E-bulletin April 10th, 2016 (Apr 10, 2016)

Apr 11, 2016
Saleh Rashid, PharmD, Walgreen's Pharmacy Manager
Prescription Drug Abuse

Apr 18, 2016
Representative Dan Raulerson
Legislative Update

Apr 25, 2016
Jennifer Chamberlain
Telemedicine

May 02, 2016
Tonda Morris
Plant City Library

May 09, 2016
Rotarian - Jana Butler
Speaker Unknown

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This Week's Meeting- April 11th

Speaker: Saleh Rashid, Walgreens Pharmacy Manager

Topic: Prescription Drug Abuse

Rotarian: James Boyd

Last Week's Meeting- April 4th

Last week’s program was presented by Rotarian John Haney. John’s guest speaker was Bob Henriquez, Hillsborough County Property Appraiser. The Hillsborough County Appraiser is an elected official charged with the duty and responsibility to appraise all of the property in the County. This includes real estate and tangible personal property (the equipment, machinery and fixtures) of businesses. The Appraisers office asses approximately 156,000 properties every year in Hillsborough County…approximately 390,00 residential properties and over 18,000 commercial properties. It is important to note the Property Appraiser prepares the tax roll, but does not collect taxes or determine tax rates.
The Property Appraiser is required by law to assess all property within the county each January 1st. In Hillsborough County, this means the Property Appraiser determines the market value for hundreds of thousands of individual parcels, including residential, agricultural, multifamily, commercial and industrial, as well as thousands of personal property accounts. In addition to appraising property, the Property Appraiser must administer homestead exemptions, agricultural classification, determine the eligibility of certain religious, charitable, educational and municipal property for tax exemption, as well as administer widow, widower's and disability exemptions. The Property Appraiser also maintains current and up-to-date legal descriptions and ownership tax maps of all the real property in Hillsborough County. The appraiser’s website is very user friendly and has the latest technology. Many different “industries” with the website for business purposes with over 2 million hits each month on the website. Hillsborough County Appraisers office recently was awarded IAAO certification for excellence in assessment administration. -submitted by Mike Arndt

Club News

Wild Game Tickets or Ticket Money

IMPORTANT !!! If you have not turned in any remaining tickets or the money for ticket sales you should do so right away! PLEASE be sure to turn in your money or tickets to Tim Kip this week at the latest!

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Wild Game Expenses

Committee Chairmen, if you have any outstanding expenses to turn in for reimbursement, please ger them to Charles Harris right away. We need to get all expenses taken care of so we can come with a final accounting for the cook out.

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Scholarship Applications being accepted

We are now taking applications for our Rotary Scholarships. This year graduating seniors of Plant City High School and students that live in Plant City are eligible to apply. To nominate a student or for more information contact Rotarians Tim Kip or Jana Butler.

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District Conference 2016

The District Conference will be May 20^th & 21^st. A wonderful, fun and relaxing celebration of Rotary is planned and will be held at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort. Located minutes from Walt Disney World and Disney Springs, the Orlando World Center Marriott is a first-class luxury resort and the perfect place for rotary to meet and celebrate all of our accomplishments this year. This stellar resort has offered rotary an exclusive rate of only $119 per night INCLUDING the Resort Fee and FREE self-parking! Even more they will honor these rates from May 14 through May 26 so you can extend your stay. We are planning a great celebration with excellent presentations, a Club Showcase, entertainment and plenty of free time. Register today online. Full two-day conference registration is only $195! Register today at the conference website Rotarydistrictconference.com.

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New Program Chairman
John Haney is our new program chairman. Please notify him regarding upcoming speakers and programs. Call 813-716-5108 or email John at jhaneyjhaney@acebid.com

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Calling for your news!

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April Club Anniversaries

Bill Hughes – 2 years

James Boyd – 4 years

David Delph – 8 years

Randy Hyman – 16 years

Charles Deusner – 32 years

April Birthdays

Felix Haynes - April 09

Charles White - April 11

Steve Wyman - April 11

Kayls Drawdy-Sherrard - April 24

Jodi Stevens - April 25

Steve Lambert - April 27

Council on Legislation to meet in Chicago 10-15 April
Representatives from Rotary clubs worldwide will gather in Chicago 10-15 April to consider changes to the policies that guide Rotary International and its member clubs. The Council on Legislation meets every three years and is an essential part of Rotary's governance. The representatives -- one from each Rotary district -- review and vote on proposals that seek to change Rotary's constitutional documents and on resolutions that express an opinion or make a recommendation to the Rotary International Board of Directors. Get live updates and daily vote totals on My Rotary beginning 11 April....

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Convention: Cultural insights
From the April 2016 issue of The Rotarian Do you need some context for all you’re experiencing while you’re in Korea for the Rotary International Convention from 28 May to 1 June? Check out one or more of these museums: 1. National Museum of Korea: If you have time for only one, this museum, the sixth largest in the world, has something for everyone: relics from prehistoric times, calligraphy, paintings, sculpture, and even a children’s museum, all housed in a six-story building in the wooded Yongsan Family Park. 2. Korea Furniture Museum: To see how Koreans of the past lived, walk through...

Blazing a trail to a national park in the Smokies
From the April 2016 issue of The Rotarian America’s most-visited national park, the Great Smoky Mountains, is a half-million acres of temperate forest bristling with biodiversity – as 30 species of salamanders and some 1,500 black bears attest. Yet the contours of the park, in Tennessee and North Carolina in nearly equal measures, might have been drawn differently if not for several members of the Rotary Club of Knoxville, Tenn., a role the club marked during its centennial celebration last August. In 1915, David C. Chapman, the owner of a wholesale drug company and a veteran of the Spanish-...

Clubs: The body politic
From the April 2016 issue of The Rotarian Rotary clubs are catnip to people running for public office: Rotarians are involved in their communities, civic-minded, and engaged in public improvement. Especially in an election year, clubs are likely to receive calls from candidates in search of a receptive audience. How a club responds to these requests is completely up to the club itself. For many, it depends on experience with politicians and the preferences of the club officers. Rotary International requires only that clubs not endorse candidates or take sides on public issues. But the role of...

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