Mary Arnold, Editor

The Rotary Club of Evansville's Weekly Newsletter

This week's program:

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

"WHAT IS KNOWN AS CONGESTION IN A SUBWAY IS CALLED ATMOSPHERE IN A NIGHTCLUB."   

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

Please continue to keep all Rotarians and their families in your thoughts and prayers, including Rob Bonger’s wife Dee.

WELCOME

Marge Soyugenc introduced Fawzy E. Salama, MD, Urologist (retired), as our newest Rotarian. Fawzy’s classification is  Medical / Physician. Introduce yourself and welcome Fawzy to your Rotary Club.

EDUCATION GRANTS

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

4. Sally Hale, You’re Hired!, $2485.00. Funds will purchase appliances and other items needed for apartment living, together with video equipment.  Students in Moderate Mental Disabilities programs at all five high schools will be videotaped to show their skills to prospective employers. 5. Jon Carl, Still Feeling the History, $1775.00. TV-quality recording equipment will be provided for students from Reitz High School, Helfrich Park Middle School, and West Terrace Elementary School to produce two historical documentaries to air on PBS. 6. Paul E. Smith, Algebra for All, $1775.00. Manipulatives and hands-on equipment for teaching algebra to special education students will be made available to all five EVSC high schools. High School Grants, 1. Staci Herrin, Economics, Harrison High School $629.10. Funds will purchase economics-related novels for use in the life-skills curriculum of Economics courses. 2. Darla Hoover, Science and Literature, Central High School $1602.00. The purchase of class sets of trade books introducing and supplementing standards in the sciences will facilitate connections between science and literature, strengthen cross-disciplinary reading and writing skills, and maintain student interest in science curriculum. 3. September Lant, Primed & Ready for Literacy, North High School, $740.48. Funds will purchase materials and other learning toys for preschool literacy activities in the preschool at North and used as a lab course for Occupational Child Care students.

ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE

A host family is needed! From Steve Groves and Andrew Alexander:  A family is needed to host our inbound exchange student. Lubo from May 7 to June 16, then again from July 1-10. He attends the Signature School and Rotary will help arrange transportation to and from school, as this is often a prospective family’s primary concern. Please contact Steve Groves, 434-4880 or steve@01inc.com or Andrew Alexander, Andrew.alexander@sci-us.com or 476-1456, to express your interest.

CONGRATULATIONS

Jack Schriber on his retirement from the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation.

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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.

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.

SPEAKERS BUREAU UPDATE

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.

ROTARY ADDRESS/FAX CHANGE

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.

GSE TEAM LEADER / AMBASSADORAL SCHOLARSHIP

From Mark Miller: Our district will accept applications for GSE Team Leader from Rotarians who wish to lead four young professionals for four weeks of cultural and vocational exchange to southern Brazil (Maringá / Paraná).  The GSE team will leave Indiana on May 5 and return June 2, 2008.  To qualify as a GSE Team Leader, the individual must be an experienced Rotarian, involved in service projects, and be well-informed on Indiana, the United States and Rotary.  Candidates must also be comfortable working as part of a team with a schedule that is both physically and emotionally demanding, assume complete charge of the team and act as liaison between the team and host clubs. The team will spend roughly a month visiting various clubs and sites in Rotary District 4630 in Brazil. Club endorsed applications for team leader must be received no later than August 1, 2007.Finally, please encourage young professionals between 25 and 40 years of age who would enjoy experiencing life in southern Brazil, observe their own vocations as practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas to submit a GSE Team Member application!  Club endorsed applications must be received no later than November 1, 2007. Our district will also accept club-endorsed applications for the 2008-09 Ambassadorial Scholarship no later than August 1, 2007.   If you know of an individual with at least 2 years of college experience, would like to study abroad for a year, has demonstrated a personal commitment to community service, possesses maturity and seriousness of purpose; has concrete ideas as how s/he will improve international understanding and world peace; and, basically is someone you feel would represent your club as an ambassador of good will, encourage them to download an application and apply!  District 6580 will then select and offer one single year Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, not to be confused with the Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship, for academic year 2008-09 in September 2007.

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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