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April 22,  2009

Newsletter

 

 

 

 Checkout the new look of our clubs’ website

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, 5th East and 1st North in Salt Lake City.   5:30 pm with dinner afterwards.
                                                                              

WED 4/22 Darrell Mangum, Teach A Man to Fish"
WED 4/29 Lu Arnold, National Pork Board

TUE 5/05

Board Meeting**

WED 5/06 Joseph Jarvis, “Too much market, not enough care

WED 5/13

Barbara Pioli, Utah Humanities Council
WED 5/20 Round Table, Erland Elmer on Maximizing Kiwanis Service
WED 5/27 Speaker and Topic – TBA
TUE 6/02 Board Meeting**
WED 6/03 Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 6/10 Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 6/17 Round Table

 

 

 

WED 6/24

No Meeting

6/25–6/28 International Convention, Nashville, Tennessee
WED 7/1 Speaker and Topic – TBA

TUE 7/7

Board Meeting**

WED 7/8

No Luncheon Meeting

SAT 7/11

Summer Party, Ed Rogers Ranch

WED 7/15 Round Table

WED 7/22

Speaker and Topic – TBA

WED 7/29 Speaker and Topic – TBA
TUE 8/4 Board Meeting**
WED 8/5 Speaker and Topic – TBA
8/21-8/23 District Annual Convention, Burley ID

 

 

April 22nd in History …

 

1500 - Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.

 

1509 - Henry VIII became king of England.

 

1616 - The Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid. (Some sources say April 23.)

 

1864 - Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.

 

1889 - The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.

 

1970 - The first Earth Day was observed.

 

1994 - Richard M. Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.

 

2000 - Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.

 

In 1905 …

 

President: Theodore Roosevelt

Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks

Population: 83,822,000

Federal spending:   $0.57 billion

Unemployment:   4.3%

Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

 

▪ Numerous advancements in train service include 18-hour rides between New York and Chicago and the first train ever equipped with electric lights.

▪ The first movie theater opens in Pittsburgh

▪ Albert Einstein proposes the Theory of Relativity.

 

Builders Club

 

More than 1,200 clubs serving their communities

Builders Club is the largest service organization for middle school and junior high students, with more than 40,000 members worldwide.

 

The first Builders Club was chartered in 1975. Today, there are more than 1,200 clubs in Aruba, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Philippines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.

 

Core values:

Character building: The ability to the right thing, even when it might be the unpopular choice.

Leadership: The ability to listen, communicate, serve, and guide others.

Inclusiveness: Accepting and welcoming differences in other people.

Caring: The act of being concerned about or interested in other people or situations.

 

Partners in Service: UNICEF and the March of Dimes
 

Contact Information

(B) Business, (C) Cell,(H) Home

President/ Newsletter

Gordon Lewis,  (C) 915-6228,  (C) 706-4519, gclbowl@comcast.net

Immed Past President

Ron Howell, (W) 983-8000, (H) 397-2532

1st Vice President

Dave Nelson, (B) 486-7855, (C) 918-7617

2nd Vice President

Ed Tanner, (B) 524-2534, (C) 201-9908

Secretary

Mark Anderson (B) 568-9322 (C) 232-5560

Board Members

Dave Nelson, Ed Rogers, and Ron Howell, Chuck Baker