2013 April

ShelterBox USA on the Illinois Quad: Thursday, April 11, 2013

Well, I made it to the quad around 11:00 am this morning, during a heavy mist that left everything in the area quite damp. If you plan to visit the ShelterBox Rotaractors and make a donation, the SBox tent and equipment display is located on the north end of the Illini Quad, just south of the Illini Student Union patio. When I arrived, one Rotaractor was on hand to solicit donations of $1, with a promise to give the donor a freshly made S’more, when it was dry enough to create heat in the charcoal container. (more…)

By Rod Roberts|2022-06-24T15:31:48-05:00April 11th, 2013|Uncategorized|Comments Off

April 4th, 2013 Newsletter

Announcements
(notes provided by the striped-tie-wearing Allan Penwell)

Champaign Rotary’s tri-annual Action Auction is June 1^st at KCPA and has a Broadway theme. It’s a great event, and see Ata to join him at a Sunrise table.

We received a letter from the T.I.M.E.S. Center thanking us for a donation.

The District 6490 Conference will be April 19-20 in Normal, Illinois. This is a great time to learn more about Rotary, meet fellow Rotarians, share experiences, and most of all, expand your club with resources, information and contacts.

If you would like to get some exercise and perform community service, see Eric Batsie. April 27^th is moving day at Washington School in Urbana, and he is organizing a work party.

Program

Rita B. Garman is the fourth district justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and was elected in 2001. Justice Garman is a member of Danville Rotary.

The justice system in Illinois is broad, and in 2011 in the circuit courts there were 3.4 million cases that came into the court system. Around 50,000 were DUI’s. Several million were traffic tickets, and only 2% were felonies. Appeals are heard in the five appellate courts, and the final court is the Illinois Supreme Court. There are seven Supreme Court justices that come from the appellate court districts.

Justice Garman has served 12 years on the Supreme Court where there are seven justices. Four of the justices form a majority, and it takes four to agree to take a case and four to decide a case. Annually there are 3,000 appeals to the Supreme Court, but only about 100 were heard. The court meets five times a year, and when in session, the justices stay in Springfield. Each has a staff which includes several clerks.

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	April 11th	April 18th	April 25th	May 2nd
Introductions	BJ Lytle	Ben Mast	John McDaniel	Penn Nelson
Invocation	Cary Woolard	Kris Young	Harold Adams	Curt Anderson
Greeters	BJ Lytle	Ben Mast	John McDaniel	Penn Nelson
Greeters	Mitch Schluter	Jen Shelby	Lou Simpson	Cary Woolard
Song Leader	Ed Perry	Marsha Reardon	Chuck Reifsteck	Rod Roberts
Notetaker	Hodson	Lintner	Conforti	Chamberlain

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Upcoming Schedule

April 11 – Dan Hartleb, UIUC Men’s Baseball Coach

April 18th – Karen Kane and Yvette Whitely, Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

April 25th – Eliabeth Buckley, Developmental Specialist at Provena Covenant Medical Center, will discuss Women4Women

May 2nd – Ida Simila, Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) student

May 9th – Debbie Hirschi from Champaign West will discuss their project with the Ministerios de Fey Vida Nueva in Honduras

May 16th – David and Dorothy Deem will discuss upholstering and furniture

May 23rd – Dr. Tom Ramage, President of Parkland College

By Andrew Kerins|2022-06-24T15:31:48-05:00April 8th, 2013|Newsletter|Comments Off

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita B. Garman spoke to C-U Sunrise Rotary on April 4, 2013.

By Rod Roberts|2022-06-24T15:31:48-05:00April 4th, 2013|Uncategorized|Comments Off

Don’t Forget!

This coming Thursday morning, April 4th, our special guest speaker is Illinois Supreme Court Justice, the honorable Judge Rita Garman. Don’t miss this!

Rita B. Garman was born in Aurora. She was valedictorian of Oswego High School in 1961. She received her B.S. degree in economics with highest honors from the University of Illinois in 1965, Bronze Tablet, and her J.D. degree with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1968. She was Assistant State’s Attorney in Vermilion County (1969-73), was engaged in private practice with Sebat, Swanson, Banks, Lessen & Garman (1973), and was an Associate Circuit Judge for 12 years. She was a Circuit Judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit (1986-95) and Presiding Circuit Judge (1987-95). She was assigned to the Appellate Court, Fourth District, in July 1995, and was elected to the position in November 1996. Justice Garman was appointed to the Supreme Court on February 1, 2001, and elected to the Court on November 5, 2002. She is a member of the Vermilion County, Illinois State and Iowa Bar Associations, and the Illinois Judges’ Association.

By Rod Roberts|2022-06-24T15:31:48-05:00April 2nd, 2013|Uncategorized|Comments Off

March 28th, 2013 Newsletter

Announcements

(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut, Ed Perry)

Last chance to help Cunningham Children’s Home by purchasing tickets to the Festival of Quilts show. See B.J. for more information.

Ata is seeking to fill our CU Sunrise Table at the Champaign Rotary Club’s silent auction fundraiser. $75 per person for a fun night. See Ata for more information.

We gave Molly Delaney a heartfelt round of applause for her Women of Distinction award.

The Honorable Rita Garman will be this week’s speaker. Please bring a guest!

Jeff requested a volunteer from out club to sit in his seat at the District Conference for the panel of new membership. See Jeff for details.

The club’s anniversary committee is alive, alert and enthusiastic with ideas for our club’s 25th anniversary celebration on the 8th of June. It is going to be more of a celebration than a fundraiser. More information will be forth coming as it develops.

St. Thomas More’s Interact Club was awarded the District’s Interact Club of the year. Marsha is the director of the club and will receive an aware at the District Conference.
Program

We shared the meeting with members of the Savoy Rotary Club as the The Italian GSE team presented this morning’s program. The team is from Northern Italy (around Turin, Milan, and Genova) and Rotary Districts 2031 and 2032. The five member team thanked us for all that Rotary has done for them on this trip and thanked those in attendance for their hospitality. Each team member talked briefly about their education, careers and family:

Marco Masselli just recently married, recieved his degree in economics. he started and runs a business marketing Italian brand products.

Marta Ciccolari Micaldi is a free lance writer and editor. She enjoyed her time with several local editors and writers and the sharing of ideas and methods.

Alessandro Gatri is from Genova. He started his own web design and social media marketing firm. He will never forget the tour of the University of Illinois’ super computer.

Salva Mathlouthi is an Architect/Building engineer. Her emphasis is on energy efficiency and communications. Her activities here included visiting a local architectural firms and several local energy sustainable buildings.

Roberto Alciati is an Associate Professor at the University of Turin. His focus in on religious manuscripts and especially enjoyed his time with Steve Shoemaker in the University of Illinois Library looking at rare books and drinking wine with Andrew.

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	April 4th	April 11th	April 18th	April 25th
Introductions	Barb Lintner	BJ Lytle	Ben Mast	John McDaniel
Invocation	Jen Shelby	Cary Woolard	Kris Young	Harold Adams
Greeters	Barb Lintner	BJ Lytle	Ben Mast	John McDaniel
Greeters	Tod Satterthwaite	Mitch Schluter	Jen Shelby	Lou Simpson
Song Leader	Allan Penwell	Ed Perry	Marsha Reardon	Chuck Reifsteck
Notetaker	Penwell	Hodson	Lintner	Conforti

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Upcoming Schedule

Apr 4 – The Honorable Rita Garman, Illinois Supreme Court Justice

April 11 – Dan Hartleb, UIUC Men’s Baseball Coach

April 18th – Karen Kane and Yvette Whitely, Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

April 25th – Eliabeth Buckley, Developmental Specialist at Provena Covenant Medical Center, will discuss Women4Women

May 2nd – Ida Simila, Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) student

May 9th – Debbie Hirschi from Champaign West will discuss their project with the Ministerios de Fey Vida Nueva in Honduras

May 16th – David and Dorothy Deem will discuss upholstering and furniture

May 23rd – Dr. Tom Ramage, President of Parkland College

By Andrew Kerins|2022-06-24T15:31:48-05:00April 2nd, 2013|Newsletter|Comments Off