Take me out to the ball game...

A very enthusiastic Danny O'Malia was our speaker representing the Indianapolis Indiana's as one of their speakers bureau. He started by telling us the colorful history of one of the first pitchers "Only" Nolan, Telling us about Hank Aaron being one of the Indians "Clowns" other of the famous names that have gone though the Indians Roger Maris, 41-20 is the current and best record as of today.

185,000 people attended games last year, Bush stadium was named after Donnie Bush in 1967 after having two previous names. He gave away a couple sets of free tickets.

Special thanks to Suzanne for taking notes this week.

Terry trying to explain his past.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Jenny Pearcy family for the loss of her father and to the Dave Coleman family for the loss of his Uncle.

Board Meeting will be this Thursday the 13th and it will be held at NSSB's conference room.

Steak for the winners!!!!

I think he pulled a fast one!

Drive for Show, Putt for Dough

Greg Zusan trying to find the pin.

This week was our very own Harold Martin Open.  110 golfers descended on Twin Bridges Golf course.  The beer carts were full of liquid refreshments.  The beer cart drivers (The Hotties and the Cougars) were assigned to parts of the course.  There was a lot of smack talk among the drivers both of the beer carts and those with clubs in the hand.  As golfers arrived, everyone was signing in, purchasing last minute muliagain's, raffle tickets, and the 50/50.  After lunch, golfers hit the putting green and awaited the shotgun start.

Greg VanLaere and Pat Cockrum spoke briefly to the golfers about Rotary and Sycamore Services.  Buford followed up with some rules of the road for our attendees.  The weather held off and it was a great day on the links.  Golfers were laughing and carring on, while others were chasing down the beer cart.  Par or better was the suggestion.  Some say that golf is a wonderful walk spoiled by a little white ball.

I was happy to put together a team of the Hendricks County Rotary Club Presidents.  Greg Zusan, Max Hank, Scott Norris and myself.  It was great Rotary fellowship and quite the swan song as we wrap up our year of leading our clubs.  As the day wound down, golfers made their way back to the club house for the 50/50 and the raffle.  Heath Allen and Flory Phillips lead a active golf outing committee to a successful outing.  Thanks to all who worked to make this a success.

Tonight at the Danville Town Hall Meeting, the Town of Danville made the Mayberry Cafe a landmark, announced that May 20th will be forever a local holiday with parades and laughing children, and gave Brad and Christine the Keys to the Town... well maybe that is not how it all went down, but Brad and Christine were recognized for their assistance in attracting tourists to the Danville community.  Way to go Brad and Christina.

It's a new track record!!!!

Thursday we're very proud to announce our newest member Susan Repert. Sue was asked to join the club by Jerry Weed and a few other Rotarians.  We are glad that Sue is excited to join our club. 

This week Jade was our speaker host. Jade brought in Wally Levitt from the IMS Radio Network. Wally talked about the tight ship he runs at Indycar Radio. Wally lines up talent for the shows and from time to time, let the personalities go.  They are the largest radio network and are on over 380 stations.   Wally explained that the action for Indycar is non stop action, but with Nascar you have time to spell each drivers name because they craw along the track. You can listen and find out more at www.indycarradio.com

There is still time to order Roses. You can even pay for them online from our website.  Order your today to help our scholarships.  Www.danvillerotaryclub.com

Public Works has started working on the site for the Rotary Clock project.  They have torn down the brick wall, ran wiring and poured concrete.  Things are moving along. See photos.

We had 5 Rotarians attend PETS AND COTS training this weekend.  Ideas were shared and plans have started to take place to improve our club. Tracie and Ron attended a session on PR. Neal attended a breakout on membership. Greg, Ron and Suzanne attended a session on setting club goals and tracking those goals through the Rotary Website.  Danville was also honored to have two of our Interact officers attend some of the breakout sessions also. Alayna Bolen and Heather Siller were asked to present at these breakouts.  They provided insite into the workings of an Interact club and encouragement to other clubs to start an Interact Club.

The Harold Martin Open is off to a good start.  Heath, Flory and the team are doing a great job getting everyone excited about raising funds.  Some teams are pulling out to an early lead, while some are still trying to find their balls. Don't forget,  the tickets that you picked up at the last meeting are 6 tickets for $5.00.  All ticket sales, sponsorships,  and players will help your team win a steak dinner.  Check out the wall for who is on your team. You might want to even introduce your self to your team Captain if you are on Doug Catt's team. Lol

Relay in the Lead

Back in Time

Time to get back in the swing of things after a week off from Rotary.  Just because there was no meeting last week does not mean that the gears of Rotary come to a standstill.  There is plenty of news going on.  

At our last meeting, JR Hackelman had the program.  JR introduced his father-in-law Steve Johnson.  Most of us know Steve and were very happy to have him join us again.  Steve is one of those speakers that commands an audience.  As a former educator, when Steve speaks, you just can't help but to listen and obey.  When Steve speaks about his passions, he speaks from his heart.  This time of year is a big push for the organization that Steve and his wife spend time supporting.  Relay for Life is that organization.  Steve gave us a brief history of the Relay and that Danville's Relay continues to be the strongest.  There are may activities that you can join during the Relay.  These activities might be small in effort but the impact that can be gained from joining the cause is unequal.  Please follow this link for more information.     

Danville Rotary Club Rose Sale.

Administrative Assistants Day is around the corner.  It is time to promote and sell roses for our Scholarships.  These orders can be placed online from our club website.  www.danvillerotaryclub.com  You can copy and paste this link on your Facebook page, Twitter or your favorite social media outlet.  Paper forms are also available upon request.  Our club has also created the ability to pay for those roses through Paypal.  We already have several dozen orders.  Take action and get yours ordered today.  

Membership Committee

The Danville Rotary Club has great members.  Some of those members gather together to work on membership.  The afternoon following our last meeting, the Membership Committee got together.  They are putting together programs that will help and excite our club.  Make sure that you are doing your part to help. Charles, Charlie and Mark also attended the Brownsburg Club meeting on Thursday.  It is always great to have a good showing of Rotarians visiting other clubs.  If you ever want to attend another club meeting, just ask and someone will attend with you.  

Golf Outing

Mark Morgan is a man on a mission.  On a mission for Steak.  Mark has a Steak in the Harold Martin Open.  Mark has been spotted roaming around Danville and Avon getting hole sponsors and players to play in our outing. Way to go Mark (Thankfully we are on the same team... Go Mark)!  As I was updating our website to accept orders for Roses, I got the links working for golf sponsorships.  These can now be completed from our club website.  www.danvillerotaryclub.com   This warm weather makes everyone want to play golf, even Doug Catt.     

The Big Lock Up

Housing the Good and the Bad under the same roof.  For years, our County Sheriff's family lived in the same building as the local jail.  Today, over 1500 visitors per year walk the same halls as generations of past criminals and law enforcement.  The building today is the site of the Hendricks County Museum.  Harold Hiser was the program chair that brought in Sally Lawson and Deanna Hindsley to talk to us about the museum.  Sally and Deanna brought visual aids that dated back a hundred plus years.  She read a small excerpt from a dairy from one of the sheriff's wrote just as the news of the death of Abraham Lincoln made its way to Danville.  The Museum has undergone renovation of the years and runs on volunteers and donations from the community for support.  On April 11th, the Museum will hold its annual Gala for supporting the museum.

This past weekend, Ron and Greg attended PETS II.  Ron has stepped up to fill the roll of President Elect.  He has worked very hard to get up to speed for the coming year.  Ron rode up to Carmel with me and we had two hours to talk about Rotary and ideas for the club.

Also this last weekend, Neal and Bobbie Pearcy drove two eager students to Camp Techemsa for RYLA.

Tonya Hassler and Melissa Salerno, both Sophomores at Danville High School were our Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) scholarship recipients for 2013. 

Melissa and Tonya attended the Camp Tecumseh YMCA  leadership conference March 15 / 17th. The closing luncheon brought many group hugs as they said goodbye to new-found friends and a "never to be forgotten" lifetime experience. Thanks again to Neal and Bobbie.

Rose sale order forms are available now.  See Steph for details on ordering.  

Today the Avon, Danville and Plainfield Rotary clubs made a donation to Susie's Place.  Greg, Greg Zusan and Max Hank made the presentation of the check before the media and visitors.  Emily quipped that the funds would go towards snacks for the kids and officers.