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Terry Lammers
Wayne Steiner
Maura Donnelly
James Kemper
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| Volume 58, No. 8 |
August 25, 2009 |
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Meeting each TUESDAY at Michael's Restaurant, 415 Broadway - 12:00 noon
NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY, September 1, 2009, Noon at Michael's Restaurant for lunch. |
| INTRO |
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Today's meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Jennifer Whitten started the meeting; Connie Blackmon led us in prayer. |
| GUESTS |
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| Rhea Ozmen, Kimberly Goodwin, Father Chuck Edwards, Randy Riggs, Lucy Henrichs, Connie Tierney |
| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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ROTARY 101 - September 15. Just a reminder to send anyone you want to invite, send their contact info to Jennifer or George.
Prayer Requests - Please keep Rich Clayton and Howard Robertson in your prayers
Troy Rotary - Next meeting is set of August 31, at Noon at Pizza Man in Troy. Contact Holli with any potential members or if you would like to help out.
Reha Ozmen - Our Exchange Student from Turkey visited with us today. He's very excited to be here and is settling in at school and at his host family's house, the Kim's.
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| COMMUNITY SERVICE - Jan Brinker |
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We have 937 hours right now - remember we have a goal of 10,000. If you've been holding back on reporting your service hours, now's the time to get them in!
Upcoming service opportunities:
Blood Drives
August 29th at Marine Lions Hall from 10am-2pm
September 28th at the Highland Rec Center from 2-7pm
Pregnancy Care Center
Carrie Adolph is still looking for someone to chair their Annual Banquet Committee.
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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9/01/09 DanKing - Camp Ondessonk
9/08/09 Michele Capelle - Elba's Orphans.
9/15/09 Rotary 101 - Invite a Guest
9/22/09 DCFS Foster Care Cindy Lolley
9/29/09 District Governor visit - Larry Thompson
10/06/09 Mind's Eye - Jennifer Whitten
10/13/09 Evening Event (TBD) - VFW Hall
10/20/09 "Spring is in the Air" Buzz Widmer
10/27/09 OPEN
11/03/09 "6 Little Italians" If you have any suggestions or would like to sponsor a program, please email Holli at holli@hype-creative.com |
| SONGS |
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Adrian led us today with the song "Smile" :-) |
| SECRETARY'S REPORT - Wayne Steiner |
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MISSING: Terry Bell, Rich Clayton, Kevin Dewaele, Len Daiber, Tiemen Dalhuisen, Ed Ferguson, Dan Fieker, Laura Foerster, Jon Greve, Roland Harris, Wil Holzinger, Lisa Hunsche, Mark Latham, Terry Leitschuh, Glenn Meffert, Greg Miranda, Robert Nagel, Bill Pierce, Jim Plocher, Dave Rehkemper, Traci Riechmann, Howard Robertson, Ron Schneider, Art Schuetz, Gordon Smith, Buzz Widmer BIRTHDAYS:
Maura Donnelly on the 29th
ANNIVERSARIES:
Tom & Pat Wehrle on the 28th
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| DRAWINGS/FINES/HAPPY BUCKS - James Kemper |
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POT OF GOLD:
$42 in the pot this week. The winning ticket was drawn by our guest, Rhea Ozmen, and Holli's table had the winning ticket, but Bob Luitjohan drew the 9 of Hearts!
FINES:
If you didn't help or attend the Kirchenfest, you owe a buck!
HAPPY BUCKS:
It seemed like everyone was happy today:
Carrie Adolph paid a dollar in honor of her grandpa, who just passed away, as she wanted to celebrate his life.
Tom Wehrle paid a dollar to celebrate his 55th anniversary with his wife , Pat.
Connie Blackmon paid a dollar because Billy was going to treat her to 2 Cubs games this week.
Father Chuck Edwards was happy because he is also a fellow Cubs Fan that also be attending the Cubs game on Thursday.
Rick Ringwald announced that he and his wife, Mandy, are expecting another child.
Jan Brinker thanked Rick Ringwald for his part in the Kirchenfest as chairperson and thanked Carrie Adolph for her donation of baby supplies at the changing station at the Kirchenfest.
Bob Luitjohan was happy because the Cards are 8 games ahead of the Cubs (Sorry Connie and Father Chuck!)
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PROGRAM |
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Mark Korte
Golf Tournament Proceeds Distributions
$1850 to Connie Tierney for the St. Joseph's Hospital Friends Van.
$1850 to Lucy Henrichs for St. Joseph's Hospital "Meals on Wheels" program.
$1850 to Father Chuck Edwards for the St. Paul Catholic School.
$1850 to Randy Riggs for the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program. | |
MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES
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MONDAY Wood River St. John's UCC 12:00 O'Fallon Katy Cavins Community Center 12:00 Alton-Godfrey Alton Sports Tap, 3812 College Ave 6:00
TUESDAY Benld Toni's 12:00 Collinsville Knights of Columbus Hall 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 Airport Restaurant at 7:00 on Wednesdays
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 The Lighthouse, 3751 S. 6th St. 12:00 For other opportunities, go to www.rotary.org and click on club locator. |
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Sincerely,
Angie Fears
Highland Rotary Club | |
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