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District 6490

Rotary Newsletter

November 2010

What‟s Inside? Rotary Day at U.N. is Nov. 6 ………….....2

District Conf. auction items needed……....2 From the governor‟s desk………………....2

Danville Noon supports „walldogs‟…….....3

Mattoon/Charleston fundraiser…………...3 ID president-elects/nominees by 15th……..3

Blue Mound/Bloomington dictionaries…..4

Sullivan Rotarian encourages Scouting…..4 Normal planning a cookbook……………..5

Hoopeston nets $2,500 from ice cream.......5

Pontiac donates nearly $2,300…………….6 Art Adams scholar named in Normal……..6

Marshall/Normal clean up roads…………..7

Bloomington plans Nepal project…………7

Monticello pledges $7,500 to center…........7

What are PETS & Pre PETS?.......................8

Various ways to give to RI Foundation.......8 Monticello Interact sells pork chops.........…9

Rotary seeks area professionals………..…..9

PDG Liz Skinners comes through…............10 Urbana, Savoy, Champaign Sunrise, Arcola

and Village Grove water projects………….10

Friendship Exchange to India planned…….11 Charleston homecoming……………………11

Secretary‟s September report………………12

KaBoom! Champaign Rotary helps build new playground On Friday, October 8, 75 Champaign

Rotarians joined forces with KaBoom, a

national non-profit with a mission of

building play areas close to all of the

nations' children; the Champaign Park

District; and volunteers from Kraft to

build a new playground at Hazel Park in

the heart of the city.

The intensive effort included more

than 250 total volunteers.

The newly installed playground is a

substantial upgrade from the few pieces

of old equipment that existed previously

and will now serve as a community gem

in an underserved area.

Champaign Rotary was invited to

participate in the project by KaBoom

after they had secured significant spon-

sorship support from Kraft.

The club responded by paying the

registration fee ($7,500) and

rallying to quickly line up

the needed volunteers.

Champaign Rotarians also

played roles as team captains

and helped with the prepara-

tion of the site prior to build

day.

Champaign Rotary Presi-

dent Robert Driver, said,

"I'm very proud of the out-

standing response by our

club. We have always been

a club that financially sup-

ports local projects, but now

we're showing the power of

getting our hands dirty, too!

This day has been an enorm-

ous success and every partic-

ipating Rotarian will drive

by this park and celebrate

our role in transforming this

important space."

The build included several large play

areas, a swing set, many picnic tables,

painted play areas and the installation of

two semi-truckloads of mulch.

KaBoom reports that this is their

1,881st playground installation.

The day included remote radio cover-

age and significant television and news-

paper coverage that referenced Cham-

paign Rotary's involvement.

Driver also noted, "This is really hard

work , mixing concrete, lifting mulch

and so forth -- some of us desk jockeys

aren't used to this kind of effort. We

may need to install a hot tub in the park

to help us recover."

A special thanks to Champaign Rota-

rian Brady Allison and the club's local

projects committee, who were key in the

organization of the project.

(More photos on Page 5)

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Rotary International District 6490 Newsletter

Governor 2010-11

Ray Ropp

2650 Ropp Road

Normal, IL. 61761

ropp@A5.com

Newsletter editor

Bill Wills

2404 Clarkson Lane

Bloomington, IL. 61704

Billphyl@aol.com

District Website

www.rotary6490.org

Rotary International Website

www.rotary.org

Online make-up

www.rotaryeclubone.org

From the governor‟s desk What a great time of the year. The World Series is on,

football season is in high gear and basketball is beginning

to gain some headlines.

If you don‟t like sports then you have to love what Rotary

Clubs are doing in District 6490!

By reading this newsletter each month you can see the

impact that clubs are having in their communities and

service in the minds of our neighbors and potential Rotarians.

Another important key in increasing membership is making

those new members feel important and welcome by extend-

ing friendship and having fun at meetings and at club projects

and social events.

Past International RI President Cliff Dochterman (1992-

93) when asked why he has attended Rotary meetings for 50

years, replied: “Well, you never know who needs you. A pat

on the back, a warm handshake, a listening ear, a friendly

comment – all these acts of friendship could make a huge

difference in someone else‟s life.”

Also, to make members want to come to meetings it is im-

portant to have good entertaining, informative meetings. To

that end, we hope you will consider using the District Direc-

tory to contact speakers who are chairmen or committee

members of important aspects of Rotary that can assist clubs

with ideas and expertise for future service opportunities.

As we head into November be sure to vote Tuesday and

remember the many things we have to be thankful for.

Have a great Rotary year!

around the world. A common theme

expressed by clubs is with more mem-

bers we could do even more for our

community.

The importance of public relations,

and working with youth through Rote-

ract, Interact, Student of the Month and

RYLA are ways to sow the seeds of

DG Ray gets the razz

DG Ray Ropp

Governor 2010-11

Ray Ropp

2650 Ropp Road

Normal, IL. 61761

ropp@A5.com

DG Ray

Don‟t forget auction items/theme

baskets for District Conference

By Marcia Dennis

District 6490 secretary

The District Conference is

being held in Uptown Nor-

mal at the new Marriott Ho-

tel on April 15 & 16, 2011.

DG Ray Ropp and the

committee have been meet-

ing and planning for the con-

ference, and need help from

the individual clubs. We

are planning to have both

silent and loud auctions and

need your help in donating

items or theme baskets.

Themes for baskets can

include A Taste of Our

Town, Hurray for the USA

State Basket, Around the

World in 2 Days Country

Basket or a Rotary Fellow-

ship Activity Basket.

IDEA: Got members from

other countries or have you

visited Paris or Madrid or

New Delhi? Put together an

international basket showing

the culture of that country.

Share the wealth of the world

cultures.

If there are questions, con-

tact Marcia Dennis, District

6490 Secretary: mlden-

ni@ilstu.edu

Nov. 6 Rotary

Day at U.N. All Rotarians in District

6490 should have received an

invitation in time to register to

attend Rotary Day at the Unit-

ed Nations on Saturday, Nov.

6.

The invitation should have

arrived via e-mail through

Club Runner on Oct. 13. Un-

fortunately, we weren‟t aware

of it in time to let you know in

the October newsletter. We‟ll

try to do better next year.

More details are available

on the district webpage at

www.rotary6490.org.

HAPPY

THANKSGIVING

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Dates to Remember Nov. 29 – Pre-PETS, 6

p.m. at 1st Baptist Church,

213 W. Fayette, Effing-

ham.

Nov. 30 – Pre-PETS, 6

p.m. at Grace Church,

1311 W. Hovey Ave.,

Normal.

Dec. 2 – Pre-PETS, 6

p.m. at Stone Creek

Country Club in southeast

Urbana.

Dec. 7 – Pre-PETS 6 p.m.

Decatur Conference Cen-

ter, Decatur.

March 11-12: Land of

Lincoln PETS.

April 14-16: RYLA, 4-H

Camp at Monticello.

April 15-16: Annual Dis-

trict Conference at Mar-

riott Hotel, Normal.

May 21-25 – RI Interna-

tional Convention in New

Orleans.

Rotary helps „Walldogs‟ leave artistic marks on downtown Danville

By Mark Denman Danville Noon Rotary president

Downtown Danville was

alive with artistic energy in

August as the Walldogs con-

verged with one mission in

mind -- to beautify the city

with beautiful murals with

local connections.

Walldog sign and mural

artists trace their trade back to

the sign painters of old who

painted advertisements on

walls in communities all

over the country. They

worked like dogs in the hot

sun and thus came to

be known as “wall dogs.”

Walldog artists traveled to

Danville from all over the

world to paint our murals. The

Danville Noon Rotary club

helped sponsor the Walldogs.

Artists came from as far as

New Zealand, with others

coming from British Colum-

bia, Hawaii, Alabama, Flori-

da, Georgia, Texas,

California and many other

locations.

The walls were painted not

only by visiting Walldogs,

but also by anyone who

wanted to help.

It‟s easy to become a Wall-

dog – just pick up a paint

brush and join in. And that‟s

just what hundreds of people

did in Danville, IL, August 5-

8, 2010.

By the end of that first

week in August, not only

were there sixteen

beautifully painted walls re-

minding us of the many, many

things Danville

has to be proud of, but there

was also an amazing feeling of

The deadline for the De-

cember district newsletter

will be Nov. 27. Please e-

mail stories/photos to:

Billphyl@aol.com

A Danville celebrity mural being painted on the wall of Turks,

a downtown furniture store, included local celebrities Dick Van

Dyke, Jerry Van Dyke, Gene Hackman, Bobby Short, Donald

O'Connor and Helen Morgan.

community as people came

together to observe, to par-

ticipate and to have fun.

It was a dream come true.

Raffle replaces the traditional calendar

fundraiser for Mattoon/Charleston clubs By Larry Nichols

Mattoon Rotary Club

Over the last few years, Mattoon and Char-

leston Rotary clubs have combined their fun-

draising efforts by selling a calendar for $10.

When first initiated, both clubs would sell ad

space that would appear on each month of the

calendar. In addition, purchasers of the ca-

lendar were eligible for a weekly drawing

with prizes ranging from $25 to $125….with

the exception of one drawing in December

which had a $1,000 prize.

Each week a drawing was held at the regu-

lar meeting to select a winner. Drawings

were held at Mattoon meetings during the

first half of the year and at Charleston during

the second half of the year. Calendar pur-

chasers could potentially win 52 weeks a year

as winners were put back into the group of

names eligible for selection.

Two years ago, we also included photos

featuring local Rotary pictures with each club

supplying half the pictures. Last year, our

calendar changed the Rotary photos to photos

of local sites of interest in each town.

With our new fundraiser, we have dropped

the calendar and replaced it with a raffle. The

weekly prize payouts remain the same for

raffle participants as the weekly calendar

drawings. With this new fundraiser, mem-

bers no longer need to approach advertisers

to sell ad space, which eliminates the ad rev-

enue; however, our printing costs are greatly

reduced.

Identify new club

officers by Nov. 15 Just a reminder that all District 6490 clubs

should identify a president-elect and presi-

dent-nominee by Nov. 15 so they will be able

to attend Pre-PETS training sessions de-

signed specifically for them this month and

next. The dates, times and locations are

listed at right in “Dates to Remember.”

Assistant governors will be contacting club

presidents to make reservations for Pre-

PETS.

Clubs that have not selected their president-

elects or president-nominees by Nov. 15

should work with their assistant governor to

send promising leaders from your club to

Pre-PETS.

Rotary International must be notified of

newly elected officers by Dec. 31.

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CORRECTION Ben Gildersleeve, seated, was

misidentified in this picture in

last month‟s newsletter. Our

apologies, Ben. After allowing

Normal Rotary Club to use his

golf course free for 32 years

for its annual outing, Ben de-

served better recognition.

Blue Mound and Bloomington clubs

provide third-graders with dictionaries By Randy Mathis

Blue Mound Rotary

The Blue Mound Rotary

Club gave 50 to 60 diction-

aries to third graders in the

Meridian and Central A& M

school districts on Sept. 15.

Current President Ethel

Austin started the dictionary

project in the Blue Mound

Rotary Club about four years

ago. Ethel originally heard of

this nationwide project from a

Rotary meeting in Champaign

several years ago. She started

it in the Moweaqua Rotary

Club. When the Moweaqua

club disbanded, she brought

the dictionary project over to

the Blue Mound club. The

Blue Mound club has been

doing the dictionary project

ever since.

Generally, the Blue Mound

club raises the needed funds

with fish frys (including

one for Vulcan Materials

on Oct. 1 and for the Dunn

Company on Oct. 6). Vari-

ous volunteer groups, in-

cluding Rotarians, have

helped raise funds and dis-

tribute the dictionaries to

third-grade classes in the

U.S. and elsewhere in the

world since 1995. For fur-

ther information contact:

The Dictionary Project~

P.O. Box 1845, Charles-

ton, SC 29402.

Bloomington Rotarian Bev Poole, far right, chaired the Zeke

Stanfield Education Fund program to provide free dictiona-

ries to third-graders at two Bloomington schools in Septem-

ber. (Photo by Meng Horng)

Deadline for the December

newsletter will be Nov. 27

Sullivan Rotarian enjoys link with Boy Scouts Gerald Wood of the Sullivan Rotary

Club has discovered something “new” in

Rotary that he would like to share with

other Rotarians who have been involved

with Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.

It is the International Fellowship of

Scouting Rotarians.

“I became a member at the 2010 Boy

Scout National Jamboree. Before this, I

never knew that this almost 20-year-old

organization even existed, “ said Wood,

who has been a Rotarian for almost 10

years and is a charter member of the Sul-

livan Rotary Club..

The International Fellowship of Scout-

ing Rotarians (IFSR) is one of more than

90 Rotary Fellowship and Action Groups

established to bring together Rotarians

with similar interests from around the

world.

It is made up of Rotarians who are or

were, also, Scouters.

The aim of IFSR is to develop a

strong association internationally be-

tween Rotarians and associates who are,

or have been, active members and/or

supporters of the Scout Movement in-

cluding national organizations that are

members of the World Organization of

Scout Movements (WOSM) or the

World Association of Girl Guides and

Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).

Objectives

The objectives of IFSR include the

following:

To encourage and foster the ideal

of service by Rotarians to promote

the growth and development of the

Scout movement.

To provide opportunities for social

and fellowship interaction among

IFSR members.

To give active encouragement to

Scouting at local, national and inter-

national levels.

To recognize individuals who have

provided exceptionally unique ser-

vice to Scouting and to Rotary.

Membership

Membership of IFSR is open to any

Rotarian in good standing, Rotary

spouse or partner or family member or

associate who is presently (or has for-

merly been) a member and/or supporter

of WOSM or WAGGGS organizations.

Dues are payable annually by July 1.

The cost for new members is $35 a year;

renewal is $25 and to become a life

member the cost is $275.

Interested Rotarians can find an appli-

cation form at

http://scouters.us/ifsr/pages/joinus.html .

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Conference Conference By Arlene & Larry Pennie

B-N Sunrise Rotary

During the 2011 District 6490 Ro-

tary Conference, a new program will

be introduced. The program is de-

signed for student representatives

from each Rotary club in District

By Bob Wilson

District chair, Vocational Ser-

vice

October is Vocational Ser-

vice Month. This is a great

time for Rotarians to consider

ways to apply their vocational

skills and high ethical stan-

dards to serve people in need

and help community members

achieve their vocational poten-

tial.

The following resources are

available online to assist Rota-

Continued as ‘Vocation-

al’ on Page 10

Playground workers Pictured are some of the volunteers

responsible for the new playground at

Hazel Park in the heart of Champaign.

This was a cooperative effort among

the Champaign Rotary Club, Cham-

paign Park District, KaBoom and

Kraft Foods‟ Champaign facility. The

colorful playground equipment re-

placed a few pieces of old park appa-

ratus in an underserved area of the

city.

Ice cream trailer one

hot item in Hoopeston

By Jim Bowers

Hoopeston Rotary Club

Children and adults alike

dressed in their Halloween

costumes and visited all the

merchant locations in down-

town Hoopeston to get their

treats during the Spooktacu-

lar Event on Oct. 26.

The Hoopeston Rotary

Club had its ice cream trailer

parked in Rotary Park and

gave away bags of popcorn.

At one time there was an

estimate of 400-plus kids and

adults walking the streets of

downtown Hoopeston.

The event was scheduled to

take place from 5 p.m. to 8

p.m. but most of the mer-

chants and the Rotary Club

ran out of their give-a-way

items by 7 p.m.

A little history of the ice

cream machine for the Hoo-

peston Rotary Club:

The club bought a soft-

serve ice cream machine in

1995.

For two or three years, the

only thing we did with the

machine was set up on the

ground under a tent for the 5

days of the National Sweet-

corn Festival held in Hoopes-

ton during Labor Day Week-

end.

The club found an old car-

nival trailer and completely

stripped the inside and refur-

bished it to house the soft-

serve ice cream machine, re-

frigerator and supplies.

In recent years, in addition to

setting up at the Sweetcorn

Festival, we also set up at

Mowrey‟s Farm Equipment

Auction in Milford, IL every

third Wednesday of the months

May through September.

This year, all the events

helped us net $2,500 from ice

cream sales. The money was

used for several of our projects

over the year.

& Rolls; Desserts; Cookies

& Candy; and This & That.

2. Once our cookbook is

complete we hope that you

will want to buy a copy or

several to give as gifts!

Recipes can be contributed

electronically by e-mail to:

Normal-

Cooks@hotmail.com

Or, Recipes can be contri-

buted by snail mail to:

Becky Goeckner

115 Sheringham

Normal, IL. 61761

By Becky Goeckner

Normal Rotary Club The Normal Rotary Club is

planning a new and unique

fundraiser and we need your

help!

We are putting together a

cookbook - "Normal

Cooks."

The cookbook will feature

"Local Favorites" & “Inter-

national Specialties".

How can you help?

1. We need you to contri-

bute your favorite local and

international recipes in the

following categories: Appe-

tizers & Beverages; Soups

& Salads; Vegetables & Side

Dishes; Main Dishes; Breads

Cookbook is a Normal club fundraiser

Thought for the Day

“Only a life lived for others is a life

worthwhile.” ~ Albert Einstein

(Source: Thought Collector)

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By Becky Goeckner

Normal Rotary Club

Pathy Ekal, a Heartland

Community College stu-

dent, has received the Normal Rotary Club-Art

Adams Scholarship at

Heartland.

The scholarship was es-

tablished by our club in

2008 to honor Dr. Art

Adams; a member of our

club.

Art became a Normal

Rotarian in October 1987.

He was actively involved in

our high school student

scholarship program, where

our club awards

$5,000/year to high school

seniors who are interviewed

and selected by teams of

club members. Art died

this fall. In his honor, we

annually award a $500

scholarship to a non-

traditional student at Heart-

land Community College

with a strong record of

community service.

Pathy Ekal is a Heartland

student from the Democrat-

ic Republic of the Congo.

Pathy first came to Heart-

land as an English-as-a-

second-language (ESL)

student. He finished the

ESL program last year; and

has just started taking credit

courses at Heartland. At

Heartland, he works as an

office assistant for the ESL

director. He also works the

3rd shift as building service

worker at Illinois State

University.

Pathy is a member of the

One Heart for Congo Club.

When he completes his

coursework at Heartland he

hopes to apply for admis-

sion to ISU.

The HCC booklet “Cele-

bration of Excellence

Foundation Scholarship

Normal‟s scholarship for Art

Adams to student from Congo

Pathy Ekal, center, is shown

with Normal Rotarians

Becky Goeckner and Joe

Van West. (Photo by Colleen

Reynolds of HCC)

Reception,” it had this to say

about Dr. Adams. What they

say about Art is why we chose

to name our scholarship for

him and thus were able to

honor him before he died.

"The Heartland Community

College Foundation rememb-

ers Dr. Art Adams (1927-

2010), a longtime supporter of

higher education, an unwaver-

ing advocate of Heartland

Community College and a

founding Heartland Board of

Trustee member."

"Dr. Adams was a professor

at Illinois State University

who taught classes on the

community college move-

ment.

“For several years, Dr.

Adams was assistant to the

President at ISU, and in the

capacity served as the univer-

sity's liaison to the community

college system.

“Considered by many to be

the 'godfather' of Illinois

community colleges and a

leading expert in the field, Dr.

Adams knew every communi-

ty college president and vice

president in the state, as well

as the history of nearly every

community college in Illinois.

That knowledge helped him to

shape the face of what Illinois

community colleges have be-

come."

Pontiac Rotary Club President Mark Donovan presented

checks to Jim Stapleton, in picture at left, and Thom

Proctor from the club‟s annual sale of nuts. (Photos by

Linda Schneeman)

Pontiac Rotary Club

shells out $2,300 The Pontiac Rotary Club

handed out nearly $2,300

last month, thanks in part to

an annual project that is

just getting off the ground

to raise money for charita-

ble causes next year.

President Mark Dono-

van presented a $1,133.25

check to Thom Proctor for

the Crossroads Therapeutic

Day School and later pre-

sented an identical amount

to the Livingston County

Learning Center, according

to Linda Schneeman, a

member who publishes the

club‟s newsletter, Pontiac

Rotary News & Reviews.

The Crossroads school

serves 6th

through 12th

graders with behavioral or

emotional needs from 12

member districts in Li-

vingston County.

The Learning Center pre-

pares students from Li-

vingston and McLean

Counties for the high

school Equivalency Ex-

amination and provides

instruction in remedial

reading and mathematics.

Career counseling is also

offered.

Helping fund those

projects is the club‟s annual

sale of pecans, walnuts and

black walnuts. The annual

sale is under way. The nuts

are $8 per bag – and sales

are not limited to the Pontiac

area for any of you Rotarians in

far-flung places looking for

holiday snacks.

But that is just one of two

annual projects the club has

under way. Last month, the

club dropped off 200 coats at

Central school as part of its

annual coat drive for the Randy

Spires Children‟s Fund.

All of these coats donated so

far were collected in three lots,

according to Rotarian Schnee-

man. The largest donation was

collected by Troy Harms. He

was able to get all the lost and

found clothing and coats from

the Boys & Girls Club, which

totaled around 100 clothing

items. Teresa Grant-Quick

provided 50-plus coats that she

had collected since last year.

And the remaining were col-

lected from the Illini Garage

sales. The grant last year was

provided to the Spires Fund to

purchase other personal items

that the children may need,

such as school supplies, per-

sonal hygiene items, under-

wear, socks, etc. The fact that

all of these items have been

distributed speaks to the need

that is out there. The club isn‟t resting on its

laurels either. It has already

asked each of its members to

donate $10 or buy two coats for

a new coat drive.

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Marshall, Normal hit the road Roadside clean-

up is a priority

with at least two

clubs within Dis-

trict 6490 – Mar-

shall and Normal.

Marshall Rota-

rians, members of

their Interact Club

at Marshall High

School and their

sponsors –all pic-

tured at right --

took to Highway

40 west of the

town on Oct. 9 for

their twice-a-year cleanup.

Like a number of other clubs in

the district, the Marshall Rotary

Club is participating in the Illinois

“Adopt A Highway” program to

help keep roadsides clean.

The recent “local” project for

Normal Rotary Club took on an

international flavor.0

Rotarians worked side-by-side

with Heartland Community College

international students to clean up the

roadsides of a county road between

Normal and Danvers.

Normal also regularly cleans the road as

part of the state‟s Adopt-A-Highway pro-

gram.

Students from the Normal-based campus

of Heartland who helped included some from

Indonesia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and

India.

Monticello

club pledges

$7,500 for

medical center It is with great excitement that the

Rotary Club of Monticello announces a

commitment of $7,500 to the new Kirby

Medical Center to benefit the new

women‟s imaging center.

“As president of the Monticello Rota-

ry club I cannot think of a better way to

spend the money than contribute to this

great hospital, ” Scott Burnsmier, presi-

dent of the Monticello Rotary Club

stated.

Steve Tenhouse, CEO of Kirby Hos-

pital, said: “We are so excited to have

the Monticello Rotary Club involved

with our capital campaign and the new

Kirby Medical Center. The Rotary

club‟s assistance, while at the same

time helping raise awareness for breast

cancer with a Paint Piatt Pink cam-

paign, shows a commitment to making

Monticello a better community.”

The new Kirby Medical Center will

be centered on 108 acres of land pur-

chased for the project off of Interstate

72 on the new Medical Center Drive,

just 1.5 miles from the hospital‟s cur-

rent State Street location.

Kirby Medical Center will be Piatt

County‟s new 71,000-square-foot

healthcare facility and medical office

campus and will include expanded

emergency and surgery departments,

women‟s imaging center and an inpa-

tient unit that will have all private pa-

tient suites, each with its own bathroom

and shower and large enough to provide

family members with in-room accom-

modations for those who wish to spend

extended time with their loved ones.

Please contact Scott Burnsmier, pres-

ident of the Monticello Club, for more

information on how you can participate

in the upcoming event in February that

will help raise money for the project.

President Scott‟s telephone number is

217-762-2182.

Bloomington using raffle for Nepal project By Alex Calvert

Bloomington Rotary Club

The Rotary Club of Bloomington is

partnering with our Rotary district and

Assistant Governor Eric Leudkte (Ma-

homet Club) to assist the women and

children of Nepal escape the slave

trade.

Eric is working with clubs in Germa-

ny to help educate and micro-finance

mothers in Nepal so that the health and

well-being of their children is pre-

served. His efforts include Tuition and

Socialization Classes for mothers and

their children. Following their training

in a trade, the mothers can receive mi-

cro-financing to aid in starting their

business.

A trained mother is far less likely to

sell their children into the slave trade,

thereby increasing the future generation's

self-sustainability.

The Rotary Club of Bloomington

is selling raffle tickets during the month of

October and first week of November to

finance this worthwhile project. 150 tick-

ets will be sold for one hundred dollars a

piece. The raffle will be held at 12:45

pm November 11, 2010, at Second Pres-

byterian Church in Bloomington. Grand

Prize is $5,000 with five additional get-

your-money-back winners. The raffle is

bonded and licensed by McLean County.

You may purchase tickets by contacting

Rotarian Alex Calvert at 309-828-2415.

All checks should be made payable to the

Rotary Club of Bloomington in care of

Alex at 1115 East Washington St. Bloo-

mington, Illinois 61701.

8

By Surinder Sethi

Director Foundation & In-

ternational Service The Rotary Foundation

consists of various types of

contribution recognition.

Below are the various ways

to contribute.

Sustaining Member Anyone who contributes

$100 or more per year to the

Annual Programs Fund is

automatically recognized as

a Rotary Foundation Sustain-

ing Member.

Sustaining Members are

critical to the Foundation. If

every club member contri-

buted $100 every year, Rota-

ry could nearly double its

efforts to help needy people

worldwide and support the

continued growth of its pro-

grams.

All gifts cumulatively count

toward other Foundation

recognition programs.

Benefactor

You may become a Benefac-

tor by making the Permanent

Fund a beneficiary in your

estate plans or by donating

$1,000 or more to the fund

outright.

Bequest Society

Couples or individuals who

have made commitments of

$10,000 or more in their es-

tate plans, such as a will, liv-

ing trust or through whole or

universal life insurance, can

become Bequest Society

members.

All Bequest Society members

receive recognition from the

Trustees of The Rotary Foun-

dation. Donors may elect to

receive an engraved crystal

recognition piece and a Be-

quest Society pin.

Paul Harris Fellow Donors of $1,000 or more to

the Annual Programs Fund,

Polio Plus, or the Humanita-

rian Grants Program, or

people, who have that amount

contributed in their name, can

be recognized as Paul Harris

Fellows.

Paul Harris Society

The Paul Harris Society is a

level of recognition for those

donors who choose to give

$1,000 or more each Rotary

year to the Rotary Founda-

tion Annual Programs Fund.

Currently there are 35 Paul

Harris Society members in

our district

Major Donor The Rotary Foundation re-

cognizes couples or individu-

als whose combined personal

outright or cumulative giving

has reached $10,000. All

outright contributions made

to the Foundation are in-

cluded in this total, regard-

less of the gift designation.

Donors may elect to receive a

crystal recognition piece and

a Major Donor lapel pin or

pendant. Recognition items

commemorate giving at each

recognition level:

Level Six Contribution, $1

million or greater; Level

Five, $500,000; Level

Four, $100,000; Level

Three, $50,000; Level Two,

$25,000; Level One,

$10,000

Arch C. Klumph Society Donors whose cumulative

gifts total $250,000 or more

will become members of the

Arch C. Klumph Society

and have their photos dis-

played permanently in the

Arch C. Klumph Gallery at

RI headquarters.

District 6490 Recogni-

tion:STAR CLUB Our district recognizes as a

STAR CLUB a club whose

per capita annual contrib-

ution level reaches a mini-

mum of $100. First year of

promoting STAR CLUBS

was 2007-08 and there were

14 STAR CLUBS; that

number rose to 18 at the

end of 2008-09. We had 15

in 2009-10.

Our goal this year is to

make our district 100% star

clubs.

Third of four-part

series about Rotary Foundation

By Ronald R. Schettler

District Governor Elect

In mid October, I sent out

to all District 649 Rotary

Club Presidents a request for

them to announce the

upcoming Pre PETS semi-

nars to be held in Effingham

(11-29), Bloomington (11-

30), Urbana (12-02) and

Decatur (12-07). Also, to

assure that the clubs‟ presi-

dent-elects and president-

nominees are informed and

confirmed that they will at-

tend one of these sessions.

This year, the club presi-

dents are invited to attend

for a special breakout ses-

sion with me.

First: PETS is an acronym

for Presidents Elect Training

Seminar.

The PETS Seminar and

Conference will be held in

Effingham this coming

March. It is a multi-district

conference (3 districts) that

will be attended by as many

as 150 president-elects and

many president-mominees. It

is two full days of leadership

and skills training with a

number of Rotary Interna-

tional and district officers

speaking or hosting presenta-

tions.

Pre PETS is a district lea-

dership seminar hosted by

your area assistant governor,

Facilitated by your district

governor-elect and the pro-

gram presented by our district

trainer. Pre PETS is an excellent

platform for incoming club pres-

idents (along with president no-

minees) to be appraised of the

importance of developing their

“action” plan. The training they

receive will assist them in pre-

paring for both the upcoming

PETS Conference in March and

taking the necessary steps over

the next six months to assure that

their Rotary club is ready for

their year as club president.

The Club President‟s Kit, Club

Planning Guide, Foundation

Goals Report and number of

other programs will be reviewed

and discussed. Along with sever-

al other important handouts, the

president-elects and presi-

dent-nominees will have the

opportunity to meet and dis-

cuss different Rotary pro-

grams with other president-

elects and president-

nominees.

This year, I have invited the

present club president to at-

tend Pre PETS and meet with

me in a special breakout ses-

sion to discuss their next sev-

en months as club president

and the importance of their

role in their first year as club

past-president.

In the February Newsletter

we will review the 2010 Land

of Lincoln Multi-PETS Con-

ference in Effingham.

NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH

PETS and Pre PETS: More than just acronyms

9

District seeks area professionals

for goodwill exchange to Brazil By Kevin Miller

Co-chair, Group Study Exchange

Rotary club members of Dis-

trict 6490 have announced that

they will be sending a team, led

by a Rotarian with four outstand-

ing professionals, to visit District

4710 in Parana, Brazil.

The team will depart approx-

imately March 11 and return

April 11 as part of the Group

Study Exchange program of The

Rotary Foundation of Rotary In-

ternational.

Through the program, teams of

young professionals from two

countries exchange visits.

For four weeks, team members

experience the way of life, cus-

toms and vocational practices of

another country, while sharing

information about their home

country.

The purpose of the Group

Study Exchange program is to

promote international understand-

ing and goodwill through person-

al connection. While abroad,

team members stay in Rotarians‟

homes and have the opportunity

to meet their professional coun-

terparts. They also give presenta-

tions to Rotary clubs and other

groups about their home country.

The Rotary Foundation pays for

round-trip airfare, and Rotary

club members in the host country

provide meals, lodging and group

travel in their district. Team

members only pay for personal

and incidental expenses.

Young adults between the ages

of 25 and 40 who are interested in

applying should be employed

full-time in a business or profes-

sion with at least 2 years in their

current occupation and are not

direct lineal Rotarian descendants

Applicants must live or be em-

ployed in Rotary District 6490,

which includes the East Central

Illinois counties of Bond, Cham-

paign, Christian, Clark, Coles,

Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt,

Douglas, Edgar, Effingham,

For an application Please contact

Kevin Miller

1386 E 1900th

Ave., Teutopolis, IL. 62467

217-924-4155

kevmil@mmtcnet.com

More information and forms can be found at these sites:

http://www.rotary6490.org

http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Fellowship/G

roupStrudyExchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/160en.pdf

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_doc/161en.doc

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_doc/gse_insurance_me

dical_certification_en.doc

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_doc/260en.doc

Applications are due by Friday, November 22 to Kevin

Miller.

Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jas-

per, Livingston, Logan, Ma-

con, McLean, Montgomery,

Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby,

Vermilion and Woodford.

They must be in good

health to travel and able to

obtain a passport.

Rotary is an organization

of business and professional

leaders united worldwide

who provide humanitarian

service and help to build

goodwill and peace in the

world. There 1.2 million

Rotary members in some

32,000 Rotary clubs in

more than 200 countries.

Monticello

Interact sells

porkchops

By Diana Wilkin

Youth Leadership

chair, Monticello Rota-

ry Club

The Monticello Inte-

ract Club members

successfully sold 300

pork chop sandwiches

at the Monticello High

School football game

on October 15th raising

$771 dollars!

Awesome work!!

Monticello Rotary's

past president, Craig

Meyers, and current

president, Scott

Burnsmier, showed

their support by stand-

ing over the hot grill

and cooking those 300

pork chops. Their

time, work and desire

for the Interact Club to

be successful is truly

appreciated. The even-

ing would not have

been successful without

the coordination and

organization efforts of

Interact's faculty advi-

sor, Amy Malone. Her

dedication to the club is

apparent in all that she

does.

Most importantly, a

big THANKS to the

Interact members!

What an amazing

group. They had a

great time, purchased

and ate a lot of pork

chop sandwiches them-

selves, and were de-

termined to sell every

sandwich. All money

will be distributed by

the Interact Club to

charities and communi-

ty and international

service projects of their

choice. (Source --

From Monticello Rota-

ry Club’s ‘Rar-E-

Tarian’ newsletter of

Oct. 20).

10

Urbana water-well initiative becomes cooperative

with Savoy, C-U Sunrise, Arcola and Villa Grove

clubs By Marshall Thompson

Urbana Rotary Club

In the past year, ten shal-

low water wells have been

completed in various villages

in the Domasi Area of Ma-

lawi. The projects were con-

structed as part of a Rotary

Foundation Grant initiated

by the Urbana club in coop-

eration with the Blantyre

Club of Malawi. Other East

Central Illinois Clubs (Sa-

voy, Champaign Sunrise,

Arcola, and Villa Grove)

contributed to the project.

Various villages submitted

a water well application. The

Blantyre club selected the

projects from the applica-

tions. The Blanytre club took

advantage of the existing

structures of Jeanes CCAP

(a Presbyterian Church

* Collected materials

such as bricks, sand, quarry

stones and rocks; and

* Organized the villagers

in assisting the construction

teams.

Following the digging

and bricking of the well

and the installation of the

concrete top slab, the

Jeanes Well Team installs

the pumps.

Quoting from Jeanes

CCAP: “It is always a hap-

py moment when a shallow

well is being handed over

to the shallow wells main-

tenance team. Sometimes

women organize music and

dance to appreciate a prob-

lem being solved.”

The wells provide clean

and safe water to the vil-

lagers!

group in Domasi, Zomba un-

der the Blantyre Synod) to

facilitate the well construc-

tion.

Well committees were

formed in the villages. The

committees carried out the

following duties:

* Organized the village in

digging the well;

By John C. Alexander

District World Community

Service Committee Chair

International projects that

are funded through the Rota-

ry Foundation‟s matching

grant program are a wonder-

ful way to “stretch” club and

individual donations. The

number of unmet humanita-

rian needs far exceed the

available resources, yet

many District 6490 clubs

have sponsored or contri-

buted to projects that help

meet those needs. Those

clubs testify to how their

project participation has

energized their members and

given them a new perspec-

tive on their Rotarian mis-

sion to serve.

Your district‟s World

Community Service Com-

mittee stands ready to assist

your club in exploring or pro-

posing a project, finding an

international partner club or

making a presentation to your

membership about recent suc-

cesses. The committee also

has some funding help availa-

ble for qualified efforts.

Please contact District 6490

Foundation Chair Surinder

Sethi at surinderse-

thi@hotmail.com; myself at

jalexander@danvilleymca.org ; or Greg Sidwell, vice chair

and Annual Fund chairman, at

ilsid2000@mac.com with any

questions. Please accept the

challenge to make our world a

better place through Rotary.

Assistance available to explore,

propose international projects

World Community Service

One PDG up to the challenge

Last month, we issued a challenge to District 6490‟s

past district governors.

Rotary International officers came up with 10 good

reasons why all Rotarians should attend the RI Interna-

tional Conference in New Orleans next May 21-25.

So, we figured PDGs could come up with good rea-

sons why all District 6490 Rotarians should come to the

annual District Conference April 15-16 in Normal.

PDG Liz Skinner of Monticello (2005-06) was quick

to respond. Her reasons:

1.To see old friends and make new ones.

2. Young families will love Children‟s Discovery Mu-

seum (in Uptown Normal one block from the Marriott).

3. Vibrant Illinois State University and Illinois Wes-

leyan campuses to stroll.

4. Twin City Bloomington part of the package.

5. Some of best shopping in Central Illinois.

6.The Abraham Lincoln connection.

7. Opportunity to experience the „sights and smells‟ of a

real farm.

8. A fun-filled program.

9. It‟s the home of the only Normal Rotary Club in the

world.

11

By Surinder Sethi

Director, Foundation & In-

ternational Service

This Rotary year we are

planning a „Friendship Ex-

change‟ with some districts in

India besides visiting

places of international inter-

ests. This „Friendship Ex-

change‟ will give Rotarians

and their families an opportu-

nity to experience India‟s

cultures first hand. By partic-

ipating in potential reciprocal

visits with Rotarians from

India and their families, you

are advancing international

understanding among Rota-

rians. The trip will provide

Rotarians with the opportuni-

ty to build personal contacts

and make long-lasting friend-

ships while exploring differ-

ent areas of India.

Our district has sponsored a

number of projects in India,

many of which have been

completed or underway and

you will have opportunity to

visit them. We sponsor the

International Projects but

rarely visit the project sites to

see what impact these

projects made on the real

people we intended to help.

The group may also partici-

pate in giving oral polio vac-

cine to children on a National

Immunization Day (NID) in

India if it happens during our

visit. Several thousands, if not

millions, of children will be

immunized on NID.

Cost

The Exchange is funded

entirely by the members of

the group, and the exchange

will be carried out at no ex-

pense to Rotary International.

At present, we estimate the

cost of this trip to be any-

where from $3,500 to $4,000

per person depending upon

the size of the group and

prices of airline tickets. The

exact cost will be determined

once we know how many

Rotarians will be participat-

ing in the exchange and

when. Estimated cost in-

cludes all transportation, air-

fare and a few nights in ho-

tels. Most of us will be stay-

ing with Rotarians and most

of the meals will be during

our meeting with Rotarians

there. Airfare is based upon

departure and return to

O‟Hare airport.

Additional expenses

The following are addi-

tional expenses:

Passport and / or

Visa costs

Small gift for the

hosts

Possible admission

fees to tourist sites,

which are minimal

Immunization

Costs

Trip Details DURATION:

The exact date of group‟s

departure will be determined

mutually once the group is

formed. At this time, we are

acquiring commitments

from prospective partici-

pants. Tentatively, we plan

to travel at the end of first

week or beginning of the

second week of February

2011.

„Friendship Exchange‟ to India planned for 2011

Charleston has exchange students flipping

The Charleston Rotary

Club offered something

“old” and some-

thing “new” for last

month‟s annual

homecoming fes-

tivities at Eastern

Illinois University.

The “old” was

the club‟s 11th

an-

nual pancake and

sausage breakfast

to support local

Rotary projects. .

The “new” in-

cluded current Ro-

tary Youth Ex-

change students, who

were hosted by the

club for the home-

coming weekend of

Oct. 23-24.

The exchange stu-

dents were not only

encouraged to try

their hands at flipping

a few pancakes, but

held national flags

high as they rode on

the club‟s float in the

homecoming parade.

Rotary‟s Vision The Rotary Foun-

dation Future Vision

Plan aims to in-

crease efficiency and

develop a more stra-

tegic focus for the

Foundation. A three-

year pilot of the

plan‟s new grant

structure began July

2010 and involves

about 100 Rotary

districts worldwide.

Clubs in pilot dis-

tricts do not partici-

pate in current

Foundation pro-

grams (except for

PolioPlus and Rota-

ry Peace Fellow-

ships). Instead, pilot

districts may apply

for district grants,

which will enable

them to carry out

local and interna-

tional projects of

their choice, and

global grants, which

support projects and

activities in six areas

of focus: peace and

conflict preven-

tion/resolution, dis-

ease prevention and

treatment, water and

sanitation, maternal

and child health,

basic education and

literacy, and eco-

nomic and commu-

nity development.

During the pilot,

the Foundation will

phase out current

educational and hu-

manitarian grants

and refine the plan

for participation by

all Rotary districts in

July 2013.

(Photos by Bill Warmoth)

12

NOT MEMBERSHIP ATTENDANCE

RE-

PORT Member Count Sept YTD % YTD

Club Name NG 7/1/10 9/30/10 +/- +/-

% Last Year

Sept. YTD TO RI

Arcola Sunrise

30 29 0 -1 -3.33% 72.67% 80.00% 74.67% $1475

Arthur

24 22 0 -2 -8.33% 69.58% 70.00% 74.33% 0

Atlanta

18 18 0 0 0.0% 66.33% 75.00% 70.00% $100

Bloomington

83 77 -1 -6 -7.23% 64.93% 72.67% 74.99% $1365

B-N Sunrise

0 91 -1

0.0% 68.00% 69.00% 68.67% $750

B-N Sunset

22 23 0 1 4.55% 83.08% 77.00% 75.67% $492

Blue Mound

0 9 0

0.0% 75.68% 81.50% 72.6% $400

Casey

0 13 0 13 0.0% 0.0% 52.00% 26.00% 0

Champaign

166 169 2 4 1.81% 65.46%

67.27% $1550

Champaign West

153 154 2 1 0.65% 78.36% 78.63% 79.74% $8376

C-U Sunrise

46 45 0 -1 -2.17% 77.07% 78.30% 80.20% $919

Charleston

76 75 0 -1 -1.32% 55.75% 58.00% 58.00% 0

Clinton

37 34 0 -3 -8.11% 62.03% 65.60% 66.10% 0

C-U Illini After 5

18 18 0 0 0.0% 93.17% 100.00% 99.20% $1355

Danville

112 103 -1 -9 -8.04% 52.42% 53.00% 50.33% 0

Danville Downtown NR 0 12 0

0.0% 60.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0

Danville Sunrise

27 23 0 -4 14.81% 63.25% 62.00% 60.00% $1,000

Decatur NR 126 126 0 0 0.0% 37.85% 0.0% 52.22% 0

Decatur Metropolitan

13 12 0 -1 -7.69% 58.17% 62.50% 54.80% $299

Effingham Noon

104 105 0 1 0.96% 50.42% 50.00% 49.33% 0

Effingham Sunrise

59 62 1 3 5.08% 65.52% 62.50% 62.50% 0

Eureka

0 41 0

0.0% 63.00% 70.00% 70.00% 0

Fairbury

42 41 0 -1 -2.38% 62.23% 59.48% 60.54% $200

Forsyth Sunrise

14 15 0 1 7.14% 85.58% 80.00% 86.67% $100

Gibson City

28 28 0 0 25.00% 44.83% 37.00% 42.50% $563.87

Gilman

15 15 0 0 0.0% 81.42% 73.00% 81.00% $1950

Hillsboro

28 28 0 0 0.0% 41.67% 41.00% 42.67% 0

Hoopeston

19 18 0 -1 -5.26% 61.66% 66.67% 56.71% 0

Lincoln

61 61 0 0 0.0% 70.35% 70.33% 73.18% $3180

Litchfield

29 30 0 1 3.45% 75.42% 73.00% 75.67% $741

Mahomet

28 29 0 1 3.57% 82.15% 84.70% 86.10% $3319.40

Marshall

22 22 0 0 0.0% 74.75% 86.00% 82.67% $150

Mattoon NR 71 63 1 -8 11.27% 65.41% % % $735.98

Met.-Germantown Hills

28 31 1 3 10.71% 68.60% 80.00% 79.12% 0

Monticello

80 82 0 2 2.50% 68.68% 68.97% 70.86% $100

Mount Pulaski

12 11 0 -1 -8.33% 55.75% 51100% 54.33% 0

Newton

38 40 1 2 5.26% 71.72% 71.25% 75.60% 0

Nokomis

14 12 0 -2 14.29% 68.67% 86.00% 80.00% 0

Normal

87 88 -2 1 1.15% 72.67% 70.00% 69.67% $5430

Pana

19 19 0 0 0.0% 60.02% 71.00% 71.33% $75

Paris

40 43 0 3 7.50% 0.0% 71.00% 71.50% $75

Paxton

0 20 0

0.0% 53.73% 63.00% 55.33% $375

Pontiac

42 42 0 0 0.0% 62.63% 64.00% 61.00% $1624

Rantoul

38 39 0 1 2.63% 64.57% 66.41% 65.75% 0

Roanoke

0 20 1

0.0% 70.50% 74.00% 75.00% 0

Robinson

19 20 0 1 5.26% 62.42% 53.00% 53.00% 0

Savoy

0 30

0.0% 78.41% 70.00% 81.00% 0

Shelbyville

33 34 0 1 3.03% 72.67% 72.00% 75.67% $1000

Sullivan

34 34 0 0 0.0% 54.92% 56.00% 58.33% 0

Tuscola

38 37 0 -1 -2.63% 72.42% 70.00% 69.67% 0

Urbana

0 95 0

0.0% 52.86% 52.10% 56.20% $700

Vandalia

40 41 -1 1 2.50% 64.42% 66.00% 68.00% $700

Villa Grove NR 21 21

0 0.0% 67.50% 0.0% 0.0% 0

SUMMARY 2371 2 0 63.61% 61.62% 64.54% $39,025.25

District

Secretary’s

September

Report

New

Rotarians

Reported

Casey

Sharon Durham

Mark Jenkins

John Renshaw

Champaign West

LeeAnn Donner

Matt Pinner

Metmora German-

town Hills

Scott Baldwin

Monticello

Nancy Koeneman

Normal

John E. Bishop

Rotarian

Deaths

Reported

None reported