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Rotary Club of Lombard
Newsletter The Lilac Rotarian Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation have had to make
important decisions in light of the current financial environment.
At the January Trustees meeting, a decision was made to reduce the
2008-09 Matching Grant budget in order to conserve The Rotary Foundation's
World Fund. As of 2 March, the Matching Grant budget has been fully
committed, and the Trustees are unable to approve any additional
grant applications. Welcome To Our Speakers: On February 19th, our DG was our speaker. On February 26th,our speaker was our very own Gary Bird. On March 5th, our speaker was Will Seelye. On March 12th, Ken Butka was our speaker. On March 19th, our speaker was Village President, Bill Mueller. Honored Guests: On February 19th, I wasn't here, so no one took notes for me. On February 26th, no guests were present. On March 5th, there were no guests. (They couldn't find us, because we weren't at Casey's). On March 12th, Dan Coffey found us and was our guest for lunch. On March 19th, our guests were Bill Schaub from the Addison club and Hank Thiely from Michigan. Fines and Happy Fines: On February 19th, no notes, no report. On February 26th, Brian started things off with pin fines from Mike F., Gary H., and Doc Arndt. Because they were sitting at the same table and each was wearing a blue and red shirt, the Sgt. thought that a political statement was being made by Dennis and Bob H. Brian caught Doc walking in late and Ralph should have stayed home, as he walked in after dessert. Bob M. and Bob W. were hit with two suspender wearers at the same table. Dan and Rick each paid a picture fine. Happy fines were paid by Brian as Lilac Bakery has finally opened, Maury was on his way to sunny Hawaii, Charlies oldest sister celebrated her b'day and Jeans' nephew won the 100m Butterfly over the weekend. On March 5th, the Sgt. caught Pat, Doc and Jim B. strolling in late. (Probably got lost). He caught Dan W. wearing Dan T's name badge, and fined Yvonne for pointing it out. Thanks for looking out for me Y. Dennis and Connie were caught at the same table. More political statements were made as Pat, Dennis and Greg were wearing blue at one table and at another table, Bob H., Jean and Jim B. were wearing red. On the happy fine side, Bob H was happy that when the DG called him for volunteers for the 12th and 13th, he was able to get enough to say yes. And Yvonne was happy that her son Brandon, in addition to getting accepted for his PhD in Barcelona was also accepted at Oxford in England. Hey! Brian's from jolly ol' England. What a choice, sunny Spain with beautiful Spanish women or England, home of warm beer and fog. On March 12th, the Sgt. was sick, so I took over and caught Art walking in late, Doc and Rich G. were fined for no pins. John B. announced that Jack had a pacemaker installed and he is doing fine. Maury was back from Hawaii and paid a disputed tan fine. Jean was glad that Rich could make it during tax time. Rich seconded that and paid up. Bob C. was happy that the last piece of steel was being put into place at the new Elmhurst Hospital. On March 19th, the Sgt. fined Greg and Marge for the two bankers at one table, two lawyers, Connie and Dennis. Bob H. wanted to thank all who volunteered at the P.E.T.S., Jean is glad that her mom's chemo is over and thanked everyone for their prayers. Greg was happy that his son-in-laws orders to Iraq were recinded. Announcements: On February 19th, ditto. On February 26th, it was announced that Kathy V. had hip surgery this past Monday and she is recovering nicely. Our next two luncheons will be held at the Odyssey, and April 2nd will be our Business After Hours here at Casey's, from 5:30 to 7:30. On March 5th, Dennis announced that tickets for the Montini auction were being sold, Steve announced that his son Chad was selling Golf discount cards to benefit the COD men's running team. Today is Food or Five. The next board meeting will be at Casey's on the 19th. On March 19th, it was revealed that Casey's would be our home for meetings for now and the BAH on the 2nd of April, we are to bring our food or five. Marge handed out membership postcards to the club and asked each one of us to send one to a possible new member. Our installation dinner will be on Thursday, July 9th @ The Carlisle . $46.00 per person . 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 February 19th, no one won. On February 26th, Maury's table had the winning ticket and our newest member Paul, picks the four of hearts. Nice going. On March 5th, no mention of cards being pulled. On March 19th, Bob H. picked the Queen of Clubs. Birthday Celebrations: Recent and upcoming birthday celebrations
of note include. Mark Your Calendars: 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 April 16th @ 11:15a.m.@Casey's
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