Volume XXVI                                                                   Issue # 37                                            Feb. 19, 2007 

                You might be a golf nut if … You told your wife “not now” when she went into labor during the final round of the Masters. 

                Monday noon – you should be at the weekly meeting of The Ripon Rotary Club. 

Greeter today & prayer giver – Paul Nelsen

Lee Prellwitz, our president, leads us onward and forward. 

Make-ups – Peter Sensenbrenner with 5

Our Guests today:

                Visiting Rotarians (1) Phyllis Smith Pemberton – Fond du Lac a.m. Club

                                             (2) Lida Sclocchini –IRKUTSK, Siberia Club

                                             (3) Calina Tyurneva –IRKUTSK, Siberia Club

                Other Guests          (1) Nasif Rogers – Ripon College

                                                  (2) Hsiang Yiy Hso (Daniel) Taiwan inbounder

                                                  (3) Brendan O’brien – R.H.S. student of month 

February Birthdays of Rotarians – 10 in all, but today was BrendanO’Briens 18^th. birthday, so we (the Moron Chorus) sang for him, in true Rotary Style. 

Announcements:

(1)     At today’s Board meeting, decision was made to donate $500 to “We The People” toward their

Washington trip.

(2)     Meeting three weeks from today, will be at R.M.C.  Lunch and all.

(3)     Rotary STRIVE program received $4,000 grant from the Webster Foundation.  Thanks to Rob & Kathy Webster.

(4)     SELL ROSES  -- Goal is 5 to 600 dozen.  Jeff Liddicoat has sold 100 dozen.   Total sales, so far, 250 dozen.  Work your Buds off and Sell, Sell, Sell. 

Sgt at Arms:  Coles is up and at us again.  Today it was a quiz on the AARP Magazine.   Thanks to Tom Worrall, we didn’t have to pay.  We got 3 out of 5, especially the number of naked women, over 50, featured on the inside cover of Rick’s, first issue. 

Program:  John Porter introduced Phyllis Pemberton of the Fond du Lac Morning Club, who presented a great program with Lida Sclocchini of the IRKUTSK, Siberia Rotary Club, on a project of the two clubs of creating a Revolving loan Fund to help persons in the Russian economy and educate farmers in improved farming and business management practices.  The Rotary Micro Loan Project provides economic assistance to Russian agriculture-related businesses with small financial needs.  In many cases persons seeking financial support might not qualify for a loan, might not have collateral to secure a bank loan, or might need an amount of money smaller than what financial institutions handle.  In fulfilling our motto of Service Above Self through this project, Rotarians hope to help bring better understanding and cooperation between the United States of America and Russia.  Funds from this project have assisted in building new barns…The project was initiated in 1998, when Fond du Lac Morning Rotary raised $5000 to establish thisRotary sponsored revolving loan fund in Siberia.  Additional funds have been raised from other Rotary Clubs throughout Wisconsin.  The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International provided a matching grant.  The total revolving loan fund is now more than $30,000. 

Next Week – February 26

                Greeter & Prayer – Pru Precourt

                Program – Dr. Paul Nelsen will bring Doug Guy, CEO- CHN. (Community Health Network) 

Thought for today:  O God – I need to feel Your presence.  Quiet my thoughts so that I may hear Your loving words.  Amen.

                                It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness;  poverty and wealth have both failed. 

 

                                                         Scribe          Rich Carley            748-3391