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September 1, 2009
Today’s
Program Tampa Bay Lightning Bobby “The Chief” Taylor
Television analyst Bobby Taylor returns for his 15th year with the
Lightning broadcast team. "The Chief" is in his 32nd season as an NHL
analyst, having joined the Lightning following 17 years as a color
analyst for the Philadelphia Flyers starting in 1976. While in
Philadelphia, Taylor held the analyst position in both television and
radio. In addition, Taylor has worked the 1995, 1997, 1998, and 1999
Stanley Cup Playoffs on ESPN2.
A native of Calgary, Alberta, Taylor played five NHL seasons as a
goaltender with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and helped the Flyers to the
1974 and 1975 Stanley Cup Championships. Additionally, Taylor possesses
a degree in marketing, having graduated from Seattle University in 1973.
Bobby has three children, Erin, and twins Casey and Shana. They reside
in Tampa.
The Tampa Bay Lightning regular season starts on October 6. Their first
home game will be on October 8 when they take on the New Jersey Devils.
What’s
Happening
America’s Most Wanted
Yes,
that means you. Al Karnavicius is after all members to give him updated
bio information for the directory along with a picture a little more
recent than your high school yearbook.
Super Nova
Your
incoming President, Bob Piplitz, says to watch for the invitations to
the Installation Banquet on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 6 p.m. at Nova
535 located at 535 Martin Luther King, Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg.
Marry Go Round
Harry
Eisnaugle and wife Peggy celebrated their 53rd wedding
anniversary on August 26. As a result, Harry donated $53.00 to the Al
Muter Fund as a Happy Fine.
Books-A-Million
Please
give Jane Baldwin new children’s books for Happy Worker’s. And make a
kid feel like a million bucks.
Shorecrest
Key Club
Cyndi
Mulligan reports that Shorecrest's chapter of Key Club successfully
recruited nearly 65 new members during its annual Club & Service Sign-Up
Day on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Most of the new members are from the incoming
freshmen class, and they join a group of very enthusiastic returning
members and a dedicated and experienced leadership team. The club is
sponsored by Shorecrest Service Learning Director Su Warna Stevens and
mentored by Kiwanian and Shorecrest parent Jerry Little. The members are
looking forward to another year of working side by side with Kiwanians
at upcoming service projects.
Last Week
at Kiwanis
This
week’s Kiwanian of the Day, Worth Blackwell, introduced his wife, Betsy,
Non Public Schools Coordinator for the Pinellas County Title I Family
Resource Center.
Betsy’s
associates, Sue Casto, the Non Public School’s Staff Developer, and Mary
Conage, the Director of Title I, also spoke to us.
The
Title I Family Resource Center is located at 2499 25th Street
South, St. Petersburg. The facility is open from August 1 – June 30th.
The mission statement of Title I is as follows:
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The
mission of the Title I Family Resource Center is to promote family
involvement and a love for learning by providing support and relevant
resources for parents and caregivers, school staff and other members of
the community.
What is
Title I? Title I is a federally funded program available to select
schools, based on the percentage of students eligible for free and
reduced lunch. Title I funds are supplemental to district funds given to
schools and are to be used to increase student achievement.
Pinellas County’s Title I program serves all students and families in
eligible public and non public elementary schools through school wide
programs that provide additional instructional staff and other
resources. Currently, 53 schools in Pinellas County are in the Title I
program serving children Pre-K through Fifth grade.
Any
child in Title I schools can use the programs offered if they do not
meet the standards for reading and writing. Once enrolled, each child,
parent, and their teacher signs a contract that says the parent agrees
to read to the child and the child agrees to focus to improve their
reading and writing skills.
Mary
acknowledged that Title I is looking to expand to more schools and
increase their hours of operation. Title I is part of the Pinellas
County School System.
Mary,
Betsy, and Sue, this is a tough job, but somebody should and has to do
it, so it is a good thing you are involved.
Guests and
Visitors
We
had 55 members and 4 guests attending including Kathleen Ford, guest and
wife of Harvey Ford.
Today’s Quiz
1.
When was the of the Tampa Bay
Lightning’s first season? Where was their home Arena that season?
2.
When was the Lightning’s first
year in the NHL playoffs? Who did they play?
3.
What is the name of the current
arena for the Lightning? When was the first home game played there?
4.
What year did the Lightning win
the Stanley Cup?
5.
Who was the first President and
General Manager of the Club?
Last
Week’s Quiz
1.
Until late in the 1940s, hurricanes were not officially named
(hurricane forecasting was then in its infancy). Only the most severe
hurricanes were given names, and they were often named for the place
they did the most damage (such as the Galveston Hurricane of 1900) or
the time they hit (such as the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935).
The first US named hurricane (unofficially named) was George, which hit
in 1947. The next one given a name was Hurricane Bess (named for
the First Lady of the USA, Bess Truman, in 1949).
2.
In
the context of the
American Civil War, the term border states refers to the
five
slave states of
Delaware,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Missouri, and
West Virginia, which bordered a
free state and were aligned with the
Union. All but Delaware share borders with states that joined the
Confederacy. In Kentucky and Missouri, there were both
pro-Confederate and pro-Union government factions. West Virginia was
formed in 1863 from those northwestern counties of
Virginia which had
seceded from Virginia, after Virginia had declared its secession
from the Union. Though every slave state (except
South Carolina) contributed some troops to the Confederate as well
as the Union side, the split was most severe in these Border States,
with men from the same family often fighting on opposite sides.
3.
Quentin
Tarantino
directed the movie Pulp Fiction. Some of the marquee actors that starred
in the film were: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson,
Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, and Rosanna Arquette.
4.
Countries
bordering Costa Rica are Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the
east and south. The capital of Costa Rica is San Jose.
5.
In 1902,
the Tournament of Roses® Association decided to enhance the day's
festivities by adding a football game. Stanford University accepted
the invitation to take on the powerhouse University of Michigan, but
the west coast team was flattened 49-0 and gave up in the third quarter.
The lopsided score prompted the Tournament to give up football in favor
of Roman-style chariot races. They played in Tournament Park. In
1916, football returned to stay and the crowds soon outgrew the
stands in Tournament Park.
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