Port Isabel Texas Rotary Club District 5930, Area 9 Est. 1936 http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8285 MARCELLO’S ITALIAN RISTORANTE

FRI. OCT. 13, 2017 SERVICE ABOVE SELF

ROTARY BOARD 2017-2018 (Roberta “Betty” Ramirez-Lara District Governor) Roberto “Chiefee” Rodriguez President John Magee Treasurer Jacqui Dempsey Youth Service Bettina Tolin Past President Diana Delgado Secretary Jim Enholm Community Service Kent Mallquist President Elect/Membership Sherman Lee International Service Cristin Howard Club Service Lonnie Gillihan President Elect Nominee/Vocational Auxilliary Board Members: Albert Perez Foundation, Bob White Sgt. At Arms Ralph Ayers Pilot/Program Calendar, Lonnie Gillihan Printing/Distribution, Paul Cardile Song Master

ROTARIAN SPEAKER NEXT WEEK’S ROTARIAN of the Ranger Rolando Garza Project Trees WEEK TOPIC REMINDERS & NOTICES Paul Archeology at the The most important gift we can give Cardile Palo Alto Battlefield our kids for the future is the gift of words and command of language.

LAST WEEK Jerry Adams presented a talk and slide show about the true origins of then sea turtle conservation on SouthPadre Island started by his uncle Dearl Adams, well before the “Turtle Lady” became involved. Fascinating

history Jerry...Thanks.

CLUB NEWSToday we induct Jason White as a new club member...Welcome and congratulations Jason.

First Publication: Don Lackey has Proposed Jim Hawkins, a former Rotarian, for membership. If anyone knows of anyimpediment to his membership, please notify the president.

IT’S BOOK MONTH: The “First Reader Books” for 1st grade students will be distributed next Wednesday, Oct. 18, so thestudents will have them in time for the National Reading Day on Thursday, Oct. 19. (Details announced today)

The 3RD grade dictionary placards are done. Jim Enholm would like to set a time and place this Sunday, Oct. 15, to affixthem inside the dictionaries. They will be distributed some time next week. (Details announced today) Those assisting ateither the Derry or Garriga school should be there at 9:00 a.m.

PICTURE of the WEEK PROGRAM AND EVENTS CALENDAR CELEBRATIONS OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES 18 - 1st grade “First Reader” book distrib. None ?? - 3rd grade Dictionary distribution 20 - Jim Enholm, “Project Trees” BIRTHDAYS 26 - Club Social - 5:30pm, Shrimp Haus 8 - Christie Gillihan 27 - District Gov.’s Visit Today, 1853 - Lily Langtree

28 - Assist at Birding Ctr. (Pancake Breakfast) Singer/actress for whom

NOVEMBER Judge Roy Bean named

3 - President Rodriguez (Rotary Foundation Mo.) his saloon in Langtree, ,

10 - Round Table Texas, “The Jersey Lily” (Trust us...your dog won’t wear this!) 11 - Flags Out - Pearl Harbor Day 13 - Board Mtg., Noon Marcello’s

THOUGHT for the DAY:

It might be a good idea to keep some people's phone numbers in your phonejust so you know not to answer when they call.

JOKE of the WEEK: Although fighting the enemy is considered normal, the Army frowns upon fighting among the troops. Somuch so that after one too many squabbles with his fellow soldiers, Jack was ordered to undergo apsychiatric evaluation in which he had to endure some odd questions. "If you saw a submarine in theSahara, what would you do?" "Well, I'd throw snowballs at it," he answered. "Where'd you get the snowballs?" thedoctor asked. "Same place you got the submarine."

QUOTE for the DAY:“Rotary’s influence on the heart of the world will be in direct proportion to the number of communitiesthat are exposed to the Rotary ideal. So let us help to found new clubs wherever the soil is at all fertile.” Ar thur Lagueux , Rotary Club of Quebec

STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW October 13,1947: WBKB-TV premiered the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie children’s onehour puppet show. It ended in 1957, so if you’re under age 65, you probably don’tremember it. It was the first puppet show ever to be aired on television and wascreated by the genius of Burr Tillstrom. Tillstrom was the only puppeteer, working two puppetssimultaneously and doing all the voices. The cast consisted of the title characters, “Kukla”, the earnest leaderof the troupe, “Ollie” (Oliver J. Dragon) a roguish, one tooth dragon, and Fran (Fran Allison), a radiocomedian and singer who was the only human to appear as she stood in front of the puppet stage andbantered with the characters. "Fran" was Fran Allison, a radio comedian and singer who usually was the only human toappear on screen, filling the role of big sister and cheery voice of reason as the puppets engaged each other concerning theirfoibles. The design style of puppets was in the style of Neapolitan puppet shows, or Punch and Judy without the slapstick,but their personalities were less caricatured. Other puppets included “Madam Oglepuss”, an over age opera diva, “BeulahWitch”, a liberated witch, “Fletche Rabbit”, the mailman and local fussbudget who worked at “The Egg Plant”, “CecilBill”, an unintelligible stagehand, “Colonel Crackie”, a Southern gentleman and several others, all voiced by Tillstrom.It was entirely unscripted, ad-libbed by Tillstrom and Fran, and performed much like a British “Punch and Judy” showbut without the slapstick comedy. It’s humor relied on the understood relationships of the familiar characters, much like“The Jack Benny Show” or Gleason’s “The Honeymooners”. Created for children, “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” was soonwatched by more adults. In 1949 it switched to NBC as a ½ hour show Monday through Friday, from Chicago. In 1951 itwas cut back to only 15 minutes and outraged fans bombarded NBC with protests.....During its run of almost 10 years itsfans included Orson Wells, Adlia Stevenson and other prominent Americans. Author/cartoonist/humorist James Thurberonce wrote that Burr Tillstrom was "helping to save the sanity of the nation and to improve, if not even to invent, thequality of television." Jim Henson, creater of the Muppets credited Tillstrom as a major influence. You can still find oldrecordings of the show on the web...check ‘em out when you can.

USELESS FACT OF THE DAY: Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park ranger Roy Sullivan served 35 years, during which time he wasstruck by lightning seven times. He survived each time, but said the first time hurt the most. He becameknown as “The Human Lightening Rod.”

(As the one person you didn’t want to stand next to, the Pilot suspects he had few friends during a thunderstorm)

HOW ROTARIANS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCEIt began as a bold idea: “where no boundary could be seen, no boundaryshould be”…This was the conviction of early rangers working in Canada’sWaterton Lakes National Park and the United States’ Glacier National Park. Separated only by a “political line.” Themountain, rivers and wildlife know no such line so wht should we? Local Rotarians, following Rotary International’smission to promote peace and goodwill amongst all people and nations, felt the parks should be joined as a symbol of thefriendship shared between Canada and the United States. The Rotarians found support from both Amaricans andCanadians. They came together in July 1931 for the first annual international goodwill meeting and unanimously endorsedthe idea of a peace park. The clubs petitioned their local governments, who in turn lobbied the two federal governments.Designating this symbol of friendship was more than a casual agreement; it required that both the U.S. Congress andCanadian Parliament pass laws and that a U.S. Presidential Proclamation be signed. In 1932, the world’s first peace park,Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, was established. Rotary International continues its support of the Peace Parkthrough the International Peace Park Association with annual assemblies such as “Hands Across the Border.” A simplegesture of peace and goodwill has evolved into a management philosophy and cooperative adventure that benefits the wholeecosystem. One current Rotary initiative is the creation of an interpretive center with a thematic focus on peace. For 86years Rotarians have made a major difference on our northern boarder.