Roseland Rotary Meeting March 26 2015
Posted by "Bob" Sones
on Mar 27, 2015
Roseland Rotary Meeting March 26, 2015
We had a great meal today: Baked chicken, mixed steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes with chicken gravy.
Sixteen members, a visitor from South Bend Rotary, and a prospective new member, Jacob Youngs, attended.
Joe Maloney gave the invocation, we said the Pledge to the Flag, and recited the four way test. Bob Eberhart is still under
the weather, so we had no songmaster, and no song. Get well Bob.
Bob Sones announced that our off site meeting at Notre Dame will be April 9, two weeks from now. The April 2 meeting will be at Waterford.
Cliff Witkowski asked for member support of the post office food drive. We need to staff two, two hour, shifts at the Granger substation on May 9, (2 PM TO 4 pm, and 4 to 6 PM)
Jay Harwood asked for strong support of the annual auction. This is our significant club fund raiser, and we need your help. You can donate items for auction, attend the event, and ask friends and businesses for support. The committee does a great job, we need to help them. Although the literature says advertising has to be submitted by April 1, it will be accepted up to a week prior to the event. Business card size ads will be O.K. too.
Frank Topec was the winning jokester (You had to be there to enjoy it).
Dave Keck was genial, and efficient in collecting happy dollars. I noticed, when he stood up, everyone grabbed their wallets (obviously to show how anxious they were to contribute).
David Koppana was our speaker today. David joined our club on April 19. He is an engineering graduate of Notre Dame, and his current business project is a low key seven bedroom, four bath bed and breakfast on the near northwest side of South Bend.
David talked about the tornado that occurred in this area fifty years ago. It happened on Palm Sunday, and was devastating. Forty four people died, thirty-three in one Elkhart trailer park. Maury, Cliff, Al, Dave Keck, and Frank recounted some of their experiences at the time. The theme was unbelievable power, devastation, and the hope never to encounter such an event again.
We had a great meal today: Baked chicken, mixed steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes with chicken gravy.
Sixteen members, a visitor from South Bend Rotary, and a prospective new member, Jacob Youngs, attended.
Joe Maloney gave the invocation, we said the Pledge to the Flag, and recited the four way test. Bob Eberhart is still under
the weather, so we had no songmaster, and no song. Get well Bob.
Bob Sones announced that our off site meeting at Notre Dame will be April 9, two weeks from now. The April 2 meeting will be at Waterford.
Cliff Witkowski asked for member support of the post office food drive. We need to staff two, two hour, shifts at the Granger substation on May 9, (2 PM TO 4 pm, and 4 to 6 PM)
Jay Harwood asked for strong support of the annual auction. This is our significant club fund raiser, and we need your help. You can donate items for auction, attend the event, and ask friends and businesses for support. The committee does a great job, we need to help them. Although the literature says advertising has to be submitted by April 1, it will be accepted up to a week prior to the event. Business card size ads will be O.K. too.
Frank Topec was the winning jokester (You had to be there to enjoy it).
Dave Keck was genial, and efficient in collecting happy dollars. I noticed, when he stood up, everyone grabbed their wallets (obviously to show how anxious they were to contribute).
David Koppana was our speaker today. David joined our club on April 19. He is an engineering graduate of Notre Dame, and his current business project is a low key seven bedroom, four bath bed and breakfast on the near northwest side of South Bend.
David talked about the tornado that occurred in this area fifty years ago. It happened on Palm Sunday, and was devastating. Forty four people died, thirty-three in one Elkhart trailer park. Maury, Cliff, Al, Dave Keck, and Frank recounted some of their experiences at the time. The theme was unbelievable power, devastation, and the hope never to encounter such an event again.
Note from You Little Old Editor, Thanks Bob for filling in today and a nice job on the Weekly News Bulletin.
Don't mess with Mama
