Bring Out The Best. March 11, 2013

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1 March 11, 2013 Bring Out The Best Combining dance routines from hip-hop to Backstreet Boys and from dance-pop to N Sync, the Soul Brothers four young men with Down Syndrome offered tangible proof to our Rotary audience that it is their abilities and attitude, not their disabilities, that matter most. Our speaker, Meagan Weaver of DSANI [Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Indiana] reviewed the facts about this genetic abnormality. And she also explained the education, support, advocacy, and inclusion mission of her organization. To support that mission, each October for the past 14 years, DSANI has sponsored an annual Buddy Walk. Last year s event at Shoaff Park the most successful ever had over 1,100 participants and raised over $75,000. For more information about DSANI or this year s Buddy Walk on October 5 th, visit

2 THE DOWNTOWN ROTARY CLUB Next Meeting: March 11, 2013 OPENING DOORS THROUGH SERVICE Greeters Cashier Invocation House Song Leader Sergeant Spin Editor Program Lunch Menu Dick Conklin & Ken Lizer Jeanette Dillon Jim Cress Dave Lorenz Sharon Pohly Ruth Phillips Tom Wooding Mike Couzens, Broadcaster, The Fort Wayne Tin Caps 2013 Fajita/Taco, Salad Bar & Cookies Upcoming Programs March 18 March 25 Alex Smith, Shane Araugo, Christine Fisher, Clint Kelly A Better Fort Lisa Obata, RYE Inbound Student My Time in Fort Wayne Memorial Service for Ruth Niewyk Saturday March 16 th at 2 PM First Presbyterian Church

3 Club Announcements CUP FOR A CAUSE MARCH 16 MARCH 16 MARCH 18 MARCH 27 APRIL 15 LAST CHANCE! See Carole Fuller to buy Green Mountain $10 per bag. The club gets $3 and $1 goes to safe water projects worldwide. International Youth Exchange Expo 10am to 1:30 pm IPFW Walb Student Union Memorial Service for Ruth Niewyk 2:00 pm, First Presbyterian Church Rotary Speech Contest 4pm, Downtown Library RAH! RAH! At JK O Donnell s RAH! RAH! with Austrian GSE team Club Committee Calendar March 11 Membership Committee 1:15 pm March 13 Executive Committee Meeting, 11:30 March 26 Rotary Board Meeting 7:30 am Local District and International March April April June Great Lakes President Elect Training Kalamazoo MI GSE Team from Austria here District 6540 Annual Conference Radisson Star Plaza, Merrillville Rotary International Convention Lisbon, Portugal

4 Last Week s Sergeants Program Headliners themselves, the tag-team duo of Jeremy Redding and Allie Braun gave us a quick, but hilarious, tour of gaffs found in newspaper headlines, billboards, restaurant menus, and classified ads. Some, were unintentionally (?) bawdy. [Sorry, can t repeat any here] Others, were simply maladroit Students Cook & Serve Grandparents Studies Show That Teen Pregnancy Drops Off Significantly After 25. And still others, were inadvertently revealing -- County To Pay $250,000 To Advertise Lack of Funds Mississippi s Literacy Program Shows Improvement. Of course, not all of life s trip-ups are textual as this near fiasco (but perhaps apocryphal) text message exchange.demonstrates: 2013 International Youth Exchange EXPO The 2013 International Youth Exchange EXPO, partially sponsored by our Rotary club, is Sat., March 16 th anytime from 10am -1:30pm in IPFW s Walb Student Union ballroom. Share the event info with your kids, grandchildren and the neighborhood s 9 th -11 th graders. They should come to explore and discover why and how they can study and travel to another country while in high school. An international experience can be can be a life changing experience. For Allen County students it s even an affordable opportunity thanks to great scholarship assistance.

5 Happy Birthday Rotarians! Nordan, Brian Mar 05 Jackson, Louise Mar 13 Gibson, Timothy Mar 19 Wagner, Kimberly Mar 23 Knox, Noel Mar 24 Gutreuter, Jill Mar 25 McMahan, Alan Mar 26 Schuler, Candace Mar 30 Happy Anniversary Rotarians! Haines, Bruce 23 years Mar 02, 1990 VerLee, Ronald 10 years Mar 03, 2003 Sheetz, Larry 1 years Mar 05, 2012 Stoppenhagen, Larry 18 years Mar 06, 1995 Yoder, Thomas 42 years Mar 08, 1971 Ganaway, M. Frances 23 years Mar 09, 1990 Kohart, A. Ronald 26 years Mar 09, 1987 Eckart, Fred 17 years Mar 11, 1996 Gibson, Timothy 23 years Mar 13, 1990

6 McNair, E. Anthony 34 years Mar 15, 1979 Williamson, Dennis 20 years Mar 18, 1993 Priddy, Marvin 51 years Mar 19, 1962 Krull, Jeffrey 26 years Mar 20, 1987 Reece, Roger 7 years Mar 20, 2006 Robertson, Masson 31 years Mar 22, 1982 Ruffolo, Linda 17 years Mar 26, 1996 Kowalczyk, John 25 years Mar 28, 1988 Bolinger, Donna 3 years Mar 29, 2010 Lorenz, David 3 years Mar 29, 2010

7 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE DISCOVER STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES DROP IN AND FIND OUT ABOUT: Summer and academic year exchange opportunities for high school students College benefits and career impact of an exchange experience How to choose and fund your international exchange SATURDAY, MARCH 16, A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. IPFW WALB STUDENT UNION Thank you to our sponsors: Rotary Clubs of Fort Wayne Division of Continuing Studies and Office of International Education DETAILS at iyee.org David Hefner International Exchange Fund