South: Jason Swindle
7/05 - Margie Meyer
7/02 - Matt & Renette Reiske
7/05 - Jerry & Mary Daugherty
7/06 - Jerry & Beverly Murrell
were presented by President Walker to both Melvin
Platt and Cecil Moore for their past work for the Foundation.
President Walker also presented plaques of appreciation to Rollie Hausmann, Club Treasurer, and Steve Scott, Club Secretary.
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Col. Tim Donovan is reported to be resting after major surgery this date. He is recovering in Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, and will be there until next Wednesday or so. If you wish, please send tasteful cards and letters to Tim's home address.
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DUES
Statements have been mailed. If there are any changes needed to your
biographical information, there is a place on the form to indicate. Please
complete and return with your payment.____________________________________________
- We are sorry to be losing Trevor McIntryre from our Club. After retiring from the Navy, he has taken a job with Boeing in St Louis, MO. We thank him for all his efforts on behalf of our Club, and wish him well in his new career.
- FUND
RAISER: The club is now actively
selling sterling silver bracelets with a pawprint charm as a fundraiser.
20% of the profits go to the local community and 80% to projects in
Mexico.
Check out the flyer
for additional details, or see Janice, Darlene or Phil.
HISTORYMOMENT
ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE
An interesting Rotary program of fellowship is the Rotary Friendship Exchange. This activity, originally recommended by the New Horizons Committee in 1981, is intended to encourage Rotarians and spouses to visit with Rotarian families in other parts of the world. It may be conducted on a club-to-club or district-to-district basis.
The idea is for several Rotarian couples to travel to another country on the Rotary Friendship Exchange. Later the hospitality is reversed when the visit is exchanged. After a successful pilot experiment, the Rotary Friendship Exchange has become a permanent program of Rotary.
The Rotary Friendship Exchange is frequently compared to the Group Study Exchange program of The Rotary Foundation, except that it involves Rotarian couples who personally pay for all expenses of their intercountry experience. Doors of friendship are opened in a way which could not be duplicated except in Rotary.
Rotarians seeking an unusual vacation and fellowship experience should learn more about the Rotary Friendship Exchange. Some unusual Rotary adventures are awaiting you!
ABCs of Rotary" by Cliff Dotchterman - reprinted with
permission).
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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).
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John Miles introduced Charles McClain who was here to speak about the Governor's
Commission on Government Reorganization.
The Government Reform Commission has begun the process of initiating a full review of state government to examine opportunities to restructure, reduce and eliminate state government functions.
Governor
Matt Blunt charged the commission with looking at each state department in
terms of its structure, efficiency and focused goals or duties. The goal
of the commission is to devise ways to make state government more effective,
fiscally responsible and service oriented.
Mr. McClain is chairing the sub-committee on education, an area in which
he has considerable experience. Among the many issues to be debated
include the subject of centralized (regulated) versus local control in the
elementary and secondary school system; finding ways to improve the data
collection system to report both quality and quantitative measures of the
system, and the pros and cons of outsourcing certain state services in light
of the 40% in benefits currently paid to state workers.
The commission’s recommendations will be submitted no later than one year from their first meeting, which occured on March 8., 2005.
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for volunteers who would like to take notes at the meeting for this weekly
newsletter publication - 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.
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