February 16, 2012Lovers' Edition

MAKE UP SITESMONDAY

NOON•Wood River—St. John

UCC, WR•Jerseyville—Peace

United Church6 PM

•Alton-Godfrey—AltonSports Tap

TUESDAYNOON

•Collinsville—HolidayInn

•Granite City—NiedringhausMethodist

•Highland—Michael’sRestaurant

WEDNESDAY7 AM

•Bethalto—Red AppleNOON

•Goshen—LCCC Center,Edwardsville

THURSDAYNOON

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

•Edwardsville—FirstChristian

FRIDAYNOON

•Troy, Silver Creek—Pizza Man

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Throw the Bums Out!Our guest two weeks ago was Carlton Laird, speaker forPaul Hoover. Carlton is a former Wood Rover City Managerand author. Having been raised during the GreatDepression, Carlton has had a life-ling concern about theeconomy in our country and how it might better besupported.Carlton's new book recommends that we have a"Philadelphia II" and re-constitute our nation and governmentaround more contempory realities. In his book, herecommends:

1. That we follow Nebraska's partiless system andhave only one house.

2. That we decentralize government and leaverepresentatives in their home districts.

3. Every appropriation of money should be approvedby the people.Carlton recommends that we have a national assemblycomprised of the fifty governors who would supervise ourfederal programs. For details, see his book, "Never Vote forthe Incumbant."

News, Notes, and NonsenseTwo weeks ago, there were 21 rotarians in attendance at ourmeeting.

Virtually everyone was post-Paul, but Brad P. was almost post-speaker.

We were warned of wet paint and table three was especially well-behaved.

"Dr. Silkwood" served as our SAA du jour and Kevin was leftholding the bag. Eric told us that he had attended pre-PETS andis getting set for his year of leadership.

Pres. Dave announced that the Airport had successfully passed itscertification inspection and that RFP's had gone out for therestaurant at the airport. If you want to hear some authenticdixieland jazz, you may hear his group at Jazz on Broadway everyother Thursday night.

Having finally given up on Rick, we celebrated Charlie's birthday.

50/50 tickets went to Virgil and Allen who both got skunked.Chris, Wendel, Diane, and Allen

PROGRAMTODAY

Charlie KunzAngel Wintrode

Bi-State Wildlife HotlineNEXT WEEKLarry LacherLaura Ballard

Roxana Special Ed.

BIRTHDAYS2-8: Virgil Moore

Upcoming Events2-18: BasketballTournament2-23: Board Meeting3-10:WR RotaryTrivia night3-10: Boy's and Girl'sClub Trivia night4-28: CombinedMeeting

CLUB OFFICERS

PRESIDENTDavid Miller

PRESIDENT -ELECTEric BargerSECRETARYLori PalmerTREASURERCory Gallivan

DIRECTORSCLUB SERVICEPaul Hoover

VOCATIONAL SERVICEBrad Lavite

COMMUNITY SERVICEMark Allison

INTERNATIONAL SERVICERod Croxford

NEW GENERATIONSRhonda Pluester

SERGEANT AT ARMSRick Hooks

BANNER EDITORLarry Lacher

CLUB ARCHIVESRick Hooks

FOUNDATION OFFICERSPRESIDENTErin PhillipsTREASURER

Mark SpecialeSECRETARY

Rose Sebastian

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*Is it the Truth?

*Is it Fair to all concerned?

*Will it Build Goodwill andbetter Friendships?

*Will it be Beneficial to allconcerned?

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Rotary at theBallpark

PDG Rod Buffingtonhas reserved 1,500tickets for Saturday,April 14th and 1,000tickets for Saturday,July 21 @ 3:05 PM.The April 14th gamestarts at 12:05 PM andis the second homegame of the season.Part of the pre-gamepageantry will be thedistribution of theWorld SeriesChampionship Rings tothe players. Fansentering the game willreceive a 2011 WorldSeries Championsreplica ring. Normallythe promotional itemsare distributed untilthey run out.

Marking Rotary's107th Anniversary

Thousands ofparticipants around theworld plan to swim 100meters or more on 25February in an effort toset a new GuinnessWorld Record and toraise money for Rotary'spolio eradicationcampaign.It's just one of manyevents being planned byRotarians the week of23 February to celebrateRotary's 107thanniversary.The global event isbeing organized by theRotary Club ofGrantham, Lincolnshire,England, which has heldan annual swimfundraiser since 1990 tosupport local charities.Participants swim laps ina pool to raise pledgesduring the"swimarathons."This year, in addition totheir local event, theGrantham Rotariansdecided to spearhead aworldwide swim theweek of Rotary’sanniversary. In order toset a new one-hourswimming record, theyneed 2,355 swimmers tocomplete more than 100meters between 12:00and 13:00 GMT.So far, more than 90clubs have registered toparticipate by holdingtheir own swimmingfundraisers for polio."The idea of setting aworld record started as abit of a joke," saysRoger Graves, eventchair. "But now that the

reality has set in, wehope to set a new worldrecord, raise fundstoward eliminating polio,increase awareness ofRotary, and encouragemore people to swimand stay fit."Other eventsAmong other eventsbeing planned aroundthe world to markRotary’s anniversary,teams of Rotarians fromthe United Kingdom, theNetherlands, and theUnited States willvolunteer duringNational ImmunizationDays in India, 19-22February, in advance ofa polio summit 25-26February in Delhi, India.In Pakistan, a new "ThisClose" print advertisingcampaign will belaunched featuringAseefa Bhutto Zardari,the president’s daughterand the country’sambassador for polioeradication.Also, throughout theweek of 23 February,Rotary clubs anddistricts will beilluminating landmarksaround the world withthe End Polio Nowmessage.This year, the

landmarks include theWater and PowerDevelopment Authoritybuilding in Lahore,Pakistan, and Frere Hallin Karachi; the RoppongiHills skyscraper inTokyo; FederationSquare in Melbourne,Australia; and City Hallin San Juan, PuertoRico.

Just For FunReaching the end of a job interview, the human resources

person asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT, "And what

starting salary were you looking for?" The engineer said,

"In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the

benefits package." The interviewer said, "Well, what would

you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid

holidays, full medical and dental, company matching

retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car

leased every 2 years - say, a red Corvette?"

The engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you

kidding?" And the interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you

started it."