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Volume 58, No. 16 October 20, 2009 
Meeting each TUESDAY at Michael's Restaurant, 415 Broadway - 12:00 noon
 
NEXT MEETING  - TUESDAY, October 27, 2009, Noon at Michael's Restaurant.
INTRO
Today's meeting was opened by. President Jennifer Whitten, who started the meeting; Maurice Gutzler led us in prayer.
GUESTS
Peggy Sebastian, Suzy Genet, Margie Capelle, Susan Heim, Gay Bentlage
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Rotary District Conference 6460 - Will be held in Godfrey Illinois.  The dates will be November 13th & 14th and the speaker will be John O'Leary.  Agendas were on the tables along with sign up sheets.  There are 7 attendees so far!
 
Rotary Day with the Rams - November 15th and tickets will be $55/person ($10 of every ticket sold will go towards the Polio Plus Campaign).  We will start getting a head count in a week or two.  Also, Kevin Dewaele has volunteered to have us tailgate at his RV for added fun!
 
Howard Robertson came out of surgery ok, but is not out of the woods yet.
 
Troy Rotary Club - is officially called the Silver Creek Provisional Rotary Club.  They meet on Fridays at Noon at Pizza Man and can be used for a make up meeting.  They officially have 19 members.
 
Donations - $1000 made to the Mactan Rotary Club for relief efforts in the Philippines after the Flooding; $500 to Mind's Eye, our program two weeks ago; and Elba's Orphans used their donation from us to buy basic things and pay off some debt at the pharmacy and are very grateful for our support!
 
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE - David Daiber
We have 11756.5 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:
  
Pregnancy Care Center 
Carrie Adolph is now looking for a service person for their Spring Banquet.
 
Walk For Life
Carrie can also use help on October 24th with set up at 7:30 am and tear down at 11:30 am at Glik Park.  Carrie Adolph has a sign up sheet for volunteers!
 
Be sure and let David Daiber 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 contact David Daiber.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS -  Holli Martin


10/27/09 St. Joseph's Hospital's new CEO; Peggy Sebastian
11/03/09 "6 Little Italians" - Thomae Kids
11/10/2009 NICE Foundation - Bill Beltz
11/12-11/14 District Conference
11/17/09 Air National Guard Triathalon Team - Tom Jackson/Iron Man
11/24/2009 TENTATIVE - Jamaican Dental Project (Terry Lammers
12/8/2009 Christmas Dinner TBD

If you have any suggestions or would like to sponsor a program, please email Holli at holli@hype-creative.com

SONGS
No singing, but it always makes for a good Trivia category.  Tom Hill and Don Johannes are especially good at this category.

180 SECONDS of FAME

Brent Gruender of Cedar Creek Dental
Brent has been a dentist since 1986.  He was an active member in Rotary, but took time off to follow his kids in school activities...he is glad to be back.  He is a middle child with 2 siblings.  He and his wife Sheila have been married for 29 years and have 2 daughters who have attended U of I.  For fun, he likes to hunt turkeys and play golf.
 
Mark Frey of Southwest Construction
Mark is the son of Alan and Millie Frey.  He is the oldest of 6 children, 2 brothers and 3 sisters.  He has two grown sons ages 27 and 25.  He likes to hunt and fish and watch baseball and football in his spare time.
SECRETARY'S REPORT - Wayne Steiner
MISSING:  Terry Bell, Jan Brinker, Skip Butler, Rich Clayton, Cliff Couch, Len Daiber, Angela Fears, Ed Ferguson, Dan Fieker, Roland Harris, Tom Hill, Wil Holzinger, George Jones, Jack Klaus, Rich Knebel, Mark Korte, Mark Latham, Glenn Meffert, Robert Nagel, Bill Pierce, Jim Plocher, Jim Rankin, Mark Reaka, Dave Rehkemper, Howard Robertson, Adrian Rogier, Bill Schaefer, Randy Schorfheide, Ron Schneider, Art Schuetz, Gordon Smith, Michael Sutton, Tom Wehrle
 
BIRTHDAYS:
Art Schuetz on the 25th

ANNIVERSARIES
George & Robin Jones on the 21st

MAKE-UPS:  
Linda Jakel, Phil Hardas, Jennifer Whitten and James Kemper all at Troy.
DRAWINGS/FINES/HAPPY BUCKS - James Kemper
POT OF GOLD:
$330 in the pot and Suzy Genet drew for the winning table, but didn't pull the Ace of Spades! 
 
A special drawing for a Mills Apple Pie went to Brian Knobloch.
 
FINES:
You were fined if you didn't attend Rotary Trivia Night
 
HAPPY BUCKS:
Wayne Steiner - happy U of I Basketball Practice started up.
 
Angela Kim - happy that her 8th grade, 6ft tall son made the Cheerleading Squad.
 
Jennifer Whitten - happy that her 5th grade son made the Highland Traveling Team and was high scorer.
 
PROGRAM
 
10-20-2009 Suzy Genet 
 
Suzy Genet
Behavioral Internet Targeting
 
Our special guest, Suzy Genet, Market Manager of McClatchy Interactive spoke on new trends in advertising and behavioral Targeting.  She told how the Highland News Leader is launching a new partnership with Yahoo.  And how with Yahoo they are now able to offer a way to directly TARGET people online who are interested in specific products or services.  She showed us that 89% of consumers regularly research online before buying a product or service.  And the big question was "Are you getting a piece of the pie?"
MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES
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