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March 5, 2003

The Rotary Office will be closed from 2-27 through 3-7!

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:
If Angels had a job description, it would only consist of one take: Do the work of love.

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!

There is a correction in the scholarship application! The application reads that the candidate must be a resident of Watertown - it should read that the candidate must be a resident of Jefferson County.

Thanks to Pete Salmon for his recent donation.

 

Card Game and 50/50

We are looking for the 9 of Clubs. The pot is at $295.00. Peter Salmon drew the 8 of Spades 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

Cheri Revai

Cheri is the author of "Haunted Northern New York". She will be discussing her book and local sightings.

 Jeremy Graves and Crystal Butler.
WPBS "Video on Demand"

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?  50% of our club has pledged $22,547 through 2/19//03. The Sunrise club has pledged a total of $10,180. We've reached a grand total of $33,052-- THANK YOU!!! to all who have pledged. Please mail your pledge form and payment to Marsha, or better yet, bring it with you to the next meeting. Thank you  for protecting our children.

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 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. 

DISTRICT ASSEMBLY: Rotary District 7040's District Assembly will be held at the Best Western Parkway Inn and Conference Center, 151 Vincent Massey Dr., Cornwall, Ontario, on April 5th. Anyone interesting in attending should contact Marsha as soon as possible. Registration is from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. The Assembly begins at 9:30 a.m. All committee chairs and new members should consider attending. The club pays for the cost of any members attending. Refreshments and lunch are included. Call Marsha at 782-3381 to register.

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

Rural Urban Committee: March 5th at 11:30 a.m.  The following members are on this committee: Dave Conklin, Elaina Hedrick, Steve Washer, Bob Lydon.

Rotary Foundation Committee: March 19th at 11:30 a.m. The following members are on this committee: Pete Salmon (Co-Ch), Charlie Nevin (Co-Ch), Don Klug, Alan Vail, George Woodruff, Jerry Walsh, Alex Korwek, Ben Coe, Gene Renzi.

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. 

March 5th - Gil and Lance
March 12th - Kate and Wanda
March 19th - Michelle and Steve
March 26th - Chris and Wanda 

 

OTHER NEWS YOU CAN USE

ROD AND RIFLE EXPO!!!

A report is forthcoming!

From Marsha O'Anderson,

The Irish War...

Saddam Hussein was in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang. "Hallo, Mr. Hussein!", a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing you to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!"

"Well, Paddy, "Saddam replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?" "Right now, " Paddy said after a moment's calculation, "there is me self, me cousin Sean, me next door neighbor Seamus, and the entire dart team from the pub. That makes 8!'"

Saddam paused, "I must tell you Paddy, that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command!"  "Begorrah!", said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you right back!"

Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment." "And what equipment would that be?" Saddam asked.

"Well, we have two combines, a bull dozer, and Murphy's farm tractor". Saddam sighed.. "I must tell you Paddy that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also I've increased my army to 1 1/2 million since we last spoke!"

"Saints preserve us!!!!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you!"

Sure enough, Paddy rang back the next day. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne!! We've modified Harrigan's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit and four boys from Shamrock's Pub have joined us as well". Saddam was silent for a moment and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you Paddy, that I have 1,000 bombers and 2,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to 2 million!" "Jesus, Mary and Joseph! I'll have to ring you back," Paddy said.

Sure enough, Paddy called again the next day. "Top o' the morning to ya, Mr. Hussein! I'm sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war!" "I'm sorry to hear that Paddy. Why the sudden change of heart?" Saddam asked.

"Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a bunch of pints and decided there is no friggin' way we can feed two million prisoners!"