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1 Chartered April 4, 1980 Meets Tuesday at 7:00 , Cultural Center of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, Florida Rotary Club of Charlotte Harbor Official Publication of the January 20, 2009 Volume 29 - Issue 29 The Conquistador Rotary International President: Dong Kurn (DK) Lee District Governor, District 6960: Margaret (Margie) Cypher Assistant Governor, Area 7: Rebekah J. (Becky) Fero Rotary Club of Charlotte Harbor OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2007-2008 President: Bonnie Gado President-Elect: Mike Colgan Secretary: Leroy Jackson Treasurer: Sherry Penfield Past President/Asst. Treasurer: Steve Vollmer Sergeant at Arms Bob McDuffie Directors: Jos Basilio Bob Clendenin Rob Lowe Bob McDuffie Don Roll Selva Sunderavel Vern Ward Club #4308 The Conquistador 2009 Club Picnic What is the value of the life of one child saved?

2 No one knows, but if the child were our own, the price tag would be marked: Not for sale this life is invaluable. James L. Bomar, Jr. RI President 1979-1980 January is Rotary Awareness Month Students to attend today s inauguration in DC By Guest Editor Bob Wilson If the good Lord would only listen to Wayne s prayer, we would have a lot of the problems of the world solved. Let us hope He did. We had three guests, two regulars, Lloyd and Karol, along with our Assistant District Gover-nor Becky Fero. She was promoting the Gala of Lights project that the Rotary Club of Mur-dock holds every year for the adaptive play-ground they are supporting.

3 The event will be held on February 2nd at the PGI Civic Center. Steve and Leroy took home the 50/50 raf-fle. Many happy dollars were given for Tim Tebow and the Gators. We also found out that our own Dave Powell is a bastard descen-dent of England s King George III. I wonder if Dave had claimed his inheritance? We had the pleasure of Dr. Rae Konjoian, Head of the Good Shepherd Day School speak with us today. She filled us in on the many advantages and differences a private school can have over public education. To start with, the class day starts with prayer. Good Shep-herd now has classes from pre-school through 8th grade.

4 Besides teaching the three R s, the school excels in the arts, music and foreign languages. Tuition for a year is $6,600. Dr. Konjoian was especially proud that the six 8th grade students were going to Wash-ington, DC for the inauguration. Most impor-tantly, the students earned most of the neces-sary money for the trip. Thanks to Representative Tom Rooney, they will have seats for the festivities and tickets to go to the Children s Ball. The school was still a bit short of funds, so we passed the hat and donated $235 to them. We wish the students our best on their historic trip. On Thursday, Becky Fero contacted and advised me that she had invited Dr.

5 Kon-joian to the Murdock Rotary meeting. Mur-dock contributed $250, making it possible for the school to make it s goal. Rotary clubs working together can do a lot! Ponce ROTARY ACRONYMS By Steve Vollmer, Contributor I know that we all read the Rotarian Magazine from cover to cover (NOT). For those of you that missed this article in the January Rotarian, let s check out your Ro-tarySpeak. Rotarian 1: I started as a YEO, then went to a PETS. Before long, I was a DGE at the IA. A PRID asked me to join WASRAG, but I prefer DRRAG. Rotarian 2: I m an RRFC (love the DDF!) and help promote EREY.

6 Next month, I m doing a SNID. Spot the impostors and define the real acronyms: a. MOP g. GSE b. NGO h. RFAC c. STETS i. BGMAC d. RYLA j. WCS e. GAG k. SILLEY f. DGN l. GETS Answers on page 3 GSE Team at District Assembly in India THE 4-WAY TEST Of things we think, say or do First, Is it the TRUTH? Second, Is it FAIR to all concerned? Third, Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Fourth, Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

7 Answers from page 2 Rotarian 1: YEO Youth Exchange Officer PETS President Elect Training Seminar DGE District Governor Elect IA International Assembly PRID past RI Director WASRAG Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group DRRAG Disaster Relief A Rotarian Action Group Rotarian 2: RRFC regional Rotary Foundation coordinator DDF District Designated Fund EREY Every Rotarian Every Year SNID Subnational Immunization Day The Impostors are STETS, GAG, BGMAC, and SILLEY. For definitions on the real acronyms, see page 52 of the January issue of the Rotarian. Selva provided these photos of District 3040 s District Assembly, which included a presenta-tion by our GSE team on January Today Program: Stephen Carter Bulletin: Bob Clendenin Greeter: Fisher January 27 Program: Bob Clendenin Bulletin: Moe Desforge Greeter: Carol Garner February 3 Club Assembly Bulletin: Tom Fisher Greeter: Tom Gorman February 10 Program: Mike Colgan Bulletin: Fisher Greeter: Chris Gover February 17 Program: Rob Lowe Bulletin: Carol Garner Greeter: Jim Hageman Harbor Calendar January 2009 Best wishes to Tom Fisher, who suffered a heart attack last Wednesday evening.

8 Tom should be home now I m sure he would enjoy hearing from his Rotary buddies. President Bonnie presents a Rotary appoint-ment book to guest speaker Dr. Rae Kon-joian. Jos Basilio, pictured at the right, was program chairman this morning. Name Partner Classification Office Home Cell E-mail Jose Basilio Miriam Real Estate 637-6754 637-6754 380-8442 Stephen Carter $ Marilyn Insurance 941-484-4341 408-0037 544-3961 Bob Clendenin $ Linda Telecommunications 637-6773 286-1383 Michael Colgan $ Audio Architecture 800-833-2373 use cell 239-872-1171 Moe Desforge $ Ginny Handyman 916-0211 639-3807 916-0211 Tom Fisher $ Trudi Scuba

9 Instructor 625-3030 505-0990 628-1125 Pierre J. PJ Fisher $ Carol Surgeon, Retired 624-5148 624-5148 Bonnie Gado $ Telecommunications 575-1087 201-805-6192 Carol Garner Newspaper Editor 426-0006 Tom Gorman Lois Loss Mitigation 888-771-7952 639-6422 204-4068 Chris Gover $ Nancy Non-profit Management 625-4175 639-6996 769-5029 Jim Hageman $ Jackie Non-profit Director 625-4175 625-8051 628-1591 Rick Hayman Charlene Education Admin. 979-6757 Leroy Jackson $ Jennifer Real Estate 627-3434 743-7713 661-4745 Wally Keller $ Jacqueline Athletic Director 627-0854 627-0854 457-3447 Drew Lisby $ Nancy Marine Dealer 639-6035 Ryland Lovett $ Marcia Fast Food 637-1123 639-0651 Robert Lowe $ Management Consultant 661-9954 627-3324 Robert McDuffie $ Cindy Minister 625-6800 625-0359 769-6291 Jim Mulligan Jenny Senior Care

10 Mike Moody $ Sherrie Radio - General Manager 206-1188 625-1992 661-1580 Sherry Penfield $ Auditor 743-6419 743-6419 802-380-1109 G. David Powell $ Arlene Realtor 258-3326 627-6014 204-1958 Sanjeev Ramachandran Genevieve Real Estate 575-6518 639-2788 286-8120 Carl Rehling $ Bonnie Fraternal Management 639-8180 639-1960 661-6041 Thomas Ring $ Architect 239-476-8888 639-7223 661-6936 Don Roll $ Carlene Fraternal Management 639-6670 456-4088 Wayne Sallade $ Vicki Sports Announcing 505-4620 697-8544 628-5536 Carol Stevens Periodontist 743-7474 766-0092 Selva