Roseland Rotary Meeting September 4, 2014
ROTARY MEETING 9-04-14
It is hard to believe that the last weekend of summer has now passed. We have had a most unusable season, and in fact year to date, with many record temperatures both above and below the norm. Snow, wind, rain, you name it. Attendance at our meetings has also been all over the map. “There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self” (per Aldous Huxley)
Today 16 were in attendance with 3 guests, but no outside speaker. Frank Tasler (S.B. Club) won the raffle.
PRESIDENT BOB SONES started the meeting by asking DAVE KECK to present us with a prayer. Afterwards, both our pledge to our flag and Four Way Test were presented. WE HAD TO SAY THE FOUR WAY TWICE as everyone mumbled through it the first time. Today, we used our new songbooks and everyone now can no longer complain the words are too small. Lou Holtz once said: “A bird doesn’t sing because it has no answer, it sings because it has a song” Thanks to Cliff Witkowski for the great Song Book Cover Design.
Prior to the Fines and happy dollars, PRESIDENT SONES explained Foundation Giving per Club sheets handed out and where our Club is within the District in giving. The mystery solved: Joe Maloney explained the Every Member Every Year chart he put together. Also, Don Stohler explained what the Elkhart Club was doing on a weekly basis to promote PHF participation. Suggestions and comments were taken under advisement for future action.
JIM GOODHEW, South Bend Rotary President, is asking our Club to join them in an upcoming service project to the St. Joseph County Parks to assist in the restoration of the Studebaker Tree Sign at Bendix Woods County Park. Date of participation will be September 20th from 9 to noon with the St. Joseph County Parks providing lunch.
CHRIS VARDA announced that on September 25th (Thursday meeting) FLU SHOTS would be given at the Club meeting for all those wanting one.
FINE MASTER DAVE KECK took over and extracted mostly happy dollars from those present. Keck gave $2.00 for the speaker mix up. Al Veldman stated his grandchild was now made co-caption of the Volley Ball Team. Joe Maloney is preparing for a 3 -1/2 week vacation trip. Winnie Farquhar hopes N.D. beats Michigan this Saturday. Wally Johnson is preparing for another Lake Michigan cruise. Lyman Samuel was fined for wearing his usual short pants to the Club meeting. Over 11 participated.
OUR SPEAKER; A mix up occurred so we had no outside speaker today. BILL BRENNEN was asked to fill in which he did; giving a very interesting telling of the employment and business adventures he is currently in participation
STEM CELL NUTRITION.com: Bill Brennen is very much interested in participation and talking about. He would like to open up a business in this field in the near future.
RAILROAD DRIVER; Bill Brennen has a passion to drive and driving he does. From 1 a.m. to noon he is working (except Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays) driving a railroad SUV picking up freight train crews after they finish their 10-hour maximum work period wherever they must stop. Trips of 199 miles one way are common. They are enjoyable when crews are present, but boring when driving home by himself. No professional drivers license is required for this work, though BILL has one. To become a truck driver requires 9 months of training whereas this job does not. Picking up of Railroad Crews can be a challenge as many locations are in remote and hard to get locations. Wonder what Bill will think of this job when the snow flies. No-doze tablets are BILL’s best friend when on long trips.
NEXT WEEK; Benny Bendit should be back writing our bulletin.