Club Assembly

THAT MEANS YOU!

Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build good will and peace in the world.

"Doing good in the World is more than a motto.  It is our goal, our mission, and our reminder.  It expresses in the clearest terms why we have a Foundation, and it challenges us to reach as far as we can to do the most good possible with everything we have.  Our Foundation exisits to support the good that we can do through Rotary.  It expands our reach, increases our strength, and makes our service more powerful and more effective.  Because of our Foundation we can, very simple, do more of our Rotary work."

2004-2005

President Glenn Estess Sr. 

President, Maura Donnelly, opened the meeting leading the Pledge of Allegiance and followed in prayer by Len Daiber.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Rotary Business After Hours was a huge success.  There were 60 chamber members and 24 Rotarians present.  We have 6 prospective new members.  Thanks so much to the committee (Cliff, Carrie, Holli, Kevin, and Tom) for pulling this together and covering all the details.  I received a lot of compliments and I believe we conveyed Rotary's message of who we are and what we do to everyone there.
• Big News...on January 17th, Rotary International released that it has met raising the $200 million requirement for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation fulfilling their pledge of $355 million.  In addition, the Gates Foundation pledged an additional $50 million for raising the funds 5 months earlier.  To date Rotarians have given over a billion dollars towards eradicating polio.
• Holli has fantastic Rotary shirts and jackets available for sale to help promote Rotary to the community.  See her for details.

PAUL HARRIS FELLOW PRESENTATION 

Don Johannes designated the PHF to his wife Barb Johannes because of her character and dedication to humanitarian efforts.  He wanted Barb to share in the honor of being a Paul Harris Fellow with him.

Welcomed Kelly Korte as a new member!

Announced that he received an application from Keith Poss for membership.  Please give the board any feedback that you may have.

Cliff stated that it has been a great two weeks to be membership chair with the BAH, new members, and so many prospects.  He said keep up the good work!

Guests:

Ray Herford (Guests of Terry Lammers)

Barb Johannes & Kim (Guests of Don Johannes)

William Beckman (Guests of Kevin & Son of Dick Beckman)

Bonnie Schnieder (Guests of Club, Speaker)

Birthdays: None

Anniversaries: None

Club Anniversaries: None

Make-ups: Wayne had a make up in Goshen for their 25th Anniversary Party

Please let these people know that they were missed: Terry Bell, Dave Butler, Dave Diaber, Bob Englemann, Ed Ferguson, Dan Fieker, Mike Gould, Jon Greve, Bret Gruender, Ronald Harris, Bob Hellige, Ron Hesson, Will Holzinger, Lisa Huncshe, George Jones, Mark Korte, Terry Leitschuh, Glen Meffert, Henry Metzger, Bob Nagel, Dave Peters, James Rankin, Mark Reaka, Brad Rench, Adrian Rogier, Eunice Rogier, Floyd Rogier, Eric Schmidt, Steve Schmitt, Ron Schneider, and Art Schutez.

Reminder that 2011-2012 we will be tracking service hours again to see Rotarian's collective IMPACT.  This year's goal is 7500 hours, to date there are 1443 hours recorded. 

Opportunities to Serve:

1. WELCH PROJECT: January 28, 2012 from 9-4pm.  We have an older lady who is has had a bought of hard times over the last couple of years and needs a little help to get a few neccessities done that she is unable to do herself.  We need 6-10 people and will meet at Mark Frey's workshop at 4164 State Rte 160 at 9am.  Please bring gloves, rakes, hedgers, and chainsaws if you have them. PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FEB 4TH DUE TO RAIN AS THE GROUND WOULD BE TOO WET FOR THE MACHINERY.
2. Hard Road Theatre has their winter show and needs help with ticket sales the weekend of January 27-29 and February 3-4.  Evening shows need to arrive by 6:30 and matinee by 1pm.  If you are interested contact Bill Sullivan and help this great community organization!

Members can go to the website and log your hours or email them to him directly: swconstruct@agtelco.com

There was $1189 in the 50/50 and Carrie drew the K of Spades...oh so close.

Phil gave privileges to Tom Wherle to be the honorary fine master today and he chose to fine everyone who did not attend the Busines After Hours last week.  Phil also fined everyone who did not say hello to him as he greeted them at the door.

Luke shared two happy bucks for him and his company recently being certified as a "Secured Destruction Specialists."  Luke was also reminded that anyone who promotes their business by name receives an additional fine!

Carrie gave a promo buck for Trivia Night for the Pregnancy Care Center of Highland.  The Trivia Night has been rescheduled for February 3rd at the KC Hall.  10 people/table at $10/person.  Bring own snacks and buy drinks on site.  Carrie asked if you had a table to confirm that you will still be in attendance as well as know that there is still time to reserve a table!

Bill gave a promo buck for the Hard Road Theatre show the next two weekends, "I love you because."  Shows are on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Jan 27-29 and Feb 3-4.  Come out and have a great time with the adult themed show.

Tom Hill was happy that the Rotary Club of Highland continues to lead the way for the rest of the community as it invests into projects, like the newest $50,000 pledge of the new St. Joseph's Hospital.  He wanted to thank everyone for working hard in the past and for all the hard work they will do in the future to make this pledge a reality.

PROGRAM: Heart 2 Heart Month and Cardio Care, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Bonnie Schnieder

Randy from St. Joseph's Hospital 

In the HSHS system, our local hospitals work closely together to provide the area with the best available medical care.  Recently they have partnered together to tackle Heart 2 Heart Month and are putting on 28 events in the area including screenings, cooking demos, fashion shows, health fairs, CPR course, poker walk, girl's night out, etc.

Heart 2 Heart Event News Release

Bonita Schnieder, MS RT

Manager Heart and Vascular Services

St. Elizabeth's Hospital

Since 1963, the month of February has been named "American Heart Month" to raise awareness and provide education on cardiovascular diseases.

Everyone should be aware of the risks factors of heart disease and the treatment available.

Risk Factors

• Smoking
• High blood pressure
• Overweight/obesity
• Physical inactivity (sedentary lifestyle is higher risk than smoking!)
• Diabetes
• Family history of early heart disease
• Age
• Abnormal blood cholesterol

UPCOMING PROGRAMS -  Jennifer Whitten