President Jim Danner Past President Jean CallawayPresident-Elect Ron Barbutti Treasurer Debbie SouthwellSecretary Johnette Dixon Sgt. at Arms Chris KailipakaDirector DeAnna Musquiz Director Christina Garcia

2015/2016 Fundraisers

Golf Tournament - Oct. Rook Tourney Poker TournamentChristmas in God’s Country

Hondo - D’Hanis Rotary Club

District 5840 Website:www.rotary5840.org Rotary International Website: www.rotary.org

AREA ROTARY CLUBS:

Uvalde Rotary Club Pearsall Rotary Club Tuesday, Noon Tuesday, Noon Uvalde Country Club Mi Casa, Pearsall

Meetings are Thursdays at 11:45 a.mat Hermann Sons Steak House

www.hondodhanisrotaryclub.org

Object of Rotary…The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in particular toencourage and foster:FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;SECOND. High ethical standards in business & professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations & the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business & community life;FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill & peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS:Kim Davis, Jesse Perez, both of the City of Hondo

Attendance: 18 Rotarians, Guests were County Judge Chris Schuchart, Debra Cook & Angie Bendele w/Angel’s Crossing, Steven Santana w/MV Times, Erik Remmert w/SGRR; Speaker Rep. Andrew Murr and staff Kel-lie Early, Regan Elmer & Brooke Bohlen; prospective members Kim Davis, Jessie Perez.Diane reminded everyone of a ribbon cutting this afternoon, and, of the Bluebonnet CAC golf tournament this weekend; Jean, as Chair of our Club’s Golf Tournament, announced the tournament to be held October 3.Committee Service Co-Chair Cynthia Prieto invited Ms. Bendele & Ms. Cook of Angel’s Crossing forward to accept a Club check in the amount of $150; the donation will assist in the purchase of 180 backpacks for foster children.State Rep. from District 53 Andrew Murr was introduced by Bob Peden who gave an extensive bio (can be found on house.state.tx.us/members), noting that Rep. Murr belongs to various clubs, including Junction Rotary Club. Murr gave a summary of what had transpired with the Texas Legislature, noting there are 181 members who meet for 140 days, Jan.-June every odd year, and during that time for the current session 11,356 bills had been filed, with 21% going to the governor’s desk to become law. On a personal basis, he gets to the office early in order to study, make phone calls, ask questions & do research, and wel-comes questions, comments & advice. He spoke of education, highway fund-ing, veterans (Hazlewood Act), border security, appraisal values ramping up in larger cities and potential effect to rural areas, oil and gas slowdown, the federal water act, and elaborated on the bills he has sponsored and/or co-sponsored (listed on his site) and their effect on Texans. For info regarding the Nov. 3rd 2015 Constitutional Amendments, visit votetexas.gov. He spoke of the State Budget, giving the amounts allocated to various projects, along with appropria-tions requests and budgets through 2017 as well as surplus and cuts - may be found at gov.Texas.gov/budget - you can then select the year of your interest. As an item of interest to our local area, he also sponsored bills congratulat-ing the D’Hanis High School girls’ basketball team on their successful season, Hondo High School FFA Homesite and Land Judging teams on their champion-ship win at the National Land and Range Judging Contest, as well as the Hondo High School Parliamentary Procedure team on taking first-place honors at the 2015 Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference.(A repeat visit to our Club would certainly be welcome) ~ Till Next Time - Be A Gift to the World ~ The POT continues to grow. Get your tickets now!!

Highlights from July 23, 2015 meetingOur organization of business professionals & community leaders that are united world

wide provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, & help build goodwill & peace in the world. In more than 160 countries worldwide,approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 30,000 Rotary c lubs.

• Is the Four Way Test posted in your office/place of business?• Wear your Rotary Pin daily & make a difference by letting people know the difference we make!• EREY (Every Rotarian Every Year) donations to the Rotary Foundation are due. Have you made your donation yet?

Reminders:

Upcoming EventsMembership and Extension Month Aug 6 - HISD – Technology, Curriculum Changes, Construction UpdatesAug 11- Board MeetingAug 13 - Business MeetingAug 20 - Alice White, Dist. 5840 Membership ChairAug 27 - Jesse Perez, Economic Development

Reminder: As speakers are scheduled, e-mail name & topic to Ron, at captron1@sbcglobal.net.

Do You Know Someone Who Would Like To Join Rotary?Invite them to a meeting!

July Birthdays

Marvin Ivy - 17

In attendance: 21 Rotarians; No Guests; Speaker Rotarian Ivy Ofori

Rotary Recycles… do you? We collect Plastic Bags (any size from any store) for use by the Medina County Nutri-tion Center (to package Meals On Wheels delivered by volunteers each week)* We A-L-L have Ink Cartridges which can be collected for use by schools & churches(in Hondo, you may take your used cartridge to the Castroville Computers of Hondo store on 18th Street where they will be picked up periodically by a Rotarian for delivery to Hondo HS, where Sally Bader, BPA sponsor, uses them for that organization.)* Do you know that Soup Cans and Cereal Boxes have Reward Points which can also be collected for use by schools & churches to get a bit of financial support - takes about 20 seconds (Interact is going to start a project for their school so please contrib-ute and we’ll make sure the kids get the credit!)