Fort Lauderdale Rotary - Newsletter - Archive (Mar 29, 2010)

ROTARY CLUB OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Established 1922

District 6990, Club 4444

Upcoming Speakers:

3/31 - Tom Cunningham

VP & Lead Economist

Federal Reserve Bank

4/7 - Susan Gillis,

Author and Historian

Upcoming

Social Events:

June - Installation

Dinner, June 9th

held at the Antique

Car Musuem

Upcoming

Special Projects:

(SEE CALENDAR

FOR DETAILED

INFORMATION)

4/3 - Paint the Ft. Laud.

Women's Club 8Am - 3PM

4/17 - Sailboat Bend Clean

Up - 8:30 - 10AM

5/1 - Rebuilding Broward

Project - 8AM - 12PM

6/5 - Beach Clean Up

9AM - 11AM followed

by a BBQ

Make Ups

Bob Moorman

Ten Day Notice:

David Maymon

sponsored by Linda

Cooke and his

classification is Health

Care.

LAST WEEKS MEETING:

March 24, 2010

Song:

Mike Casey led us in the singing of God Bless

America.

Pledge:

President Bill led us in the Pledge of Allegiance

Prayer:

Don Glen led us in prayer.

Guests:

Bob Easton introduced the following visiting

Rotarians: Bill Wheeler, Bob Romano, Leo Convery

and Art Ward.

The following Rotarians brought in guests:

Charles Felix, Bob Easton, Marvin Chaney

St. George Guardabassi, Fred Anderson, Nicole

Gilmore, Linda cooke, Debby Sanderson and Bob

Field.

Happy Dollars:

Since we had two high profile speakers, we did not do happy dollars this week.

Winners:

Sen. Debby Sanderson won a box of

chocolates donated by Dirk Basting and

she purchased the flowers donated by

Kathy Morgan. Chris won a tire gauge

and David won a soccer ball both

donated by Jerry Rosenthal. Lorna

Honecker won a pair of Canadian

gloves donated by Art Ward.

The pot of gold is now up to $604

All Presidents Elect, All Secretaries Elect, All Treasurers Elect, All Committee Chairs, All new Rotary Club members and You, the Rotarian who is anxious to increase your Rotary knowledge because you are the one who will benefit. Each club should be represented by at least 5 members. To register log on to www.ri6990.org

Martin Brody introduced who is with the Weissman Institute of Science which is located in Israel and started in 1934. He stated that the Institute invented the polio vaccine and a part of the lifestraw which he thanked us for distributing. In addition, the scientists at the Institute found a drug for MS, Diabetes Type 1, chromes disease, arthritis, just to name a few. The Institute is non-secular and their mission is "Science for the Benefit of Humanity". Eleven scientists from Chinese and eleven scientists from the Institute will be getting together to westernize Chinese medicine. He then had a question and answer period.

St. George Guardabassi introduced Lieutenant Colonel Allen West who has served our country for the past 22 years and has been awarded many, many awards. He stated that we are in a 21st century battlefield whereby the enemy does not wear a uniform and they can travel all over the world. Lieutenant Colonel West stated that we have to start thinking strategically and think ahead such as a 50 year cycle. He also stated that regarding the war in Afghanistan, we need to deny them sanctuary, cut off their means of support and change our rules of engagement. The US is not allowed to fire upon the enemy unless they fire first and in addition, before firing back our men and woman have to verify that there are no citizens in the area. He then had a question and answer period.