Newsletter - Archive  Apr 12, 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. 27	·····Lydia Birk·- Breakfast Bytes Editor	April 12, 2010

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Minutes from 4/7/10 Rotary Meeting
Contributed by Pat Imperato

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Guests included: Ray Hubb; Lisa Lander; Bob Hyfield's son Darren; Pat Parr's son Robert; Anne Marie Hamilton, coordinator of the O.R. Oral History project (guest of Kathy McNally); and Bo Harris proposed new member (John Wheeler sponsor).

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Announcements:
Jim Bradbury said that additional money had been given by IFA to buy dictionaries for Scott County

Dub said that there was enough support for 7-11 drawing to name a new Paul Harris Fellow and that there might be enough for a second person to be chosen if a few more contributors pool their donations for the 7-11 fund.

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Rooster:Tales ($71 + $3 from our speaker who was happy to be invited to speak)
Parker was in Augusta so Tom Lakers first took the podium as the rooster substitute but was replaced by David Mosby once he arrived:

Happy dollars were contributed by:
• Kelly Callison for his 3 yr. old twins,
• John Iacovino's wine and cheese party at the Homeland café on Monday 4/12 at 6 PM presented by the Ducal Order of the Cross of Burgundy. $55 per guest includes wine and food.
• Pat Parr's neck is improving steadily
• Gene Caldwell reported Ben Adams is recovering from surgery
• David Harris celebrated his 30th Anniversary
• Pat Postma's delightful garden

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Program:

·Corinna Lain from the faculty of University of Richmond Law School spoke about Constitutional Law - Does it Matter? She used the example of how the Supreme Court has changed its position on the death penalty for juveniles and the mentally retarded related to the ban on cruel and unusual punishment between 1989 and 2005 to reflect changing public opinion on the subjects that affect individual supreme court justices' political views and policy preferences. In 1989, the public believed more strongly in the death penalty than it does today. The Supreme Court can use different methodologies based on preferences influenced by public opinion in deciding cases.

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