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Highlights of the meeting of Tuesday, Nov. 13,
2007
President Rick opened the meeting promptly at 7:30AM.
President-elect Chris Boland led the salute to the flag, Steve
Dolan read an inspiring invocation, and Vicki
Puckett led us in song.
Laura had a slow week, baking cookies, tried out for the
high school basketball team and watched a movie. No guests or
visiting Rotarians except our guest speaker Steve Lingenbrink,
Assistant District 5030 Director.
In recognition of November being Rotary Foundation month, Wayne
Parris introduced Steve Lingenbrink –Rotarian, Paul Harris
Fellow --to talk on the Rotary Foundation and the work it
supports. He
presentation focused primarily on overseas projects that he was
personally involved with over the last eight years.
This included projects in Romania, Russia , Guatemala and
Kenya. A four-year
effort in Romania and Russia with large populations of orphans,
projects included establishing medical and dental clinics, warm
coats for winter and purchase and distribution of food.
In Guatemala working with local Rotary Clubs, purchased
land for displaced people, initiated clean water projects that
reduced child mortality rates from 50% to 0%. Sanitation
projects that included septic systems with residue material
being compost used to fertilize coffee trees.
Took his wife and children on several of the trips and
developed lifetime friends.
Kenya worked in the slums of Nairobe (240 in total) with
no infrastructure and 35+% unemployment and installed clean
water and 500 sanitary latrines. Also did similar projects in the rural areas of Mfangano
Island, Migori and Laikipia.
None of these projects would have happened without
Rotary.
Announcements
included:
Larry
Duffield wants to raise $1,000 to purchase 50 large size
coats for the Warm Coats event scheduled December 8, 2007 at the
Northshore Junior High School.
For November, will continue to raise funds for this
program. In the
first week of December, there will be a raffle/auction to raise
funds with the prize a stay at the Woodmark Hotel with spa and
restaurant features.
Susan
Webster indicated dictionary distribution to Northshore
3rd graders would start today, with Cottage Lake,
Bear Creek and East Ridge this week.
Next week plan for Kokanee, Sunrise and Woodin.
Rick
Pisani
announced he will not be here next week and the Board Meeting
will be rescheduled to November 27, 2007.
Chris
Boland reminded us that Show Your Colors/Show Your Stuff
is the program for next week.
Bring memories and memorabilia and there will be a judges
panel and prizes.
Eric
Greenwood reminded
us that the Christmas party is December 4 at the Monte Villa
Farmhouse and requested that people sign up and bring a bottle(s)
of “good” (good was not defined) wine.
The
raffle included the marble draw and a bottle of wine provided by
Jay Soloff, a newly released DeLille Cellars 2005 Deyonne Aix
(52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% Syrah and 2% Mourvedre). Bill Schink had the first winning number, selected the wine
and put it up for auction, with the proceeds going to Larry
Duffield’s large size coat program.
Jay Soloff played auctioneer and the bottle went to Eric
Greenwood for a generous bid of
$100. The
marble pot was $143 but unfortunately Wayne Parris didn’t draw
the white one.
Rick
closed the meeting at 8:30AM
--- Submitted by Bill Schink
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If Snappy had showed up
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Maybe a couple
photos?
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