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The February 10, 2011 Newsletter has been published to the Villa Park Rotary website. A copy has been included below. |
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Rotary Club of Villa Park Newsletter
Rotary Speech Contest Mark Schmidt Receives His PH8 Pin
Today's meeting centered around our annual Rotary Speech Contest with the theme "Building Communities, Bridging Continents." We had seven very talented students from Villa Park High School who each did a great job with the topic. More later....
Opening Ceremonies: Invocation: Bryan Nash Pledge of Allegiance: Craig Beinlich Rotary Four Way Test: Bryan Nash Song: Star Spangled Banner- with the real words provided so as not to pull a Cristina Aguillara.
Birthdays & Anniversaries: Francine Kreisberg celebrated a birthday on February 9th with dinner at a French Restaurant with Bob Pete & Diana Moriarty celebrated their wedding anniversary on February 4th with an evening at the symphony and dinner on February 5th. Special Presentation: Mark Schmidt received his PH8 award from Foundation Chair Nagy Ibrahim.
Announcements: Ed Howard announced that March 23rd would be "Principal For A Day" at Villa Park High. Nagy Ibrahim will be the lucky guy. His day will begin with a walk around the school at 7:45 AM, a reception at the District Office at 9 AM and then doing the principat thing until 11:30 AM Ed wishes his normal day would end at 11:30. Last year's principal was Lesslie Giacobbi. Bob Bell announced he and several other members are selling tickets for this year's Friends of the Villa Park Library event. This year will be an author's luncheon at the Villa Restaurant on February 26th from 11:30 to 2:30 featuring D.P. Lyle talking about "Hollywood Forensics and StoryTelling." Donation $40. A unique auction will let your name be used as a character in an upcoming D.P. Lyle Book. RYLA- Dr Linda Bartrom-Olsen announced we will be sending 5 students to this year's Camp RYLA Service Chairs Minute: Jill Kuli- Community Service talked about Meals on Wheels. Greg Mills will have the honor of delivering Monday's meals with a special Valentine's Day Greeting. Tom Grundy volunteered to deliver next week's meals (February 21st) Lisa Stepanski - New Generations- wants to meet with Dr Bartrom for coffee to discuss future plans. Jane McDonald- International Service- the group is studying projects that we think merit our participation. We will come up with 3-4 programs plus Polio Plus to invest in. Linda Bartrom-Olsen- Vocational Service- had a great Song Contest last week and has seven great student speakers for today's Speech Contest. Upcoming dates: March 10th- Teacher Minigrants March 21-25- Interact - Ecology Drive- collecting old ink cartridges and cell phones. April 25th- Recogniton Awards. John Broussard- Ronald McDonald House dinners- Last night Pam Dunn, Mark Schmidt, Greg Mills, Lea Bowsher did a great job- with over 20 residents attending the early session John thanked all those members who have participated. He is making up the schedule for July - December so if you want to sign up see John.
Happy Bucks: Bob Kreisberg had an eye opening experience while delivering Meals on Wheels. A gentleman answered the door wearing only his pajama top- Bob's recommendation: like a tight rope walker don't look down. See, there are some interesting benefits to delivering those meals!! Bob Meyer was at the ground breaking ceremony of the C47 Museum which will honor glider pilots from WWII. He got six paintings donated and was happy to learn they were in Tustin, not Texas as her originally suspected. Part of the deal was Bob had to pick the pictures up. Terry Brooks- "The Pack is Back!!" Pete Moriarty is excited that Brad Reese is this month's team leader for member recruitment. A fever pitch excitement is building. Nagy Ibrahim- saluted our speech participants and Dr Linda Bartrom- Olsen. Will Warren's fiance is in the running for a $1.8 million grant for health sciences. We're all pulling for to get the award which is distributed over 5 years. Pam Dunn- raved about a deep tissue massage she got from Lea Bowshear. She also let us know about an opportunity to get a great deal to attend the Surf City Rotary's upcoming fundraiser. If we can get 20 members to attend the ticket price will be reduced by half= $63/ per person. The event includes dinner, live auction and dancing. Date: March 11th at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa. Steven Pollack has been away and missed us. While away he did some great cycling, celebrated a birthday and spent some time in Vail, Colorado. Eric Sense- went to the Super Bowl, but could not get in. This breaks his 13 year streak of attendance without a ticket. Eric reported that the cheapest ticket he could find was $3000. Better luck next year!!
Special Valentine's Day Deal Not sure what to get that special Valentine for Valentine's Day. Look no further!! Our own Lea Bowshear is offering a special one hour massage for just $55 Couples massages can also be arranged.
Speech Contest: Theme: " Building Communities, Bridging Continents" Esteemed Judges: Wayne Silzel, Bob Kreisberg, Marianne Koepnick, Pam Dunn, Craig Beinlich. Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Linda Bartrom-Olsen Student Participants: All Juniors at Villa Park High BreeAnna Rose Baeyens Sally Baker Alex Delgado Eunice Lee Tara Sanders Heather Smith Mark Vega
And the winners are.... First Place- Sally Baker- $150 Second Place- Tara Sanders -$100 Third Place- Heather Smith- $50
Each participant spoke for 4-5 minutes on the speech topic, Our three winner will advance to the District Finals on April 16th
Save the Date: District Conference
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