ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

August 29, 2006 Newsletter

Editors: Gus Foster & Linda Foster
Photos: Jay Parks
Website: www.vinelandrotary.com
Email: vinelandrotary@comcast.net

Flag Salute & Prayer

Marty let our singing, the flag salute and 4-way test. The lead singers consisted of Dick, Loren, Ed Duffy, Carl, Jay and Dan. Marty directed us to take our lead from our piano player, “The Man Behind the Screen”. Dan provided our blessing, remembering our team planning to go to Mississippi, the victims of Katrina and the recent air disaster.

Guests

Evelyn Duffy was the guest of Ed Duffy. Dave Havrahan was the guest of Paige Desiere. Bob Swanson was the guest of Carl Kirstein.
Jeanette Rea-Keywood and Jennifer Taylor were our guest speakers from Cumberland County 4H.

Birthdays

Glenn Kahley - Sept. 3rd
Cornell Brunson - August 12th

Announcements

President Mike Loyle introduced Sergeant-at-arms Bruce Middleton.
Bruce gave an account of the missing residents for St. Bernard’s Street in New Orleans. He said for a one-mile stretch, there is no one living on the street. He said there is no electricity, and no tax base to support the rebuilding of the city.
Bruce encouraged the members to buy Rotary shirts, for sale at the meeting today.
Bruce introduced our newest members – LouAnn Ferrari-Brooks, Gerry Dooley and Ron Barisano.
Members are urged to attend the Vineland Breakfast Club on Thursday mornings at 7:15AM.

Bonnie Laube is looking for volunteers to join other Rotarians on the return trip to Mississippi this fall. The trip will take place from Nov. 5-12. The trip is the second featuring our club members to the site of the Hurricane Katrina devastation in Waveland. Bonnie will be telling the story to the Washington Township, Somers Point and Camden County Clubs later this week and next. Contact Bonnie if you would like sign up.

P. Mike announced a celebration for the Girl Scouts of South Jersey Pines’ Women of the Year. It will be held Saturday, September 16th at the ballroom of the Collingswood Community Center. See Mike for more information.
Ken Dondero reported the next Membership Committee Meeting will be held September 21st at 7:30AM at Larry’s II in conjunction with the Breakfast Club. Contact Ken for more details. All are welcome

Cornell announced the Family & Friends Celebration Service honoring Mike Loyle on Sunday, 9/17 at Trinity Episcopal Church Sanctuary, 800 Wood Street in Vineland. John Burton will be guest speaker. Cornell said he came up with the idea of rebuilding America one family at a time.

Henry Hansen announced the 9/16 Bicycle Collection for bicycles for Pedals for Progress. It will be held at his garage at 2200 E. Sherman Avenue. Henry also provided handouts for the Bicycle Collection for members to place in their place of business.

Pat gave his joke of the day about believing what you hear.

Finemaster

Bill got a number of chuckles and laughs as he again picked on members without mercy. A few of the fined were Henry ($2) for comments on Bills tie, Ken for his ad on an “oddball channel” ($6), Abbey for her “sexist joke” and Bruce for talking so long that Bill thought he was the speaker.

Today’s Program

The first part of our program was a classification talk by a new member.
PE Bill Dudley introduced Ron Barisano to give his classification talk.
Ron Grew up in Connecticut and majored in Radio and TV Journalism and Communications Theater. He was a member of a number of Rotary clubs including Haddonfield; Lewisburg, Pa; Williamsport, PA and Derby Shelton, CT. He likes to get involved in the work of Rotary and is listed in the 2005-2006 National Register of Who’s Who of Executives & Professionals for Professional Fundraising. He is currently serving Southern New Jersey Council of Boy Scouts of America. He is beating diabetes through exercise.

The second part of today’s program was a presentation on the activities of the Cumberland County 4-H.
Jeanette Rea-Keywood spoke about the Cumberland County 4-H Youth Development Program. Worldwide, 7 million youths are members of 4-H. There are 12,000 youth members in NJ. Cumberland County has one of the largest memberships in the state. 4-H stands for Head, Heart, Hands and Health. Originally oriented toward farm and agricultural pursuits, today fewer than 30% of members come from farming or related areas.

A 4-H student member, Jennifer Taylor, a 10th grade student from Millville Senior High School also spoke on the Citizen Washington program and her involvement with the organization. The Washington, D.C. trip, which is supported by our club, allows participants to study the meaning of citizenship within the focus of the nation’s capital. Jennifer is a member of the NJ State Horse Bowl Team. They will be competing in Kentucky to show their knowledge about horses in a format similar to Jeopardy.

50/50

Gail Marino took the cash winnings today and promptly donated them to the Katrina team.

Upcoming Programs

9/5/06 First TUesday - Inductions - Classification speeches
9/12/06 Jack Dilks
9/19/06 Dave Fixler
9/26/06 Nick Asselta
10/3/06 First Tuesday - Club Program
10/10/06 Frank LoBiondo
10/17/06 Jane Galetto – Maurice River
10/24/06 Becky Schad
10/31/06 Vocational Award
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