January 14, 2008 Club Bulletin #217
Posted by Frank Kelly
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January 14, 2008 Club Bulletin #217 by Frank Kelly |
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2007-2008 President,
Gary Wieskamp
; President Elect; Directors: Karen Diercks; Dennis McDonald, Mary Wildermuth, Tim Nelson, John Schwandke. Past President:
Dale Lucht
, S; Treasurer: Randy Ludke, GS; Secretary
Ann Moody,G(2)S
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Governor, District 6000: Diana Reed, Des Moines, Iowa.
Rotary International President: Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM What is going on with ACT scores? Our speaker will be Ms. Deb Fitzgerald of ACT. LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM Michael Lomax, Associate Professor, Unniversity of Iowa, told us about baseball teams that thrived before and during the formation of the Negro League. UPCOMING ROTARY PROGRAMS January 21 - Return visit of Bill Aossey of Cedar Rapids (he was Bill Housh's guest a couple of months back but the meeting was so loaded with other business that he didn't have a chance to speak much. January 28 - Jan Glendening, Director of Philanthropy, the Nature Conservancy regarding the introduction of bison into the prairies of Iowa. GUESTS Craig Bode - Guest of DeWayne Hopkins Pam Collins - Guest of Barb Christensen Nita and Kaltrina - Guest of Keith Porter Hans Sleichter - Guest of John Sleichter STUDENT GUESTS Lum (Maria's grandmother died) Jill Hughes Samantha Jones SONG LEADERS January- Bill Trent February - Carlin Lawhead March - Ann Meeker April - Diana Gradert May - Norm Smith June - Harvey Allbee, Jr. MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF You all received a letter from Rich Dwyer and Charlie Lewis asking for your help in the further eradication of polio. As indicated in the letter, the Rotary Foundation has issued a challenge for all of us to give additional dollars to assist in this much needed effort. You are being asked to give $100.00 if you joined Rotary after July 1, 2003 and $50.00 for all other members. The Rotary Foundation is matching contributions with $.50 for each dollar contributed. District 6000 declared they will contribute $1.00 of our District Designated Funds for each dollar contributed by our club and club members up to the first $10,000 of contributions. At our Rotary Board meeting on Wednesday, the Board approved contributing $10.00 for each of our members. Tis the season for giving, so find that letter from your Foundation Committee and let's all give to this very worthwhile cause. We currently have 132 active members in our Club with an induction of two new members, Jill Kordick and Lynn Schultz scheduled for January 7. If you think someone you know would make a good Rotarian talk to them about it and ask them to join Rotary. Just think how we could grow our club membership if each of us just brought on one new member in the next couple of years. Sounds pretty simple doesn't it? I'd also like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! HAPPY NEWS Scott Ingstad was happy that the Salvation Army made its Red Kettle Drive goal. Dave Utley was happy the Salvation Army had Scott Ingstad as the chairman of the Red Kettle Drive. Dave said Scott and Jessica worked night and day to make it happen. NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED Steve Wieskamp - first reading. Steve was proposed by Gary Weiskamp. NEW MEMBERS INDUCTED Jill Kordick - the interim CEO of Unity - Proposed by Gary Wieskamp Lynn Schultz - the new publisher of the Muscatine Journal -proposed by Diana Gradert ANNOUNCEMENTS Norm Smith said there would be a meeting of the International Youth Exchange commitee. Mike Ruby made his final appeal to attend the Fireside Chat at the United Way meeting room. TODAY'S ROTARY MOMENT In its early years as Rotary grew, so did the complexity of its practices, making it difficult for Rotary International to succinctly and clearly answer the question, "What is Rotary? It was felt that few Rotarians really understood what the organization's objectives were. It was concluded that Rotary was like a three lane highway, one lane where a Rotarian could serve his club, one to serve his vocation and one to serve his community. It was named the Aims and Objects Plan. While these three lanes were first adopted, others were still urging Rotary to embrace international peace and goodwill as an added emphasis. In 1928, International Service was adopted as the final track of what has forever since been known as Rotary's four avenues of service. These four Avenues of Service helped define Rotary, added organization to its mission, and for 80 plus years thereafter have made it a simple and proud task for Rotarians to answer the question, "What is Rotary?" BRIGHTENERS My mind works like lightning. One brilliant flash and it is gone. The only time the world beats a path to your door is if you're in the bathroom. It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too. A husband is someone who, after taking the trash out, gives the impression that he just cleaned the whole house. My next house will have no kitchen - just vending machines and a large trash can. Then there was the guy who was bitten by a stray rabid dog. His friend went to see how he was and found him writing frantically on a piece of paper. The friend told him rabies could be treated, and he didn't have to worry about a Will. He said, "Will? What Will? I'm making a list of the people I want to bite." THOUGHT FOR THE DAY We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. |