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Whered it go?

Er, whats up, Doc? Whats up,

you should pardon the expres-

sion, is Ken Coxs shuttlecock.

Ken was playing indoor Badmin-

ton to win extra raffle tickets

when he took his eye off the er,

shuttlecock, and lost it. Francie

Summers and Cleo Mitchell look

on in horror. The Badminton

game, for those who were not

there and thats another story

was one of Francies fabulous

tricks and treats that make arriv-

ing at our Rotary lunch such a

delight every meeting. From the

games people play to the center-

pieces she puts on each lunch

table, Francie dips into her own

pocket to pay. She deserves a

round of applause every week.

What a Rotarian. We should

make her vice president or

something.

Look whos talking: Raymond Foster and the Web

Raymond Foster

TheWorld Wide Web is a key com-ponent of modern lifestyles. Justabout everyone spends time surf-

ing the web.

A useful plaything indeed. But howmuch do we really know about theWeb, the Internet as a tool for

businesses?

Our speaker next week will explorethe subject for us. He is RaymondFoster, a man of wide experienceand knowledge in various areas.

Raymondwas a Los Angeles policeofficer for 24 years. Hes a part-

time lecturer at Cal State Fullertonand Fresno, and was faculty advi-sor and chair of the criminal jus-

tice program at the Union Instituteand University.Raymond also is an experiencedauthor who has published numer-ous articles in a wide range of

magazines

He has appeared on the HistoryChannel and radio programs in the

United States and Europe as ex-pert in technological applications

in law enforcement, criminal jus-tice and leadership.

More than 100 colleges nation-wide use his textbook, Police Tech-nology .Raymond will speak to us on theidea that ignorance of the lan-guage and capabilities of the Inter-

net hobbles business leaders.

Be there. Heed and learn.

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RI Convention 2010 report

The story from MontrealWhat do Dolly Parton andQueen Noor of Jordan have incommon, leaving aside the

obvious?

Both the buxom country singer

and the widow ofKing Husseinwere among the stars of the

show at the just-ended 2010

Rotary International conven-tion in Montreal.DG Tom Novotny and wifeRobin joined the more than18,000 who thronged to the

Canadian metropolis for the

convention.

Tom, soon to be PDG Tom

Novotny, will be making a wel-come return to more frequent

Las Vegas West meetingssoon.

We can depend upon a full

verbal report in Toms usual

folksy and friendly style. But in

the interim, youll have to

make do with this prcis,

culled from RI sources.

Rotarians attending the con-

vention were privy to speakers

including Parton and Queen

Noor; best-selling author GregMortenson, cofounder of theCentral Asia Institute, which

builds schools in Afghanistan

and Pakistan; and BobMazzuca, chief executive of

the Boy Scouts of America.Parton thanked Rotary for

partnering with her to pro-

mote childrens literacy.

Queen Noor praised Rotarians

for their work in promoting

world peace and building

global coalitions

Mazzuca spoke of the long

relationship between the Boy

Scouts and Rotary and noted

many similarities between TheFour-Way Test and the ScoutLaw.Next years RI convention is in

the United States once again,

this time in the hard-hit city of

New Orleans.Its scheduled May 21-25, amonth earlier than this years

event, but still giving us

enough time to drum up a big

attendance from our club,

perhaps.

Any one for New Orleans? Our

saints can go marching in by

checking out the convention

website. Go to www.rotary.organd follow the links.

Laissez les bons temps roler,

nest-ce pas?.

RI President John Kenny pre-

sents Queen Noor of Jordan

with the RI Award of Honor.