Club Meeting September 5
ROTARY CLUB
MINUTES, Catonsville Sunrise –
September 5, 2007
All were greeted
enthusiastically by Cal Oren
President George
Brookhart opened the meeting.
Susan Souder
stood in to lead the Devotion.
Tom Busser was a
guest, who is retired from the
Maryland Port Authority and the
Maryland Business and Economic
Development agency.
Old
Business:
Gifts from the
Rotary Club of Bani, Dominican
Republic, were presented by
Bruce Vandervort and Brent
Tolbert-Smith, recently back
from that happy place:
Cal Oren was
presented a miniature Presidente
Beer refrigerator magnet.
Richard Hiteshew
was presented some Dominican
coffee
Susan Souder was
presented a Dominican mug
George Brookhart,
President, was presented a large
jacketed bottle of Presidente
Beer, the national beer of the
Dominican Republic
Steve Arum was
presented a large jacketed
bottle of Presidente Beer and a
shirt (from Brent and Bruce)
George announced
that the Loverde Foundation was
sponsoring a wine and cheese
event (should really be
Presidente beer and tostones) at
the Rolling Road Golf Club
Tuesday night, Sept. 11, from 6
to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the Bani
trip with Bruce and Brent at
greater length.
Birthdays of
Larry Aaronson, Dawn Olensky,
Russell Witzke, Rosemary Wright
and Susan Souder were
recognized. Happy 21 to all
(now you can all drink legally
after all those years)!
Happy
Dollars:
Brent
Tolbert-Smith gave a dollar in
appreciation for being sent by
the club on the trip to Bani.
Susan Souder gave
a dollar in honor of her son,
Kyle’s, birthday and 10 happy
years.
George Brookhart
gave a dollar for the visit –
and departure – of his two
grandchildren, aged 4 and 6
years.
Larry Aaronson
gave a dollar in appreciation
for the discomfiture of his U.
Michigan relatives in last
weekend’s loss by Michigan to
the Appalachian State football
team.
Cal Oren gave a
dollar in honor of the recent
meeting between all three
Catonsville-area
Rotary Clubs to
coordinate the dictionary
project.
Richard Hiteshew
gave a dollar in honor of his
son, Paul’s, recent promotion at
Neiman-Marcus.
Speaker:
Melvin
Bafford of the Maryland Port
Authority has spent 35
years
working for the agency. He is
General Manager of Cargoes. He
joined the agency in 1973,
beginning by touring visitors
through the facilities.
The Port
Authority was created in 1956 by
the Maryland legislature to
build and maintain marine
shipping terminals and promote
the use of the Port of
Baltimore. As cranes and marine
buildings are built, the
facilities are leased to various
manufacturers for their use.
The Port
Authority was subsumed under the
Maryland Department of
Transportation when that agency
was created in 1969.
Among other
elements, the Authority handles
automobiles at the Dundalk
Marine Terminal, starting at
first with Volkswagen.
Baltimore is in a good position
for shipping to the East Coast
and inland to the mid-West.
Chrysler is the #1 exporter from
Baltimore and Mercedes-Benz is
the #1 importer through the
port.
Container cargo
is the major mode for cargo
shipment today. Baltimore had a
leading position in this traffic
through the 1980’s. Steamships
saw a problem shipping to
Baltimore, however, due to its
distance from the coast. As a
result, the port developed a
strategic plan to focus on
specific different commodities.
As a result, Baltimore now
handles 95% of Chrysler exports
abroad. The port is also the #1
railroad port in the U.S.,
accounting for 50% of all
railroad port shipment on the
East Coast.
The Port’s
quality measurement program has
grown to be a standard in the
industry, beginning with its #1
rating for the quality of
automobile shipment.
In future, the
Port hopes to attract Asian
shipment that is routed through
the Suez Canal to the East Coast
of the United States.
50-50
Drawing:
Richard Hiteshew won the
drawing.
The meeting was
closed by President George
Brookhart.
12 persons
attended, 10 members, the
speaker and 1 guest
Submitted by
Brent Tolbert-Smith, Assistant
Scribe, 9-05-07
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Club Meeting, September 12
ROTARY CLUB
MINUTES, Catonsville Sunrise –
September 12, 2007
All were greeted
enthusiastically by Bruce
Vandervort
President George
Brookhart opened the meeting.
John Monck led
the Devotion.
Chuck Walsh, a
consultant for small business,
was a guest
New
Business:
George
made an announcement about the
YMCA-St. Agnes 5-K race coming
up.
Richard Hiteshew
announced that he presently has
21 Silent Auction items for the
February Bull Roast. His goal
is to raise $30,000 from Silent
Auction items this year.
Happy
Dollars:
Susan Souder gave $2 for
the celebration of Rosh Hashanah
and Cindy Loverde’s
introductions at the Dominican
Republic reception at Rolling
Road Golf Club Tuesday night.
George gave $1
for the successful Dominican
Republic reception.
Richard gave $1
for the Philadelphia Eagles
(reputed to be a nearby
professional team).
Brent
Tolbert-Smith gave $2 for the
Dominican Republic reception and
for his son Josh winning a law
firm job in his first year of
law school in Chicago.
Larry Aaronson
gave $2 in honor of Susan’s
mastering of the Hebrew language
and for the performance of teams
on Monday Night football
(Ravens?).
Tom Medicus gave
$1 for his weekend 200-mile bike
ride with friends through
Lancaster County, Penn., with
its many covered bridges.
Cal Oren gave $1
for the safe trip of his son on
a car trip in the West in which
he broke down in the middle of
Utah and was towed by AAA.
Bruce Vandervort
gave $1 for the Dominican
Republic Reception.
Rick Martel gave
$1 in honor of the safe passing
of another 9/11 anniversary and
all those agencies who have
worked to make it safe.
Brent gave
another $1 for the interview on
9/11 he gave to Voice of America
that was broadcast to China on
September 11, 2007.
Speaker:
Larry Aaronson introduced
the speaker, John Herron, who
has a degree in Social Work from
the University of Maryland at
Baltimore and an executive MBA
from Loyola University. He is
head of Harbor City Services and
has also operated Mosaic, a
mental health treatment facility
in Catonsville. He also is a
small business consultant.
Mr. Herron
expressed a 35-year interest to
the treatment of Schizophrenia,
going back to his early research
position in this area. The
course of Schizophrenia for most
patients involves both recovery
and relapse, with attendant
alienation from friends, family
and co-workers and the loss of
job, family and housing.
Mr. Herron
founded Harbor City Services as
a revenue-producing social
enterprise with a social
mission, the employment of
recovered mentally ill persons.
It seeks to give protection both
to its employees, recovered
mentally ill persons, and its
customers who use its services.
It is supported wholly at this
time by the earned income it
generates.
It was founded to
store records and liquidate
physical property and now has
revenues of $620,000 annually,
without relying on government
grants or foundation funds. It
has expanded to four
enterprises: Records storage,
commercial moving, document
shredding and general warehouse
services. Its employees now
include both former
Schizophrenia patients and
recovered substance abuse
addicts. It has 190 customers,
which include law firms, real
estate companies and non-profit
companies, as well as the
University of Maryland Medical
system. Its offices are located
in the Merritt Industrial Park
in Lansdowne.
50-50 Drawing:
Rosemary Wright won the
drawing.
The meeting was
closed by President George
Brookhart.
(Didn’t count the
house, sorry – attendance was
light to average)
Submitted by
Brent Tolbert-Smith, Assistant
Scrivener, 9-12-07
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Board Meeting,
September 18
Our punctual President
George Brookhart called the
meeting to Order. In
attendance were George,
Bruce V., Richard, Joe and
Susan.
International Lane
report: Lane Director
Bruce provided a written
proposal for the 2008
Catonsville Book Festival
which will be held on April
24, 208 at 7 PM. There will
be a Writers’ Symposium, a
Local Authors’ Wine & Cheese
Reception and a used book
sale. There are several
changes from last year. He
is looking for Sponsors.
Other Volunteers are needed.
Copies of the Report are
available.
Vocational Lane Report:
Lane Director Cal updated us
on The Dictionary Project.
He has lined up 10 schools
at which we will distribute
dictionaries. We do not have
a corporate sponsor yet this
year. Volunteers are needed.
We will be giving
dictionaries to all of the
children at The Children’s
Home.
Treasurer’s Report:
We are grateful to learn
that Bruce Vandervort has
agreed to serve as Treasurer
next year beginning July 1,
2008 so that Poor Richard
may step down.
The Club has about$1200 in
the Club account. Dues to
the Chamber of Commerce are
due. Dues notices will be
mailed Oct. 1. We are
paying $469 for an ad in the
Columbia Flyer Rotary
insert. We have about $600
in accounts payable
altogether.
The Foundation has about
$2100 in the account.
Motion by Susan for
the Club to waive the
potential conflict of
interest for Richard to
serve as our Treasurer, the
Chairman of Catonsville
Emergency Food Ministry and
accept a paid position for
the CEFM. Richard offered to
resign as Treasurer; but,
our Club does not have
anyone ready to volunteer as
Treasurer at the moment. The
Motion was seconded. Richard
did not participate in the
vote. The Motion was
unanimously passed.
Fall Into Fitness:
Joe has been working to
recruit volunteers to work
the Race on September 29,
2007. The YMCA failed to
line up volunteers as had
been agreed.
There was a discussion of
the Board’s reluctance to
work on a race to benefit
the YMCA under the current
conditions again next year.
They have not provided the
help that they promised to
promote the race including
having volunteers place
posters in area businesses.
Advance ticket
participation is
substantially less this
year. The YMCA also has not
been willing to agree that
the $ raised remains in the
Western Branch YMCA in
Catonsville. Many are not
willing to help raise the $
to be used elsewhere.
Our Club is recruiting a
Sleep Walking team.
Club Lane: Someone
was not able to reach Reggie
to see if she was interested
in helping with the event.
George will follow-up.
BULL ROAST: Richard
reported that he already has
23 Silent Auction items
worth $6-7,000. We have TWO
major sponsors: St. Agnes
and Sam’s Club which is very
exciting. Chris Jones is
helping with the tickets.
Flyers will be available
after Joe’s dance in
October.
Announcements: There
were some. Probably repeated
at the meeting the next day
so check those Minutes.
J
Respectfully Submitted,
Susan Souder
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Club Meeting
September 19
ROTARY CLUB
MINUTES, Catonsville Sunrise –
September 19, 2007
John Monck
greeted all.
President George
Brookhart opened the meeting.
Bruce VanDervort
led the Devotion.
Arthur Frank was
a guest
New
Business:
Volunteers
are sought for the upcoming 5-K
race.
Richard Hiteshew
solicited support for the
Sleepwalkers’ Team for the race,
at $25.00 each.
Happy
Dollars:
Arthur Frank gave $51.00
in honor of Susan Souder’s
birthday of undetermined age (we
can only assume he gave $2.00
for each year, with $1.00 to
grow on).
Bruce VanderVort
gave $1.00 for the end of the
Bani Chronicles. Susan’s father
gave $100 toward the club
project with the Dominican
Republic.
Richard Hiteshew
gave $1.00 in honor of Larry
Aaronson’s Philadelphia Eagles
recent performance.
Tom Medicus gave
$2.00 to speak about his latest
motorcycle adventures and the
performance of the Baltimore
Ravens.
Cal Oren gave
$1.00 in honor of the Washington
Redskins’ recent victory.
Speaker:
Joe Loverde introduced the
speaker, Rotary District 7620
Governor Rich Carson. Gov.
Carson was President of the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club
in 2000 and then Assistant
Governor and Senior Assistant
Governor of the District,
dealing with strategic
planning. Gov. Carson is CEO of
two companies, Richard Carson,
Inc., which is responsible for
computer installation in Federal
government agencies, and the
Xanc Corp., which is concerned
with internet security
products. He has been Chairman
of the Montgomery County Health
Commission. Mr. Carson received
a degree in electrical
engineering from Cornell
University. In addition, he has
a black belt in martial arts,
enjoys skiing and has been
married for 41 years (presumably
to the same woman).
Gov. Carson cited
Rotary’s efforts to eradicate
polio and other projects. He
described Rotary's water
projects, an increasingly
pressing need, in which 1.6
billion people lack safe water.
Gov. Carson discussed the
mini-summits held on various
Rotary projects and the Paul
Harris Foundation, which
supports Ambassadorial
Scholarships and local and
international projects on such
areas as AIDS, education, river
blindness and the burn center.
One District Project collects
money to fight world starvation.
Gov. Carson saw a
wide Rotary influence, which is
based on fellowship while doing
good works. Weekly meetings
help build this fellowship. He
promoted Presidential training
in order to network and
interface with others to build
support to work on projects
together. He described six
District approved projects: the
dictionary project; the Basra
prosthesis project; 3. the Big
Books project, which has
acquired 2 million books;
Gallaudet scholarships, which
has a $350,000 fund; the Safe
Blood project; and auto-tech
scholarships to buy toolboxes
for vocational school
graduates. Finally, Gov. Carson
spoke in favor of Friendship
Dinners.
50-50
Drawing:
Arthur Frank won the drawing,
which he donated.
The meeting was
closed by President George
Brookhart.
Attendance was
about 13 members
Submitted by
Brent Tolbert-Smith, Assistant
Scrivener, 9-25-07
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Club Meeting
September 26
ROTARY CLUB
MINUTES, Catonsville Sunrise –
September 26, 2007
Rick Martel
bestowed greetings on all.
President George
Brookhart opened the meeting.
Steve Arum led
the Devotion.
13 members were
present, no guests.
New
Business:
*
Remember the
St. Agnes Foundation 5-K race on
Saturday, Sept. 29.
* The USO is
raising money in an Oktoberfest
at Blob’s Park for $35.00 each.
* Joe
Loverde’s dance is October 20.
* The
Catonsville-Sunrise Rotary
advertisement in the Business
Monthly in Columbia is
ready.
* George
Brookhart announced the need for
Rotary officers to take PETS
training.
* Rick Martel
raised a question concerning
progress on the family home
burned out near the intersection
of Sulfur Springs Road and
Shelbourne Avenue in Arbutus,
noting no recent apparent
construction. The sense of the
meeting was that Rick should try
to contact the family to see if
there was a problem with the
progress of rebuilding as the
club’s representative and if so,
see if Rotary could help.
* Richard
Hiteshew circulated a list of
the Silent Auction items he
presently has for the Bull
Roast.
* For
Saturday’s 5-K race Richard
solicited Rotary members to
bring containers of coffee to
offer, and also suggested that
the Club provide apple
turnovers, which were a big hit
last years, for approximately
$200 for 400 turnovers. Joe
Loverde made a motion to this
effect, which was seconded by Ed
Tolzman and passed by the Club.
* Richard
announced that the Sleepwalkers’
Team for the 5-K race had signed
up 16 people thus far.
Happy
Dollars:
·
Joe
Loverde gave dollars for his 4th
daughter’s acceptance into a
graduate program for an M.A. in
computers at Villa Julie College
and her upcoming marriage on May
3; also, for his 2nd
daughter, who is expecting a
baby girl to be delivered on
January 3; and for his 1st
daughter’s planned arrival in
New York from Las Vegas on
December 29.
·
Rosemary Wright gave dollars for
the deal she got on a new Toyota
Prius and the performance she
saw of the Jersey Boys.
·
Susan Souder gave a dollar to
celebrate her current lack of
overnight guests at her home.
·
Cal
Oren gave a dollar for his
weekend trip with his wife to
Western Pennsylvania and to
Shanksville, site of the
memorial to the Flight #93
victims, which he noted was very
moving.
·
Tom
Medicus gave a dollar to note
his weekend attendance at a
NASCAR race in Dover, Delaware,
saying it was quite loud.
·
Richard Hiteshew gave a dollar
in honor of Larry Aaronson for
the recent performance of the
Philadelphia Phillies baseball
team.
·
Brent Tolbert-Smith gave dollars
in honor of this week’s Moon
Festival, a leading Chinese
holiday, his wife’s baking of
hundreds of moon cakes and the
Moon Festival dinner they held
on Tuesday night. Brent also
briefed the Club on his medical
condition, Grave’s Disease,
making the point that they
should all see a doctor at least
every year or two, even if they
feel fine, to discover
conditions that should be
addressed before it is too
late. Brent also praised his
general practitioner who found
the condition and is treating
it, with consultation from Dr.
Richard Horenstein, a leading
U.Md. endocrinologist. The
practitioner is John S. Dalton,
II, who practices in a small
two-floor professional building
at 413 Commonwealth Avenue off
Route 40 a block east from
Walmart (410-788-8033), and runs
a clinic for the homeless at the
Baltimore Rescue Mission every
Wednesday evening.
Business
Meeting:
·
International.
Steve Arum said
the Bani Rotary Club had
e-mailed him concerning the
proposed expansion of the Los
Padres community school in Bani.
He has been told that the title
holder of record to the land is
the local Catholic Church.
Representatives of the Bani Club
are scheduled to meet with the
local priest next Tuesday to see
if a deal can be struck. The
outlook of the Bani Club as to
this is favorable. Brent
invited the membership at large
to the regular Spanish Dinners
soon to commence in early
October to for members to
practice their Spanish in
preparation for Bani Rotary
members visiting us in February.
·
Community.
Bruce VanderVort
distributed maps showing a
proposed hiking trail the club
can develop at the Children’s
Home, to be called the Spring
House Trail and to run some ¼
mile through woods on the
grounds of the home. Cal Oren,
who inspected the site with
Bruce, estimated the cost of
initial cleanup and installation
of a small bridge would cost
approximately $200. Duration of
cleanup was estimated at 2 to 4
days.
·
Treasurer.
Richard Hiteshew reported that
we still have money.
·
Youth.
Cal Oren said the
Club would add some more schools
to its Dictionary Project
coverage, totaling 1,000
dictionaries. This will require
help from all members.
50-50
Drawing:
Rosemary Wright won the
drawing (Again)
The meeting was
closed by President George
Brookhart.
Submitted by
Brent Tolbert-Smith, Assistant
Scribe, 9-27-07
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