ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

September 19, 2006 Newsletter

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

Flag Salute & Prayer

God Bless America, Flag Salute, Pledge of Allegiance and recitation of the 4 Way Test was ably led by assistant choirmeister Carl Kirstein, assisted by Dick P., Loren, Sherry, Dan and Jay E., accompanied by Ron M. on the piano.
The opening prayer was led by Dan Leslie.

Guests

John Wisda from the Elmer Club.
Kathleen Davis was the guest of Mike Loyle. Dave Hanhahan was the guest of Paige Desiere. Wendy Bartlett was the guest of Bill Plick. Dave Swiedenback was the guest of Henry Hansen.
Speaker today was Dave Fixler.
Sergeant of Arms Bruce re-introduced our newest members, Gerry Dooley and Louann Ferrari-Brooks.

Birthdays

Louann Ferrari-Brooks - September 18th
Alan Dickinson - September 25th
Leslie Durham - September 25th
Henry Hansen - September 25th

Announcements

President Mike received an award for community service at a Church service led by Cornell Brunson.
It was announced that Sherry Kejzman tied the knot this past weekend. Congratulations Sherry!!

Carl Kirstein announced that the annual New Jersey Rotary Vocational Service award dinner will be held in Edison on October 11. R. I. President Bill Boyd will be the speaker. 60 tickets are available to distribute to the various South Jersey clubs.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters is conducting a car raffle. Tickets are $100.00 each, with only 999 tickets to be sold.
The 11th annual Loren S. Riggins, Jr. Golf Classic Tournament to benefit the Boy Scouts will be held at the Avalon Golf Club on October 15.
The next Adopt-a-road cleanup will be on Saturday October 7. Meet at Larrys II for breakfast at 8:30 AM.

The Mullica Hill Rotary Club will host its annual Veterans Picnic on Sept 30, 1:00-5:00 PM at the Gloucester County 4H grounds. All South Jersey veterans and their families are welcome to attend this free event.
It is being held at Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds ( on Rte 77 in Mullica Hill)
FREE FOOD - Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, chips, bottled water, iced tea.
FREE ENTERTAINMENT - The Essentials, The Quailes, The Exaltation Choir, The DeMarco Dancers
This is a chance to honor our Veterans and active Military personnel and the families of members of the Military. There will be Military exhibits and displays from Civil War to Vietnam. There is also a Toys for Tots drop off site for that day. Between 1,000 and 1,300 people attend the picnic. The event is 5 years old and growing thanks to corporate sponsors and publicity from Rotary and the Gloucester County Times.

Annual distribution of dictionaries to 3rd grade children has started. 3rd graders at Johnstone school received theirs this morning, and Bill Jannarone’s team delivered them to children in the new Petway school on Lincoln Ave. this afternoon. Bill announced that on Tuesday Sept 26th, he’s arranged for distribution at Winslow (10:00AM) and D’Ippolito (2:00PM). Volunteers please go directly to the schools at the appointed times.

Henry Hansen announced that the club collected and prepared 182 bikes and 8 sewing machines for Pedals for Progress. Terrific job, Henry!!
Dave Schweidenbach, founder and President of Pedals for Progress, announced that the Vineland bikes will be leaving for El Salvador this Saturday. Dave started the Pedals for Progress program in 1991, sending 12 bikes to a country where he had served as a peace corps volunteer. He continued and expanded the program, after seeing the huge positive change in life and living conditions for the recipients, now that they had a means to travel earn a living. The recent addition of portable and treadle sewing machines provides a means of earning a living for the recipients. Over 100,000 bikes have been provided to 3rd world countries since Dave started the program.

Pat Proccacino entertained us with his “joke of the day”.

Membership

Please view the "Members Only" section for prospective member information.

Finemaster

Finemaster Bill, as only he can do, managed to fine everyone at the meeting, with some poor (poorer) folks paying multiple fines.

Today’s Program

Program Chairman, PE Bill Dudley introduced Dave Fixler, from the Fitness Connection.
Dave spoke about exercise and nutrition, which he says go hand in hand in promoting a healthy lifestyle. A recent study found that less than 25% of Americans are considered physically active.

He pointed out that our habits are hard to change, so we should try to improve in these areas a little at a time. Start with small changes to either exercise or diet. Walking is one of the best forms of exercise. Strength exercises are important at any age. Strength levels start decreasing at age 30. Even people who are 90 years old can benefit from starting an exercise and strength training program.

Nutrition is as important as exercise. We should eat the right amounts of food at regular intervals during the day, to maintain energy level and metabolism. Dave described the 6 meals he eats every day, totaling about 3500 calories. His meals consist of all the good stuff we all know about, like whole grain cereals, fruits, almonds, salads, vegetables and fish.

**Top - Dave Schweidenbach, founder and President of Pedals for Progress**

50-50

Winner - Dave Hanrahan

Upcoming Programs

9/26/06 State Senator Nick Asselta
10/3/06 First Tuesday - RYLA Program
10/10/06 Assemblyman Frank LoBiondo
10/17/06 Jane Galetto – The Wild and Scenic Maurice River
10/24/06 Becky Schad - Exchange Student Experience - Red Cross Blood Drive
10/31/06 Vocational Service with Mike Benson
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