January 31, 2005 - Vol. 16, No. 18
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Attendance
21
Invocation
Joe Adrignola
Senior Members
Peter Karagianis, Paul Normandin
RIF
Chair Joe Adrignola reports that the books the Santa Fund gave
us have been sorted and dispersed to the appropriate school grades.
The sign-up sheet for the next round of Reading Is FUNdamental
visits made the rounds. Pleasant Street School, Monday, February
14, 1:45p-2:45p: Don Nelson, Kathy Calvin, Warren Mitchell, Jane
Thibault, ___________, ___________. Elm Street School, Wednesday,
February 16, 1:45p-2:45p: Don Nelson, Kathy Calvin, Joe Collie,
Jane Thibault, Warren Mitchell, ___________. Woodland Heights
School, Wednesday, March 2, 9:15a-10:30a: Joe Adrignola, Don
Nelson, Larry Murphy, John Stow, Kathy Calvin, Warren Mitchell.
For the Banner
Pres. Paul Cotton advises we received two banner patches for
supporting the Revolutions tickets fundraiser and the Saddlebag
Commission.
Win a Classic!
Pres. Paul Cotton noted the participation of the crew at Rockingham
Race Track, Salem, last weekend: Paul Cotton, Phil Bonafide,
Warren Mitchell, Don and Sue Nelson, Roger and Pam Landry, Larry
and Rosemary Murphy. For various considerations, we will not
be attending the bike expo at the World Trade Center, Boston,
Massachusetts, next weekend.
Getting Better All the
Time
Jane Thibault reports that Sr. Member Bob Turner is doing well
and back at home at 7 Kinsman Dr., Taylor Community.
How 'Bout Those Celtics?
Past Pres. Larry Murphy says he has the opportunity to get discounted
tickets to Boston Celtics games.
Fines
Sgt.@Arms Roger Landry found Dianne Roberts and Chet Cilley pinless.
50/50
Russ Beane, $17
Happy Dollars
Russ Beane had $5 for winning the above; Jim Fortier had one
for his new granddaughter Jordyn.
Fines
Sgt.@Arms Roger Landry found John Stow pinless and Chet Cilley
pinless and late.
Guest Speaker
This writer introduced Program Director Edward Orlowski, Child
and Family Services, to the club. The organization administers
Camp Spaulding overlooking the Contoocook River in Penacook and
is dedicated to providing the camp experience to low and moderate
income families. The costs are adjusted for each family's income.
This cost is $50 minimum and $76 average which is only part of
the actual $600 which musts be subsidized. Campers range in age
from 8-14 with older ones becoming Counselors. Ed (a member of
Concord Kiwanis) showed a 5-min. video with testimonials from
some of the campers. For more information go to cfsnh.org.
Pres. Paul Cotton and Program Director Ed Orlowski, Child and Family Services
Photo by W.S. Loughlin
So You Think You Know Everything
submitted by Sr.
Member Ed Chertok
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in
each ear. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. A dragonfly
has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of
three seconds. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time
for 1/100th of a second. A shark is the only fish that can blink
with both eyes. A snail can sleep for three years. Al Capone's
business card said he was a used furniture dealer. All 50 states
are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back
of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. An
ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Babies are born without
kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years
of age. Butterflies taste with their feet. Cats have over one
hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. "Dreamt"
is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have
a full moon In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been
domesticated. If the population of China walked past you, in
single file, the line would never end because of the rate of
reproduction. If you are an average American, in your whole life,
you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. Leonardo Da Vinci
invented the scissors. Maine is the only state whose name is
just one syllable. No word in the English language rhymes with
month, orange, silver, or purple. On a Canadian two dollar bill,
the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and
ears never stop growing. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of
dynamite. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. "Stewardesses"
is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop"
with your right. The average person's left hand does 56% of the
typing. The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each
gallon of diesel that it burns. The microwave was invented after
a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted
in his pocket. The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. The
winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely
solid. The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. There are more
chickens than people in the world. There are only four words
in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. There are two words in
the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious"
and "facetious." There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones
Chewables Vitamins. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped
fur. Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row of the keyboard. Winston Churchill was
born in a ladies' room during a dance. Women blink nearly twice
as much as men. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus
every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. ...Now you
know everything.
Monday, March 14
Our speaker will be School Resource Officer Kathleen Yale, Laconia
Police Dept.
Monday, March 7
Boards meet; NISE
Monday, February 28
Open
Tuesday, February 22
Open
Monday, February 14
Supt. Joe Panarello, Belknap County House of Corrections will
speak.
Monday, February 7
Boards meet; NISE
Michael
Bastraw
Editor
Kiwanis Kronikle is a weekly publication of the Kiwanis Club of Laconia, N.H., P.O. Box 757, Laconia, N.H. 03247-0757. We meet Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford, N.H. Please call your President or Secretary about any Member or family member in case of illness. Email: Michael Bastraw or Steve Loughlin
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