Tuesday, March 28, 2006
CLUB HUB
MARCH 22, 2006
KENT STEWARD RETIRED FDA NUTRTIONIST SPECIALIST GAVE A MOST INTERESTING TALK. DID YOU KNOW THAT ANY CHEMICAL IS A POISON AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. ARSENIC IS NEEDED BY OUR BODIES AT A VERY LOW LEVEL, BUT CAN BE A POISON AT A HIGHER LEVEL. ONLY 1% OF THE WORLD'S PLANTS ARE EDIBLE. THE MAD HATER IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND HAD MERCURY POISIONING FROM THE THE FELT USED IN HIS HAT. BACTERIAL AND VIRAL CONTAMINATES SUCH AS BOTOXIAN CAUSE 76 MILLION CASES OF ILLNESS A YEAR AND 5,000 DEATHS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT ILLNESS. WASH HANDS BEFORE AND AFTER PREPARING OR EATING FOOD. KEEP COLD FOOD COLD AND HOT FOOD HOT. MANY INTERESTING QUESTIONS FOLLOWED.
LOOT BOOT CHRIS CURRENS, "BEST WAFFLES IN TOWN ARE IN THE CAPITOL GRILL." KAREN RIMA STILL HAS FEW TICKETS. BEN FORD REMEMBERED FRANK BEYNON AND WILL CHECK IN ON HIM LATER TODAY. JASON STANFORD, "THANKED JERRY CONN FOR A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THE MARCH SPEAKERS." CAMILLE MILLER, "GENERAL PRINCIPLE". SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK TO RESERVE ROOMS FOR THE DISTRICT CONVENTION. THE PLAYHOUSE FUND RAISER WILL SERVE AS ATTENDANCE FOR OUR WEDNESDAY MEETING. DAVID URIBE ENCOURAGED ALL TO ATTEND THE APRIL 1 DISTRICT TRAINING. SUZANN MEDELEY THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE PROJECTOR FOR THE SPEAKER. PHYLLIS SHARP ASKED EVERYONE TO SELL DRAWING TICKETS FOR THE KIRK ROOT RING. CARLETON TURNER WILL TAKE TICKETS TO A ROTARY MEETING. SHE ALSO ASKED ROTARIANS TO BRING IN THEIR SILENT AUCTION ITEMS TO THE WEDNESDAY MEETINGS.
MARCH 29 SPEAKER JERRY TAPLEY, MARKETING TO CHINA
PRAYER PHYLLIS SHARP, PLEGE JASON STANFORD, FOUR WAY TEST PATRICK REINHART
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO GO FOR TRAINING
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD
APRIL 8 11TH STREET CLEAN UP, 12-1 PM, MEET AT THE CORNER 11TH/SAN JACINTO
APRIL 19 FUND RAISER, NO MORNING MEETING, EVENT COUNTS FOR ATTENCANCE
APRIL 28 DISTRICT CONVENTION
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
PHYLLIS SHARP
MARCH 22, 2006
KENT STEWARD RETIRED FDA NUTRTIONIST SPECIALIST GAVE A MOST INTERESTING TALK. DID YOU KNOW THAT ANY CHEMICAL IS A POISON AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. ARSENIC IS NEEDED BY OUR BODIES AT A VERY LOW LEVEL, BUT CAN BE A POISON AT A HIGHER LEVEL. ONLY 1% OF THE WORLD'S PLANTS ARE EDIBLE. THE MAD HATER IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND HAD MERCURY POISIONING FROM THE THE FELT USED IN HIS HAT. BACTERIAL AND VIRAL CONTAMINATES SUCH AS BOTOXIAN CAUSE 76 MILLION CASES OF ILLNESS A YEAR AND 5,000 DEATHS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT ILLNESS. WASH HANDS BEFORE AND AFTER PREPARING OR EATING FOOD. KEEP COLD FOOD COLD AND HOT FOOD HOT. MANY INTERESTING QUESTIONS FOLLOWED.
LOOT BOOT CHRIS CURRENS, "BEST WAFFLES IN TOWN ARE IN THE CAPITOL GRILL." KAREN RIMA STILL HAS FEW TICKETS. BEN FORD REMEMBERED FRANK BEYNON AND WILL CHECK IN ON HIM LATER TODAY. JASON STANFORD, "THANKED JERRY CONN FOR A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THE MARCH SPEAKERS." CAMILLE MILLER, "GENERAL PRINCIPLE". SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK TO RESERVE ROOMS FOR THE DISTRICT CONVENTION. THE PLAYHOUSE FUND RAISER WILL SERVE AS ATTENDANCE FOR OUR WEDNESDAY MEETING. DAVID URIBE ENCOURAGED ALL TO ATTEND THE APRIL 1 DISTRICT TRAINING. SUZANN MEDELEY THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE PROJECTOR FOR THE SPEAKER. PHYLLIS SHARP ASKED EVERYONE TO SELL DRAWING TICKETS FOR THE KIRK ROOT RING. CARLETON TURNER WILL TAKE TICKETS TO A ROTARY MEETING. SHE ALSO ASKED ROTARIANS TO BRING IN THEIR SILENT AUCTION ITEMS TO THE WEDNESDAY MEETINGS.
MARCH 29 SPEAKER JERRY TAPLEY, MARKETING TO CHINA
PRAYER PHYLLIS SHARP, PLEGE JASON STANFORD, FOUR WAY TEST PATRICK REINHART
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO GO FOR TRAINING
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD
APRIL 8 11TH STREET CLEAN UP, 12-1 PM, MEET AT THE CORNER 11TH/SAN JACINTO
APRIL 19 FUND RAISER, NO MORNING MEETING, EVENT COUNTS FOR ATTENCANCE
APRIL 28 DISTRICT CONVENTION
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
PHYLLIS SHARP
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
CLUB HUB
MARCH 15, 2006
DON TONER STAGE MANGER, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF THE AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE SPOKE TO US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PLAYHOUSE. THE BUILDING WAS FIRST A FLYING TRAINING CENTER IN WORLD WAR 1. THE MAJESTIC PATNERS RENOVATED IT KEEPING THE ORIGINAL ATMOSPHERE. THREE YEARS AGO IT OPENED AND IS NOW IN THEIR SIXTH SEASON. RECENTLY THEY OPENED THEIR SECOND STAGE WHICH SEATS 75. THIS STAGE WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT NEW TEXAS PLAYWRITES AND THEIR WORK. THE NEW THEATER WILL BE NAMED FOR LARRY KING, AUTHOR OF "THE BEST LITTLE WHORE HOUSE IN TEXAS" AND THE WINNER OF THE BOOK ENDS AWARD A THE LAST TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL. CARLETON TURNER THANKED HIM FOR ALL HIS HELP HE HAS GIVEN US TOWARDS OUR FIRST FUND RAISER. THANK YOU JERRY CONN FOR INTRODUCING OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
LOOT BOOT: JASON STANFORD GAVE IN SUPPORT OF BOB HUNTER LAST SPECIAL SESSION. RICHARD FATHEREE ACKNOWLEDGED THE FIRE DIASTER IN THE PANHANDLE. MARY GORDON SPENCE WEARING THE TOPAZ RING THAT IS OUR DRAWING ITEM FELT SURELY SHE WOULD WIN. BOB MCVEY GAVE PRAISE TO THE DPS FOR THEIR GREAT FIRST RESPOND TEAM. PHYLLIS SHARP THANKED THE ENTIRE GROUP FOR THEIR GREAT WORK ON THE FUND RAISER AND CARLETON TURNER FOR LEADING THE MEETING. KAREN RIMA HAS ABOUT 20 TICKETS LEFT FOR THE PLAY IF ANYONE NEEDS EXTRA.
CLUB BUSINESS: CARLETON TURNER AND DAVID URIBE WILL BE TRADING OFFICES FOR THE NEXT YEAR. DAVID URIBE WILL BE PRESIDENT AND CARLETON TURNER WILL BE PRESIDENT ELECT. THIS WILL GET THE CLUB ON A SCHDULE WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
FUND RAISER: PHYLLIS SHARP PASSED OUT PICTURES OF THE RING SO THAT MEMBERS COULD USE IT WHEN SELLING DRAWING TICKETS. SHE ASKED THAT MEMBERS WHO ARE INCLINED GET TOGETHER, GO OUT AND SELL TICKETS TO GROUPS OR IN FRONT OF STORES. SHE NEEDS PEOPLE TO GO TO OTHER CLUBS AND SELL OUR TICKETS.
MARCH 22 MEETING SPEAKER KENT STEWART RETIRED FDA NUTRITION SPECIALIST PRAYER CHRIS CURRENS PLEDGE GRANT SPARKS 4 WAY KAREN RIMA
MARCH 29 SPEAKER JERRY TAPLEY 3M MARKETING "MARKETING TO CHINA"
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY, KILEEN, ALL OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS ATTEND
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD KHOUSE
APRIL 8 STREET CLEAN UP CORNER OF SAN JACINTO AND 11TH
APRIL 19 AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE FUND RAISER
APRIL 28 DISTRICT CONVENTION SAN ANTONIO
Service Above Self
Phyliss Sharp
MARCH 15, 2006
DON TONER STAGE MANGER, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF THE AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE SPOKE TO US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PLAYHOUSE. THE BUILDING WAS FIRST A FLYING TRAINING CENTER IN WORLD WAR 1. THE MAJESTIC PATNERS RENOVATED IT KEEPING THE ORIGINAL ATMOSPHERE. THREE YEARS AGO IT OPENED AND IS NOW IN THEIR SIXTH SEASON. RECENTLY THEY OPENED THEIR SECOND STAGE WHICH SEATS 75. THIS STAGE WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT NEW TEXAS PLAYWRITES AND THEIR WORK. THE NEW THEATER WILL BE NAMED FOR LARRY KING, AUTHOR OF "THE BEST LITTLE WHORE HOUSE IN TEXAS" AND THE WINNER OF THE BOOK ENDS AWARD A THE LAST TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL. CARLETON TURNER THANKED HIM FOR ALL HIS HELP HE HAS GIVEN US TOWARDS OUR FIRST FUND RAISER. THANK YOU JERRY CONN FOR INTRODUCING OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
LOOT BOOT: JASON STANFORD GAVE IN SUPPORT OF BOB HUNTER LAST SPECIAL SESSION. RICHARD FATHEREE ACKNOWLEDGED THE FIRE DIASTER IN THE PANHANDLE. MARY GORDON SPENCE WEARING THE TOPAZ RING THAT IS OUR DRAWING ITEM FELT SURELY SHE WOULD WIN. BOB MCVEY GAVE PRAISE TO THE DPS FOR THEIR GREAT FIRST RESPOND TEAM. PHYLLIS SHARP THANKED THE ENTIRE GROUP FOR THEIR GREAT WORK ON THE FUND RAISER AND CARLETON TURNER FOR LEADING THE MEETING. KAREN RIMA HAS ABOUT 20 TICKETS LEFT FOR THE PLAY IF ANYONE NEEDS EXTRA.
CLUB BUSINESS: CARLETON TURNER AND DAVID URIBE WILL BE TRADING OFFICES FOR THE NEXT YEAR. DAVID URIBE WILL BE PRESIDENT AND CARLETON TURNER WILL BE PRESIDENT ELECT. THIS WILL GET THE CLUB ON A SCHDULE WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
FUND RAISER: PHYLLIS SHARP PASSED OUT PICTURES OF THE RING SO THAT MEMBERS COULD USE IT WHEN SELLING DRAWING TICKETS. SHE ASKED THAT MEMBERS WHO ARE INCLINED GET TOGETHER, GO OUT AND SELL TICKETS TO GROUPS OR IN FRONT OF STORES. SHE NEEDS PEOPLE TO GO TO OTHER CLUBS AND SELL OUR TICKETS.
MARCH 22 MEETING SPEAKER KENT STEWART RETIRED FDA NUTRITION SPECIALIST PRAYER CHRIS CURRENS PLEDGE GRANT SPARKS 4 WAY KAREN RIMA
MARCH 29 SPEAKER JERRY TAPLEY 3M MARKETING "MARKETING TO CHINA"
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY, KILEEN, ALL OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS ATTEND
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD KHOUSE
APRIL 8 STREET CLEAN UP CORNER OF SAN JACINTO AND 11TH
APRIL 19 AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE FUND RAISER
APRIL 28 DISTRICT CONVENTION SAN ANTONIO
Service Above Self
Phyliss Sharp
CLUB HUB
MARCH 8, 2006
VICTORIA CORCORAN, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR WOMEN'S ADVOCACY PROJECT, SPOKE TO THE GROUP, MANY INTERESTING POINTS WERE MADE. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF INJURY TO WOMEN IN THE US. THE FBI REPORTS 1.5 MILLION WOMEN EXPERIENCE SPOUSAL ABUSE. THAT FIGURE IS DOWN SIXTY-ONE PERCENT OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. TEXAS HAS SEEN AN EIGHTEEN PERCENT RISE DURING THE SAME PERIOD. HER GROUP SUPPORTS TWO MAJOR FACTORS WHICH HELP WOMEN (MEN) LEAVE AN ABUSIVE SITUATION. THE FIRST IS HELPING PEOPLE GET LEGALLY SEPARATED AND THE OTHER IS FINDING A WAY FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS IN TRAVIS COUNTY ARE EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE PROGRAMS AND THE NEWEST IS TEEN JUSTICE INITIATIVE. FAMILY VIOLENCE LEGAL HOTLINE IS (800) 374-HOPE.
LOOT BOOT RICHARD FATHEREE IS RECOVERING FROM SHOULDER SURGERY. BILL DAVIDSON IS IN THE RUN-OFF FOR JUDGE. JASON STAFFORD'S CLIENT, CHRIS BELL, WON THE THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. JASON EARL IS IN THE RUN-OFF FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE. CAMILLE MILLER THANKED CARLETON TURNER FOR PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING.
CLUB BUSINESS KAREN RIMA HAS THIRTY TICKETS LEFT TO SELL FOR THE FUND RAISER. PHYLLIS SHARP PASSED OUT DRAWING TICKETS FOR THE TEN MILLIMETER BLUE TOPAZ RING FROM C. KIRK ROOT DESIGN. EACH WEEK PEOPLE WHO TURN IN MONEY FOR TEN TICKETS WILL BE ADDED TO THE WEEKLY DRAWING, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO TURN IN AN AUCTION ITEM. CONGRATULATIONS TO BEN BEDNER FOR WINNING THE DRAWING THIS WEEK!
MARCH15 MEETING DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE DON TONER
PRAYER RICHARD FATHEREE, PLEDGE CARLETON TURNER, 4 WAY LAWRENCE TAYLOR
MARCH 23-26 PETS @DFW
MARCH 23 BORDER HEALTH MEETING AUSTIN
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY KILEEN, CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
APRIL 19 FUND FUND RAISER AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE
APRIL 28-30 DISTRICT CONVENTION SAN ANTONIO
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
PHYLLIS SHARP
MARCH 8, 2006
VICTORIA CORCORAN, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR WOMEN'S ADVOCACY PROJECT, SPOKE TO THE GROUP, MANY INTERESTING POINTS WERE MADE. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF INJURY TO WOMEN IN THE US. THE FBI REPORTS 1.5 MILLION WOMEN EXPERIENCE SPOUSAL ABUSE. THAT FIGURE IS DOWN SIXTY-ONE PERCENT OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. TEXAS HAS SEEN AN EIGHTEEN PERCENT RISE DURING THE SAME PERIOD. HER GROUP SUPPORTS TWO MAJOR FACTORS WHICH HELP WOMEN (MEN) LEAVE AN ABUSIVE SITUATION. THE FIRST IS HELPING PEOPLE GET LEGALLY SEPARATED AND THE OTHER IS FINDING A WAY FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS IN TRAVIS COUNTY ARE EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE PROGRAMS AND THE NEWEST IS TEEN JUSTICE INITIATIVE. FAMILY VIOLENCE LEGAL HOTLINE IS (800) 374-HOPE.
LOOT BOOT RICHARD FATHEREE IS RECOVERING FROM SHOULDER SURGERY. BILL DAVIDSON IS IN THE RUN-OFF FOR JUDGE. JASON STAFFORD'S CLIENT, CHRIS BELL, WON THE THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. JASON EARL IS IN THE RUN-OFF FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE. CAMILLE MILLER THANKED CARLETON TURNER FOR PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING.
CLUB BUSINESS KAREN RIMA HAS THIRTY TICKETS LEFT TO SELL FOR THE FUND RAISER. PHYLLIS SHARP PASSED OUT DRAWING TICKETS FOR THE TEN MILLIMETER BLUE TOPAZ RING FROM C. KIRK ROOT DESIGN. EACH WEEK PEOPLE WHO TURN IN MONEY FOR TEN TICKETS WILL BE ADDED TO THE WEEKLY DRAWING, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO TURN IN AN AUCTION ITEM. CONGRATULATIONS TO BEN BEDNER FOR WINNING THE DRAWING THIS WEEK!
MARCH15 MEETING DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE DON TONER
PRAYER RICHARD FATHEREE, PLEDGE CARLETON TURNER, 4 WAY LAWRENCE TAYLOR
MARCH 23-26 PETS @DFW
MARCH 23 BORDER HEALTH MEETING AUSTIN
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY KILEEN, CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
APRIL 19 FUND FUND RAISER AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE
APRIL 28-30 DISTRICT CONVENTION SAN ANTONIO
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
PHYLLIS SHARP
Monday, March 06, 2006
CLUB HUB
MARCH 1, 2006
CHARLIE YATES SPOKE TO THE CLUB ABOUT 2006 CELEBRATE TEXAS. CELEBRATE TEXAS MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE EDUACATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THE HISTOY OF TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE. HE SHARED THAT THE THE EARLY TEXIANS USUALLY WERE LEAVING A BAD SITUATION, LOOKING FOR A NEW CHANCE. TEXAS IS THE LAND OF THE "GREAT SECOND CHANCE." HE SHARED MANY INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT TEXAS. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE MAN FROM THE ALAMO THAT RECEIVED A CHRISTIAN BURIAL. HIS BROTHER WHO FOUGHT FOR SANTA ANNA ASKED FOR HIS BROTHER'S BODY SO THAT HE COULD BURY HIM. CELEBRATE TEXAS MAIN EVENTS ARE AT THE STATE CEMETERY AND CAPITOL. FOR MORE INFORMATION www.CELEBRATETEXAS.ORG
LOOT BOOT: MANY DOLLARS WERE GIVEN FOR FRANK AND CAROLINE BEYNON'S PRESENCE. FRANK AND CAROLINE'S GRANDDAUGHTER RECEIVED HER ARTIFICIAL LEGS AT BRACKENRIDGE AND WAS FEATURED ON KXAN. AFTER A VISIT HOME, LAWRENCE TAYLOR IS GLAD TO BE BACK ON TEXAS SOIL. SALLY HANNERS SHARED THAT HER SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ARE INVOLVED IN THE START OF A CAMP FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN PORT ARANSAS. ARANSAS ZOO WAS THE RECEIPIENT OF OVER $200,000 RAISED LAST WEEKEND. SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT MANY OF THE CABINS WERE DECORATED BY AREA ROTARY CLUBS.
CLUB BUSINESS: THANK YOU CARLETON TURNER FOR PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING. HE REMINDED THE MEMBERS TO SIGN UP FOR THE DISTRICT CONVENTION IN SAN ANTONIO APRIL 28-30. RESERVE ROOMS BY MARCH 27 FOR THE $119 RATE ON THE RIVERWALK. KAREN RIMA HAS ONLY A FEW MEMBERS WHO NEED TO BUY TICKETS. REACH HER AT KAREN RIMA, 6207 SHADOW MOUNTAIN DR.,AUSTIN TX, 78731; (512) 797-7011. SALLY HANNERS WON THE THE DRAWING FOR SILENT AUCTION ITEMS TURNED IN AT THE MEETING. CARLETON TURNER ANNOUNCED THAT OUR FIRST DINNER AT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WOULD BE THE FIRST THURSDAY IN APRIL.
MARCH 8 MEETING
MARCH 23-26 PETS @ DFW;
MARCH 23 BORDER HEALTH MEETING AUSTIN
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY KELLEN, CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
APRIL 19 FUND RAISER AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
APRIL 28-30 DISTRICT CONVENTION SAN ANTONIO
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
PHYLLIS SHARP
MARCH 1, 2006
CHARLIE YATES SPOKE TO THE CLUB ABOUT 2006 CELEBRATE TEXAS. CELEBRATE TEXAS MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE EDUACATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THE HISTOY OF TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE. HE SHARED THAT THE THE EARLY TEXIANS USUALLY WERE LEAVING A BAD SITUATION, LOOKING FOR A NEW CHANCE. TEXAS IS THE LAND OF THE "GREAT SECOND CHANCE." HE SHARED MANY INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT TEXAS. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE MAN FROM THE ALAMO THAT RECEIVED A CHRISTIAN BURIAL. HIS BROTHER WHO FOUGHT FOR SANTA ANNA ASKED FOR HIS BROTHER'S BODY SO THAT HE COULD BURY HIM. CELEBRATE TEXAS MAIN EVENTS ARE AT THE STATE CEMETERY AND CAPITOL. FOR MORE INFORMATION www.CELEBRATETEXAS.ORG
LOOT BOOT: MANY DOLLARS WERE GIVEN FOR FRANK AND CAROLINE BEYNON'S PRESENCE. FRANK AND CAROLINE'S GRANDDAUGHTER RECEIVED HER ARTIFICIAL LEGS AT BRACKENRIDGE AND WAS FEATURED ON KXAN. AFTER A VISIT HOME, LAWRENCE TAYLOR IS GLAD TO BE BACK ON TEXAS SOIL. SALLY HANNERS SHARED THAT HER SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ARE INVOLVED IN THE START OF A CAMP FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN PORT ARANSAS. ARANSAS ZOO WAS THE RECEIPIENT OF OVER $200,000 RAISED LAST WEEKEND. SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT MANY OF THE CABINS WERE DECORATED BY AREA ROTARY CLUBS.
CLUB BUSINESS: THANK YOU CARLETON TURNER FOR PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING. HE REMINDED THE MEMBERS TO SIGN UP FOR THE DISTRICT CONVENTION IN SAN ANTONIO APRIL 28-30. RESERVE ROOMS BY MARCH 27 FOR THE $119 RATE ON THE RIVERWALK. KAREN RIMA HAS ONLY A FEW MEMBERS WHO NEED TO BUY TICKETS. REACH HER AT KAREN RIMA, 6207 SHADOW MOUNTAIN DR.,AUSTIN TX, 78731; (512) 797-7011. SALLY HANNERS WON THE THE DRAWING FOR SILENT AUCTION ITEMS TURNED IN AT THE MEETING. CARLETON TURNER ANNOUNCED THAT OUR FIRST DINNER AT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WOULD BE THE FIRST THURSDAY IN APRIL.
MARCH 8 MEETING
MARCH 23-26 PETS @ DFW;
MARCH 23 BORDER HEALTH MEETING AUSTIN
APRIL 1 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY KELLEN, CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
APRIL 19 FUND RAISER AUSTIN PLAYHOUSE
APRIL 6 FIRST DINNER SERVED AT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
APRIL 28-30 DISTRICT CONVENTION SAN ANTONIO
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
PHYLLIS SHARP
