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November 4, 2008
Today's Speaker: Tim Baker
Downtown Neighborhood Association
Tim Baker was
born in Buffalo, New York, in 1948, and has lived in St. Petersburg
since 1986, for 12 years in the Historic Old Northeast, and for the last
ten years Downtown.
He graduated
with a BS in mathematics from Clarkson University in northern New York,
and after college got into journalism. He worked as a reporter and
editor at newspapers in Buffalo and Chicago before coming to Florida,
where he moved when his wife, Judy Stark, got a good job offer from the
St. Petersburg Times. She recently retired from her job there as Home
and Garden editor. While in St. Petersburg, he did some freelance
writing, and for the past few years he has worked at “Tastings”, a wine
bar downtown. Wine is a long-time hobby of his, and he can walk to work,
so this suits him just fine.
He has been
active in neighborhood association work since the early 1990s. During
the 90s he served on the board of the Historic Old Northeast
Neighborhood Association (then known as the North Shore NA), and was the
president in 1995. For a number of years he edited and produced the NSNA
newsletter, and also started the first web site for a neighborhood
association in St. Petersburg.
After moving the
few blocks from the Old Northeast to Downtown in 1998, he joined a group
of half a dozen people who wanted to form a neighborhood association for
Downtown. The result was the North Downtown NA, which a couple of years
ago merged with the University Park NA to form the current Downtown NA.
He has served as president of the association for seven years, through
2007. He has edited and produced the newsletter for the downtown
association since its inception. He continues to sit on the board of
directors and to produce the newsletter.
What’s Happening:
Kiwanis District Governor David
Liddell is welcomed by Districts 12, 13, and 14. Let’s shower
Governor Dave with all the “Hats and Hugs” we can give. Please bring as
many hats and stuffed bears as we can carry so we can present to Dave
that evening.
Where:
Feather Sound Country Club
2201 Feather Sound Drive
Clearwater, FL 33762
When:
November 21, 2008
President’s Council Meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Cocktail/Social Hour from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Program/Dinner begins at 7:00 p.m.
Cost:
$37.00 per person, which includes salad, rolls, butter, entrée, coffee,
tea and dessert. Choice of Entrée of Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Foccacia
Red Snapper (Vegetarian Meals are available, if reserved by November 13,
2008). Make checks payable to Division 13 Kiwanis.
RSVP to your
Lt. Governor Division 13 Lt. Governor Judy Nicholson (caringjudith@aol.com)
by November 13, 2008.
Save a Smile Day:
Member Dr. Ron O’Neal is
hosting the 4th annual Save a Smile Day at his office at 7401
Dr. MLK Jr. Street North, St. Petersburg, Saturday, November 15. Please
call Ron to volunteer for this notable event. Cindy Mulligan has asked
for 20-30 Kiwanians to volunteer. Watch for the signup sheet at future
meetings.
Happy Birthday:
Happy Birthday to Russell
Lampe who turned 85 years young on Halloween. Do you suppose he went
Trick or Treating to celebrate??
Last Week at Kiwanis:
Kiwanian of
the Day, Bob Byelick, introduced Reid Sigmon, chairman of the Super Bowl
Task Force for the 2009 Super Bowl XLIII, for those of you challenged by
Roman Numerals, that is Super Bowl 43 in Tampa on February 1. This is
the fourth time that Tampa will host the Super Bowl.
This year’s
game, televised by NBC, shall showcase the Tampa Bay area on epic scale.
It is expected that 148 million in the United States will watch the game
as well as 800 million worldwide. The telecast, in 30 languages in 230
countries, reaches the world unlike any other American event. Over
100,000 visitors will visit our area during Super Bowl week including
3,500 members of the media. To move spectators around, over 1,200 buses
and 1,000 limos will be in motion. To house all the visitors, the NFL
has reserved 19,000 hotel rooms in the Tampa Bay area with more rooms to
be reserved when the NFC and AFC crown their respective champions as
over one-third of those team’s fans will attend.
Not to be
overlooked, our side of the bay will share in the festivities. St. Pete
Beach will entertain visitors with a celebrity flag football game and
Tropicana Field features The Taste of The NFL, now in its 17th
year. Fortunately, the Gasparilla festivities have moved this years date
from the Super Bowl weekend.
The Super
Bowl Host Committee is a non-profit organization funded by local
government tourist tax dollars and by the private sector. The committee
has a eight million dollar budget which pays a staff of fifteen (15) and
answers to a board of directors (Jeff Adams, partner of Bob Byelick and
David Abbey, is a board member). Presently the committee has signed
6,400 volunteers to help in all kinds of matters. Their pay: a golf
shirt, hat, and jacket. So you want a ticket? Dig deep, for this year’s
tickets cost between $500.00 - $1,000.00. Only a handful is available to
Bucs season ticket holders. Many tickets go to national sponsors and
advertisers. Each NFL team receives an allotment, too.
But the NFL
gives back to the host community, as well. Programs during the Super
Bowl Week for children include Super Learning and Exercise For Kids. The
lucky child in a drawing picks up the tee after the opening kickoff.
Furthermore, the NFL helps environmentally by promoting alternative
energy sources and planting plants in the community.
On Game
Day, 10,000 people will work in the stadium, an expanded stadium by
6,500 seats. The pre-game and post game shows by NBC will have their
announcers located at the “Ship”. Bruce Springsteen will sing “The Star
Spangled Banner” and be the featured halftime performer.
Now that
the World Series is over, our area is lucky indeed to be in the national
spotlight again in less than 90 days. Start your Super Bowl Party plans
now!!!
Guests:
Sharon Ranieri – guest of
Frank Ranieri
Chip Jones – guest of Mark
Shames
Paul Ullmark – guest of Harry
Eisnaugle
Damian Gerke – guest of J. C.
Russell
Don Cox – guest of Rickard
Hoskins
Brian Reed – guest of Dan
Stone
Today’s Quiz
1.
When was the Electoral
College instituted?
2.
In which Presidential election were
women allowed to vote? And when were Blacks allowed to vote?
3.
When was the last time a U.S. Senator
was voted in as President?
4.
Name the Presidents who lost their bid
for a second full term in the twentieth century?
Last Week's Quiz
- The Philadelphia
Phillies last went to the World Series in 1993.
- Harrisburg
is the capital of Pennsylvania.
- The Big Five
Schools (collegiate) in Philadelphia are: University of
Pennsylvania, Temple University, Saint Joseph’s University,
Villanova University and LaSalle University. Drexel University is
not one of the Big Five although they have NCAA 1 division
basketball.
- From 1790
until October of 1800 Philadelphia was the nation’s capital.
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