Stafford Rotary

Stafford Rotary Meeting
July 27, 2005

AG Carol Foley presided. President Randy was out of town. Carol made the sad announcement that President Elect Aric is out of town because of his father’s death.
AG Carol welcomed guests and visiting Rotarians: Jim Lewis, Kate Hopper and John Atkins visited from the Rappahannock Rotary. Bob Eatman visited from the Rotary Club of Loveland, Colorado. Carlos Melendez.s guest was Dr. Jack Thompson, Eric Widener was the guest of John Atkins.


Happy Cup
Rusty Cowper was happy he has been on Cape Cod where it’s a lot cooler.

Carlos Melendez is happy his boss visited.

Shirley Heim fined herself for not wearing her pin. She recommended that everyone go see Jeff Small in Seussical this weekend. She showed the completed backpacks for the Russian orphans and thanked everyone who helped raise the money for them. The orphans will arrive at Dulles this Saturday.

Kathy Belcher’s son received his visa to travel to Hunan Province in China where he will be teaching for the next year.

Sandy Pratt was happy that she tested everything before she filed an insurance claim.

Jeff Davis joked that his AC is still working. His wife is in Beijing on a tour. Jeff joked to Mark Steele about Virginia Tech.

Chris Franklin was fined for not wearing his pin.

Dave Varrelman said he’s hired ten new deputies this week.

Nancy Buck was happy that her brother has recovered nicely after quadruple bypass surgery.

Nelda Mohr told a story about her father’s ability to “stretch a dollar” for good causes and said she was happy that our club has Shirley Heim to stretch those dollars.

Vicki Lewis spent last week with her grandson. She was happy to have met Bob Eaton.

Mary Rose said she enjoyed visiting with Jim Lewis at lunch.

Jeff Small had to leave early but left $5 so Mark would announce the play.

Carol Foley is happy her grandchildren have been visiting her.

Mark Smith was happy for the visitors from the Rappahannock Rotary.

Announcements:
Joan McLaughlin announced that the District Foundation Seminar will be held on August 27.

Rusty Cowper reminded everyone to get makeups to him.

We will be ordering club shirts again. The short sleeve shirt is $33, and the long sleeve shirt is $35.

Carol Foley asked everyone to check the classification list to make sure our classifications are current.

Program

Nelda Mohr and Nancy Buck presented a program on literacy programs. Rotary International President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar has designated literacy as one of two main areas of emphasis during this coming Rotary year. He challenges each Rotary club in the world to reach the following literacy goals:

* Celebrate Literacy Month in July and promote International Literacy Day on 8 September
* Develop literacy training for adults, especially for women
* Develop literacy training for children, encompassing those with special needs, street children, and working with local education authorities as appropriate.
* Work with refugee and immigrant populations to assist with acquisition of literacy skills and second language learning
* Organize and participate in mentoring programs that focus on vocational training, life skills, reading and writing
* Serve as a resources to community schools and provide assistance when necessary (donate materials or management consulting).
* Provide educational opportunities in low economic areas (adopt a school, adopt an orphanage, street children, AIDS orphans)
* Assist in the establishment of libraries for children in schools and communities (i.e. mobile libraries, donations-in-kind, Bookaid International)
* Provide literacy and vocational training to prison inmates as part of the rehabilitation process
* Work with other relevant organizations on projects of joint interest

Nancy Buck, Outreach Coordinator for the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, discussed the the Alliance for Literacy which the library established. The Alliance coordinates the volunteer efforts of area literacy providers, conducts training programs for volunteers, and works closely with the adult basic education programs. Basic tutor training is offered twice annually. Nancy asked everyone to write thank you letters to Congress for restoring the adult education budget.

The meeting closed with the Four Way Test.

Are You Reading the Bulletin and the Blog?

In what year was the “Four Way Test’ created?

The answer can be found in the July 13 Highlighter.

New Member Corner
Stafford Rotary Glossary

If you don’t understand something you hear at a club meeting, email Nelda and ask for a definition in the bulletin.

Ambassadorial Scholarships
The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program is Ambassadorial Scholarships. Since 1947 nearly 37,000 men and women from 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. More than 1,000 scholarships were awarded for study in 2003-04. Through grants totaling approximately $428 million, recipients from some 70 countries studied in more than 70 nations.

The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to greater understanding of their host countries.

Generous contributions from Rotarians worldwide represent continued faith that the students who are Ambassadorial Scholars today will be tomorrow's community and world leaders.


More information is available on our club web page : http://www.staffordrotary.com/ , the District 7610 web page http://www.rotary7610.org/
and the Rotary International web page : http://www.rotary.org/

What Are You Reading?
Everyone in the Mohr family is reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We pre-ordered two copies early, thinking they would arrive in time for us to take along on vacation. Of course, we were out of town on publishing day, and the books sat in the Post Office for two weeks. But now we are devouring them. Did you see the article about the Harry Potter book discussion at Porter Library in last week’s US News and World Report?
So, what is everyone else reading these days?

Upcoming Programs

August 3: Walt Kreutzer, Long term care insurance
August 10: Andy Lynn—general gardening
August 17: Helen Torosian
August 24: Gene Bailey, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance update
August 31: Dave Varrelman classification talk

Rotary International Center for Online Learning


Want to know more about Rotary? Visit Rotary International's Center for Online learning. This section has been developed for independent study of RI information. Rotary International is the association of Rotary clubs; therefore, all training aims to educate Rotarians who are members of effective clubs.

http://www.rotary.org/training/elearning/index.html

Meeting Makeup Schedule

MONDAY: Culpeper, Holiday Inn, 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY: Orange, 7:30 A.M. Cape Porpoise Lobster House at 182 Byrd Street (Business Route 20)
WEDNESDAY: Rappahannock-Fredericksburg,
Fredericksburg Baptist Church, 7:30 a.m.
THURSDAY:
· Caroline County, Aunt Sara’s, 7:30 a.m
· Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Country Club, 6:30 p.m.
· Warrenton, Fauquier Springs Country Club, noon
· Woodbridge, Westminster Retirement Community, 12:15 p.m.
ANYTIME: E-Club, On-line:
http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/
http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com/
http://www.rotaryeclubsouthwest.org/
http://www.rotaryeclub3310.org/index.asp
http://www.rotary-eclubd3450.org/en/


Set-Up and Take Down Assignments

If you can’t make your assigned day, please find a substitute.

August 3
Sandy Duckworth, Mike Torosian, Elaine Farmer, Mark Steele
August 10
Chris Franklin,Carole Green, Graham Green
August 17
Brenda Gibbs, Rick Potter, Carol Foley, Jeff Small
August 24
Mark Smith, Keith Dudley, Trewitt Harding, Buck Jacoby
August 31
Vicki Lewis, Harrison Simpson, Anne Smith, Joan McLaughlin
September 7
Mary Rose, Don Uppercoe, Carlos Melendez, Nelda Mohr
September 14
T. Campbell, Shirley Heim, Karen McCormack, Sandy Pratt
September 21
Anne Truong, Kathy Wilson, Sue Gibbs, Carol Foley
September 28
Kathy Belcher, Buck Jacoby, Sandy Duckworth, Nicolette Ward

Other Important Dates to Remember
August is membership and Extension Month

August 13 - Membership Development & Retention Seminar on Saturday,
Tappahannock.

August 27 - District Foundation Seminar and Banquet.

June 11-14, 2006- Rotary International Annual Convention, Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark

Rotary Grace

We break Thy bread of brotherhood,
And thank Thee, Lord for all things good.
May we be more blessed than we deserve.
Live less for self and more to serve.
Amen

Stafford Rotary Meeting
July 6, 2005

President Randy Burdette presided and welcomed guests:
Kari Smith, guest of Mark Smith
Katie Haywood, guest of Nelda Mohr
Duane Amann and John Campbell, guests of T. Campbell
Kelvin Stroupe, guest of Rusty Cowper. Kelvin is with BB&T.

Brad Sumner has been promoted and transferred so he will probably need to leave the club.

Program:
Karen McCormack gave a very entertaining classification talk. Karen has lived in Fredericksburg for two years. Her son at first didn’t want to move here, but now he’s very happy here. Karen is from Lawrence, Massachusetts. She moved to Northern Virginia when she was in high school. She didn’t like school. She attended Salem State College, but didn’t like college any more than high school. So she dropped out. She began her working life working for a mutual fund company. It was boring, and she wasn’t paid very well.

Karen was married for four years. She went to work for Mercantile Bank in Boston and then transferred to Baltimore to be near her parents in Annapolis. After she was settled in Maryland her parents moved to Florida.

Karen came to know and love Fredericksburg as a result of her work for Mercantile Bank. Her move to the National Bank of Fredericksburg was a transfer and an easy transition.

As a result of a milestone re-evaluation of her life, Karen began a new job with First Citizens Bank eight weeks ago. This 106 year old business is family owned. They concentrate on pleasing their customers instead of their stockholders. Fredericksburg is their most northern branch. Karen’s office is located in the old BB&T building near the Regal theaters.

She became interested in Rotary because she wants to more involved in the community and take part in service projects.

Induction of New (Old) Member
President randy was happy to preside over the induction of a familiar Stafford Rotarian, Sue Gibbs. Sue has returned to the Fredericksburg area and has a new job with the Hilton Garden Inn. Welcome back, Sue! We missed you.


New Rules from Sergeant-at-Arms Ralph
Ralph had a big Bud Lite cardboard box for fines and a little basket for Happy Cup.
1. There will be a hefty fine for not having correct change
2. You will be fined if you forget to sign in for makeups.
3. Remember to sign in each meeting. There will be fines for those forget.
4. No pin fines will be strictly enforced.
5. The Bad Boys Table is exempt from fines! (We all booed this cronyism.)
Ralph promptly fined Rusty for not paying attention. Remember fine money always goes to good projects. No one has a better record at raising money from fines than Ralph Davis, so get in the habit of bringing many one dollar bills.


Happy Cup
PDG Graham Green was happy that Sue is back.

Sue Gibbs is happy to be back.

Carol Foley’s grandsons got to ride at the new ranch near her house. Her grandson did very well.

Carole Green reminded us that two weeks from now the international officers will be here.

Karen McCormack was happy no one threw anything at her during her talk. She was happy Mark didn’t give her a no pin fine. (Mark said it wasn’t too late, but Ralph reminded him that his time for fining was over. King Ralphie now rules.)

Trewitt Harding was happy he spent July Fourth with his family.

Carlos Melendez fined himself because he not only forgot to go to the banquet, but he forgot and came to the meeting that wasn’t held last Wednesday.

Vicki Lewis was happy that although Karen grew up in Boston she has no Boston accent. There’s hope for Vicki’s grandson.

Pastor Fred Donahoe was happy to see that T’s brother has hair. He joked that Buck was going to resign so he could rejoin and President Randy could kiss him like he kissed Sue.

T. Campbell was happy that John and Duane were his guests.

Dave Varrelman’s son is leaving Afghanistan this week!

Harrison Simpson was happy he attended the banquet and sad that he had to leave early.

Bicolette Ward was happy that Brenda Gibbs is the Rotarian of the Year.

Aric Wagner was happy Karen gave her talk. He joked that her boss had asked Aric to tape her talk. He joked that he was happy Mark Smith was able to sit still for a change unlike the banquet.



Shirley Heim said Ralph needs a Miller Lite box to replace that Budweiser box.

Sandy Pratt had a wonderful trip to Seattle. She walked so much she lost weight. There was so much to see.

Kathy Belcher joked that if Ralph always takes so long to do the Happy Cup she won’t have to plan any programs when it’s her quarter to plan programs.

Ann Smith thanked everyone for their support during her father’s illness. She was happy that Taylor was patient with all the joking from Ralph at the banquet.

Katie Haywood was happy to visit. She misses Rotary.

Mary Rose was happy Sue is back.

Jeff Davis joked that he’d done genealogy research and he not related to Ralph Davis.

Nelda Mohr joked that since she’s in the Davis family she doesn’t know which she’d rather be related to Jeff or Ralph. She’ll just claim her Kentucky “cousin” T. (Old Joke – What’s Kentucky’s motto? 5 million people. 15 last names.)

Mark Smith was happy that he didn’t have to rush to get to the meeting early.

President Randy thanked Karen for her talk. He was glad his first meeting as president was such a fun day.

The meeting closed with the Four Way Test.

Are You Reading the Bulletin and the Blog?

What is the Object of Rotary?

The answer can be found on our club blog http://www.staffordrotary.blogspot.com/


New Member Corner
Stafford Rotary Glossary

If you don’t understand something you hear at a club meeting, email Nelda and ask for a definition in the bulletin.

The Four-Way Test
From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.
This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions:
"Of the things we think, say or do:

Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

More information is available on our club web page : http://www.staffordrotary.com/ , the District 7610 web page http://www.rotary7610.org/
and the Rotary International web page : http://www.rotary.org/


What Are You Reading?
Vicki Lewis recommends the following books:
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
“Here’s what Publisher’s Weekly had to say about it. Caldwell and Thomason's intriguing intellectual suspense novel stars four brainy roommates at Princeton, two of whom have links to a mysterious 15th-century manuscript, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. This rare text (a real book) contains embedded codes revealing the location of a buried Roman treasure. Comparisons to The Da Vinci Code are inevitable, but Caldwell and Thomason's book is the more cerebral-and better written-of the two: think Dan Brown by way of Donna Tartt and Umberto Eco.”

Night Fall by Nelson DeMille
Here’s Jane Adams’ review for Amazon.com:
“John Corey, former NYPD homicide detective, assigned to the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force in the pre-millennium 90's, makes a return appearance in a thoughtful novel offering an alternative to the government's "official" position on what really happened to TWA Flight 800, which crashed off the Long Island coast in the summer of 1996. Accompanying his wife Kate to a memorial marking the five-year anniversary of the crash, Corey's curiosity is aroused by what appears to be a concerted effort by Kate's fellow federal agents to keep him--and her--from investigating a case that appears to be closed. Corey's detecting skills lead him to two witnesses to the crash, who were enjoying an adulterous interlude on the beach at the time the plane went down--and videotaping their sexual escapades while what appears to be a terrorist missile attack takes place in the background. What ratchets up the tension in this capably written thriller is what the reader knows but Corey doesn't as he heads for a showdown with those responsible for the official cover-up as the clock ticks down to the morning of September 11, 2001. DeMille's deft touch with a riddle wrapped in an enigma--what really happened to Flight 800--makes his "what if" scenario a more than plausible theory; you don't have to believe in conspiracies or government cover-ups to find his latest engrossing, entertaining, and enlightening.”
So, what is everyone else reading these days?

Upcoming Programs

July 13 = Tony Kent of the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center
July 20 – International Officers Visit
July 27 – Rotary Literacy Projects – Nelda Mohr and Nancy Buck from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library

Meeting Makeup Schedule

MONDAY: Culpeper, Holiday Inn, 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY: Orange, 7:30 A.M. Cape Porpoise Lobster House at 182 Byrd Street (Business Route 20)
WEDNESDAY: Rappahannock-Fredericksburg,
Fredericksburg Baptist Church, 7:30 a.m.
THURSDAY:
· Caroline County, Aunt Sara’s, 7:30 a.m
· Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Country Club, 6:30 p.m.
· Warrenton, Fauquier Springs Country Club, noon
· Woodbridge, Westminster Retirement Community, 12:15 p.m.
ANYTIME: E-Club, On-line:
http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/
http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com/
http://www.rotaryeclubsouthwest.org/
http://www.rotaryeclub3310.org/index.asp
http://www.rotary-eclubd3450.org/en/
Set-Up and Take Down Assignments

TBA
When Ralph assigns you set-up and greeter duties please [lan on helping

Other Important Dates to Remember
July is Rotary Literacy Month

August 27 - District Foundation Seminar and Banquet.

June 11-14, 2006- Rotary International Annual Convention, Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark

Rotary Grace

We break Thy bread of brotherhood,
And thank Thee, Lord for all things good.
May we be more blessed than we deserve.
Live less for self and more to serve.
Amen

Stafford Rotary Installation Banquet
June 30, 2005

The Installation Banquet was held at the University of Mary Washington’s Seacobeck Hall.

President Elaine Farmer presided and introduced the head table: PDG Sandy Duckworth and her husband Donald, PDG Graham Green and Rotarian Carole Green, President Elect Randy Burdette and his wife Linda, AG Carol Foley and her husband Jack, and President Elaine husband Emory.

T. Campbell led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Then Carole Green sang the third verse of “America the Beautiful” followed by the group singing the first verse.

Pastor Fred Donahoe gave the invocation. After a wonderful dinner (the college caterers always do a great job) AG Carol Foley gave greetings from the new District Governor John McKone and talked about district goals for the year.

PDG Graham gave a brief history of the Stafford Rotary and acknowledged charter members and those who have been members for over ten years.

PDG Sandy Duckworth made presentations of new Paul Harris Fellows: Nicholette Ward, Maritza Walker, Anne Troung and
Ken Clayman, Only Nicolette was present to receive her PHF medal.

President Elaine reviewed the past year.Nelda Mohr distributed perfect attendance year tabs. PDG Sandy has 17 years of perfect attendance!

President Elaine announced that Brenda Gibbs is the Rotarian of the Year. The Shirley Heim trophy will be placed in her office for the next year.

Presdient Elaine gave “Service above Self” awards to:
Shirley Heim
Joan McLaughlin
Nelda Mohr

Then she and Emory gave awards to all of those who served on the board this past year.

PDGs Graham and Sandy installed the new officers for Rotary year 2005-2006:

President Randall Burdette
President Elect Aric Wagner
Secretary Rusty Cowper
Treasurer Rick Potter
Director-Community Service-Brenda Gibbs
Director -Club Service- Mark Smith
Director -Vocational Service-Nicolette Ward
Director -International Service-Carole Green
Director –Youth -Shirley Heim
Director - Membership AG Carol Foley
Director-Immediate Past President -Elaine Farmer
Director-The Rotary Foundation- Joan McLaughlin
Director - Public Communications-Nelda Mohr

The Stafford Rotary Foundation Board was then sworn in.
President Randall Burdette
Secretary Rusty Cowper
Treasurer Rick Potter
At Large Member Jeff Small
At Large Member Mark Smith

Stafford Rotary Sergeant at Arms-
Ralph Davis and Backup -T Campbell

Our new Club President Randall Burdette talked about the Object of Rotary and paraphrased it into an Object of Stafford Rotary. He then made a presentation to Emory Farmer.

Our new Sergeant-at-Arms Ralph Davis passed the basket for the Happy Cup.
President Elect Aric Wagner led us in the Four Way Test.


Are You Reading the Bulletin and the Blog?

Which Stafford Rotarian took part in the Race to the Finish in Chicago?

The answer can be found on our club blog http://www.staffordrotary.blogspot.com/


New Member Corner
Stafford Rotary Glossary

If you don’t understand something you hear at a club meeting, email Nelda and ask for a definition in the bulletin.

Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.


More information is available on our club web page : http://www.staffordrotary.com/ , the District 7610 web page http://www.rotary7610.org/
and the Rotary International web page : http://www.rotary.org/


Stafford Rotary Blog

For back issues of the Stafford Rotary Highlighter visit our club blog at http://www.staffordrotary.blogspot.com/

What Are You Reading?

I just read "Cork Boat", and it was a fun, easy read. Story about a political speech writer who fulfills his dream of building a boat entirely out of wine corks, some saved since he was 7 years old. It has the spirit of adventure, an interesting look into the halls of Congress, Clinton's last 6 months in office, and a trip to Antarctica , and also, of course, the trip down the river in Portugal through wine country in the completed boat. I recommend it, along with other good nautical stories, such as Pete Goss's story of single-handed sailing around the globe in the Vendee Challenge, and Patrick O’Brien’s series (Master & Commander).

Rusty Cowper

Upcoming Programs

July 6 –Classification Talk – Karen McCormack
July 13 - Tony Kent of the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center
July 20 – International Officers Visit
July 27 – Rotary Literacy Projects – Nelda Mohr and Nancy Buck from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library

Meeting Makeup Schedule
MONDAY: Culpeper, Holiday Inn, 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY: Orange, 7:30 A.M. Cape Porpoise Lobster House at 182 Byrd Street (Business Route 20)
WEDNESDAY: Rappahannock-Fredericksburg,
Fredericksburg Baptist Church, 7:30 a.m.
THURSDAY:
· Caroline County, Aunt Sara’s, 7:30 a.m
· Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Country Club, 6:30 p.m.
· Warrenton, Fauquier Springs Country Club, noon
· Woodbridge, Westminster Retirement Community, 12:15 p.m.
ANYTIME: E-Club, On-line:
http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/
http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com/
http://www.rotaryeclubsouthwest.org/
http://www.rotaryeclub3310.org/index.asp
http://www.rotary-eclubd3450.org/en/
Set-Up and Take Down Assignments

TBA
When Ralph assigns you set-up and greeter duties please plan on helping

Other Important Dates to Remember
July is Rotary Literacy Month