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Tuesday, August 1, 2006 No. 43 Vol. 84
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Today’s Speaker: Marian Scorza DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PLANS & PROJECTS
Our program today will be presented by Marian Scorza, Public
Information Officer for the Department of Transportation’s District
Seven Office. She will be introduced by our Kiwanian-of-the-Day Bob
Piplitz. District Seven covers Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough,
Pasco and Pinellas Counties.
Our speaker began her career with the Department of Transportation in
1986 before the District Seven Office even existed. At that time, the
Tampa Bay area only had an urban office. Marian was one of the first
ten people hired and now the District Office has over 600 people.
Before her career with the Department, she worked for WEDU-Channel 3
and WUSF-TV Channel 16 in the Public Information Department. She also
hosted and produced a local exercise show on Channel 16.
Ms. Scorza graduated from Penn State in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Humanities, specializing in Journalism and Communications.
Let’s give our speaker a very warm Kiwanis welcome!
TODAY’S QUIZ 1. According
to the Bible, how did Joseph’s brothers try to deceive their father
about Joseph’s disappearance? 2. Who assassinated President William
McKinley at the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American
Exposition in Buffalo, NY? 3. In 1867, William Lincoln, of
Providence, RI, patented the Zoetrope. What was it? 4. What was the
first U.S. passenger railroad? 5. According to the Bible, what was
the name of the angel who appeared to Mary?
LAST WEEK AT KIWANIS
Our program last week was presented by Dick Fletcher, Channel 10
News Chief Meteorologist. He was introduced by our Kiwanian-of-the-Day,
Bob Piplitz. Dick began his presentation by thanking our club and all
others like it who are making St. Petersburg a better place to live. He
stated that if employers do not have a hurricane disaster plan for their
employees, they might find that they do not have any employees available
to work after a hurricane. Individually, everyone needs to have a
hurricane preparedness plan in addition to one by their employer. In
answer to the question as to how likely is it that the next hurricane
will hit our area, our speaker replied that he has “no idea.” The last
category 3 hurricane to hit this area was in October 1921 and it
produced a fifteen foot tide. Dick then went on to describe some of the
other historical hurricanes that visited here previous to 1921. As to
when the next one will come, no one knows. Dick stated that the
destruction of Fort Brooke in Tampa during the 1921 storm brought many
skilled craftsmen to the area to rebuild the Fort. That was probably the
first influx of people who settled here.
June/July and October are the three months in which a hurricane is most
likely to hit this area and unless the storm forms in the Gulf of
Mexico, we would probably have only three days to make our evacuation
plans effective. A question was asked regarding the success of using
weather modification to affect a hurricane. Our speaker stated that the
probability is that it will not work. He reported that hurricanes are
more powerful and more sophisticated than previously thought.
World-wide, there is an average of 80 hurricanes per year. Here in the
Gulf of Mexico basin, we average ten such storms or 12% of the
world-wide total. The greatest danger comes from the storm surge. From
1970 to 2004, most people evacuated storm-surge areas which resulted in
fewer fatalities. However, in 2005, more people died as a result of that
year’s hurricanes because they did not evacuate from the storm surge
areas. His advice is, you get the notice of the projected storm surge
and if you are in an area where that could affect you, you need to
evacuate. Many thanks to Bob for bringing this most timely program to
our attention.
VISITORS AND GUESTS We had a large number of
guests last week. Jim Beach brought Steve Henry to our meeting and Nick
Gizzavelli was the guest of Harvey Ford. Bill Hays was the guest of Adam
Erickson and Guy VanMiddlesworth brought his sister Jill and Jerry
Watson as his guests. Martha Hiestand was the guest of Kim Horstman and
Doug Lampe brought previous member Chuck Herold to the meeting. Grant
Wallin had his wife Pat as his guest. Welcome one and all.
Y.I.S. CHECK PRESENTED Boy and Girls Committee
Member Grant Wallin presented a check in the amount of $2,000 to Julie
Langevin, the Learning for Life Executive of the West Central Florida
Council, Boy Scouts of America, to help further the Learning for Life
program. Julie thanked the club for its continuing support of the
Scouting program and reported that currently there are over 15,000 young
people enrolled in the program. This is another fine example of your
Youth Investment Shares at work!
2006 ST. PETERSBURG KIWANIS OPEN
Saturday, August 19, 2006 at Mangrove Golf and
Country Club will be our club’s first annual golf tournament. This
4-person Scramble will beging at 10:00 a.m. Member players will be
rewarded for inviting guests with two (2) strokes added to their
handicap. Awards and trophies will be given to the winning teams, as
will long-drive and closest to the Bar (Pin) winners.
Mulligans, putting strings and other genuine score reducing
accessories will be sold and supplied to those donating to the St.
Petersburg Kiwanis Social Committee. $40.00 per player. Sign up today.
BOOK DRIVE FOR DAY CARE
Here is a great opportunity to help children! Happy Workers has a
Literacy Fair scheduled for Saturday, September 23rd. Please
bring one or two NEW books to our meeting during the month of
August. All books will be given to Happy Workers Day care Center for
their Literacy Fair. Let’s show Happy Workers how many books we can
provide. Also, please reserve September 23rd for helping out
at the Literacy Fair. You will be glad you did.
YIS CHECK PRESENTED TO SCOUTS
Boy and Girls Committee Member Grant Wallin presented a check in the
amount of $2,000.00 to Julie Langevin, the Learning for Life Executive
of the West Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America, to help
further the Learning for Life program. Julie thanked the club for its
continuing support of the Scouting program and reported that currently
there are over 15,000 young people enrolled in the program. This is
another fine example of your Youth Investment Shares at work!
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Almighty God, the supreme Governor of all things, whose power no
creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish
sinners, and to be merciful to those who repent; save and deliver us, we
humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies; that we, being armed
with thy defense, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify
thee, who are the only giver of all victory. Amen.
LAST WEEK’S QUIZ:
1. Pluto is the planet in our solar system which has a
moon named Charon. 2. In 1892,Dr. Washington Sheffield was the first
to package toothpaste in a collapsible tube. 3. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. is known for his “I have a dream” speech. 4.
Alfred Nobel, in his will dated Nov. 27, 1895, established the
Nobel Prize. 5. Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1787, was the
second state to join the Union.
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