Volume 56, Issue 10, December 18, 2003

Today’s Program
Jeanie Moore, RCCC VP of Continuing Education
The Challenge of Re-Training 
Introduction by Willie Shaver

Coming Soon to a club near you:-
            12.25      Christmas, No Meeting
            01.01     New Year’s Day, No Meeting
            01.08     Mark Beymer will introduce Ann Link, RCCC,  to speak on Business and Industry Programs . 
            01.15     Andy Chmiel, Bob Honeycutt, Tim Wheet
            01.22     Dr Bob Knott, Catawba Coll. President, Gordon Kirkland,
            01.29     Business and Education
            02.05     Clergy Appreciation Day.  NOW is a good time to invite your Pastor, Priest, Vicar, Rabbi, Archbishop, bible thumper, Bishop, black-coat, cardinal,  chaplain,   churchman, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, devil dodger, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, Father, harp polisher, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson,  pontiff,  preacher, pulpiteer,  rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, sky pilot, sky scout, the rev, turn-round collar, glory roader, guru,  Krishna, psalm singer, monk, Nun, Friar...............

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The Bells! The Bells!  Those Infernal Bells!

Civitan Bell Ringers hit the street yesterday, and rang up over $400 for The Salvation Army.  Well done Willie, Curtis, Dick S, Bob W, Malcolm, WA, Burt, Chub, Ernest, Glenn, Frank S, Clyde, Wayne M, Dave C, President Charlie, Walt, Pete, ED, & Marny.

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The largest bell in the world is
 “The World Peace Bell” in Newport Kentucky,
weighing in at 66,000 lbs. 
It was cast in 1998, but since 9/11/01
its symbolism has somewhat tarnished.

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 The Christmas Party was enjoyed by over 80 Civitans and guests. President Charlie welcomed all.   Special Christmas Door Prizes were won:-  Diversified Graphics gift went to Dave Clay;  Cheerwine Golf Bag to Burt Harris, F&M Chair to Chub, Bath & Body Works baskets to Scott Whittington and Dick Bradshaw. WRHSJCCs Jeff Dockins & Kristen Crowell were guests.  Special guest, Marius’ widow Virginia Goodnight.

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Two weeks ago was our monthly business meeting.  We voted to give $100 to Catawba College Baseball Tournament, to do a canned food drive for RHM, to try and do a volunteer night once a quarter at RHM, starting January.  Burt Harris said he’d continue to pick up the widows for the Christmas Party, because, he said, he’s been picking them up for years....
Door Prizes went to Pete and Brian, Guests were SHSJCCs Stephanie Kelly and Anna Glasgow.

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Civi-Trivi

Last Week’s:- Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan. Yes I know I missed out David Niven, but Casino Royale wasn’t really a Bond Film, it was a spoof.

THIS WEEK’s:- Bells, Bells & More Bells.  In 1996 on April 1^st, Taco Bell, ran full page ads in various newspapers across the country, stating that they had purchased what?

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 A blonde went to the post office to buy stamps for Christmas cards.
She said to the clerk, "May I have 50 Christmas stamps?"   The clerk said, "What denomination?"  The woman said, "Ding Dong! Has it come to this? O.K., Give me 6 Catholic, 12 Presbyterian, 10 Lutheran and 22 Baptist."

More Bells Ringing!

The latest 2003 population count in the United Kingdom is 60, 100,000.
11 million of those are under age 14.
There are 51 million cell phone owners in the country, so roughly everyone over the age of 8 has a cell phone. 1500 cell phones are stolen every week.  It’s the largest type of crime by far in the UK.  Most are smuggled overseas, many to Africa.     Incidentally, just to CHIME IN with even more useless trivia, the phone smugglers don’t have far to run to reach a boat in the UK.  It’s impossible to get farther than 78 miles from the sea anywhere in Great Britain.

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