BULLETIN FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 21ST TO DECEMBER 28TH
"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together, go to the making of genius. Love, Love, Love. That is the soul of genius."
CLUB ATTENDANCE FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2015
Doug Balkman, Chester Banks, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Randy Cook, Veronique Hahn, Rob Martin, Lon Shell, Kelli Whigham, Ted Breihan, David Chandler, Pam Cook, Beverly Crumley, Tracy Herman, Moe Johnson, Glen Rydl, McBride Wilson, Randall Grizzle, Marcella Burleson. (19)
GREETERS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2016
Greeters should arrive by 11:30am to greet people that come early. If you see someone sitting by themselves, ask if you can join them. Remember we are a friendly club and we want everyone glad that they came.
January 7th...........Chester Banks
January 14.............Sam Brannon
January 21..............Ted Breihan
January 28.....,...,.....Doug Balkman
BIRTHDAYS IN DECEMBER
December 26..............Lon Shell
RENEW YOUR CBI (CRIMINAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION)
Glen Rydl, our club secretary is urging all members of our club to renew their Criminal Background Status. Every member must do this themselves, the club is not going to do it. CBI request is now online ONLY!
Go to the website at www.txokkiwanis.org and put cursor on Member Resources. Click on Forms and Reports and scroll down to Background Checks The top two listings are for CBI's Click on the online button to access the form. Do not use any other form than this one.We must renew these checks every two years. They are no longer printing CBI cards. DON'T NEGLECT TO DO THIS! EVERY KIWANIS MEMBER MUST HAVE THIS DONE!
"Happy holidays from The Eliminate Project! At this time of year, we want to thank you for making 2015 extraordinary and for bringing happiness and hope into the lives of millions of families around the world.
In the last year, total funds raised for The Eliminate Project increased by more than $26 million dollars. Thanks to all our generous donors, those funds will help save or protect more than 14 million women and their future babes from maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT).
We extend our warmest wishes for the holiday season and a prosperous New Year.
Our program last week was supposed to be Suad Hooper from Community Action, but a friend of hers was in a traffic accident, so Frederick Case, who was to bring Ms Hooper stepped in and gave a very thorough overview of what was coming down from higher up in Kiwanis after Eliminate has finished. We are so close to meeting our goal for the eliminate Project, Frederick felt that our club needed lo have an idea of what was coming next.
He mentioned the name of I-Plan, which is in the developmental stage of making Kiwanis more visible through our schools and communities. He also mentioned the giving of backpacks that were provided by TX/OK District at the convention this year. These backpacks were stocked with school supplies and taken to DeZavala school to be used in case of emergency. Frederick stressed the importance of going to conventions. The next convention for 2016 will be held in Allen, Texas , August 2016.
WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THE HOLIDAYS?
December 24...Christmas Eve....Grins will be closed, so NO MEETING.
December 31....New Year's Eve....We will have a ROUNDTABLE, so come on to Grins, let's eat and have a great time!
LAUGHING MATTERS...'JOY OF WALKING'.....(TAKEN FROM SENIORIFIC NEWS)
`1. "Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old, to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 a month"
2. "My grandpa started walking, five miles a day when he was 60. Now he's 97 years old, and we don't know where he is."
3. "I joined a health club last year. Spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound.Apparently you have to go there.
4. The advantage of exercising every day is so when you died, they'll say, "Well she sure looks good doesn't' she?"
5. "Every time I start thinking too much about how I look, I just find a Happy Hour and by the time I leave, I look just fine"
1. During your lifetime, you will eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.
2. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 mph.
3. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.
4. In space, astrfonaujts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their face.
5. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
6. In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons.
7. The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
8. Thwere wasn't a siongle pony in tghe Pony Express, only horses.
9. It was once against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland
10. Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings!
HISTORICAL EVENTS DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 18 - 24
December 18, 1865..........The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified abolishing slavery, stating, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude , save as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duely convicted shall exist within the
United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
December 19, 1998.............The House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton, approving two out of four Articles of Impeachment, charging Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice.
December 20, 1860.............South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union in a prelude to the American Civil War. Within two months Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas seceded. In April 1861, Virginia seceded, followed within five weeks by Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina, thus forming an eleven state Confederacy with a population of 9 million, including nearly 4 million slaves. The Union had 21 states and a population of over 20 million.
December 21, 1846.............Anesthesia was used for the first time in Britain during an operation at University Hospital in London performed by Robert Liston who amputated the leg of a servant.
December 22, 1783............Following a triumphant journey from New York to Annapolis, Maryland, George Washington, victorious Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolutionary Army, appeared before Congress and voluntarily resigned his commission.
December 23, 1987............Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager set a new world record of 216 hours of continuous flight around the world without refueling. Their aircraft Voyager traveled 24,986 miles at a speed of about 115 miles per hour.
December 24, 1914.............The first ever German air raid against Britain took place when a German monoplane dropped a single bomb on Dover, England, during World War I.
A FEW CLOSING THOUGHTS FROM THE EDITOR
"He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass"
