Original format published by Marsha Anderson. This is an edited format and representation of the original and reproduced by Webmaster Lin Fields.

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February 5, 2003

 
FEBRUARY IS WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH

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 b 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 unlikeliest of people harbor halos beneath their hats.

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?

The Office now has applications for our scholarships to JCC. The scholarship criteria calls for preference for the award to be given to someone related to a Rotarian. If any of our members has a family member attending JCC in the fall and would like an application, please contact Marshal. There are six scholarships. Applications must be filled out and returned to the Financial Aid office at JCC  by March 31, 2003!

Thanks to Lin Fields for her recent donation.

 

Card Game and 50/50

We are looking for the 9 of Clubs. The pot is at $214.00. Janice Charles drew the two of Diamonds and donated it. 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

Bruce Goewey
Bruce is the Executive Director of the Watertown Housing Authority, and will present a program focusing on low income housing in the Watertown Area. Bruce is also a member of our club.

TBA

IMPORTANT NOTE!
The Rotary Office will be closed from February 4th through February 9th. If you need anything that cannot wait until the 10th, please contact Mary Parry at 782-3082 or President Terry at 493-2446. There will be no Water Wheel for the 8th of February.

Rotary Web Page:  The web site is now updated. I invite you to visit - you will find the Committee Rosters on the site along with the members. We will also have forms available for the various committee's needs. 

Polio Eradication: Have you made your pledge to the Polio Eradication Campaign? Almost 46% of our club has pledged $20,312 through 1/29/03. About 51% of the Sunrise club's members have pledged a total of $7,040. We've reached a grand total of $27,352 or 91% of our combined goal of $30,000. THANK YOU to all who have pledged. MEMBERS WHO HAVE YET TO PLEDGE, PLEASE CONSIDER A PLEDGE OF $225 OR $85 PER YEAR FOR 3 YEARS. This will insure our club will reach it goal. THE MOST RECENT SURVEY OF AVAILABLE IMMUNIZATION RECORDS OF TWO AND THREE YEAR OLDS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SHOW THAT 20% ARE NOT FULLY IMMUNIZED.  PLEASE HELP STAMP OUT POLIO IN THE REST OF THE WORLD AND THEREBY PREVENTING ITS SPREAD TO ANY VULNERABLE CHILDREN HERE IN NORTHERN NY.  Please mail your pledge form and payment to Marsha by January 31, 2003, or better yet, bring it with you to the next meeting. Thank you  for protecting our children.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS! Jason Clement, proposed by Jona Simon, for the classification of Call Center Director and Sheriff John Burns, proposed by Jim Lafferty, for the classification of Law Enforcement.

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.

 

COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICES

We are working on updating the Roster 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. 

 

ROD AND RIFLE EXPO!!!

The Rod and Rifle Expo is just around the corner!! This will be held on Feb. 21-23 at the Dulles State Office Building. It's one of our big fundraisers, with the income from the expo depending on the pre-sale of raffle tickets. The tickets are now available from Dick Lyle. The cost is $1.l00 each or 7 for $5.00. If you can't sell the tickets, can you consider buying them! Tickets will be mailed to those who do not pick up their tickets. This, however, will take away from our net income. There are many more prizes than are listed on the back of the tickets. Two not listed are a Remington 870-12 ga 3" Turkey with a camouflage finish. The other is an E-bolt 209 redi pak - black powder.   Sell lots of tickets and make this one of our biggest Expos ever!!