Kihei - Wailea Rotary - Newsletters - Current (Sep 1, 2010)

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**The Week's Meeting Recap**
Rotary Meeting 9/1/10 Roya Deyhim welcomed members and we stood for the Pledge. Also thanked Mulligans for the great venue and meal. Inspiration: Kyoko Kimura taught us a lesson regarding what the other side has to say. It's important to listen first! Guests: Jamie David, guest speaker, Mark Barba visiting Rotarian from Yorba Linda, CA. Sandra & Ken Whitley, visiting Rotarians from Chelsea, MA. Honorary Member Ethel Belway. Flags were given to our visiting Rotarians. Happy dollars: Mike Duberstein happy to pay off their mortgage; Mark Harbison happy for the Weinberg event at KYC on 9/25 -- please show up to help; Ed & Ethel Belway happy to be married 42 years; Kyoko Kimura mentioned the tourism industry as they are looking for community based programs to post to their website; Jeanne Duberstein happy for the great job Roya and Mark did on the radio; Stuart Karlan happy for Hale Kau Kau; Don Gross happy he just paid off his car; Sandra Whitley happy for her connection with Roya and being able to attend to our club's meeting; Bob Dunning happy to celebrate 49 yeas to his current and only wife; Mark Cornesia happy to be back to a meeting; Barry Hyman happy for the upcoming Queen of Hearts fundraiser for Darbee Fisher; Lis Richardson happy about the radio program this morning - Roya & Mark did a fantastic job; also mentioned the Laulau sales for GOOT program; Mike Barba happy he paid off his condo; Pres. Roya Deyhim happy to have Mark Harbison with her during the radio show. Announcements: Roya asked members to help organize the Zumba in the Park on October 23^rd. Roya also asked members to review the sign-up book. Reminder, the GSE Luau is on September 20^th. Speaker: Jamie David a former teacher and writer of children's books. She wrote "Johann Sebastian Humpbach". A substitute teacher on Maui for 30 years - she became a permanent fixture at the Lokelani & BHS campuses. The first influence that inspired the Johann concept of the whale was a t-shirt design contest put on by Crazy Shirt. Jamie created a wonderful design that she was sure would win -- it did not but that didn't stop her. Her second influence came from a conversation with a manager at Borders. Seems only a handful of books have been written for the intermediate level age group on Maui in the past 50 years. Jamie has past experience in writing and editing non-fiction work, but not much experience in writing. Her final influence came from a mid-level student asking in a heavy pidgin accent "Eh! Why you never written one book?" This was her "A-ha!" moment. She decided at that moment it was time to write a book, thus the creation of Johann Sebastian Humpbach. After a number of years & a few rejections, she finally found an editor that was willing to print her book! Her perseverance, motivation, and conviction paid off.

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SEPTEMBER 1-30 Give Aloha at Foodland/Sack N Save for GOOT! A portion of any donation from $1-$249 will be matched during Foodland's Give Aloha program. The number for GOOT is 78547! SEPTEMBER 10 - 12 - District Conference in KAUAI! Information available through our club and on-line. It will be a "fun and games" meeting, especially the ROTO OLYMPICS. Great rates at the Kapa'a Aston! More info and registration info www.RotaryD5000.org (check right hand column). SEPTEMBER 12--Laulau pick up day at Kihei Youth Center. Add rice, you have a traditional Hawaiian meal and will help GOOT scholarships! SEPTEMBER 20 - Come join us for fellowship and to meet the GSE team from Egypt at the luau in Kihei. SEPTEMBER 25 - Please join us for the Weinberg Friends Project throught the Rotary Club of Kahului which this year benefits the Kihei Youth Center. Volunteers are needed from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 25 Rotarinas participating = $10,000 for KYC. SUNDAY OCTOBER 10 - Toni Woolley encourages our involvement in a community service day at Lokelani School to help with painting or landscaping. She hopes that Rotaract from Seabury will participate so that the event serves as a "New Generations" outreach event. OCTOBER 12 & 26, NOVEMBER 9 - Read Aloud America Book Swap Tables. See Carol Perry to sign up. SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 - Zumba in the Park for PolioPlus. More details coming. Be sure to also check RCKW.org

The Rotary Foundation Minute:

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. A big portion of that mandate includes polio eradication through Polio Plus.

The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

How can you help? Donate today to Polio Plus or Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund! Checks should be made payable to The Rotary Foundation and your donation is tax deductible. You may turn in your donation to Barry Hyman, our Foundation Chair person!