“Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.” ― DeWitt Clinton

 

“I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.” ― Les Brown 

 
ANNOUCNEMENTS
(notes provided by the unorthodox and unconventional Paul Conforti)

 

Ata announced that our Rotary District has approved a Global Grant.  This grant enables district clubs to partner with a German club to provide scholarships for women seeking business school training in Turkey.

BJ Lytle announced the Central High School 5K Turkey Trot (benefiting the Crisis Nursery) will take place Saturday November 19th. Register no later than October 28th at racerpal.com

Rod announced that we are in need of two additional participants for the CU Sunrise Team to participate in the 2016 CU Schools Foundation Spelling Bee on October 21.  Proceeds go to grants to the schools and this year 37 grants have been awarded to 46 teachers.   The most recent grants totaled $19,000.  Let Rod know if you are interested.

Ata announced the annual Rotary sponsored Veterans Day One On One luncheon from 11am – 1pm on Friday November 11th at the Round Barn Banquet Center. For more information call 217-398-2000, VeteransDayOneOnOne.com, or facebook.com/VeternasDayOneOne

Tom Hodson announced Champaign West’s annual Poinsettia sale fund raiser. Orders must be placed by 6pm Wednesday November 16, 2016. Orders can be made directly at the Champaign West webpage – champaignwest.org/

Reminder: Illini After Five Rotary Club is seeking donations for their annual Dictionary Project. Fifteen hundred dictionaries will be given out to third graders throughout Champaign County and will include Spanish as well as English dictionaries.  This year there will be an event to raise funds at Art Mart from 4:00 – 7:00pm on Thursday, November 3. Tickets are $10 and are available online.

Our club is planning a social gathering around the holidays. Thursday, December 29th is the tentative date.

October bucket money goes to the Red Cross for Louisiana flood victims.

 

PROGRAM

Tom Ulen introduced Professor Jennifer Pahre from the UIUC Law School. Pahre earned her J.D. degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles where she was the chief note and comment editor of the Loyola International and Comparative Law Review. Professor Pahre is admitted to the state bars of California, Michigan, and Illinois and has practiced law in all three states

Professor Pahre’s topic was the First Amendment and Political Discourse making the distinction between governmental figures, public figures and private citizens in regards to libel laws and how they apply to each group. The discussion covered:

-when defamation claims can be pursued as a civil wrong

-when a published or aired report can be considered “recklessness in an extreme way”.

-what is the “malice standard” as applied to governmental, public or private individuals.

-how the First Amendment pertains to quotations used

Of interest was a question to Professor Pahre “given three choices who would she like to have dinner with?”. Her answer: Louis Brandeis, John Marshall and Hugo Black

 

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  Oct 20th Oct 27th Nov 3rd Nov 10th
Introductions Larry Johnson Andrew & Finn Kerins Bob La Charite Barb Lintner
Invocation Tod Satterthwaite Jen Shelby Billy Stull Jeff Van Buren
Greeters Larry Johnson Andrew & Finn Kerins Bob La Charite Barb Lintner
Scott Paceley Robb Patton Allan Penwell Ed Perry
Song Leader John McDaniel Phyllis Mischo Scott Paceley Robb Patton
Notetaker Perry Penwell Hodson Lintner

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

October 20th – Jennifer Shelby, New Developments in Film (Mary)

October 27th – Niala Boodhoo, WILL Radio’s The 21st, will discuss the Mandella Washington Fellowship(Mary)

November 3rd – Dr. Karl-Heinz Schoeps, retired professor of German at UIUC, will speak about resistance to Hitler within Germany during the Third Reich (Phyllis)

November 10th – TBD (Tod)

November 17th – Mike Hirschi, Champaign West, will discuss the Foundation (Allan Penwell)

November 24th – Thanksgiving, no AM meeting

December 1st – Club Assembly

December 8th – Janice Jayes, Instructional Assistant Professor, Illinois State University, will discuss the state of ISIS today (Bob)

December 15th – Isak Griffiths, Executive Director, Courage Connections (Laura)

December 22nd – Mitch Davis, Muscular Dystrophy Association (Mary)

December 29th – No AM meeting; evening social instead?

January 5th – Family Meeting? (Phyllis)

January 12th – TBD (Tod)

January 19th – TBD (Tom)

January 26th – Josh Whitman, Athletic Director, UIUC (Bob)

February 2nd – TBD (Laura)

February 9th – TBD (Mary)

February 16th- Nick Osborne, Director, Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education, UIUC (Phyllis)

February 23rd – TBD (Tod)