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    Water Wheel   

April 23, 2003

 
April is Magazine Month! Have you read your Rotarian?

MAKEUPS! 
 Our attendance is up!! Congratulations Rotarians! But, if you miss a meeting remember to get a make up! . Not only does making up a meeting help our attendance, but it is great fellowship. If you are going on vacation or just out of town for a few days and you are going to miss our regular meeting, give Marsha a call at the office where she will be happy to look up the information on the nearest Rotary Club where you will be . Or you can check out the Rotary International Web site.

WEEKLY WORDS OF WISDOM:
The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to
             torture you in proportion to your fear of being  hurt.    
 -- Thomas Merton

BIRTHDAY FUND/JCC SCHOLARSHIPS

The Birthday Fund provides funding to our 6 Scholarships at JCC. If you are having a birthday, or have had one recently, do not forget to donate to the Birthday Fund. Any student awarded one of these scholarships that returns to Jefferson for a second year will automatically receive the scholarship for a second year!  Do you know that as a Rotarian, if you have children or grandchildren attending JCC, they will be considered for one of the scholarships if they meet the criteria?

Thank you to Bob Schweitzer for his donation to the Birthday/JCC Scholarship Fund.

 

Card Game and 50/50

We are looking for the 9 of Clubs. Jim Kanik drew the Five of Hearts and donated his winnings to the Birthday Fund. The pot is at $458. The blue card game raffle may only be played by our club members. Tickets are 3 for $2.00 or $1.00 each. The Red 50/50 Raffle game may be played by all.

This Week

Steve Wood
Watertown Police Department K-9 Division

Mike Hopkins, Assistant Coach
Syracuse University Basketball
Come and hear about the GREAT season Syracuse enjoyed this year!

Rose Day Report

Rose day is May 30th! We have 6 weeks to sell 2,500 dozen roses. Our original goal was to raise $15,000 which helps to fund projects such as the following... 

Tree Planting
Dodge Pond
Polio Plus
Dairy Princess of Jefferson County
Rotary International
Scholarships
Boy and Girl Scouts
Jefferson Technical Center
Group Study Exchange

We need each member to sell a minimum of 14 dozen -- we can meet this goal!!!

As of 4/16, we have sold 62 dozen. 

There are loads of prizes for you to win -- just turn in your ticket stubs and money weekly, and you will be entered in a drawing to be held on June 4th.

IMPORTANT NOTICE! IMPORTANT NOTICE!

The Board of Directors has decided that the Water Wheel will only be published every other week, beginning now! For example, the Water Wheel will go to print on April 10th for the week of April 16th, there will be no Water Wheel going to print on April 17th for the week of April 23rd, and one will go to print on April 24th for the week of April 30th and so on. If you have something you would like posted on the off weeks, it can be done by posting it here on the Rotary Web Page. You can have that done by calling or e-mailing Marsha at the Rotary Office or you can e-mail Lin Fields who keeps the web page updated. If you wish to have a notice in the Water Wheel printed, remember to give us plenty of notice!

Marsha Anderson

Rod and Rifle Show final figures:  The final tally is in.... many thanks to Tom Hanley for his assistance. Our club raised $6,941.00 despite the bad weather!

Remember your Pledge for Polio Eradication: We've reached a grand total of $36,146.00 from the two clubs. Thank you!! Pledge forms must be returned to the Rotary Office by June 30, 2003. All pledges must be paid by June 30, 2005.

ROTARY FOUNDATION WALK - MAY 10TH

This years walk will take place in the beautiful historic Town of Perth on the River Tay. The day will begin with registration at Camp Merrywood and you will have a light continental breakfast. The participants will be bussed to Perth which is a 10-15 minute drive. AT that time we will divide everyone into 3 groups depending on how fast you want to walk. Our tour guides will be able to give a brief description of historical places of interest along the way. The walk will finish at the famous Inga-va House which is the location of the last fatal duel in Canada. Our buses will pick up the participants at this time and take them back to Camp Merrywood. There will be time for everyone wishing to tour the camp prior to the buses leaving or after the walk. This is a great opportunity for anyone who has not seen the Camp to see where your fun raising money has gone. More information to follow. The cost is $32 US per participant. This covers the registration, breakfast, lunch, gift bag and bus transportation. Registration and check is payable to the Rotary Club of Perth, and must be received by May 5. If you have questions, contact Geoffrey Wickware at 613-267-2064 of email WICKWARE@RIPNET.COM Marsha has registration forms at the office along with pledge forms.

Please note---

Tree Planting 2003
By action of your Board of Directors, the Adopt a Highway program is joining forces with the Tree Planting. Please mark your calendars for May 3. This will be our day to plant trees AND clean up our 2 mile stretch of Eastern Blvd. We have 60 trees to plant! We will begin at 8 a.m. under the bridge at Case Junior. and yes, there will be coffee and donuts! Sign up sheets are on the meeting tables or you can contact Marsha or Phil Sprague!

Rural/Urban Luncheon
The Rural/Urban Luncheon will be held at the Rutland Congregational Church on May 7th. The ladies of the Church always put on a great lunch for us of chicken and biscuits, home made pies, mashed potatoes and gravy and all of the fixings. If you have never been then you are missing a great lunch! We will have signup sheets on the tables on the 23rd and 30th. The 30th of April is the deadline for sign up and you must be signed up to attend. If you sign up and cannot make lunch, PLEASE call the Rotary office to cancel!

Call for Applications

Team Leader

Group Study Exchange To District 7030

March 6 to April 3^rd, 2004

The Group Study Exchange (GSE) Committee is pleased to be accepting applications for the position of Team Leader, who must be a Rotarian, to lead a Group Study Exchange to District 7030.   The specific countries for the exchange will be Trinidad,
Guadeloupe , French Guyana and Guyana.

GSE is a unique four-week cultural and vocational exchange of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.  A GSE Team consists of four non-Rotarian members from various business or professional backgrounds and a Rotarian team leader. 

Applications are being accepted for the Team Leader until May 28^th, 2003.   Forms may be obtained on the Rotary website at www.rotary.org   or a hard copy is available upon request.

Please forward your application to:

Faye Porter

Chair, GSE District Committee

25 Waterford Drive

Ottawa , On

K2E 7VE

Phone: 613-225-2742

fayeporter@rogers.com

NOTICE TO COMMITTEE CHAIRS: If your committee is having a meeting that is on a day other than at our normal meeting day and you give the office the list of attendees, then they will receive attendance credit for a make-up. 

LUNCH TICKETS: Please remember to turn in your signed lunch ticket at our Wednesday meetings. This is how you receive credit for attendance. If you forget to turn in the ticket, you can call the office or mail the ticket to the offices so you can receive attendance credit. 

President Elect Jonathan Majiyagbe announced his Rotary International Theme for the year 2003-2004 at the District Governor's Training in Anaheim, California. If you would like to learn more, visit the Rotary International Web Site.

NOTICE:  The Board of Directors has available the club criteria for donations. If you would like a copy, please contact the Rotary Office.

 

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE TABLE ASSIGNMENTS:
April 23 - Melanie Upson and Selene Rowland
April 30 - Jim Picunas and Cheryl Matson

50/50 RAFFLE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR APRIL & MAY:

April 23 - Lance Evans and Wanda Lancaster
April 30 - Chris Powers and Gil Pearsall
May 7 - Bob Sharlow and Lance Evans
May 14 - Bob Sharlow and Kate Fenlon
May 21 - Chris Powers and Wanda Lancaster
May 28 - Gil Pearsall and Michelle Pfaff

Please note - if you are not able to attend on the date assigned to you, please call your partner to verify his/her ability to cover the table. If neither of you can attend, please call a fellow committee member and trade dates or call Kate Fenlon and she will get a substitute. Thanks!

 

OTHER NEWS YOU CAN USE

to our newest members! Deb Perry, from Compass Mortgage and Phil Scibelli from Edward Jones Investments. Since it is the policy of the webmaster not to publish home addresses and phone numbers, please see the club roster for e-mail addresses.

NEW MEMBER PROPOSED!

The following person has been proposed for membership to our club. Rev. Fred Garry, proposed by Don Klug, for the classification of Religion/Presbyterian. Rev. Garry has been approved by the committee and the Board of Directors. If there is no written objection received within 10 days, he will be eligible to be inducted into our club.

South Jeff Lions Club and Adams Rotary Club 3rd Annual Spring Auction

This annual event will be held on Sunday, June 1st at 1 p.m. at the Behlings Spookhill Farms in Adams Center. A preview will be held in the morning. This is a fund raiser for the two clubs for community projects. Kenny Hughes will be the auctioneer. Special "trash and treasure" sale Saturday May 31st and again on Sunday morning before the auction at the site. Food and beverage will be available. Chicken BBQ at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bring your chair - there is plenty of parking. To donate items contact HSBC Bank in Adams at 232-4501. Consignment goods accepted.

2003 Armed Forces Appreciation Luncheon

The Greater Watertown North Country Chamber of Commerce in association with the Watertown Rotary Club will hold the Armed Forces Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday, May 13th at the Best Western during the Rotary Luncheon.. The speaker will be  General Hagenbeck. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Tickets will be on sale on the 23rd and each meeting thereafter.