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Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale Established 1922                                      Club #4444

ROTARY TARPON   

OCTOBER 28, 2009

NEXT WEEK'S MEETING: November 4, 2009 Time:  12PM Location:  Riverside Hotel   Song:  Mike Casey Pledge:  Pres. Bill Gundlach Prayer:  Don Glennm   Program:  GSE Team from Lima Peru __________________________________ UPCOMING EVENTS Annual Raffle and Auction - Wednesday, Nov. 18th at 6PM Thanksgiving Basket Program - Saturday, Nov. 21st. Elder Care Baskets - Date TBD     CULTURAL EVENTS Music of Led Zepplin - Tuesday, Nov. 24th Defending the Caveman - Sunday, Dec. 6th   DISTRICT UPCOMING EVENTS District Conference - Friday, Nov. 6th - 8th Rotary District Helicopter Golf Ball Drop - Nov. 12th Rotary Night at Land Shark Stadium - Dolphins vs. Buccaneers - November 15th OUR MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH WILL BE HELD IN THE GRILL ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE RIVERSIDE HOTEL.		LAST WEEK'S MEETING: October 28, 2009   Song:  Mike Casey opened the meeting with the singing of Take Me Out To The Ballgame.   Pledge:  Bill Gundlach led us in the Pledge of Allegiance   Prayer:  David Kramer led us in prayer.   Visitors:  Charles Williams introduced the following members wth guests: Martin Brody, Dan Austin a nd Roger Arndall Visitng Rotarians: Jane Swan from Ohio. Ken Bradley from N.H. and Ken Fusco from Durango   Happy Dollars:  The following are happy: David Roth, Cory Greenspan, Steve Botkin and Marty Kurtz   Rotary Minute:  Dr. Bob Easton stated that teh Rotary Foundation spent $208 million in Rotary year 2007 - 2008, 61% was psent on Polio Plus, 27% on Humanitarian Grants Program, 11% was spent on educational programs, and 1% on other programs. Winners: Ken Straus won a DVD on baseball history, Dr. Bob Helmholdt won a Sports Illustrated book, George Trodella won a baseball book, Mike Casey won a baseball magazine, and Johanna McMichael won a bag all donated by Dan Austin.  Frank Lanzana won a box of chocolates donatd by Dirk Basting. CA Messana won a bottle of wine donated by Dr. Linda Bolitho.  Julia Bengough won a tent donated by Jerry Rosenthal (Tire Hut).  JM Padron's raffle ticket was picked for the 50/50 money, however he did not pick the ace of spades.  The pot is now up to $1,512.00.  Rick Marshall purchased the flowers donated by Kathy Morgan (Kathy's Florist).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Martin Brody introduced Joann Young from Spring of Hope who thanked us for our donation which enabled them to build three wells in Africa.  One well was bulit at an orphangage, the other two were built at two different schools.  Below are a couple of pictures that were sent to us from Judy Bauman which depicts the delivering of Life Straws to over five schools and one communiy in Uganda.

INDUCTIONS:

Charles Williams inducted Marge Matinale who is a real estate broker and who is sponsored by Dr. Linda Bolitho.

RAFFLE/SILENT AND LIFE AUCTION:

Past President Jon Gundlach reminded us that the upcoming raffle is right around the corner, and the money that is raised from this allows us to do things for our community as well as international projects. PLEASE HAND IN YOUR RAFFLE STUBS ALONG WITH PAYMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

PROGRAM:

President Bill Gundlach introduced fellow Rotarian Dan "Cottontop" Austin who has had 70 years of baseball experience.  He spoke about Hugh Alexander who became one of the foremost baseball scouts. Dan stated that the five tools of the trade that a baseball scout has to look for are: they have to know the difference betweeen a player and a performer, hitting a ball (you can teach someone to hit a ball but you cannot teach them to hit the ball with power), fielding, running, and throwing.  Dan stated that luck is the residue of successful planning. He then had a question and answer period.

SPECIAL PROJECTS;

Below are some pictures of the Rotarians that volunteered to help load a container filled with school supplies to the Bahamas:

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OTHER NEWS:

I apologize for the lateness of this Tarpon, I have been on vacation and returned late last night.  My husband and I, along with another couple went to Bryson City, North Carolina, where we stayed at Bob Field's log cabin.  We had an awesome time, and below is a picture of me, my friend Stan, who is the President of the Pompano, Lighthous Point Rotary Club and two Rotarians Paul Crawley and Brian Thomas from the Bryson City Rotary Club.  Their club has 35 members.