The
song for the July 30 meeting was performed by Dale Hodges, David
Cresson led the pledge, the prayer was led by Brandt Edwards.
The
club's guests were Roland Escher of Gerry Lane Saturn, one of our generous
Baseball Tournament sponsors; Ben Brown, a Catholic High Grad and newest
member of Pyburn and Odom; and Amy Starns of the Lamar Corporation.
Jodi
Moscona announced that there would be an officer's training for LaMissTenn on
August 9th. Jerry
Boyce announced the schedule for the Pennington Balloon Festival CCK beer
booth. Jerry also announced the
tentative dates for the 2004 CCK Baseball tournament as March 19-20.
Jodi also reminded everyone that the club annual social will be held on
the date of August 23 at Ashley Manor Plantation
Our
speaker for the program was Wade Heaton, an English and the Classics Professor
from Southeastern La. Professor
Heaton spoke on the subject of the wearing of a Roman Toga.
Decked out in full regalia of the time, Professor Heaton said that one
would never wear a Toga to a party, therefore it goes without saying that
anyone attending the Annual Social in a Toga, will not be granted admittance.
Mr.
Heaton gave us the definition of a Toga as the following:
1st, a wool garment, 2nd, peace-the absence of
war, 3rd Citizenship, 4th, a prostitute, 5th
the sacred garment of citizenship.
Four
qualities of the Toga include the following: Dignity- symbolizing the worth of
honor; Gravitas- Acting responsibly; Virtue- sacred garment of peace;
Piety-duty to family, God, country and city.
The
jackpot was lost by Charles Hair. Next week’s program will feature Ryan
Stanzel of the La. Ice Gators Hockey Team.
J.
B.
K
Facts
History
The
first Kiwanis club was organized in Detroit, Michigan, USA on January 21,
1915. A year later the Kiwanis Club of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was
chartered, and Kiwanis International grew rapidly into a leading service club
in these two founding nations. In 1962, worldwide expansion was approved, and
today Kiwanis clubs are active in every part of the world.
Motto
"We
Build."
Number
of clubs and members
There
are more than 8,200 Kiwanis clubs with nearly 300,000 members in more than 80 nations
and geographic areas.
Type
of membership
Active
or retired business and professional men and women.
The
"average" Kiwanian
The
average Kiwanis member is 55.1 years old, a college graduate, married, and a
homeowner. He or she is an owner or manager of a firm in the $25 million or
less range.
Women
in Kiwanis
Membership
was opened to women in 1987. There are now more than 51,000 women members, and
1 in 7 club presidents is a woman.
Kiwanis
youth organizations
Kiwanis International sponsors several service clubs for young people: Circle K International has 11,000 members on 570 university and college campuses; Key Club International has 215,000 members in 4,600 high schools; and Builders Clubs have been organized in 2,000 junior high and middle schools. Other members of the Kiwanis family include K-Kids in elementary schools, young European adults in Kiwanis Junior, and Aktion Club, which involves persons with disabilities in community-service activities.