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May 26,  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.
                                                                         

TUE 5/26

12:00
Noon

Division 2 and 8 Governors luncheon.  Golden Corral, 665 Fort Union Blvd, Midvale
TUE 6/02 Board Meeting**
WED 6/03 June 3rd - Barbara Pioli, Development Director, Utah Humanities Council
WED 6/10 Divorce Education for Children
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
WED 8/12 Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 8/19

No Meeting

8/21-8/23 District Annual Convention, Burley ID
WED 8/26 Speaker and Topic – TBA
TUE 9/01 Board Meeting**
WED 9/02 Speaker and Topic – TBA
WED 9/09 Speaker and Topic – TBA

WED 9/16

Round Table

WED 9/23

Speaker and Topic – TBA

 

 

May 26th in History …

 

1521 - Martin Luther's writings were banned by the Edict of Worms.

 

1868 - President Andrew Johnson avoided conviction for impeachment charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" by one vote.

 

1940 - Allied troops began the massive naval evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, France, during World War II.

 

1959 - Pittsburgh Pirates’ Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves before losing, 1–0, in the 13th.

 

1977 - George Willig, "the human fly," scaled the World Trade Center in New York City by attaching himself to the window washer mechanism and walking straight up until falling into police custody when he reached the top. It took Willig three and a half hours to make the climb, and $1.10 in fines—a penny per floor.

 

1978 - The first legal casino to be operated in the United States outside of Nevada was opened in Atlantic City.

 

2003 - Rwandans voted to approve a new constitution that instituted a balance of power between Hutu and Tutsi.
 

In 1909 …

 

• North Pole reportedly reached by American

  explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew

  Henson.

 

• Turkish parliament deposes sultan Abd al-

  Hamid II and replaces him with his brother,

  Muhammad V.

 

• Japan begins 36-year occupation of Korea.

  Japanese prince Hirobumi Ito assassinated

  by Korean nationalist.

 

President: William H. Taft

Vice President: James S. Sherman

Population: 90,490,000

 

Federal spending:   $0.69 billion

Unemployment:   5.1%

Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

 

To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.  – Anatole

 

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?  -

-- Woody Allen, 1935-, American Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Comedian
 

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