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Volume XXVII                         Issue #16                                             October 30, 2006 

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

-         Will Rogers 

Monday noon, Ripon Rotary meets at Royal Ridges. Only twenty members present today. Attendance is a requirement of membership.  

Greeter and Prayer today:         Tommy Hobbs

Presiding today - president Lee Prellwitz

Guests: (1) Fire Lieutenant Tom Nelson, guest of Armon Fischer

                        (2)Hsiang Yiy Hsu (Daniel) inbounder from Taiwan  

Announcements: (1) Bill Denkert announced that his 14 year old son Mark has been accepted

                                  into the People to People Student Ambassador program and will be

          spending three weeks in the summer of 2007 in England and France.

                            (2) Sue Finch-Brown offering tickets for sale to win a trip to the Super Bowl 

                                 through the Berlin Rotary. Ripon Rotary will be holding its own raffle

                                 this year, giving away a large screen television to watch the Super Bowl

                                 on. David Sakrison will be giving updated weekly. Prepare to start selling

                                 at the end of November.

                            (3) Doug Bradley announced that the next STRIVE meeting will be at RHS on

                                 November 14^th at 9:39 in Room 167. If planning on attending and

                                 Participating in the “colors” event please notify Doug so he can order

                                 The correct number of books, and send a check for $25 to Kathy Schwandt

                                 made out to STRIVE to pay for your book. If you can attend but do not

                                 wish to attend, please let Doug know that as well. We want a good turnout

                                 to provide input on whether  this program is worth the cost.

                             (4) Nita Krenz gave a report on the Cal Schaub Scholarship Dinner. Ten

                                  Rotary inbounderes and host families attended. It was also good to see

                                  Honorary members Howard and Joan Nault, and Ralph Quinney in

                                  attendance.                                         

Sergeant at Arms Rick Coles with a ranking requirement for the six most “profitable” holidays. After informing us that Halloween was “one of the most profitable holidays” it turned out that Halloween was sixth of the six listed. A strategy that I have been known to employ myself. Everybody paid one dollar.  

Program: Armon Fischer introduced Fire Lieutenant Tom Nelson from the Ripon Fire Department. Lieutenant Nelson is the only full time employee of the fire department, and provided information on the make-up of the Ripon Fire Department, the equipment the department has, and an overview of the education and public services provided, the training required of members, and the inspections done twice annually of all businesses in Ripon. He also touched briefly on the Ripon Fire District, and the current issues confronting the district with the defections of the Town of Green Lake and, in the past two weeks, the Town of Metomen.  

Per Lieutenant Nelson, the three major issues facing the future of the Ripon Fire Department are: 

1. More difficult to attract volunteers, due to the commitment and training involved.
2. Fewer employers willing to allow volunteers to leave work to answer calls.
3. An aging demographic among the members.

Food for thought for the future of the RFD. Thanks to Lieutenant Nelson and Armon for this informative program.

Next Week: November 6:         Greeter and Prayer – the returning Dr. Richard Carley

                                                Program – Tommy Hobbs  

Thought for the Day – The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

                                                                        - Will Rogers  

Substitute Scribe – Lee Prellwitz

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