August 2, 2003

Last Week’s Program...
Bill Lee, Frontier League Commissioner of Baseball spoke to the club about the prospects of bringing professional baseball back to Owensboro. Bill indicated that the Frontier League was very interested in forming a team in the Owensboro area. He felt that the natural close town rivalry that would be created between the Evansville Otters and Owensboro would create a great fan base. He stated that his league looks for four (4) things for a team to be successful. First, the market climate must be sound with a strong public interest in baseball and with a good economic and business climate. Second, there needs to be a nice facility seating between 2,000 to 3,500 people. Third, ownership strength (owners preferable local). And fourth, the team needs to have strong management. Teams in the Frontier League have operating budgets ranging from $800,000 to $2,000,000 a year. The league was formed in 1993 and presently has 12 teams with a goal of having 16 teams within the next 3 years. The Frontier League is independent and is not associated with any major league team. Bill stated that the players in the Frontier League were comparable to players with upper class A minor league team.

Thanks for an interesting program!

Attendance: 84

Highest Attendance This Year: 89

Invocation, Pledge & 4-Way Test: Col. Paul Brooks

Fellowship Report: Randy Spaw

Makeups: Martel Wightman, (1) at Marshall County, Jeff Ebelhar, (1) neck tie, Keith Cain, (1) at Daviess County, Frank Wagner, (2) One in Spartanburg and one in Palm Beach.

Introduction of Guests: Frank Anderson and Steve Winkler, guest of Rodney Berry, Sean Dysinger, guest of Bruce Brubaker, and Bryan Leazenby guest of Ross Leazenby.

Thought for the Week: "Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings."- Samuel Johnson

YOUR PRESIDENT SPEAKS:
August is membership month. We all play a role in recruiting and retaining good Rotary Club members. A normal rule of thumb is that a club can expect to lose 10% of its members each year. For the Owensboro Rotary that will mean that we will lose 20 members this year. Our Board of Directors has set a goal for our Club to recruit 24 new members this year, with a net growth of four (4). We need you to play a part in membership recruitment. The future of our Club depends on growth. Please refer to the August issue of the Rotarian magazine for a great feature article on membership basics. It will give you the talking points on why Rotary is such a great organization.

Have a great week,

Jeff

ANNOUNCEMENTS
• This week we honored Past President Bruce Brubaker. He served in office in 1996-1997 and became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1998.
• Candance Brake announced that rotary logo shirts were being ordered from the Trophy House. They are available in various sizes with a color choice of white or royal blue. The cost is $22. If you are interested in ordering a shirt please contact Candance.
• Rotary Readiest for the Daviess County Public Schools will be on Tuesday August 5. If you are interested in helping on this project please contact Tish Correa-Osborne or Candance Brake.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Tish Correa-Osborne - August 1
Rodney Berry - August 8

ROTARY REMINDERS...
• Don't forget to make up your missed meetings at Daviess County Rotary (formally breakfast rotary) at 7 on Tuesday mornings at Moonlite Barbecue.
• The program chair for August is Jeff Ebelhar.
• Randy Spaw will be at the Fellowship Table during the month of August.
• If you have an email address and are not receiving the Impetus online, or you have changed your email address, 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
August 13: TBA
August 20: TBA
August 27: Sharon Sharp - HELP Office Ministry

2003 - 2004 OWENSBORO ROTARY CLUB OFFICERS 
President: Jeff Ebelhar 
Vice President: Pat McFarling 
Past President: Larry Mercer 
Secretary: Bill Dexter 
Treasurer: Bob Nation 
Directors: Candance Brake, Darrell Higginbotham, Bob Hudson , Tish Correa-Osborne, Todd Inman , & John Kurtz .

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