From: Harry Wright <hwright@adams.net>

Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:39 AM

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Subject: Rotary 3-16

Categories: Rotary

PITTSFIELD ROTARY CLUB 3-16-2011

Student Guests, Pleasant Hill: Brittini Clendeny, dughter of Mike and Penny.She is in Vollyball, Softball, Blue Crew, FFA.FAC, Senior Class Community Service, Helps with American Legion dinners, works at Bob's Red Fox grocery, Plans on going to JWCC-Blessing Hospital in Nursing.

David Scott Campbell, son of Scott and Kelly. He is on Student Council, FACS, Football, Baseball,QuizBowl, Sr. Class Officer, FFA, 4-H, works at Clendenny-Jones Garage, likes to hunt and fish, will attend JWCC then Blessing School of Radiology.

Make-ups: Gina made up at the Board Meeting.

President Dan Borrowman has applications for a Rotary Credit Card if anyone is interested. Profits from this card will go to the Rotary Foundation.

He reported that Diego is going to the Prom (didn't say who with), also he went to the State BasketBall Tournament in Peoria.

Rotary Reality Day was a real eye-opener for the over 180 students that attended. Thanks to all who helped, especially Kent Wasson and Julie Plattner for their leadership. The kids reported tht they learned a lot about the future and that they enjoyed the experience.

We have yet to get a date for the GSE Team. The District Team Coordinator is supposed to let Dan know.

The Rotary District Assembly will be at Jacksonville. This is a Leadership Training and they would like all Officers and committee heads to attend, if possible. You can pick up a lot of ideas at this Assembly. It is April16. Please try to attend if at all possible. It will be at the Gamble Center at MacMurry College.

Dan Mefford was looking for a person to help a 40 year old man to learn to read. It was referred to Diana Holt at JWCC, who is in charge of the learning to read program at JWCC.

Program: President Dan introduced Carla Morrisson, Librarian for Unit 10 High School.

Carla is a product of JWCC, graduating in the very First Graduating Class in 1975.

She said reading is very important in students lives. It is hard, however, to get and keep books in a school library. Wear and tear is a problem...50 times out and a book is very worn. Cost of books is going up and the amount of dollars allocated is limited.

A new program where authors write 'on-lin', and students have the opportunity to have dialog with them , is a real opportunity to get students interested in both reading and writing.

There are 2658 Fiction books at the HS library, an average of 450 are taken out in any one day. 80 to 85 percent of these have been published in the past 5years.

The Covers of a book have a great influence on whether a book is chosen. An interesting cover will be picked in favor of an un-interesting one. 'Skinny' (thin) books are favored over this ones....and sport and mystry books are favored over others.

Carla reported that the 'readers' furnished by Rotary are going to be very helpful to many students who have trouble with small print in books.

The library is always busy, since teachers still give reading assignments....

Thanks, Carla, for informing us about the High School Library....