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| Volume 57, No. 37 |
March 24, 2009 |
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Meeting each TUESDAY at Michael's Restaurant, 415 Broadway - 12:00 noon
NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY, March 31, 2009, 12:00 noon at Michael's Restaurant. |
| INTRO |
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The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Bill Sullivan started the meeting; Deacon Ron led us in prayer. |
| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Rotary Baseball Day - Connie Blackmon (is it just me, or do you get the feeling she's a Cub's fan?) will be coordinating our club's participation in the annual Rotary day at Busch Stadium. The Cards / Cubs game is on Saturday, April 25th at 3:00. Tickets are $37.50 each and Connie will have a sign-up at next week's meeting. (Just a side note - that date is also the HHS Prom Night).
Golf Tournament - Tournament chairman, Mark Korte,
announced that Friday, June 19th will be the annual Rotary 9-hole golf tournament. The first committee meeting on Tuesday, March 31st at 9th Street Café at 7 a.m. If you would like to help with this event, come to this meeting or contact Mark. He will be needing hole sponsors and prizes, so if you have ideas, let him know. |
| LITERACY PROJECT - Wayne Steiner |
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While donations have been coming in at a very gratifying pace, Wayne reported that any further donations will still be gratefully accepted. (As long as he receives them by Turesday, March 31st.)
Wayne will be leaving for West Virginia, with his van of goodies, on April 4th and will be needing help on the afternoon of April 2nd at 3:00 to box up the materials. Meet at FCB Bank - you provide the labor, Wayne will provide the materials.
After the meeting Wayne received several questions about additional items to buy. If you have nothing specific in mind, Wayne commented that a cash donation is also appreciated. One of our members wondered if we could buy a computer and accesssories for the school. The obvious answer is, "yes, we can" - if we get enough donations. So if you still want to participate and don't know what to buy, a cash donation can be put to good use. |
| FISH RACE - Rick Ringwald |
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Rick announced that we had $6590 in ticket sales (net proceeds will be reported as soon as all bills are in) and thanked everyone who helped make the Fish Race a success.
Rick Ringwald and the speedster fish
Race results:
First heat - Adrian Rogier
Second heat - Maggie Kirk
Third heat - Sam Brinker
Fouth heat - Eric Hellige
Grand prize winner ($3,000) - Isabel Hill ( Tom Hill's granddaughter).
Bill thanked Rick (as a first year Rotarian) for taking on the task of chairing the Fish Race and making it a wonderful success. Great job Rick !!!!.
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| COMMUNITY SERVICE - Jan Brinker |
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Laura Foerster is needing some volunteers to help at the colo-rectal screening next Thursday, March 26, 2009, from 10:30 - 1 :30 pm at Scott Credit Union in Highland . The screening will be a drive through; volunteers will help in handing out the kits, making sure the paperwork is completed, etc. If you can help, contact Julie Gustafson at the American Cancer Society (636-225-8180).
As reported earlier, Wayne will be looking for help at 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 2nd to pack material for Crtichton Elementary School. If you can help, call wayne or meet him at FCB Highland Bank.
Be sure and let Jan know all the service hours you put in...remember we have a goal of 10,000 hours. To find out more info on any of the above areas to volunteer email Jan Brinker at jan_korte_brinker @yahoo.com. |
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS - Holli Martin |
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3/31/09 John Foppe - Community Link
4/07/09 Traci Riechmann - HIS Kids
4/14/09 Sandy Evans - SNIP Alliance
4/21/09 Susan Reilmann - Southern Illinois Hospice
4/25/09 Rotary Baseball Game - Cards vs Cubs
4/28/09 Alcohol Abuse...from a primary care physician's perspective - Dr. Laurence Yung, MD
5/05/09 Belinda Counts - Highland Middle School FACES
5/12/09 Dr. Chad Faulkner - Stress Reduction
5/19/09 Steak Fry (6:00 PM)
5/26/09 Tim Twyford - Upward Basketball and Cheerleading
6/02/09 Wayne Steiner - Polio Plus
6/09/09 Annual Highland Rotary Club Photo
6/16/09 Rotary Family Picnic
6/19/09 Golf Tournament
6/23/09 Mark Rieka - Relay for Life
6/30/09 The BS Presidency - A Year in Review
7/07/09 A Look to the Future - The Whitten Regime Begins
7/14/09 Michelle Capelle - Elba's Orphan
7/21/09
7/28/09
8/04/09
8/11/09
8/18/09
8/25/09
9/01/09 Dan King - Camp Ondessonk
9/29/09 District Governor visit
If you have any suggestions or would like to sponsor a program, please email Holli at holli@hype-creative.com
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| SONGS |
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| Everyone was in good voice today - "Give My Regards to Broadway" and (the ever popular) "Smile". Nice job everyone! |
| 180 SECONDS of FAME |
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Skipped this week due to time constraints. |
| SECRETARY'S REPORT - Wayne Steiner |
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| MISSING:
Skip Butler, Rich Clayton, David Daiber, Larry Essenpries, Ed Ferguson, Dan Fieker, Mike Gould, Roland Harris, Don Johannes, Terry Leitschuh, Glenn Meffert, Jim Meridith, Greg Miranda, Robert Nagel, Ryan Paisley, Jim Plocher, Jim Rankin, Mark Reaka, Traci Riechmann, Howard Robertson, Eric Schmidt, Art Schuetz, Gordon Smith, Cyril Spengel, Michael Sutton, Marvin Warner, Buzz Widmer
BIRTHDAYS:
No birthdays.
ANNIVERSARIES:
No anniversaries.
MAKE-UPS:
Dave Rehkemper at Edwardsville. (Atta boy, Dave!) |
| DRAWINGS/FINES/HAPPY BUCKS - Terry Lammers |
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POT OF GOLD:
$830. in the pot...Connie Blackmon's table had the winning ticket but drew the 6 of clubs. Sorry, no joy in Mudville..
FINES:
If you didn't either sell your Fish Race tickets or attend the event on Sunday, it cost you a buck.
HAPPY BUCKS:
Tom Hill was happy his granddaughter won the $3,000 Grand Prize in the Fish Race.
Carrie Adolph was happy the "Celebration of Life Banquet" for the Pregnancy Care Center was a huge success.
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| PROGRAM |
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Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams - Randy Pausch
On September 18, 2007, Carnegie Mellon professor and alumnus Randy Pausch delivered a one-of-a-kind last lecture that made the world stop and pay attention. It became an Internet sensation viewed by millions and an international media story. To this day, people everywhere continue to talk about Randy, share his message and put his life lessons into action in their own lives.
A DVD of this lecture, was intorduced by Holli Martin. Even though we were only able to view half of the presentation due to time (part two to be presented at a future meeting), Dr. Pausch made several points which merit consideration: Don't worry when people critisize your work - worry when they stop becasue it means they no longer care . . . Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. . . Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.
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MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES
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MONDAY
Wood River St. John's UCC 12:00
O'Fallon Community Center 12:00
Alton-Godfrey Moonlight Restaurant, Alton 6:00TUESDAY
Benld Toni's 12:00 Collinsville Porter's 12:00 Fairview Heights Ramada Inn 12:00 Granite City Niedringhaus United Meth. Church 12:00 Belleville Fischer's Restaurant 12:10 WEDNESDAY
O'Fallon Sunrise First United Methodist Church 6:45 AM Litchfield Maverick Steak House 7:00 AM Land of Goshen Lewis & Clark Com.College, LeClaire Room 600 Troy Road, Edwardsville 12:00 St. Clair Co West Shrine of Lady of Snows 12:00 Lebanon Lebanon Visitors Center 6:00 Bethalto Villa Rose Retirement Community 6:30 THURSDAY
Mascoutah Skooters 11:45 East Alton Keasler Recreation Complex 12:00 Edwardsville First Christian Church 12:00 Carlyle Governor's Run 12:00 Springfield South BSA (5231 S. 6th St. Rd.) 12:00 For other opportunities, go to www.rotary.org and click on club locator.
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