Pittsfield Rotary Club……11-28-07

Hawaiian Shirts were present on many Rotarians, per El Presidente’s request…..The place was quite colorful…complete with flowered leis…..not to mention the fancy Hawaiian Nut necklace worn by Bobette….

Student Guests from Griggsville-Perry:

Jessica Voss, daughter of Mike and Sheila.  She will be going to Western Illinois Univ. for a MA degree in Communications and Biology.  Currently a cheerleader, place volleyball, National Honor Society president, Senior class president, Volunteers at Pac-Head Start, and in SADD.  Wants to be a a speech teacher in Elementary school.

Lauren Becker, daughter of Tina and Jeff Rezba.  She is on the Quiz Bowl team, National Honor Society, inn Upward Bound, works at Pizza Hut as a waitress,  wants to go to John Wood and become a Graphic Designer.

Becky McCartney reminded us of the Rotary Christmas Party on the 11^th.  Starts at 6:00 p.m. at the Crossroads…. Take the number to tags you wan from those she brought from the high school’s request, bring the presents unwrapped, with tags attached,, and the children (or you) will give them to the wonderful Santa Claus ythat o(of course) will be present.

Roberta reported that over 7,000 pounds of deer meat have  already been processed, with another big weekend before us… This is MORE than was processed all of last year.   Our Rotary Club has given $750.00 to assist with the processing costs. 

The food pantries expects to have all of it distributed by the end of the year.

Thanks to David Fuhler and WBBAS, also Barry Firemen and Chris Little, sufficient freezer space has been found to accommodate all the frozen meet (for now)… They would still accept workable, free freezers….to help hold extra meat that might be achieved during the rest of the deer season.

The hunters have been very generous in donating the deer that they have harvested.

Program:  Randy introduced Michelle Westmas, who spoke on the current project of providing a  skate board park for county skaters….which is being promoted by the Pike County Skaters’ organization. 

She gave a very informative presentation on how, why and what it takes to get this project up and running.