September 26 Hi-Lites

Bill Mummert set the stage with a story about a $1600 pizza delivery, and then offered an invocation-- the moral of which was that if you spend that much on pizza, you need all the prayers you can get! Or something like that!

Charlie Cobaugh lead the club in the first two rousing verses of our newest "original" Rotary song! (A long story made short-- sometime prior to June 1st 2007, Joe made the casual remark that he thought it was possible to put Rotary words to ANY song, and one thing led to another so that he chose an absurd song, and I took up the challenge-- I found myself ignoring the speaker that day, turning over the placemat and writing Rotary words to... the Chicken Dance!) Otis Kitchen, who has just recently been seen conducting Handel's Water Music, went from the sublime to the ridiculous as he accompanied us in this effort. He found a slightly different melody than what we traditionally suffer at weddings, but the refrain was exactly the same and it worked. The "good" news is that we still have two more verses to go and President Joe warned us that we'll have another chance at it in the near future!

Will Kirkpatrick, District Governor Elect, and our speaker for the day, won the opportunity to select a card from the deck and we all cheered when he left the Joker among the 35 remaining cards. The pot thickens!

Dane Whitmoyer jumped into the Sheriff's saddle and quickly levied a birthday fine against.... himself! We sung for him, and rendered a "normal" birthday song for our lovely Gathering Place Mary who treats us all too well throughout the year!

Hooray for Ralph Detrick, PP, who brought a visitor and a completed membership application-- More about that next week, or, as they say on TV, "Film at 11." (which is funny, because they never show film on news broadcasts anymore-- it is digital video!)

Finally, Will Kirkpatrick presented his visual review of the Group Study Exchange Team's trip to Germany, where he served as Team Leader. We should all be so lucky! It looked to be an amazing chance to learn all about the German culture and community, and one thing we learned is that running a business there is a lot more expensive than here-- taxes, taxes, taxes and MORE taxes! I suppose that is the price of a worry-free government-subsidized life. Is that what we are in for here in the US? "Film at 11."