Upcoming Events
September 24/25 - Cupertino Jubilee
September 28 - Officer Installation Dinner
October 1 - Installation of Lt. Gov. Gregory Rubens
October 10 - Golf Tournament
October 13 - Board Meeting
Look Who's Coming
October 4 - Ted Cheeseman,
EcoSafari's
October 11 - Dennis Whitaker,
Save Our City Campaign
October 18 - Richard Lowenthal
October 25 - League of Women Voters
Happy/Sad Dollars
Doug paid a happy dollar in honor of the Oakland A's.
Jim was happy enough about UC Davis to throw a happy dollar into the pot.
Not to be left out, Dave M. added his sports happy dollar, this one for Oregon State. Must mean they aren't doing well.
Ray announced that Playboy's October cover girl is from Oregon State and tossed in a happy dollar for that.
Art paid a "marketing" dollar to announce that his daughter's timeshare in Tahoe is available. If interested, call him.
Only one sad dollar today and that was from Dave G. who lost Saratoga Country Club's golf tournament.
Raffle Tickets
Just a quick heads up that raffle tickets for next months golf tournament have now been handed out. Each member is expected to sell at least 50.
Thank You!
Dave shared a thank you letter the club received from the Bring-Me-A-Book Foundation for our purchase of the two bookcases.
Speaker
Jim Schindler and Dr. Skipper joined us today. Dr. Skipper is a certified therapy dog who travels around visiting patients and bring lots of joy at Westgate Convalescent, Mission Villa Alzheimer's facility and his newest location, Santa Clara's First Step child intervention program.
Officer Installation
The Installation dinner is on September 28th at the Blue Pheasant. Cocktails at 6:30, dinner at 7:00. The cost is $25 per person and if your haven't
already paid, you should get your check to Richard at next
Tuesday's meeting so he can enjoy himself that evening without the
hassle of dealing with who's paid and who hasn't and collecting
Joker - Joker
Clark happily removed $7 from the Joker-Joker pot this afternoon.
Prizes Needed
It's that time again. We need as many prizes for the golf tournament raffle as possible. If you have anything to donate please let Dave G. know. Also, if you have a great idea for a prize, please don't be afraid to solicit.
Did You Know??????
- Every person has a unique tongue print.
- 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
- On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
- Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
- Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
- The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before that time.
- Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
- A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
- The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
- The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the
Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
- Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.
- Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
- Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
