Ted Bilton

							                                            the   ROTAGRAM
                                       A Publication of The Rotary Club of Hillcrest

                     OFFICERS                                                                  CHAIRS

Brian Giallombardo              President                                    John Wilson          Foundation
Kathleen Mekesa                 Pres.-Elect                                  Roger Korsten        Club Service Projects
Joe Wilson                      Vice Pres.                                   Ross DeJohn          Administration
Derek Nevar              .      Secretary                                    Joe Wilson/ ??       Membership Co-Chairs
Lynda Rossiter                  Finance                                       ??                  Public Relations
Trevor Valentine                Sgt. at Arms
Joe Cicero                      Past President                                          BULLETIN EDITORS
                                                                                       Bill Burcham /Derek Nevar


                                                   December 15,2009


  NEXT WEEK: This month’s programs conclude                     to see so many “breakfast folks” at our noon
  with our Quarterly Club Assembly on Tuesday,                  meeting. Mike Johns, Sr. had never before paid
  December 22.                                                  $90 for a breakfast at our Rotary club, but he
                                                                thought it was a great party. Ed Sullivan is pleased
  COMING PROGRAM: There will be a New Year’s                    that his entire family will be together at Christmas
  Brunch at Jackie Minotas’ house on December 29,               for the first time in a long time. Joe Kamiab
  beginning at 11:30. Spouses or significant others are         thought the breakfast was wonderful, and he
  welcome. Jackie’s home is at 440 Locklie in                   appreciated all of Jackie and her committee’s hard
  Highland Heights. A signup sheet was circulated at            work.
  Tuesday’s meeting. Be sure to sign it next week if
  you haven’t already done so.                                  COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE: Roger
                                                                Korsten invited all to attend the committee’s next
  HAPPY/SAD BUCKS: Bob Stabile is sad that his                  meeting at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 17,
  “sparring partner,” Ted Bilton will be leaving the            for a report on the Baby Talk Project which will be
  club. Ted Bilton is sad that every time Bob makes a           presented at Hillcrest on Wednesday.
  comment about him, it costs him a buck to respond.
  Derek Nevar is very sad that he has lost a cousin to          CHARTER NIGHTS: John Wilson reminded us
  cancer. George Schumacher paid a “computer                    that our Charter Night Party will be January 23,
  buck,” pointing out that he is learning. Jackie               and he invited all of us to attend the original charter
  Minotas thanked all who came to Breakfast with                night of our newly-formed Rotaract Club on
  Santa – 36 adults and 22 children. She was happy              January 16 beginning at 6:30.
  about the great party, about her daughter being home
  for the weekend, but sad that Ted is leaving. Brian           GREETING CARDS: District Governor, John
  Giallombardo said his knees began to hurt talking as          Bosco announced the availability of greeting cards
  Santa to the many children at the party. He also              for $8 per box. Each sale will donate $5 to the
  enjoys seeing so many college kids returning home             Rotary Foundation.
  for their winter break. Lynda Rossiter is sad she
  missed Breakfast with Santa because of a budget               CULTURAL EXCHANGE: Our speaker was Kelly
  hearing which isn’t finished yet. John Bosco is               Williams, the founder of the International Cultural
  happy that the dictionary project went so well, and he        Exchange Foundation. Twenty years ago, she was a
  thanked all who helped him. John Wilson was happy             Rotary Youth Exchange Student to Brazil, and the
experience “changed her life. It taught her another
language and expanded her vision of the world far
beyond the view she had when she left Wooster,
Ohio.

She feels that these high school exchange students are
young enough that the experience makes an
impression on them far beyond that gained by the
older Ambassadorial Scholarship students.         The
Rotary Youth Exchange program is now 60 years old,
so that thousands of students must have profited from
it. Kelly and another former exchange student,
Candace,       have      established   a      website,
www.newcompass.org to locate others who have been
a part of the program. They hope to write a book of
their stories and to gain donations and grants to
provide scholarships for future Rotary Exchange
Students. These will supplement the support they get
from their Rotary districts. While overseas, most of
the students’ expenses are paid except for any travel
costs they will be expected to incur. Scholarships
would cover the items that Rotary support does not.

ROTABUCK WINNER: Lynda Rossiter