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E-Bulletin forJune 17, 2019 (Issue 257)
"The Only Preparation for Tomorrow is the Right Use of Today"
Attendance on June 13, 2019
Doug Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Charles Johnson, Moe Johnson, Gary Nelson, John Roppolo, Charles Walts, Kelli Whigham, Rhonda White, Ted Breihan, Andrew Gary, Garry White, Francis Mendez, Glen Rydl, Ronda Young, Tim Tippett (Guest: Ken Baumbach, our District Governor paid us a visit)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of June 2019
……….June 20, 2019...…….John Roppolo
……….June 27, 2019...…….Rhonda White
John Polk's name was drawn for Big Bucks, but he was absent. Sorry John, better luck next week!
Happy Birthday to You in the Month of June!
………...June 28...……...Veronique Hahn
………….June 30...……...Francis Mendez
Anniversaries celebrated in May!
…….June 30......Del & Marie Brown
The Program for this coming Thursday, June 20th, 2019
Beverly Crumley will be bringing a very interesting speaker to address our club this coming Thursday. She is Susan Burkholder, who has worked for 30 years in the health care industry in sales, marketing, consulting, coaching, and executive management roles. In 2013, she felt called to get involved in the issue of human trafficking. She served as an Ambassador for Shared Hope International, and became an active member of the Alamo Area Coalition Against Trafficking. Since 2015, she has served as a volunteer with Ransomed Life, a San Antonio based 501c3 organization providing mentoring, counseling, education, community awareness and restoration to San Antonio area 12-17 year old female survivors of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. Susan is currently serving Ransomed Life, in a volunteer role, as their Director of Community Engagement. Don't miss this and bring a guest with you.
From June 14th - June 20th
June 14, 1775 - - The first U.S. Military service, the Continental Army consisting of six companies of riflemen, was established by the Second C0ntinental Congress. The next day, George Washington was appointed by a unanimous vote to command the army.
June 15, 1215 - - King John set his seal to Magna Carta, the first charter of British liberties, guaranteeing basic rights that have since become the foundation of modern democracies around the world.
June 16, 1963 - - Valentina Tereshkova, 26, became the first woman in space as her spacecraft Vostok 6, took off from the Tyruratam launch site. She manually controlled the spacecraft completing 48 orbits in 71 hours before landing safely.
June 17, 1972 - - Following a seemingly routine burglary, five men were arrested at the National Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. However subsequent investigations revealed the burglars were actually agents hired by the Committee for the Re-election of President Richard Nixon. A long chain of events then followed in which the president and top aides became involved in an extensive cover-up of this and other White House sanctioned illegal activities leading to the resignation of President Nixon on August 9, 1974.
June 18, 1812 - - After much debate, the U.S. Senate voted 19 to 134 in favor of a declaration of war against Great Britain, prompted by Britain's violation of America's rights on the high seas and British incitement of Indian warfare on the Western frontier. The next day, President James Madison officially proclaimed the U.S. to be in a state of war. The War of 1812 lasted over two years and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium on December 24, 1814.
June 19, 1953 - - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed by electrocution at Sing Sing prison in New Y8ork. They had been found guilty of providing vital information on the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union during 1944-45. They were the first U.S. Civilians to bge sentenced to death for espionage and were also the only married couple ever executed together in the U.S.
June 20, 1782 - - The U.S. Congress officially adopted the Great Seal of the United States of America.
Have You Ever Heard the Phrase, "No Skin Off One's Nose"
"Nothing of concern to one; not one's affair. In today's slang, nose is sometimes replaced by ear, elbow, or back, but the implication is equally evident: If one doesn't butt into, or stick one's nose into an affair that is none of one's business, he is not likely to suffer abrasions upon any prominent portion of his anatomy by being thrown out upon his nose, elbow, back, shoulder, or the like. This allusion is American, at least fifty years old."
"At the end of a visit to Amsterdam, a friend borrowed an old suitcase from his hosts to carry home his souvenirs. At the airport, however the customs officer subjected our friend's luggage to a thorough search and even sent for a drug-sniffing dog. Sure enough, the dog entered the area, headed straight for the borrowed bag and went into a frenzy. The customs officer now intensified his search, but ultimately he found nothing.
After arriving home, the young man immediately phoned his hosts and told them how puzzled he'd been by the dog's behavior.
'Perhaps' the owner of the suitcase said, 'it was because that's the bag our cat usually sleeps in.'"
History of the Kansas State Flag
"The state of Kansas's official flag was adopted in 1927. The flag has a blue field, the word 'KANSAS,' the sunflower (Kansas' state flower) and the state seal of Kansas. The seal pictures rich Kansas farmland, a farmer plowing, covered wagons, Native Americans hunting bison, a rising sun, a steamboat (representing commerce) on the water (beneath the sun and the mountains), 34 stars (since Kansas was the 34th state in the USA), and the state motto, 'AD ASTRA PER ASPERA' meaning 'To the stars through difficulty,' in Latin."
How About Some More Exponderables!
1...…..Why is a boxing ring square?
2...…..If the product says, 'Do not use if seal is broken', how are you supposed to open it and use?
3...…..Why get even when you can get odd?
4...…...If tin whistles are made out of tin, what do they make fog horns out of?
5...…….Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
6...…….If you can wave a fan, and you can wave a club, can you wave a fan club?
7...……..Why is clear considered a color?
8...……..Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
9...……..If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?
10...…...If you get into a taxi cab and ask the driver to drive backwards to your destination, will the cab driver owe you money?
"Our Flag"!
Once again, those faithful ones who takes on the task to put flags up several times a year were 'johnny on the spot' on Flag Day, last Friday. Those who put up and or took down were: 'Francis Mendez & Glen Rydl; Randy Cook, Randal Grizzle and Gary Nelson, Del Brown and Frederick Case, Moe Johnson and Lon Shell, Doug and Jeanne Balkman, James Collier, Charles Johnson, and Charles Walts, and we never want to forget Ted Breihan who faithfully lets us keep our flags in his shop and who makes arrangements for us to pick up our flags and put them back. Thanks y'all once again!
See if you remember these 'Myth Information'
"George Washington was not the first president of the United States. That position actually belonged to John Hanson. Although Washington was the first president under the U.S. Constitution in 1789, the United States existed as a sovereign nation for thirteen years prior to the adoption of the Constitution. For eight of those years, the government operated under the Articles of Confederation which produced the country's first leaders, including Hanson, but who have generally been ignored by history.
The Articles of Confederation were adopted by Congress in 1777 and ratified by the states in 1781. The Articles had a weak central government with no single executive position. Congress was, in effect, both the legislative and executive branches.
In 1781, this newly formed Congress met and elected John Hanson of Maryland as 'President of the U.S. in Congress assembled.' Hanson had played a significant role in gaining the adoption of the Articles of Confederation, and Congress recognized his efforts by making him its first President. George Washington wrote Hanson and congratulated him on his 'appointment to fill the most important Seat in the United States.'
Hanson had limited powers, as did the Congress itself, and occupied a position similar to the current Speaker of the House. He served for one year and resigned because of poor health. However as 'President of the U.S. in Congress assembled, 'he has been one of history's more forgotten characters." (Myth Information, by J.Allen Varasdi")
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John Polk's name was drawn for Big Bucks, but he was absent. Sorry John, better luck next week!
The Program for this coming Thursday, June 20th, 2019
Kansas State Flag
