Newsletter - Archive  Feb 22, 2010

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Tennessee's First Breakfast Club - Charles Crowe - President 2009-10 Rotary Club No. 3878 - Oak Ridge, Tennessee - District 6780 VOTED DISTRICT 6780 BEST ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER - 2007-2008
Volume 30 - No. 20	Lydia Birk - Breakfast Bytes Editor	February 22, 2010

 WORLD ROTARY DAY - FEBRUARY 23

Remember to look for the Rotary insert in the Oak Ridger this week.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to make this another success.  And special thanks to Karen Bridgeman for putting it together.

Notes from last week's ORBRC Meeting

by Faye Orick

Guests and visitors were introduced by Dave Coffee

Visitors from the Oak Ridge Rotary: Jim Charles and Harry Lillard

Visitor from Crystal City: Roy Cooper

Dick Davis guest wife Beverly Davis

Roger Olson guest Austin Lance

Courtney Henry guest Ray Hubb

Announcements:

Please remember to pay your dues, there are still a few dues outstanding.

A Board meeting to followed the morning meeting

The Rooster Collected $42

Auction: Emily Jernigan reminded everyone that the annual auction will be on  March 10^th beginning at 7 a.m. Please let Emily know the number of guests in advance to ensure enough food; Tom Lakers will give tips on bidding on larger items that are valued at a minimum of $300; Judi Gray is in charge of auction items valued at around $150

Awards: Martha Hobson presented Tony Lester with Paul Harris Fellow plus 3; Dick Davis with Paul Harris Fellow plus 1 and Beverly Davis was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow.

Martha Hobson announced that ORBC has been a star club every year since the inception of the star club.  To date we are behind $4,000 on this effort and need foundation donations to complete this effort.

Kelly Callison announced he has tickets for the Tribute to Literacy Luncheon to be held on March 18^th at the Oak Ridge High School.  Tickets are $40 each and the speaker is well known author, Terry Kay.

The Program:

Introduced by Robin Textor;  Ms. Katalin Illes, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from Hungary spoke to the club about her home country.  

DON'T FORGET 

ROTARY AUCTION - MARCH 10

Rember to bring your family and friends to the club meeting that day. Just RSVP by March 3 to let us know how many guests to plan for.

Items available for bid include:

• Dub Shultz will be giving an overview of a week at a condominium in Hawaii;
• Downtown Hardware is donating a Bob Villa heater.
• A "Handyman of the Day"
• A water skiing slalom event
• The "Party Girls", i.e. Pat Postma and Emily Jernigan are putting together a dinner for 12.
• The two "Johns" (John Iacovino and John Wheeler) will be hosting a wine tasting for 8 people.
• Lou Rabinowitz will prepare ravioli served with authentic Chianti.
• Tom Lakers showed a beautiful quilt which is handmade by his wife. For more information on the quilt, he suggested that members look on the website where it is featured.
• The second best Chinese cooks in the world (David McCoy, John Wheeler, and Tom Lakers) will be contributing a Dim Sum dinner for 20 people.
• Pat Postma is donating a stay in her condominium in Santa Fe, NM. This beautiful condo is right off the downtown area, close to many interesting attractions. Pat has agreed to provide the winner of this vacation accommodation with a list of things to do, see, and places to dine...all within walking distance of the condo.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AT AREA CLUBS
Club Name	Date	Program
Oak Ridge Rotary Club	2/25/10	John Bailey, Jr.  PDG (2004-2005) "Rotary Foundation and World Understanding."
Oak Ridge Sunset Club	3/01/10	Childrens Defense Fund Haley Farm
Oak Ridge Rotary Club	3/04/10	TBA
Oak Ridge Sunset Club	3/08/10	Tennessee Nature Conservancy