Sweet Smell of Success

The 2012 Bake sale is in the books.  Our Rotary Club held it's annual Bake Sale to raise money for our Rotary Scholarship fund.  For many years, the Rotary Scholarships have been helping to fund the educational needs of graduating seniors.  Recipients can apply during their senior year at Danville Community High school   The scholarships are then paid after completing their first semester of college.  This years sale was a success and we are still accepting donations for our scholarship fund.  Please, if you were unable to attend, consider making a contribution.  Any amount would be beneficial.  You can make the check payable to the Danville Rotary Club Foundation.  You can give the checks to Ron B., Henry, Suzanne or Greg.

The evening was beautiful weather.  Suzanne and Dave Whicker were gracious hosts again this year.  There was plenty of time to socialize before the sale.  As bidders arrived, our inventory of desserts grew.  There was a surprise gift that was dropped off, but more about that later.  Once Stephenie and Brandon arrived following a Danville win for the 7th grade boys football game (hint... Happy Dollar), things began to rock.

Stephenie, Brandon and Jerry got us kicked off to a bang.  The first item went for over $100.  Most items that evening brought over $100 for our cause.  We have learned over the years, that some beer and wine before the auction helps loosen the purse strings.  Chief Gill was the high bidder on the mystery gift that was dropped off.  There is just something funny about the cop getting a box of donuts.  Pies, cakes and cookies were all well represented.  Even though Rex and Sharon were unable to attend; they sent their proxies.  Flory and Jim Phillips were bidding on their behalf.  We are happy for all donations, no matter who was bidding.

How many Pollocks does it take to provide entertainment for a bake sale?  Just one, and we are happy that Jerry brought his energy and good spirits.  Thank you Jerry for helping and thanks to Stephenie Brandon and the Whickers.  And a very special Thank you to our bidders.

The shirts that were ordered have arrived.  We will have them at the meeting this Thursday.  Please make sure that you pick up your shirt and settle up with the treasurer.

Reminder:  There is a board meeting this Thursday morning at Court House Grounds at 7:30am

Visit from our District Governor

District Governor Craig Sherman is wrapping up this last few club visits for 2012-2013.  Thursday was his visit at the Danville Club.   DG Craig made several observations to the club about Rotary.  He suggested that we look at Rotary as a business.  A business that has its members and members of the community as its customers.  We customers get good service they tell everyone.  And people speak loudest about what they believe in.  Believe in Rotary and share the good news.  Rotary is a benefit to others beyond its own members.  Craig suggests that we all tell our Rotary Story.  Telling our story helps to close the gap between what we know about Rotary and what the public knows about Rotary.  Craig ended with encouraging us to continue to support the Rotary Foundation and the fight to end polio.  Check out www.endpolionow.org

This weeks meeting will not be a noon meeting.  Instead, you and your spouse, neighbor, sister, cousin, or co-worker are invited to share in our Annual Bake Sale to support our Scholarship fund.  Our scholarship are given to Danville Community Highschool Seniors.  These kids can really use our support.  Brad will be supplying the BBQ and Rotarians are asked to bring a side to share and a fabulous  Baked good that will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.  We promise to only run up the bid on most of you.

Be looking for a Fantasy Football update Tuesday or Wednesday from the "Cromissioner"  Rumor is that he is having a hard time keeping his EYE on the BALL.

New Years Resolutions...

Attention:  Our regular meeting will be held at North Salem State Bank's Community Room at their Old Farm location.  Please remind every Rotarian that you see.  

First and foremost, I want to thank each of you for a great turn out for the Year End Celebration.  The evening was full of celebration.  We celebrated a successful Rotary year lead by Rex Dugan.  We were happy to have some of our scholarship winners and their families attending this wonderful night with us.  The club made a presentation of $500 to Shared Blessings for cooking our pork steaks for us.  They also walked away with lots of goodies that we Rotarians donated to the food pantry.  We presented a check for $7996.06 to Sycamore Services from our annual Harold Martin Open Golf Outing.  Rex presented the Lois J Arnold Award to Judge David Coleman and the Presidents Award to Brad Borne for all the work that he has done feeding a hungry crew each week.  Amy and Greg, recognized the Paul Harris Fellows that were in attendance and those that have had perfect attendance.  Greg wanted to make sure that the past leaders of our club were recognized for their had work at laying the foundation that we call the Danville Rotary Club today.  Greg outlined his resolutions for 2012-2013.  The highlights are:  Increase Membership by 4 Net new members, have more than 5 Club Members attend the District Conference in October, make sure that all committees meet at least once per trimester and become a partner with the other 3 clubs in the county


Note:  During our research on Past Presidents, I inadvertently left out Robert "Bob" Pearcy by mistake.  He was club President from 1963 to 1964.  Bob we are so proud of you, please accept our apologies for this error. I am honored to carry on with this newsletter that Bob started may years ago.


We were honored to have District Governor Nancy Madru attend along with Assistant Governor Les Pence and Leota Rutledge.  The Danville Rotary Club achieved $100 per ca pita giving to the Rotary Foundation for 2011-2012.  

This week we will be having the first Board Meeting for the new year.  Each of you are encouraged to attend.  If you would like to know more about what is going on, I would encourage you to attend.  If you need a make-up, I would encourage you to attend.  The meeting will be held at Courthouse Grounds on Thursday at 7:30am.

This week we will have a sign-up sheet going around for this coming years program chairs.  Please sign up for your week of "Fame".  One of the Avenues of Service in Rotary is Vocation.  Each of you are encourage to share information about your vocation and how you can help the club and community during your 10 minutes of fame.

Vocational Service

 Vocational Service involves club members serving others through their professions and aspiring to high ethical standards. Rotarians, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations, and they inspire others in the process.

Special thanks to Suzanne, Flory, Ron and Rex for putting on a great New Years Party!

On the Wings of Rotary and NASA

Program:  John McBride introduced, Danville's very own, Rick Crosslin.  Rick has been working with a grant from NASA and WLFI to study models and flight.  With doing so, they created a video program called Wings Over Indiana.  Rick went on to tell us about Indiana's rich history in aviation.  This work has lead to Rick earning 4 Emmy's.  Watch Rick's video's here.  Rick also developed a model plane called the FPG9.  Learn how to make your own here.


Announcements:   Roses:  Remember that you can still order your roses for your assistant or your sweetie.  You can order those at www.danvillerotaryclub.com or HERE.  This is an important fundraiser that goes to scholarships for our highschool seniors.  Please participate.

Membership:  Membership Happy Hour: This will be Friday May 4th at Court House Grounds from 4 - 6pm.  Drinks, snacks and prospective new Rotary members.  The Danville Rotary Club is providing the drinks and snacks.... You need to provide the prospective members.   Invite a friend, colleague, or neighbor to join us.

Community Service Project:  Dave Coleman has put together a work day for our Rotary Club.  The date for this is Saturday May 12th.  More information is to follow.


Golf Outing:  You can now go on line through our website, www.danvillerotaryclub.com and register your 4some or become a sponsor.  This is right around the corner.... make sure that you are involved.

New Member Orientation:  The date for the orientation has changed... the new date is May 10th at Judge Coleman's courtroom.  It will be held at 7:30am and will take about an hour.  If you have any questions, please contact Neal Pearcy.

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