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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 No.
35 Vol. 84
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Speaker: Maria Kadau PINELLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION & JIM FISCHER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Today’s program will be all about scholarships. Our speaker will
be Maria Kadau, the Assistant Vice President of development for
the Pinellas Education Foundation. She will be introduced by our
Kiwanian-of-the-day Bob Byelick. Maria works with businesses,
civic groups, private and corporate foundations and government entitles
and manages the county’s classroom grant programs.
Since 1986, the Foundation has raised $65 million dollars for
enhanced educational opportunities for students and educators in
Pinellas County. Located in Largo, it was recently named the #1 public
education foundation in the United States.
Maria received two Bachelors degrees from Salisbury
University in Maryland, and then joined the U.S. Army. She is a former
member of the Maryland and Florida Army National Guard and of the Rotary
Club of St. Petersburg West. She is active with Anona United Methodist
Church in Indian Rocks Beach and serves on the Community Advisory Board
of the Junior League of St. Petersburg. Our speaker and her husband
David, a firefighter-paramedic with the City of St. Petersburg, live in
Largo with their two daughters. Let’s give our speaker a very warm
Kiwanis welcome!
TODAY’S QUIZ
1. Who was the first U.S. president to ride on a train? 2. In what
year did Martin Luther King Jr. win the Nobel Peace Prize? 3. Which
book of the Bible says, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he”?
4. What were the names of the three Cunningham children on the
television show “Happy Days”? 5. What is the first shot in a game of
pool called?
LAST WEEK AT KIWANIS
Susanna Grady, Director of Development for WEDU presented a very
interesting insight into PBS television station WEDU at our meeting last
week. She was introduced by our Kiwanian-of-the-day Al
Karnavicius. WEDU was first licensed in
1958. It was not very well organized and its programming left a little
bit to be desired. However, in time, these things have all improved.
Today WEDU presents a complete line-up of interesting programs for
people of all ages. In 1965, President Johnson signed legislation which
began the PBS radio and television stations in the United States. In
1966, partial funding was granted by the Federal Government for these
stations, though even today, 85% of the funding comes from local fund
raising and only 15% from either state or Federal sources.
The station covers sixteen counties,
but receives the greatest financial support form listeners in Pinellas
County, followed by Sarasota County and then Hillsborough.
Our speaker than presented a Power
Point presentation which reviewed the type of programming found on WEDU:
and offers a variety of programs which appeal to different age groups.
The Federal Government is forcing all television stations to transmit a
digital signal by the year 2009. This transition has cost WEDU 12.5
million dollars to accomplish.
As our speaker said, WEDU viewers are
well educated, mature, affluent citizens who believe in their
community. The station is owned and operated by the citizens of the
West Coast of Florida. Many thanks to Al for bringing this most
interesting program to our attention.
VISITORS AND GUESTS We had
NO guests last week. Bring a friend to our next meeting.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
FOR ALL CHILDREN’S TELETHON Candice DeSam
issued an appeal for volunteers to help in the parking at the All
Children’s Telethon on June 3rd and 4th. Duties
will include directing other telethon volunteers to the correct parking
area and then to direct them to the Education and Conference Center (ECC)
on the hospital campus. Volunteers are encouraged to wear a hat and
sunscreen for daytime shifts, bring a folding chair, shorts are OK, and
a Kiwanis shirt is preferred. The hospital will provide safety vests,
flags, flash lights and plenty of soda, cold water and snacks. For more
information, contact Bill Horton at 757-4407 or Heather at 767-45292.
This is another opportunity for you to help children in our community.
A sign-up sheet is being passed around so you can pick the hours you
will be able to help. All Children’s Hospital is located at 801 – 6th
Street South. Parking for volunteers and where they will be working is
at 5th Street South and 6th Avenue South in an
area marked “volunteer parking.”
HEADS UP President Cathy announced that the
June 13 club meeting will be a field trip to the new Hospice facility on
1st Avenue South at 31st Street. Lunch will be
served and a tour of the facility is on the agenda. Plan now to attend.
Also, 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.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
June 13 12:15 p.m. - Alternate Location
for Tuesday Lunch Meeting – The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast 1st
Avenue South at 31st Street.
July 12 5:15 p.m. – New date for Board
of Directors meeting
July 12 7:00 p.m. - New date for
Program Committee meeting.
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 asked to secure donated
items to help raise additional dollars for the Jim Fischer
Scholarships. From basket fillers to large ticket items, please bring
anything you may have to our club meeting on June 6th.
Contact either John Biesinger or big Al Karnavicius 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:
We commend to thee, O Lord, the officers and directors, and all who are
engaged in directing this Club. Grant to them integrity of purpose and
unfailing devotion to the cause of righteousness. May all of their
decisions promote the general welfare of our Club, to the promotion of
sound learning, to the honoring of our proud history, and to loyalty to
our country. Amen.
LAST WEEK’S QUIZ:
1. Nyctophobia is the fear of darkness or night. 2.
Balefire is a large outdoor fire, sometimes used as a signal
fire. 3. Pottle is a container that can hold a half gallon of
liquid. 4. The problem that the little old lady who lived in a shoe
was she had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. 5.
The diameter is the measurement you get when you measure a
straight line through the center of a circle.
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