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July 7, 2009
Today’s
Program Early Steps
Dr. Louise Boothby-LLorente
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Dr. Boothby-LLorente is a
special education consultant with a sub-specialty in
developmental/early intervention with 30 years experience
observing and evaluating children in their early learning
environments. A former K-6th grade special education
teacher, Dr. Boothby completed her Ph.D. in 1989 at The Florida
State University and began working at The Creative Pre-School,
an NAEYC accredited, nationally recognized model inclusion
program in Tallahassee, Florida. She was involved (1983-2003)
with their early childhood consulting/training efforts through
The Creative Center for Childhood Research and Training, Inc. (CCCRT)
co-located with The Creative Pre-School.
During the fall of 2000, she
and research colleagues received a 3-year directed project in
collaboration with the Special Education Department at FSU to
continue studies on developmentally appropriate instructional
early interventions and outcomes for children with and without
disabilities. In 2002, CCCRT received a grant sponsored by The
School Readiness Quality Initiative located at The Florida
Children’s Forum in cooperation with The Florida Partnership for
School Readiness to conduct Statewide training. The 30-hour
training institutes were to improve the quality of early
childhood environments using The Creative Pre-School Model
Program Curriculum, Beyond Centers and Circle Time:
Scaffolding and Assessing the Play of Young Children, an
integrated conceptualization of play and its importance in the
lives of young children as we prepare them for familiarity with
print, literacy, and success in school by evaluating their play
products such as blocks, art products, emergent writing,
cutting, and bead stringing.
Past
appointments include The University of South Florida, College of
Education, Department of Special Education where she taught
early childhood development classes and conducted early
intervention research (1991-1999); a clinical appointment was
held for 6 years (1993-1999) with the College of Medicine,
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Development and
Neurology where she evaluated children at pediatric
developmental clinics and practiced play-oriented,
strengths-based assessments for infants, toddlers, and their
families.
She maintained a private
practice (1989-2005) to observe children in their naturalistic
settings at home and school as well as in community childcare
centers, setting up quality learning environments to support
their development. She consulted with parents and adults who
work with young children about the relationships of play to
academic success.
Dr. Boothby-LLorente currently
lives in Sarasota and is the Director of West Central Early
Steps based at All Children’s Hospital serving Pinellas, Pasco,
Hernando, and Citrus counties. |
What’s
Happening
New
Member
Melissa Hong, sponsored by Doug Lampe, has turned in her membership
application. Congratulations, Melissa.
Nashville Cats
International Committee Report by Markus Mittermayr
Delegates to the 94th annual Kiwanis International Convention
in Nashville, Tennessee, voted the following on the proposed amendments:
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Amendment No. 1 – Club fund used to pay insurance
premiums – passed
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Amendment No. 2 – Freezing tiered dues levels in
qualifying countries – passed
·
Amendment No. 3 – Common billing date of October 1 for
all clubs – passed
·
Amendment No. 4 – Eliminate the magazine exemption for
spouses – failed
Elections:
Paul Palazzolo – President
Syl
Neal – President Elect
Alan Penn – Vice President (an Ohio School Administrator and missionary
in Honduras
Trustees:
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Pam Fleming – Department Director Helen Keller Hospital –
Alabama
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Mark Garman – College Admissions – Kentucky
·
Jerry Peuler – County Treasurer – Maryland
Along with Markus, Charles Stuart, Bob Piplitz, and Biff Baker
attended.
Doorways Scholarships
Bob
Byelick read a heartfelt letter from a student at Boca Ciega High
School. With our latest accounting showing over $37,000.00 raised, we
support the Doorways Program with 125 scholarships, up by thirteen from
last year.
Last
Week at Kiwanis
Kiwanian of the Day, Charles Stuart, introduced the head football coach
of USF, Jim Leavitt, visiting us yet again.
Coach Leavitt is considered a local icon as he ushered in big time
college football to USF. Now in his fourteenth year, Leavitt has seen
the program grow from playing 1 AA schools like New Hampshire and
Western Kentucky to scheduling powerhouse programs like Miami, Oklahoma,
West Virginia, and Louisville. This year they make a trip up U.S. 19 to
a skirmish in Tallahassee, and next year to wrestle the Gators in The
Swamp.
Additionally, Coach Leavitt has seen the program grow from his field
office in a trailer and a minimal fan base to state of the art practice
facilities and sold out games at R Jay.
With four bowl games under his belt, Coach Leavitt realizes expectations
are high from the growing alumni base and notice by the local press as
they are now featured on front page sports with the Bucs, Gators, and
Noles.
Mentioning to us that USF has lost 24 players from last year’s team, the
emphasis is to stay the course and integrate a new offensive and
defensive coordinator into the mix. With recruiting on the upswing, he
is proud that he can convince players to play at USF rather than other
state or regional schools.
With senior Matt Groethe at the controls, he expects the spread offense
to run smoothly as he has found new wide out speed. To Leavitt, a big
questions mark is the offensive line as he lost three starters to the
NFL.
Coach Leavitt’s philosophy is summed up in four words: Discipline,
Urgency, Focus, Intensity. Words to live by, according to Leavitt, on
and off the field, as he has little patience for players who run afoul
of the law. He expects his players to uphold the image of USF and
support one another – eschewing guns, drugs, alcohol, and abuse of
women. Leavitt is most proud of his players in adversity – they do not
fold or quit.
Coach Leavitt, you bring credit to a fine university, and we appreciate
your support to our Kiwanis Club. Best of luck for the 2009 season.
Guests
and Visitors
We
had 54 members and 21 guests attending.
Paige Grady, guest of Frank Ranieri; Ray and Valerie Hoeneisn, previous
members and now members in Pinellas Park; Alexandra Feinberg, guest of
Ron Holehouse; Marvin Gay, member in New Orleans; Bob Riley, guest of
Bret Jahn Andrew Dunton, guest of Lou Averbeck; Tom Taggart, guest of Al
Karnavicius Jack Cartier, guest of Ron Braun; Nancy Meyer, guest of Bob
Byelick Jen Kennedy, guest of Bob Byelick; Jeremy Koch, guest of Dick
Koch Steve Christie, guest of Mike Humlicek; Harry Fogle, guest of Doug
Lampe Melissa Hongo, guest of Doug Lampe; Scott Oliver, guest of David
Oliver Bill Allard, guest of Doug Lampe and member in Pinellas Park;
Suzi Fischer, guest of Bob Byelick; Jake Holehouse, guest and son of Ron
Holehouse Tom McGrady, guest of Mark Shames
Today’s Quiz
1.
Antarctica
is governed by which countries?
2.
Name the 5
National Parks in Utah.
3.
What is
the nickname of the University of Utah?
4.
Which
President ushered in the interstate highway system?
5.
Which
musical album is the all time best seller?
Last Week’s Quiz
1.
There are
28 ingredients in a Twinkie. Continental Foods admitted on a 2006
episode of television's
How It's Made
that Twinkies are, in fact, baked, ending years of speculation. The
Washington Post
reported on
April 13,
2005
that "the cakes are baked for 10 minutes, and then the cream filling is
injected through three holes in the top, which is browned from baking.
The cake is flipped before packaging, so the rounded yellow bottom
becomes the top." Hostess was the implied source of this information
2.
Of course,
Utah has over 1,200,000 Mormons; following at second is Idaho
with 260,000+ Mormons.
3.
Uranium
(U) (atomic number 92) is the naturally occurring element with the
highest atomic weight. The most dense element is osmium (Os), which a
density of 22.61 grams per cm3 (which is 22.61 times more
dense than water!) That's almost twice the density of lead! So it all
depends on what you are looking for in weight.
4.
First
conceived by Ford product manager Donald N. Frey and championed
by Ford Division general manager Lee Iacocca, the Mustang
prototype was a two-seat, mid-engine roadster. This would later be
remodeled as a four-seat car penned by David Ash and John Oros in Ford's
Lincoln–Mercury Division design studios, which produced the winning
design in an intramural design contest called by
Iacocca.
5.
Route 66
starts in Chicago and ends in Los Angeles. |
