Mary Arnold, Editor

The Rotary Club of Evansville's Weekly Newsletter

This week's program:

May 15                       Ann Burnworth, Executive Director

                                    Youth Resources, "Leaders of Tomorrow?

                                     Leaders of Today?"

                                    Greeters:  Alan Julian                                               

                                    Invoker: 

May 22                     Phil Devol, National Consultant & Author,

                                 "The aha Process, Inc., "The Hidden Rules

                                   of Getting Ahead"

                                    Greeters:  Scott Hyatt                                               

                                                       Cathy Sickman Renner

                                    Invoker:

May 29                   Chris Nix "From Tractors to Paratroopers:

                                 A Farm Boy's Journey through WWII".

                                   Greeters:  Scott Hyatt                                               

                                                     Cathy Sickman Renner

                                    Invoker:

May Programs                                             Wendy McCormick

Program  Information, 428-6500            Becki Alcorn

AWARD RECIPIENTS OF 40+ YEARS OF SERVICE

Ed Ancona                Ray Arensman    John Breckenridge     Jack Buttrum         Wallace Graves      Don Ingle               Harry Lukens, III

Dan Mitchell          Maurice Mobley     Al Moorman               David Rice            John Schroeder      Jim Schwentker        Alan Winslow

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

"LIVE AS IF YOU EXPECT TO LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS, BUT MIGHT DIE TOMORROW."   

BOARD MEETING

Due to the Celebration of Service on May 8, the May Board of Directors meeting is May 15 at 10:45 AM in the G.A.R All members are invited to attend.

MAY MEETING CHANGES

New Member Orientation is rescheduled to May 22 at 11:00 AM due to the change in the Board meeting. The Marketing meeting is moved to May 22 at 1:00 PM.  Please adjust your schedules to reflect the changes.

CELEBRATION OF SERVICE

An extra special thank you is sent to Ruthie Shekell, who without her tireless and last minute work the Celebration of Service would not have happened. Also, to Craig Mc Nett, who was left off of the list of Committee members. Winners of the Raffle Packages were: #1-Yard Work You Don’t Have To Do - Bob Milne. #2 – Florida Escape - Bob Milne. #3 - Rich & Famous- Abbey Foroughi. #4 - Home Sweet Home – Jean Brubeck. #5 – Family Fun St – Kenan Schultheis. #6 - The Ideal Day – Lee Vernon. #7 - Colts, Indy & More – Andrew Carwile. #8 – Touring The Tri-State – Becki Alcorn. #9 - Air Of Adventure – Marylinn Thomlison. #10 – The Dream Office – Jim McCarty, Sr. #11 – Dressed Up And Going Out – Howard Abrams. #12 - Sports For Good Sports – Bob Milne. #13 - Lucky 13 – Bonnie Grafton. Thank you to everyone who supported the Celebration of Service by donating raffle items, purchasing raffle tickets, buying corporate tables, giving donations directly to the foundation, and serving on the committee.

ROTARY ADDRESS AND FAX

IMPORTANT! Please be sure to use P.O. Box 1131, Evansville, IN 47706 for all Rotary correspondence including dues payment. There is a new fax for the Rotary office. It is 866-538-7635. Please change your directory information.

CALLING FOR ROTARY HISTORY

Harry Lukens is working on the history of our Club. If you have any information i.e., minutes, other printed materials – brochures, flyers, newspaper articles,  on or about our Club, particularly between 1950 and 1980, please contact Harry Lukens, 425-5555, or Ruthie Shekell, 962-4687.

HONORING MEMBER WITH 40+ YRS OF SERVICE

The following members were honored for serving Rotary with 40 or more years of service. Wallace B. Graves – 1951; John H. Schroeder - 1955; James M. Schwentker  - 1957; Horace M. Lukens III – 1957; W. Alan Winslow – 1958; Ray W. Arensman – 1958; John B. Breckenridge – 1960; Daniel W. Mitchell – 1960; David L. Rice – 1960; Maurice E. Mobley – 1963; Donald B. Ingle – 1964; Jack Buttrum – 1966; Allen W. Moorman – 1966; and Edgar D. Ancona – 1967. Congratulations and thank you for your Service Above Self.

SPEAKER'S BUREAU UP-DATE

David Henze, dhenze@sigecom.net, is updating the information for the Rotary Speaker’s Bureau. Please check the information on the website, www.evansvillerotary.com and let David know if there are any changes.

EDUCATION GRANTS

Over the following weeks, the education grants recognized at the May 1, meeting will be listed. Multi-School Grants

1.Deborah Vannatter, Exploring Solar Energy,$2500.00, Funds will purchase a telescope, illuminated orbiters, radiometers, and solar balloons for teaching 4^th grade science in seven elementary schools (Cedar Hall, Daniel Wertz, Delaware, Lodge, Harper, Stockwell and Vogel).

2.Virginia King, Robo Rally II, $1980.00, Funds will purchase LEGO NXT accessory kits, gears and Robot kits to expand the highly successful robot competitions for middle school students at Harwood, Helfrich Park, Oak Hill, Perry Heights, Plaza Park, and Washington. 3. Andrea Gordon, Clickable Story Book Library, $2500.00, Funds will purchase approximately 200 books and recording supplies to expand the EVSC Special Education Clickable Storybook Library.  Each book is scanned into Power Point and combined with reading recordings prepared by students. The multimedia approach to reading helps moderately disabled students.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

Please continue to keep all Rotarians and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

Need more information? Try the web site, it contains answers to frequently asked questions. You can also find information in your Membership Directory.

CLUB INFORMATION

Club Website
www.evansvillerotary.com

District 6580
www.rotary6580.org

Rotary International
www.rotary.org

Chartered
December 9, 1913

Charter Number
102

Club Number
3435

Meeting Time
Tuesdays at Noon

Meeting Location
The Coliseum
300 Court Street
Evansville, IN

Mailing Address
PO Box 1131
Evansville, IN 47706-1131

Office Information
1100 W Lloyd Expy
Suite 504
Evansville, IN 47708
812-962-4687 phone
812-962-4688 fax
info@evansvillerotary.com

2006-2007 Officers
Teri Hollander Albin, President
Rebecca Alcorn, President Elect
Matt Volkman, Vice President
John Wolk, Secretary
Jeffrey Berger, Treasurer
Paul Crimm, Sergeant At Arms
Ron Keeping, Past President

2006-2007 Board of Directors
Nancy Bizal
Dan Carwile
Carter Clarke
Maurice Coates
Lois Duncan
Abbas Foroughi
Marilee Fowler
Jeffrey Henning
Prudence Hoesli
Stephen Jennings
Kalah Jerstad
Tonya Kirkland
Nancy Koehler
Jane Wittmer Kuhn
Susie Mattingly
Craig McNett
Martin Rowland
Ryan Scheidler
Jack Schriber
Cathy Sickman Renner
Ann Stegall
Gary Van Zandt
Lee Vernon
Amy Walker

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