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THE HIGHLAND FLING
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Treasurer
 
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Volume 58, No. 35 March 09, 2010
Meeting each TUESDAY at Michael's Restaurant, 415 Broadway - 12:00 noon
 
NEXT MEETING  - TUESDAY, March 16th, 2010, at Noon at Michael's.
INTRO
Today's meeting was opened by our President Elect , Terry Lammers and Deacon Ron Hesson led us in prayer.
GUESTS
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS
* The Charter Party for the Silver Creek Rotary Club will be held on March 19th at 6pm at the Weisemeyer Center in Troy.  There will be appetizers and drinks and the entire district will be invited.  The Goshen club and our club will be recognized for founding the new club.
 
*The Fish Race is this Sunday at the Korte Rec. Center.  Please get all your sold tickets turned into Rick Ringwald at Regions Bank, by 5:00pm on Friday!
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE - David Daiber
We have now have 3575 hours  - 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:
*March 11th at APEX from 3pm-7pm
 
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


03/14/2010 Fish Race
03/16/2010 Club Assembly
03/23/2010 Solar Energy Iniaitive - Andrea Wetzel
03/30/2010 2010's Top 10 Technologies - James Kemper
04/06/2010 FFA Livestock Judging Team
04/13/2010 National Library Week - Angela Kim
04/20/2010 Cindy Hartman - St. Joseph's Dietician
04/27/2010 The Black Belt Alchemy - Dennis Sloan
05/18/2010 Frank Doll - Dairy Farmer
06/29/2010 President Whitten's Outgoing Address
07/06/2010 President Lammer's Address
 

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

SONGS
 
SECRETARY'S REPORT - Wayne Steiner
MISSING:  Carrie Adolph, Jan Brinker, Rich Clayton, Larry Deiters, Larry Essenpries, Ed Ferguson, Dan Fieker, Laura Foerster, Mark Frey, Mike Gould, Phil Hardas, Wil Holzinger, Lisa Hunsche, Linda Jakel, Rich Knebel, Brian Knobloch, Mark Korte, Mark Latham, Terry Leitschuh, Glenn Meffert, Robert Nagel, David Peters, Jim Plocher, Mark Reaka, Dave Rehkemper, Traci Riechmann, Howard Robertson, Art Schuetz, Gordon Smith, Bill Sullivan, Tom Wehrle, Jennifer Whitten, Buzz Widmer 
 
BIRTHDAYS:
Peggy Sebastian on Feb. 27th
 
ANNIVERSARIES:
Jon & Teresa Greve on Mar. 12th

MAKE-UPS:  
Holli Martin at Troy Silver Creek and Skip Butler at Kihei Sunrise Maui
DRAWINGS/FINES/HAPPY BUCKS - James Kemper
POT OF GOLD:$488 in the pot today.  Terry Bell's table had the winning ticket, but Terry drew the 5 of Hearts!
 
FINES:
If you haven't sold any Fish Race Tickets, you owe a buck.
 
HAPPY BUCKS -
Eunice and Floyd Rogier were glad to be back at Rotary after missing the last couple of months.
PROGRAM
 
03-09-2010 Gary Crosby 
Gary Crosby
 Highland EMS
 
The Highland EMS provides service to Highland, Pierron, St. Jacob, St. Rose and Grantfork.  They respond to Emergency scene calls, inter-facility transfers, and non-emergency transfers to extended care facilities or private residences.  They maintain a fleet of 3 ambulances, staffing two units 24/7 and keep a third in reserve.  They are equipped with Multiparameter Monitoring Equipment, Transport Ventilators, IV Fluid Warmers, Advanced Patient Compartments, Global Positioning, and Auto Pulse CPR Boards. 
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
 
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