ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

July 25, 2006 Newsletter

Editors: Gus & 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 group consisted of Dick, Lauren, Ed Duffy, Carl, Jay, Dan, Kris, Tim and Sherry. Without the piano, we sang archipelligo, and did a good rendition of “God Bless America”.
Dan Leslie provided our blessing. .
Dan Leslie provided the prayer.

Guests

David Kotok was the guest of Shaye Kotok. Our guest speaker was Gloria Urban from the Vineland Public Library.

Birthdays

Shaye Kotok - July 26
Jay Parks - Juy 28th

Announcements

President Mike Loyle introduced Sergeant-at-arms Bruce Middleton.
Bruce introduced our newest members –Kris Miller and LouAnn Ferarri-Brooks.

P. Mike introduced David Kotok who provided a special birthday present to Shae on her 88th, a second Paul Harris Fellow.

Bonnie Laube is looking for volunteers to swell the ranks of those going 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 devistation in Waveland. Bonnie is looking for about 50 volunteer and friends relatives and business associates of Rotarians are welcome. We will have a program on the adventure on August 8th. We will be buying tickets in September. Contact Bonnie to sign up.

Carol Captis told us about the Big Brothers Big Sisters bus trip to see the Phillies on Wednesday 8/16th. This is an opportunity to spend some time with children who need to talk to adults. The game starts at 7:05 PM and we are leaving at 5:45 sharp. Bigs are needed at Loyle Lanes from 7 to 9 PM at Loyle Lanes this Friday night.

The District Governor will be in attendance at next week’s meeting, so let’s try to have 100%.

Pat gave his joke of the day about working out and golf.

Finemaster

Bill fined Pat $1 for his golf joke, Abby had happy news about the birth of a child, and Ed Duffy got a $5 fine. Ed pulled out a get-out-of-fine card, and complained that Bill wouldn’t honor it. So to honor it, Bill gave him a second fine for arguing with the Finemaster. Sherry was fined for lunch and Mike Loyle was fined for the sake of his dad’s pockets.

Today’s Program

Betsy introduced Gloria Urban to talk about the Vineland Public Library. She said she inherited a very well organized, well-run library just completing a major expansion. She said the expansion was so seamless, that she had difficulty determining what part of the building was “old” and what was “new”. She provided some handouts that gave some statistics on the value of the library to the community. The investment of $1 yielded a return to the community of 344%. There are a number of free programs for adults and children. The foundation raises money for the library and will sponsor a dinner “Your Book” at Running Deer on October 31st featuring the philanthropist of the year. The library offers CD’s, DVD’s but no longer phonograph records. The library adds 25 to 30 CD’s a month. Spoken book CD’s are available for commuters.

50/50

Joe Delgado took the cash winnings today.

Upcoming Programs

August 1st District Gov. Alan Taylor
August 8th -Katrina talk with Vineland Rotarian's

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