Meeting was opened by President Bailey
Visitors: Reid Danielson, Jerry Coulter, Dr Fred Splitberger(St Andrews Club),
Rotary Scholars: Samantha Martin, Ashley Rhoderick
Health and Happiness: Lyman Whitehead: "Religion day w/ Sister Mary"
Stan Berger reported that Clean Up Day was a success with over two dozen interact students participating.
Judy Johnson announced the Babcock Center " Hole in One " tournament scheduled for this weekend.
Rod Funderbuck introduced our Rotary Scholars to address the club.
Samantha Martin will be going to London"Derry", Republic of Ireland for advanced studies. She presently resides in Jacksonville, Florida. Her focus during her trip is to explore the culture of the Emerald Isle/UK, make friends, examine conflict theories and explore solutions. Her challenges: culture shock, to be a real Ambassador not just a tourist/traveler/student, really understand "English", to tolerate the not too sunny climate and to try to learn to like beer.
Ashley Rhoderick will be going to Cairo, Egypt as a Cultural Scholar for three months. She is a senior at USC and a native of Middleton, Md. (pop: 2,668, founded: 1767) She is a chemical engineer, member of AICE, Campus Crusade for Christ, Tau Beta Pi honor society.
She said that Cairo is a city of 16 million people, primarily Muslim(90% Sunni, 9% Christian). Egypt has a population of 74 million. She will study at the American University in Cairo, Arabic Language Institute, with 4 thousand students 81% are Egyptian. She will be staying with an Egyptian family looking for Engineering opportunities abroad. Ashley will intern with the Campus Crusade for Christ, Middle East for 7 months.
Shortly after President Beetle adjourned the meeting.
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