ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

January 23, 2007 Newsletter

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

Flag Salute & Prayer

Marty led our singing followed by the flag salute & the four way test. Cornell Brunson gave the blessing.

Guests

Dave Schad reported there are guests or birthdays this week but we have one visiting Rotarian Mr. Volpe.

Announcements

Dream date tickets are to be sold before 2/13, for additional tickets or questions please see Dave.
P. Michael announced Linda Foster’s father has passed and Rotarians will be meeting at St, Isadore church at 10 am on 1/24 to pay their respects. Keep Abbey and Bonnie in our thoughts.
Ken Dondero has several dreams they are as follows: 80 Rotarians will sell all their dream date tickets, Betsy will be able to finally get a sound nights sleep and not to have to worry about the budget she is facing,
Keith Petrosky scheduled the Education Committee to meet on 1/31/07 at 5:15 pm at the Vineland Chamber Of Commerce office on Delsea Drive. If location should change Keith will be in contact with the appropriate people.
Shannon Kennedy announced flyers for Valentine’s dance are being passed around. She is also working on donation flyer; the club once again can distribute a small gift to each consumer of the VDC. The dance will be help at the VDC campus on 2/13/07 from 6pm until 8pm.
P. Michael announced again on February 23rd is the Rotary Phantoms game, we need 23 volunteers to match themselves with a little from The Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization.
Bill Dudley announced 40 people are signed up to attend the Washington DC trip, the bus holds 54 and Rotarians are encouraged to bring guests. The bus is leaving the Ramada between 7am and 8am. After arrival we will meet Congressman LoBiondo, tour the Capital, lunch at noon, picture on front steps of the Capital with Congressman LoBiondo, and touring the Library of Congress. If time permitting you are free to visit the Smithsonian or the Art Institute. On the way home we will be stopping for dinner, everyone is responsible for their own dinner.
Cornell Brunson announced he has been selected to sit on the executive board for the Boy Scouts of Southern NJ. He gave his thanks to Jerry Batt and Loren Riggins for their nomination.
Pat Procaccino once again entertained us all with a joke.

Finemaster

Bill Plick fined the following Rotarians: Mike Loyle, Charles Loyle paid half, Mary Hoag; Ken Dondero for his several dreams, and our newest member Melanine chose to pay a $5 new member fine just to see Bill Plick crack a smile. Bill also heard her making a banking comment and charged her another $2.

Today’s Program

PE Bill introduced our guest speaker, Don Money also known as Shannon’s dad. He played to Milwaukee Brewer’s in 1973; he was a valuable player who could play at several different positions. Because he was such a dynamic player of several field positions he earned a position in the Brewer line up for many years.
Don Money was one of the most popular players in Brewer’s history. He now coaches and finds a lot of players today seem to think they know everything and they don’t need teaching or guidance from coaches. This is Don’s third year back in Huntsville and most of the players he has now he had 3 years ago. He finds it interesting to see how player have progressed or regressed. He truly believes players today are of a different breed compared to the days when he was coming up in the big leagues. Players today feel as if they should automatically be advance to the next level of playing regarding the input and effort they put into their playing. There’s more to the game then just hitting explained Money, other aspects are bunting stealing bases and moving runners over.
In closing, Don explained it starts from Little League on up players need to be taught the proper way the game is played in order to be a successful player.

Upcoming Programs

January 30th – Ken Dondero and Membership Committee Presentation
February 6th - Classification/Induction Melanie Druziakas February 13th - Raffle Drawing -Speaker, David Kotok February 13th – Vineland Rotary Valentine’s Day Party, Vineland Developmental Center
February 16th - Washington DC Trip February 23rd - Phantoms Hockey Game April 14th - Duck Race Back to Newsletter Home Page