East Palestine Rotary News 

September 18, 2006

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
Winston Churchill

NEWS

  • No drawing today

  • Guests today:  Daniel, Mary Lou Meek & Michelle Podlesni

  • Happy/Sad bucks:  Laura is happy to be going on a cruise

  • The 1st annual Rotary Community Yard Sale was a success.  Our net profit was $426.99.  Thanks to Bonnie, Brian, Sandy & everyone else who helped.

  • If you took signs for the yard sale please remember to bring them to the meeting next week.  The signs belong to the church.

  • Saturday, October 7th is Comcast Cares Day.  Comcast has chosen our playground, Rainbow Dreamland as one of their projects.  Comcast employees and community volunteers will be renovating the playground including resealing, replacing broken boards, adding mulch, etc.  All Rotarians are welcome to attend.

  • Also, on October 7th Rotary Youth Soccer begins.  Justin Powers reports that approximately 50 more kids more than last year have signed up.  We will need to schedule the trailer for 6 weeks beginning October 7th.

  • The Exchange Student overnighter will be October 21st-22nd


PROGRAM

Our speaker today was Michelle Podlesni from Comfort Keepers.  Michelle discussed ways to age gracefully.  CLICK HERE for information on Michelle's Comfort Keepers franchise.


FUTURE PROGRAMS:

September 25th Club Assembly
October 2nd Laura Dailey
October 9th Cliff Dilling
October 16th Stephanie Elick

Click here to see the complete 2006-07 program list

Government Quotes of the Week

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
Will Rogers

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Lily Tomlin

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
James Russell Lowell

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
Barry Goldwater

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
Richard Lamm

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Sydney J. Harris

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Cullen Hightower

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
Karl Marx

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