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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2007-2008 President,
Gary Wieskamp
; President Elect,
Karen Diercks
; Directors: Dennis McDonald, Mary Wildermuth, Tim Nelson, John Schwandke. Past President:
Dale Lucht
, S; Treasurer: Randy Ludke, GS; Secretary
Ann Moody,G(2)S
www.muscatinerotary.org
Governor, District 6000: Diana Reed, Des Moines, Iowa.
Rotary International President: Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Ontario, Canada.
ROTARY GUEST NIGHT LOOMS EVER CLOSER!
Get ready for our special "Guest Night." It's going to be a reprise of last year's venture to New Era Church. The show is "Hot Mikado" on Thursday, May 22. Dinner is chicken breast, parsley potatoes, a green vegetable, salad, rolls, dessert and a beverage. Pricing is on the brochures on each table. This is a FAMILY APPROPRIATE show so you can bring your children and grandchildren. The Trolley can take you from the Holiday Inn to the church if you like at no extra charge. ---- By the way, "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan (this is the same show with some more modern music) is one of the funniest shows Gilbert and Sullivan wrote.
THIS WEEK'S ROTARY QUOTE
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Muscatine County Needs Assessment Presenters: Becky Furlong (Curriculum Director of Muscatine Community School District) Mike Johannsen (Community Services Director of Muscatine County Community Services) Sharon Gibson-Ellis (Chief Professional Officer of United Way of Muscatine, Inc.)
LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM
Sarah Fitzer-Huston (Unit Director of the American Red Cross Muscatine-Loisa Unit) and Sharon Gibson-Ellis (Chie Professional Officer of United Way of Muscatine) talked about disaster recovery and preparedness. They gave us an update of what's happened since the tornado of June 1, 2007. Basically, they dealt with 151 families whose homes had been destroyed or damaged. Since then, the Red Cross and other group have created a diaster recovery committee to deal with the long-term effects of such a catastrophe.
UPCOMING ROTARY PROGRAMS
April 28 - Topic: Domestic Violence Rape Sexual Assault Program Presenters from Family Resources, Inc. Dawn Sturms - Regional Coordinator of Muscatine amd Rachel Riley-Smock: Program Coordinator of Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault
Marv Krieger is program chair for May
May 5-- Program at Stanley Consultants
May12--- 3 Point Senior Honor Program
May 19-- Program given by exchange students
May 22 --- Rotary Guest Night at New Era Church --- Have dinner, see "Hot Mikado"
May26 Memorial Day --- no meeting
Barb Christensen and A.J. Johnson are program chairs for June
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Normal flak abut member guest night. You know the drill.
HAPPY NEWS
Not a bit of happy news! What a sad lot!
Today's Rotary Moment - Polio Plus is not about raising money; it is about saving children. It is not about the respect that Rotary has earned on the global stage. It is not about how Polio Plus had broadened the horizons of Rotarians who now see service opportunities far beyond their club raffle. It is about the two billion children saved from iron lungs and early deaths and lifetimes of braces. But for everyone of them.every single one of them. there are mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers saying in 100 languages: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Rotary!
HERE'S THAT GUEST REPORT FROM WEEK BEFORE LAST
Donna Reed came to see Jim Kent get his pin.
Bill Phelan - Jane Daufeldt
Students
Lum
HERE'S LAST WEEK'S GUEST REGISTRY
Students
Majesta Ochoa, Maria, Lum, Matt Paulsen, Katarina Mitchell, Miria Petersen, Leo Petersen
BRIGHTENERS
QUESTIONS THAT HAUNT ME!
Can you cry under water?
How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
What disease did cured ham actually have?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane ?
If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME stuff, why didn't he just buy dinner?
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
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