
December 17/24, 2008 Newsletter

Just a reminder to treat those that serve us at the Sizzler well and remember to leave a tip for them before you leave.

Meetings: Sizzler, 371 East 400 South, SLC 11:45 – 1:00 pm, Meeting Room (Northwest corner of Restaurant.) Round Table Meetings, Same Time & Location except in the Atrium.

** Board meeting is the 1st Tuesday of every month at the Pagoda, 5^th East and 1^st North in Salt Lake City. 5:30 pm with dinner afterwards.
Note: This Newsletter is for 2 Weeks since there is no meeting during Christmas week.

WED 12/10	Emily Jensen, Internet blogging
WED 12/17	Salvation Army Bell Ringing. This is in lieu of our Weekly Luncheon Meeting
WED 12/24	No Meeting – Christmas Week
WED 12/31	Ron L. Andersen, Co-Chairman Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of Utah (To Be Confirmed)
TUE 1/06	Board Meeting**
WED 1/07	Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 1/14	Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 1/21	Round Table
WED 1/28	Speaker and Topic – TBA
TUE 2/03	Board Meeting**
WED 2/04	Speaker and Topic – TBA

WED 2/11	Ron L. Morris, Utah State Fire Marshal
WED 2/18	Round Table
WED 2/25	Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 3/04	Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 3/11	Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 3/18	No Meeting
SAT 3/21	Kiwanis District Mid-Year Leadership Training, Salt Lake City, UT
WED 3/25	Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 4/1	Speaker and Topic – TBA
TUE 4/7	Board Meeting**
WED 4/8	Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 4/15	Round Table

Salvation Army Bell Ringing Times …

Smith’s, 876 East 800 South, Salt Lake City

11:00 am – 12:00 noon Mark & Dale
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm   Chuck & Vic
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm        Howard and Jack
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm        Ed
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm        David
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm        Ron
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm        Gordon
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm        Gordon

December 17^th in History ….

1777 - France recognized American independence.

1903 - Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in a heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

1944 - The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of holding Japanese-Americans in internment camps, allowing "evacuees" to return home.

1969 - The U.S. Air Force ended its "Project Blue Book" and concluded that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial activity behind UFO sightings.

1992 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed by U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

December 24^th in History ….

1524 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama died in Cochin, India.

1814 - The War of 1812 between America and Britain ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.

1818 - "Silent Night" was composed by Franz Joseph Gruber.

1865 - The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee.

1871 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida premiered in Cairo, Egypt, at the opening of the Suez Canal.

1943 - Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was appointed supreme commander of Allied Forces by President Franklin Roosevelt.

1992 - President Bush pardoned former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.

2004 - A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam, the first one to do so since the Vietnam War ended nearly three decades earlier.


Contact Information	(B) Business, (C) Cell,(H) Home
President/ Newsletter	Gordon Lewis, (C) 915-6228, (C) 706-4519, gclbowl@xmission.com
Immed Past President	Ron Howell, (W) 983-8000, (H) 397-2532
1^st Vice President	Dave Nelson, (B) 486-7855, (C) 918-7617
2^nd Vice President	Ed Tanner, (B) 524-2534, (C) 201-9908
Secretary	Mark Anderson (B) 568-9322 (C) 232-5560
Speaker Coordinator	Dale Kirby (C) 633-7877
Board Members	Dave Nelson, Ed Rogers, and Ron Howell, Chuck Baker