MADISONVILLE KY ROTARY NEWSLETTER FOR WEEK OF              March 05, 2008

GUESTS - Andrew Mikovich and Greg Wassom of US Bank in Bowling Green, were guests of Allen Rudd. Prospective new member John Licht (Light) President and General Manager of Western Bluegrass Terminal located here in Madisonville.

BIRTHDAYS / ANNIVERSARYS / SPECIAL EVENTS - Alice and Ron Sanders celebrating People Plus 20th anniversary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS - Our deepest sympathy and prayers go out to Skip and Melinda McGaw in the loss of their twin sons. Also to the family of Woody Yonts. Woody passed away last week and was a former member of the Madisonville Rotary Club.

The auction solicitation sheet and the work sheet are making their way around the club. If you need to sign up, you can contact Shane Fortner.

Rotary Auction 2008! Let’s all do our part in contributing time and talents to the cause. We all have a responsibility to our club. Contact one of the Auction Co-chairs Charlie Willett, Sandi Brooks, or Shane Fortner and see what you can do to help!

Sharon Smith is the Blacksheep Chairperson for this year’s Rotary Auction. Sharon is asking each Rotarian who is able to donate $100 to Blacksheep. Michael Hunt handed Sharon a $100 bill! Thank you, Michael.

President Kent Waide recognized Danny Koeber for his 20 years of support for announcing during the Big Brothers/Big Sisters “Bowl for Kids Sake” as well as his announcing for Rotary Football and the Rotary Auction.

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

Contact Margo Scott if you are interested in purchasing Rotary apparel.

When you invite someone to Rotary, be sure to give them a brochure and an application to fill out.

MADISONVILLE ROTARY HISTORY MOMENT - Our Historian, Blis Powell was not in attendance at Wednesday’s Rotary Club meeting, to enlighten us with his colorful, comical and yet informative recollections of Rotary Days gone by! His absence was met with a smattering of applause, and then the meeting moved on. (Just teasing Blis).

PROGRAM - John Zieba and James Barritt were responsible for the program. Sandra Mefford the director for our local Big Brothers/Big Sisters agency, accepted a check and gave us a brief history of how Big Brothers/Big Sisters came to be in Madisonville. Bowl for Kids sake has been going on for over 20 years. It was started by Rush Hunt and Sonya Ferrell with nothing to start with. Allen Rudd recalled when the agency was started they wondered where they would find the kids, it didn’t take long to see that the kids were not the issue, it was where they would find the adults. Bowl for Kids Sake is set for April 26th. Averaging 130 teams (they could use 160 teams) normally around 700 people will bowl during this one day. Extra Parking will be available at the Lion’s Club, with shuttles provided. Sign up today to be on a team or contact Sandra to give a donation. To quote Daron Jordan about Big Brothers/Big Sisters you get more out of it than you could ever give.

Upcoming Programs/Events - According to the program schedule… March 12 is up to Jeanie Barnett and Frank Williams.