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January 20th, 2009
Today’s Program News and Views from St. Petersburg Times Columnist Bill
Maxwell
Bill
Maxwell first joined the Times in 1994 as an editorial writer. He
also wrote a twice-weekly column. In 2004, he left to teach journalism
and establish a program at Stillman College in Alabama, but he returned
to the board in August 2006.
A native
of Ft. Lauderdale, Maxwell was reared in a migrant farming family. After
a short time in college and the U.S. Marine Corps, he returned to
school. During his college years, he worked as an urban organizer for
the Southern Christian Leadership conference and wrote for several civil
rights publications. He first began teaching college English in 1973 at
Kennedy-King College in Chicago and continued to teach for 18 years.
Before joining the Times, Maxwell spent six years writing a
weekly column for the Gainesville Sun and the New York Times
syndicate. Before that, Maxwell was an investigative reporter for the
Fort Pierce Tribune in Fort Pierce, where he focused on labor and
migrant farm worker affairs.
What’s Happening
USF Career Fair
New
member Terry Dowling announced to us the USF St. Petersburg 2009 Career
Fair.
This
event will be held at USF St. Petersburg on Thursday, January 29, 2009
from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Campus Activities Center (CAC) on
campus.
The
Spring 2009 Career Fair is an opportunity to identify quality
degree-seeking applicants for internships, co-ops, and permanent
openings, to market your organization to students and the campus
community, and to provide occupational information. USF St. Petersburg
is a separately accredited, fiscally autonomous institution of the
University of South Florida. More than 5,600 students are enrolled in
38 undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the college of
Arts & Sciences, Business and Education.
We are
inviting employers from the private, government, and not-for-profit
sectors to attend this event. We will provide employer representatives
with a table to display information concerning your company and the
specific positions that you are seeking to fill. Lunch for up to two
company representatives and one parking pass will be provided.
If you
are interested in attending this event please contact:
Katie
Ramsberger
727 873-4182
kramsber@spadmin.usf.edu
Kiwanis Shirts
Kiwanis
shirts are for sale for $33. Bob Piplitz bought one today, and we all
know he is on the cutting edge of fashion. Just ask him! So don’t be
left out.
Gulf Beaches Kiwanis Meeting
Last
night Biff Baker and Markus Mittermayr attended Gulf Beaches Kiwanis
Meeting last night. The Florida Kiwanis Foundation President made a
presentation. Markus was inspired to work on making Project Save a Smile
a Division project and hopes to get a grant through the Foundation to
assist in the cost of the project. Good job, Markus!
Kiwanis Zone Conference
Don’t
forget the Kiwanis Zone Conference 8-12:30 p.m. at Eckerd College
Saturday, January 31, 2009. Charles Stuart encouraged any Board members
or officers available to plan to attend this very informative event.
Doorways Scholarships
Bob
Byelick gave us an update on the Doorways scholarships. Kiwanis has
provided 114 kids with scholarships over the last four years, 39 of them
in 2008.
Bob
shared a few letters of thanks from the kids:
Zachary 9th
grade – Thanks for the opportunity of a lifetime I never would have had.
Keith 7th
grade – Thanks – My goals are to get good grades and stay out of
trouble.
Courtney
9th grade – I got all A’s and B’s in math. I am in the
marching band and hope to continue the study of music in college. Thank
you from the bottom of my heart.
Ty 8th
grade – Thanks from a Computer Geek, I would never have had the
opportunity to study technology without this scholarship.
Courtney
9th grade – She would like to be a teacher of mentally
challenged kids, her mother is a teacher. She would not have had the
opportunity to pursue her dream without this scholarship.
Megan 8th
grade – Thanks for the opportunity of a lifetime. I would like to study
to be an obstetrician.
Adrian 7th
grade – He currently plays football and hopes to continue to play in
college and to play for the NFL one day. He dreams of becoming the next
Randy Moss but is also thinking of a back-up plan.
Justin 8th
grade – As an honor society student, he hopes to study engineering. This
scholarship will help him make his dreams a reality.
Jessica 9th
grade – She likes to read, write, dance, and sing. She would like to
study to be a child psychologist.
Elaine 8th
grade – This scholarship will help her to achieve her goal of becoming a
veterinarian to help animals.
The Fischer-Carr Scholarship Committee
Bob
Byelick has updated the club on the Fischer-Carr Scholarship Committee.
Our last
meeting was on 10/29/08. We reviewed the Birthday Bash. Attendance was
over 120. Net was $28,925. Letters were going out to sponsors, donors,
and attendees. We agreed to meet at the same place, the St. Petersburg
Country Club, and date – the Saturday before Father’s Day. We discussed
the expansion of sponsorships. We’ll need a sub-committee to work on
this. Subsequently, we learned that St. Petersburg Country Club has a
wedding on June 13th so we have reserved June 6th
as the date of the Bash.
By
unanimous agreement, the committee renamed the scholarship as The Jim
Fischer-Skip Carr Scholarship Fund as proposed by Suzi and Kris Fischer.
The Kiwanis Board has subsequently approved this.
The golf
event by Englander and Fischer resulted in $30,430! Sponsoring two
students through Pinellas Education Foundation and 37 Mayor’s Mentors
and More Doorways Program gives us 113 total. We will await word from
Englander and Fischer on the 2009 Golf Event.
2009 is
here and we need to move forward with a bigger year. Linda and Kevin
Carr have been added to our Committee. We look forward to their input
and ideas on improving our ability to make a difference in memory of Jim
and Skip.
Our next
meeting will be Wednesday, January 28th at 5:15 p.m. at
Englander and Fischer – 721 1st Avenue North. Golf, Bash,
Sponsors, Mentoring, and other ideas will be on the agenda. Please mark
your calendars.
Last Week at Kiwanis
Despite
being bit by a no-show from the SPCA, the meeting did not go to the
dogs. Fine Master John Biesigner, (Where have you been?) made up for his
hiatus and shook us down for a whopping $320 in fines. Thank you, John,
I think. Come back and see us sometime, albeit not in a Brinks truck.
UF / NCAA Championship Football Donation
Louis Murphy stepped in with an ad hoc program to update us about his
son; wide receiver for the Gators, Louis Jr. Louis donated a football
for auction signed by several Gator players in Miami at the BCS
Championship Game. Paul Renker “won” the football with a winning bid of
$700. Thanks, Louis & Paul, for your generosity. Louis also thanked the
club for including the Murphy family in their prayers. LJ is recovering
from a small tear in his meniscus. Louis is looking forward to the NFL
draft to see which team will be so lucky to draft LJ and to usher in
Louis’s retirement.
Today’s Quiz
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Which
President died only six (6) weeks after his inauguration? Who
succeeded him?
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Which
President was the first to have his inauguration televised?
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Which
President was the first to ride in a car at the inauguration?
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Who
had the shortest inauguration speech? Who had the longest?
Last Week’s Quiz
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Some
of the Tarzan movies were filmed in Ocala, Silver Springs Park.
Johnny Weissmuller was the actor who played Tarzan while filming in
Florida.
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The
Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean is the deepest point of
the oceans in the world. It is believed to approximately 36,160 feet
deep.
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Two
weeks ago, the three planets, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter could be
seen at once in the southwestern sky.
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Orange trees originated in India. Brazil is the country that
produces the most oranges.
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