April 14, 2008
Today, April 14, 2008: Jeri McKeon-Andersen has invited Candye Hinton, president of the Livingston Diversity Council, to speak.
There is a Board of Directors meeting immediately after the general meeting.
April 21 - Derrick Rose and Jeff Blagg are the co-chairmen. Their topic is religion.
April 24 - The Steering Committee will meet at Noon at Cleary's. All are invited to attend.
April 28 - Sam Vasiu is the program chair.
Let's give another round of applause for Zemp, who was honored last week with a medal for his very active role in World War II. We all know Zemp, a Rotarian with almost 60 years of perfect attendance, a local historian, a great story teller, and an award-winning photographer. We should also applaud President Ron and all those who organized the event at the Opera House, including the Color Guard, Congressman Mike Rogers, and Debbie Drick, who sang the National Anthem.
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What's missing? U R
Walk and run - The Howell High School Interact Club will host its annual 5K (3.1-mile) Run/Walk at 9 a.m. April 19 at the track at Howell HIgh School on Grand River Avenue in Howell. On-site registration begins at 8 a.m. Advance registration is $15 before April 18 and $18 on the race day. Proceeds benefit Last Chance Rescue. Mail the entry and checks payable to Interact 5K to 400 Wright Road, Howell, MI 49943. Call (517) 552-4641.
Are you registered? If you don't walk or run the event, you can still volunteer!
Do you have what it takes?
The wheels have been set in motion for our first annual Howell Rotary bike event to benefit Livingston County United Way on October 11. This will be the biggest, most profitible fundraising event in the history of our club. But now the real work begins. We need leaders to take this on and make it a success. Do you have what it takes? Our window of opportunity to make this a first class regional event is closing rapidly.
Check out our online workspace to help in the planning process: http://www.webjam.com/howellrotarybikeevent
Get Fired Up!
During *the first Rotary club meeting on 23 February 1905 in Chicago*, Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Hiram Shorey, and Silvester Schiele met to talk about their personal experiences. Harris then unfolded his general plan for their club meetings.
This was the simple beginning of the world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago. It was created because of Harris' wish to capture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The Rotary name derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.
Rotarians continue to take pride in their history. In honor of that first club, Rotarians have preserved its original meeting place, Room 711 in Chicago's Unity Building, by re-creating the office as it existed in 1905. For several years, the Paul Harris 711 Club maintained the room as a shrine for visiting Rotarians. In 1989, when the building was scheduled to be demolished, the club carefully dismantled the office and salvaged the interior, including doors and radiators. In 1993, the RI Board of Directors set aside a permanent home for the restored Room 711 at RI World Headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Evanston.
For more historical information about Rotary, visit Rotary History and Archives or the Rotary Global History Fellowship .
*Thanks for reading to the end. You just saved yourself from being fined a buck. The answer to today's trivia challenge is: the first Rotary club meeting was on 23 February 1905 in Chicago*