TO GET OUR BANNER MEETING OFF TO A GREAT BEGINNING, LION LEE MORTON LED THE ASSEMBLAGE OF LIONS & GUEST IN OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
TODAY WAS OUR ANNUAL STUDENT SPEAKER CONTEST AND LION JEFF HORVITZ
DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN BRINGING FOUR VERY QUALIFIED SPEAKERS. THE SUBJECT THIS
YEAR WAS, "WHAT COULD THE AMERICA OF YESTEDAY TEACH THE AMERICA OF
TOMORROW?" A VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING SUBJECT.
THIS IS THE 75th YEAR OF THE CONTEST, WHICH BEGAN BACK IN 1937, WITH
THE FOUNDATION BEING CREATED IN 1960 SO THE WINNERS WOULD EARN $$$ AT EACH
LEVEL OF THE CONTEST; THE WINNERS OF EACH LEVEL EARNING UP TO $20,OOO AT THE
FINAL CONTEST IN SACREMENTO.
THE SPEAKERS WERE FROM THE LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL & ST
AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR WINNER WAS REX HAMOCK WHO WILL COMPETE AT THE ZONE LEVEL MARCH
1ST AT OUR CLUBHOUSE, 6:30 PM.
NEXT WEEK, IN ADDITION TO OUR REGULAR MEETING, WE WILL MEET AT THE
NORTH PARK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 9:30 AM TO PRESENT THE FIRST OF THE
200+ DICTIONARIES SLATED FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
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