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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
No. 33 Vol. 84
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Today’s Speaker: Al Keck WFTS-TV CHANNEL
28 SPORTS DIRECTOR
Our speaker today will be Al
Keck, Sports Director for Channel 28, WFTS-TV. He will be
introduced by our Kiwanian-of-the-day Mitch Cochran. Al Keck has
been sports director for Channel 28 covering bay area sports since
1988. He won the Weekly Planet reader’s poll for favorite sportscaster
in 2004 He states that he has been lucky enough to call the Tampa Bay
area his home since 1988 and has been able to witness the birth of the
Lightning, Devil Rays, Storm and USF football during this period. But
the biggest transformation that he has witnessed has been the Bucs from
Bucco Bruce to Pewter Pirates. So, put on your helmet, pull up your
socks, and get ready to dive into the world of sports as it affects our
local professional teams. Let’s give our speaker a very warm Kiwanis
welcome.
TODAY’S QUIZ: 1. Who sponsored the television show “Death
Valley Days”? 2. Who invented the fountain pen? 3. Who was the
first Democrat to be elected president after the Civil War? 4. To
what does the expression “white elephant” refer? 5. What is the
capital of Madagascar?
LAST
WEEK AT KIWANIS Our program
last week was presented by David A. Demers, Chief Judge of the 6th
Judicial Circuit Court. He was introduced by our Kiwanian-of-the-day
Mark Shames. The Judge focused his remarks on the subject of what
does being the Chief Judge mean and what does he do? He stated that it
is not being the boss of all sixty-four judges, but rather more like
acting like a CEO of the judicial system. His real job is
administration. He does not hire, fire or discipline judges and his
only real authority is to assign judges. He tries to help judges do as
well as they possibly can, provides them the tools and the assistance of
staff to make their job easier. Judge Demers stated that every Chief
Judge is different and approaches the job in a different way. As he
said, it is a job of human beings, not computers.
The
Sixty Judicial District has seven court facilities in Pinellas County
and two in Pasco County. In making judicial assignments, Judge Demer’s
most favorite jobs to which he assigns himself is to the adoption court,
the drug court graduation and the investiture of new judges. Our
speaker has just one year and two months left in this present term in
office and he says that he will not stand for re-election as he wants to
go back to the courtroom. Many thanks to Judge Mark Shames for bringing
such an interesting speaker to our attention.
VISITORS AND GUESTS
We had a goodly number of
visitors at our meeting last week. Tommay T. Peacock was the guest of
Gerald Shotts. Kim Scott was the guest of Donna Jiles and Bill Allard
had his wife Chris as his guest. Bruce Taylor was the guest of Ron
Braun and Jay Hebert was the guest of Richard Koch. Art O’Hara was the
guest of Cynthia McGowan and Susan Doll brought Derek Berset as her
guest. Welcome one and all. Please visit with us often.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR 2006-2007
The following members were elected as Officers and Directors for the
2006-2007 program year at our meeting last week:
President-elect: Markus
Mittermayr
Vice
Presidents: Biff Baker -
Skip Carr
Board of Directors: Steve
Cunningham - Tom Nelson - Bob Piplitz
Congratulations and may your tenure in office be both pleasant and
productive.
AL
MUTER RUNNER-UP HONORED
Vocation Guidance Co-chair J. C. Russell presented a $1,000.00 check to
Katie DeVore, a graduating senior from Northeast High School. Katie has
a 3.8 weighted GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society. She
will be attending FSU this summer.
3-MINUTE SPEECHES PRESENTED
After securing the required
fifty member signatures on their Kiwanis Aprons, Ron O’Neal and
Angie Boswell gave their three-minute speeches to the club
Ron
kicked off the proceedings by thanking his sponsor Weyman for bringing
him into the club. He stated that he was born in Winter Haven which has
the only McDonalds with one arch. He graduated from the University of
Florida with a degree in psychology and stayed in Gainesville to get his
degree in dentistry. After getting married and establishing his first
practice, he found that the commute caused him to leave home before his
daughter was awake and to arrive back at home after she had gone to
sleep so he and his wife decided to move to this side of the Bay. He
moved his practice to 9th Street North and has been there for
one and one-half years. His is a growing practice. He is proud to be a
Kiwanian.
Angie followed by stating
that she entered the Real Estate market five years ago and is now
manager of a title company. She too thanked her sponsor for bringing
her into the club and likewise, she is proud to be a member of the
Kiwanis Club of St. Petersburg.
“R” CLUB RECEIVES YIS CHECK
Cynthia McGowan presented a check to the Executive Director Art O’Hara
of “R” Club in the amount of $1,000. This money will be used to provide
special chairs for physically challenged young people who have trouble
sitting and standing. This is another fine example of your YIS dollars
at work!
BLUES FEST PARTICIPANTS THANKED
Members from our club
who helped stage the recent Blues Fest were publicly thanked by
Debbie Deeb and Bob Piplitz. Bob stated that over fifty
Kiwanians helped stage this event for the benefit of PARC. Without this
help, the event could not have been as successful. Community Service
Chair Jane Baldwin announced that the next big event will be
handling the parking at the All Children’s Telethon. More details will
be provided as they become available.
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Vocational Guidance Committee will meet in the conference room of
Fisher & Sauls, 100 2nd Avenue South, Suite 701, on
Wednesday, May 24th at 5:15 p.m. Committee members should
make every effort to attend this most important meeting.
INTER-CLUB SET FOR MAY 25TH
Charles Stuart has
announced an Inter-club with Pinellas Park for Thursday, May 25, at the
Park Station, 5851 Park Blvd. beginning at 12:15 p.m. Plan now to
attend and earn your star!
HEADS UP
President Cathy announced that the July
Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 12 at 5:15 p.m.
instead of the regular first Tuesday of the month. The Program
Committee will follow on the same night at 7:00 p.m. Please make this
notation in your calendar.
JIM FISCHER BIRTHDAY BASH REMINDER
Bob Byelick announced that the
invitations to the bash are in the mail for the Jim Fischer
Birthday Bash which is scheduled for June 10th at the St.
Petersburg Yacht Club. Please respond when you get your invite! It is
for a great cause.
ITEMS STILL NEEDED FOR FISCHER BIRTHDAY BASH
John Biesinger reminded the
club that 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. Please bring the
items to our club meeting on June 6th so they can be properly
displayed at the Bash on the 10th. Contact either John or
big Al for details. Here is another way you can help make this year’s
bash an even bigger success!
FREE DEVIL RAYS
TICKETS FOR COMPLETING SURVEY
President Cathy asked the membership for their input into our club’s
operations by completing the Online Member Survey at on this site at
..\feedback.htm. One lucky participant will win a pair of tickets to
a Devil Rays game. No purchase necessary. Register before May 31st to be
eligible for free tickets. This is an excellent opportunity for you to
be heard (and win free tickets).
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:
Direct us, O Lord, in all
our doings, with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy
continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in
thee, and especially in the program and activities of the Kiwanis Club
of St. Petersburg, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy
mercy, obtain everlasting life. Amen.
LAST WEEK’S QUIZ:
1. “Leave it to Beaver” debuted on
television in 1957. 2. According to the Bible, Elisha
was the bald prophet. (2 Kings 22:19 – 23) 3. There are twelve
zeros in a trillion. 4. Uranus is the third largest
planet, in diameter, in the solar system. 5. The shell makes
up 12 percent of the weight of an egg.
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