ROTARY RAMBLINGS

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:10:41 -0400

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
 
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The meeting was opened by President Armstrong
following are usual
serenade by our &#8220;secret&#8221; Bruce Williams on the piano.
The invocation was given by Jim Pignato in
for Bill Adams, who just could not
give the invocation from New Zealand (his current location), and
rousing
renditions of &#8220;Vive le Rotary&#8221; and &#8220;Smile&#8221; were lead by songster, Jimmy
Witherspoon, along with a &#8220;Happy Anniversary&#8221; to Bill Arnst for his 32nd&nbsp; year of marriage.&nbsp; Visiting
Rotarians, Ryland Matney
(Delray Sunrise); Shane Moore (Ft. Lauderdale) and Marian (Washington,
DC) were
introduced by our resident comedian, Harvey Brown, as well as Ryland&#8217;s
guest
Ria Santos who is interested in find out about Delray Rotary.

Fred Bonardi wore two hats again giving a disappointing stock report
down from yesterday&#8217;s numbers across the board.&nbsp; His
sergeant-at-arms report was substantially more promising
raising $170 from popcorn popper donations (we have a long way to go);
sports
team supporters or critisers and donations from our returning
Rotarians, Cliff
Ripley, Ray Ripley and Bill Scotti (thanks guys).

President Armstrong made several announcements, the first of which
called for a brief Board of Directors meeting immediately following the
general
meeting to approve proposed Rotarian, Betsy Owen.

Ellie&#8217;s requests we not park on the grass since it is damaging not only
the grass, but the sprinker heads as well.

New short-term project was announced.&nbsp; District
Conference on the ship going to the Bahamas has not
elicited much support from our club for whatever reason; however the
project
that is occurring during this Conference is to provide backpacks and
hygene
kits to needy students.&nbsp; Other club
in the District are committing to 20-30 backpacks.&nbsp; Deb
Farrell has agreed to head up the project, and Kay
Johnson has offered the support of some of her students to assemble the
backpacks.&nbsp; President Armstrong
called for additional volunteers &#8211; 3 of whom stepped up the plate to
assist in
the purchase of the contents of the backpacks.&nbsp; The
Board will discuss funding for the project during the
short meeting after the general meeting.

Community Childcare Fundraiser scheduled for 11/18.&nbsp; Meeting
next week to focus on
finalizing the details, including sponsors, volunteers, etc.&nbsp; 

Rotary International&#8217;s newest project was reported to the Board at the
last meeting &#8211; to move ahead matching funds in Honduras to drill wells
to
provide villages with clean water supplies.&nbsp; Cost
is $4,000 to drill a well.&nbsp; Volunteers
interested in going to Honduras to help are
welcome.

Lynn Huckle announced this year&#8217;s Christmas party &#8211; Thursday, December
7th, cost $50 per person.&nbsp;
There will also be a silent auction if anyone wants to
contribute
something to the auction.&nbsp; More
details will be revealed.

Lynn also announced the District Picnic on October 29th from
1-5 pm &#8211; lots of food &#8211; John Prince park.&nbsp;
Signup sheet at front door.
President Armstrong requested a volunteer to
do Ramblings next week, as
Ellie will be gone (and so will yours truly).

Featured speaker &#8211; one of our newest members, Mike Campbell of Habitat
for Humanity.&nbsp; Mike gave a very
informative and moving presentation about Habitat for Humanity showing
us a
video about the impact Habitat has on lives worldwide. The cost to
build a 3
bedroom house (exclusive of land) is approximately $65,000.&nbsp; The purchaser pays approximately
$80,000.&nbsp; Must have a steady job,
be a first time home buyer, have good credit, pass a criminal
background check
and perform 500 hours for Habitat for Humanity starting immediately at
the time
of the application.&nbsp; In addition,
once their house has been started they must participate every weekend
helping
with the construction.&nbsp; It is a
great opportunity to learn additional skills and to take pride in
ownership.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thank you, Mike.
Respectfully submitted, 
Sue Miller
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