Rotary Ramblings

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ROTARY RAMBLINGS
DELRAY BEACH ROTARY CLUB
July 30, 2002

I will start with a big thank you to Nancy Jackson for her great presentation 
of the "Ramblin's" last week, in my absence.  

President Pat Archer presided over another great meeting.  Ron Backer gave 
the invocation, thanking God for the rescue of the miners, and thankful to 
live in our wonderful America.  Jimmy Weatherspoon led the singing acappella, 
since Bruce Williams has deserted us (for a vacation).

Emmett Gumm had the extreme pleasure of inducting "Barnie" Shuhi into our 
club today.  Barnie is the past president of the former Lantana Rotary Club 
(now Boynton-Lantana Rotary).  She is a registered Parliamentarian.  She sure 
will be an asset to our club.  She also wanted me to mention that our 
visitor, Mr. Dennis, served as an impromptu guest speaker at her club many 
times.

We had two anniversaries: Jim and Barbara Blocker, with 6 years; Roy and Beth 
Simon, married 41 years ago.  Congratulations to all of you.

Georgina Kerr-Jarrett, the stock broker with a beautiful lilt in her voice, 
gave a comforting stock report, explaining that "consumer confidence is down, 
because of the turmoil in the economy."

Bruce Wenzel cheerfully welcomed our visiting Rotarians; among them, Jeff 
Dennis, New Providence, Bahamas; Cam Murphy, Chanpagne/Urbana, IL;  Fred 
Runkel, Dave Armstrong's guest.  Ms. Murphy presented our club with her club 
banner.  We had three make ups.  There were four AWOL's!

Candace Etzler did a great job as Sergeant at Arms, collecting $70.00; not 
bad for a hot day in Delray!

REMINDER: Summer Social - August 23, 2002 - Ellie's Flamingo Room!  The price 
is $30.00 per person; a wonderful meal; wonderful music; wonderful friends!  
Be there!  (See Lou Cucci for more details and reservations: 561-330-8445.)

Dave O'Connell had the winning ticket, enabling him to draw a card from the 
deck--------well, now the pot is up to $284.00; I could win yet!

Jim Weatherspoon had the pleasure of presenting a very pleasant lady as our 
speaker today; Peggy Hollis, Senior Community Action Specialist, of Palm 
Beach County Board of County Commissioners Community Action Program.  She has 
worked for Palm Beach County twenty-seven years.  She was born and raised in 
Boynton Beach.  She is a graduate of Carver High School and Roosevelt 
University, Chicago, IL.  She is actually Reverend Peggy Hollis, since she is 
the pastor of Hopewell Institutional Baptist Church, West Boynton Beach Blvd.

Rev. Hollis gave statistics and details of what the county uses as guidelines 
for qualifications for her agency's services.  For example:  2002 guideline 
is income $11,075.00 maximum.

Some of the services offered are food/nutritution; utility assistance; 
vouchers to purchase school clothes and supplies; camps; income tax 
assistance; GED classes; employment services; tutoring, to name a few.  For 
the holidays, such as, Thanksgiving and Christmas, food and gifts are 
supplied.  

This is a Palm Beach County agency, not a Federal Government agency.  
Services are free of charge for all low-income individuals in Palm Beach 
County whose annual incomes are within Federal Poverty Guidelines.  Donations 
of clothing and household items are always welcome.  Thanks to businesses, 
corporations, civic groups and local organizations and individuals, over two 
million dollars in donated goods were contributed to Community Action during 
the past year.  Ms. Hollis may be reached at 561-278-8090.  

Next week's program is a surprise!  Our greeter will be none other than Uncle 
Luigi's nephew, Jim Pignato!

Some Perks of Being Over 50..........
Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.

Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them 
either.

Jim Blocker and Rich Connell are working diligently to get our website up and 
running, soon!  Thanks guys!

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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">ROTARY RAMBLINGS 
DELRAY BEACH ROTARY CLUB 
July 30, 2002 
 
 
I will start with a big thank you to Nancy Jackson for her great presentation of the "Ramblin's" last week, in my absence.&nbsp; 
 
President Pat Archer presided over another great meeting.&nbsp; Ron Backer gave the invocation, thanking God for the rescue of the miners, and thankful to live in our wonderful America.&nbsp; Jimmy Weatherspoon led the singing acappella, since Bruce Williams has deserted us (for a vacation). 
 
Emmett Gumm had the extreme pleasure of inducting "Barnie" Shuhi into our club today.&nbsp; Barnie is the past president of the former Lantana Rotary Club (now Boynton-Lantana Rotary).&nbsp; She is a registered Parliamentarian.&nbsp; She sure will be an asset to our club.&nbsp; She also wanted me to mention that our visitor, Mr. Dennis, served as an impromptu guest speaker at her club many times. 
 
We had two anniversaries: Jim and Barbara Blocker, with 6 years; Roy and Beth Simon, married 41 years ago.&nbsp; Congratulations to all of you. 
 
Georgina Kerr-Jarrett, the stock broker with a beautiful lilt in her voice, gave a comforting stock report, explaining that "consumer confidence is down, because of the turmoil in the economy." 
 
Bruce Wenzel cheerfully welcomed our visiting Rotarians; among them, Jeff Dennis, New Providence, Bahamas; Cam Murphy, Chanpagne/Urbana, IL;&nbsp; Fred Runkel, Dave Armstrong's guest.&nbsp; Ms. Murphy presented our club with her club banner.&nbsp; We had three make ups.&nbsp; There were four AWOL's! 
 
Candace Etzler did a great job as Sergeant at Arms, collecting $70.00; not bad for a hot day in Delray! 
 
REMINDER: Summer Social - August 23, 2002 - Ellie's Flamingo Room!&nbsp; The price is $30.00 per person; a wonderful meal; wonderful music; wonderful friends!&nbsp; Be there!&nbsp; (See Lou Cucci for more details and reservations: 561-330-8445.) 
 
Dave O'Connell had the winning ticket, enabling him to draw a card from the deck--------well, now the pot is up to $284.00; I could win yet! 
 
Jim Weatherspoon had the pleasure of presenting a very pleasant lady as our speaker today; Peggy Hollis, Senior Community Action Specialist, of Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners Community Action Program.&nbsp; She has worked for Palm Beach County twenty-seven years.&nbsp; She was born and raised in Boynton Beach.&nbsp; She is a graduate of Carver High School and Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.&nbsp; She is actually Reverend Peggy Hollis, since she is the pastor of Hopewell Institutional Baptist Church, West Boynton Beach Blvd. 
 
Rev. Hollis gave statistics and details of what the county uses as guidelines for qualifications for her agency's services.&nbsp; For example:&nbsp; 2002 guideline is income $11,075.00 maximum. 
 
Some of the services offered are food/nutritution; utility assistance; vouchers to purchase school clothes and supplies; camps; income tax assistance; GED classes; employment services; tutoring, to name a few.&nbsp; For the holidays, such as, Thanksgiving and Christmas, food and gifts are supplied.&nbsp; 
 
This is a Palm Beach County agency, not a Federal Government agency.&nbsp; Services are free of charge for all low-income individuals in Palm Beach County whose annual incomes are within Federal Poverty Guidelines.&nbsp; Donations of clothing and household items are always welcome.&nbsp; Thanks to businesses, corporations, civic groups and local organizations and individuals, over two million dollars in donated goods were contributed to Community Action during the past year.&nbsp; Ms. Hollis may be reached at 561-278-8090.&nbsp; 
 
Next week's program is a surprise!&nbsp; Our greeter will be none other than Uncle Luigi's nephew, Jim Pignato! 
 
Some Perks of Being Over 50.......... 
Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size. 
 
Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. 
 
Jim Blocker and Rich Connell are working diligently to get our website up and running, soon!&nbsp; Thanks guys!</HTML>

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