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Tuesday,
April 11, 2006 No. 28 Vol. 84
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Today’s Speaker:
Pastor Tim Whipple HAPPY EASTER
Our Easter
message will be delivered by Pastor Tim Whipple. He will be
introduced by our Kiwanian-of-the-day Skip Carr. Our speaker is
the lead teaching pastor at Bridgepoint Church in St. Petersburg, a
non-denominational church presently meeting each week in the St.
Petersburg High School. Tim’s twenty years of pastoral experience has
centered principally on the challenging area of youth ministry, a field
that has honed his clear, narrative speaking style.
Most recently, he
served as co-pastor of a church in Owensboro, Kentucky, after four years
as Pastor of Students at First Baptist Church of St. Petersburg. He
earned his undergraduate degree in management from the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, and his master’s degree in Christian education
from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tim lives in
the Pinellas Point area of St. Petersburg with his wife, Donna, and
their two children, Brennan and Bailee. Let’s give our speaker a very
warm Kiwanis welcome!
TODAY’S QUIZ:
1. Who is known as the Father of the Bill of Rights? 2. What state is
both west and south of Oklahoma? 3. What blood vessels return blood
from the body to the heart? 4. Who was Helen Keller’s teacher? 5.
Where was President Harry S. Truman born?
LAST WEEK AT
KIWANIS Our program last week was presented by John Wilson,
TV news anchor at Fox13 News. He was introduced by our
Kiwanian-of-the-day Dick Koch. John began his presentation by
talking about himself and his family and instructed the club members to
interrupt him whenever they wanted to ask him a question. He said
otherwise, he would just keep on talking. It was twenty-six years ago
when John Wilson came to St. Petersburg with his family to work at
Channel 10 in the newsroom. He chose St. Petersburg because he did not
want to live in Tampa. This feeling has not changed over the years. He
was asked what the two most stunning things were in his life and his
answer was that one of these was sitting in the front row during the
execution of Ted Bundy. The other was a D-Day celebration with
forty-five men who dropped into France as members of the 101st
Airborne. After making another jump during this celebration, all of
them being about eighty-five years old, they approached the French
village and found that the 101st Airborne, 200+ strong, had
preceded them into the village and were waiting to honor these veterans
as they marched into the town two abreast. It gave our speaker a very
warm and generous feeling to see these veterans so honored by the
French, all holding American flags.
In answering a host
of questions, John described how he has seen St. Petersburg grow in
twenty-six years from a retirement community into a vibrant community.
He has seen the socio-economic development of the city. He also
mentioned that the specter of the news has changed drastically and that
with absentee ownership of the TV stations, involvement in community
activities is missing. After an interesting question and answer
session, John concluded his remarks by congratulation our club on its
years of service to kids. Many thanks to Dick for bringing John back
for another session.
VISITORS AND
GUESTS Jeff Cavicchi was the guest of Donna Jiles and Ned Hands was
the guest of Trent Shadwick. Ken Jones hosted Deborah Sanders and
Curtis Anderson from the Boley Center. Also in attendance was Harry
Benjamin from the Birmingham, Alabama club and Lt. Governor Ray Watson,
a member of the Sunshine City club. Welcome one and all. Please visit
with us often.
NEW MEMBER
INDUCTED President Cathy inducted Dane Marshlack into our
club membership at our meeting last week. Dane’s sponsor was Bill
Allard. His personal information, for insertion into your Membership
Roster Booklet is as follows:
Dane is President of
Accent Development Company, 3221 Tyrone Blvd N., St. Petersburg, 33710.
Phone: 727-384-2222.
3-MINUTE SPEECHES
PRESENTED After securing the necessary fifty signatures on
thier Kiwanis apron, two members gave three-minute speeches.
T. J. Evans stated that he received a
Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and that he had arrived in St.
Petersburg just five months ago. After talking a little about his work,
T. J. got to the root of his talk by stating that he was in charge of
ticket sales for the YMCA Mayor’s pancake breakfast and that he had
twenty-five tickets with him for anyone who was interested in attending.
He concluded his remarks by saying how he was looking forward to his
membership in Kiwanis.
Mike Harting moved back to St. Petersburg with
his wife seven months ago. He was born into the military and lived in
umpteen cities during his first 13 years. Mike stated that he works for
Outback Steak Houses and is in charge of the territory from Disney World
to Key West, managing the restaurants and starting new ones. He
concluded by saying how much he appreciates the camaraderie of our club.
Let’s be sure to meet both of these new members and encourage them to
join one of our committees.
CASA RECEIVES YIS
CHECK Boys and Girls Committeeman George Gower
presented a Youth Investment Shares check in the amount of $1,000.00 to
Deborah Williams of CASA. Ms Williams thanked the club for this
support of their program to help children of abused women. This is
another fine example of your Youth Investment
Share dollars at work.
EDITOR WANTED
The Kiwanian is in
need of an editor.
The training period
will be elaborate. It will consist of “Hi, how are ya? Keep in touch.
Bye.” Additional training is available, if needed.
To qualify you must
meet certain criteria.
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You must be a member of our club.
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You must be either male or female.
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You must be alive (most of the time).
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You must have extensive knowledge of englesh an no how to
spel.
Apply to Dick Koch
or any member of the Communications Committee.
NOMINATION BALLOTS DUE IN TODAY Nomination ballots are due to be
returned TODAY! Nominees receiving the top vote count will be
included on the official ballot for the election scheduled for May 2,
2006. This election is for the Officers and Directors who will direct
our club during the 2006-2007 program year.
BE SURE TO TURN IN
YOUR YIS PLEDGE CARD TODAY!
PARC BLUE FEST
NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Bob Piplitz made a request for volunteers to
fill two five-hour shifts on May 5th, 6th and 7th
during the upcoming PARC Blues Fest. A sign-up sheet is being passed
around so members can pick the hours most convenient to them. Here is a
wonderful opportunity to be of service to another fine organization that
helps children. Sign up TODAY.
ITEMS NEEDED FOR
AUCTION AT FISCHER BASH A Silent Auction will be held in
conjunction with the annual Jim Fischer Birthday Bash which is scheduled
for June 10th at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Members are
being asked to secure donated items from baskets to any large ticket
items to help raise additional dollars for the Jim Fischer
Scholarships. Contact either John or big Al for details. Here is
another way you can help make this year’s bash an even bigger success!
INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION SET FOR MONTREAL It is still not too late to
register for the upcoming Kiwanis International Convention which is
scheduled for Montreal on June 28 to July 2, 2006. Members who go on
the junket do not have to attend any of the scheduled meetings at the
convention unless they want to as the club has two designated
representatives in the form of President Cathy and President-elect
Mitch. A good time for all attendees is assured. President-elect Mitch
will take the entire group from our club to dinner at least one time
during the convention. So, start making your plans to attend NOW. June
28 is not far off.
PRAYER OF THE
DAY: O Almighty Lord, who fashioned the hearts of thy people,
and considers all their works, grant we beseech thee, to us and to all
the people of this land, the spirit of obedience to thy commandments,
that walking humbly in thy fear, we may, under thy almighty protection,
possess our liberties in righteousness and peace. Amen.
LAST WEEK’S QUIZ:
1. Albany became the capital of New York on Jan. 1, 1797.
2. John Adams was known as The Atlas of Independence. 3. The
shoes of the Hebrews were the best made shoes in the Bible as
they lasted for forty years. 4. The T-Bird or Thunderbird
is the car mentioned by the beach Boys in the son “Fun, Fun, Fun.”
5. The St. Louis Cardinals is the National League baseball team
which has won the most World Series titles.
SIGN ON A
VETERINARIANS WAITING ROOM - Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!
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