Mary Arnold, Editor

The Rotary Club of Evansville's Weekly Newsletter

This week's program:

July 31               Rick Geissinger- Chairman & CEO American General

                                              Financial Services

                            "The Company and Their New Headquarters in

                                             Evansville"

                                    Greeters:  Marilee Fowler

                                    Invoker:  Pastor, Eric Stroshine

August 7                 Marcie Au, Director,

                                Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

                            "Changing Lives, Changing Communities"

                                      Greeters: 

                                       Invoker: 

August 14                 Rabbi Barry Friedman

                                   Adath B"Nai Israel Temple

                            "Difference Between Judaism and Other Religions"

                                      Greeters: 

                                       Invoker: 

August 21                Tom Snyder, President

                                  Ivy Tech Community College

                                       Greeters: 

                                       Invoker: 

August 28               Roberta Heiman

                            "The Life of Albion Fellows Bacon"

                                      Greeters: 

                                       Invoker: 

July Programs                                             Gene Warren

August Programs                                        Phil Lieberman

Program  Information, 436-4000            Matt Volkman, President Elect

2007-2008 NEW OFFICERS

President            President Elect        Vice President      Treasurer             Secretary         Past President       Sgt At Arms

Becki Alcorn        Matt Volkman         Marilee Fowler      Jeffrey Berger       John Wolk     Teri Hollander Albin   Paul Crimm, Jr

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

"TACT IS THE ABILITY TO DESCRIBE OTHERS AS THEY SEE THEMSELVES." 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

INFORMATION UPDATE

Cards will be available for up-dating your Rotary information on July 31, at the sign in tables. Please review your card, make any appropriate changes and return to Mary Arnold or Paul Crimm after the meeting.  Thank you.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

There are additional Rotarians who would appreciate your thoughts and prayers as they recover from accidents, surgery and ill health. Please continue to keep Roxy Baas, Nancy Gaunt, Jesse Stock, Randy Rohlfer and Judi Jacobsen, Alan Winslow’s wife, in your thoughts and prayers. Jesse Stock is at home, if you would care to visit or send a card.

CONGRATULATIONS

From Gene Warren: The Ancient Aztecs were the first to cultivate and make chocolate. They called it “xocalatl,” meaning “bitter water.” Mayans and Aztecs used cocoa beans as currency. Chocolate comes from cacao trees, which beat fruit in the form of bright red or yellow pods, each containing 20-40 cocoa beans. Cocoa beans are fermented and roasted and ground into chocolate liquor, a non-alcoholic substance that is the basis of all chocolate products. It takes about 400 beans to produce a pound of chocolate liquor. The Swiss consume 22 pounds of chocolate per person each year, the most in the world. In the United States, consumption is 11 pounds per person. According to the National Confectioners Association, 52% of U.S. adults said chocolate is their favorite flavor. (Vanilla and berry flavors tie for second place at 12%.) The U.S. Census Bureau reports that there are nearly 1,000 locations in the United States that make chocolate and cocoa products. California and Pennsylvania are the two biggest processors. The American chocolate industry employs more than 40,000 people. The United States imports $418 million worth of chocolate a year from Canada alone, the leading foreign supplier.

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HAVE YOU PAID YOUR DUES YET?

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! RUTHIE IS ON VACATION !

RUTHIE SHEKELL IS OUT OF TOWN ON VACATION FROM THURSDAY, JULY 26 THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 5. PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR E-MAIL RUTHIE ABOUT ROTARY BUSINESS UNLESS IT IS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY. THANK YOU.

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NEW MEMBER PROPOSAL

Julie Wischer, Joshua Academy, is being proposed by

Chris Wischer for the classification: Education-Development & Marketing. Anyone opposed to the proposal should contact the Membership Committee.

NEW ROTARY ADDRESS AND FAX

IMPORTANT! Please change your directory information. 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. All changes- address, cell / mobile number, e-mail address, employment status, marital status, telephone number, etc., should be submitted to the Rotary office.

CONDOLANCES

Sympathy is extended to Ron and Tess Grimm on the July 19 death of Ron’s brother, Gerald Earl Grimm in Florida. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rotary Foundation of Evansville.

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

2007-2008 Officers
Rebecca Alcorn,President

Matt Volkman, President Elect

Marilee Fowler, Vice President  
John Wolk, Secretary
Jeffrey Berger, Treasurer
Paul Crimm, Sergeant At Arms
Teri Hollander Albin, Past President

2007-2008 Board of Directors
Tonya Borders
Carter Clarke
Byron Cooper
Marianne Cox
Lois Duncan
Abbey Foroughi
Steve Groves
Jeff Henning
Dave Henze
Prudence Hoesli
Steve Jennings
Nancy Koehler
Jane Wittmer Kuhn
Phil Lieberman
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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