Mock Tour of St. Joseph's Hospital Room.

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 Terry Bell.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Next week we will be meeting at Michael's to eat lunch and then travel over to the WalMart Plaza Center to do a mock tour.
• The Fish Race has been scheduled for March 25th at the Korte Rec Center.  Tickets will be available on the 21st of Feb. for everyone to begin selling.  We have also recruited three organizations that will sell tickets and receive $2 of every ticket they sell.
• The district is hosting a GSE team from Sweden this April.  If you are interested in planning for thier arrival and visit to Highland, contact Maura.
• Holli has fantastic Rotary shirts and jackets available for sale to help promote Rotary to the community.  See her for details.

Welcome Keith Poss as our newest member.  Ray Hereford is also a potential member, please give the board any feedback that you may have. 

Guests:

Jared Zappia (Guest of Rich Knebel, Extra Help)

Steve Pembrook (Visiting, Riverbend Club)

Kathy Durbin (Guest of Carrie Adolph)

Ross Breckenridge (Guest of Club, speaker)

Sue (Guest of Club, IDOT)

Make-ups: Skio had 2 make-ups in at the Goodyear Whitetanks Club in Arizona

Birthdays: None

Anniversaries: None

Club Anniversaries: None

68.5% Attendance - Great Job

Please let these people know that they were missed: Bob Englemann, Biddy Essenpreis, Dan Fieker, Mike Gould, Bretty Gruender, Roland Harris, Ron Hesson, Katrina Hodous, Will Holzinger, Lisa Hunsche, Mark Latham, Terry Leitschuh, Glenn Meffert, Henry Metzger, Bob Nagel, Dave Peters, James Rankin, Mark Reaka, Rick Ringwald, Eunice Rogier, Floyd Rogier, Bill Schaefer, Eric Schmidt, Ron Schneider, Randy Schorfheide, Art Schutz, Peggy Sebastian, Mike Sutton

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 1529 hours recorded. 

Opportunities to Serve:

1. WELCH PROJECT: Been rescheduled, Saturday February 18th, as long as weather permits.  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.
2. Mississippi Valley Blood Center is having a blood drive on February 15th from 2-6pm. Check on their site for location and to schedule an appointment.

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

There was $1263 in the 50/50 with 17 cards left in the deck and the Ace remained elusive.

Adrain was honorary fine master today and fined everyone who wanted New England to win the uperbowl.

PROGRAM: IDOT In Motion, Ross Brenkenridge

Ross serves at the Community Relations Advisor.  IDOT in motion is a communication project to update individuals on their daily routes that would not normally go to the website to get information.

IDOT in motion uses a database that allows individuals to sign-up to receive email updates on their district (and if available will come straight to the phone).  This will help keep everyone aware of constuction projects and ferry closings that will effect their daily drives.

The new database/email service has saved them over 100k as they were paying $7500 for each mailing through the USPS.  Our district, District 8 has the most aggressive road construction plans in the state outside of Cook County.  Currently there are 532 projects scheduled for hte next year.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS -  Jennifer Whitten