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E-Bulletin forMarch 4th, 2019 {Issue 242}
"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they are always there."(Norman Vincent Peale)
"Here is the list of Greeters for the month of March 2019
If you are scheduled to be Greeter for a particular Thursday, try to arrive at Grins by about 11:30am, put on a Greeter badge and help make all attendees feel real welcome.
…..March 7...………...Charles Walts
…...March 14...……….Charles Johnson
…….March 21...…..Moe Johnson
…….March 28...…..Jeanne Balkman
Anniversaries celebrated in February 2019
March 7...……...Doug & Jeanne Balkman
Birthdays during the month of March 2018
March 3...……...Del Brown
Pancake/Silent Auction the Best Ever!
Even though we do not have any final details on this year's Pancake /Silent Auction Event, there was so much cooperation by so many people. Not only did every member of our club pitch in with setting up, putting together all of the auction items, cooking the pancakes, cooking the sausages, running back and forth with refills through both session of regular pancakes, blueberry pancakes and even chocolate pancakes. Those flipping the cakes didn't stop during both serving sessions.
There were so many extra persons helping make this event a very successful event, kids from K-Kids, from Key Club, from our new club, Circle K Club in the University, Medical Explorers, our special guest servers such as Coach Karen Chism served during the morning shift, and John Ferguson, former Kiwanian who helped served during the evening round. We had people helping out also from our newest club from Kyle/Buda.
Everyone was in great spirits, and as soon as we get figures, we will post them on this bulletin. A great big thanks goes out to everyone who came out to help, and stayed through both sessions. We know that everyone was tired, but considering the satisfaction that those who were there who participated in anyway, received knowing that all of the funds raised will be going to the children, which is what Kiwanis is all about.
Also a great big thanks goes out to the wonderful staff from the Daily Record who spent the whole day taking pictures, interviewing people, all of which added to our club's 80th Anniversary in doing this project. Thank you one and all!
The Program for this coming Thursday, March 7, 2019
Del Brown will be bringing Staff Sergeant Robert B. Stallings, who is the Station Commander for the U.S. Army Recruiting Station here in San Marcos. He will also be bringing his company commander, Capt. Martin Garza. They will be telling how the recruiting program operates, what is necessary and details regarding the U.S. Army. Let's have a great crowd to welcome these two active duty personnel.
From March 1st to March7th
March 1, 1871 - - Formal ratification of the Articles of Confederation was announced by Congress. Under the Articles, Congress was the sole governing body of the new American national government, consisting of the 13th original states. The Articles remained in effect through the Revolutionary War until 1789, when the current U.S. Constitution was adopted.
March 2, 1943 - - During World War II in the Pacific, a Japanese convoy was attacked by 137 American bombers as the Battle of Bismarck Sea began. The convoy included eight destroyers and eight transports carrying 7,000 Japanese soldiers heading toward New Guinea. Four destroyers and all eight transports were sunk, resulting in 3,500 Japanese drowned, ending Japanese efforts to send reinforcements to New Guinea.
March 3, 1913 - - A women's suffrage march in Washington D.C. was attacked by angry onlookers while police stood by. The march occurred the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Many of the 5,000 women participating were spat upon and struck in the face as a near riot ensued. Secretary of War Henry Stimson then ordered soldiers from Fort Meyer to restore order.
March 4, 1789 - - The first meeting of the new Congress under the new U.S. Constitution took place in New York City.
March 5, 1868 - - The U.S. Senate convened as a court to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson during impeachment proceedings. The House of Representatives had already voted to impeach the President. The vote followed bitter opposition by the Radical Republicans in Congress to Johnson's reconstruction policies in the South. However, the effort to remove him failed in the Senate by just one vote and he remained in office.
March 6, 1836 - - Fort Alamo fell to Mexican troops led by General Santa Anna. The Mexicans had begun the siege of the Texas fort on February 23rd, ending it with the killing of the last defender. "Remember the Alamo" became a rallying cry for Texans who went on to defeat Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto in April.
March 7, 1707 - - Stephen Hopkins was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the state's colonial governor and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
"Difference between a school boy studying and a farmer watching his cattle?"
"Have You Ever Heard the Phrase, 'To Speak by the Card'"
"The sense of this is nicely shown by Shakespeare's use of it in Hamlet. There in Act V, scene 1, he has Hamlet himself use it in his conversation with the grave-digging clown who takes everything that Hamlet say8s in its mort literal meaning. Finally Hamlet turns to his friend, Horatio, and says: 'How absolute the knave is! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us.' He realized that is, that he would have to express himself precisely, or he would get some such answer as Gracie Allen gives when she takes any remark literally. Shakespeare, the first on record to use the expression, undoubtedly alluded to the mariner's card, which may have been either the sea-chart or card, the nautical map indicating the position of rocks, sandbars, capes, and so on along a coast, or the circular card of stiff paper with the points of the compass upon it. In either case, 'by the card' would denote absolute precision.:
"Sitting in a rowboat, the novice fisherman asked his companion, "Got any more of those little plastic floats?"? "Why?" "This one keeps sinking."
History of the Kentucky State Flag
"Kentucky's official flag was adopted in 1918, but that design was not finalized until in 1928. The flag was again changed in 1962.
The flag has a deep blue background with part of the state seal in the center. In the center are the words "COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY" and 'UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL." That seal, adopted in 1792, on it, a pioneer and a statesman are shaking hands. Goldenrod flowers encircle the bottom half of the seal."
1...'The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
2...It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open!
3...The chance of you dying on the way to get lottery tickets is actually greater than your chance of winning!
4...A crocodile can't poke it's tongue out!
5...It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky!
6...Gorillas burp when they are happy!
7...You breathe on average about 8,409,600 times a year!
8...If 33 million people held hands, they could make it all the way around the equator!
9...Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so that they do not drift apart.
10..Cats have 32 muscles in each of their ears.
" A Parting Word "
"Once during the War, Barnum Bailey brought his circus show to Washington and invited President Lincoln to come and see its wonders.
The President noted all the exhibitions with appropriate remarks and, when shown the midgets, General Tom Thumb and Admiral Nutt, remarked to Barnum, 'You have some pretty small generals, but I think I can beat you.'"
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Difference between a school boy studying and a farmer watching his cattle?"
'To Speak by the Card'"
Sitting in a rowboat, the novice fisherman asked his companion, "Got any more of those little plastic floats?"? "Why?" "This one keeps sinking."
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