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Update: As some of you might already know, my mom registered me as a little brother in Big Brothers/Big Sisters when I was 10 years old. Later in life I too became a big brother to a little. BB/BS This program works and we need your help. Please help us by joining one of Rotary South's teams. You don't need to be a bowler. You can use two hands if you want :)
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Big Brothers/Big Sister's largest fundraiser of the year is our Bowl For Kids Sake, held March 19th & 20th, 2010. I have a huge favor to ask of Rotary South: Can we assemble two teams of five bowlers each and enter this year's fundraiser? As you might already know, my mom entered me into the program when I was about 10 years old, and I've also been fortunate enough to be a Big Brother to a little as well. BB/BS has been in Boone County for over 40 years thanks to supporters like us. Please help me and offer to take one of the 10 positions on either of Rotary South's two teams. You do not have to be considered a "bowler" to participate. It will be fun to have both Rotary South teams, side by side, lane by lane, bowling against each other. Next, we'll have to come up with names for each team. Please call me or Paul Toler if you have any questions about this. More information is attached. The bowling and pizza are free. Each team of 5 is asked to raise/donate $300/team. Roterac and Sunrise-Rotary both have two teams entered. The remaining chapters are being communicated to and encouraged to enter teams also. Additionally, we are going to try and have all Rotary chapters scheduled to bowl at the same time, lane by lane, to make it a lot of fun. We presently have about 4 or 5 bowlers from our chapter who have said they would bowl. We need 5 or 6 more. Please help fill these spots.

Thanks,

Curt 886.3394
Paul 882.4959

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LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS):

1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
2. A will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
6. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
7. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
8. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
9. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
10. A calendar's days are numbered.
11. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
12. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
13. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.
14. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
15. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
16. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
17. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
18. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
19. Acupuncture: a jab well done.
20. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.
21. The roundest knight at king Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
22. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
23. She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
24. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
25. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
26. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
27. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
28. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
29. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
30. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
31. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
32. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'
33. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
34. Don't join dangerous cults: practice safe sects.

2010 Missouri RYLA Acadamy is coming up soon! It will be June 27-30 at Williams Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. This academy is a 3 ½ day program that includes an introduction to Rotary’s “Service Above Self”, along with youth programs, team activities, leadership skills training and personality self-assessment. The students are nominated and encouraged to apply through recommendations of Rotarians and high school faculty & administrators. It is preferred that they are either incoming or outgoing high school sophomores. Rotary needs the student’s applications by March 1st. I am asking any of our Rotary members that know a young person, whether it be a son, daughter, grandchild, neighbor etc… that they would like to nominate, please forward their name and address to Brian Harrison, RYLA Committee Chair, at his email address: b.harrison@harrisonagencyinc.com

1) KMOS-TV's "Kids Day": I'm passing along this inquiry from Louise Beasley about KMOS-TV's "Kids Day" which will be held on June 19th in Columbia. Please see the attached flyer for additional information. There is an informational meeting on Feb.10th. This appears to be an activity in which many of our Rotarians would have an interest (family, kids, literacy, etc.). We need some volunteers for the attached. Any chance the Rotary's in Columbia could help us out?

Louise Beasley, Columbia, MO
KMOS-TV 6 mid-Missouri's PBS
Development Officer
PHONE: 573-814-9208
FAX: 573-875-5180
beasley@kmos.org
VISIT OUR WEBSITE KMOS.ORG FOR PROGRAM DAYS & TIMES!!!
BE MORE PBS!!!!

2) MISSOURI ROTARY CONVENTION
Join Baseball Legend Whitey Herzog and Rotary International President 2010-11 Ray Klinginsmith for the Rock-n-Ribs BBQ Festival (Rotarians from all of Missouri) at the MISSOURI ROTARY CONVENTION, held April 16th and 17th in Springfield, MO.

Follow this link to see more information in the attached flyer. http://www.rotary6080.org/files/2010MOStateRotaryConventionFlyer.pdf

Coming soon! Watch the District website for more news and registration information. www.rotary6080.org

To: Club Presidents - District 6080
From: Paul Reinert - District 6080 World Community Service Chair
Subject: International Travel Opportunity - Ecuador

Several Rotary Clubs in our District have joined with District 6080, the Rotary Club Chillos Milenio in Quito, Ecuador and District 4400 on a project to fund needed equipment and infrastructure improvements at the Yachana Technical High School located in the Amazon region of Eastern Ecuador. I have visited the area and am very familiar with the Yachana Foundation, its high school, and its other services to the people of this remote region. I will lead a trip to visit Ecuador and the Yachana Lodge from April 1 - April 8 and welcome up to 12 Rotarians and guests to join me on this trip. We will be hosted by Douglas McMeekin, the founder and Executive Director of the Yachana Foundation who also is a close personal friend of mine. The details of the trip are included in the attached document. I have made presentations on my experiences in Ecuador to several of our district clubs and would welcome the opportunity to answer any questions that members may have concerning our project, the Foundation or our trip. I promise an exciting and safe adventure for those interested at a reasonable cost.

Best Rotarian regards,

Paul Reinert
Rotary Club of Springfield
District 6080 World Community Service Chair

See attached "Rotary Trip to Ecuador 2010.doc"

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