Downtown Rotary

• We will not meet next Monday, Aug. 2; we will meet at noon Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the Capitol Plaza to honor 46 new teachers.
• Our guest speaker Monday, Aug. 9 will be U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton.

At our next meeting, July 26, we will have a fascinating presentation by a true visionary in the electronic communications field.

Steve Mays is a child of the 50's. He remembers rotary phones; adjusting the antenna on the roof to improve reception; mimeograph machines; bag phones; and the silly notion that someone would pay for HBO when they could get "free TV."

He came to Jefferson City in 1984 to work for Learfield Communications where he describes his job as "blogger emeritus." His virtual life is rich and full.

Steve maintains Learfield's websites and consults with clients on online media.  He has helped our club be the first Rotary Club in Jefferson City to have its own website.

Come learn more about current ways to be in touch with Rotary news and what else is going on in the world! 

Caitlyn Henry of Holts Summit was honored as the recipient of the $1,500 Jefferson City Rotary Club Scholarship during the Club's meeting July 19. The scholarship is presented annually to a recent Jefferson City Senior High School graduate who will be attending Lincoln University.

Accompanied by her father, Dennis (left in photo), Caitlyn received congratulations from Club representatives Frank Burkhead and Steve Newman (right in photo). A Level 9 gymnast in floor exercises, Caitlyn is spending her summer teaching youth gymnastics before resuming her academic career at Lincoln this fall.

During his visit to the Jefferson City Rotary Club July 19, District Governor Ray Plue auctioned off a vial of polio vaccine, with the proceeds going to help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. After some spirited bidding, Nick Monaco (right in photo) took home the vial, presented by District Governor Plue.

The $555 million resulting from successfully meeting the challenge will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, Plue said. He noted that reported polio cases are down dramatically in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria and that Nick's winning bid is enough to immunize about 112 children in those and other developing countries.

District Governor Plue presented Club President Mary Russell with a two-diamond pin (see photo) in anticipation of a two-diamond year under her administration. He also reminded members of the opportunity to attend the Rotary International Convention in New Orleans in May of next year; hence the beads sported by President Russell in the photo.

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Of the Rotary Club of Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A., that is. Officers and directors for the new Club year beginning July 1 were installed June 28 with the able assistance of Club members and Past District Governors Nick Monaco and Paul Jungmeyer.  Nick treated members to a discussion of the history of our Club, Jefferson City's first Rotary Club, while Paul charged the incoming officers to have great aspirations for our Club.
 
Past District Governor Paul Jungmeyer (left), outgoing President Steve Renne (second from left) and Past District Governor Nick Monaco (right) administer the oath of office to incoming president Mary Russell.

Congratulations and best wishes to our incoming officers and directors: President Mary Russell, President-Elect and Vice President Arvids Petersons, Treasurer Heidi Doerhoff Vollet, Secretary Lyn Konstant, Past President Steve Renne and Directors Paula Hartsfield, Greg White, Tom Carr, Diane Twehous, Bernard Thompson and Rod Chapel. Committee chairs are Diane Twehous, Community Service; Connie Cunningham, Vocational Service; and Gary Collins, International Service.

And a hearty thanks to those completing terms of office: Past President Margaret Conroy and directors Christine Ellinger, Gaylin Rich-Carver and Jonahtan Hanson.

Steve Renne presents Mary Russell with her presidential gavel.
 
Incoming officers and directors are sworn in by Past District Governors Jungmeyer (left) and Monaco (right).

Join the managing and markerting directors of the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre as they bring the Broadway stage to July 12th's Rotary Meeting. The 2010 Season includes "My Fair Lady", "The Man Who Came to Dinner", "And Then There Were None", Pump Boys and Dinettes", and "Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical." 

The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre is a non-profit 501(c)(3), professional theatre located in the unique village of Arrow Rock, Missouri, a 19th century National Historic Landmark. The Lyceum has been entertaining audiences in the heart of Missouri for 50 years producing a variety of musicals, dramas and comedies. Each year, this 408 seat theatre attracts professional talent from across the country to produce an eight show season (June-November). Performers, designers, directors, and technicians take residence in Arrow Rock for five months to bring its patrons Broadway caliber productions throughout the summer.

The Lyceum Theatre is affiliated with Actors' Equity Association, the Union for Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States working under an LOA to LORT (D) contract, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.