Bulletin 2-21-14 Fair II - Sanibel

February 21, 2014
District 6960 Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club Organized 1979
* Chartered March 18, 1980
SANIBEL-CAPTIVA
ROTARY CLUB
Board Officers:
President: Scot Congress
President Elect: Bill Rahe
Vice President: Chris DeCosta
Secretary: Chet Sadler
Treasurer: John Danner
Sergeant-at-Arms: Don Russell
Past President: John Grey
www.sanibelrotary.org
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
THANK YOU
TO OUR
Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club
31ST ANNUAL
ARTS & CRAFTS
FAIR COMMITTEE
Robert Monk - Chair
Tony Gropp -Artist
Rangler
Chet Sadler - Juried
Artist Committee
Dick Waterhouse Board of Directors:
Grounds and Layout
Dan Cohn
Logistics
Holli Martin - TAB Ad
Bob Guggino
Sales
John Mason
Charlie Emerson - TAB
Bunny Ospa
Bill Rahe & Jack
Dick Waterhouse
Alexander - Volunteer
Alex Werner
Coordinators
Rodger Trifshauser Trust Foundation:
Silent Auction
Lee Almas
Tony Gropp &
Tony Gropp, Treasurer
John Danner Mike Raab, Secretary
Money Handlers
John Bellino
Dan Cohn - Traffic
Jim Lavelle
Control
Chet Sadler, Rotary Foundation Rachael Tritaik - T-Shirt
Sales
John Grey, Chair
Joel Ospa - Silent
Auction Graphics
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Chet Sadler - Guatemala
PRESIDENT 2013-2014
Coffee Sales
Bill Rahe - Summer In
Ron Burton, Norman Okla. USA
the Colorado Mountains
Raffle Sales
Clair Beckman - Latrine
Duty
Just one week ago today, Robert Monk stood in front of us and
explained what we needed to do before our 31st Arts & Crafts
Rotary Fair was going to open on Saturday morning. Right after breakfast and a brief pep rally, we Rotarians went to work
and when the gates opened Saturday at 10:00 a.m. the Community House grounds and booth vendors were ready for a great
weekend of shopping.
Club Song
DISTRICT #6960
Giver of all things good, We Thank you for this food, With one accord
GOVERNOR 2013-2014
Lead us we humbly pray, Onward in Rotary's way
Tim Milligan
service day by day, Most Gracious Lord
“Make a World of Difference” (Tune of My Country TisOf
of Thee)
BEST IN SHOW
Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club took the occasion of its recent 31st Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club Arts & Crafts Fair
to honor the memory of internationally recognized artist
Ikki Matsumoto. For at least ten years, Ikki had allowed
the club to use his beautiful designs on a series of collectable Arts & Crafts Fair t-shirts with sales proceeds
helping the club fund many of our Rotary projects. Ikki
along with his wife Polly have participated as vendors at
the fair for more than ten years and added to the reputation of this Fair as one of the best in Southwest Florida
gaining the attention of many fellow artists, craftsmen
and Fair attendees for the quality of work presented at
the Fair.
To honor Ikki a new Best of Show award was presented
at the juried Fair this year. First place blue ribbons in
three categories were presented: Booth 11 Marilyn
Vaillancourt-Jewelry, Booth 84 Christine Reichow-Painting, and Booth 100 John Thomas Herbon-Pottery. From
these three first place winners the overall Best of Show
award was presented to John Thomas Herbon by Polly
Matsumoto, Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club President, Scott
Congress and Rotary Arts & Crafts Juried Committee
Chair, Robert Monk.
As a complete surprise after the Best of Show presentation club President, Scott Congress presented a beautiful
Luc Century vase to Polly Matsumoto from the SanibelCaptiva Rotary inscribed with a special appreciation
dedication in memory of Ikki.
Club Fellowship Evening ...ROTARY THEATER NIGHT...
Join your Rotary friends at the Strauss Theater, Sanibel
to see the extremely thought provoking playDefamation by playwright, Todd Logan.
Date ...Thursday, February 27
Time...7:00 PM - Private Garden Reception for Rotarians
8:00 PM - Curtain Call Defamation
Group Discounted Ticket Cost...$37
DEFAMATION
Preconceived notions of race, class, ethnicity, and religion
can color our observations of the world around us. The ideas
we carry around with us are not always actual truths. All of
us are guilty of some form of prejudice.
ARTS & CRAFTS PICTURES
WILL BE
POSTED ON WEB-SITE WWW.sanibelrotary.org
The play Defamation is presented as a courtroom drama; an African
American woman is suing a Jewish real estate developer for
Defamation of Character. That premise alone can stimulate preconceived thought activity toward one side or the other in this case.
That is exactly what Todd wants to examine. Todd said, “Watching
the testimony in this case and observing the lawyers questioning
the witnesses is like a tennis match…point one side and point other
side”. What is the actual truth and what is the perceived truth and
why?
The twist is that the audience is sitting as the jury and they will be
voting on the verdict. After the verdict is rendered the audience
gets a chance to engage with the playwright and actors in a discussion about the play and why this verdict may have been reached.
SIGNUP TODAY WITH SHIRLEY JEWELL
SPEAKER CORNER:
2/21
Judge Larry Piersol
US Appellate Court Judge
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