Today’s Events:

President Linda Kaplan presiding

ROTARY THEME 2006-07

We welcome our Guests:
Alex German (Asaad), Sunita Kaul, Thor Bruce, Leo Insola, JoAnn (Linda)
And our fellow Rotarians:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Football Mania 2006-07 is complete!

2,332 thanks to John Sorgie for this fundraiser!
In Process:

The Scholarship Committee is forming – how to mesh Take Stock in Children and the Forida PrePaid Scholarship program with our Harry White Scholarship program

The Literacy Committee is forming – giving 3rd graders free dictionaries.

Make a difference.  Get involved.  Speak with Linda.

ELECTION RESULTS STILL PENDING...

ED FISCHER: Our Supervisor of Elections,

Upcoming meeting dates:

Tuesdays, 6pm @ South Miami Branch Library

January 16, 23, 2007 & February 6, 13, 20 2007

PROGRAMMING

Lydia’s productive and entertaining six months as Programming Chair has ended.  GREAT GOING!!

Maxene’s turn at bat BEGINS!  Please let her know if you have any interesting speakers!  maxig@bellsouth.net

AN EVENING WITH BILL AND LORNA BOYD …

Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. at the Signature Grand, 6900 State Road 84 in Davie is the place for a most wonderful District 6990 event – a reception and dinner for R.I. President William B. Boyd and First Lady Lorna Boyd.

Make your reservations now to hear the wit and wisdom of our president! Cost per person is $60. Register online from the district website at www.rotary6990.org. Clubs may reserve tables for 10, while available, by contacting klzoocrew@bellsouth.net .

Editor’s Note: I heard Bill Boyd speak as RI President Elect in Chicago.  He was charismatic, charming, funny and makes you truly respect Rotary’s intentions and successes.  This is a highly recommended event.  if you can, GO! 

We’ll work within your schedule. Please step up and help replenish our dwindling budget reserves.

All proceeds benefit our charities. Contact Linda.

Abraham Lincoln said, “People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

www.cyclingtoservecanadaus.com

OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
the first Sunday of the month: Feb 4, March 4, April 1, & May 6
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

For ROTARIANS:  Meet to cycle at 7:30am every Saturday
@ Patricia’s (5911 Maynada, Coral Gables)

Mark your calendars for the following Patricia-sponsored events:

1. Sunday, January 14th   @ 3 PM - First Cycling to Serve Fellowship Ride and meeting of the year. 

2. Saturday January 27th @ 7 PM– Tertulia (meaning a social gathering with literary or artistic overtones, especially in Iberia or Latin America) Party at Patricia’s home for Hank Kaplan’s History of Boxing in B & W. 

For more information check out Patricia’s website:  www.Watch-Inc.org

MEMBERSHIP MOMENT:
From Jack Martin:

http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/6990/Newsletter/0/%20District%20January%202007%20Newsletter.pdf

New Year’s Resolution…
First, I resolve to ask at least two non-Rotarian individuals to accompany me as my guest to a Rotary club meeting between now and March 31st. It is my hope that at least one of those people will see the work that Rotary clubs are doing, will meet the outstanding Rotarians at the club, and will want to become a part of an organization that is “Leading the Way” toward a better world.

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES FUNDRAISER $$$
Accepting ONLY empty inkjet cartridge – NO longer accepting laser print cartridges

DID YOU MISS A MEETING?

Visit www.rotary6990.org

So you need to make-up an absence, do you know what a great opportunity this can be?
Take the opportunity to visit another club, meeting new and interesting members who are business owners and community leaders.  They might be interested in the services that you provide.

For online make-ups:

http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/eclub_list.pdf

Attendance credit for a 30-minute interactive club Web site activity. This offers an alternative to making up a meeting at another club. To earn an attendance credit, Rotarians usually log on to the Web site, read online material on a range of subjects, post comments, and submit a form to the club secretary.

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally:

http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

NOTIFY DOREEN REITNAUER, SECRETARY, OF ALL OF YOUR MAKE-UPS:

Doreen_reitnauer@colonialbank.com

Lydia White introduced

Today’s Speaker…
Michael Largo, Author

Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die

Biography
Our guest is a transplant from New York where his father was a NYC Homicide Detective,  has to his credit four published books.  The first three were mysteries.  For more than a decade he has collected statistics on death and dying culminating in this book. 
From Amazon.com:

“I've been collecting statistics and information on the American way of dying for over a decade. This is my first nonfiction; I previously published three novels. HarperCollins did such a superb job designing Final Exits and spared no expense by including over 400 pictures and historical artworks that I discovered in archives from around the world. I hope it is as fascinating to the reader as it was for me to write. I gathered the information from over fifty governments agencies, archives, insurance documents, hospital and court records that cannot be found by the Googler eager to verify or debunk. I've included a 60 page appendix/bibliography with links, articles and books that will help those interested in the subject find out even more.”

In 1750, there were only 100 ways to die, currently that figure is over 3,000 and growing daily.  In the 1700’s, the #1 cause for dying:  Convulsions.

Book Description from Amazon.com
We're all going to die—it's in the contract—but how will it happen? Today, although we live longer, people are killed by everything—bad words, bloodletting, flying cows, frozen toilets, hiccups, laughing, and spontaneous combustion are some of the unexpected causes. According to death certificates, in 1700 there were less than one hundred causes of death. Now there are more than three thousand. In the eye-opening and addictive Final Exits, causes of death—bizarre or common—are alphabetically arranged and include actual accounts of people, both famous and ordinary, who died in their own particular way.
Thoroughly researched, with uncanny historical detail covering burial customs, famous last words, and more than four hundred medical and historical illustrations from throughout the ages, Final Exits is more than just a trivia book. It is a portrait in words and numbers of human fate.