Mary Arnold, Editor

The Rotary Club of Evansville's Weekly Newsletter

This week's program:

June 19                  Cheryl Musgrave, President, Vanderburgh County

                                     Commission, "State of the County" Address

                                   Greeters:  Bob Working

                                                      Cathy Eichele

                                    Invoker:

June 26                 Steven K. Elliott, M.D.

                               "Haitian Parish Partnership"

                                   Greeters:  Bob Working

                                                      Cathy Eichele

                                    Invoker:

June Programs                                            Jim McKinney s

Program  Information, 428-6500            Becki Alcorn

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

"VACANT"   

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

Please continue to keep all Rotarians and their families in your thoughts and prayers including Roxy Baas and Randy Rohlfer.

ATHENA AWARD

Applications for nominations for the Athena Award may be taken off the Rotary web site. It is www.evansvillerotary.com

CAN YOU HELP?

Drew Stroshine, our out bound student to Germany, is collecting Indiana quarters to make pins to take with him when he leaves on August 2. If you can donate Indiana quarters, please contact Eric Stroshine, 867-2497, or Teri Hollander Albin, 426-1481.  Thank you Ron Keeping for providing transportation for Lubo from Bloomington.

EDUCATION GRANTS

Over the following weeks, the education grants recognized at the May 1, meeting will be listed. PRIVATE / PAROCHIAL GRANT WINNERS: 1. Jenna Schitter/Karen Waller/Diane Alvey, $1489.98, ST. THERESA SCHOOL                                                  740 students / 10 yrs. Carbo Reading Styles Program: The focus of this program is tri-fold and requires the purchasing of books and CD’s for K-8 students.  These books provide a student resource for writing Readers Theatre scripts, and will be used to strengthen reading skills and improve fluency for students as they listen to and practice with audio versions of the books on CD’s. 2. Jenny Masterson/Lynn Scheessele, $940.00, GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL, 155 students, Disability Awareness: a program designed to give students a better understanding of what it would be like to have a disability.  To encourage empathy and acceptance toward people who experience a disability in their daily lives. 3. Jamie Broeker, $326.00, HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL, 40 students, Let’s Take a Trip to Letterville:  a multi-sensory program designed to provide students practice with writing upper and lower-case letters, matching letters and words, identifying letter sounds, rhyming, syllabication, blending, and segmenting.  It is based upon research that shows that music is a powerful way to enhance automatic memory.  4.  Jamie Broeker, $1,398.00,   HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL, 50 students, Touch Math is the most accepted and widely used math supplement in special education. Students interact with numbers on paper by seeing, saying, hearing, and touching numbers as they solve problems.  Many students will continue to use the touch math method in their adult years. 5.  Brandi Coomes        , $585.28,     HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL, 30 students, Life Skills Education: The Life Skills Series will introduce students to the “must-have” skills and concepts needed to enter the adult world, including community resources, health and safety, and public transportation, among other necessary skills.   The materials will strengthen the skills of students in the areas of mathematics, language arts, science, and economics.  This project will enhance the basic skills needed to perform adequately in a social setting and in everyday life skills. 

CLUB ASSEMBLY

Mark Thursday, June 21, on your calendar for the annual Club Assembly. This year it will be at the Reitz Home beginning at 4:00 PM. Committee chairs are asked to identify your goals and objectives for the 2007-2008 Rotary year. All Rotarians are welcome to attend. Contact Becki Alcorn, ralcorn@bkd.com, if you plan to attend.

SPEAKER'S 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
402 Court Street
Evansville, IN 47708
812-962-4687 phone
866-538-7635
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
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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