November 8, 2012Ditto Edition

MAKE UP SITESMONDAY

NOON•Wood River—St. John

UCC, WR•Jerseyville—Peace

United Church6 PM

•Alton-Godfrey—AltonSports Tap

•Bethalto—Spirit Hall

TUESDAYNOON

•Collinsville—HolidayInn

•Granite City—NiedringhausMethodist

•Highland—Michael’sRestaurant

WEDNESDAYNOON

•Goshen—LCCC Center,Edwardsville

THURSDAYNOON

•Riverbend—Mac’s TimeOut Lounge, 315Belle St.

•Edwardsville—FirstChristian

FRIDAYNOON

•Troy, Silver Creek—Pizza Man

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Wellness atWellSpringKelli K. introduced her guest, Kelly Medland of Well SpringResources. Well Spring is a mental health and substanceabuse agency in Alton, formerly known as CommunityCounseling Center. The name was changed to eliminate thestigma of counseling and to focus on wellness.Service include:* Outpatient Counseling* Community Support (counselors who go to the person inneed).*Services for adults with severe mental health issues: in homeor in group homes.* Senior services including a caretaker program that providesrelief and support for people who are caring for a senior adult intheir home.* Substance abuse services: alcohol, drugs, DUI*Methodone distribution and monitoring.* New services including partnering with local schools.

News, Notes, and NonsenseTwenty-six Rotarians gathered to dine on BBQ pork sandwiches,Mac & Cheese, and fixins last week. After spending some timetuning the bell, Rhonda called the meeting to order (her first time).We pledged to the invisible flag as we began our meeting.

Virgil was actually in the house.

Roger reported that $1360 has been raised so far for the chilisupper, with a number of tickets still outstanding.

Brad reported that we had 12 on the trolly for the EA Halloweenparade. Two of them were out scholarship students.

The Turkey fund can was going around. We are up to $80 so far.

Lori was celebrating her 30th wedding anniversary and Ron wascelebrating his ?? birthday.

Diane and Brad P. took a shot at the $75 50/50 pot. It continues togrow.

PROGRAMTODAY

Brad LaviteAmy Wilkenson

Primary Sources: SIUE

NEXT WEEKPaul Hoover

BIRTHDAYS

Upcoming Events11-22: Thanksgiving--No noon meeting.12-15: Bell Ringing12-20: ChristmasParty.12-27: No Meeting

CLUB OFFICERSPRESIDENTEric Barger

PRESIDENT -ELECTRhonda PluesterSECRETARYLori PalmerTREASURERCory GallivanDIRECTORSCLUB SERVICEPaul Hoover

VOCATIONAL SERVICEBrad Lavite

COMMUNITY SERVICEMark Allison

INTERNATIONAL SERVICERod Croxford

NEW GENERATIONSRhonda Pluester

NEW MEMBERSHIPKelli Keller

FUNDRAISINGAllen Hale

SERGEANT AT ARMSRick Hooks

BANNER EDITORLarry Lacher

CLUB ARCHIVESRick Hooks

FOUNDATION OFFICERSPRESIDENTErin PhillipsTREASURER

Mark SpecialeSECRETARY

Rose Sebastian

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*Is it the Truth?

*Is it Fair to all concerned?

*Will it Build Goodwill andbetter Friendships?

*Will it be Beneficial to allconcerned?

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Club ArchivesNovember 16, 2006

-Brad P. was our prez-elect, Lori our Secretaryand Allen our Treasurer.-Pat presented aFlorissant MU.-Mark V. had the solutionfor a basketball coachthat needed an edge.-Cory reported that Allfour scholarship studentshad been selected.-Larry reported on his tripto India to officiate at awedding, on "Indiantime".-Paul was on time for hiswedding. It was not inIndia. maybe Indiana?-Dick and Rick had theirchance for the 50-50. Nosuccess.-The Christmas Partywould be held onDecember 7th at Martha'sTea Room.-Prez Debbie will soon becalling for officernominations.

UN Day PromotesPeaceNearly 1,000 Rotarians,

UN officials, Rotary youthprogram participants, andguests gathered at theUnited Nations in NewYork City on 3 Novemberto hear panelists discussways to advance globalpeace.The annual Rotary-UN

Day event drew slightlyfewer people than usualthis year because ofdisruptions caused byHurricane Sandy, whichhad slammed into theNortheastern United Statesseveral days earlier. Butthose who were able toattend celebrated therelationship between thetwo organizations, whichdates back to 1945, whenRotary members acted asdelegates, advisers, andconsultants to the UnitedNations Charterconference.During the opening

panel, RI President SakujiTanaka said therelationship between thetwo organizations is anatural and enduringconnection because bothare committed to peace.“I truly believe that the

world today is a betterplace with Rotary and the

United nations in it,”Tanaka said. “Neither theUnited Nations nor Rotaryis in a position to solve allof humanity’s problems.But that is not our goal.Our goal is simply to makethings better. We take whatwe have, and do what wecan.”Tanaka, who chose the

RI theme of PeaceThrough Service for hisyear in office, said there isa connection betweenservice and peace. “It hasto do with caring for otherpeople and understandingtheir needs.”“When we recognize that

the purpose of our lives isbeing helpful to others, itchanges the way we feelabout other people,” hesaid. “If our goal is service,we do not want to argue orfight. We want to livetogether in peace, andhave greater inner peaceourselves.”Rotary Foundation

Trustee Chair Wilfrid J.Wilkinson asked attendeesto continue to advocate fora polio-free world and tokeep up the momentumtoward eradicating thedisease. In doing so, hesaid Rotary and the UN willbe building a world ofpeace.“We can create one of

the great miracles of polioeradication: days oftranquility, when thoseinvolved in an armedconflict call a cease-fire toallow children access tohealth care,” Wilkinsonsaid. “To save childrenfrom polio, we’veconvinced people to laydown their arms inAfghanistan, SouthernSudan, and Somalia.That’s something no oneelse has been able to do.And if that’s not practicingpeace, I don’t know whatis.”

Just For FunVisiting the modern art museum, a lady turned to an attendantstanding nearby.

"This, she said, "I suppose, is one of those hideous representationsyou call modern art?" "No, madam," replied the attendant. "Thatone's called a mirror."

A cop pulls a young guy over: "Hello officer" said the kid. "Youngman did you see that stop sign?" asked the cop. "Yup, but I didn'tsee you!"