WELCOME
Welcome to the Georgetown-Millsboro (DE) Rotary Club's web site. We're located in the center of Sussex County in the heart of DelMarVa (Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Peninsula), affectionately known as "Lower Slower" Delaware. For those living in the area or visiting, please consider joining us for lunch any Tuesday at the Sussex Pines Country Club, near Georgetown. Check out the speaker's schedule below or contact us for more information.
Pictured above right are President Bill Purnell and Immediate Past President Jean McCool celebrating her new role.
Announcements
District Governor Susan Giove 
District Governor Susan Giove was installed on June 28th at Dover Downs. It was a very nice event with great food and fellowship. Susan was a member of our club for a shot time leaving us to become a founding member of Rehoboth Sunrise. Dan Tabler was installed as Assistant Governor for Area 4-1 that includes Lewes-Rehoboth, Rehoboth Sunrise, Southern Sussex and Georgetown-Millsboro. Dan created Celebrating Rotary a PowerPoint presentation featuring activities and service projects of many of the District's clubs and a short presentation about DG Susan. Click one or both presentations to see what you missed. Celebrating Rotary is a large file that will take a couple of minutes to download using a high speed connection and about three days with dial-up. When the presentation opens click on Slide Show and then View Show.
The Clayton Bunting Golf Classic will return to Sussex Pines Country Club on Wednesday, August 19th. Lunch will be served at noon with a shotgun start at 1pm. Contact Golf Chair Bud Clark for additional information. Every member is expected to recruit one Tee Sign Sponsor and two door prizes valued at $25 each or more. Click 2008 Tee Sign Sponsors for a list of last year's sponsors and the Rotarian contact. The next committee meeting will be at 11am on July 14th. All interested members are invited and encouraged to attend.
Welcome and Welcome Back
Benny Penta, Manager of Sussex Pines Country Club (left) joined the club in early June. Tammy Brittingham (center) returned from a leave of absence and Ruth Briggs King (right) re-joined the club, both on June 30th. We're happy to have all three members in our club. Please make them feel welcome.
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Club Shirts
Dean Rubino (AKA "The Shirt Guy") advises members to contact Don Phillips by cell 443 359-1009 or email hdonpj@aol.com for styles, sizes and prices of club logo shirts.
Board Meeting Highlights
The June 11 meeting was called to order by President Jean McCool with ten officers and board members and one member present. Following the Treasurer's Report the Board reviewed attendance and voted to drop two members who have not been attending or paying fees. Steve Cimo, Finance Committee Chair, presented the 2009-10 budget that was approved. The Board also approved changing the Wine Gala Story Book to a "Report to the Community" and making it a separate fund raiser. Following the nearly unanimous vote by the members, the Board approved the creation of the Club Endowment and moving $2000 from savings to start the fund. President-Elect Bill Purnell shared information about the Installation Dinner to be held at the Lewes Yacht Club on June 23rd. Membership Chair Hugh Leahy reported that one new member and one previous member will be invited to join the club with Board approval. VP Jan Fraipont proposed a fund-raiser to be held at The Roadhouse Stake Joint at a fall date to be determined with 10% of the receipts going to the club. The next Board meeting will be on July 16th at 8am at Del Tech. Board meetings are open to all members and may be counted as a make-up meeting.
Community Grants
Ray Hopkins, Grants Chair, reported at the May 21st Board Meeting that four local organizations were being recommended to receive, with Board approval, $1500 each in the Spring 2009 Grants Cycle. Fourteen requests were considered. Last fall our club awarded $20,000 to the American Red Cross and five community organizations. Applications are being accepted for the Fall 2009 Grant Cycle. Please click these links for the Grant Guidelines and Application to learn more.
College Scholarship
The Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club offers two $1000.00 scholarships to a deserving high school seniors from the Georgetown-Millsboro area. Scholarship recipients Xin Li and Paige Valeski, the Sussex Central Valedictorian and Salutatorian, were recognized at the June 9th meeting. Please click on Scholarship Guidelines and Application for more information or contact Scholarship Chair Dr. Carl Maschauer.
MEETINGS
The club meets every Tuesday at noon at The Sussex Pines Country Club, 22480 Sussex Pines Road Georgetown, DE 19947 (302 856-3363)
Speakers - VP Bernice Edwards coordinates our weekly speakers. Please contact Bernice (302 856-7761 x102) with speaker/program suggestions.
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
| DATE | Speaker | Topic | Contact |
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| June 2 | Jim Rasa and Comm. | Club Endowment | Jim Rasa |
| June 9 | Scholarship Recipients | College Scholarships | Carl Maschauer |
| June 16 | President Jean | Club Assembly | Jean McCool |
| June 23 | Officer Installation | No Noon Meeting | Bill Purnell |
| June 30 | Jan Fraipont | Market Industry Update | Jan Fraipont |
New President Bill Purnell conducted his first meeting but reminded members it was actually the last meeting of President Jean who was out-of-town. He also noted the meeting started and ended on time. President-Elect Jan Fraipont talked about the status of the real estate market concluding with the question "How are money and chocolate alike?" Several good answers were suggested but the answer Jan wanted was that there are never enough money or chocolate. And, to illustrate her point Jan shared a delicious, homemade chocolate dessert with everyone. In
other business, PDG Roger Clavette, in celebration of 50 years in business made a donation to the club's new endowment fund. Carol Smith reported on Tee Signs and said the sponsorship form and the list of last year's sponsors are both on the website. Dan Tabler reported on DG Susan's Installation. PDG Roger and Janette, Stephen Kasperski and Dan attended with all reporting "A good time was had by all". Jan Fraipont is pictured above left and (l to r) Jim Rasa, representing the Club Foundation, PDG Roger, President Bill Purnell and Treasurer Ernie Megee are shown above right.
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DG Susan Giove installed Bill Purnell as our new president on June 23rd at the Lewes Yacht Club. Also installed were Jan Fraipont, President-Elect, Bernice Edwards, Vice President, Ernie Megee, Treasurer and Directors
Linda Price and Terry Megee. Reid Beveridge was installed as Secretary in absentia. Outgoing President Jean McCool thanked everyone for helping make the past year a big success and presented Dan Tabler the Rotarian of the Year Award (top left photo). It was a very nice event with great food and fellowship. A beautiful sunset was the perfect ending to a perfect day. (Top two photos by Charlene Hubert)
The June 16th meeting was a Club Assembly with many members receiving recognition. Following a theme established with the 2008 Golf Classic, President Jean presented the "Jeanie Awards" in thanks to the many
members who assisted her or the club this year. A large group of members were recognized for having perfect attendance for the past year. These members will receive 100 club points toward Paul Harris Fellow recognition. In other business, Bill Purnell provided an update on the Officers' Installation to be held next week at the Lewes Yacht Club. Bud Clark reported on the 2009 golf event. The committee is proposing the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition be added as a beneficiary, pending Board approval. Dan Tabler encouraged members to attend DG Susan Giove's installation on June 28th at Dover Downs. Dean Rubino asked members to notify him to order a polo shirt with the club logo. Members with perfect attendance are pictured above. (Judy Dean photo)
Carl Maschauer, Chair of the Scholarship Committee introduced Melissa Willey, a recent graduate of Sussex Tech and our club's representative to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Academy) and scholarship recipients Xin Li and Paige Valeski, Sussex Central's 2009 Valedictorian and Salutatorian who received $1000 each. Each student spoke briefly and thanked the club for its support. Dr. Maschauer said that choosing this year's scholarship winners was very difficult as there was a large pool of deserving candidates. Present-Elect Bill Purnell provided an update on his induction to be held at the Lewes Yacht Club on Tuesday, June 23rd and Dan Tabler provided an update on DGE Susan's induction scheduled for June 28th at Dover Downs. President Jean reminded members of the June 11th Board Meeting, a week earlier than usual. Pictured above from left to right are Scholarship Committee Chair Dr. Carl Maschauer, Xin Li, Melissa Willey, Paige Valeski and President Jean McCool.
Happy Birthday!
| July 11 | Dan Tabler | July 28 | Judy Dean |
| July 28 | Pat Ryan |
Rotary Radio
WDEL at 7:30 am Sunday mornings - Discussion involving Rotary and topics of interest.
Photos by Dan Tabler and others as noted.
Updated 7/1/09 - Send Dan (dtabler@umd.edu) club news and photos
