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The Weekly Newsletter of the Only Normal Rotary Club in the World Chartered June 17, 1949
The Normal Spoke
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
RI No. 3282 District No. 6490 April 23, 2014 Volume No. 64 Issue No. 42 Link to Rotary International http://www.rotary.org/ Normal Rotary web sites: http://nrcspoke.com/ http://www.normalrotary.org/ Link to District 6490 Website: www.Rotary6490.org (The District Newsletter can be found on the left side of the main
page)
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Head Table: Students of the Month Greeters: Heather Wagner & Nancy Brokaw Lottery: Lindsey Henry & Gene Jontry Program: Ginny Blum – Recreational Opportunities in Normal
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Special Event
High School Student Scholarship Luncheon The May Birthday Auction will be postponed until next week – Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Please bring a gift for the Birthday Auction then.
Roger Weller Rob Glover Nancy Brokaw Carson Varner Larry Dietz Iris Varner John A. Bishop
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Contributions: $6,111
Reporter: Art Drake
Photographer: Heather Dennis
Editor: Becky Goeckner
Filling in during the absence of our president, President-Elect Mark Comadena convened the April 23, 2014 meeting of the Normal Rotary Club, and Connie Gentry provided the reflection.
Time to meet and greet!
Visitors and guests: None. What’s up with that?
Announcements: --District Conference is May 3-4 in Champaign. Register at the district website. --Group Study Exchange between our District 6490 and District 1440 in Denmark will happen Sept. 1-30. Our district needs to supply a team leader. Apply on the district website. --Mark has been meeting with the presidents-elect of the other Bloomington-Normal Rotary clubs. The five presidents have met monthly through their year, and the new crop plans to continue that effort to share ideas and coordinate. They’re planning a family-oriented Oktoberfest at Timber Pointe. Someone from our club will be needed to help plan it. --Veterans Day One on One committee is meeting. Mark would like to have an additional member of our club involved in the planning. --Mark plans to get together with the board of the ISU Rotaract Club to get acquainted and perhaps join forces on some things. --Pennies for Polio is Friday, May 16 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wear your blue T-shirt and have fun and fellowship, collecting money from McDonald’s customers for a good cause. Last year, the five B-N Rotary Clubs collected $3,519.55 for Polio Plus. --Rotary Night at the Cornbelters will be held June 6. Tickets are $10, and the money is due on May 9. This is NOT a fund-raiser. It’s simply a chance to promote Rotary and have some fun with Rotarians. --Andy Copenhaver and Mark plan an orientation for our new members on April 28 in the ISU Faculty Staff Commons room located on the first floor of the Bone Student Center behind Einstein’s Bagels. --Evergreen Memorial Cemetery will host an event to honor local men and women who served in the military. The event will feature free narrated historical trolley tours and refreshments. See www.evergreen-cemetery.com for more information. --Memorial Day is coming, and it’s time for Rotarians to carry flags at the head of the parade. --Bill Semlak thanked members who helped with the Adopt a Highway effort last week. --Becky Goeckner hopes to update the club directory soon. Please contact her if your listing should be updated. --Linda Healy reminds us that Friends Forever is raffling off a $3,500 trip to Mexico to raise money for the peace camp. Tickets are $100. See Linda or Hank Campbell. --Linda also reported that Bruce Bergethon is doing well after a heart attack.
--Art Drake begged and pleaded for help with the Spoke during the coming months, especially in dire need of a writer for May. As long as he was humbling himself, he politely requested that our new members like Normal Rotary’s Facebook page.
Normal Rotary Foundation: John A. Bishop spoke for a few minutes about the Normal Rotary Foundation. This is separate from both the Normal Rotary Club and the Rotary International Foundation, which operates at the international level. Normal Rotary Foundation was established to support Normal Rotary Club in its local efforts. The Normal Rotary Foundation provides a conduit for tax-deductible donations to causes like Coats for Kids and our High School Student Scholarships.
With the passing of longtime Rotarian John Morris came a new opportunity for the Normal Rotary Foundation. John Morris requested that memorial donations be made to the Normal Rotary Foundation, resulting in 24 donations totaling $2,000.
The Normal Rotary Foundation has made some decisions regarding the use of those donations. $500 will go to Coats for Kids. $140 will go to Normal Rotary’s literacy effort, matching donations raised from Rotary members. $500 will go to Friends Forever, on top of the Normal Rotary’s current donation. $500 will go to provide bottled water to homeless people through the Clare House. The rest of the money will be set aside for future Normal Rotary projects.
John Morris’ generous consideration of Normal Rotary Foundation reminds us all to keep the foundation in mind for future donations, memorials, bequests, etc.
Can’t remember if there was a Mystery Host, but the Judge was by-passed for today. Art Drake was the lucky lottery winner and was kept busy collecting Happy Fines from our members. Two members noted that former Normal Rotary Club members: Arley Gillette and Wayne Truex were listed in last week’s Spoke as Gamma Phi Circus Directors.
Jim Carter pointed out that Normal Rotary and other Rotary clubs in B-N were instrumental in developing the Timber Pointe facility for the Easter Seals. The late Ben Gildersleeve led the way, offering numerous fund-raising challenges and matches.
Art Drake Jim Carter
Program: President-Elect Mark Comadena provided his own program, telling club members that he has been overloaded with information as he approaches his presidency in July. He’s currently trying to complete the Planning Guide for Effective Rotary Clubs for submittal to the district. The questionnaire asks many questions that he doesn’t know the answer to, and he asked Rotarians to look it over and supply any information and insights that can help him complete it. He needs to submit the final version by June 30, so please bring your responses next week.
Thought for the Day: “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” -Woodrow Wilson
Calendar: May 3-4 – District Conference in Champaign May 16 – Pennies for Polio at local McDonald’s Restaurants June 6 – Rotary Day at Corn Crib (Buy tickets by May 9) Sept. 1-30 – Group Study Exchange
Adopt-A-Highway – 4-19-14 Photos by John A. Bishop
Cleanup Crew: John A. Bishop
Linda Healy Jeremy Hardman
Radha Radakrishnan Bill Semlak
The Normal Spoke is a publication of the Normal Rotary Club of Illinois - P.O. Box 333, Normal, IL 61761 Editorial Staff: Jim Carter, Art Drake, and Becky Goeckner Meetings are held Wednesdays at noon in the Circus Room or Old Main Room at the Bone Student Center, ISU.
Officers 2013-2014: President - Dale Strassheim (spouse: Carol) 24843 Nighthawk Road Hudson, Illinois 61748 E-mail: [email protected] Work phone: 1-309-451-7201 Home phone: 1-309-726-2468 President Elect – Mark Comadena (spouse: Pamela) 208 S. Bone Drive Normal, Illinois 61761 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-309- 826-3961. Vice President – Andy Copenhaver – (spouse: Jill) 4 Brownstone Court Bloomington, IL 61704 Cell:1- 309-830-1525 E-mail: [email protected] Secretary—Jeremy High - (spouse: Alicia) 1208 Janet Drive Bloomington, Illinois 61704 E-mail: [email protected] Work phone: 1- 309-531-0776 Home phone: 1-309-808-1962
Directors: Club Administration – Stephanie McClellan (spouse : Tad) 1002 Drayton Street Normal, Illinois 61761 E-mail : [email protected] Work phone : 1-309-823-7398 Home phone : 1-309-451-5749 Cell phone : 1-309-275-5214 Rotary Foundation & International Projects – Ann Haugo (spouse: Steve Pelphrey) 104 Kite Court LeRoy, Illinois 61752 E-mail : [email protected] Work phone : 1-309-438-3955 Home phone : 1-309-962-9225 Community Concerns – Matt Riehl (spouse : Betsy) 11 Fiddlestix Court Bloomington, Illinois 618705 E-mail : [email protected] Work phone : 1-309-888-5380 Home phone : 1-309-287-2306 Publicity – Marci Schneider 1905 Garling Drive Bloomington, Illinois 61701 E-mail : [email protected] Work phone : 1-309-825-0040 Home phone : 1-309-451-2241
Treasurer - Rod Weigelmann (spouse: Brenda) 2605 Blarney Stone Lane Bloomington, Illinois 61704 E-mail: [email protected] Work phone: 1-309- 663-4962 Home phone: 1-309-664-0818 Sergeant At Arms- Hank Campbell (spouse: Mary) 2319 Mabel Road Normal, Illinois 61761 E-mail : [email protected] Home phone : 1-309-530-5134 Past-President - Art Drake (spouse: Jan) 42 Inglewood Bloomington, Illinois 61704 E-mail: [email protected] Home phone: 1-309-242-5125
Assistant Governor: Susan Hoover Home phone: 1-309-888-4810 E-mail: [email protected] District 6490 Governor - Larry Pennie (spouse: Arlene) 1902 Quail Run Ct. Normal, Illinois 61761 E-mail: [email protected] Home phone: 1-309-452-3696 Cell phone: 1- 309-530-8124
Rotary International President 2013-2014
Ron D. Burton
Members: Dennis, Marcia PHF* HH DNRY DHH Jontry, Mark PHF Runyon, Art PHF* HH
Adanri, Bayo PHF* HH Dietz, Larry PHF Koos, Chris HM Rutledge, Don PHF* HH
Alexander, Kathy PHF* HH Drake, Art PHF Kouba, Andrew Schneider, Marci PHF
Anderson, Todd PHF Dude, Ralph PHF* HH DRY Kukla, Cynthia PHF Schultz, Mel PHF HH
Bergethon, Bruce PHF* HH Dunlap, Mark Larkin, Erica Semlak, Bill PHF*
Bidner, Gordon PHF* PHS MD BS GWRY HH
Fleming, Ryan Lindsay, Jeff Sethi, Surinder PHF* PHS HH DHH DRY
Bishop, John A. PHF* Gentry, Connie PHF HH Matsler, Frank PHF* Sherman, Mark PHF* HH
Bishop, John E. PHF Glover, Rob PHF McClellan, Stephanie B. Smith, Kevin PHF
Brokaw, Nancy PHF* Goeckner, Becky PHF* HH Mesdag, Elleke PHF* Springer, Ron, PHF*
Brown-Nielsen, Dayna PHF Gudeman, Gene PHF* HH Milligan, Cathy Strassheim, Dale PHF*
Burrill, John PHF* Hardman, Jeremy Naik, Vandana PHF* Tanton, Ed PHF*
Caisley, Bill PHF* HH Haugo, Ann PHF Pacha, Ron PHF* HH Timmerman, Ron PHF* HH
Campbell, Hank PHF Healy, Linda PHF* Puri, Satish Varner, Carson PHF*
Carter, Jim PHF* PHS HH GWRY
Henry, Lindsey Radhakrishnan, Radha PHF* PHS
Varner, Iris PHF*
Chambers, Jason PHF High, Jeremy PHF Raper, Lyle PHF* HH Wagner, Dick PHF* PHS MD BS HH DHH
Chapman, Alan PHF* PHS GWRY
Houchin, Michelle PHF Reitan, Carol PHF* Wagner, Heather (Beal)
Comadena, Mark PHF Houska, George PHF* HH Riehle, Matt Ward, Robert PHF*
Copenhaver, Andy PHF Howell, Gene PHF* Rogers, Meghan PHF Weigelmann, Rod PHF
Cranston, Robert PHF* PHS HH GWRY DHH
Hoyt, Whitney Ropp, Gordon PHF* HH Weller, Roger PHF
Dennis, Heather Hunt, Robert PHF* Ropp, Ray PHF* HH DHH Wilz, Jack PHF* HH DHH
Jontry, Gene PHF* HH Rosenlund, Jim Zimmerman, Drake PHF* PHS MD BS HH DHH
PHF – Paul Harris Fellow HH – Hall of Honor PHF* - Paul Harris Fellow/Stone PHS – Paul Harris Society
DHH - District Hall of Honor HM – Honorary Member MD – Major Donors
DNRY- District New Rotarian of the
Year
BS – Bequest Society Member DRY-District Rotarian of the Year GWRY – George Wolf Rotarian of the Year
