ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes courteous of the erudite Mary Hodson)
Pat Kovar from Community Blood Services of Illinois, announced the 13th Annual Rotary Blood Drive. It will run from July 16-29 a the Blood Center on University Avenue at Wright St. The Blood Center is open from 7:30 AM to 4 PM on Mondays and Fridays, from 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 7:30 AM to Noon on Saturdays. Participation in the blood drive will be considered as a meeting make up.
Ed Perry thanked everyone who helped pick corn for the EI Food Bank on July 14. Unfortunately, Neal was the only real Cornjerker in the group.
Molly Delaney needs volunteers to be Book Mentors for the Head Start sites. Book Mentors are scheduled for 6 visits a year, October through April. If interested, contact Molly at delaney1@illinois.edu.
President Jeff announced that the American Red Cross sent a thank you note for the $150 donation made by CU Sunrise members.
President Jeff also announced some upcoming important dates. Club Assembly will be held on July 26. Governor Bidner will visit our club on August 9. Also on August 9, our RYE, Ida Simila, will arrive from Finland. Please try to be at the airport to meet her plane at 1:40 PM. The Chalifoux’s will be the first host family.
Watch for an email from President Jeff. It contains information about how to register to make on-line donations to the Foundation. Also, the club will make a $8 donation to the Foundation on behalf of each member who buys a Rotary T-Shirt for $15.
PROGRAM
Professor Rich Martin is the head of the Department of Journalism in the University of Illinois School of Media. Rich was managing editor for the Roanoke Times from 1997 to 2004. He is the author of Living Journalism, about the values and practices that constitute good journalism.
Professor Martin’s topic was The State of the News Media in 2012.
Increasingly, Americans are getting their news from the internet, especially smart phones, as newspaper circulation declines. Over half of smart phone owners use their phones to get the news.
More and more news outlets are moving to digital subscriptions with pay walls. In other words, a certain number of articles may be viewed free each day. Additional access requires a paid subscription.
Professor Martin lamented the fact that the New Orleans Picayune will be reduced to printing three days a week. Starting this fall, New Orleans will no longer have a daily newspaper.
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| July 26th | Aug 2nd | Aug 9th | Aug 16th | |
| Introductions | Benny Lapid | Han Liang | Barb Lintner | BJ Lytle |
| Invocation | Cary Woolard | Kris Young | Coletta Ackermann | Harold Adams |
| Greeters | Benny Lapid | Han Liang | Barb Lintner | BJ Lytle |
| Mitch Schluter | Jen Shelby | Lou Simpson | Cary Woolard | |
| Song Leader | Robb Patton | Allan Penwell | Ed Perry | Chuck Reifsteck |
| Notetaker | Lintner | Conforti | Chamberlain | Perry |
| Decker Weeding | Shelby | Chamberlain | Hatfield | Kerins |
| Next Weekend | Shelby | Chamberlain | Hatfield | Simpson |
| Decker Garden | Adams | Adams | Krchak | Krchak |
| Watering |
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July 26th – Club Assembly
August 2nd – Gordy Hulten, Champaign County Clerk
August 9th – J. Gordon Bidner, District 6490 Governor
