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LANO SUNRISE ROTARY

"THEY PROFIT MOST WHO SERVE BEST"

Chartered February 23, 2000 Roving Reporter:          Sharon Lewis Assistant Reporter            Kevin Cain Photographer:               Bill Neukranz

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VOL 8 NO 12

SUNRISE @ 6:36  SUNSET @ 8:11    OVERCAST  65 °F

May 4, 2007

PRAYER
Tom Rodgers

 

PLEDGE
Don Wilhelmus

 

4-WAY TEST
Scott Villines

 

JOKE
John Roach

 

RENE AND RAMONE are resting up to serve breakfast. Treasurer Chris Roach and member Brenda Rogers are discussing economics. Way past Treasurer Sharon Lewis laughs about the certified letter that PSR received from the IRS. Program Chairthing John Roach gives the club salute and finally President Rod Hogan double gongs the meeting to order.

SGT-AT-ARMS DOUG CARGO AND ROTOPIG assess John Roach a two-bit fine for his "Sinko de Mayo" joke.

SECRETARY RANDY PLUMLEE introduces the guests and member Shep Stahel is befuddled to discover that he has a guest: Software Engineer Danny Morris. The retired Gordon Beach is the guest of Warner Richeson and City House Manager Charles Worford is the guest of Randy Plumlee.

VISITING ROTARIANS were Plano Rotarians Doyle Dean [Education-Senior High] and City Manager Tom Muehlenbeck [Tourist]. Tom took the opportunity to praise our own Jim Stroup, who manages the Plano Centre <LINK>. There was a prayer breakfast there last Wednesday and the power was off until about 5 am and Jim was still able to serve thousands at 6:30 am.

SECRETARY RANDY gives us A Senior Moment. A very self-important college freshman attending a football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation. "You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one." The student said,  loud enough for those nearby to hear, "We, the young people of today, grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, men walking on the moon, our spaceships visiting Mars.  We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with high speed processing . . ." pausing to take another drink of beer.  The Senior said: "You're right, son.  We didn't have those things when we were young . . . . . so we invented them. Now, you arrogant little snit, what are YOU doing for the next generation?"

PRESIDENT ROD called on Brenda Rogers [Real Estate] for a Classification talk. Brenda specializes in short sales of distressed properties.  She was fined two-bits for keeping our attention.

ABSENT WERE Steve Blair, Matt Brown, Richard Butterly, Kevin Cain, David Daniels, Reeves Davis, George Elking, Yvonne Hanks, Pat Hite, Ray Hopper, Judy Jackson, Glenn Justice, Ken Lambert, David Marks, David McCall, Matt Moore, Bill Neukranz, John Payton, Darrin Pennartz, Bill Peterson, Doug Ray, Bob Warren, and Richard Wells.

PRESIDENT ROD presented a check to Charles Worford from City House <LINK> for the new "My Friend's Place" <LINK> for newborns to 9 years old.  There is a ground breaking scheduled on  May 21, 2007.

RUDELY LEAVING EARLY was Shep Stahel.

THIS IS SPORTS MONTH  for donations of auction items for Oktoberfest.  The "Coach" is Jim Stroup and he is hustling us for golf balls, bats, balls, gloves, chairs, etc.

TODAY'S PROGRAM, introduced by program Chairthing John Roach, was Dr. Jim Davis, U.S. Secretary of Education's regional representative who lives in Plano.  He has participated in numerous educational programs from Africa to Europe to North America. He says that the "No Child Left Behind" law signed by President Bush in 2002 is expiring and needs to be renewed with some fixing up. As is our custom, a book was donated to the Nellie McCall Library at the David McCall Elementary School in the name of the Dr. Davis and duly signed by him.  The Book was "Starting School".

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS met after the regular meeting. Present were Warner Richeson, Bud McBrayer, Rod Hogan, Scott Villines, Richard Biggers, Randy Plumlee, Doug Cargo, Colin Light, George Elwell, Rick Chron, Joyce Baumbach, Don Mellor, John Roach,

Skip Jenkins, Juergen Mahneke, Doug Bicknell and Terry Dobbins.

 Board Voted to send a member to RELI.  Support will be given to The Habitat for Humanity Fund Raiser at Collin Creek and Stonebriar Malls from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm on May 9-12, 2007.

MEMBERSHIP PLUMMETED AGAIN with the demise of Deb Burdick [Investment Consultant] who lost interest.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  
Fri, May  4 -              Dr. Jim Davis, U.S. Secretary of Education's regional representative.
Fri, May 11 -             Ms. Samantha Zorn, experiences at International RYLA.
Fri, May 18 -             City of Plano Employee of the Year
Fri, May 25                Club Assembly.
Fri, Jun  1 -                 Bluejacking <LINK>
Fri, Jun  8 -                Red Ann Black, Checker Tournament. <LINK>
Fri, June 15 -              C. M. Heavens, Astronomy Picture of the Day <LINK>
Fri, Jun 22 -              Analemma and the Temple of Olympian Zeus <LINK>.
Fri, Jun 29 -             John Roper, Basic String Theory <LINK> and <LINK>
Sun-Wed, Jun 17-20 RI Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. <LINK>