ROTARY RAMBLINGS
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ROTARY RAMBLINGS
ROTARY CLUB OF DELRAY BEACH
August 31, 2004
President Bill Adams presided over another special Rotary meeting today. Our
invocation was given by Rev. Roger Richardson, doing a fine job; wow, he
"covered it all," just like a pro! As most of you know, Rev. Richardson pastors
The Church of the Palms, replacing Rev. Jim Atchison, after his retirement.
Now, he has become a member of our Rotary Club, replacing Rev. Atchison again.
(We all hope Jim is enjoying his retirement up there in the mountains of TN.)
Since today was a tribute to Rel Moorcroft, Jimmy Weatherspoon led the
singing with a couple of songs he was sure that Rel would have liked; He's Got The
Whole World In His Hands, and Smile. We also sang Happy Birthday to Harvey
Brown, even though he gave $10.00 to try to keep us from singing.
Bruce Williams, they did it again; money was given to the fund in your
behalf, for your lovely music; donor, Dave Armstrong. Even though Bruce has always
"skipped" when the acknowledgment is made, he does read the newsletter. He
always responds with a gracious thank you to his "fans."
It was good to see Gerry Meeks back with us today, after his surgery; says he
is doing "pretty good."
Harvey Brown welcomed our guests today. Ken Peltzie had his wife, Susan, as
a guest today. Dave Harden did a make up; thanks Dave.
Fred Bonardi, giving the stock report, had to tell us the market is down
today. August was the worse in 100 years; ouch!
Candace Etzler, Sergeant at Arms, gathered in a whopping $206.00 today.
Since it was "Rel Remembrance Day," Lyn Huckle gave $100.00; Jon Simon gave
$50.00; Nancy Owens gave $20.00. There were many more tributes, however.
Egon Kurz informed us of Hurricane Preparedness. He reminded us to put all
important papers in a safety deposit box, including utility receipts. He also
informed us of a facility in WPB that picks up at risk, life threatening
patients, dependent on electricity for survival. As most of you know, Egon's wife,
Elsie, is on oxygen constantly. The threat of a disaster is more of a threat
to them, than the rest of us. Bob Erickson also reminded us that we have
fresh water at our disposal, in our own water heaters, if the water supply is cut
off, or contaminated. Most of us "store" up to 40 gallons in our water
heaters. Let's do a lot of praying, and preparing, just in case we are hurricane
victims.
President Adams announced that some of us have overlooked paying our
semiannual dues. For those of you that this applies to, please take care of this
ASAP. Also, the Rotary MasterCard is still available, with $25.00 going to our
club for every $75.00 spent by new applicants.
Today, we had as our special honored guest, Regie Moorcroft, wife of the late
Rel Moorcroft, fondly known as "Mr. Rotary."
A few weeks ago, Bruce Galloway suggested that our club pay tribute to Rel,
by creating a scholarship in his honor. The board of directors unanimously
approved this; thus the program and the newly formed "Rel Moorcroft Scholarship,"
to be given each year, along with the other scholarships. Bruce kicked off
this designation with a $200.00 check for the "Rel Moorcroft Scholarship Fund."
It was presented today, in Bruce's behalf, since he was away on vacation.
Art NeJame and his staff presented a terrific, special surprise; a life size,
color poster of Rel. Regie plans to hang this in her home, and was very
grateful. Art, thanks for your participation.
I received e-mails from some of the "snowbirds," relating their friendship
and fond memories of Rel. I read tributes from Ernie Simon, who was away on
vacation; Leo Phillips, away on vacation, and a cute memory from Bill Talen.
Those who orally participated in expressing their love and memories of Rel were
Egon Kurz, Lyn Huckle, Steve Bates, Emmett Gumm, Ken Peltzie, Bill Adams and
myself. If time had permitted, there would have been others.
Regie interjected more about Rel's love for Rotary, and how it meant so much
to him. She said when he couldn't sleep, she would find him in his study,
working on Rotary "stuff." It is no wonder we have found it hard to fill Rel's
shoes. Rel has been gone a year now, and we are just now beginning to catch
up, with the help from our new Executive Secretary, Sally Dye, who is doing a
terrific job. Regie also presented a monetary gift to our club today, in honor
of Rel.
At the end of the meeting, Regie was presented a notebook with all the notes
I had received from our members, and their fond memories of Rel, along with
pictures of the day he honored her with the Paul Harris Fellow designation. If
anyone else wishes to write a note for her notebook, please send it to me; I
will then forward it to her.
Next Week: Our speaker will be Bill Wheelock, with The World Council, of The
Palm Beaches.
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<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3D5>ROTARY RAMBLINGS</FONT></EM><=
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<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3D5></FONT></EM></STRONG> </=
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<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT size=3D5>ROTARY CLUB OF DELRAY BEACH</FONT=
></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT size=3D5></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D3>August 31, 2004</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>President Bill Adams presided over another=20=
special Rotary meeting today. Our invocation was given by Rev. Roger R=
ichardson, doing a fine job; wow, he "covered it all," just like a pro! =
; As most of you know, Rev. Richardson pastors The Church of the Palms, repl=
acing Rev. Jim Atchison, after his retirement. Now, he has become a me=
mber of our Rotary Club, replacing Rev. Atchison again. (We all hope J=
im is enjoying his retirement up there in the mountains of TN.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Since today was a tribute to Rel Moorcroft,=
Jimmy Weatherspoon led the singing with a couple of songs he was sure that=20=
Rel would have liked; <EM>He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, </EM>and <E=
M>Smile. </EM>We also sang Happy Birthday to Harvey Brown, even though=
he gave $10.00 to try to keep us from singing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Bruce Williams, they did it again; money wa=
s given to the fund in your behalf, for your lovely music; donor, Dave Armst=
rong. Even though Bruce has always "skipped" when the acknowledgment i=
s made, he does read the newsletter. He always responds with a graciou=
s thank you to his "fans."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>It was good to see Gerry Meeks back with us=
today, after his surgery; says he is doing "pretty good."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Harvey Brown welcomed our guests today.&nbs=
p; Ken Peltzie had his wife, Susan, as a guest today. Dave Harden did=20=
a make up; thanks Dave.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Fred Bonardi, giving the stock report, had=20=
to tell us the market is down today. August was the worse in 100 years=
; ouch!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Candace Etzler, Sergeant at Arms, gathered=20=
in a whopping $206.00 today. Since it was "Rel Remembrance Day," Lyn H=
uckle gave $100.00; Jon Simon gave $50.00; Nancy Owens gave $20.00. Th=
ere were many more tributes, however.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Egon Kurz informed us of Hurricane Prepared=
ness. He reminded us to put all important papers in a safety deposit b=
ox, including utility receipts. He also informed us of a facility in W=
PB that picks up at risk, life threatening patients, dependent on electricit=
y for survival. As most of you know, Egon's wife, Elsie, is on oxygen=20=
constantly. The threat of a disaster is more of a threat to them, than=
the rest of us. Bob Erickson also reminded us that we have fresh wate=
r at our disposal, in our own water heaters, if the water supply is cut off,=
or contaminated. Most of us "store" up to 40 gallons in our water hea=
ters. Let's do a lot of praying, and preparing, just in case we are hu=
rricane victims. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>President Adams announced that some of us h=
ave overlooked paying our semiannual dues. For those of you that this=20=
applies to, please take care of this ASAP. Also, the Rotary MasterCard=
is still available, with $25.00 going to our club for every $75.00 spent by=
new applicants. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Today, we had as our special honored guest,=
Regie Moorcroft, wife of the late Rel Moorcroft, fondly known as "Mr. Rotar=
y."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>A few weeks ago, Bruce Galloway suggested t=
hat our club pay tribute to Rel, by creating a scholarship in his honor.&nbs=
p; The board of directors unanimously approved this; thus the program and th=
e newly formed "Rel Moorcroft Scholarship," to be given each year, along wit=
h the other scholarships. Bruce kicked off this designation with a $20=
0.00 check for the "Rel Moorcroft Scholarship Fund." It was presented=20=
today, in Bruce's behalf, since he was away on vacation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Art NeJame and his staff presented a terrif=
ic, special surprise; a life size, color poster of Rel. Regie plans to=
hang this in her home, and was very grateful. Art, thanks for your pa=
rticipation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>I received e-mails from some of the "snowbi=
rds," relating their friendship and fond memories of Rel. I read tribu=
tes from Ernie Simon, who was away on vacation; Leo Phillips, away on vacati=
on, and a cute memory from Bill Talen. Those who orally participated i=
n expressing their love and memories of Rel were Egon Kurz, Lyn Huckle, Stev=
e Bates, Emmett Gumm, Ken Peltzie, Bill Adams and myself. If time had=20=
permitted, there would have been others.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Regie interjected more about Rel's love for=
Rotary, and how it meant so much to him. She said when he couldn't sl=
eep, she would find him in his study, working on Rotary "stuff." It is=
no wonder we have found it hard to fill Rel's shoes. Rel has been gon=
e a year now, and we are just now beginning to catch up, with the help from=20=
our new Executive Secretary, Sally Dye, who is doing a terrific job. R=
egie also presented a monetary gift to our club today, in honor of Rel.</FON=
T></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>At the end of the meeting, Regie was presen=
ted a notebook with all the notes I had received from our members, and their=
fond memories of Rel, along with pictures of the day he honored her with th=
e Paul Harris Fellow designation. If anyone else wishes to write a not=
e for her notebook, please send it to me; I will then forward it to her.&nbs=
p; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Next Week: Our speaker will be Bill Wheeloc=
k, with The World Council, of The Palm Beaches.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
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