27JUN08 - Morning Meeting Minutes
* Rotary Club of Anthem met at the Ironwood Clubhouse on Friday, June 27, 2008 at
7:15 a.m., president Larry Evans presiding. He rang the bell at 7:30 a.m. to start the
meeting.
* Members and guests stood to Pledge Allegiance to the Flag, sing three songs: "It's
a Grand Old Flag", "R-O-T-A-R-Y" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and hear a prayer.
* Doug's Thought for the Day: Little kid looking in the window of a barbershop. Barber
said to a customer that the kid is dumb, "I'll show you." Barber got a dollar bill and two
quarters from the till and called the kid inside. "Would you like a single dollar or two
quarters?" asked the barber. "Two quarters, please", answered the kid who accepted the
quarters and left. The customer also left the shop and met the kid outside the ice cream
parlor next door with a cone. "Why did you take the two quarters?" asked the customer.
The kid answered, "If I took the dollar, the dumb game would be over."
* Introduction of guests: Capt. A.J. Anzini of Daisy Mt. Fire Dept.; Bob Hall; Willine Evans;
John King, District 5490 Governor; Kendra Newbury; Shaeleigh O'Brian.
* Barry: Rotary Minute: Silvestore Sheelie was the first president of Rotary.
* Tim: Got Larry a black Bud Light tee-shirt, Suns orange lounging pants and a wide-
brimmed yellow hat.
* Larry: Presented a $2,000 check to A.J. Anzini for tee-shirts with bike safety rules
printed on them. Daisy Mt. Fire Department will hand out the tee-shirts during bike safety
presentations.
Presented a check to Kendra Newbury for her Movement E-Motion group made up of
handicapped dancers who range from age 13 to seniors.
Presented Tom Keck, in the name of the Shelter Box project, a check in the amount of
$1,000. This club is the first in district 5490 to pay for a Shelter Box which holds a tent
that sleeps ten, cooking utensils, water purifiers, etc.
Will hold a $2,450 check for Ron Tucker who heads up the Refurbish the Arizona
Memorial fund in Hawaii. Our club has pledged a total of $10,000 to the fund over several
years.
A check for $1,000 will go to the PolioPlus fund at Rotary International.
* Larry: Introduced District 5490 Governor, John King, who is a graduate of Harvard
School of Law. During his tenure, John visited Rotary Club of Anthem as his first club
appearance. Today is his last visit to a 5490 club as District Governor.
Only three out of 39 5490 Rotary clubs got achievement awards this year; Rotary Club
of Anthem was one of them. John also presented our club with a second award called,
Rotary Shares. It is signed by the 2007-08 Rotary International president, Mr. Wilkersen.
* Jan: passed around a large, bright neon card addressed to Chuck and Shelly
Hammerslag and asked all present to write notes to them. She will deliver it to them after
the meeting.
* Craig: Hotdog cart sign-up sheet had three sections for volunteers to work from 6 to 11
p.m. on July 3 at the Community Park. He changed that list to two sessions. Besides
hotdogs and beer, members will also sell margaritas. Invite family and friends to join in
the fun at the hotdog cart.
* Kerry: is the Rotary Roundup chairperson for the Saturday, September 27 event at the
Pioneer Village Museum. Think about gathering raffle items.
* Ray: Golf event at the hilly Stoneridge golf course at Prescott Valley on Wednesday,
July 9. Players will meet at Ironwood at 6:45 a.m. to carpool. Cost is $64 which includes
lunch.
* Tim: Board meeting will be Thursday, July 10 at Doug's home; a week later than usual.
No meeting on Friday, July 4. Next meeting will be Friday, July 11. The new Boulder
Creek High School principal will be the guest speaker.
* Debunking will take place at the Ironwood Clubhouse on Saturday, June 28 from 6:30
to 9:30 p.m. Cost is $30 per person; chicken or salmon.
Spouses/significant others welcome.
* Happy Dollars collected.
* Raffle: Won by Bill Irman who missed the Joker.
* Larry: The planned speaker did not appear (one of our own members), so, Larry asked
John King to report on his year as 5490 District Governor.
There are 39 clubs in the District. This one is one of the most active. Although many
organizations help people, Rotary has the added notion called fellowship.
In 1986, Rotary started the polio campaign to eradicate the disease. Now, there are
polio cases in only four countries world-wide. Rotary Shares with other organizations to
meet the goal to conquer polio. Other efforts include wheelchair distribution world-wide.
At least 100,000,000 people could use wheelchairs.
In Arizona, 10,000 dictionaries were distributed in District 5490. Our club contributed
1,200 of that number. We were # 16 in the country.
At a convention in Barcelona, Spain, a man did flips across the stage then, sat down to
take off his legs. He thanked Rotary for giving him the ability to walk.
Micro lending, a little bit of money is loaned, mostly to women in third-world
communities, for them to start businesses. The pay-back rate is a whopping 93%.
Lake Havasu, AZ three Rotary's last year worked together with Kiwanis and other
clubs to immunize 300 children. It promoted community involvement and included free
health checks.
White Tanks Rotary drove golf carts for disabled people and raised about $10,000 in
the process.
It was a great year to be 5490 District Governor.
* Larry: rang the bell at 8:34 a.m. to end the meeting and his and John King's tenures.
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* Submitted by Rotary Club of Anthem Scribe, Jan Samar