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PRESIDENT
ADAM BAIN
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
CRAIG KNOBLOCH
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
TOM KETELAAR
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
DENISE ORMSBY
SECRETARY
MIKE BELL
TREASURER
DARYL EMPEN |
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HOUSE
DALE GRABAU
MILT HEDQUIST
DARYL TOWNSEND
BOB VANDEVORDE
BRIAN VERDUN
INTER-CLUB
JOE ROBB
MUSIC
JONATHAN TURNER
BULLETIN
BILL CLEAVER
GRANTS
JOHN CALIFF, CHAIR
PROGRAM CHAIR JULY
KRISTI CRAFTON
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INVOCATION
SONG LEADER
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Volume 88 No 221
| July 26, 2010
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The Opening Act
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The
Club welcomed back our well-rested President, Adam Bain, to the fold. Jonathan Turner again provided the
entertainment, along with his Rock Island Kiwanis Bix Foot-Stompin' Banjoliers.
In
recognition of merrymaking from days gone by, Jud Briggs found that he was
missing his spoon. The first guess from
the "back table" was that Father Mirabelli and Duncan Reid must have been
hiding under the table.
Pantry
money this month will be donated to the Christian Care meal site.
The
grant committee was going to meet after Monday's meeting, so we can expect some
disbursements soon.
Adam
reminded us of the August 9 golf outing with lunch preceding the golfing at
11:30 at the Arsenal Golf Club.
It
was reported that the initial Learn to Ride session at the Rock Island
Botanical Center was a success.
Rondi
Doyle announced that National Philanthropy Day nominations were now being
accepted, so keep this in mind between now and November.
Tom
Plechaty thanked all who assisted at the weekend softball tournament and was
pleased to announce that the Club received $261 in tips. Bill Nelson, in turn, directed the Club
members' attention to Tom, who spent long hours in either personally serving or
arranging for all Club participation and making the tournament a success.
In
Fun and Fellowship, the dining club book went to Bob Tapprich. Dave Umphrey boldly offered $5 to take it off
of Bob's hands. Marty Katz won the
preliminary prize, and your Editor believes that when the prize was donated
back to the Club, he wasn't automatically winning the grand prize. No, the opportunity to go for the grand prize
went to Jud Briggs, who also managed to wrest this prize out of Mike Bell's hands.
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| The Feature Attraction |
The
program was given by the recently appointed Chief of the Rock Island Police
Department, Mr. Scott Harris. He began
by explaining his philosophy of the importance of engaging the community in the
policing effort. He gave a brief
personal background, starting with his days at United Township High School,
United States Marine Corps, and Illinois Department of Corrections. Once he moved to the Rock Island Police
Department, he was given and excelled in a number of assignments within the
Department. The Department currently
employs 112 individuals, 83 of whom are police officers. Chief Harris explained that crime is down in
Rock Island, but since all crime involves a victim, he maintained a course of
constantly looking for improvement.
Chief Harris expressed his thought that the biggest change in policing
is the impact of technology. The Chief
also suggested that a significant number of criminal incidents can be related
either directly or indirectly to drugs and alcohol. He suggested that treatment to correct the
source of these problems, rather than incarceration, is probably the most
fruitful way of addressing these problems.
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| Future Attractions |
Aug. 2 Lester
White, National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal
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THOUGHT FOR THE
DAY
"Quality is
not an act, it is a habit." - Aristotle
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