Rotary Club News

By Bob’s Substitute
Twenty (20) Rotarians including District Governor Betsy Owen and Assistant Governor Jean Meisenzahl attended the meeting of the Jupiter Palm Beach Gardens Rotary Club. President Ed Kent conducted the meeting of the newest Rotary club. Dr. Scott Hearing gave the Invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Dorla Leslie. Sandy Brown led the Four Way Test.
The Rotarian of the Week was Past President Don Flesher who was absent.
Birthday boy Steve Layton paid not to be sung to, but we did sing to Scott Hearing. Happy Birthday was also wished to Alan Fishman’s wife Libby. There were no wedding anniversaries.
Announcements:
• District Foundation /Membership Seminar is 9-1PM on Saturday August 23 Indian River State College, The Richardson Center at the Mueller Campus in Vero Beach.
• We want to grow a Fund Raiser that will be recognized by everyone as our Rotary Club Project.
Upcoming programs are
• August 19 Tom Boyhan-Jim Lewis on Peace Tree Project
• August 26 Club Assembly
• September 2, Club Fellowship in the Doubletree Restaurant due to renovation of regular meeting room
Tom Boyhan, Sergeant at Arms successfully collected Happy Dollars.
After fellowship time President Ed Kent introduced District Governor Betsey Owen. Betsy outlined her plans for the year. There are 30,000 children who die everyday of preventable causes Rotary’s theme of the year is Make Dreams True and encouraged us to make Dreams come True in our community and internationally. We must make this project to get a Presidential Citation. Many examples were cited. We have District matching funds because the Ambassadorial Scholar did not go to India and Florida canceled all public school teacher sabbaticals so our Teacher Scholar could not go. She said we had done a good job on obtaining simplified matching grants and hoped we would continue to apply. She stressed the importance of attending the Foundation Membership Seminar, the district meeting May 1,2, and 3 and the International Rotary meeting in Birmingham, England.
John Tague drew the 5 of clubs in our local Lottery!
Toast was made by Bill Pinter to the Rotary Clubs of Birmingham, England and Birmingham, Alabama.
Rotarian of the Week for the coming week is Lois Brenner Nickerson.
WE MISS BOB POTERE!
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By Bob’s Substitute
Eighteen (18) Rotarians and guests attended the meeting of the Jupiter Palm Beach Gardens Rotary Club. President Ed Kent conducted the meeting of the newest Rotary club and gave the Invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Nick Nickerson. John Tague led the Four Way Test.
The Rotarian of the Week was Past President Dan Carbone who said he was married to his lovely wife Amy who belongs to the Singer Island Club. He has three children, Laura, Chris and Bryan and two wonderful grandchildren. He joined Rotary in Saranac, N.Y.(The substitute hopes it is spelled correctly) He then belonged to Fort Lauderdale South and then was a charter member of Palm Beach Gardens. He is an attorney specializing in Estate Planning and Probate.
There were no birthdays or wedding anniversaries.
Announcements:
• Board of Directors will meet Thursday August 7 from 6:00pm to 7:00 PM. at Tom’s Smart Color on Indiantown Road near the bridge in Jupiter. Emphasis will be placed on Budget and the Club Fund Raiser. Committee chairs are reminded to report on ideas for this year.
• Rotary Youth Exchange Picnic will be held at Satellite Beach3-6PM Sunday August 10.
• . District Foundation /Membership Seminar is 9-1PM on Saturday August 23 Indian River Community College, The Richardson Center at the Mueller Campus in Vero Beach.
Upcoming programs are
• August 12 District Gov Betsy Owens will visit us next week
• August 19 Tom Boyhan-Jim Lewis on Peace Tree Project
• August 26 Club Assembly
Tom Boyhan, Sergeant at Arms, introduced Flora Beth Rivera and her mother Flora Rivers. Flora Beth was presented with the fourth and final$1000 check of the $4000 scholarship that had been awarded to her by the Jupiter Tequesta Breakfast Club. She graciously thanked the club for the check and said what a help it had been. She enjoyed attending the Rotary meetings. This past year she studied in France. She will be returning to Andrews where she is majoring in Psychology and minoring in French and Business.
Tom then successfully collected Happy Dollars.
After fellowship time Carol Sutton introduced our speaker Dr. Harlan C. Bieley on Healthy Aging. He stressed our brain is our best asset. His information was very informative and well received by the group. I hope we have all bought our Omega 3 and Vitamins C, D and B complex to save our brains. The analysis test to find out our deficiencies was very interesting. Harlan can be reached by phone at 561-842-7422 and on line at HealthyAgingMedicalCenter.com
Carol Sutton drew the 4 of clubs in our local Lottery!
Rotarian of the Week for the coming week is Don Flesher.
WE MISS BOB POTERE!
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By Bob’s Substitute
Nineteen (19) Rotarians and guest attended the meeting of the Jupiter Palm Beach Gardens Rotary Club. President Elect Harlan Pierce conducted the meeting of the newest Rotary club. Dr. Scott Hearing gave the Invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was led Charlie Horowitz. Dorla Leslie led the Four Way Test.
The Rotarian of the Week was Eddie Anker, who is still in New York so Harlan Pierce who was absent and missed his presentation last week gave his. He is dedicated to young people and has been involved with scouting for 35 years, mostly as a scout master. He is now a ranger at the Scout Camp is the next county. He told us how he enjoyed his camping experience in North Carolina. He also was a mechanic for the county for 32 years.
There were no birthdays. Alan Fishman and Bob Potere are celebrating wedding anniversaries. Tom Boyhan, Sergeant at Arms successfully collected Happy Dollars and amused us with happenings.
Board of Directors will meet Thursday August 7 from 6:00pm to 7:00 PM. Committee chairs are reminded to report on ideas for this year.
Upcoming programs are
• August 5 Carol Sutton-Harlan Bieley,MD, Brain Fitness “Your Best Asset-Your Brain”
• August 12 Rick Barnes- Peter Castello on Rotary Foundation
• August 19 Tom Boyhan-Jim Lewis on Peace Tree Project
Alan Fishman distributed by Email the new speaker Assignment list.
The Membership Word is Committees. Please sign up for one or more of the five committees: Public Relations, Club Administration, Rotary Foundation, Membership, and Service Projects.
After fellowship time Tom Boyhan introduced Karen Marcus who has served for 24 years as the County Commissioner for District 1. In spite of declining tax revenues Palm Beach County is in pretty good shape as they have managed to attract Scripps and Max Planck and have established this as a Bio Science Center which is regarded as No. 3 in the country. In addition we will still continue some agriculture as we are the No. 1 producer of sweet corn and tourism, but construction will decline. The current budget is 650 million of which 450 is the Sheriff’s Budget. She does think next year will be the toughest budget year and then things will begin to improve. Part of the problem is we are still paying for the first voting system purchased after 2004 and the second mandated by the state to leave a paper trail. She thought Florida needed a more equitable tax system rather than the property tax. She stressed the importance of updating your signature at voter registration and bringing a picture ID. Remember to Vote in August Primary
Lois Brenner Nickerson drew the 8 of clubs in our local Lottery!
Rotarian of the Week for the coming week is Dan Carbone.
WE MISS BOB POTERE!
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By Bob’s Substitute
Nineteen (19) Rotarians and guest attended the meeting of the Jupiter Palm Beach Gardens Rotary Club. President Ed Kent conducted the first club assembly of the newest Rotary club. Ed opened with the Invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was led Maryly Peck. Danielle Webel led the Four Way Test.
Ed Kent presented Dan Carbonne with his past president’s pin.
The Rotarian of the Week was Harlan Pierce who was absent. Interestingly, our guest was Dr. Harlan Bieley, who is scheduled to speak August 5 on Healthy Aging.
There were no birthdays or anniversaries. However, Lois Brenner-Nickerson finally admitted her birthday was tomorrow during Happy Dollar time by Tom Boyhan, Sergeant at Arms. Lois Brenner Nickerson drew the ten of hearts in our local Lottery!
Bill Pinter announced that the Zone meeting would be held in Fort Lauderdale this Saturday from 8 to 12. They need help with registration.
Alan Fishman said the new speaker Assignment list would be distributed shortly and would be through March.
The Rotary Youth Exchange is scheduled for August 10 3to 6PM at Pelican Beach in Satellite Beach.
The Membership Word is Participation. We are trying to provide more opportunities for all members to participate by having club assemblies and having regular committee meetings.
Joe Dudenhofer summarized the contributions of the clubs in the three Rotary Grant Project last year. The provision of solar power, water and education materials was wonderful. We can do even greater things in the coming year as one club.
Handbooks were distributed to all committee chairmen.
The club assembly was the first meetings for the five committees: Public Relations, Club Administration, Rotary Foundation, Membership, and Service Projects. I am happy to report that the Service Projects Committee was very productive and it appeared the other committees were working also.
Rotarian of the Week for the coming week is Eddie Anker who at last report was up north..
WE MISS BOB POTERE!
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By Bob’s Substitute
Twenty-one (21) Rotarians and guests attended meeting of the Jupiter Palm Beach Gardens Rotary Club. President Ed Kent conducted the regular meeting of the newest Rotary club. Invocation was given by Nick Nickerson. Pledge of Allegiance was led Bill Pinter. Lois Brenner-Nickerson led the Four Way Test.
The Rotarian of the Week was Maryly Peck who said her father, brother and son were dedicated Rotarians. She was the first woman member of the Winter Haven Rotary Club and a past president of that club. She has enjoyed being a member of this club and participating in all the activities.
There were no birthdays or anniversaries. However, yesterday was Bastille Day which was the founding date of the Palm Beach Gardens Club.
Ed Kent announced the first Board meeting was held on Thursday July 10 at Tom’s Smart Color on Indiantown Road near the bridge in Jupiter at 6PM. They are reorganizing the club and everyone is asked to sign up for the five committees: Public Relations, Club Administration, Rotary Foundation, Membership, and Service Projects.
The meetings will be organized so there will be fellowship prior to 7:30 AM and then business would be 7:30-7:45AM followed more fellowship until the speaker is introduced. There will be a club assembly once a month. at 8:00AM. The Budget is being developed.
Bill Pinter (PDG)-Chair-Service Projects announced the Dictionary Project. Dictionaries will be distributed in September. He asked for volunteers.
The Membership word was Fellowship so the letter must be F. The new format for meetings will promote one of great assets in Rotary—Fellowship. Fellowship will attract new members and will help us to encourage people to join Rotary.
Tom Boyhan new Sergeant at Arms again gave dispensation for those having difficulty accessing Bob’s Blog to get the Rotarian of the Week. He was very successful in speedily collecting Happy Dollars in order to stick with the timing of the new format.. Tom Boyhan introduced our speaker John Jameson. John is a candidate for the County Commission for the seat currently held by Karen Marcus, who has held the seat for over 20 years. He is a native of Palm Beach and the son of a law enforcement officer. He is a county employee responsible for public relations and County Hurricane Preparedness. He is married to his wife April who has her own business providing medical staffing and they have two sons, Liam and Gabriel. John stressed the need for change and was very clear on what areas needed to be changed. He also explained how the August primary would be an open election where democrats, republicans and independents could for the seat for which he was a candidate as there were only republicans running.
Harlan Pierce held the closing of the meeting since Ed Kent had to make a meeting in Fort Lauderdale.
Alan Fishman drew the seven of Spades in our local Lottery!
Rotarian of the Week for the coming week is Harlan Pierce.
WE MISS BOB POTERE!
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