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March 11/18,  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.
                                                               
This Newsletter Covers 2 Weeks Due to No Meeting on the 18th               

WED 3/11

Wade Stevenson or Stephenson New medical device/process

WED 3/18

No Meeting

SAT 3/21

Utah Mid-Winter Leadership Training, Salt Lake City, UT

WED 3/25

Kevin Olsen, Director of the Division of Consumer Protection

WED 4/01

Joe Taylor, FICO/Credit Scores

SAT 4/04 Kiwanis One Day

TUE 4/07

Board Meeting**

WED 4/08 David Politis; Politis Communications, Utah Tech Watch
WED 4/15 Round Table
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

Speaker and Topic – TBA

WED 5/13

Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 5/20 Round Table
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
6/25–6/28

International Convention, Nashville, Tennessee

WED 7/1 Speaker and Topic – TBA
TUE 7/7 Board Meeting**

WED 7/8

Speaker and Topic – TBA

 

 

March 11th in History …

1861 - The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.

 

1888 - A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.

 

1930 - William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

 

1941 - President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill.

 

1942 - General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."

 

1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.

 

1990 - Augusto Pinochet of Chile, dictator since 1973, steps down.

 

1990 - A newly elected parliament in Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

1993 - Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.

2004 - Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.

 

In 1903 …

Panama declares independence from Colombia (Nov. 3).

 

King Alexander of Serbia and his wife are assassinated by conspirators (June 10).

 

Henry Ford organizes Ford Motor Company.

 

The first transcontinental trip by automobile--San Francisco to New York in 52 days.

 

The Wright brothers make aviation history with their first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

 

President: Theodore Roosevelt

Vice President: none

Population: 80,632,000

 

Federal spending:   $0.52 billion
Unemployment:   3.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02
 

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

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