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The Hub Pub WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28, 2011 Rotary Club of the Rockaways P. O. Box 234 Rockaway, NJ 07866 http://www.clubrunner.ca/rockaway Club #5551 District 7470 ROTARY CLUB OF THE ROCKAWAYS President Jean McMullan President Elect Rodney Seifert Vice President Rodney Seifert Secretary Jim Stuart Treasurer Janice Christensen Club Secretary George Berry Sergeant at Arms Joe Hurley Sunshine Committee Bart Moriarty D IRECTORS Douglas Reed Sheila Seifert Bart Moriarty Michele Reutty Past President William Pojedinec Greeter John Beeman Hub Pub Editor Rodney Seifert Assistant Governor Stacey Borden ROCKAWAY ROTARY MEETS EVERY MONDAY AT 12:15 PM - THE HILTON GARDEN INN, ROCKAWAY TOWNSQUARE MALL ROCKAWAY ROTARY MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7:30 AM - ROCKAWAY ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH LAST WEEK $11 LAST WEEK $11 YEAR TO DATE $271 YEAR TO DATE $368 PRESIDENT, R.I. DISTRICT GOVERNOR KALYAN BANERJEE JIM ALLISON ON THIS DAY IN… **DISCLAIMER—The editor cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies in the following information. ** 1520 - Navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east. 1582 - William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway were married. 1919 - American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament. 1922 - Capt. Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gave the first public exhibition of skywriting. He spelled out, "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200" over New York's Times Square. 1953 - New York City began 11 days without newspapers due to a strike of photoengravers. DATES TO REMEMBER 12/3 - Holiday Food Drive, TJ “Winter Wonderland” 12/12 - Children’s Christmas Luncheon SPEAKERS/PROGRAMS 11/28 - PDG Mike Rabasca - Matching Grants 12/5 - Morris County Freeholders 12/19 - Club Assembly/Student of the Month RB 1/9 - PDG Karien Ziegler - PolioPlus 1/16 - Club Assembly/Student of the Month RT 1/23 - Donna Theese - Travelogue HISTORIC MOMENTS – ROOTS OF ROTARY’S POLIO EFFORTS Rotary International News – 18 November 2011 On 29 September 1979, Rotarians and delegates of the Philippine Ministry of Health looked on as volunteers administered drops of the lifesaving Sabin polio vaccine to children in the Manila barrio of Guadalupe Viejo. When James L. Bomar Jr., then RI president, put the first drops of vaccine into a child's mouth, he ceremonially launched the Philippine poliomyelitis immunization effort, and Rotary's first Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grant project was underway. Bomar joined Enrique M. Garcia, the country's minister of health, in signing the contract committing Rotary International and the government of the Philippines to a joint five-year effort to im- munize about six million children against polio at a cost of about US$760,000. In a 1993 interview, Bomar reminisced about the trip. He recalled how the brother of one of the chil- dren he had immunized tugged on his pant leg to get his attention, and said, “Thank you, thank you, Rotary.” The success of this project set the stage for Rotary's top priority to rid the world of polio. As a result of Rotary’s efforts, more than two billion children have received the oral polio vaccine. Since Rotary launched its PolioPlus campaign in 1985, the number of polio cases worldwide has dropped 99 percent, and the virus remains endemic in only four countries -- Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON Our annual Children’s Christmas Luncheon will be held on Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Hilton Garden Inn beginning at 12:15 PM. Students from St. Peter’s Village will be our guests and musical en- tertainment will be provided by members of the Thomas Jefferson Middle School Chorus. Come join in the festivities to usher in the holiday season with your fellow Rotarians and the “jolly man” in the red suit. Heard Along the Way… BOWLING NEWS by George Berry On Wednesday evening, our Rockaway team was scheduled to bowl the PDG Maurie's team, “When Pigs Fly” from Parsippany. Our team completed their games with PP Steve Bartsch posting a 212, his high game for this year. Parsippany will make-up their games at a later date; therefore, the results for this week are still to be determined. Please sign-up for a shift at our weekly meetings or contact PP Sheila
