“Allow yourself to be a beginner.  No one starts off being excellent.” – Wendy Flynn – Consultant

 

“There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.” – Dietrich Bonhaeffer – 1906-1945 – Pastor

 

“If you really want to be successful and you really want to be happy, don’t have a job, have a purpose. When you’ve got a purpose, the whole world is your office.” – Paulo Coelho – Author

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

 

8/20 – 5-6PM – United Way Dunlap Dr. Savoy, Read/Talk/Play Sign assembly

8/26 – Tom Costello Memorial Golf Outing

9/1 – District Grants Due

9/3-8 – Zone Institute

9/6 – Deadline for Sign up for iRead-iCount Volunteers.  Register here.

9/9 – Feeding Our Kids 3pm to 5pm at Eastern, Illinois Food Bank

9/12 – Ties & Tennie’s Gala Fundraiser for Champaign Park District Foundation

9/26 – 5-6pm – Books to Prisoners

10/4-5 – District 6490 Conference

10/24 – World Polio Day

 

PROGRAM

 

Mary Hudson presented Part Two of her program on the 80th Anniversary D-Day Cruise around the United Kingdom. The cruise ship stopped at several ports and islands around Great Britain that were used during World War II along with many historic harbors and towns. Mary highlighted many interesting facts about the various ports and towns that she and Tom visited.

 

Portsmouth, England

*The dockyard is home of the wooden warship HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860mand the conserved Tudor ship Mary Rose

 

Scilly Islands 

*The Royal Family uses it as a secluded get away. The Tresco Island has a well-known sub-tropical garden.

 

Cobh, Ireland

*The colorful town is known as the last port of call for the Titanic and home of St. Colman’s Cathedral. Completed in 1919, the cathedral is the single tall spire overlooking Cork Harbor.

 

Snowdonia, Wales

*Well known for the Snowdonia National Park.

 

The Hodsons made several additional stops in this tour which included the West Highland Heritage Narrow Gauge Railroad in Scotland, St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkland, Scotland, Skara Brae a stone built Neolithic settlement, a World Heritage Site Orkney Scotland, Fraser Castle, and Scapa Flow waters and the Orkney Islands.

 

It was a wonderful tour consisting of 13 days on a cruise ship of 1,400 passengers and including bus travel with an excellent and delightful international crew.  If you want additional information and details, Mary and Tom would be happy to help. 

 

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  Aug 22nd Aug 29th Sept 5th Sept 12th
Introductions Rod Roberts No morning Tod Satterthwaite Jarrod Scheunemann
Reflection Darrell Hoemann meeting. Michael Hogue Larry Johnson
Greeters Rod Roberts Club  Tod Satterthwaite Jarrod Scheunemann
Darrell Hoemann social Michael Hogue Larry Johnson
Food Joe Rank time! Jen Shelby Jen Shelby
Notetaker Perry   Hodson Crane

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

August 22nd – Merry Mitchell from the Eastern Illinois Foodbank (Michael)

August 29th – Club Social

September 5th – TBD (Tom)

September 12th –  Cole Alvis, Athletics, Inclusion, and Volunteer Coordinator, Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation (CUSR) (Cary)

September 19th – TBD (Charlie)

September 26th – TBD (Joe)

October 3rd – TBD (Lisa)

October 10th – TBD (Michael)

October 17th – TBD (Club Assembly)

October 24th – TBD (Mary)

October 31st – Club Social

 

 

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

 

August 24 – Allan Penwell

August 30 – Darrell Hoemann

August 30 – Ed Perry