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| Volume 57, No. 39 |
April 7, 2009 |
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Meeting each TUESDAY at Michael's Restaurant, 415 Broadway - 12:00 noon
NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY, April 14, 2009, 12:00 noon at Michael's Restaurant. |
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The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Bill Sullivan started the meeting; Don Johannes led us in prayer.
Traci Reichmann led us in a song (complete with choreography) that H.I.S. Kids sing at their camps - "Thank You God for Giving us Food". Kind of a Superman-themed sung prayer. Hard to explain - you had to be there. Thanks, Traci !
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Board Meeting - The board met last week. Among other items of business, the board approved payments of $250 to the Pregnancy Care Center and $250 to the Highland Chamber to assist in the repair of the Nativity statues.
Car Raffle - The Car Raffle will begin on May 26th with the drawing to be held on August 4th.
Rotary Happy Hour - This month's happy hour will return on April 30th at Marx Brothers. Mark your calendars.
April 28th Meeting - For the benefit of those who missed our March 17th meeting at the Highland Country Club we will be going off-site again. Our meeting on the 28th will be held at the HCC.
Have you yielded today? Apparently Bill's pet peeve happens to be discourteous drivers. He issued a challenge to the club (in conjunction with this year's Involvement Inspires theme). Bill suggested that we all YIELD once a day. Maybe our example will inspire others to be courteous while driving.
New Member - Randy Schorfheide, Director of Community Relations at St. Joseph's Hospital, has been proposed for membership. Pending any objections, he will be welcomed into the club at our next meeting.
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| LITERACY PROJECT - Wayne Steiner |
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Bill reported that Wayne completed the delivery of everything to Critchton Elementary School. He was well received and the teachers were overwhelmed with what we supplied.
Our team of loaders paused for a picture after successfully packing the van . . .
. . . while the driver was anxious to get on the road.
Wayne will be back next week loaded with pictures, videos, and lots of stories. We look forward to hearing more.
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| COMMUNITY SERVICE - Jan Brinker |
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Pregnancy Care Center - They are offering childcare seminars at Highland Southern Baptist Church on April 18th and May 16th from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 and they need volunteer babysitters. They also need volunteer babysitters on April 4th thru May 9th (every Saturday) 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Highland Southern Baptist Church. If you can help, contact Carrie Adolph at the Pregnancy Care Center.
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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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
5/11/09 Respect for Law Dinner, Pistol Club 6:00 PM
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 Highland Quarterback Club
7/28/09
8/04/09 Car Raffle
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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Adrian felt he couldn't compete with Traci's opening song so he opted to skip any additional musical numbers.
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| 180 SECONDS of FAME |
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Mark Reaka
Our newest member, Mark Reaka, was given this segment to introduce himself to the club.
Mark and his wife Heidi have one daughter, Tiffany, who is 20 and attends SIUE. Mark is a real estate agent with Equity 55. He is chairman of Relay for Life. He likes to hunt, fish and photography. Welcome to the club Mark.
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| SECRETARY'S REPORT - Wayne Steiner |
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| MISSING:
Billy Blackmon, Jan Brinker, Rich Clayton, Cliff Couch, David Daiber, Tiemen Dalhuisen, Larry Deiters, Robert Englemann, Larry Essenpreis, Ed Ferguson, Dan Fieker, Laura Foerster, Mike Gould, Wil Holzinger, George Jones, Angela Kim, Jack Klaus, Mark Korte, Glenn Meffert, Greg Miranda, Robert Nagel, David Peters, Jim Plocher, Dave Rehkemper, Rick Ringwald, Howard Robertson, Art Schuetz, Cyril Spengel, Wayne Steiner, Marvin Warner, Jennifer Whitten, Buzz Widmer
BIRTHDAYS:
Tiemen Dalhuisen on April 13th
ANNIVERSARIES:
Traci & Dana Riechmann on April 12th
MAKE-UPS:
No make-ups reported this week. |
| DRAWINGS/FINES/HAPPY BUCKS - Terry Lammers |
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POT OF GOLD:
$924 in the pot this week. Our program speaker, Traci, picked the 5 of Hearts . . . which really is the wrong card.
FINES:
Today is (was) election day. If you haven't yet voted, it cost you a dollar. Tom tried to get out of paying based on a technicality but his objection was overruled.
HAPPY BUCKS:
Kevin Dewaele was happy that his daughter was accepted into U of I Masters Program in Chicago.
Lisa Hunsche was happy that the Select Choir at HHS took first place this weekend at contest.
Connie Blackmon paid a happy buck since her Cubs won their opening game (neener-neener).
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| PROGRAM |
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Traci Reichmann - H.I.S. Kids
Traci Reichcmann of H.I.S. Kids told us a little bit about what they do. Their main purpose is to connect families to other families that are dealing with the same kind of cancers. H.I.S. Kids was started 25 years ago when Connie and Jim Miles lost their own daughter, Marcia to cancer. Traci has been with them for 10 years and wears many hats. She runs the office and helps with family support, sibling suppor and bereavement support. It is easy to see her passion for what she does. Traci also told us of K.I.D.S. by the Sea; that was started in 1996 and in 2006 a H.I.S. kids office opened in Hannibal, MO. There are many ways we could be of help to H.I.S. kids if you would like to know more contact Traci at the Highland office. | |
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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