Marty Walker
Trevor McIntyre welcomed visitors from other Clubs.
South visitor: Raymond Plue
05/07 Carl Scheneman
05/08 Steve Taylor
05/10 Bob Finley
Our outbound exchange, Etta Mends, student from 2003-2004, is coming home for the summer (she is a freshman at Wheaton College). She is exploring getting into the area of finance and is looking for a summer job/internship. If you can be of assistance, or know of anyone who might be able to assist her, please contact Paige Scott. (Phone: (573) 817-8810)
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Sign-up sheets for the event will be available at club meetings, and advance payment is requested. However, we will be able to accommodate those who have not signed up, who can pay at the event.
Thanks to Bob Buckley for organizing the event. Questions can be directed to him at bbuckley@owwlaw.com or 443-3134.
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Shoes for Orphan
Souls: Thank you to everyone who donated shoes or funds for the Club's participation in the "Shoes for Orphan Souls" campaign.
There were more than 71,000 pairs of shoes and $14,000 collected throughout the District. Shoes were loaded for delivery at the District Conference.
Some key data points -
526 pairs of shoes collected from our Club during the campaign. 173 pairs donated, $2764 donated.
Andy Bonderer, assistant district governor
for the Columbia Downtown Rotary Club, loads a box of donated shoes into a
40-foot trailer during a shoe drive yesterday at the Holiday Inn Executive
Center. Photo by G.J. McCarthy
Columbia Daily Tribune
Committee Chair: Trevor McIntyre, 882-6675.
Dee Corn reported on the District Conference held at the Holiday
Inn Select last weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped make this Centennial
event a success. Trevor McIntyre’s and Andy Bonderer’s help loading the shoes
was greatly appreciated. Marty Walker’s portrayal of Paul Harris and Cindy
Sheltmire performance as Marilyn Monroe were terrific. The decorations were
arranged by Jolene Schultz and Darcy Wells and Joe Smith. Melvin Platt led
a breakout session on scholarships and arranged musical entertainment from
the MU music department. Special thanks to Tim Donovan for coordinating everything.HISTORY MOMENT
NO PERSONAL PRIVILEGES
Frequently, friends ask whether Rotarians receive special business benefits from their Rotary membership. Should Rotarians expect a special discount or some preferential service just because they are dealing with a fellow Rotarian?
The answer is clearly "no." The Rotary Manual of Procedure expressly states the Rotary position on this matter. The policy, originally approved by the RI Board of Directors in 1933, is that in business and professional relations "a Rotarian should not expect, and far less should he ask for, more consideration or advantages from a fellow Rotarian than the latter would give to any other business or professional associate with whom he has business relations." Over 50 years ago the concept was expressed that "true friends demand nothing of one another, and any abuse of the confidence of friendship for profit is foreign to the spirit of Rotary."
On the other hand, if new or increased business comes as the natural result of friendship created in Rotary, it is the same normal development which takes place outside of Rotary as well as inside, so it is not an infringement on the ethics of Rotary membership.
It is important to remember that the primary purpose of Rotary membership is to provide each member with a unique opportunity to serve others, and membership is not intended as a means for personal profit or special privileges.
("The ABCs of Rotary" by Cliff Dotchterman - reprinted with permission).Ray Plue from the South Rotary club offered tickets to South’s
Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament to benefit Polio Plus. He also reminded
us that the Rotarian motorcycle marathon to benefit Polio Plus will be coming
through Columbia on May 25th. Anyone who rides is invited to meet him in
Jeff City and escort him here. 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Would you like to help in getting the Club's
RotarySpeak weekly newsletter on-line? We could really use a few more
volunteers who would like to take notes at the meeting - no more than 4-5
times a year (preferably one full month). If interested, please e-mail Tony St Romaine, or see Kristen Smarr or Jane Phillips for additional details.
NEED A RIDE TO ROTARY?
The Hospitality Committee prepares get-well cards for members who are ill and can set up rides for members who can't otherwise get to meetings. Please notify Gena Scott by email at scottgl@missouri.edu, by phone at 882-6371 (work) or 442-1865 (home).
Dr. Collins discussed the historical significance of the MU Libraries’ acquisition of Don Sander’s Watergate papers. Don Sanders graduated from MU’s law school then went on to do legal work for the Marine Corps. He was the city attorney before becoming an FBI agent and, at the time of the Watergate investigations became deputy counsel to the Watergate committee.
Now that these records are part of the library’s collection, students, historians
and anyone else can partake of history and taste the drama of the Watergate
story. For instance, Mr. Sanders pocket calendar recorded both the mundane
and the significant events in July 1973. He worked on his carport for two
days and attended a church picnic just before interviewing Alex Butterfield
in preparation for his testimony in front of the senate committee. During
his conversations with Butterfield, Sanders began to suspect that secret
recordings were made because of the verbatim accounts of conversations. Butterfield
decided to put his personal and political considerations aside and confirmed
the existence of the White House tapes to Sanders. This set in motion a chain
of events resulting in Nixon’s resignation in August 1974.After the Watergate investigations were concluded, Sanders worked as an investigator for the Senate Intelligence Committee. He eventually returned to Columbia and served on the Boone County Commission.
Dr. Collins feels that the value of the papers is that they allow us to track the career of a public servant in late 20th Century America.
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