November 15,2012

Giving ThanksEdition

MAKE UP SITESMONDAY

NOON•Wood River—St. John

UCC, WR•Jerseyville—Peace

United Church6 PM

•Alton-Godfrey—AltonSports Tap

•Bethalto—BethaltoAirport Restaurant

TUESDAYNOON

•Collinsville—HolidayInn

•Granite City—NiedringhausMethodist

•Highland—Michael’sRestaurant

WEDNESDAYNOON

•Goshen—LCCC Center,Edwardsville

THURSDAYNOON

•Riverbend—Mac’s TimeOut Lounge, 315Belle St.

•Edwardsville—FirstChristian

FRIDAYNOON

•Troy, Silver Creek—Pizza Man

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Remember and Record Their Sacrifice

Maj. Brad L. intoduced his guest, Amy Wilkenson from theSIUE School of Education. Amy introduced us to a livinghistory project that is being done in conjunction with the Libraryof Congress (LOC) to interview veterans and preserve theirstories as part of the LOCs oral history collection.Amy is partnering with history teachers in Illinois to help theirstudents to conduct these interviews and add them to thelibrary of congress collection.The LOC has 33 million resources digitally available to anyonewho would like to use them for research or personal reading.Their collection can be accessed at www.LOC.gov. The oralhistory project is accessed through www.loc.gov/vets.For the School of Education's site on Teaching with Primarysources see: www.siue.edu/tps/

News, Notes, and NonsenseThe flag was back and visible to the twenty-four Rotarians whogathered were in our last meeting. Chicken was on the menu,fried, that is. Red was in a wrap, wrist that is. We had neitherguests nor make-ups. The meeting got off an running behingJeni's pledge, Wendell's test, and Red's prayer.

The Turkey fund can was going around. We are up to $86 so far.Can we get to $200?

Rose announced that the Christmas party would be at the N.O.Nelson center.

Brad L. made a Major announcement about his new rank.Congratulations!

The 'house' was wrong about who designed the Viet NamMemorial. The right answer would have been Mia Lyn

Rose and Rick took a shot at the $76 50/50 pot (audited andverified). Neither kissed lady luck today.

PROGRAMTODAY

Paul Hoover

NEXT WEEKTHANKSGIVING

HOLIDAY

BIRTHDAYS11-15: Pat Boyle11- 18: Rhonda P.11- 23: Brad P.11- 25: Roger W.

Upcoming Events11-22: Thanksgiving--No noon meeting.

12-15: Bell Ringing

12-20: ChristmasParty.

12-27: No Meeting

1-12: BasketballTournament

CLUB OFFICERSPRESIDENTEric Barger

PRESIDENT -ELECTRhonda PluesterSECRETARYLori PalmerTREASURERCory GallivanDIRECTORSCLUB SERVICEPaul Hoover

VOCATIONAL SERVICEBrad Lavite

COMMUNITY SERVICEMark Allison

INTERNATIONAL SERVICERod Croxford

NEW GENERATIONSRhonda Pluester

NEW MEMBERSHIPKelli Keller

FUNDRAISINGAllen Hale

SERGEANT AT ARMSRick Hooks

BANNER EDITORLarry Lacher

CLUB ARCHIVESRick Hooks

FOUNDATION OFFICERSPRESIDENTErin PhillipsTREASURER

Mark SpecialeSECRETARY

Rose Sebastian

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Club ArchivesNovember 15, 2001

-Rose was our Prez,Joe our Prez-Elect andTreasurer. Charlie wasthe designatedgreeter.-We had sold 110Entertainment Booksagainst our goal of147.-The basketballtournament wasscheduled for Feb.2nd.-The Christmas partywould be held on Dec.6th at Moonlight.-The program wasprovided by MadisonCounty Solid WasteCoordinator DeniseMcClearey. She wasdoing some serioustrash talking.-We had 28 clubmembers, 16 are stillwith us today.

Board Notes-Our bank balance at theend of october stood at$1747.-Paul provided updateson three potentialmembers.-Rhonda sharedupcoming Roxana HSInteract club projects.-Allen stated that we arelooking to host a trivianight next spring. He isalso exploring a jointfund raiser with theWood River club.-Brad L. shared info onvet programs he isinvolved with andsuggested that somemembers considerhelping with theveteran mentoringprogram.-Lori is seeking fourmore Christmas flowerrecipients.-We will be ringing thebells and shaking thered bucket for theSalvation ArmyChristmas drive onDecember 15th from10-8.-The basketballtournament may need anew chairperson. Allensuggested either Virgilor Mark S.-At this time Kevin'sleave of absence isapproved through theend of the year. Anyadditional extensionwould have to berequested in writing anddues paymentreemitted.-Rod has beenappointed as our liaisonfor the district RotaryFoundation committee.-A $25 donation was

approved for the EA-WR HS basketballprogram.

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Q: What happened tothe Pilgrim who wasshot at by an Indian?A: He had an arrowescape. Q: What doesDracula callThanksgiving? A:Fangs-giving. Q: Whycan't you take a turkeyto church? A: They useFOWL language. Q:What would you get ifyou crossed a turkeywith an evil spirit? A:A poultrygeist! Q:Who is not hungry atThanksgiving? A: Theturkey because he'salready stuffed! Q: Inwhat country isThanksgivingironically notcelebrated? A: Turkey.Q: If you call a largeturkey a gobbler whatdo you call a smallone? A: Goblet. Q:What was the turkeysuspected of? A: Fowlplay. Q: What's thebest way to stuff aturkey? A: Serve himlots of pizza and icecream! Q: Why did theturkey sit on thetomahawk? A: Tohatchet. Q: Whatsound does a turkey'sphone make? A:Wing! Wing!

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