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September 11, 2007 No. 49 Vol. 85
This Week’s Program: Special Agent Charlotte F.
Braziel, FBI
Special Agent Braziel has been
assigned to the Pinellas Resident Agency since 1988, just three months
after joining the FBI in December ‘87.
She attended Eastern Connecticut
State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with
a concentration in Public Policy and Government. She received an MBA
from Sacred Heart University and is currently in the Master’s degree
program in Criminal Justice at St. Leo University.
Agent Braziel is the Senior Team
Leader for the Tampa FBI Evidence Response Team and a member of the
Hazmat Team. She is a Defensive Tactics instructor and a police
instructor in crime scene management. Her investigative background is
white collar crime, health care crime and organized crime. Her major
case assignments include the World Trade Center, an anthrax
investigation and a terrorism case.
Welcome, Special Agent Braziel. We
need and appreciate your expertise. I don’t know how organized we are,
but it’s criminal how we behave sometimes!
Last Week’s Program: Dave Andreychuk,
Tampa Bay Lightning
Kiwanian-of-the-Day Mitch Cochran
introduced our program, but allowed guest Matt Hill from the Ligntning
to introduce Dave Andreychuk. Matt is also from Canada and admired Dave
for years. Amazingly, they both ended up here.
Dave started his presentation by
commenting on our Pledge of Allegiance, something he finds very
personally meaningful. He applied over the summer to become an American
citizen and looks forward to dual citizenship in his home country and
adopted country (Canadians can hold two passports). Married for 15
years, Dave has lived and worked in the States on the green card he was
entitled to when married his wife, but he acknowledged that the rules
have become stricter since 9/11.
Dave, who started skating at
eight, said he’d fought a lot of personal battles to get on teams and
stay on them through 23 seasons in the NHL. When he retired at 42, he
cleaned his garage and contemplated his future. He was glad to have the
opportunity to go to his daughters’ volleyball and basketball games,
something he’d never been able to do before, but he was thrilled to be
hired back by the Lightning as their Community Representative and now
enjoys being around hockey again on a daily basis.
2004 was a great year for Dave and
the Lightning. The team won the Stanley Cup and their lives were changed
forever. He said he doesn’t wear his ring – considers it a little gaudy
– but knows what went into the winning of it and knows he’s a champion.
He reminisced about the events leading to his coming to Tampa Bay. Rick
Dudley, general manager of the Lightning, called and spoke to Dave’s
wife in his absence, inviting him to come to Tampa. “To coach?” he asked
his wife later. “No, to play!” Dave was skeptical. He had a lot of
awards, but usually didn’t want to be on a “lousy team.” He decided his
challenge was to turn the team around and as the year went on, he saw
that the mostly young players had a lot of talent and just needed some
direction and guidance. Jay Feaster, the general manager of the Montreal
Canadiens, called him after his first year with the Lightning and
invited him to play on his team. No, Dave said, his work wasn’t done;
later that year they made the play offs. They kept winning, but lost to
the New Jersey Devils. The next year they played well the whole season
and finally went on to win the Cup.
Dave acknowledged that a lot of
sacrifice is involved in living for your game, but he has the calm and
confidence that comes from having pursued his dream and realized his
goal. Now liaison to the community at large, he gets to inspire others
to share in his pride in hockey, particularly, in our very own Tampa Bay
Lightning.
Guests And Visitors
We had 53 members and five visitors present last
Tuesday, including Charles Stuart’s better half, Judy, and Mike
Humlicek’s guest, Bob Ingham. Always glad to see you, Judy. Bob, join us
again. Better yet, join!
New Member = Happy Kiwanians
Bret Jahn from Bay Cities Bank was inducted
Tuesday. Glad to have you! We’re a little short on bankers.
What’s Happening?
Bayprint Victim of Hold Up; Kiwanians Charged
Al Karnavicius read off a list of names of those
Club members who have yet to send in updated or “Okay As Is” edit
sheets. Al accused those members of holding up the Kiwanis Membership
Directory at Bayprint. Edit sheets will be available for the last time
at today’s meeting. If you’d like a new picture or if you’re a new
member, Frank Ranieri can take your picture at the meeting.
Happy Workers = Happy Readers
Our Club is participating once again in the Happy
Workers Literacy Fair, Saturday, September 22. Jane Baldwin is
collecting new or gently used books for children up to age 12 for that
event. She would also like to collect more volunteers, so please, sign
up to help out the children.
Tailgate Party
Want to see USF take on North Carolina? Lorin
Bridge is organizing a Kiwanis get-together on Saturday, the 22nd,
time to be announced. Tickets are $22, tailgate party before the game.
You’ll be ready for a football game after all that book-larnin’ at the
Literacy Fair in the morning.
TODAY’S QUIZ:
- What is the motto of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation? (Clue: The first letter of each word spells out
“FBI.”)
- Who was the first balloonist to fly solo
around the world when he landed in Australia on 4th July 2002?
- Name the Three Tenors.
- Which is the only animal whose evidence is
admissible in court?
LAST WEEK’S QUIZ:
- According to the Society for International
Hockey Research, the word puck is derived from the Scottish and
Gaelic word "puc" or the Irish word "poc", meaning to poke, punch
or deliver a blow. Pucks are regularly frozen for NHL games
because freezing a puck makes it bounce less, since the
rubber is more rigid. It also allows it to glide further since if
it's warmer than the ice it will melt the ice, and cause more
friction.
- Although generally the least known of the
Five Civilized Tribes (Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek,
Seminole), no other tribe played a more significant role in
Britain's victory over France for control of North America than the
Chickasaw. Variously described as the Unconquered and
Unconquerable or the Spartans of the lower Mississippi Valley, the
Chickasaw were the most formidable warriors of the American
Southeast, and anyone who messed with them came to regret it, if
they survived! British traders from the Carolinas were quick to
recognize their prowess in this regard and armed the Chickasaw to
the teeth, after which, no combination of the French and their
native allies was able to dislodge the Chickasaw from the
stranglehold they imposed upon French commerce on the lower
Mississippi.
- Mosquitos dislike citronella because it
irritates their feet.
- In the US population, the rarest blood type
is AB negative. Fewer than 1% of people in any country have
AB negative blood.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
(Show Me the Course)
Steer the ship of my
life, good Lord, to your quiet harbour, where I can be safe from the
storms of sin and conflict. Show me the course I should take. Renew in
me the gift of discernment, so that I can always see the right direction
in which I should go. And give me the strength and the courage to choose
the right course, even when the sea is rough and the waves are high,
knowing that through enduring hardship and danger in your name we shall
find comfort and peace
- Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379)
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