The Rotary Club of Catonsville - Sunrise, Maryland

12 Members were present

Rotary Announcements:

• Bruce VanderVort reported that runner money proceeds from the 5K race would range between $1,000 and $3,000. There were 806 registered runners, including 100 on a very rainy race day, including “sleep walkers”. He expected the total raised would approach $30,000. A tribute was made to Bruce Siddons for his outstanding efforts in organizing the race.

• Joe Loverde talked about plans for this year’s Bull Roast. He said Martin’s West was offering a 20% discount and elimination of banquet “extras”, which would bring the cost down to $40-$42 per plate. While we made no money on the past Bull Roast due to the economic downturn, he felt that $20-$25,000 was a reasonable goal for this year. There is a big need to get sponsors and sell tickets. Joe said that Richard Hiteshew should chair the Bull Roast effort, with a lot of help from Rotarians and others.

Happy Dollars:

• Bruce Siddons gave dollars in appreciation of Joe Loverde’s help on the 5K race.

• Sherry Welch gave dollars in regret for being ill on race day Saturday and for St. Agnes Hospital’s appreciation of Rotary efforts for the cancer center and the community.

• Jonathan Zawacky gave dollars in appreciation of the race, a fun time for all in spite (or partially because of?) the rain. Also, his son Mark won athlete of the week for 5 touchdowns he made in a game for his school.

• Richard Hiteshew gave dollars for Harry Eck, a neighbor and past member, who sent his regards (Harry is suffering from macular degeneration of the eyes). A 21” catfish was found in Harry’s backyard pond. Richard also spoke about the high-end car show on the Eastern Shore recently that netted $425,000 for the Red Cross.

• Joe Loverde gave dollars for the return of his physician neighbor from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Speaker: Erin Simia

Miss Simia (are there still “Misses”?), who is 17, spoke about her year in Brazil in a small mountain town as an exchange student. She attended a public school there and made many friends, in spite of her lack of facility in Portuguese. She discussed outings and her activities during the year, showing slides on a lap top computer. She also wore a jacket adorned with lots of “bling”, medals and pins from the students from many countries who were also exchange students she met while in Brazil.

50-50 Drawing: Bruce Vandervort won the drawing.

The meeting was closed by Pres. Cal Oren

Addendum to Minutes for September 24: Rosemary Wright tells me to be sure to let you know that the $300 in donation to a charity of one’s choice in a reverse mortgage settlement by her employer, Wells-Fargo, comes out of the Wells-Fargo proceeds, not the costs of the homeowner (And of course you know that Warren Buffet is the largest shareholder in Wells-Fargo, who is the only man on Wall Street with any standing in my book, but of course he operates out of Omaha).

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10-7-08

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Club Meeting October 8

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Club Meeting October 15

ROTARY CLUB MINUTES, Catonsville Sunrise – October 15, 2008

Joe Loverde was greeter
Eric Lamb gave an inspiration.
Joe Loverde gave Rotary Moment concerning the role of Rotary in inspiring the founding of the Peace Corps in the Kennedy Administration.
Pres. Cal Oren opened the meeting.

Guests were Doug Norton (Bank of America), Doug Weddington (neighbor of Eric Lamb), Dick Bordeux, Chuch Alueva and Dave _____ (all neighbors or relations), and Alan Ray, charter guest.
14 Members were present

Rotary Announcements:

• Bull Roast: Joe Loverde reviewed the preliminary meeting of members interested in the Bull Roast Tuesday night at Susan Souder’s home:

  • Decision was made to have this year’s dinner on Sunday, Feb. 22,

  • Seek a goal of $25-$30,000 in earnings on the event,

  • Hold the event at Martin’s West in view of efforts of the management there to reduce our costs.

• Pres. Cal Oren announced a Board Meeting for Thursday, 8:30 a.m. at Café on the Green.

• 5K debriefing will be held on October 24 at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Agnes Foundation office.

• George Brookhart reported on plans for the Dictionary Project.

• Rosemary Wright made a lovely model for the new Rotary shirts that members are encourage to buy for the Bull Roast. She also gave dollars in appreciation of a favorable court decision in a case in New Jersey.

• Eric Lamb introduced his table full of guests.

Happy Dollars:

• Larry Aaronson gave dollars on behalf of the new Mexican restaurant on Frederick Road in the village which his department at CCBC helped along in its economic development.

• Bill Lorenz gave his first happy dollar to tell about a challenging safe cracking (entirely legal) he recently conducted. Bill also brought along $1,000 in safe drilling bits to display.

• Joe Loverde gave dollars for a new grandchild due in June and for his contact with the Rotary Club in New Hampshire that hosted Pres.-nominee J.F. Kennedy in 1960.

• Karen Paris gave dollars in appreciating for Club efforts to find appropriate instructors for her program at CCBC and for Larry Aaronson’s help in setting up a personal finance program at CCBC.

• John Monck gave dollars in appreciation of 2 touchdown by someone (Ravens? Who knew?).

• Bruce Vandervort gave dollars to announce the Children’s Home gala at the Baltimore Art Museum Wednesday night; the Catonsville Chamber of Commerce Business Awards at Rolling Road Golf Club on Tuesday night; the new Bull Roast; and the St. Agnes Hospital gala planned for April.

Speaker: Dr. Tonja Ringold, new Campus Dean of CCBC, Catonsville.

Dr. Ringold spoke of her orientation to CCBC this fall, arriving two weeks ahead of schedule to acquaint herself with the campus and its functions.

She discussed efforts to rehabilitate the plant infrastructure at CCBC, using a total approach that looks at everything a plant or building requires when correcting one item.

She discussed the new Air Traffic Control Training program, which she was proud to note would draw students from across the country.

The meeting was closed by Pres. Cal Oren

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10-21-08

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Club Meeting October 22

ROTARY CLUB MINUTES, Catonsville Sunrise – October 22, 2008

Tom Medicus was greeter
Joe Loverde gave an inspiration.
Tom Medicus gave the Rotary Moment concerning the worthwhile projects our own Catonsville Sunrise Rotary has been involved in.
Pres. Cal Oren opened the meeting.

Guests were Doug Norton (Bank of America), Jason Laquatre (license plate recognition). David Weatherton J(health services), all guests of Eric Lamb, and Alan Ray, charter guest.
13 Members were present

Rotary Announcements:

• Bull Roast: Joe Loverde reviewed the preliminary meeting of members interested in the Bull Roast Tuesday night at Susan Souder’s home:

  • Decision was made to have this year’s dinner on Sunday, Feb. 22,

  • Seek a goal of $25-$30,000 in earnings on the event,

  • Hold the event at Martin’s West in view of efforts of the management there to reduce our costs.

• Pres. Cal Oren announced a Board Meeting for Thursday, 8:30 a.m. at Café on the Green.

• 5K debriefing will be held on October 24 at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Agnes Foundation office.

• George Brookhart reported on plans for the Dictionary Project.

• Rosemary Wright made a lovely model for the new Rotary shirts that members are encourage to buy for the Bull Roast. She also gave dollars in appreciation of a favorable court decision in a case in New Jersey.

Eric Lamb introduced his table full of guests.

Happy Dollars:

• Sherry Welch gave dollars for George Brookhart’s business award from the Catonsville Chamber of Commerce.

• Tom Medicus gave dollars for a recent trip to Pennsylvania in which he and some canine friends of his (not that all his friends are dogs) avoided a fight.

• Bruce Siddons gave dollars for his best Sam’s Club audit interview, in which his story lost ONLY $180,000 to theft and loss in the past 6 months (I wonder what a bad 6 months would be?), and OF COURSE for his new baby (CONGRATULATIONS!)

• Steve Arums gave dollars in honor of his upcoming trip with Esther to India.

• Richard Hiteshew gave dollars for Bruce Siddons’ low store theft losses and his new $180 tie; also for the sale of furniture desk sets, printers and chairs sold as remainders from the liquidation of a 501c3 charity whose furniture was donated to CEAN, the Catonsville Emergency Assistance Network.

• Brent Tolbert-Smith gave dollars in appreciation of a recent trip with his son to Great Falls (and a 2nd visit to the same location with his wife and sister-in-law several days later).

• John Monck gave dollars in appreciation for touchdowns by an unknown team and for Richard Hiteshew’s deal with Tom Booth, local businessman, to display and store CEAN’s donated furniture in a temporarily vacant building owned by Booth.

• Rosemary Wright gave dollars for a celebration at her brother’s Pennsylvania home for his 30th wedding anniversary.

• Russ Witzke gave dollars in appreciation of the Welcome Home project for Iran/Iraq servicemen at BWI Airport.

Club Meeting:

• 5 K Results – Bruce Siddons spoke of netting approximately $25,000 in race proceeds for charity, with a wrap up meeting to be at St. Agnes’ offices on Friday at 9:00 a.m.

• Bull Roast – Joe Loverde reported on the initial planning meeting at Susan Souder’s.

  • Our goal will be $25,000 net proceeds, 500 guests and 5 sponsors at $3,000 each.

  • 3 gaming wheels are planned. A second meeting will be held soon.

• Alan Ray announced that a governor of the Federal Reserve would speak at lunch this day about what is going on with the financial situation at the Columbia Town Center meeting at the Columbia Sheraton.

• Eric Lamb spoke about Membership, saying that mark Silvestri, head of the financial division of Social Security, intended to join, even after an orientation lunch with our President.

• Financial Report was given by Treasurer Bruce VanderVort.

• Motion: Made and passed to donate $200 for Muscular Dystrophy on behalf of Rick Martel.

• Membership levels were discussed: Presently we have Active and Inactive members, differing in terms of cost. A new category was proposed, Rotarian Emeritus, cost $30/quarter, for retired or financially strapped former members who would like member visitation privileges at other clubs. The specific case of John Jordon, a former member now retired from the Salvation Army in Atlanta, who finds the usual Inactive Member cost too much. A Motion was made and passed to that effect.

• Bruce Siddons gave a notice that Rotarians could get $10 off on a gift card at Sam’s Club.

50-50: Cal Oren won the drawing

The meeting was closed by Pres. Cal Oren

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10-27-08

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Club Meeting October 29

ROTARY CLUB MINUTES, Catonsville Sunrise – October 29, 2008

John Monck was greeter
Tom Medicus gave an inspiration.
John Monck gave a Rotary Moment
Pres. Cal Oren opened the meeting.

Guests included Dick Bordeux and Chuck, invitees of Eric Lamb and Elliot Dowd and Dave, invitees of Jonathan Zawacki and Rod Scott, attorney, invitee of Susan Souder, and Charter Guest Alan Ray.

Happy Dollars:

• John Monck gave dollars to alert members to the tree fallen on Frederick Road in Ellicott City that blocks traffic to the west and for $50,000 raised for a school in Vietnam that was matched by the Vietnam Children’s fund.

• Alan Ray gave dollars for a client with a broken hip who is soon going home from the nursing home.

• Tom Medicus gave dollars for a good book he recently read on membership.

Speaker: Eric Wolvovsky of Howard County Rotary on District 7620 Rotoract Program

Eric, a meteorologist for USAID, is the District Rotary Representative to the Rotoract Program. The program is community and college based,. Supported by dues within the Rotoract Program. It seeks to support international projects on the district level. Last year’s project was de-mining an area of Cambodia, for which $15,000 was raised.

This year’s program is helping dig water wells in Nigeria, Wells for Care, which cost only $275 per well.

Rotoract is Rotary for people aged 18 to 30 years of age. There are 15 clubs in District 7620. $15,000 is the goal to raise for wells from the District.


50-50: Ed Tolzman won the drawing

The meeting was closed by Pres. Cal Oren

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11-03-08

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