Next Meeting Time & Place: August 9, 2007.  Rotary Scout and Community Center (RSCC).  Program: Jan Wiseman on Greater Salisbury.

Song: Howard Agnew , “America the Beautiful”

Pledge:  President Marion Keenan

Prayer:  Marie Calafiura

Head Table:  Conner Hines (grandson of Mike Hines); Ed Thomas, speaker; Mark Glushakow

Guests:  Conner Hines (guest of Don Taylor)

Announcements:

• Thanks to Darryl Nixon for the idea of the first “Badge and Table night”.  No badge, $1.00 to the kitty.
• Birthday night- Congratulations to Pete Cooper who was the unanimous winner for the cake!  Happy birthday to all other August born Rotarians.
• Thoughts and prayers to Paul Morris and family for the loss of Paul’s Mom.
• Mark Glushakow reminded everyone of the upcoming River fest ( September 8^th) where we will have 3 booths.  Volunteers needed.  Also SELL THOSE TICKETS!  German Beer Steins for those that sell 5 tickets and turn them in early while the stein’s last!  Also gift certificates will be available for early ticket sales.  Thank you to George Vickers for supporting the raffle.
• Bob Lawrence reminded everyone of the Tangier Island cruise coming up on August 23^rd.  Be at the Crisfield Dock at 5:30pm.  You don’t want to miss this boat!
• 3 Rotary Club efforts with the help of a District Grant to help with school supplies.  School supplies needed.  Aug 11 at Kmart; Aug 23- “Pack the packs”-Christian Shelter; Aug 25- Distribution.  Goal is 100 packs to underprivileged children in our district.
• Rotary shirts available next week.  Women’s sizes available.
• Raft float during River fest on September 8^th- “Anything that floats”- Darryl Nixon
• Budget for our Club distributed and brought for a vote and approved by the membership.

Main Program: Ed Thomas – “Mr. Tennis”.   Ed discussed the history of Tennis in the Salisbury area.  In the 1960’s many of the best players in the world used to come to Salisbury for the National Indoor Tennis Championship.  The tournament used to be held at the Civic Center (Bill Reardon promoted), which eventually became too small for the event and it moved to Memphis, Tennessee.  A “world class” outdoor tennis tournament will be held here at Salisbury University starting next Wednesday.  This will be used by some of the players as a warm up for the U.S. Open tournament.  Will go from 9 am to evening matches, Semi’s on Saturday and Finals on Sunday at 1pm.  Coastal Hospice will be the recipient of the a portion of the proceeds.  Come out and see some great tennis for a great cause!

Connor Hines also spoke to us about the Uganda World Fund.  The Rotary giving spirit of Mike Hines was certainly passed on to his grandson.  Connor explained how Uganda had been hit hard with both Aids and Starvation.  There is an effort to build an elementary and vocational school and raise money for supplies. The walls and roof are already up. The building will have up to 10 classrooms. The walls are made from bricks that they make themselves.  Most of it is based on volunteer efforts.    There are about 500 children in this community (Masaka, just Northwest of Lake Victoria), and at least 300 are orphans due to their parents dying from AIDS. Connor is trying to raise $3500 for travel expenses to get directly involved in the effort.   The Rotary Hat was passed and it was overflowing as usual!

50/50 Winners :  Art Cooley and Darryl Nixon (both put their winnings toward Connor’s trip)

       Enjoy Rotary!