Newsletter - Current  Feb 7, 2012

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Volume #2012 Issue #6	Rotary Theme 2011 - 2012: Reach Within to Embrace Humanity Michael Owsley, President, Elizabethtown Rotary Club	February 7, 2011

Board of Directors 2011- 2012 President Michael Owsley President Elect Greg Stapleton 1st Vice President   2nd Vice President Kelly Emerine Secretary/Treasurer Larry & Betty Sue  French Sergeant-At-Arms Ken Collord Service Projects Carol Belcher Club Public Relations Bill Carter Rotary Foundation Peter Denton Club Web Site Chuck Willis Immediate Past President Cathy Williamson		The Four-Way Test of the things we  think, say or do:   Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Other Area Rotary Club Meetings

 
Bardstown:  Noon Wednesday, Xavier's Restaurant
Hodgenville:  Noon Thursday, Paula's Hot Biscuit
Radcliff:  Noon Thursday, Colvin Community Center
Horse Cave:  Noon Monday, H.C. United Methodist Church

Hardin County AM:  7:15 am Friday, Stone Hearth

Grayson County: Noon Tuesday, Mr. Gatti's Pizza

See Secretary for additional Clubs

ATTENTION:  PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE RURAL/URBAN DAY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 14TH WILL BE HELD AT THE HISTORIC STATE THEATER! 

Upcoming Programs

02/07       Harry Berry - County Judge Executive

02/14       Rural/Urban Day - Meet at State Theater

02/21       USA Cares

02/28       Club Speech Contest

03/06       Dr. William Lee - Hardin County Coroner

Noteworthy News

Birthdays

02/11  Betty Sue French

Wedding Anniversaries

None this week

Club Anniversaries

02/08  Ronnie Pence - 19 Years

02/08  Bob Swope     - 35 Years

02/12  Darlene Chenault - 5 Years

NEW MEETING LOCATION - STONE HEARTH

Rotarians enjoying a meal at our new meeting location at the Stone Hearth Restaurant.  

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Bikes for Christmas

Donations for this event will not appear on your Rotary Club invoice.  Please make checks payable to the Rotary Foundation so your donation will be tax-deductible.  Thank you for supporting this wonderful event.

 Current Membership

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Edgar D. Gifford

(general dentistry). Director, Rotary International, 1

981-83.

Member of the Rotary Club of La Grange, Illinois, U.S.A.

I am a Rotarian because on August 8, 1958, I telephoned the Rotary International Secretariat and spoke with Beth Maveety of the Extension Department about the Possibility of organizing a Rotary club in La Grange, Illinois.  Miss Maveety told me she would inform District 644 Governor Mitchel Davis of my interest. 

I was inspired to make that call because my uncle, a Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Rotarian, had taken me to a meeting of his club in 1949, and my wife Caroline’s father and grandfather had been president of the Manistee, Michigan, and charter member of the Red Creek, New York, Rotary clubs, respectively.

On September 3rd, 1958, District 644 Extension  Chairman Thor Holter, and a former Rotarian and La Grange minister, Russell Kerr, met in my dental office. Four weeks later, 27 La Grange area business and professional men applied for a Rotary charter.

After Past Rotary President Herbert J. Taylor spoke about “ROTARY PROGRESS WORLDWIDE” at our charter banquet on November 19, 1958, Chesley Perry (Rotary  Secretary 1910-42) addressed our club about Rotary history, and Australian Foundation Scholar Brian Wiseman told us about his country and impressions of our country during the early weeks of our club’s existence, I realized what enriching and rewarding opportunities Rotary membership provides.

For me it marked the onset of opportunities to assist others in our community, and opened a doorway for worldwide involvement and friendships with service-minded people. Why am I still a Rotarian after 31 years? Why do I continue to attend meetings and participate in other Rotary events? Because I enjoy the fellowship and good feeling that exists at meetings and other Rotary activities; but beyond that, because I consider myself fortunate to be involved in a progressive organization that provides humanitarian services. encourages ethical vocational standards, and promotes goodwill and peace.