Roseland Rotary Meeting April 17, 2014
Rotary Meeting of 4-17-14
WELCOME ROTARIANS TO WARMER, maybe Spring Time Weather. Climate Change is a big topic right now with both pro and negative responses occurring.
This is also how we are getting responses about the meetings starting earlier and the results. Have you told PRESIDENT BOB SONES your feelings on this? He still needs your opinions. 19 attended todays meeting with 2 guests, and no speaker. This is the FIFTH and possibly last week of “Let’s Play POKER” game. ”. Five cards complete a hand so some should be winning very soon. JOE MALONEY won todays Raffle again. That is probably 3rd or 4th time within the past few weeks.
Starting off our meeting in Prayer was DAVE KECK. PRESIDENT BOB SONESFinished off the opening ceremonies. Today we sang “Rotary My Rotary”.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: District 6540 Conference is April 25-26 at Swan Lake Resort, Plymouth. The ANNUAL AUCTION AND DINNER is May 9th, at the Waterford Estates Lodge starting at 6 p.m. And May 10th is the Food Bank Food Drive; we participate from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. A sign up sheet is being passed around to help on this event. 21st Annual DISMAS HOUSE SALAD LUNCHEON takes place Tuesday 4-22-14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on Colfax Avenue. $8.00 per person at the door.
AGAIN, our FINE MASTER KECK was in good spirits, extracting both happy and some sad dollars from those present. CLIFF WITKOWSKI announced that his grandson and wife had a baby boy recently so CLIFF is now a GRANDFATHER.
DAVE KECK paid a dollar for the program mix up for this week.
Our speaker this week was not present so we listened to BILL BRENNEN, JOE MALONEY and JERRY KLEIN gave us up dates on events they attended.
BILL BRENNEN surprised us, by letting us know, that for the past year he has been one of the 6540 DISTRICT ASSISTANCE DISTRICT GOVERNORS. Clubs he now serves are SOUTH GATEWAY and SOUTH BEND CLUBS. Next year different Clubs might be under his jurisdiction. BILL drove 2 Clay Students 48 miles down to the Rotary Speech Contest 4-12-14 at Chesterton High School and watched their participation. Each participant was required to draw a question out of a box and, in a given time period, talk on that produced subject. No one from Clay won any awards however.
JOE MALONEY spoke about his 2-1/2 hour trip to RYLA ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE with 2 Riley High School students on 4-11-14 at YMCA Camp Tecumseh. He also announced that on May 8th, both the Riley (RYLA) and Clay (Speech Contest) High School Students should be at our Club meeting.
JERRY KLEIN (possible new member) who attended last week spoke, about his Lawrenceville, Illinois Club service projects. KIDS SHOPPING DAY started out with 150 local County kids. Now, after 5 years, the Club treats over 600 kids to a shopping spree. Financial need was not a consideration on whom attended either. A second endeavor was a cancer fundraiser WHICH THE LAST TWO TIMES HAVE NETTED $25,000.00 EACH YEAR.
A Club Board meeting is scheduled Tuesday at Rose Materials 4-22-14. Check with an officer if you wish to attend.
Last two days to sign up for the 6540 DISTRICT CONFERENCE, 4-25/26-14 at Swan Lake Resort. To date only PRESIDENT BOB SONES and BILL BRENNEN are known to be attending. BILL will also be a worker at this convention, we are told.
On April 24th, our speaker will be JACK BEST. PAST R.I. BOARD, KEY SPEAKER FOR 6540 DISTRICT CONFERENCE the next day. We need a good attendance for this Club meeting.
NOTE; Next week we will be meeting in the bar lounge next to the fireplace.
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Have a great week everybody
PS, did you witness the eclipse?
