July 15, 2006

Last Week’s Program...
David Elson, Head Football Coach for Western Kentucky University first enlightened the Club on proper etiquette for the bovine in cow patty bingo. Sometimes cows in Whitley County are simply rude and can ruin a good fundraiser.

David is one of the winningest football coaches in his first three years in division I-AA and has taken the Hilltoppers to the NCAA Playoffs twice. David has recruited nine players who will enter Western this fall and he has 17 seniors returning for the 2006 season. His strength will be in his offense which has most of last years starters returning and his special teams lead by pre-season All-American kicker, Chris James. He will completely replace his defensive line from last year but with seasoned players.

LT Smith Stadium is in the process of a $37.5 million makeover and should be a completely new stadium by the start of the 2007 season. Coach Elson says: This facility will give our players and fans a first-class college football experience. I also shows high school student-athletes around the country that WKU football is for real and along with our storied past, we have an awesome future to look forward to.

Attendance: 66

Highest Attendance This Year: 82

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

Fellowship Report: Jim Mattingly

Meeting Makeups: Roger Coomes had a make-up at the Daviess County Rotary Club

Introduction of Guests: Sally Pulliam was the guest of Ed Pulliam. Fred May was the guest of Dean Rodney. Buster Ashley and Coach David Elson were the guests of the Club.

Thought for the Week: The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit. ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi

PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE:
Thank you for the gift. My wife, Chrissy, and I had a wonderful trip to the Rotary International Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. The people of those cities are friendly, the land is beautiful and the food is unique and tasty. I thought, before I left for the convention, that I would be thanking you for the vacation to see countries and cultures I¹ve never seen before - and that part was great ­ but the real gift was to see our Club from a different perspective, to see it in its fullness as a sum of many parts that is so international. To learn about our club in the context of the 4 avenues of service revealed the real purpose of this club. Sure, lunch and fellowship every Wednesday is a great reason to be a Rotarian ­ but it¹s just a part of process of fulfilling our mission of service on a Vocational, Club, Community and International level. This Rotary Club is part of a truly international fellowship that reaches beyond Owensboro, beyond Chicago, beyond Copenhagen to lead the way to helping others to help themselves as we have resolved to do with our friends in Uganda and elsewhere. Not only did I experience the culture of Scandinavia, I struck real friendships with people from Australia, Panama, Portugal, Thailand and many others. I learned from these fellow Rotarians the same things. To serve this club and this community is the authentic gift I received through your trust and confidence as your club¹s president. I look forward to helping this club be the best version of itself.

Sincerely,

John Kurtz

REMINDER: Due to a golf outing scheduled to use the ballroom on the afternoon of July 19, we will begin our meeting 15 minutes early - please make a note in your calendar.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Ray Smith II - July 15
Terry Woodward - July 19
John Kazlauskas - July 15
Lance Wittwer - July 20
Jon Skillman - July 19
Marilyn Brookman - July 21 

ROTARY REMINDERS
• Don’t forget to make up your missed meetings at Daviess County Rotary, 7 a.m. on Tuesdays at Ponderosa in Towne Square North.
• Steve Gardner is the program chair for July.
• Bob Morris is the program chair for August.
• Phillip Travis will be at the Fellowship Table on July 19.
• Anne Federlein will be at the Fellowship Table on July 26.
• Jeremy Bradford will be at the Fellowship Table during 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
July 26: Judge Thomas O. Castlen, Circuit Court Judge Division II - Daviess Circuit Court and Status of Drug Court
August 2: Dean Ehrenheim – Owensboro Family YMCA
August 9: Muhammad Ali Center
August 16: Dr. Jeff Barber – Owensboro Medical Health System
August 23: Rep. Ron Lewis – Congressional Update
August 30: District Governor Kay Sharon

2006 - 2007 OWENSBORO ROTARY CLUB OFFICERS
President: John Kurtz
Vice President: Tish Correa-Osborne
Past President: Bill Dexter
Secretary: Tim Bradshaw
Treasurer: Bob Nation
Directors:  John Kazlauskas, John Medley, Sister Suzanne Sims, Jeremy Bradford, Kirk Kirkpatrick, Ed Wathen