February 9, 2002 

Last Week’s Program...
Owensboro Rotary welcomed Mr. Chuck Howell, President-CEO of Corporate Airlines. Mr. Howell is responsible for the overall direction and operations of the company. Corporate Airlines employs 220, flying as AmericanConnection, a code-share partner of American Airlines out of St. Louis, MO, and presently serves ten cities. Corporate Airlines originated in Nashville, TN, relocated to Raleigh, NC, and in 2000 was approached by TWA about flying five cities out of St. Louis. When TWA filed bankruptcy, American Airlines took over TWA interests and effective Dec. 2 started flying AmericanConnection. Mr. Howell spoke about how aviation has changed since Sept. 11 and how these changes have effected AmericanConnection. The St. Louis hub has remained intact and services three flights per day from Owensboro. Screening passengers is a much simpler process on these connecting flights versus the screening process in the larger airports. He reminded Rotarians that flying out of local airports is much more convenient now than before Sept. 11. Parking, screening, and not having to be checked in two hours before flight time are only three of many factors that contribute to this convenience. Although costs of training more personnel and escalating insurance prices are small hindrances, there has never been a safer time to fly in the history of aviation. Mr. Howell praised Owensboro for the very nice facility at our local airport and encouraged Rotarians to take advantage of it. 

Our thanks to Chuck Howell for working with our city to make travel arrangements convenient for us.

Attendance: 104

Highest Attendance This Year: 124

Invocation, Pledge & 4-Way Test: Larry Mercer

Fellowship Report: Jim Hashem

Introduction of Guests: Sarah Devlin guest of Jeff Ebelhar, Carrie Bridgeman guest of Tim Bradshaw, Sister Vivian Bowles and Betty Holt, guests of Brenda Clayton, and Keith Lawrence of the Messenger-Inquirer.

Thought for the Week: Teamwork....remember, if you try to go it alone, then the fence that shuts others out shuts you in!

YOUR PRESIDENT SPEAKS:
Next week will include the celebration of St. Valentine's Day on the 14th. It will also be Rotary Family Week as well as part of International Friendship Month. What a nice combination: love, family, and friends. St. Valentine's Day is a day to show all of the special people in our lives how much we care about them. The first Valentine was sent in the third century by a young priest named Valentinus. He was executed on February 14 for befriending and helping Christians. Thus, the name of Valentinus--Valentine has come down through the centuries as the word which stands for affection among family, friends, and lovers. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., said, "Love, expressed by thoughtfulness and consideration, is a golden thread which ties together the hearts of friends as well as those of husband and wife, child and parent. Little acts of thoughtfulness mean more than costly gifts. Consideration for the feeling of others shows an 'others-centered' love. Love goes 'make the world go round,' as it is necessary to life. Yet love is difficult to define. Solomon wrote about it in his Proverbs. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians in the New Testament writes how great is the influence of love in life. A little girl once asked her troubled Daddy what she could do to help him. He replied by asking what a little girl like her could do. Her answer was, 'I can love you.' It was the perfect answer as love is the greatest solver of human problems." Then, to end on a light note, here are some Valentine-related jokes from J. R. Miller (not the Owensboro J. R. Miller): "There were over 200 girls in my graduating class, and I never kissed one of them." "Which one was that?" "Doctor, even though you've diagnosed me as having a split personality, is it all right for me to get married?" "Oh sure. Who are you planning to marry?" "The Johnson twins." "I understand you want to become my son-in-law." "No, sir, I certainly don't. But I want to marry your daughter, and I can't think of any way out of it."

Have a great week!

Marilyn

BEST WISHES!
Best wishes for happiness to Ed Wathen, who retired as President of Whitehall Furniture!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Tim France - February 11
Ben Hartz - February 12
Esther Jansing - February 13
Ross Leazenby - February 13

NEW ROTARY EMAIL!
We have changed our email account from owensbororotary@hotmail.com, to owensbororotary@yahoo.com. We hope this change will correct the problems with the online version of the Impetus. Many members had been experiencing problems with receiving multiple emails of the Impetus as well as receiving multiple copies of the Impetus within a single email. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we hope by transferring everything over to Yahoo!, the problem will be solved. Please make a note of the email address change. Thanks!!

ANNOUNCEMENT:
• We need to get a color photo of the following people for the Rotary website: Connie Lou Barnett, Brad Belcher, Roger Buchanan, Jill Chenault, Michael Crowe, Stuart Gant, David Harmon, David Hawes, Ronnie Hood, Dan Lanham, Paul Martin, Bob Nation, Don Newsom, Bill O'Bryan, Shirish Patel, Jon Skillman, Frank Taylor, Tommy Thompson. Please show up this Wednesday to have your photo taken or e-mail your photo to: patmc@kwc.edu. Thanks. 

ROTARY REMINDERS...
• Door Prizes: Two round trip plane tickets to St. Louis were provided by Guest Speaker Chuck Howell and were won by Larry Mayfield. Thank you Mr. Howell and congratulations Larry! Two tickets for the great Anne Murray Show, compliments of Donna Risley, were won by Patrick Roos! Thank you Donna and congratulations Pat! The two nice dinner tickets for Cracker Barrell, donated by Ed Walters and Cracker Barrell, were won by Shirley Cecil. Thanks Ed Walters and Cracker Barrell and congratulations Shirley!
• $100 Club: Thanks to our newest member of the $100 Club: Duval Bushong! Since Rotary International President Richard King and District Governor Loretta Williams asked that every Rotarian give $100 to Rotary International this year to promote and to continue the good work of Rotary International, 19 members of Owensboro Rotary have joined the $100 Club: Jackie Addington, Marilyn Brookman, Duval Bushong, Jack Darnell, Jeff Ebelhar, Steve Gardner, Hugh Gilbert, Robert Hast, Paul Martin, Pete Moore, David Nelson, Henry Payne, Don Pinkley, Ed Pulliam, Charles Ralph, Donna Risley, Wes Poling, Martel Wightman, and Frank Yarbrough.
• Don't forget to make up your missed meetings at breakfast Rotary at 7 on Tuesday mornings at Moonlite Barbecue.
• The Program Co-Chair for February & March are Darrell Higginbotham & Brenda Clayton. 
• Jim Hashem will be at the Fellowship Table in February.
• If you have an email address and are not receiving the Impetus online, please send an email to kim@mediaworksadvertising.com and you will be added to the Rotary email address list. 
• Log on to Rotary’s website at www.owensbororotary.org. You’ll find our current member directory, photos of new members, past copies of the Impetus, some interesting history, and more!

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS
February 20: Father Leonard Alvey, Islamic Philosophy (commemorating Rotary World Understanding Month)
February 27: Dr. Lawrence Gering, Cardiac Electrophysiologist (commemorating Heart Month)
March 6: Keith Osborne, Owensboro Catholic Schools
March 13: TBD
March 20: Allen Rhodes, Kentucky Historian
March 27: Mary Bryan Hood and Dean Stanley, 25th Anniversary of the Museum of Fine Art 

2001 - 2002 OWENSBORO ROTARY CLUB OFFICERS 
President: Marilyn Brookman 
Vice President: Larry Mercer 
Secretary: Jeff Ebelhar 
Treasurer: Bob Nation 
Directors: Sim Davenport, Bill Dexter, David Edds, Jr., Tom Smith, Darrell Higginbotham, Pat McFarling, Jane Noble 

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