ROTARY RAMBLINGS

Tue, 02 Jul 2002 15:27:04 -0400

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ROTARY RAMBLINGS 
DELRAY BEACH ROTARY CLUB 
June 25, 2002 
 
 
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Former President Emmett Gumm presided over his last meeting as president
of Delray Beach Rotary Club.&nbsp; (I think I heard a sigh of
relief.)&nbsp; I did hear him say that he would enjoy attending the
meetings from the other side of the table.&nbsp; Bruce Galloway paid a
monetary tribute to him, for his work this year.&nbsp; Emmett, we thank
you for your year of service.&nbsp; Now, go enjoy your duty as Assistant
District Governor. 
 
President Pat Archer, it is now your reign, show them you have &quot;the
right stuff.&quot;&nbsp; I know Pat has lots of great plans for our club
for the coming year.&nbsp; 
 
Bill Adams gave a beautiful &quot;Rotary&quot; invocation.&nbsp; Jimmy
Weatherspoon, no longer under the weather, led our singing.&nbsp; He also
is celebrating 33 years of marriage; congratulations to you and
Marian.&nbsp; Bruce Williams, again we thank you for your lovely
music. 
 
Ernie Simon inducted Georgina Kerr-Jarrett as Secretary, and Jess Sowards
as Treasurer.&nbsp; (They were unable to attend last week's
installation.) 
 
We had Lyn Huckle and Bill Talen doing make ups; we thank you.&nbsp; Dr.
Janus Styperek presented the club with a banner he received from a
Louisville, KY Rotary Club, who has 500 members; wow! 
 
Georgina Kerr-Jarrett gave a very positive stock market report.&nbsp; The
Dow was up 98 points; the S&amp;P up 10 points; NASDAQ up 6 points. Her
quote: &quot; it's a good day on Wall Street.&nbsp; She also held the
ticket for the &quot;green hat&quot; drawing.&nbsp; Since she did not
win, the pot is $179.50+. 
 
Ernie Simon, Sergeant at Arms, squeezed out $80.00 for the day.&nbsp;
Ernie, you did well for a small crowd. 
 
Pat Archer introduced our guest speakers for today.&nbsp; They were
Johnny Pun (who speaks four languages fluently) and Fred Glass; both
Community Service Officers, Community Patrol, for the Delray Police
Department.&nbsp; These officers are to be commended for their dedication
to this project. 
 
These two officers are part of a program called YETC.&nbsp; They deal
with a locale of young people, mostly in a Haitian community, working
with them, helping teach them skills, and a trade.&nbsp; At the present
time, they are awaiting a vote from the school board, hoping for a
charter school.&nbsp; Borton Volvo is partnering with them, to teach
these young people auto mechanics.&nbsp; They have twenty-two candidates
for this year.&nbsp; These are mostly high school dropouts, that can
learn a trade and also earn their GED.&nbsp; 
 
The Delray Beach Police Department is the only one in the country with a
program of this kind.&nbsp; This program could be an example for others
to follow.&nbsp; Our club is involved in giving a scholarship in former
Police Chief Rick Overman's name.&nbsp; This is quite a tribute to
him. 
 
Next Week:&nbsp; President-elect Mark Denkler has invited, for our guest
speaker, Pam Sharonhouse, Supervisor of Headstart.&nbsp; Our greeter will
be Gerry Meeks. 
 
For those of you that have not given us your E-mail address, please call
Rel Moorcroft; he needs it to update our club files.&nbsp; I also need it
for the newsletter distribution.&nbsp; Thanks! 
 
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