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Jennifer Whitten
Terry Lammers
Wayne Steiner
Maura Donnelly
James Kemper
Sergeant-at-Arms |
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2467.5 Service Hours since 07/01/2008
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| Volume 58, No. 21 |
November 24, 2009 |
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Meeting each TUESDAY at Michael's Restaurant, 415 Broadway - 12:00 noon
NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY, December 1, 2009, Noon at Michael's Restaurant. |
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Today's meeting was opened by ou President, Jennifer Whitten and Billy Blackmon led us in prayer. |
| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Citrus Sales - The first sign up sheet went around to volunteer to help sell Citrus at Walmart on Dec. 4, 5, and 6. If you haven't signed up yet to help sell, please contact me, Angie Fears, either at our next meeting or at my work number, 654-4603. I have a lot of shifts open and can use a lot of help this year. Also, the oranges are scheduled to be delivered next Tuesday, the 1st, and we will begin bagging at 6:00pm at Oberbeck Grain. Delivery for pre-sales will be done on December 4th, and I could use someone to start helping me deliver at 9:00 am that day.
Christmas Party - A head count was taken for our annual Christmas party. It will be held on December 8th, at the VFW, catered by Popeye's Chophouse, and there will be entertainment and a Christmas Ornament Exchange. Please contact Wayne Steiner if you need to RSVP yet.
Board Meeting - Nest Wed, Dec. 2nd, 8:00am at the Korte Co.
Next Meeting - District Governor Elect, David Parsons will join us next week, Dec. 1st, and he would like to meet with the board at 11:30am.
Adopt a Family - A special thanks was given to Biddy Essenpreis for shopping for our family of a mother, father and 3 girls. Later on in the meeting, the bucket was passed, and enough money was collected to adopt a second family. |
| COMMUNITY SERVICE - David Daiber |
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We have 2467.5 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 - Still looking for a service coordinator for the Spring Banquet.
Blood Drive - December 9th, at Alhambra School from 3pm-7pm.
Rotary Citrus Sales - Lots of help is needed. Get with Angie Fears to see where you can be of service.
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. |
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS - Holli Martin |
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12/01/2009 Floral Update: Buzz Widmer
12/08/2009 Christmas Dinner TBD
12/15/2009 Dr. Dwight McCleod/Dental Mission
12/22/2009 Tax Update: Ron Scheider
12/29/2009 OPEN 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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The Happy Wanderer and That Rotary Wheel. |
| SECRETARY'S REPORT - Wayne Steiner |
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| MISSING:
BIRTHDAYS:
Terry Lammers on the 24th.
ANNIVERSARIES:
None
MAKE-UPS:
None
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| DRAWINGS/FINES/HAPPY BUCKS - James Kemper |
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POT OF GOLD:
$494 in the pot, Biddy Essenpries's table had the winning ticket, but Jim Plocher drew the 2 of Spades.
FINES:.
This week, Terry Lammers was the fill-in Sergeant at Arms, and he fined anyone that didn't bring him a birthday card!
HAPPY BUCKS:
Kevin Dewaele paid a happy buck to remind everyone about the Chamber's Christmas parade, this Friday at 6:30.
Randy Surfiede announced that Highland Urgent Care Center opened this past Monday and had 21 walk in patients on their first day!
Rich Federer was happy that he received his Rotary License Plates! |
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PROGRAM |
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Terry Bell
Police Chief of Highland's Police Department
Our very own Rotarian, Terry Bell, gave us our program today and gave us an overview of where the Highland PD is today and some of the things they do. The PD currently employs 8 full time officers and 8 civilian employees. They have 2 detectives on staff and each patrol shift consists of 1 sergeant and 3 patrolmen. They operate on a $2.3 million dollar budget. Over the last year, they have lost 2 positions and had to cut overtime pay by 10% due to the decrease in the budget due to the overall economy.
Some of the things the Highland PD is currently involved in include ILEAS, Operation Falcon, Bike Patrol, National Night Out, Bike Rodeo, Cops grants, Adopt a Street, Special Olympics, Crime trend mapping and Code Red. Also, for the first time in roughly 30 years, one of our officers, Carl Schlarman is in the FBI Academy.
Officer Bell also gave us some good information regarding the Code Red Sign up and some other useful information regarding our city's website, www.highlandil.gov. He also said that Highland's biggest crime problem is theft, but there hasn't been an actual break in over 3 years. The thieves are more opportunistic, and are getting lucky with unlocked door handles! | |
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
FRIDAY
Troy Pizza Man 12:00 For other opportunities, go to www.rotary.org and click on club locator. |
| If you currently are not receiving the fling via email, please see Angie Fears to have your email address added/corrected. You can email her at afears@national-bank.com as well.
Sincerely,
Angie Fears
Highland Rotary Club | |
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