Rotary Ramblings - January 6, 2009

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Many thanks to Lorie Garland for our first Rotary Ramblings of 2009.  Way to go Lorie!

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Ourmeeting was called to order by President Steve
 
SidBreman gave the invocation
 
SamAldorffer led us in Song – Smile and R-O-T-A-R-Y
 
HappyBirthday to Sylvia Pecaro and Bill Talen
Aspecial congratulations to Sarah Martin as she is expecting her second child
HappyAnniversary to Sarah Martin and Dale Cochran
 
Visitorsand Guests introduced by Harvey Brown
Visiting Rotarians:        Harold Lipovsky – Barrington, IL
                                                Steven Laine – Past DG
                                    John Walker – Lancaster, PA
                                                Tom Harrington – Champaign IL
                                                Ray Butterfield – Cranston, RI
            Guests:                         Sally Robertson – Bolinas, CA and guest of Steven Laine
                                                Alton Taylor (was inducted today)
Patsy Taylor (guest of Joe Milenkovic) -his valuedassistant from Delray Police Dept)
 
TonyAllerton – Sergeant at Arms – We collected $306.00 from various sources today
 
BobTeninga announced Achievement Center for Children andFamilies reading program this Thursday (8th) times from 8-9, 9-10,3-4. Please help if you can!
 
BillTalen received the Rotary Foundation pin with 5 sapphires presented by BillAdams. 
 
LeoPhillips inducted Alton Taylor (Executive Director of Drug Abuse Foundation)into the club.  A warm welcome wasprovided by all in attendance!
 
StevenLaine introduced Sally Robertson from Bolinas, CA.  She is an artist and has an exhibit of orchidartwork (paintings and prints) on display (and for sale) at the American OrchidSociety.  Sally has an art showing thatwe are cordially invited to attend, at the American Orchid Society building onFriday afternoon, January 9, 2009 from 5:00 -7:00 PM.  The event is free of charge.
 
BobTeninga introduced our Ambassadorial Scholar, Christina Dombrowsky, who hasreturned from Argentinawhere she was able to take the trip of a lifetime. It was the longest time shehad ever spent away from home - 10 months. 
 
Christinabrought a wonderful slide show which featured many of the places shevisited.  Along the way she encounteredsome unexpected experiences.  Most ofall, she was surprised to realize that even though she was in Argentina, she met many people from other placesoutside Argentina.  This gave her an opportunity to learn abouteven more cultures and customs.
 
Duringher trip abroad, she participated in weekly tango lessons, Toastmasters,community service, Rotaract, touring the country and attending Rotary meetingsin various places.  She got to know andenjoy the wine of Argentina.  She was kind enough to bring a couple ofbottles for us to sample.
 
Christinatruly enjoyed the intercultural exchanges in a truly intercultural city, Buenos Aires.  She got to know many people and made manyfriends with diverse backgrounds.  Duringher trip she realized that she needed to take on the mindset of a traveler, mainlydetermining who she would meet, what she would do, and where she would go.  It was up to her to determine the direction ofthe trip and in a broader sense the direction she would go in life.  Because of her trip to Argentina, shecame to realize that she would be changed forever.  From now on she would know that the world isher oyster, her life is directed by her own decisions, and she can choose to dowhatever she wants to do as long as she loves what she is doing.
 
SidBreman conducted our Green Hat drawing. The pot is up to $1,860.00.   Thewinning ticket was bought by Sue Miller (who had to leave early) so yours trulytook over and of course, pulled the 7 of hearts…Sorry, Sue!!!  And, we live to play again next week!  See you on Tuesday.
 
LorieGarland
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