Effingham Noon Rotary
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Effingham Noon Rotary
Service Above Self - He Profits Most Who Serves Best EFFINGHAM (OPINIONS OF THE TIMES)™ PUBLISHED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS Across the Crossroads in Style EFFINGHAM ROTARY CLUB CLUB NO. 3265 DISTRICT 6490 ORGANIZED 1920 Philip R. Coats, Editor 13 March 2013 Wherever you're goin', They’re goin' your way Whatever you call it, Effingham County Public Transportation or Central Illinois Public Transit it is about-time-transportation for the citizens of Effingham County. A few years ago, long after the caricature line drawing at right, a county-wide public survey disclosed there was substantial need and want within our community for non-private, public transportation. We haven’t always agreed on whom or what organization should be the provider until this past year though and the result of the contested outcome was the quasi-governmental agency C.E.F.S. They now have the approval of the State of Illinois, the Department of Transportation and on March 19 C.E.F.S. Central Illinois Public Transit will be confirmed by our Effingham County Board. Local leader Norma Lansing from the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce invited Jennifer Moore, (at left) the mobility manager for CIPT in Effingham and Clay counties to explain more about the fledging developing system. Christy (siq) Warfield joined her. Jennifer’s role with CEFS/CIPT is to supervise drivers and market the transit system to the communities. This Effingham based transit system is a demand-response with door to door service providing transportation for medical appointments, employment, social activities, shopping or visiting friends or family. Presently it operates Monday through Friday from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm with their dispatch office open 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. It is a first come, first serve that requires one should plan on having a possible 15 minute wait before and after. The CIPT also works conjunctively with R.I.D.E.S. Mass Transit. The latter has nine routes within Effingham County and also works throughout fifteen southeastern Illinois counties. Funding for the program is by Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of Human Services, Lincolnland Area Agency on Aging, the East Central AAA and the Midland AAA. Passengers are required to wear seat belts and bus drivers can assist with loading people and packages on and off the bus and up to the threshold (front door) of their building or home. She listed the most common requests for transportation services: Senior Centers & Nutrition Sites Meals Assistance with Forms like Circuit Classes, Recreational Activities, Breakers, Energy Assistance Medical Appointments Doctor’s Offices Medical Facilities Dialysis Cancer Centers Outpatient Surgery Hospitals in Clay, Douglas, Fayette, Montgomery, Moultrie and Shelby Counties Employment Services To and from work within Clay, Douglas, Fayette, Montgomery, Moultrie and Shelby Counties Educational Opportunities Classes scheduled during hours of operation Day care and preschool Local elementary and secondary schools if the student resides outside the Community Unit School Bus service area Club activities, Beauty and Barber shop appointments, banking and business matters including grocery and shopping to stores/shops that are scheduled on specific dates Presently, if you are sixty years or over, the fare is “suggested donation”. For everyone else it is $2.00 per trip with $2.00 per stop. Unscheduled out of county is $1.00 per mile for any trip that is not an existing schedule out of county trip. Passes are available to the general public for $25. The over 60 group gets the same pass for $15. A book of ten is $10 (what a bargain). The drivers are trained in first aid and CPR and have graduated from defensive driving training. They pride themselves on customer service and can provide passenger assistance and limited emergency procedures. The CIPT vehicles are clean and clutter free. They are warm in the winter and cool in the summer and all are handicap accessible. Personal escorts and service animals ride for free but you better have a veterinarian’s documentation for a “service snake”, Jennifer cautioned. She is working on expanding the lines and maybe some special garage sales bus trips. Although they make three trips back and forth to the Kluthe Center for Lake Land College classes there is discussion of extending the program up to 11:00 pm for college students and even people working the second or third shift. Saturday hours may be added in the future, too. CEFS/CIPT operates thirty vehicles in their seven counties and in conjunction with R.I.D.E.S. there are another dozen plus or minus vehicles in Effingham County. You may want to know more about Central Illinois Public Transit. Here’s their direct website connection: http://www.cefseoc.org/CIPT/CIPT.htm So, you Don't need to be coy, Roy, just listen to me Hop on the bus, Gus, don't need to discuss much Just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free. Maybe you’d like to sing along, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBz81GsHloM & Guests R The ARC-CSS coordinator for In House Employee Services Dennis Quast was the guest of Tonya Blair. Jason Fox announced Mike Walls, a Sunrise member. OTARY PAVILION AT COMMUNITY PARK The new Rotary Pavilion at the northeast side will replace the furthermost north pavilion and be located at the old horseshoe grounds near the parking areas and thus more handicapped accessible. The tentative completion date is August 1, 2013. All pavilion designated funds will be channeled through the Rotary Charities Foundation of Effingham enabling donors to realize maximum tax deductibility. View pictures and more information in Club Documents/Forms section of the website: http://www.effinghamrotary.com/content_files/rotary_pavilion.pdf https://rotary.sdsmanage.com/content_files/Rotary_Pavilion_Flyer.pdf Pavilion Committee: Jim Arndt, Monte Bartels, Carrie Crippen, Andy Hanfland, Stephen Hopkins, Jerry Jansen, Kevin Miller, Amanda McKay-Biarkis , Mike Varady , Bob Schultz, Carl Schwinke. (Sunrise members Noon Members) Fish Fry Fundraiser on April 12 at the Effingham KC Hall in conjunction with GSE (joint Sunrise/Noon event). We need to sell a lot of tickets. There will be a raffle for some surprising “seafaring” items. Printed and cut tickets are available at each club or you may download a sheet of 10 here and print at your home or office. Click here, please: http://www.effinghamrotary.com/content_files/Fish_Fry_Tickets.pdf Our Student Guest from Effingham High School Aleese Kinney, Scott & Kristi Kinney’s daughter post graduate plans are to attend Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville for a BS in Nursing. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the Marching Band, does cheerleading and track and is on the student council. She has earned a place on the Academic Hall of Fame and a listing on the High Honor Roll. When she is not spending time with her little brother, traveling with her family, water skiing or reading, she cashiers at Martin’s IGA and in the warmer months, Aleese is also a lifeguard at Kluthe Memorial Pool. Program Chair Norma Lansing, Central Illinois Public Transit Mobility Manager Jennifer Moore and Student Guest, Aleese Kinney MORE STUFF YOOUU PROBABLYY WANT TTOO KNOW FF GSE TEAM APRIL 9-13 The team, from the Torino/Genoa Italy area in districts 2031 and 2032, arrives in Effingham Tuesday, April 9 and will leave Saturday morning, April 13. All the host families are in place and Jeff Bloemker and his team are planning the cultural and social events for the team during their five day/four night stay in Effingham. The complete schedule will be published later but here are some tidbits: wine reception at the Village Wine Shop, meetings with Mayor Gillenwater and County Board chair Jim Niemann, visits to the Cross and the Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum, stops at Mid-America Corvette museum and office, Imagine This, Effingham Daily News, Milano & Grunloh and Heartland Dental. Norbert Soltwedel etal is planning a “rural culture” day, Friday, 12 April with harness racing, Ballard Nature Center, Cumberland Road and culminating with a fish fry at the Knights of Columbus hall, which is also a fund raiser for the pavilion project. Jeff says they could use some tour guides so if you would like to help with anything please contact Jeff at his office: 347-7179, ext 1016 or [email protected] . Our board of directors decided to add a Wednesday meeting to honor the GSE team. Originally, according to the club calendar our “regular” meeting would have been the SAA banquet, April 11. We will now have a meeting on Wednesday, April 10, so that the GSE team has ample opportunity to make their informative, enlightening presentation to more of the club members. The SAA banquet for our scholastically gifted students will also be Thursday evening, April 11. The team will transition to Effingham from the Vandalia/Litchfield Rotary Clubs on the afternoon of Tuesday April 9 and be here until Saturday April 13, when they will travel to Bloomington. Libby Moeller and Carrie Crippen are arranging social events for their Effingham visit. Want to know more about the team who will visit in April? Click here for their profile/resume/picture: http://www.effinghamrotary.com/content_files/GSE_Team_2013.pdf DICTIONARY DISTRIBUTION The dictionaries have arrived and are being distributed. Literacy Project Chair Mike Sehy has arranged for labels to be inserted and the books are available for pickup at the Sehy & Jones Optometrist office at 303 N. Keller Dr. The following Rotarians volunteered to deliver to the county’s 3rd graders at the schools: Rosie Gibbons, Tonya Siner, Libby Moeller, Bud Sills, Mike Defend, Mike Sehy, Brandon Wright, John Kingery, Linda Hemmen, Claude Hudson, Amanda McKay and Greg Sapp. There will be no collection of funds for the dictionaries this year. Last year’s Cubs/Cards baseball game ticket sales revenue distribution paid the entire cost for the dictionaries. FIREWORKS The Southtown Business Association has disbanded according to a report disclosed on WXEF March 11 and in the Effingham Daily News March 14. One of their main events was the sponsorship of the annual Independence Day fireworks at Hendelmeyer Park on Effingham’s south side. Read more about efforts to continue the city fireworks in the two articles below. The WXEF article contains a picture from the meeting. At least two Rotarians, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Norma Lansing and Country Companies Insurance agent Scott Mosher. Our club will evidently be a part of the reorganization and funding. More, later. http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/4581-fireworks-fundraising-effort-underway or http://effinghamdailynews.com/local/x2101729840/New-group-to-spearhead-fireworks-display Parsimony meets matrimony. When it is your wedding anniversary bring your husband or wife who will eat for free (once during the Rotary year). Unattached? Bring your fiancé or significant other or celebrate another noteworthy date, e.g., work, school, day you joined Rotary, and bring a guest who can eat for free. On the ATTENDANCE CARD write ANNIVERSARY behind the guest’s name. Hopefully our spouse or guest will feel included maybe even interested in joining. Free meal does not apply to non-members, visitors or guests and only one spouse per member per year District Conference at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Normal is April 19 & 20. Here’s where you can find more info at the net: http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/Events/EVPEventDetails.aspx?accoun tid=50033&eid=fb744cf2-d3a1-430e-a15a-94b1ced2d904&tid=2 District Governor wants 100% of the clubs represented and there will be special recognition of 50+ year member Rotarians. R R EE AA SS OO NN SS TT OO C C EE LL EE BB RR AA TT EE (( NN EE XX TT 11 00 DD AA YY SS )) Tonya Siner Claude & Linda Hudson March 15 March 21 MAKE UPS None reported this week but if you are traveling, remembering the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War leading to the toppling of Saddam Hussein, you can always visit another club and if that doesn’t work for you do your Rotary membership duty on line. http://www.rotaryeclubone.org HI TECH PRESENTATION FOR YOUR PROGRAM? Computer/laptop projector and Wi-Fi are available at First Baptist Church – please make arrangements BEFORE your program. You may need a special connector or adaptor from your unit, i.e., your computer, to the projector…talk to President Rosie Gibbons and arrive early to set-up, please. FYI: Roger Marshall is our designated expert for equipment set-up. He’s the pastor at the church, too, and IMHO knows a lot of stuff. March Sunday Palm Sunday Monday (program chair in red) Tuesday 18 19 25 26 Wednesday Thursday 20 21 Rural Urban Luncheon Rita Frazier with RFD Illinois, guest speaker Literacy Friday Saturday 22 Chairs Julie Stephens & Norbert Soltwedel 27 28 5:00 pm New Libby Moeller Member US House Orientation Board Representative meeting John Shimkus Mixer at Tuscan Hills Winery 23 30 APRIL Italian GSE team April 9-13 Regular Meeting on April 10. Social at Tuscan Hills Winery with GSE – April 10 SAA banquet is Thursday, April 11 Friday evening, April 12 at Effingham High School the pavilion committee will host Rhodes Fish Fry in conjunction with the Effingham Artisan Fair and the visit of our GSEteam Scholar Athlete Awards - April 24 April 27 Pancake & Sausage breakfast at EHS Hearts Rock Café ~ 7-10 am Sat. morn MAY There is NO Wednesday meeting May 1 because Our annual golf outing, lunch and meeting in conjunction with the Sunrise club is Friday, May 3 at the Effingham Country Club. Lunch starting at 11:45; meeting begins at Noon. Mike McCollum’s program rescheduled for May 8 Amanda McKay’s program rescheduled for May 29 JUNE Final fiscal year club assembly is June 5 Why you need to join and promote the World’s Biggest Commercial Rotary is inviting all supporters to participate in the World's Biggest Commercial. Join Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bill Gates, Jackie Chan, Amanda Peet, and other world figures participating in Rotary's This Close campaign to raise awareness and support for polio eradication efforts. The more images it includes, the more impact the commercial will have on the world. And thanks to a recent partnership with PhRMA, the trade association representing U.S. drug research and biotech companies, those photos will have even more impact: For each uploaded photo, the PhRMA will make a donation that can two children from contracting polio. But in order for the commercial to be recognized as the world’s biggest, we need to collect more This Close images. Here are tips on collecting photos at a photo booth: 1) First, try it yourself. Go to www.endpolionow.org, click on World’s Biggest Commercial at the top of the page, and follow the instructions to upload your photo; be sure to fill out the required dialogue boxes and permission check boxes. For more help, watch this video. 2) Take your show on the road. Now that you are comfortable uploading images, consider places where you can take your laptop and have others upload their photos. Perhaps set up a “photo booth” for club members at your next meeting or event. You can also use tablets and smartphones to upload images. 3) Plan ahead. Test the laptop, tablet, or smartphone to be sure it is working properly and that you have Internet access as well as a working webcam. 4) Get your best face out! Webcams often distort backgrounds or even the clothing you are wearing, so do your best to submit a clean, clear image. And be sure to capture your This Close sign. Here are more hints to help produce the best shot: Set the laptop on a desk and provide an adjustable chair for the photo subject. Make sure the hand position is correct, as it is easy to inadvertently make an offensive gesture. Wear solid colors; prints or plaids tend to be distorted by webcams. Clear clutter from the photo background. Make the event fun, to get people excited about joining in