October 4, 2003

Last Week’s Program...
Rotary District 6710 Governor Bill Miller from Frankfort, KY made his annual visit. Governor Bill outlined his ten goals for the year. 1) Support Campaign to Eradicate Polio, 2) Set Annual Program Fund Goal of $150,000, 3) Recruit 100 new Paul Harris Fellows, 4) Develop 25 new Benefactors and 5 New Bequest Society Members to contribute to the Permanent Fund, 5) Increase overall District membership by 3%, 6) Have 100% participation by the clubs to achieve the Presidential Citation Awards by supporting the 4 areas of emphases: family, health, poverty, and education & illiteracy, 7) Conduct at least 25 radio/television interviews with Rotary leaders in their communities, 8) Encourage at least 10 clubs to participate in some type of World Community Services Project, 9) Establish 2 new Rotary Clubs, and 10) Encourage 75% of clubs to participate in the Trick or Treat for UNICEF Program with all funds to be donated to Polio Plus.

Governor Bill also complimented our club for our long history of service to the community and encouraged us to continue "To Lend a Hand".

Thanks for a great program.

Attendance: 86

Highest Attendance This Year: 98

Invocation, Pledge & 4-Way Test: Ed Allen

Fellowship Report: Donna Risley

Proposed New Member: Jeremy Bradford has been nominated for membership. He is the Executive Director for Hospice.

Makeups: Keith Cain, one (1) make-up at the Daviess County Rotary Club and Martel Wightman, one (1) make-up at the Marshall County Rotary Club.

Introduction of Guests: Eric Davis, guest of Jody Wassmer, Pat Mercer and Tara Williams, guests of Larry Mercer, Bruce Barker, guest of John Kurtz, Joe Gamble, guest of Gary Sisk, John Hager, guest of Larry Hager, Art Bickers visiting Rotarian from the Henderson Rotary Club. Also visiting as guests of the Club from the Sister Cities Program was Bill West along with 4 students, Vit Pernicka, Martin Ivan, Veronika Hockova and Martina Hrabcikova, and their teacher, Eva Ghbrielova, from Olomutz and the Cheq Republic.

Thought for the Week: Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. - Joan Lunden, in Healthy Living Magazine

YOUR PRESIDENT SPEAKS:
It was great recognizing Larry Mercer, Donna Risley and Bill VanWinkle as our three newest Paul Harris Fellows. I am delighted that our District Governor Bill Miller could present them. $1,000 was donated in the name of each of these individuals to the Rotary International Foundation and has been earmarked for the Polio Eradication Program. The funding for this is made possible by a small donation made by each of our members each quarter when we pay our dues. Thanks to all of you for making this possible.

Why Join Rotary? Reason # 7: Fun: Rotary is fun, a lot of fun. Each meeting is fun. The club projects are fun. Social activities are fun. The service is fun.

Have a great week,

Jeff

WELCOME ABOARD!
Roger Coomes and Jody Wassmer are the two newest members of our club. Welcome!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Pat McFarling will be representing our club by attending the District Foundation meeting this Saturday in Elizabethtown.
• The Owensboro Rotary Club Foundation, Inc Board of Directors will meet on October 7 to consider allocation of Charitable Funding requests. Any funding requests must be submitted to Jeff Ebelhar by October 6, 2003 to be considered at this meeting. The Board meets twice a year in October and February to consider funding requests.
• Everyone who tells a joke-of-the-week will get a chance to win up to $1,000,000.00. See Jeff Ebelhar to have your name added to the list of joke tellers. Alan Braden told last week’s joke("groan")-of-the-week. This week’s will be told by Hugh Gilbert.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Buddy Maddox - October 9
Robert Cook - October 9
Tommy Thompson - October 10

ROTARY REMINDERS...
• Don't forget to make up your missed meetings at Daviess County Rotary at 7 on Tuesday mornings at Moonlite Barbecue.
• The program chair for September is Candance Brake.
• The program chair for October is Randy Spaw.
• John Kurtz will be at the fellowship table during September.
• The person in charge of the fellowship table for October is to be announced.
• 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
October 15: Sharon Sharp, Help Office Ministry
October 22: Chambers Haas, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra
October 29: Joe Gamble, Wendell Foster Center

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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