations as the use of the cape, or muleta, and a sword especially designed for the kill, Pedro in particular transformed bullfighting into "an art and a skill in its own right.
These were just a few of the topics that Charles talked about. Thanks again Charles, for a wonderful adventure.
K-Kids Faculty Sponsor gets special Award!
Last Thursday, we had a special guest visiting us. Brittany Bouzard, the K-Kid's Faculty sponsor at DeZavala Elementary School had lunch with our club, in appreciation for the wonderful job she has been doing with the K-Kids. She is a teacher with the first grade at De-Zavala and has been meeting with the K-Kids on a regular basis, lining up projects for the club to participate. Because of the wonderful work she has been doing and the wonderful enthusiasm she shows when she is working with the children, she was given a special award as 'Elementary Teacher of the Year', presented by the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District.
At our meeting last Thursday, Randy Cook, who is the children coordinator from our club presented Brittany with a Certificate of Appreciation from our club. and a bouquet of flowers to let her know how much our club appreciates all of the enthusiastic work she is doing with her K-Kids.
We had a winner last week in Big Bucks, and Lon Shell's name was drawn, and he was bedecked with all the necessary pins. Good going Lon. (He kept it by the way)
Program for This Week, June 8, 2017
Ted Breihan will be bringing the program this week. He is bringing Eddie Warner, Youth and Family Services Supervisor at the Greater San Marcos Youth Council.
The GSMYC is a great resource for children and families. In order to invest in Texas children not born to families committed to their well being, a group of concerned citizens organized and developed the Greater San Marcos Youth Council (1986) to provide shelter to maltreated children and support services to families. As a private, non profit, the Children's Shelter exists as a residential care home for children to develop a trusting relationship with each adult so that he/she will know that not all grown-ups will hurt them and that they are worthy of love and respect.
Since Kids is basically what Kiwanis is all about, let's have a great turnout and see, possibly our club might be able to fit in to this much needed endeavor. Thanks Ted for bringing Eddie for our program this week.
"Read the question carefully, see if you get the answer before looking at the answer at the end of the bulletin."
1....What is the oldest surviving printed book in the world?
2....In publishing, what does POD mean?
3....Name the author of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Dr No and Thunderfall, among others?
4....Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?
5....Who wrote the novel Death in Venice, which was later made into a film of the same name?
6....Who wrote the Vampire Chronicles, which include the novels Armand, Blood and Gold, & Interview with the Vampire?
7....What is an e-book?
8....How tall would a double elephant folio book be?
9....Who wrote the contemporary children's books about mermaids set on the coast of Cornwall?
10....How old is the world's oldest dictionary?
June 2, 1740- - Marquis de Sade was born in Paris. He was a military leader, governor-general and author, whose acts of extreme cruelty and violence resulted in the term sadism being created from his name to describe gratification in inflicting pain.
June 3, 1972 - - Sally Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming th8e first woman rabbi in the U.S. She then became an assistant rabbi at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City.
June 4, 1944 - - During World War II in Europe, Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, led by General Mark Clark. Rome had been declared an open city by German Field Maershal Albert Kesselring amid Allied concerns the Germans might stage a Stalingrad-style defense that would devastate the historic 'Eternal' city
June 5, 1783 - - The first sustained flight occurred as a hot-air balloon was launched at Annonay, France, by brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier. Their 33-foot-diameter globe aerostatique ascended about 6,000 feet. In September, they repeated the experiment for King Louis XVI, using a sheep, rooster and duck as the balloon's passengers.
June 6, 1944 - - 'D-Day', the largest amphibious landing in history, began in the early-morning hours as Allied Forces landed in Normandy on the northern coast of France. Operation Overlord took months of planning and involved 1, 527,000 soldiers in 47 Allied divisions along with 4,400 ships and landing craft, and 11,000 aircraft. The Germans had about 60 divisions spread along France and the Low Countries. American forces landed on two western beaches, Utah and Omaha, while British and Canadian troops landed farther east on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches. By the end of the day 150,000 Allied soldiers and their accompanying vehicles had landed with 15,000 killed and wounded.
June 7, 1965 - - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Connecticut law banning contraception. In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court guaranteed the right to privacy, including freedom from government intrusion into matters of birth control.
June 8, 1874 - - Apache leader Cochise died on the Chiricahua Reservation in southeastern Arizona. After a peace treaty had been broken by the U.S. Army in 1861, he waged war against settlers and soldiers, forcing them to withdraw from southern Arizona. In 1862
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....If a turtle doesn't a shell, is he homeless or naked?
2....If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
3....Why do they call it 'chili' if it's hot?
4....Why do they call it a TV 'set' when you only get one?
5....Why do they call it 'getting your dog fixed' if afterwards it doesn't work anymore?
6....Why do they call it 'quick' sand when it sucks you down slowly?
7....If all the nations in the world are in debt, where did all the money go?
8....Why do they call the piece of wood a two-by-four if it's only 1 3/4" X 3 1/2"?
9....If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green, and a lemon called a yellow?
10....If athletes get athlete's foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?
"To Take (something) Lying Down!
Usually the something is an insult or act of scorn, contempt, derision, or the like that do not take, or intend to take, with the submission implied by recumbency - - passively, that is. In fact, he who does "take it lying down" is likely to be regarded as spineless, or perhaps as a bootlicker, stooge, apple polisher, or toady. It is an American expression, perhaps twenty-five or thirty years old (or older!).
"Always self conscious of his lack of ears, whenever Bob would interview a future employee, he would ask him, "what do you notice different about me?" If the employee would mention his lack of ears (which often they did), it would be a for sure "no" for the job. However if the employee would mention something else, he would hire the guy.
One year, at the yearly Holiday business party, Bob approached his most recent hireling and asked him if he remembered the last question he had asked him when interviewing him for the job. "Sure I do" was his reply. "You asked me what was different about you and I said that you were wearing contact lenses." "Of all things to answer". Bob questioned curiously, "why was that the thing you noticed?" "Well to be honest, it was quite simple. How could you possibly be wearing glasses if you don't have any ears!"
1....The toothpaste "Colgate" in Spanish translates to "go hang yourself"
2....Cherophobia is the fear of fun.
3....Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight!
4....Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
5....To produce a single pound of honey, a single bee would have to visit 2 million flowers!
6....You breathe on average about 8,409,600 times a year!
7....Hamsters run up to 8 miles at night on a wheel!
8....A church in the Czech Republic has a chandelier made entirely of human bones! (The Sedlec Ossuary)..Is estimated to contain the bones of between 40,000 and 70,000 skeletons!
9....Under the Code of Hammurabi, bartenders who watered down beer were punished by execution!
10....If 33 million people held hands, they could make it all the way around the equator!
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL( Exploring some of the 'Beauty' spots in our country!
PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.
Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791 using a fund of $1,500 dollars established by him. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced by an aero beacon in 1958. That lens was updated with an DCB-224 aero beacon in 1991.
The station has changed little except for the rebuilding of the whistle house in 1975 due to it being badly damaged in a storm. today, Portland Head Light stands 80 feet above ground and 101 feet above water, its white conical tower being connected with a dwelling. The grounds, and keeper's house are owned by the town of Cape Elizabeth, while the beacon, and fog signal are owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard.
For this Week's Questions for June 5, 2017
1....The Diamond Sutra, dated at 868 AD
2....Print On Demand
3....Ian Fleming.
4....The Merchant of Venice
5....Thomas Mann
6....Anne Rice
7....A book available in a digital, rather than printed format.
8....50 inches
9....Helen Dunmore
10....Cuneiform tablets with bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian word lists have been dated to 2300 BC.
"In the amount of time it takes for the mind to invent a good excuse, it could have created an alternative way of achieving the desired result - - rendering excuse-making unnecessary"
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