Next Meeting Time & Place: October 18, 2007 at the RSCC (Rich Stover’s Oktoberfest!)

Song: Gordon Gladden and Carolyn Hall sang us a great rendition of “God Bless America”.

Pledge:  Vice President Henry Vinyard

Prayer: Although there was a race to the podium between Ace Parker and Bill Satterfield, Bill ended up saying the blessing for us.

Head Table:  Vice President Henry Vinyard, Guest Speaker Dr, Thompson, Paul Morris

Guests:  Will Dyer, guest of Marion Keenan/Dave Morgan; April Clyde, guest of Marion Keenan; Penny Nicholson, guest of John Nicholson.

Announcements: Rich Stover announced that next week there would be an Oktoberfest celebration to outdo last year’s.  For $15 you can get “free” beer, sauerkraut, sausage soup, bratwurst, and German chocolate cake.  If you didn’t sign up you may be out of luck! Mark Glushakow announced that about 1/3 of our tickets (or about $10,000 worth) are still outstanding.  If you got ‘em, you own ‘em!   Please drop them off at Mr. Curley ASAP!  The winners will be announced NEXT WEEK!  The beer stein this week went to Lewis Young. Tom Weiland reminded us to get in our pledges for the completed 100-mile bike ride, which will go to Meals on Wheels.

Vice President Henry Vinyard announced the sad news of the passing of Jean Truitt, beloved wife of Jerry Truitt.  The service will be at St. Peter’s Episcopal church in downtown Salisbury at 11 am. Visitation with the family can take place prior to the service.

Main Program: Two new members were inducted into our Rotary club: Will Dyer (classification Tree Care) and April Clyde (classification Nursing).  Congratulations to both of you!  We all look forward to your two-minute speeches in the not too distant future.

Dr. G. Ray Thompson, Professor of History and Co-Founder of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center at Salisbury University gave a talk on “Preserving Delmarva’s History: 25 years at the Nabb Research Center”.  The research center is one of only five in the nation that is dedicated to Preserving and Maintaining culture of specific areas in the U.S.  Delmarva was one of the earliest places to have been settled.  There are records that go back to 1615. The records indicate that the settlers started in Northampton and moved northward to Accomac, Somerset and then on to Sussex county, Delaware.  The research center has some of the 1^st English speaking records that go back to 1632.  The center is used for teaching students history, using Delmarva as a laboratory looking at folklore, local archeology, artifacts and architecture.  The center has over 8000 monographs and a wide variety of historical maps of the area, some of which on display.  Extremely interesting!  Thanks Dr. Thompson!

50/50 Winners :  Greg Ferrier and Ace Parker.

       Enjoy Rotary!