MADISONVILLE KY ROTARY NEWSLETTER FOR WEEK OF              February 06, 2008

GUESTS - Judy Moore, guest of Dr. Rhoads

BIRTHDAYS / ANNIVERSARYS / SPECIAL EVENTS - Tom Batsel was celebrating a Birthday and his parents 70th Wedding Anniversary. Gary Scott was celebrating his 48th birthday. Blis Powell had a special announcement about his Grandson. He’ll be attending West Point and playing football. Miss Elsie led us in our singing of “Congratulations” to our fellow Rotarians.

ANNOUNCEMENTS - The Auction committee met before the regular meeting on Wednesday. Yes, it soon will be Auction time! Together we can make Rotary Auction 2008 the best yet! Let’s all do our part in contributing time and talents to the cause. We all have a responsibility to our club. Some club members have already signed up on the work schedule. Contact Shane Fortner, Sandi Brooks, or Charlie Willett to see what you can do to help!

If you have an upcoming program, but do not have a guest speaker, Kent has a Rotary DVD that can be used for an informational program.

Don’t forget to purchase your tickets to play in the Texas Holdem Tournament for School Counts! It’s sponsored by People Plus, Inc. on February 22 at 6 PM at the Hopkins County Fairgrounds. The Rotary Club has a table and James Barrett has the tickets to sell at $100 each. For more information call Ron Sanders at 825-8939. The black tie optional grand gala celebration for School Couhts! With all the glamour of Hollywood will take place Saturday, February 23 at 7 PM at the Madisonville Golf and Country Club. Tickets can be purchased for $25 per person for this event. Marion Miller, Sharon Smith, and Chaun Castleberry have tickets available to you for this. There are only 1000 Raffle tickets at $50 each for the choice of the 3 vehicles. Be sure to mark your calendar for this event!

Get your School Counts! Gala Tickets today! Get your Texas Holdem Tickets today! Get your Raffle ticket today! Time is fast approaching for the BIG EVENT! Remember, Dr. Rhoads told us she is cautiously comfortable about reaching the goal for School Counts! There is an anonymous donor who will match all donations up to $150,000 if we get the $150,000 by June 2008. We have come to far not to reach this goal.

Harriett Whitaker, Madisonville-Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President said she has a few seats available to those who would like to join her at 12:45 PM on February 20th on a Charter bus going to Frankfort for a Legislative reception. It’s $40 per person, for more information contact the Chamber office at 821-3435.

Contact Margo Scott if you are interested in purchasing Rotary apparel. She is currently looking for a new style to sport at this year’s auction. If you have a preference, please talk with her.

MADISONVILLE ROTARY HISTORY MOMENT - Our Historian, Blis Powell was in attendance at Wednesday’s Rotary Club meeting. Blis told an old favorite story of his about the time he was making up a Rotary meeting in Bowling Green. This was about fifty years ago and a Rotarian named Duncan Hines introduced him to the Bowling Green Club.

PROGRAM - Michael Hunt was responsible for the program. Michael introduced Mary Chandler, Kitty Davis, Carol Phebus and Jeremy Teal the adult leaders of the Jr. Leadership Academy. The Jr. Leadership Academy was the dream child of Michael, Mary and Kitty when they participated in the Leadership of Hopkins County class. This is the 10th class to participate in the Jr. Leadership Academy. The hand picked 5th, 8th, and 11th grade students have 6 meetings throughout the school year. After lunch, they were going to the GE Plant. This reporter was very impressed with how polite and knowledgeable each child was when they introduced themselves and spoke about the different activities they had participated in and places they had visited. I was very proud to look upon these students and know that they are our future leaders. Jr. Leadership Graduation will be at the Chamber at 1 PM on March 4th. “Ask Michael Hunt if he’s smarter than a 5th grader?”

Upcoming Programs/Events - According the program schedule… February 13, it’s up to Michael McCauley and Lisa Miller. We are scheduled to have a speaker from the new Courageous Kids Camp.