Dr. Bob Here

The local area camps of the Gideon’s International met for a “Birthday Party for Jesus breakfast at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club Saturday morning, December 2. 2017.

About thirty-five Gideons, Gideons Auxiliary and guests met in a year-end effort to raise money for the distribution of Bibles overseas.

“The Gideons International is an Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through sharing personally and by providing Bibles and New Testaments,” according to the Gideons website.

The Gideons distribute Bibles in 201 countries. Up to 2015 they had distributed two billion Bibles world-wide and are now working on their third billion.

Dr. Bob is a member of the North Pinellas camp, which is an area covering north of Drew Street in Clearwater to south of Curlew in Palm Harbor. There are five camps in the county.

An extra treat, the St. Petersburg Christmas parade went by just as the breakfast was ending.

Dr. Bob visited the North Greenwood Public Library and the Clearwater Beach Library November 30 and December 1, finishing ten visits to Clearwater’s five libraries in 2017.

“I’ve had a love affair with libraries and books all my life,” said Dr. Bob Cundiff, who had a personal library of about 10,000 books at one time in his life.

Dr. Bob is enjoying visiting each of the libraries, and visiting with patrons and Clearwater residents at each place in the city.

“I even get to meet with non-residents who love to frequent our libraries. This week I met Jewels Chandler, a city commissioner from Belleair Beach, just south of Clearwater Beach.”

By visiting all five libraries twice in Clearwater, Dr. Bob says he’s making an effort to make sure residents know that council members are interested in what’s happening in all of Clearwater.

He’s planning now to schedule in December the library visits for 2018.

Badfins Food & Brew is a new restaurant at 215 S Gulf Blvd, on Clearwater Beach, on the street level of the Wyndom Grand hotel.

Mayor George Cretekos and Dr. Bob attended the ribbon-cutting on Friday, December 1, 2017. Two of the youngest ribbon-cutters in recent memory, helped with the event.

Breakfast sponsored by the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce at Feather Sound Country Club honors Police, Fire and EMS for their contributions this year.

Included are all groups who helped us with the recovery after hurricane Irma.

The county sheriff’s personnel, the US Coast Guard are honored today.

I would like to thank you all for your help and support, including debris pickup, those who helped with housing and food, all Clearwater city staff–the list is so long, I will stop here.

My firm belief is that each of us needs to show this attitude of gratitude all year long!

God is gracious!

On Thursday, Nov. 30 Dr. Bob will visit the Clearwater Beach Library from 4-5 p.m. The library is located at 69 Bay Esplanade, Clearwater Beach, FL 33767

On Friday, Dec 1., Dr. Bob will visit the North Greenwood Library from 4-5 p.m. The library is located  at 905 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Clearwater, FL 33755

You are welcome to come and ask questions of the council member at either–or both–of these visits.

The Caladesi Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution honor the service of our Vietnam Era Veterans today at the Dunedin Public Library.

Several from the Clearwater Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution were honored, among many other men and women who served the USA during the Vietnam era.

The program was in partnership with the 50th Vietnam Commemoration Project.

At the Florida State Sons of the American Revolution, which met in Buena Vista, Florida for the Fall Board of Management, Dr. Roger Smith talks about the Revolutionary war in Florida, which he calls the 14th Colony.