July 5, 2003

Last Week’s Program... 
Lt. General Maxwell C. Bailey retired from the Air Force in March 2002. He has been hired by the Department of Criminal Justice Training as Special Projects Coordinator that places him in the forefront of Homeland Security issues. Some of his numerous assignments & commands were in Iraq and included Operations Desert Storm & Desert Shield.

General Bailey provided us with a slide show briefing on the latest war in Iraq. He described the Air Supremacy of the U.S. Air Force and how this impacted how the war was conducted. In addition, he brought together a total picture of the combined efforts of the Joint Forces and how the strengths of each lead to the success of the war effort. His insights on the war were met with a question & answer session that could have lasted all day if time had permitted.

Thanks for a great program!

Attendance: 87

Highest Attendance This Year: 87

Invocation, Pledge & 4-Way Test: Dr. David Nelson

Fellowship Report: Randy Spaw

Makeups: Frank Wagner, one at Daviess County Rotary.

Introduction of Guests: David Payne guest of Henry Payne, Aaron Walker guest of John Kurtz, Sgt. Jim Acquisto guest of Keith Cain.

Thought for the Week: America celebrates Independence Day each year on July 4th-commenmorating the day in 1776 when the colonists declared their freedom from British rule. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, which was approved & signed by members of the Continental Congress of the United States of America.

YOUR PRESIDENT SPEAKS:
It is with great humility and honor that I accept the duties and responsibilities of serving as your Rotary Club President for 2003-2004. In this position I hope to share with you the pride that comes from a membership in the Owensboro Rotary Club. 

Our Club has a proud history that traces back to 1915. We will be celebrating our 90th year as a Rotary Club in 2005, the Centennial year of Rotary International. 

It is my hope over the coming year to trace our history, to review our many club charitable programs and civic endeavors as well as to profile our club fellowship, business and membership activities. 

We have such a large club I do not believe we have the opportunity to meet and know all of the other members. To this end we hope to include a member profile in each weekly edition of the Impetus.

Our International President Jonathon B. Majiyagbe has adopted as this years motto "Lend a Hand". What a great and simple statement that sums up the purpose of Rotary.

I welcome your comments, suggestions and most certainly your help.

Have a great week,

Jeff

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Donna Risley, There will be a "PRIDE" organization meeting for Rotarians, Thursday, July 17th at 5:00 at Theatre Workshop of Owensboro. This workshop is designed to gather your input as to what you, the public wants.
• This week we honored past president, Ken Lawson. Ken served as our 77th president and became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1996.
• Pat Berry is in the hospital in critical condition, please keep him in your thoughts & prayers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
William Wilson - July 2
Jackie Addington - July 5
Bob Garmon - July 5
Sim Davenport - July 7
Gay Burden - July 7
Jerry Haase - July 8
Allan Harl, Jr.-  July 8
Jeff Ebelhar - July 9
Thomas Ed Riney - July 11

ROTARY REMINDERS...
• Don't forget to make up your missed meetings at Daviess County Rotary (formerly breakfast rotary) at 7 on Tuesday mornings at Moonlite Barbecue.
• The program chairs for July are Kevin Carrico & Rick Crabtree.
• 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
July 16: Big Problem - Childhood Obesity, Marianne Smith Edge
July 23: Community Conversations, Kathy Christie
July 30: Bring back Baseball to Owensboro, Bill Lee, Frontier League Commissioner of Baseball 

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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