May 3, 2009
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This Week
 May 5 -
Craft Talk
- North from Alaska with Ken Coonrad.
This Week’s Service Team
Service
– Susan Cooper & Guy Lynch
Greeter
– Anne Green
Pledge – Edmee Marcek
Inspirational – Sean Mullaly
Fellowship - Dennis Ortwein
Next Week
May 12 - TBA
Mark Your Calendar
Kideract Schedule –
For
the upcoming schedule, click
here. Your presence is always welcome.
Rotary Fundraisers –
For
a listing of the fundraisers/events for the District 5300 and its clubs, click here. Get contact
information and download forms and brochures.
April 28 – Club Assembly
– Vicki gave an update regarding The Affair
to Remember.
 Kideracters from Ronzone Elementary – A group of well-spoken 5th
graders came to speak to us about their Kideract experiences, along with
their Kideract teacher, Michelle Walls, and their principal, Brett
Boone. LVNW Rotary has been involved
with Kideract for 7 years now, adding the second elementary school 4 years
ago. Everyone who participates,
Rotarians, outside speakers, students, feels it is a most worthwhile program.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests
Aside from the guest speakers from Ronzone, we had
no other guests or visiting Rotarians.
Other News and Announcements
 The Affair to Remember – An amazing night to remember. Attendance
at this year’s fundraiser far surpassed expectations with notable guests such
as Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and U.S. Senator John Ensign. Rotary
District 5300 Governor Eugene Hernandez and Past District Governor Charles
Barr also graced this affair. The Rotaract Club of Las Vegas, led by Amanda Hurst, assisted us
with ushering guests to the right place. We can safely say that no one was
lost.
There was a variety of hors d'œurves passed around and plenty of art for sale at the silent
and live auctions. The music was fantastic, and the view from the World Market Center
was to die for.
Half of the proceeds will
go towards the Rotary Club of Las Vegas Northwest’s foundation to aid women
and children in need and the other half to the Nevada Aids Project to help
research AIDS and provide assistance to those afflicted with it.
We’re all looking forward
to the final results so we can get started on our next fundraising event to
support our mission of aiding women and children in need. Kudos to all who
worked on making this a night to remember.
International Service Month
 by Dennis Ortwein
International Service offers us a wide window to
explore, but because a major part of this theme is promotion of the R.I.
Convention, and because this is the Centennial year of same, let's take a
short historical look at it.
In 1910, 60 inspired Rotarians convened in Chicago. What they started has now become an eagerly
anticipated annual tradition attended by tens of thousands of Rotarians from
around the globe. The 1910 Convention
in Edinburgh, the first held outside of the United States, adopted the fourth
object of Rotary: To promote the
advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace. At the l947 Convention in San Francisco, attendees mourned the recent
death of founder Paul Harris and celebrated the new Rotary Foundation
Fellowships program. In 2005,
Rotarians celebrated Rotary's centennial with a parade through downtown Chicago.
This year offers an opportunity to be part of
history and celebrate the 100th R.I. Convention. It will be held in late June, right in the
heart of merrye aulde England. Since hosting the Convention in 1984, Birmingham has become a
lively canal city known for its outstanding shopping and dining. It is a modern pedestrian-friendly city
that retains traces of its medieval and industrial age roots.
Common responses to Convention afterglow are:
1. Realizing both
that we are citizens of the world and Rotary's place in it.
2. Understanding the
unlimited potential in Paul Harris's dream of a world at peace.
3. Knowing you can
travel to any other country and have a friend to call on.
Even if you can't attend, take a peek in your
Rotarian or on 2009 R.I. Convention.com.
Pretty amazing.
 Sapphire Level Paul Harris Fellows
– Lynn and Richard
Peterson have reached the
Sapphire Level as Paul Harris Fellows.
Congratulations, Rich and Lynn!
Rotary Benefactor – Ken Coonrad received his Rotary
Benefactor pin. Just as a reminder,
this means that Rotary is named in his will for at least $10,000. Thank you, Ken.
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Discussion
Quotes by Famous People – Courtesy of Dennis Ortwein
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to
myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'- Lillian Carter (mother
of Jimmy Carter)
I had a rose named after me and I was very
flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: -
'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.' - Eleanor Roosevelt
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman
I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to
withdraw that statement. - Mark Twain
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good
beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as
possible. - George Burns
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only
once a year. - Victor Borge
Be careful about reading health books. You may die
of a misprint. - Mark Twain
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll
become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates
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