PITTSFIELD ROTARY CLUB   2-13-08

Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser for the Community Center…..February 21….That’s THURSDAY!!!!!    4:00 TO 6:30 P.M.     They need all the support you can give.  Tickets are available from Helen, Chuck and Shirley…. If you don’t get your ticket from them, you can still come and purchase tickets at the door….(and if you can’t come, your donation will be gratefully accepted……)

Visitor: Greg Liesen, Principal at Western High School.

Tom Moore lead singing, with Linda Bradshaw playing piano.

It was reported: ‘The InterAct meeting last week went well  with about 12 students attending the lst meeting.   Next meeting will be February 28 at 2:38 p.m. at Pikeland High School.’

Reality Store:  March 13…..make your plans to participate now and be ready to sign up to assist on February 20^th……This activity has been very helpful to the students attending and we can use all the help you can give. Rotarians participating in the past have all  had a excellent, and memorable,  experience.. It will be at the John Wood Pittsfield facility.

The Rotary Literacy Grant, which our club had received, needs input of ideas as just how to utilize the grant.  Get your valuable, worthwhile ideas to the Literacy Chairperson:  Connie Schroeder.

Ron Short reported that the GSE team is to be here on April 22-24. Details of their local visit are still being worked out. It has been suggested touring of Sprague’ Lodge…Andy Sprague was a Rotary  GSE Team member to Brazil several years ago.

Program:  Violet Shulman gave her own program….a chronology of her Uncle, Matt Ross, who grew up in southern Iowa, migrated to Kansas, became a Rotarian  and ended up a very important and productive businessman in Overland Park, Kansas.

He was married to his wife for over 75 years, was  responsible for much of the growth of Overland Park, operating several businesses.

The town thought so much of his help for the entire area that they named their huge Community Building for him.

Violet gave us so much information about his accomplishments, I did not get them all down…however, he did one thing for us in Pittsfield….he installed the value of giving of ones’ self to the community in his niece, Violet….and she has truly continued his legacy in ‘Service Above Self’….here in Pike County.   Thanks, ‘Uncle Matt’, for providing such an example that your niece, Violet, has truly continued in the same manner as you!

Excellent program, Violet….