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Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
Club President
Doreen Reitnauer
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ROTARY
THEME
2010 - 2011
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We welcome our visitors:
Roonie Brodie, MPH, from South Miami Hospital, guest of Asaad Masoud
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We are happy because:
Gabriel De Armas - happy for his son's first day at preschool
Fabio Fernandez - happy because he sold 3 cases of soda
Ed Fischer, Cathy Miller, Marty Rosen and others - happy for Dr. Mike Newman's birthday
Asaad Masoud - happy to have a potential member as a guest today
Otto Fuentes - happy to spend the weekend with his family in Houston
David Jacobs - happy as his younger daughter goes to senior prom, grad night, and off to college next year
Peter Wendschuh - happy to hear from Roy Gonas and he is doing well in the Ukraine
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It’s Your Turn to bring a DOOR PRIZE!
(in REVERSE alphabetical order unless a switch is requested)
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| Fuentes, Otto |
| April 12, 2011 |
Fischer, Ed |
| April 19, 2011 |
Fernandez, Fabio |
| April 26, 2011 |
Feliu, Horace |
| May 3, 2011 |
Downs, Darrell
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| May 10, 2011 |
Booker, Hampton |
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* * * A N N O U N C E M E N T S * * *
- The Foundation Board approved donation of $1,000 to the Japan Disaster Relief through Rotary International
- Bob Straile has applications for the next round of scholarships and will be forming a panel to review them
- A new fundraiser has been approved and Mike Mills will tell us about it at our next
- Diana Phillips is still hospitalized. She really appreciates cards but is not up to visitors yet.
- The Raffle prize is growing. No winner last week, the prize was up to $235.50. Come out and buy your tickets!
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DID YOU MISS A MEETING ‘BECAUSE YOU WERE AWAY?
Our club goal is 100% Attendance!
If you miss a meeting, it can be made-up within 2 weeks, before or
after, the missed meeting date.
For online make-ups:
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Visit www.ri6990.org to find a club to make up an absence.
Attendance credit for a 30-minute interactive club Web site activity offers an alternative to making up a meeting at another club.
To earn this credit, Rotarians log on to the site, read up on a range of subjects, post comments, & submit a form to the club secretary.
How to do a Make-Up On-Line via Rotary eClub One?
Perfect attendance is now possible for every Rotarian with computer access. Rotary’s eClub One is a full-service online charted Rotary Club. Meetings operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. What an easy way to make up for a meeting that you have missed! During the last Rotary year, Rotary eClub One welcomed more than 120,000 visitors from 161 countries. Of these, about 800 per week participated in one of eClub One’s meeting programs and applied for make-up credit.
Here’s what you have to do to earn make up credit. Go to
http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/eclub_list.pdf
It is mandatory that you spend at least 30 minutes on the website for qualify for a make-up credit. (Remember Rotarians are guided by the principles of the 4 Way Test).
For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally:
http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html
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NOTIFY Brett Trembly, RCSM Secretary
of ALL make-ups: b.trembly@gmail.com
| Meeting Functionaries |
| Invocation: |
Ed Fischer |
| Pledge: |
Jody Perlmutter |
| Visitors |
Otto Fuentes |
| Happy $: |
Wendy Lapidus |
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Four Way Test:
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Darrell Downs |
| Future Speakers: |
| April 12 |
Karen Aronowitz, United Teachers of Dade |
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| April 19 |
Nancy Martini, artist, Recycled Art Project |
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| April 26 |
Natalie Castellanos, Rotary Scholar |
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| May 3 |
Howard Simon, ACLU |
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| Mark Your Calendars: |
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| April 4 |
Board Meeting, 6:00 PM, First National Bank of South Miami |
| June 18 |
Installation Dinner |
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Rotary Club of South Miami, Inc. Board of Directors:
Fabio Fernandez, Lakitsia Gaines, Linda Kaplan, Asaad Masoud, Michael Mills, Diana Phillips, Charles Ruiz de Castilla, Britt Steinhardt, Karen Vassell, Felipe Vidal
www.southmiamirotary.org
Rotary Foundation of South Miami, Inc. Board of Directors:
Doreen Reitnauer, Raquel Hickey, Pansy Graham, Brett Trembly, Fabio Fernandez – Foundation Treasurer, Diana Phillips, Linda Kaplan, Charles Ruiz de Castilla
Rotary District 6990:
www.ri6990.org / 305-860-8060
District Governor Douglas Maymon
World Organizaion:
www.rotary.org
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Mission Statement
The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leader.
THE 4-WAY TEST OF THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR DO:
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Is it the TRUTH?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
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Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"
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Benefits of Being A Rotarian (Membership)
Rotary membership provides the opportunity to:
¨ Become connected to your community.
¨ Work with others in addressing community needs.
¨ Interact with other professionals in your community;
¨ Assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts.
¨ Establish contacts with an international network of professionals.
¨ Develop leadership skills. Involve family in promoting service efforts.
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Renewing or Joining
To Renew ($275) or to become a New Member ($325) contact
Asaad Massoud at www.racharters.com
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Fundraisers
Interested in putting together a fundraiser?
Contact Club Fundraising Chair Wendy Lapidus at wendylapidus@bellsouth.net
Service Projects
Interested in helping others?
Contact Club Service Chair Linda Kaplan at lk@lindakaplan.com
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Our Speaker Today:
Dr. Gerald "Jerry" Schumm
School Historian, Ponce de Leon Middle School
Jerry is working on a project to complete the history of Ponce de Leon Middle School, and shared with us interesting facts about the history of the school as well as raising awareness of the project. He is now retired, after a diversified career which including teaching at the school, and is speaking to as many people who attended the school (especially in the early years) as possible.
We learned a lot about the history of this school, which originally was a High School, including:
- Students who first entered Ponce de Leon High School came from the surrounding areas of Larkin, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove and Silver Bluff
- The site for the new school was selected because it was inexpensive property
- Construction of the first three buildings began in 1925 and studentes entered in 1926
- The first three buildings constructed on the campus were the Administration Building, Gymnasium and Home Economics Building. The Home Economics building has been torn down, the other two remain
- At Ponce de Leon High School, fraternities and sororities flourished, even though they were illegal
- In 1950, Coral Gables Senior High was established and Ponce de Leon became a middle school
- Ponce de Leon High School was originally known as the Cavaliers, but the name was given to Coral Gables Senior High
- In 1950, Ponce de Leon Junior High School became known as "The Blue Devils", perhaps because Principal Rath went to Duke
- Ponce de Leon remained a Junior High School for 40 years, then in 1990 became a Middle School
- "The Galleon" is the name of the Ponce de Leon Yearbook
- Some noted graduates include Coral Gables Mayors, Keith Phillips, George Corrigan; Coral Gables City Commissioners William Kerdyk, Chip Whithers, Ralph Cabrera; Dante Fascell, Janet Reno, Astronaut on 1983 Spaceship Columbia, Bill Lenoir; Jazz Pianist, George Winston; NFL San Francisco 49's, Frank Gore
- If you attended Ponce de Leon, or know someone who did, and may have a yearbook, other article of interest, or stories from the early years, please contact Jerry Schumm at Jerschumm@aol.com
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