July 26, 2004 - Vol. 15, No. 43
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Attendance
20
Invocation
Howard Bacon
Senior Members
Bob Turner, Howard Bacon, Ed Chertok, and Paul Normandin
Interclub
Pres. Warren Mitchell advises that the interclub to the Berlin
club for Tuesday, July 27 is canceled due to anticipated rain.
It has been rescheduled to Tuesday, August 24 with an August
31 raindate.
50/50
Kathy Calvin, $18
Win a Classic!
The club voted to allow the funds to purchase a 2005 Heritage
Classic for a raffle for our charities fund.
From Bob Hope
Submitted by Sr.
Member Ed Chertok
ON TURNING 70 "You still chase women, but only downhill."
ON TURNING 80 "That's the time of your life when even your
birthday suit
needs pressing."
ON TURNING 90 "You know you're getting old when the candles
cost more than the cake."
ON TURNING 100 "I don't feel old. In fact I don't feel anything
until noon. Then it's time for my nap."
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING "I ruined my hands
in the ring...the referee kept stepping on them."
ON SAILORS "They spend the first six days of each week sowing
their wild
oats, then they go to church on Sunday and pray for crop failure."
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR "Welcome to the Academy Awards
or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover.'"
ON GOLF "Golf is my profession. Show business is just to
pay the green
fees."
ON PRESIDENTS "I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained
only
six."
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER "When I was born,
the doctor said to my mother, 'Congratulations. You have an eight-pound
ham.'"
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL "I feel very humble,
but I think I have the strength of character to fight it."
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY "Four of us slept in the one
bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother."
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS "That's how I learned to dance. Waiting
for the
bathroom."
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES "I would not have had anything to
eat if it wasn't
for the stuff the audience threw at me."
ON GOING TO HEAVEN "I've done benefits for ALL religions.
I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."
Lakes Region United Way
Outing
by Dir. Randy Eifert,
Lakes Region United Way
All Golfers interested in supporting the Lakes Region United
Way...We'd love to
have you join us for our 17th annual golf outing, to be held
on August 6th. Click here to save the invitation and registration
form in PDF format which will open using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you are not a golfer, but know someone who is, please forward
this information on to them. It is a fun event and all proceeds
support over 40 central NH non-profit caregiving agencies. Thanks
for listening!
Monday, August 9
Open
Monday, August 2
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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