You might be a golf nut if … The beer cart girl knows your life story, including your SAT score, your wife’s maiden name, and the swing weight of your irons. 

                Better attendance today:  about 32 members.  Keep it up !!  Our meeting is still every Monday noon at Royal Ridges.  Be there and be a real Rotarian. 

Greeter & Prayer – Dr. Randy Zeith

President Lee Prellwitz, our able leader

Guests:   (1) Visiting Rotarian – Orlo Bierman of the Green Lake Club.

                (2) Paula Price – Speaker

                (3) Hsiang Yiy Hsu (Daniel), our inbounder from Taiwan.

                (4) Jan Williams – R.M.C. – Denims and Pearls event

                (5) Dr. David Joyce – Ripon College President

Makeups – Alex Hooker sends 3 from Sunny Flolrida—two @Venice-NoKomis Club and one from Venice

                   Sunrise Club.  Alex remains at 100%.  Great!!

Correspondence – Thank you from RHS “We The People” Team – who finished in the top 1/3 at the

                               National Meet in Washington, D.C.

Events Summary:

(1)     Scholarship dinner netted $1,200.00—Too bad more members didn’t attend!!

(2)     President Lee gave a whole day with the G.S.E. Team from Brazil, and thanked Lee Baird-Van, Mary Jo Negus – Brenner Outlet Store, John Rohde – Printwear Express tour, Troy. Farrell – Tour of Farrell’s Fine Furnishings;  Paula Price – Little White School House, Aaron Kramer for lunch, Ben Konecny – lunch and tour of Ripon College, Randy and Teleane Zeith for boat ride on Green Lake and Peter & Laurie Kasuboski for hosting the pot luck. 

Upcoming events:

(1)     Saturday—Karen Geisler, David Sakrison and President Lee will attend a district youth

                          Training in Slinger.

(3)     Scholarship presentations at RHS—Wednesday night – Doug Bradley and President Lee.

(4)     May 21 meeting – STRIVE Scholarship awards.

(5)     Adopt a Hi-Way cleanup with Chairman Jane Schueler – Saturday June 2.

(6)     Berlin- Ripon Rotary Golf Classic, Wednesday July 25 at Mascoutin Golf Club.

(a)     Lots of opportunity to help!! Call John Rohde or Laurie Kasuboski. 

Recognition of members:

(1)     Media Ongoing – ad in the 2007-2008 Ripon Guide.

(2)     Received the Rotary presidential citation at the District conference in Lake Geneva.  One of twenty clubs in the district to receive it.

(3)     Sue Finch Brown – “Cheers for Volunteers Rural Volunteer of the Year --$1,000 to give to the non profit charity of her choice.

(4)     Prue Precourt – chairperson of the Research Grant Committee for the Association of Fundraising Executives International (AFP). 

Scholarship Presentation to Ripon College – President Lee, flanked by Lyn Corder, Chuck Larson, Rick Coles and John Rohde, presented Dr. David Joyce with a $1,000 scholarship for a student involved in community affairs. 

Sgt. at Arms – Rick Coles and quiz on President David C. Joyce of the college.

(1)     His wife’s name is Lynne

(2)     Before coming to Ripon, he was President at Union  College

(3)     He received his Bachelor Degree at Pfeiffer, N.C.

(4)     He has been Ripon President since 2003

(5)     His middle name is Corey

(6)     His favorite soft drink is Cheer Wine. 

Program:  Paula Price of Ripon Chamber of Commerce gave a great program with power point on the Little White School House, due for it’s Grand Opening on Saturday, May 12 beginning at 10:00 a.m.  The School House was built originally in 1853, as a one room school—the first Public School of Ripon.  In 1854, Atty. Alvin Bovay called a meeting to do something about the spreading of Slavery.  This was the beginning of The Republican Party.  The restoration and reconstruction project took about 3 years.  Peter Kasuboski organized the contractors involved.  Previously there wasn’t any climate control and this caused deterioration.  It is now rewired and will have both heating and air conditioning.  All the exterior paint was removed, repainted and roofed with cedar shingles.  The estimated cost was 183,000, but Paula said it will come in under that amount.  In 1974, through the work of George Miller, it was named A National Historic Landmark.

It will be open May to October – 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. and weekends in September and October.

Adult admission - $1.00, children – No charge except when on field trips in large groups.

                                Thanks much Paula for your work on the project and for this program. 

Next Week – May 14

Greeter & Prayer – Kim Holliday

Program- Mary Beth Growney-Selene from Madison – Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator                                                         .speaking on The Rotary Foundation. 

Thought for Today:  God – thank You for the ever changing patters of Your world’s beauty.  Keep me from being indifferent to it or taking it for granted.  Amen. 

The county wouldn’t be in such a mess today if the natives had adopted more stringent immigration laws. 

                                             Scribe – Rich Carley – 748-3391