“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” – Maya Angelou – 1928-2014 – Poet-Singer-Activist

 

“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan – 1905-2005 – Dogsled Driver-Explorer

 

“Seek to be whole, not perfect.” – Oprah Winfrey – Television Personality, Actor, Philanthropist

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the erudite Mary Hodson)

 

Effective immediately, the second Thursday meetings will return to the 6:45 AM meeting time.

 

June Bucket money is going to Ambulances for Ukraine.  July bucket money will go to Feeding Our Kids.

 

Please email Cary with suggestions of places to meet for club socials.

 

Help is needed at the Decker Garden.  Sign up online.

 

Mail your dues to Todd or bring them to the next meeting.

 

July 8 – Rotary booth at Urbana Farmer’s Market

 

July 29 – Rotary day at the Ballpark

 

July 30 – Lou’s celebration of life at the Rose Bowl

 

August 21 – CU Sunrise Diaper Drive begins

 

November 9 – Charter and Veteran’s Day Charter Banquet at City View.  No AM meeting

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Jerry introduced Perry Morris, VP of the CC History Museum and President of the CC Genealogical Society.   Perry has a keen interest in the history of local arts.

 

The Champaign County Historical Museum is currently housed in the Cattle Bank, the oldest extant building in CU, located at 102 East University.   Building on the Cattle Bank began in 1856 and it opened in 1857.   The president, BF Harris, was an owner of prize-winning beef cattle, hence the name Cattle Bank.   The bank failed and the building housed a drug store for many years.

 

The Champaign County History Museum was located in the Wilbur Mansion until 1997 when the city sold the building.  In 2001, the museum relocated to the Cattle Bank.   Last year, the Illinois Museum Association named it the “Small Museum of the Year.”

 

The museum has a local research library and an on-line catalogue of its artifacts, at http://www.champaigncountyhistory.org.  They are currently digitizing the St. Joseph Record and want to digitize other small town newspapers in the future.  At the History Harvests, the public is invited to bring in objects relating to local history for scanning.  They also record oral histories.

The museum is currently seeking artifacts and stories about Farm Aid, in preparation for the 50th anniversary. 

 

History talks are held by zoom or in-person on the third Thursday of every month.

 

The museum is open Wednesdays 1-5 PM, Thursdays, 1- 7 PM, Fridays, 1-5 PM and Saturdays 10-5 PM.

 

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  June 22nd June 29th July 6th July 13th
Introductions Charlie Smith Mary Kay Smith Cary Woolard Oktay Baran
Reflection Mary Hodson Darrell Hoemann Larry Johnson Bob La Charite
Greeters Charlie Smith Mary Kay Smith Cary Woolard Oktay Baran
Ray Elliott Mary Hodson Darrell Hoemann Larry Johnson
Notetaker Crane Conforti Perry Hodson

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

June 22nd – Christopher Manson, VP for Government Relations at OSF, will discuss Ambulances for Ukraine (Mary)

June 29th – Pass the Gavel

July 6th – Club Assembly

July 13th – Jen Shelby, The Sequel (Mary)

July 20th – TBD (Michael)

July 27th – TBD (Tom)

August 3rd – TBD (Cary)

August 10th – TBD (Michael)

August 17th – District Governor

August 24th – TBD (Joe)

August 31st – TBD

September 7th – TBD

September 14th – TBD

 

 

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

 

June 17 – Jacob Bilvin

June 19 – Joe Rank

 

July 6 – Paul Conforti

July 28 – Cary Woolard