Vol. 63 No. 41 May 1, 2017 The Monroetarian The Rotary Club of Monroeville, PA, meets from 12:15 to 1:15 pm Thursdays at the Holiday Inn, Mosside Blvd.

Please keep in your prayers: Ed and Last week’s program Announcements Brenda McCrady & Rickie Black-Zold, A ‘Happy Buck Thank You’ goes out to and Sue McCormick who is recovering our guest speaker Ken Huston, who from a recent foot surgery. donated $50 to the club immediately following his presentation! Last week’s Meeting Last week we had 23 members in This year’s golf outing is to be held on attendance, with 4 guests, and 2 make-ups. Monday, May 15, at Greensburg Country The polio basket collected $33. Johnna Club. Golfers, it’s not too early to get your Cornelius ran the 50-50, and Som Sharma foursomes together! Gifts, gift cards, trinkets won the $31 jackpot. Ernie Lawrence was and prizes are also needed, and raffle our bailiff, taking the job as an immediate Gerry Maynard introduced our guest tickets are on sale. Support the club at this surrogate, and did a great job collecting $48 speaker, the President of the Allegheny East event. Dustin Helm announced that we in fines. Chapter of the NAACP, Ken Huston. Ken currently have 21 foursomes and we are still Proposed New Member started by relating the history of the NAACP, looking for more. Dustin is handling the which was formed partly in response to the raffle tickets, $10 each, and each ticket has James Crowder General Manager continuing horrific practice of lynching and ten chances to win for two separate and restaurateur, has been proposed the 1908 race riot in Springfield, IL. Appalled drawings. Whether you golf or not, this is a as a new club member by Bill Segar. at the violence that was committed against great way to support one of the club’s big Please forward any written blacks, a group of white liberals that fundraisers! comments within 7 days to club included Mary White Ovington and Oswald president Debbie DiLorenzo Garrison Villard , both the descendants of abolitionists, William English Walling and From now through June, Buffalo Wild at [email protected] If no Dr. Henry Moscowitz issued a call for a Wings will make a 10% contribution from objection is received, James will be meeting to discuss racial justice. Some 60 your tab to our club when you dine there and inducted into the club at our next people, seven of whom were African mention Team K. This includes gift cards, scheduled meeting. American including author W. E. B. Du bar tabs and take-out orders. Make sure Bois , journalist and editor Ida B. Wells- your receipt shows that you have Upcoming Speakers Barnett and activist and suffragette Mary contributed to Team K . May 4 : Amanda McMillen, Rosemary Church Terrell , signed ‘the call’, which was Crawford – Judicial System released on the centennial of Lincoln’s birth, May 11 : John Mulgrave, Maranie Staab – and heralded the first organizational meeting Combat Photojournalist of the National Association for the May 18 : Gateway Students join us for Advancement of Colored People. The lunch. NAACP’s principal objective is to ensure the May 25 : Lizz Overfield - TBA political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice. The Calendar of Events NAACP seeks to remove all barriers of racial May 4: Meeting at Forbes VoTech discrimination through the democratic May 6 : Satellite club Kentucky Derby party, processes. The vision of the NAACP for the Hilton Garden Inn, Oakland 21 st century centers on six key issues: May 10 : Board Meeting, Buffalo Wild Wings Economic Sustainability, Education, Health, The United Mitochondrial Disease May 15 : Annual Golf Outing, Greensburg C. Public Safety and Criminal Justice, and Foundation Energy for Life Walkathon will Club Expanding Youth and Young Adult be held June 10, North Shore Great Lawn, Jun 3 : District Assembly, Crowne Plaza, Engagement. Ken’s powerful message is 400 North Shore Drive. The walk begins at Greentree 8AM – 12 Noon that we are all human beings, first and 10AM. Jun 5 : District 7300 Orientation Session foremost. Before speaking at our meeting, Contact Debbie DiLorenzo Ken related that he had gone to the Internet Dan Dinapoli , principal at Levelgreen Jun 10-14 : RI conference, Atlanta to find out what our Rotary Club was all Elementary School is looking for anyone Jun 21-24 : District 7300 conference, Seven about, and complimented us on carrying who wishes to participate in their May 26 Springs forward the vision of Rotary. Ken , we very Junior Achievement event. Interested? Jul 31 : District 7300 Golf Outing, Wildwood much enjoyed having you as our guest, and Email [email protected] Golf Club, Allison Park look forward to seeing you again, perhaps at an upcoming Rotary member induction This week’s editor: James ‘Jabs’ Baird The Gateway Third Grade Spelling Bee will ceremony? To get involved in the work of [email protected] (412) 779-6612 the NAACP, more information available be held on Saturday, June 24, 2:15PM at here: http://www.naacp.org/membership/ the Seven Springs. If you wish to be part of Next week’s editor: Bob Zeppuhar [email protected] (412) 841-5965 the event please contact Stan Beck .