BRIDGEWATER ROTARY CLUB — 2007-2008
Karen McNeal, PresidentJoe Griffith, President-Elect
Jim Eaton, Secretary
Holly Ratwani, Treasurer
Jeff McNeal, Sergeant-at-Arms
Marvin Smith, Historian
Nancy St. John, Immediate Past-President / DIRECTORS
Jeff McNeal, Club Administration
Sally Jane Conner, Service Projects Peggy Duhamel, Rotary Foundation
Ken Overway, Public Relations
Bruce Barlow, Public Relations
Johna McFarland, Membership
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PHF / Barlow, Bruce (Marty) ~
Berbes, Chuck (Rosetta)
Brightbill, David
Conner, Sally Jane
Douglas, Dale B. (Phyllis)
Duhamel, Peggy ~
Eaton, James W. (Mary) ~
Evans, Dorothy
Fawley, Gerald (Ethel) ~
Flory, John S. Jr.
Frazier, Forrest L. (Freddie)
Geisert, Wayne F.
Griffith, Joe (Cheryl) ~
Hoge, Betty
Johnson, John (Rhonda)
Kleier, Maxene
Layman, Ellen K. ~
Magenhofer, Karl
Martin, Betty B.
May, Bob (Loreen) ~
McDonald, Robert M. (Mary Lee)
McFadden, W. Robert
McFarland, Johna (Paul) ~
McNeal, Jeff (Elizabeth) ~ / PHF
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PHF / McNeal, Karen
McQuilkin, Charlette (David) ~
Michael, Bert (Cindy)
Miller, Clifford L. ~
Moore, Samuel P. (Beverly) ~
Overway, Ken (Lori)
Pascarella, David V. (Claudia)
Pearson, Andrew (Maureen)
Plecker, Dan (Stephany) ~
Propst, Alan
Ratwani, Holly C. (Zubin)
Richardson, Grant A. (Teresa)
St. John, Nancy ~
Smith, Ashley (David)
Smith, Marvin R. (Patricia)
Smith, Wayne L. (Mary Lou)
Towers, Clayton (Jackie)
Trout, Nancy ~
Ulrich, Dale V. (Claire)
VanPelt, Ann E. ~
Whitelow, Carlyle
Wine, Douglas (Linda)
Young, Edward M. (Judy)
Zigler, Carl (Madaline)
PHF = Paul Harris Fellow / * = Honorary Member
~ = Paul Harris Sustaining Member
2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL/DISTRICT OFFICERS
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Canada - President, Rotary International
Byron A. Brill - District Governor, District 7570
Lisa Gallagher-Landes - Assistant District Governor, Area 3, District 7570
THE WHEEL
The weekly newsletter of the
Rotary Club of Bridgewater, Virginia
Admitted to Rotary International on June 13, 1938
Club No. 5747 – District No. 7570
The Four Way Test of the Things
We Think, Say or Do:
1) Is it the TRUTH?
2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
February 5, 2008 – World Understanding Month
Tonight . . .
Greeter –
Dinner
Call to Order – President Karen McNeal
Rotary Minute –
The Four-Way Test – President Karen McNeal
Song – Marvin Smith
Pledge – Marvin Smith
Invocation
Introduction of Guests – Secretary Jim Eaton
Happy Dollars – $7 Last week
Business –
Birthdays – Forrest Frazier, Feb. 8
Gerald Fawley. Feb. 10
Anniversaries –
Program – Dr. David McQuilkin, “Russia in the 21st Century”
Adjournment – President Karen McNeal
January 29th Meeting . . .
Attendance:
Bridgewater Rotarians 32
Visiting Rotarians Guy Didawick, Staunton 1
Guests Whit Menefee, Doady Didawick, David Nichols, Bob Holton 4
Rotary Minute: Peggy Duhamel gave us information about the visiting GSE team’s home country of Brazil. It is the fifth-largest country in the world and home to 186 million people. Johnna McFarland told us some about Janice Rodriguez, whom she and her husband Paul will host when the team arrives in March.
Program: Bob Holton, assisted by David Nichols, gave a presentation on political leadership and how it has changed over recent decades. Citing Abraham Lincoln as an example, Bob contrasted past leaders’ willingness to do what they believed to be right, even if that meant going against popular opinion, with leaders today who seem to have the ability to lead but not the willingness to do so because they are too swayed by the views of the majority. He thinks the rise of political parties and special interest groups, the influence of money in politics, and changing public expectations about what government should do and how it should work have led to a situation in which outside groups, not elected officials, make policy.
Service Above Self 2007-2008 . . .
Paul Harris Fellowships – Sustainer & Happy Dollar contributions total $1,052 to date
Bridgewater Area Food Pantry – Christmas in July (86 pounds of grocery items and $131 cash). Collected $402 at the Christmas Banquet
Oakdale Park – Stained picnic tables at shelter #2
Bridgewater College faculty and student trip to Niger – Gave $500 support
Highway Cleanup – October
Food for the Poor, Inc. – Gave $500 in honor of DG Byron Brill and his wife Kathy
Dictionary Project – Gave dictionaries to 3rd graders at John Wayland, Ottobine, and Blue Ridge Christian Schools and to students in the Intensive English Program at Dayton Learning Center
Election Day Pancake Dinner – served 728 patrons
Longaberger Basket Bingo – nearly 70 players
Nelson Huffman and Jack Wages Rotary Scholarships – Provide financial assistance for four Bridgewater College students during 2007-2008
Big Brothers Big Sisters – Club contributed $250 for Bowling for Kids’ Sake
Looking Ahead . . . Please let Marvin Smith know what your program will be so it can be publicized in the Daily News-Record.
February 12 – Valentine Banquet
February 19 – Marvin Smith
February 26 – Bert Michael
March 4 – 5:15 Board Meeting; Club Assembly
March 11 – Spaghetti Supper
March 18 – Robert McFadden
March 25 – GSE Team
April 1 – 5:15 Board Meeting; Cliff Miller
Makeup Opportunities . . .Day and Time / Club and Location
Monday, 11:45 a.m. / Harrisonburg (Spotswood Country Club)
Tuesday, 7:00 a.m.
Tuesday, 7:00 a.m.
Tuesday, 7:00 a.m.
Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. / Rockingham (Spotswood Country Club)
Broadway-Timberville (Town & Country, Timberville)
Waynesboro-E. Augusta (Summit Square Ret. Home)
Staunton (Holiday Inn)
Wednesday, 7:00 a.m.
Wednesday, noon / Staunton-Augusta (Rowe’s Restaurant)
New Market (Shenvalee Lodge)
Thursday, noon
Thursday, noon / Harrisonburg-Massanutten (Holiday Inn)
Waynesboro (Summit Square Retirement Home)
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