0B0B0BThe Equalizer
1B1B1BSabine District Transportation Club
Member of Traffic Clubs International
Please keep our troops and their families in your thoughts and prayers.
Volume 09 Issue 10, October 2009 SDTC, PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX 77720
The new rain out date for our Fall Golf Outing is November 10, 2009 at the Brentwood Country Club with a 1 pm tee time.
Our Golf Chairman, Bubba Metz, has many great prizes lined up as well as a delicious hamburger supper following the outing on the patio that afternoon.
Use the extra time to get that winning team lined up for the outing. There won’t be another outing like this until 2010!
As you know, the weather changing is hard to predict, so come out and enjoy the fun while the weather holds.
All members are welcome, even if you are not a golfer! There is always fun to be had and lots of laughs and fellowship.
Here is a hint: We have one golfer that usually plays barefoot, (he has large feet). Can you guess who he is?
Read on for things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm in the night!
Reservation Form for November 10, 2009 Golf Outing
Please make reservations for _________persons at $65/person
2B2B2BCheck is attached (___) Bill me (___)
3B3B3BWill pay at the door (___)
4B4B4BSigned_________________________
5B5B5BDate _________________
6B6B6BFirm___________________________
7B7B7BPhone________________
8B8B8BAddress_______________________
9B9B9B______________________________
10B10B10BClip and mail to SDTC, PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX. 77720, fax (409) 842-5154 or call Joe Ochoa (409) 791-3255 or Sherry Eckerle (409) 791-3259.
11B11B11BYou can also e-mail your reservations to: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net
No cancellations will be accepted after noon on Friday, November 6, 2009.
12B12B12B2009 TCI Annual Awards Are:
Person of the year: Patrick Quinn, Co-Chairman, U.S Express Enterprises, Inc.
Club Web Contest Winners: 0-99
1st
Place: Transportation Association of Milwaukee
2nd Place: Transportation Association of Milwaukee
3rd Place: Reading Traffic Association
100 - 199
1st Place: Los Angeles Transportation Club
200 Plus
1st Place: Transportation Club of Tacoma
Club Newsletter Contest Winners
0-99 Category
1st
Place: Sabine District Transportation Club, The Equalizer
2nd Place: Transportation Association of Milwaukee
100-199 Category
1st Place: Transportation Club of Houston
200 plus Category
1st
Place: Transportation Club of Tacoma
2nd Place: International Transportation Management Association
TCI 2009 NTW Award
1st place - Joint Houston All-Clubs Entry
National Defense Transportation Association
Energy Transportation Association
Houston Air Cargo Association
Houston Transportation Professionals Association
International Transportation Management Association
National Defense Transportation Association, Houston Chapter
Sabine District Transportation Club
The Transportation Club of Houston
2nd Place: The Traffic Club of Newark
TCI Outstanding Performance Award
Caci Case
Chattanooga Transportation Club
Eddie Church
Northwest Georgia Transportation Clu
TCI Host Clubs
Chattanooga Transportation
Club
Northwest Georgia Transportation Club
Fastest Growing Club in 2009
Northwest Georgia Transportation Club
Furthest Distance Traveled
Transportation Club of Tacoma
50 Year Anniversary 1959-2009
National Defense
Transportation Association
San Francisco Bay Area
100 Year Anniversary 1090 - 2009
The Traffic Club of Newark
Congratulations to all these folks and all the hard work they have done for their clubs!
Web Site Update: To reach the web site from the Internet: http://www.txsdtc.org To retrieve the Equalizer from the server: http://www.txsdtc.org/equalizer/october2009/ or from the web site: txsdtc.org
If you want your newsletter mailed each month, please let your secretary know.
Be sure to visit our sponsors listed both in the Equalizer and on the Web Site…
Board Meeting Announcements:
There will be a conference call on November 6 for the Board of Directors. Preceding this call, information on by law changes will be sent electronically to each of the Board Members. Then we will have a membership vote following the Golf Outing on the by-law changes which have been approved by the Board of Directors.
The time for the conference call will be sent to the Board prior to November 6.
Upcoming Events
November 10, 2009 Rain date for Fall Golf Outing at Brentwood Country Club – 1 pm tee time
December 8, 2009 Christmas Party at 6:00 pm Cattle Company
January 12, 2009 - luncheon at the Cattle Company – Deral Segler - guest speaker
The winners of the TCI Scholarship Raffle:
Grand prize winner: ( choice between TV or Laptop Computer)
Karen Holland, USA
1st Place Winner: (Garmin GPS unit)
Alexandre Saulnier, Canada
2nd Place Winner: (Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera)
Michael Padilla, USA
3rd & 4th Place Winners: ($75 VISA Gift Card)
Transportation Club of Tacoma, USA
Jeff Golian, USA
5th& 6th Place Winners: ($50 VISA Gift Card)
Dennis McCaffrey, USA
Ryan Eadie, USA
7th & 8th Place Winners ($35 VISA Gift Card)
Woody Cheek, USA
Brigitte Arsenault, Canada
9th & 10th Place Winners: ($25 VISA Gift Card)
Joe Hamm, USA
Sherry Eckerle, USA
Congratulations to all the winners!
Have a safe Halloween!
Things that make you go hmmmmm in the night!
1. Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?
2. Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?
3. Can I yell "movie" in a crowded firehouse?
4. Can you be a closet claustrophobic?
5. How do a fool and his money GET together?
6. Why does Hawaii have interstate highways?
7. How is it that a building burns up as it burns down?
8. If a train station is where the train stops, what is a workstation?
9. If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to
the pan?
10. If the pen is mightier than the sword, and a picture is worth a
thousand words, how dangerous is a fax?
11. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to
remain silent?
12. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
13. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
14. Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they
already know you don't have?
15. Why do they put Braille on the drive through bank machines?
16. If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
17. If you get cheated by the Better Business Bureau, who do you
complain to?
18. What are Preparation A through Preparation G?
19. In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?
20. Did Washington flash a quarter when asked for ID?
21. How come there aren't B batteries?
22. If the post office has machines that can sort snail mail at 1000's
of times per minute, then why do they give it to a little old man on a
bike to deliver?
23. How do "Do not walk on the grass" signs get there?
24. Why do black olives come in cans and green olives come in jars?
25. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
26. How is it possible to have a civil war?
27. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
28. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
29. If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?
30. Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
31. If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?
32. Crime doesn't pay...does that mean that my job is a crime?
33. How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
34. How do you know that honesty is the best policy until you have tried
some of the others?
35. How do you throw away a garbage can?
36. How does a thermos know if the drink should be hot or cold?
37. How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the
mornings?
38. Do you realize how many holes there could be if people would just
take the time to take the dirt out of them?
39. If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
40. If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when
you turn on the headlights?
41. What happens to an 18 hour bra after 18 hours?
42. Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
43. Why do hot dogs come 10 to a package and hot dog buns only 8?
44. Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money
into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up?
45. Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest, but he
ducks when the gun is thrown at him?
46. Why is it that night falls but day breaks?
47. Why is it that you must wait until night to call it a day?
48. What if the Hokey Pokey IS what its all about?
49. When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper, does he wonder
why you're just sitting there, staring at carpeting?
50. What happened to the first 6 "ups"?
