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April 9, 2003

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:

No matter how many messages we receive, phone calls we get, e-mails we download, the best message of all is that we are loved by those who will never stop loving us.

BIRTHDAY FUND/JCC SCHOLARSHIPS

The Birthday Fund provides funding to our Scholarships at JCC. If you are having a birthday, or have had one recently, do not forget to donate to the Birthday Fund. With your donations, we were able to award six scholarships to Jefferson Community College this 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?

 

Card Game and 50/50

We are looking for the 9 of Clubs. Napoleon Dobbins drew the Ten of Diamonds and donated his winnings to the Birthday Fund. The pot is at $406. 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

ROSE DAY KICKOFF!
The Rose Day Committee will be kicking off this year's fundraiser, which is the biggest one of the year! Come and get your sales tickets. Rose Day Delivery is just around the corner!

The Original Yanks
Come and hear what the Original Yanks are doing these days and hear them play. This is always a very entertaining program!

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE - RYLA: Each spring our club has identified a young adult to participate in the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) program. We have again registered our interest and forwarded $450 US for a candidate to attend the seminar to be held at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from May 18-23,2003. There are no additional costs. The RYLA Committee (Charlie Bohlen, Ch, Jane Gendron, Tony Keating) are now seeking nominations. Men and women between the ages of 18-24 inclusive, who have demonstrated (and have the potential to demonstrate) leadership qualities in their schools, church, community, organizations or in their business lives qualify. A finalist to represent our club must be selected by April 15. Prospective applicants should be encourages to send a letter of intent and resume to C. Bohlen, 1241 Harris Dr. Watertown NY 13601 by April 15.

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.

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.

WEB SITE/ROSTER NOTICE: We are working on updating the Roster and we have had several new members and several who have left Rotary. If we have any members who have a change in their information, please call the office or email Marsha. If you don't take the time to let her know, we can't have the roster up to date. 

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HALL OF ACHIEVEMENT:  Watertown City School District is seeking nominations for its Hall of Achievement for the fall 2003 induction ceremony. If anyone is interested in nominating someone, please contact Marsha at 782-3381 for the criteria. Final submissions must be received by April 25, 2003. If a nomination was submitted in 2001, the nominator only needs to submit a letter to the committee renominating the individual. The district has kept all 2001 nomination materials on file.

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

 

COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICES

Rose Day Committee:  Barb Park (Co-Ch), Laurie Nortz (Co-Ch), Chris Wells, Jeff Barnard, Linda Barniak, Kerry Roberge, Len Meinhold, Warren Johnson, Gordie Phillips, Bob Caswell, Jim Horton, Al McEvoy. 

FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE TABLE ASSIGNMENTS:
April 9 - Selene Rowland and Carolyn Fitzpatrick
April 16 - Cheryl Matson and Jim Picunas
April 23 - Melanie Upson and Selene Rowland
April 30 - Jim Picunas and Cheryl Matson

 

OTHER NEWS YOU CAN USE

Polio Eradication FREE Concert

The 10th Mountain Division will present a FREE concert on Saturday, April 12th to publicize the Rotary Polio Eradication Campaign. The concert which will be sponsored by the Watertown Rotary Club and the Watertown Sunrise Rotary Club will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Dulles State Office Building. The program will include patriotic selections as well as big band music. Tickets will be available at the end of March. Corporate sponsorship is being sought to underwrite the concert and to benefit the Polio Eradication Campaign and volunteers are needed to distribute tickets, usher and held clean up.

ADOPT A HIGHWAY TIME
It's Spring and time to clean up the roads again!! We will be cleaning our section of Route 3, from the Plaza on Eastern Blvd on April 26. We will meet at the plaza at 8:00 on Saturday. There are signup sheets on the tales at our meetings with more details to follow. PLEASE SIGN UP - WE NEED HELP WITH THIS! Last time we only had 9 people out of 174 members.. bring your kids, your spouses, your significant others, anyone!!!