Stafford Rotary

Meeting of the Rotary Club of Stafford
August 17, 2005

President Elect Aric Wagner presided and welcomed guests: Johanna Clayman, daughter of ken Clayman; Pam Garrett, the new director of Hope House and guest of Shirley Heim; Meghann Green, guest of PDG Graham and Carole Green. Visiting Rotarians were Steve Aycock, president of Rappahannock Rotary and PDG Ken Tillman, also from the Rappahannock club.
PDG Ken made an announcement reminding everyone of the Foundation Seminar August 27.

Announcements:
When you are assigned to setup and take down duty, please show up. Ralph will fine you $10 if you don’t. If you can’t make the meeting that day get someone to trade places with you.

Carole Green reminded us all to sell duck adoptions. Jeff Davis’s team sold $554 last Saturday. Applications for GSE team members are due October 1. Carole will be placing ads in the newspapers about this. The team will be going to Poland and the Ukraine, possibly also Belarus. Carole passed around a signup sheet for Race Day volunteers.

Shirley Heim announced that she had four support group out selling ducks last weekend. Two have reported back to her, reporting over $2,000 in duck sales. Loews will only allow Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops do fund raising at their stores. Loews is a prime location for duck sales. If you know of a scout troop that would like to earn some money selling ducks let Shirley know.

Quiz:
No one knew the answer. So here is the answer. We as a club and each member as an individual should know of Rotary International’s efforts to end illiteracy in the world. Here are President Carl-Wilhelm’s literacy goals this year:

* 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

Program:
The speaker was Helen Torosian, wife of Rotarian Mike Torosian and Stafford County Teacher of the Year. Helen has been teaching for thirty-five years. She hadn’t planned to be a teacher. Her degree is in biology, and she imagined a career in research. However, when she finished college the jobs in research labs were hard to find, so she took a teaching appointment as a temporary measure. She fell in love with teaching right away, and has taught ever since.

Helen said that a good teacher needs the support of parents. Businesses can also help their local schools through programs such as Adopt a Classroom.

She entertained us with a story of a class field trip to the river that turned into a mud throwing event for some students. The marina owner complained, and Helen had to return to the marina to clean up the mess. Only one student volunteered to go along with her and help. That student was Mark Smith. We all suspect that Mark was also one of the mud throwers.

Fines
PDG Graham was fined for a cell phone call.
Chris Franklin got a bad tie fine?
There were many no pin fines.

Happy Cup
Mark Smith was happy that Helen was his biology teacher.
Harrison Simpson had a week in San Francisco.

Dan Bender was happy to be able to attend the meeting.

Carole Green said that Jeff Davis’s duck team did a great job, and we should all work hard to be even better. Meghann’s cast is finally off.

AG Carol Foley went to a great meeting at the Rappahannock Club.

Don Uppercoe is celebrating his fourteenth wedding anniversary.

Shirley Heim was happy for Helen’s speech and Pam’s visit.

Brenda Gibbs thanked Helen for her speech and then teased Jeff Davis for wearing shorts.

Rick Potter said Helen and Pastor Fred were very brave to have been Mark’s teachers.
Rick’s son just returned from a youth exchange in Kenya.

Steve Aycock joked that he thought Harrison only attended meetings at the Rappahannock club.

Pastor Fred said he was glad he sponsored Mark. Fred is happy that his son is a teacher.

Jeff Davis was happy about the Marvelous, Magnificent Mallards who endured extreme heat and managed to sell over $500 worth of duck adoptions.

Mike Torosian said he was happy that Helen got teary during her speech because he won a $100 bet that she would.

PE Aric was glad to have Helen as a speaker, and happy that Carlos filled in as sergeant-at-arms. Aric very much appreciates the work that Tim Baroody, Mark Smith and Chris Franklin have done for Race Day. Karen McCormack has agreed to be duck race treasurer. Aric announced that our entertainers for race day will be the Wil Gravitt Band and Anthony Campbell.


Are You Reading the Bulletin and the Blog?

What are the two types of Rotary club membership?

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.

Effective Clubs
Rotary International wants all Rotary Clubs to build the four pillars of an effective club:
Sustain and increase membership.
Implement successful service projects.
Support The Rotary Foundation.
Develop leaders beyond the club level.
How can even the newest members help to build an effective Rotary club?

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?

No one has answered that question for a few weeks. Someone must be reading something. Let me know.


Upcoming Programs

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.
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 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

A Visit to the Rotary Club of Manassas
August 10, 2005

Last week I was the speaker at the Manassas Club. Visiting other clubs is a fun way to learn more about Rotary. The Manassas club has set a membership goal for itself of 22 new members this year! And they mean a net gain of 22 new members. They’re off to a good start, having inducted three new members during the month of July.

One tradition that this club has is to name an “Officer of the Month”, a police officer who has done something outstanding that month. The August “Officer of the Month” had saved someone from drowning last month.

Another project they have is to honor National Guard units when they return from duty in Iraq. A small unit from their area just returned. The Rotary Club gave the guardsmen and their families a party.

One thing I forgot to do is to take a banner. Whenever you plan to make up at another club take a Stafford banner with you. The other club should give you one to bring back to our club. I’m not really talking about Rappahannock or Fredericksburg. They already have our banners. But when you visit clubs away from our immediate area take a banner with you. Ask Rusty or Mark for a banner to take.

Are You Reading the Bulletin and the Blog?

Since I was away last week, I’ll repeat the quiz. The answer was in the August 3 bulletin report of the July 27 program on literacy.

Name four of the ten literacy goals that Rotary International president Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer wants each club to achieve this year.

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.

Types of Membership
There are two types of Rotary club membership — active and honorary. An active member is one who has been elected to membership in the club under a classification of business or profession and enjoys all the obligations, responsibilities, and privileges of membership as provided in the RI constitution and bylaws. Active members may hold office in their clubs and serve RI at the district and international levels. They are expected to meet attendance requirements, pay dues, and bring new members into Rotary.

Honorary Rotary membership may be offered to people who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals. An honorary member is elected for one year only, and continuing membership must be renewed annually. Honorary members cannot propose new members to the club or hold office and are exempt from attendance requirements and club dues. Speaker of the House Bill Howell and Stafford Supervisor Mark Osborn were elected to be honorary members of our club after their government duties prevented them from being active members any longer.

Many distinguished heads of state, explorers, authors, musicians, astronauts, and other public personalities have been honorary members of Rotary clubs, including King Gustaf of Sweden, King George VI of England, King Badouin of Belgium, King Hassan III of Morocco, Sir Winston Churchill, humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, Charles Lindbergh, composer Jean Sibelius, explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, Thor Heyerdahl, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, Bob Hope, Dr. Albert Sabin, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and many of the presidents of the United States.
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?

I’m currently enjoying listening to To See Every Bird on Earth: a Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession by Dan Koeppel

When the author's father Richard was 11 years old, he spotted a Brown Thrasher, and his fascination with birds began. Now a "Big Lister," Richard is one of only 10 or so people to have recorded more than 7,000 species in his notebook. This is the remarkable chronicle of his travels across the globe in pursuit of his fixation. It is also a thoughtful examination of the natural world and a touching father/son story.

So, what is everyone else reading these days?
No one has answered that question for a few weeks. Someone must be reading something. Let me know.

Want to Be a Book Character?

Here’s a fun article from the Washington Post about an unusual auction.

Writers' Plot Thickens Into Auction for Free Speech
Date: August 14, 2005
Now's your chance to die in a Stephen King novel or be portrayed "in a good light" in the next thriller from John Grisham -- while championing the cause of free speech.
That's the idea behind a charity auction on eBay that starts Sept. 1 and features 16 authors selling character names to the highest bidders. All proceeds go to the First Amendment Project, a nonprofit legal group dedicated to free speech.

In addition to King and Grisham, writers agreeing to sell a name in their upcoming books include Amy Tan, Peter Straub, Nora Roberts, Lemony Snicket and Dave Eggers. All have penned summaries of what they plan to offer in an auction preview at www.ebay.com/fap.

Not all are selling characters. Neil Gaiman has offered to include "your name, or the name of someone you love" on a gravestone in his upcoming novel. Snicket, a popular children's writer, is offering "an utterance" by a certain character, but concedes the spelling may be "mutilated."
The most priceless preview comes from horrormeister King, who writes that he will want his buyer to provide a physical description and nickname ("can be made up, I don't give a rip," he writes) and that "a buyer who wants to die must in this case be female.'' The winning bidder will appear in King's book Cell next year or in 2007.

In all cases, anyone named must grant their permission, said David Greene, executive director of the First Amendment Project. Each auction will last 10 days. To deter fraudulent bidding, once bidding goes over $1,000, participants will be contacted to verify that they intend to pay, said Eric Gazin, president of AuctionCause, the company managing the event.

The auction was started by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon, who serves on the advisory board of the First Amendment Project. He began soliciting contributions from writers a few months ago, when he realized the group was running out of money. Gaiman suggested he consider an auction modeled after a smaller charity event he held last year, in which he sold the name of a cruise ship in his next novel for $3,500.
Chabon, who also plans to sell one of his character's names, said almost every writer asked to participate agreed immediately. One who did balk told him, "It's a great cause, but I just can't give somebody else that amount of control over my book. I need to be able to name my characters."

Chabon admitted that the couple of times he has auctioned off minor characters in his novels -- to raise money for his children's school, for example -- he wasn't too happy with the results: "The winning names were not even remotely names I would have chosen or invented."

But that paled beside what happened to a novelist who held a similar charity auction years ago, Chabon said: A rival author won and asked that his name be inserted in the novelist's book. That's why he has a line in his preview reserving "the right not to use the name if it is offensive, mischievous, ill-intentioned or inappropriate."


Upcoming Programs

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.
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 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

Duck Sales Schedule

MALLARDS Ferry Farm Aug. 13th 10am-4pm
Tim Baroody
Jeff Davis – Captain
Chris Franklin
Vicki Lewis
Mary Rose
Elaine Farmer

ULTRA LIGHTS Central Park Aug.20th 10am-4pm
Mike Torosian
Fred Donahoe
Ann Smith – Captain
Mark Smith
Jeff Small
Don Upperco

RUBBER DUCKIES Ferry Farm Aug. 27th 10am-4pm
Stephanie Armstrong
Rusty Cowper- Captain
Keith Dudley
Buck Jacoby
Sandy Pratt
Ralph Sutton

PIPER CUBS Ferry Farm Sept. 3rd 10am-4pm
Kathy Belcher
Ralph Davis-Captain
Brenda Gibbs
Karen McCormack
Harrison Simpson
Anne Truong

KAWASAKIS Central Park Sept. 10th 10am-4pm
T. Campbell
Nicolette Ward
Trewitt Harding – Captain
Nelda Mohr
Joan McLaughlin
Aric Wagner

MINI MOTOS Massaponax Sept. 10th 10am-4pm
Ken Clayman
Dan Bender
Shirley Heim
Rick Potter
Mark Steele
Maritza Walker
Sue Gibbs - Captain

MODEL T’S Ferry Farm Sept. 17th 10am-4pm
Randy Burdette
Sandra Duckworth
Graham Green
Carlos Melendez
Katherine Wilson – Captain
Dave Varrelman

There will be three 2-hour shifts between 10am and 4pm. Captains to assign times after checking with team members. Merchandise and change boxes will be distributed the Wednesday before at our luncheon meeting. There will be forms to fill out at the end of the day to be returned with the boxes to Carole Green (cell # 540-287-8545).
You are to check in with each WalMart at 10am at their courtesy desks. I will have forms to fill out and turn in at the end of the day for our matching grant information.

Winning Team will receive gift certificates to Carabbas Restaurant. Individual sales do not count towards team numbers. Individual to sell the most adoptions will receive a night at Wintergreen Resort for two.

If you need to change teams due to date conflicts, please email me with the changes. I would like an email from both parties involved. My email is neweratrav@aol.com.


Other Important Dates to Remember
August is membership and Extension Month

August 27 - District Foundation Seminar and Banquet.

September Is New generations Month
September 8 – International Literacy Day
September 24 – Wheels, Wings and Ducks

October Is Vocational Service Month

November Is Rotary Foundation Month
November 1-6 – World Interact Week

December Is Family of Rotary Month

January Is Rotary Awareness Month

February Is World Understanding Month

March 12-18, 2006 – World Rotaract Week

April Is Magazine Month
April 8, 2006 – Club leadership Training Seminar
April 27- 30, 2006 District Conference Holiday Inn - Fredericksburg, VA

June Is- Rotary Fellowships Month
June 11-14, 2006- Rotary International Annual Convention, Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark
April
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
August 3, 2005

President Randy Burdette presided and welcomed guests: Vicki Lewis’s guest was Eric Widener, Donald Duckworth was the guest of PDG Sandy Duckworth. Tom Blalock, president of the Rotary Club of Fredericksburg and Leigh ,also of Fredericksburg visited.

Quiz
Joan McLaughlin and Vicki Lewis both answered the quiz. The Four Way Test was created in 1932.

Program:
AG Carol Foley introduced District Governor John McKone. John McKone was born and raised in Tonganoxie, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1954, and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the U. S. Air Force. He holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Pittsburgh. His RB-47 was shot down over international waters in the Arctic Ocean by a Soviet MIG fighter on July 1, 1960. One of only two air crew members to survive from a crew of six, he spent six hours in icy water before being picked up by a Soviet trawler. Flown to Moscow, he and the other survivor were imprisoned in solitary confinement for 108 days. Falsely accused of spying for allegedly violating Soviet air space, they were suddenly released in January 1961 without ever being tried. They were welcomed home at plane side by President Kennedy. He held a White House reception in their honor. They returned to the Air Force and spent twenty-five more years in the service of their country.A Rotarian with over 15 years service, John and his wife, Norma Jean, are Paul Harris Fellows. John is also a Benefactor member and multiple Paul Harris Fellow recipient. He has served in most of the club positions including Club President. During 2001-2002 he served as the Benefactor Chairman for the District. In 2002-2003 he served as the Chairman of the District Rotarian of the Year Committee. He has been the Virginia Chairman for the Virginia Rotary License Plate program since 2002. From January 2002 to January 2004, he served as an Assistant District Governor. He is a charter member of the Middlesex County (Urbanna) Rotary Club. He is a past member and/or honorary member of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD; Downtown San Antonio, TX; Downtown Omaha, NE; and Rapid City, SD Rotary Clubs.

District Governor John began with some choice quotes from Will Rogers:

Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

Never slap a man who's chewin' tobacco.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

DG John gave us greetings from RI President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer. Our 101st year is a good time for Rotary to work on the basics. DG John gave us a list of things that President Carl-Wilhelm hopes every club will work on this year:

Membership. RI wants every club to have a net gain of one member. DG John wants every club to have a net gain of 10%.
Support the Foundation – “Every Member, Every Year”
Support Pure Water Projects
Work on literacy projects at home and abroad. DG John told the story about the problems of illiteracy along the Pakistani-Afghan border and how illiteracy contributes to terrorism.
Have better public relations. Make sure that what happens at your club gets in the local papers.
Promote the international convention in June, 2006 which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmo, Sweden.

President Carl-Wilhelm has declared that this will be the Year of the Woman in Rotary. Were it not for women members, Rotary membership worldwide would have dropped 25%. Rotary International will see more women taking leadership positions. Our guests from the Fredericksburg Rotary got ribbed a lot after this statement.

DG John has a motto for the district this year, “Live the Four Way Test”. In 2004-2005 Foundation giving in District 7610 was more than $100 per capita. Last Tuesday, the Rotary Club of Middlesex made sixteen new Paul Harris fellows.

The District Conference will be held in Fredericksburg in April, 2006. Everyone should plan to attend.

The Group Study Exchange this year will be to and from Poland, Belarus, and the Ukraine. The district there has over one hundred clubs. District Governor John would like to charter new clubs this year.

DG John reminded everyone of the Membership Seminar in Tappahannock in August 13 and the Foundation Seminar at Colonial Forge High and Banquet at the University of Mary Washington on August 27.

DG John ended his talk with some funny quotes from Will Rogers:

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.

If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.


Happy Cup
Vicki Lewis was happy that DG John recognized the importance of women in Rotary.

Joan McLaughlin is going on a vacation in Cape Cod for two weeks.

Carlos Melendez enjoyed the Will Rogers quotes.

AG Carol Foley was happy about the district training.

PDG Graham Green told DG John that he had the support of two PDGs in our club.

Jeff Davis joked that Brenda knows that the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Brenda Gibbs was happy that her company got the trash contract for the Boy Scout Jamboree.

PDG Sandy Duckworth was happy that DG John and his wife Norma Jean visited us. She reminded everyone of the Foundation Seminar.

Fred Donahoe said he was happy that the county has ten new deputies, but if they’re going to be doing traffic duty that won’t be too good for him.

Karen McCormack was happy for the visiting Rotarians.

Leigh was happy that Karen is at First Citizens Bank. He always feels welcome when he visits the Stafford Club.

Shirley Heim said that Middlesex Rotary sponsors a fine Interact Club. She visits that club often. The backpacks were given to the Russian orphans. She’s happy that we always can count on other clubs in the district to help with these projects.

Sandy Pratt had five Interactors working with her this week. She said that she and Forrest had joked that they would have been good parents if they had had children. Everyone joked that she should watch out. Shirley’s always looking for homes for those Russian orphans!

Maritza Walker is glad to be healthy again and back at Rotary.

Nicolette Ward was happy to meet the District Governor. She’s going on a three week vacation.

President Randy was happy for the District Governor’s visit.

Jack Foley came in and gave Rusty a walking stick that he had ordered a couple of years ago. Jack makes the walking sticks when he has time. He doesn’t charge for them, but he hopes the recipients will make a donation to the Rotary Foundation.

Announcements:
The “Wings, Wheels and Ducks” event for September 24 is progressing nicely.

The meeting closed with the Four Way Test.

Are You Reading the Bulletin and the Blog?

Name four of the ten literacy goals that Rotary International president Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer wants each club to achieve this year.

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.

District Governor
The district governor performs a very significant function in the world of Rotary. He or she is the single officer of Rotary International in the geographic area called a district, which usually includes about 45 Rotary clubs. The district governors, who have been extensively trained at the International Assembly and regionally at the governors-elect training seminar, provide guidance and leadership to the more than 31,000 Rotary clubs of the world. They are responsible for maintaining high performance within the clubs of their district.

The district governor is a very experienced Rotarian who generously devotes a year to the volunteer task of leadership and makes at least one official visit to each club in the district. The governor has a wealth of knowledge about current Rotary programs, purposes, policies, and goals, and is a person of recognized high stand­ing in his or her profession, community, and Rotary club. The governor must supervise the organization of new clubs and strengthen existing ones. He or she performs a host of specific duties to ensure that the quality of Rotary does not falter in the district, and is responsible for promoting and implementing all programs and activities of the RI president and Board of Directors. The governor plans and directs a district conference and other special events.

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? Send titles to Nelda.

Upcoming Programs

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.
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 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.
September 8 – International Literacy Day
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