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November 10, 2009
Today’s Speaker Stacie Blake from Community Tampa Bay
Stacie Blake joined Community Tampa Bay as Executive Director in April, 2008. The agency mission is to promote dialogue and respect among all cultures, religions and races and envisions a community free from discrimination. Working with a variety of partners: schools, youth serving agencies, faith communities, corporations and individuals the agency promotes inclusion by addressing the challenging issues of prejudice, privilege, bias, bigotry, racism, homophobia, sexism, ageism, xenophobia, disabilities and host of other topics.
Born and raised in Ohio, Stacie attended college at the University of Vermont. She holds two degrees from UVM, a bachelors in Political Science and a master’s in Public Administration. While at UVM she was a founding member of the Presidents Commission on the Status of Women. She has served in the non-profit sector for her entire career, working with battered women and their children, survivors of crime, refugees, immigrants, and survivors of political torture.
While in Vermont she was appointed to the Governors Workforce Council on Equity and Diversity by both Governor Howard Dean and Governor Jim Douglas. When leaving the program for Florida she was recognized by the Vermont Legislature with a Joint Resolution of Appreciation for her work with refugees and immigrants across the state.
She previously served as an elected member of the Huntington School Board and as a representative on the Executive Board of the Mount Mansfield Union School District. She received the Marshall Dimock Alumni Award for Excellence in Public Service from the Public Administration Program at the University of Vermont. She is an Associate of the Snelling Center for Government-Vermont Leadership Institute and a graduate of the Non-Profit CEO Advanced Leadership Program of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. Currently she is an officer of the Tampa/Hillsborough Human Rights Council and a member of the Project PRO$PER Loan Committee, a Pinellas program to support newly arrived working immigrants with financial education, loans and matched savings.
What’s Happening
Special Guest
Mayor Rick Baker visited us to thank our club for our contributions of time and money to the Doorways Scholarship Program
A One, and a Two, and a Three
Tis the season for the not always annual Kiwanis Holiday Progressive Dinner. Mark the calendar for December 19th and watch for details in later bulletins.
Project Save-A-Smile
Kiwanian Dr. Ron O’Neal is sponsoring Project Save-A-Smile for the fifth year. On Saturday, November 14, at Dr. Ron’s office at 7401 Dr. MLK, Jr. St., N at 8:15 a.m. work will begin on children up to the age of 16. Time is getting short so please contact Kathy Condon to volunteer for this most rewarding experience. You will enjoy being a part of this event. And, thanks Ron, for helping young children in need.
Christmas Trees
Support our fellow Kiwanis Club, Sunshine City, who is partnering with Palm Lake Christian Church, by purchasing a Christmas tree from their lot. We will begin selling the trees the Friday after Thanksgiving and the church which is located at 5401 22nd Street N, St. Petersburg.
Grandfather Letter
Enclosed is the check for the grandfather match. I don’t know if you need this or not, but my new granddaughters’ name is Madison Grace Merrill. Her parents are Mr. & Mrs. Lee Merrill.
Call me if you need anything else. By the way is this a record? Sure as heck seems like it. All my crap is coming back to haunt me.
Click Slocumb
From Kathy Condon: Yes, Click, it is a record. What goes around comes around. Golly, we may even need to hold the granddaughter’s check until we are sure her grandpa’s check clears.
Last Week at Kiwanis
Lt. Governor Markus Mittermayr presided over the Division 13 Council Meeting with many visiting Kiwanians present. Thanks, Markus for keeping us up to date with Division 13 news. To learn more about Division 13, go to www.kiwanis13.com.
Rather than bore you with details about the meeting, please entertain yourself with the Philosophy of Ambiguity.
The Philosophy of Ambiguity
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY, AS WELL AS THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF ENGLISH:
1. DON'T SWEAT THE PETTY THINGS AND DON'T PET THE SWEATY THINGS.
2. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA, FLOOR.
3. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.
4. IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?
5. THE MAIN REASON THAT SANTA IS SO JOLLY IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BAD GIRLS LIVE.
6. I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, "WHERE'S THE SELF-HELP SECTION?" SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.
7. WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?
8. IF A DEAF CHILD SIGNS SWEAR WORDS, DOES HIS MOTHER WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP?
9. IF SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THREATENS TO KILL HIMSELF, IS IT CONSIDERED A HOSTAGE SITUATION?
10. IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?
11. WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO "GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?"
12. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?
13. IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?
14. WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?
15. WHY DO THEY LOCK PETROL STATION BATHROOMS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL CLEAN THEM?
16. IF A TURTLE DOESN'T HAVE A SHELL, IS HE HOMELESS OR NAKED?
17. CAN VEGETARIANS EAT ANIMAL CRACKERS?
18. IF THE POLICE ARREST A MIME, DO THEY TELL HIM HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?
19. WHY DO THEY PUT BRAILLE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK MACHINES?
20. HOW DO THEY GET DEER TO CROSS THE ROAD ONLY AT THOSE YELLOW ROAD SIGNS?
21. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?
22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
23. DOES THE LITTLE MERMAID WEAR AN ALGEBRA?
24. DO INFANTS ENJOY INFANCY AS MUCH AS ADULTS ENJOY ADULTERY?
25. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?
26. IF ONE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER DROWNS, DO THE REST DROWN TOO?
27. IF YOU ATE BOTH PASTA AND ANTIPASTO, WOULD YOU STILL BE HUNGRY?
28. IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHICH HAVE YOU DONE?
29. WHOSE CRUEL IDEA WAS IT FOR THE WORD 'LISP' TO HAVE 'S' IN IT?
30. WHY ARE HEMORRHOIDS CALLED "HEMORRHOIDS" INSTEAD OF "ASSTEROIDS"?
31. WHY IS IT CALLED TOURIST SEASON IF WE CAN'T SHOOT AT THEM?
32. WHY IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON SOUR CREAM?
33. IF YOU SPIN AN ORIENTAL PERSON IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES, DO THEY
BECOME DISORIENTED?
34. CAN AN ATHEIST GET INSURANCE AGAINST ACTS OF GOD?
Attendance Last Week
We had 51 members and 24 guests.
Mike Barnard, guest of Jerry Little
Larry Bragg, guest of Tom Nelson
Frank Ji., guest of Markus Mittermayr
Mark Rankin, guest of Nick Gizzarelli
This Week’s Quiz
- What is the name of the first Submarine to cruise under the polar ice cap?
- The Orange Blossom Cafeteria opened for business in what year? And where was their location?
- What State were license plates first required for automobiles?
- How many McDonald’s are located in France?
Less than 100
More than 200
More than 500
More than 1,000
- Name the countries of South America.
Last Week’s Quiz
- The Boston Red Sox have remained the longest in one location at Fenway Park since 1912. The Philadelphia Phillies (the franchise dates back to 1883, the name "Phillies" to 1890) are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports.
- The 1903 World Series, the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball, matched the Boston American League club against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four.
- Radio station WJZ in Newark, New Jersey was the first to broadcast the World Series in 1921. Thomas Cowan recreated the games between the New York Yankees and New York Giants from reports that were phoned in from the Polo Grounds. Paul Olden (former radio announcer for the Rays) is the stadium announcer for the Yankees. The 1947 World Series was the first to be televised.
- The current Major League teams that have never been to a World Series are the Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers.
- The New York Yankees of the American League have played in 40 of the 105 Series through 2009 and have won 27 World Series championships, the most of any Major League franchise. The St. Louis Cardinals have represented the National League 17 times and have won 10 championships, which is the second most of any Major League Team.
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