50/50 RAFFLE:

 
JOHN BARRETT asked PATTI TRUITT to draw a ticket. The owner of the ticket was GREG KAPP. Unfortunately, the remaining Aces eluded him and he selected Arbi's Gift Cards.


PROGRAM:

In honor of Veterans Day, BETTY NELSON introduced Pam Mow, Indiana President of Gold Star Mothers and Ted Luce, Photographer and Assistant for Honor Flights, whose topic was Gold Star Mothers/Honor Flights. While attending an annual convention of Indiana Gold Star Mothers, Pam picked up ideas for service by the local club. In October of 2011 her local club became the regional hub for Honor Flights. This year 240 World War II and Korean War veterans were flown to Washington, D.C. to spend a day seeing the memorials and Arlington National Cemetery. Ted Luce talked about being overcome with emotion when school children see the veterans and want to shake their hands and celebrate their birthdays. The cost is about $500 per vet, which is paid for through fund raising events. Guardians fill out an application and pay $400, which helps defray costs. They played a video of the first honor flight with local veterans, showing the happy faces and the places they visited.


Honor Flight to WWII Memorial, September, 2012
BILL FULLER is the 6th wheel chair from the right

STUDENT GUESTS:

BARB REIF introduced Ashley Francis and Jeff Chen from Harrison High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the Four-Way Test to commemorate meeting with us today


GUESTS:

Dana Vann, BECKY ROBLEDO; Glenda and Jerry Rund, guests of FAYE COLE


VISITING ROTARIANS:

SUZANN SHACKLETON, Attica/Williamsport


THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH
MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors: DON 'GUS' GUSTAFSON and GREG KAPP; Greeters: NERLENE RAMSEY and RICK SCHWARZ; Invocation: VICKI BURCH; Piano: HARLEY FREY; Song Leader; DAVE LUHMAN; 50/50 RAFFLE: CHRIS BIANG; Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting: TOM MORAN and JANE SMITH. Help with Ripples: BILL FULLER.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong." Mahatma Gandi

 



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