South visitors: Gary Tatlow
Annice Wetzel 7/16
Bo Fraser 7/19
Dee Corn 7/20
Ralph & Mary Beth Mennemeyer, 33 years, 7/15
G.B. & Gertrude Thompson, 47 years, 7/20
Chief Bill Markgraf was recently honored
for50 years of service to the Columbia Fire
Department.
Congratulations on such an accomplishment!
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Member Fred Meyers is in the hospital with severe breathing difficulties.
Update: Fredrick died Monday, July 18, 2005.
Visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 West. Services will follow. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Fredrick joined our club on March 15, 2001. He was retired from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., where he had been vice president and general counsel. He resided at 5707 Thornbrook Parkway, Columbia, MO 65203, with his wife Karen.
- The Club extends
sympathy to Pon Chinn and Kimi Chinn Rother upon the death of Pon's mother--Kimi's
grandmother.
August 1-4 is Rotary Week at Camp Wonderland,
a residential summer camp on the Lake of the Ozarks. This is a camp
for physically and mentally challenged children that was founded in 1970.
The Club is looking for interested Rotarians to commit ¾ of a day
to spend transporting supplies to the camp and helping out as needed.
It’s a great way to build camaraderie with fellow Rotarians and help out
a great cause along the way! Sign up today for this opportunity!
(By the way, it counts as a make-up.)____________________________________________
- 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.
President Darcy Wells took a few moments to outline her goals and plans
for her service year. They include:1. Sustain and grow Club membership (this mirrors RI and district goals). Darcy pointed out that Steve Scott reported a loss of 18 members in the last year.
2. Increase fundraising to address the needs in our community and internationally.
3. Increase visibility of Rotary throughout the community by strategic public relations and communications. This will ultimately help with goals 1 and 2.
4. Continue to support the Rotary Foundation and its programs through participation and giving.
5. Develop Club Leaders beyond the Club level.
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HISTORYMOMENT
ROTARY VILLAGE CORPS
One of the newer programs in Rotary's panoply of worldwide service activities and projects is the Rotary Village Corps. This new form of grass roots self-help service was initiated by RI President M.A.T. Caparas in 1986 as a means of improving the quality of life in villages, neighborhoods and communities. Frequently there is an abundance of available labor, but no process to mobilize men and women to conduct useful projects of community improvement.
A Rotary Village Corps-or Rotary Community Corps as they are called in industrialized countries-is a Rotary club-sponsored group of non-Rotarians who desire to help their own community by conducting a specific improvement project. The Rotary members provide the guidance, encouragement, organizational structure and some of the material assistance for the Rotary Village Corps, which in turn contributes the manpower to help their own community. Thus, the Rotary Village Corps provides a totally new process for Rotarians to serve in communities of great need.
Rotary Community Corps have been organized mainly in depressed ghetto areas of major cities where groups of individuals need the organizational and managerial skills of Rotarians to undertake valuable self-help community projects.
The Rotary Village Corps program offers a totally new dimension to the concept of service to improve the quality of life.
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 Caroline Maher by email at cjmaher@gte.net, by phone at 874-8712 (work) or 874-2451 (home).
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Cindy
Sheltmire introduced the speaker, Will Patterson, Account Executive,
Mizzou Sports Properties.
Will, standing in for Laird Veach at the last minute, provided a glimpse
of the who, what, why, when, where and how of Mizzou Sports Properties.
WHO & WHAT: Mizzou Sports Properties
(MSP), a subsidiary of Learfield Communications, is the official multi-media
rights holder for MU Athletics. MSP won the rights through competitive
bid. A new bid/contract is just being finalized and will be in effect
until 2013. MSP has extensive radio and television outlets in its
inventory. There are 58 radio stations across the state that carry
Mizzou sports. Television carries basketball only.
WHEN: Clyde Lear, founder of Learfield
Communications, started his business in 1972. In 1998, MSP had its
first multi-media contract with Mizzou. The first contract had a
$12,000 guarantee to Mizzou. The new contract is reported to contain
something like $5-8 million in guaranteed revenue.
WHERE: MSP is located in the Learfield
complex in Jefferson City, Missouri. They handle multi-media contracts
for schools around the country.
WHY: Generate revenue for Mizzou, Learfield
and Corporate Sponsors.
For more information about Mizzou Sports Properties and Mizzou Athletics
check out the following sites:
www.learfield.com
http://mutigers.collegesports.com/
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
We are still looking 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, Jane Phillips or Paige Scott for additional details.
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Web Editor: Tony St Romaine
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