January 26, 2009 Club Bulletin #268

Week of January 26, 2009          

Today's Program: Bret Olson, Executive Director of Muscatine Community Y

Song Leader for January: Tim Nelson

In Case You Missed It

Last week's presenter was Mike Ruby on things you may not know about Rotary.  Mike presented 66 facts about Rotary and our local club.  Here are just a few:

·         Rotary founder: Paul Harris, Chicago attorney

·         February 23, 1905: Starting date of Rotary

·         Today's membership world wide: 1,230,000

·         Rotary club of Muscatine: Formed in 1920

·         1987: Year when women were invited to join

·         How many clubs are in the world: 33,139

·         6000: District our club is in

·         Breck Breckenfelder: Ann Moody's father & only Muscatine Rotarian to serve as District Governor

Great job Mike! 

January 19^th Guests

• Audrey Dwyer, daughter of Rich Dwyer  

January 19^th Club Announcements

·          Rotary youth exchange calendars are still available for $5.

  January 19^th Happy News

·          Dave Stanley was glad to be out of the cold weather and on vacation. 

·          Roger Lande has been enjoying watching all of the football games.

·          Jane Daufeldt is excited about Eagle and Ivories event on January 23-24^th!  

Coming Up.

Program Chair for February: Mark Mather

Program on February 2^nd: Jeff Armstrong, from MCC speaking about the MCC exchange with India