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July 1, 2008 No. 37 Vol. 86
This Week’s Program: Niel Allen, speaker for
POWW (Preserve Our Wallets and Waterfront)
Preserve Our Wallets and
Waterfront is a group of concerned St. Petersburg residents from all
walks of life (and from all parts of town) who have decided to work
together to provide the community with information regarding the
proposed development of the Tropicana site and new baseball stadium at
the current Al Lang Field. The Rays have been holding meetings with
neighborhood and civic groups. POWW wants St. Petersburg taxpayers to
get a broader perspective on the Rays’ plan to build a waterfront
stadium.
POWW’s mission is “to
preserve our world-famous downtown waterfront for generations to come,
which includes protecting the environment.” POWW states that its members
“do not want to provide welfare to big business via a new baseball
stadium for the Rays, and major league baseball is definitely a
business.”
Our speaker, Niel Allen, is a realtor and St.
Petersburg native who lives on Snell Isle. Welcome, Niel. Our Club, like
the general public, is divided in its support of/opposition to the
proposed stadium. We look forward to hearing the facts about this
complex matter from POWW’s perspective.
Last Week’s Program: Coach Jim Leavitt, USF
Bulls
Kiwanian-of-the-Day Charles Stuart began his
introduction remembering former Club member and scholarship founder Jim
Fischer. Jim Leavitt, he said, has been a great friend of our Club and
the Jim Fischer Scholarship Fund citing Jim’s recent role as emcee at
the Birthday Bash, despite being pretty sick.
Coach Leavitt spoke of his career successes at
Kansas State and Morningside College and his many job offers including
the fateful call from Leroy Selman, who offered him the USF job for
which there had been 120 applicants. It was a powerful moment, said
Leavitt, followed by Paul Griffin telling Jim when he arrived, “Jim,
start football.”
He has been “blessed to have been surrounded by
great people with great talent.” Coach Leavitt wants badly to win a Big
East Championship, but finds the team is always one game away. Still, he
predicts great things to come with his new players and wants us and them
to understand how important it is to get the little things right,
because that’s what wins games.
Asked about the new players, Jim said they are all
very talented, but he’s not sure how good they’ll be as a team because
they’re so young and have much to learn. Asked about the effects on
football of the recent economic downturn, Leavitt said “you don’t worry
abut what you don’t have, you work with what you do.” The key to his
success? Staying optimistic. He promises to keep his focus on the
players and thanks the Lord every day for his blessed life on and off
the field.
Guests and Visitors
Coach Jim Leavitt’s presentation was chosen as our
Membership Drive program because of Jim’s popularity as a speaker and
because the USF Bulls have many fans. Our members invited quite a number
of guests, some of whom signed in. A partial list of guests
includes David Vezek hosted by Bill Stover, Gregory Morgan and James
Lally hosted by Tom Nelson, Art O’Hara, guest of Cynthia McGowan, Ron
O’Neal’s guest, Carrie Renner, and Terry Dowling, Leslie Travathan and
Joe Frisbie, guests of Cynthia Mulligan. Blake Atchely brought Bill
Atchley, and Shannon Love attended from USF. Guests were encouraged to
take membership literature and applications with them. If you invited
someone or ones, please talk to them about sending the application in –
it was obvious to all that we’re a great Club with great programs – and
we’d love to expand our numbers, our impact and our work on behalf of
children. Thanks, all.
“With malice toward
none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us
to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind
up the nation's wounds... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just
and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
--- Abraham Lincoln,
Second inaugural address (1864)
What’s Happening?
Bruce McKelvey
Improving
We received news last
Tuesday of Bruce McKelvey’s continued recovery in the Los Angeles
hospital where he’s been since his heart attack at LAX several weeks
ago. His wife says he is doing well and is eager to come home, but must
stay awhile yet until doctors are certain that he will remain stable
during the long return flight and beyond. We wish him a speedy recovery
and look forward to seeing him at his usual spot at a Tuesday lunch.
French Foreign Exchange Students Coming To
Tampa Bay
Frank, I didn’t hear
this info and am trying to get it. We can always say the following:
President Markus
announced that a group of French foreign exchange students are coming to
our area and need housing later this month. They’re eager to learn about
Tampa Bay and Kiwanis, so if you and your family would enjoy the
cultural exchange and can extend your hospitality to one or more
students, please speak with Markus to get the dates and particulars.
TODAY’S QUIZ:
1.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
2.
Which state is “The Wolverine State?”
3.
Which legendary architect designed Fallingwater, the home in
Pennsylvania which has been called “the most famous residence ever
built?” A. Buckminster Fuller
B. Frank Lloyd Wright C. I. M. Pei D.
Maya Lin
4.
Which of the following is the correct spelling for a word that
means the eighth power of a number? A. Zenzizenzezenzic B.
Zenzizenzizenzic
C. Zenzezenzezenzic D. Zenzizenzizenzec
LAST WEEK’S
QUIZ:
1.
Bill Gramatica
holds the record for the longest field goal in school history at 63
yards.
2.
The first U.S. president to be a Rhodes Scholar was Bill
Clinton.
3.
The Grand Tetons are in Wyoming, typically considered part
of Jackson Hole.
4.
A Proscenium theater is a theater space whose
primary feature is a large archway (the proscenium arch) at or
near the front of the stage, through which the audience views the
play. The audience directly faces the stage, which is typically raised
several feet above front row audience level. In general practice, a
theater space is referred to as a "proscenium" any time the audience
directly faces the stage, with no audience on any other side.
Bonus Question:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quoted Shirley MacLaine, a close
friend of Bruce Kucinich, as saying that Kucinich had had a
pleasant experience during a UFO sighting in Washington State.
PRAYER OF THE DAY (Prayer For The
Human Family As We Reflect On Freedom And Liberty For All)
Mother
and Father of the world,
we pray for the whole human family.
Many nations are torn by war.
Grant them peace
and healing of their divisions.
Many communities are filled with crime.
Grant them deliverance from fear
and the hope of renewal.
Many families are divided by hate.
Grant them unity
and the blessing of love.
Many children are abandoned and afraid.
Grant them someone who loves them
and the promise of a future.
Amen.
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