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Rotary Club of Lombard
Newsletter
The Lilac Rotarian
June 23, 2009
Volume Fifty Two, Number 6
Rotary Corner - Sorry no message this month.
May Board Meeting Highlights - See the secretary.
Welcome To Our Speakers: On May 28th, our speaker was Jean
Angel, from the Historical Society. On June 11th, Bill Kaiser from
the Food Pantry was our speaker. On June18th, Jerry Rudman and Fred
Beno from the assessors office were our speakers.
Honored Guests: On May 28th, Bill Schaub from the Addison
club was our guest.
Fines and Happy Fines: On May 28th, the Sgt. fined Kathy
for being pinless, Rich G. and Connie for being late, two Gary's
at one table, two Realtors, Kathy and Brian at the same table, Greg
for taking a phone call during lunch and Bob M. for a tie fine,
but the sgt. changed his mind and let it pass. The two Barristers
at one table, Connie and Dennis, Bob H. and Art paid up for picture
fines. Happy fines were in abundance , as yours truly announced
the birth of his first granddaughter. Marge was happy to be back
from Alaska, Rick was happy, that after being in club for 8+ years,
Dennis had no announcement to make. Jean was happy that her mom
is doing well and her son made it out of kindergarten and is on
his way to 1st grade. Yvonne was happy that her son Zak is working
this summer at Enchanted Castle. Dennis was happy that his brother
Mack was doing well after his heart attack. And finally, we sang
happy birthday to Bob C. as he passed around the basket. On June
11th, the finemaster took the day off and our favorite fill in,
Rick did the honors as he caught Ed, Greg and Connie for not having
their pins, Connie and Pat for being late, Bob W. for leaving the
room, Scott for questioning the finemaster, Bob M. for sitting alone
with a banker and a lawyer (looked like a closing) Dennis for announcing
that this was a mockery. ????? Andre for being a GQ dresser (what
do you expect, he's single) and Paul for having the pool open on
time AND under budget. Happy fines from Paul as the pool was opened
on time and under budget and 3000 patrons visited the pool during
the time, when the average temps were 68 degrees. Tom P. was happy
that his son graduated from the 8th grade, Rick became a grandpa
to a beautiful little girl, Charlie was happy to be in club 24 years,
Ralph's grandson graduated from Augustana and Dennis' youngest is
engaged. The back table was fined for taking too long to figure
out that they had the winning raffle ticket. And Steve was fined
for forgetting the speakers name. On June 18th, finemaster Brian,
hit the pin fine mother load as Kathy, Gary B., Gary S. and Paul
misplaced their pins. Gary S and coonie for being late, Paul was
hit for taking phone calls, two Gary's at one table (Smit - Heppe),
two Bob's (Harris - Whitacre), Bob H. for a ming the merciless comment,
Art for a photo op. Happy fines from Connie for paying up being
late and Brian not noticing, Bob C. paid a happy fine for Brians
shirt, Gary had a visit with his sister in Iowa who has Altzheimers,
he was happy to at least see her. And Brian was happy to be married
50 years. We all sang happy birthday to Dennis as he passed around
the basket.
Announcements: On May 28th, Bob Harris passed around a flyer
for the District Governors' installation on July 1st. He said that
he was attending and everyone is encouraged to attend. Also, Bob's
installation is Thursday, July 9th, 6:00 to 7:00 Open Bar and Fellowship
followed by Dinner and Installation 7:00 to 9:00 at the Carlisle.
$46.00 per person. The sign up sheets are going around, so don't
forget to sign-up. Dennis announced that the board meeting was short,
because he did not attend. Jean announced that the scholarship luncheon
went well, but was disappointed that only a small amount of Rotarians
attended. Bob Mertz announced that next weeks speaker will be Mary
Ann O'Neil. On June 11th, Dennis announced that he had no announcements.
Object of Rotary - or Be Reminded: the first regular (Thursday)
meeting of every month is "Food or $5" as members will
have the choice of bringing a food item to help supply for the Food
Pantry or pay a $5 fine of to support First Things First. When a
speaker is not scheduled on the first Thursday of each month, the
time will be spent in quality fellowship and member to member interaction.
Weekly Raffle, On May 28th, Deanna picked the Ace of Hearts.
On June 11th, Art picked the 10 of hearts. On June 18th, Bob W.
picked the 9 of spades.
Birthday Celebrations: Recent and upcoming birthday celebrations
of note include.
June 21 Pat Crowley
June 21 Kathy Volpe
June 21 Nicole Tufano
July 11 Paul Arndt
July 12 Rich Gallicchio
July 17 Yvonne Invergo
July 17 Bob Whitacre
July 20 Gary Smit
July 24 Ralph Schweppe
July 26 Charlie Richardson
Mark Your Calendars:Installation Dinner July 9th 6:30 p.m.
The Carlisle
Check the Website: Take the time to visit the newly revised
www.lombardrotary.com to see the latest edition of this newsletter
as well as other information relating to our Club. If you have any
additional features that you would like to see posted, please send
it my way
.thanks!
Board Meeting: The next Board Meeting is July 16th @ 11:15a.m.@Casey's
Restaurant
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