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FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27th, 2017
"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from" (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)
Attendance for February 23, 2017
Doug Balkman, Chester Banks, Ted Breihan, Lucky Bovo, Del Brown, Frederick Case, David Chandler, James Collier, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Beverly Crumley, Steve Furney, Andrew Gary, Randal Grizzle, Veronique Hahn, Tracy Herman, Moe Johnson, Charles Johnson, Rob Martin, Francis Mendez, Gary Nelson, Jude Prather, Merwin Richards, Glen Rydl, Gary Strunk, Kelli Whigham, Garry White, Rhonda White, McBride Wilson (29)
Here Are The Greeters for the Month of March, 2017
March 2............Lon Shell
March 9............Gary Strunk
March 16..........Kelli Whigham
March 23...........Garry White
"BIRTHDAYS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2017"
March 3...........Del Brown
THOSE WHO HAVE ANNIVERSARIES IN THE
MONTH OF MARCH, 2017.
March 7...........Doug & Jeanne Balkman
March 22..........David & Carol Chandler
OK! The Big Day is Past. at least for another year!
Our Pancake Day and Silent Auction was a huge success, at least from my perspective. We had lots of people, lots of pancakes and sausages and the most important was that we had plenty of help.
We had 29 of our members out of 34, working their tails off, and I think they were having a great time. We don't have any figures at this time, but will let everyone know as soon as we get sums and figures. Doug Balkman, our President Elect and his crew did a magnificent job of pulling it all together, and everyone had their part to play and did it in a very professional way. This editor wants to thank everyone who came out as they said they would, and did their 'thing', whether it was mixing batter, cooking pancakes, sausages, bussing tables, handing out food, drinks, setting up auction items, hanging banners, handling tickets, taking in money, or just being downright courteous to all the wonderful folks that came and bid on all those wonderful auction items. And we don't want to forget the wonderful help by the Medical Explorers , under the leadership of Charles Johnson.who served the drinks. And all the wonderful folks from our community that came and supported us. thank you!
Answers from February 20th, 2017
1.........A. FBI
2.........Shopping Malls
3..........Super Girl
4...........Purple Heart
5...........Beds
6.........Wisconsin
7..........Nuclear War
8..........80%
9..........Both Were Left Handed
10........Piggly Wiggly Self Service Stores
11........Maid of the Mist
Here's a new column! It's an IQ Quiz. Some are easy, other's are not so easy, but the answers will be in next week's bulletin. Enjoy!
1........In New Jersey, there is a museum with 5,400 exhibits of what____________?
2........In 1867, Lucian B. Smith invented what new type of fencing________________?
3........The Brownies (Junior Girl Guides) were previously called what______________?
4........Seven million what are thrown away every day____________?
5.........In what American State is world's shortest river, the North Fork Roe River___________?
6.........ORD are the identification letters for which American airport_____________________?
7...........What state is area 51 located in______________?
8...........Who was it that once said short people don't have a reason to Live________________?
9...........In Odessa, Texas, why is the Star of David and Peace symbol banned______________________?
10..........What circus act made Charles Stratton famous__________________?
It was drizzly and dreary on President's Day, February 20th but flags were put up, in spite of it. Those members that were involved in this special day were:
Glen Rydl Francis Mendez Gary Nelson, Randal Grizzle, Del Brown, Frederick Case, Lon Shell, Moe Johnson, Doug & Jeanne (driver) Balkman, Gary Strunk, James Collier, Charles Johnson, Randy Cook, and Ted Breihan. (By the way, Randy Cook who has been the coordinator for our putting out flags for several years, is hanging it up as of this last flag display. It's a very important job, and Randy has done a magnificent job. Someone needs to step up and fill his shoes for the coming year, because President's Day was the last display of this current flag year.
Friends of Scouting Luncheon
The Friends of Scouting Luncheon was very well attending by many, many dignitaries from San Marcos, and the program went off very smooth under the master of ceremonies, Jimmy Scott from the San Marcos Academy. The honoree was Bill Pennington, and he richly deserved it considering how active he is in many, many ways in supporting our city.
Those from our Kiwanis Club who attended were Charles Johnson, who arranged for our table, Gary Strunk, Gary Nelson, Del & Marie Brown, Ted & Francis Breihan, Tracy Herman and Randy & Pam Cook.
February 24, 1582 - - Pope Gregory XIII corrected mistakes on the Julian calendar by dropping 10 days and directing that the day after October 4, 1582 would be October 15th. The Gregorian, or new style calendar was then adopted by Catholic countries, followed gradually by Protestant and other nations.
February 25, 1910 - - Millicent Fenwick was born in New York City. She championed liberal causes, serving as a member of the U.N. General Assembly and as a U.S. Congresswoman.
February 26, 1848 - - The Communist Manifesto pamphlet was published by two young socialists, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It advocated the abolition of all private property and a system in which workers own all means of production, land, factories and machinery.
February 27, 1950 - - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting the president to two terms or a maximum of ten years in office.
February 28, 1844 - - During a demonstration of naval fire power, one of the guns aboard the USS Princeton exploded, killing several top U.S. government officials on the steamer ship and narrowly missed killing President John Tyler.
March 1, 1781- - 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 13 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 WWII 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 sun, resulting in 3,500 Japanese drowned, ending Japanese efforts to send reinforcements to New Guinea.
"By the time Bobby arrived, the football game had already started. "Why are you so late?" asked his friend.
"I couldn't decide between going to church and go9ing to the football game. So I tossed a coin." said Bobby.
"But that shouldn't have taken too long" said the friend.
"Well, I had to toss it 35 times"
1..........The oldest actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy - at 81, she won the Best Actress Oscar in 1990 for her performance in 'Driving Miss Daisy'?
2..........Anthony Quinn's performance as painter Paul Gaugin in 'Lust for Life' (1956) is the shortest ever to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, his second Oscar. He was on screen for only 8 minutes. (He won a similar award in 1952 playing opposite Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan's 'Viva Zapata'?
3..........The shortest ever winning performance for Best Actor winning performance was awarded to David Niven in 1958, having appeared for only 15 minutes and 38 seconds in 'Separate Tables'. The second shortest winning appearance was made by Anthony Hopkins in 1992, for less than 16 minutes of screen time as Dr. Hanibal "The Cannibal' Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.?
4..........The films with the most Oscars wins are Ben Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King, each winning 11 Oscars from 12, 14, and 11 nominations respectively.
5...........Jack Nicholson leads the Best Actor Academy Award category with wins from 11 nominations, followed by Laurence Olivier, nominated 10 times and receiving one Best Actor award, and then Spencer Tracy with nine nominations resulting in two awards.
6...........Meryl Street had more Best Actress nominations than any other actress; 14 in total, leading to 3 awards. Katharine Hepburn received 12 nominations for Best Actress and won 4 Academy Awards.
7...........Shirley Temple is the youngest performer to receive an Academy Award; in 1934 she received a Special Award when she was only five years old.
8...........Groucho Marx was the oldest Academy Award winner - in 1973 he received a Honorary Award at the age of 83.
9...........The first posthumous Oscar winner was Sidney Howard, for the screenplay of 'Gone With the Wind.'?
10........."Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) was the only film to have had three nominees for Best Actor Oscars (Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, and Franchot Tone) but won only the Best Picture award.
America is a beautiful country because of its people and their achievements and dedication to building and preserving this great nation for the children and the generations to follow. Each week, we will share a beautiful spot in our 'America the Beautiful'.
The oldest rocks in the Blue Ridge Mountains were created over a billion years ago as magma deep within the earth's crust moved upward. Over eons it cooled, fractured, and was joined by younger metamorphic rocks from from sedimentary deposits. All were altered and eroded to shape today's granite peaks and sylvan hollows.
Europeans first experienced the beauty of these mountains less than 300 years ago. First came hunters and trappers, and soon after 1750 the first settlers moved into the lower hollows near springs and streams. Over the next century and a half many hundreds of families built homesteads, mills and stores and planted orchards and crops. The mountains were logged and minerals were mined. Vacation resorts were established to allow guests to experience the mountain views, healthy water, and cool breezes.
In the early 20th century the first calls for National parks in the east were heard in the United States Congress. It would be two decades before Shenandoah National Park was authorized and another ten years before it was established. During that time President and Lou Henry Hoover established their Summer White House on the Rapidan River, the construction of Skyline Drive began.
With the establishment of the park in December 1935, the CCC began to build visitor facilities throughout the mountain. The core of the park's development was completed by the beginning of WWII and, to a great extent, the mountains were released to nature.
"My Closing Thought for the Week!"
"We don't have to achieve a dream in order to find fulfillment - - we need only to actively pursue the dream to attain satisfaction."
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OK! The Big Day is Past. 
part to play and did it in a very professional way. This editor wants to thank everyone who came out as they said they would, and did their 'thing', whether it was m
ixing batter, cooking pancakes, sausages, bussing tables, handing out food, drinks, setting up auction items, hanging banners, handling tickets, taking in money, or just being downright courteous to all the wonderful folks that came and bid on all those wonderful auction items. And we don't want to forget the wonderful help by the Medical Explorers , under the leadership of Charles Johnson.who served the drinks. And all the wonderful folks from our community that came and supported us. thank you!
Friends of Scouting Luncheon
February 24, 1582 - - Pope Gregory XIII corrected mistakes on the Julian calendar by dropping 10 days and directing that the day after October 4, 1582 would be October 15th. The Gregorian, or new style calendar was then adopted by Catholic countries, followed gradually by Protestant and other nations.
1..........The oldest actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy - at 81, she won the Best Actress Oscar in 1990 for her performance in 'Driving Miss Daisy'?
