March8

Speaker

March 1 - Due to illness our scheduled speaker was unable to attend, so Richard stepped in and showed the video he made for the Special Games.

March 8 - Our speaker today from the American Cancer Society shared with us some information on their upcoming "Relay For Life" being held at DeAnza College on July 30-31. Teams of 8-15 members will take turns walking the track for 24 hours straight and raise money for the American Cancer Society while doing so. If you would like to join the walk or simply volunteer for this event (they needs lots of helping hands) you can contact Trenton Turner at 408/688-0108.

Guests

March 1 - Doc was our only visitor.

March 8 - We had an interclub with Menlo Park. They sent 4 members.

Secret Greeter

March 1 - Steve was secret greeter. Ann paid a dollar for not shaking his hand.

March 8 - Ray was secret greeter and everyone shook his hand so there were no fines.

Out 'n About

Nick and his son went to Cashe Creek; Nick paid a $7 fine.

Art went to Idaho to see his granddaughter baptized. His fine was $10.

Jim and Judy decided it was too wet here so they went to Southern California. Southern California was even wetter, so they hopped a cruise ship to Mexico where it rained most of the time they were there. That little escapade set him back $30.

Fine-Free Badge

Brian must be planning a big trip; he bid on and won the fine-free badge for March for $15.

Joker - Joker

March 1 - Brian got $8 in the Joker-Joker draw..

March 8 - Dave G. pocketed $25 with his Joker-Joker draw this afternoon

Have You Heard The One About.......???

Once upon a time there was a swallow and a duck. The swallow's name was Shut-up. The duck's name was Trouble. One day Trouble and Shut-up went to the park to play hide-and-go-seek. Trouble was hiding. Shut-up looked everywhere for Trouble but couldn't find him. Then it started to get dark, but Shut-up kept looking for Trouble with no luck.

Shut-up was still searching when he bumped into a park ranger. The park ranger said, "What's your name kid?"

Shut-up answered, "Shut-up."

The park ranger repeated his question, raising his voice a tad, and, much to his dismay, he received the same response, "Shut-up."

The park ranger became angry and asked the swallow if he was looking for trouble.

Shut-up quickly replied, "Yeah! Can you help me find him?"

Upcoming Events

March 12 - Total K Day

March 12 & 13 - Marine World Days

March 22 - Spring Baskets

May 15 - Gov. Visit

May 20 - Special Games

May 22 - Tour de Cure

I Tawt I Saw A Reewy Good Speaker Coming

March 15 - Christine Giusiana, CEO of Cupertino Chamber

March 22 - Dr. David Thompson, Vintage Baseball League

March 29 - Open

April 5 - Open

April 12 - Anita Eubank, The Rainbow of Hope

Happy/Sad Dollars

Doug paid a sad dollar because his computer crashed.

Brian paid a happy dollar for the newspaper article announcing his becoming partner.

Fenton was happy to place a happy buck in the pot and state that he is the proud great-grandpa to little Katherine Elizabeth.

Dave G. added a dollar to the pot because he was happy that his daughter's softball team won their last 2 games.

Nick paid a sad dollar because he forgot to pick up Art and take him to the airport for his trip to Idaho. Art had to take quick action when Nick didn't show up. He called his good friend, Fenton, who rushed over to lend a hand.

Angus from the Menlo Park club put in 5 happy dollars because he and his group were happy to be with us.

Happy Birthday

Bruce celebrated another birthday and very

generously brought a cake to share.

Better Late Than Never

The Better Late Than Never award goes to Art who has had Rays' 40-year Legion of Honor pin for 2 years. He finally presented it to him today. For the record, Ray has now been in the club for 42 years.

Kiwanis Events

Art, Doug, Ann and Dale attended an interclub this week with Redwood City.

Richard and Ann attended this weekends Midwinter Conference at the San Jose Fairmont. Richard gave the group a quick overview of the event.

Cupertino City Council Learns About Club's 50th Anniversary

Ray spoke before the Cupertino City Council on March 1st letting them know about our recent milestone anniversary. You can see the 4 minutes of 'action' on-line now. Go to www.cupertino.org and under Quick Links select View Meetings Online under City Government. On the Webcasting Archives page choose the 3/1/2005 City Council meeting and under 'Click here to view individual items' choose the Oral Communications. Ray will be the third speaker after about 4.5 minutes.