Port Isabel Texas Rotary Club District 5930, Area 9 Est. 1936 http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8285 MARCELLO’S ITALIAN RISTORANTE FRI. OCT. 13, 2017 SERVICE ABOVE SELF

ROTARY BOARD 2017-2018 (Roberta “Betty” Ramirez-Lara District Governor) Roberto “Chiefee” Rodriguez President John Magee Treasurer Jacqui Dempsey Youth Service Bettina Tolin Past President Diana Delgado Secretary Jim Enholm Community Service Kent Mallquist President Elect/Membership Sherman Lee International Service Cristin Howard Club Service Lonnie Gillihan President Elect Nominee/Vocational Auxilliary Board Members: Albert Perez Foundation, Bob White Sgt. At Arms Ralph Ayers Pilot/Program Calendar, Lonnie Gillihan Printing/Distribution, Paul Cardile Song Master

ROTARIAN SPEAKER NEXT WEEK’S ROTARIAN of the Ranger Rolando Garza Project Trees WEEK TOPIC REMINDERS & NOTICES Paul Archeology at the The most important gift we can give Cardile Palo Alto Battlefield our kids for the future is the gift of words and command of language.

LAST WEEK Jerry Adams presented a talk and slide show about the true origins of then sea turtle conservation on South Padre Island started by his uncle Dearl Adams, well before the “Turtle Lady” became involved. Fascinating history Jerry...Thanks.

CLUB NEWS Today we induct Jason White as a new club member...Welcome and congratulations Jason.

First Publication: Don Lackey has Proposed Jim Hawkins, a former Rotarian, for membership. If anyone knows of any impediment to his membership, please notify the president.

IT’S BOOK MONTH: The “First Reader Books” for 1st grade students will be distributed next Wednesday, Oct. 18, so the students will have them in time for the National Reading Day on Thursday, Oct. 19. (Details announced today)

The 3RD grade dictionary placards are done. Jim Enholm would like to set a time and place this Sunday, Oct. 15, to affix them inside the dictionaries. They will be distributed some time next week. (Details announced today) Those assisting at either the Derry or Garriga school should be there at 9:00 a.m.

PICTURE of the WEEK PROGRAM AND EVENTS CALENDAR CELEBRATIONS OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES 18 - 1st grade “First Reader” book distrib. None ?? - 3rd grade Dictionary distribution 20 - Jim Enholm, “Project Trees” BIRTHDAYS 26 - Club Social - 5:30pm, Shrimp Haus 8 - Christie Gillihan 27 - District Gov.’s Visit Today, 1853 - Lily Langtree 28 - Assist at Birding Ctr. (Pancake Breakfast) Singer/actress for whom NOVEMBER Judge Roy Bean named 3 - President Rodriguez (Rotary Foundation Mo.) his saloon in Langtree, , 10 - Round Table Texas, “The Jersey Lily” (Trust us...your dog won’t wear this!) 11 - Flags Out - Pearl Harbor Day 13 - Board Mtg., Noon Marcello’s

THOUGHT for the DAY: It might be a good idea to keep some people's phone numbers in your phone just so you know not to answer when they call. JOKE of the WEEK: Although fighting the enemy is considered normal, the Army frowns upon fighting among the troops. So much so that after one too many squabbles with his fellow soldiers, Jack was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in which he had to endure some odd questions. "If you saw a submarine in the Sahara, what would you do?" "Well, I'd throw snowballs at it," he answered. "Where'd you get the snowballs?" the doctor asked. "Same place you got the submarine."

QUOTE for the DAY: “Rotary’s influence on the heart of the world will be in direct proportion to the number of communities that are exposed to the Rotary ideal. So let us help to found new clubs wherever the soil is at all fertile.” Ar thur Lagueux , Rotary Club of Quebec

STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW October 13,1947: WBKB-TV premiered the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie children’s one hour puppet show. It ended in 1957, so if you’re under age 65, you probably don’t remember it. It was the first puppet show ever to be aired on television and was created by the genius of . Tillstrom was the only puppeteer, working two puppets simultaneously and doing all the voices. The cast consisted of the title characters, “Kukla”, the earnest leader of the troupe, “Ollie” (Oliver J. Dragon) a roguish, one tooth dragon, and Fran (Fran Allison), a radio comedian and singer who was the only human to appear as she stood in front of the puppet stage and bantered with the characters. "Fran" was Fran Allison, a radio comedian and singer who usually was the only human to appear on screen, filling the role of big sister and cheery voice of reason as the puppets engaged each other concerning their foibles. The design style of puppets was in the style of Neapolitan puppet shows, or Punch and Judy without the slapstick, but their personalities were less caricatured. Other puppets included “Madam Oglepuss”, an over age opera diva, “Beulah Witch”, a liberated witch, “Fletche Rabbit”, the mailman and local fussbudget who worked at “The Egg Plant”, “Cecil Bill”, an unintelligible stagehand, “Colonel Crackie”, a Southern gentleman and several others, all voiced by Tillstrom. It was entirely unscripted, ad-libbed by Tillstrom and Fran, and performed much like a British “Punch and Judy” show but without the slapstick comedy. It’s humor relied on the understood relationships of the familiar characters, much like “The Jack Benny Show” or Gleason’s “The Honeymooners”. Created for children, “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” was soon watched by more adults. In 1949 it switched to NBC as a ½ hour show Monday through Friday, from . In 1951 it was cut back to only 15 minutes and outraged fans bombarded NBC with protests.....During its run of almost 10 years its fans included Orson Wells, Adlia Stevenson and other prominent Americans. Author/cartoonist/humorist James Thurber once wrote that Burr Tillstrom was "helping to save the sanity of the nation and to improve, if not even to invent, the quality of television." Jim Henson, creater of the Muppets credited Tillstrom as a major influence. You can still find old recordings of the show on the web...check ‘em out when you can. USELESS FACT OF THE DAY: Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park ranger Roy Sullivan served 35 years, during which time he was struck by lightning seven times. He survived each time, but said the first time hurt the most. He became known as “The Human Lightening Rod.” (As the one person you didn’t want to stand next to, the Pilot suspects he had few friends during a thunderstorm)

HOW ROTARIANS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE It began as a bold idea: “where no boundary could be seen, no boundary should be”…This was the conviction of early rangers working in Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park and the United States’ Glacier National Park. Separated only by a “political line.” The mountain, rivers and wildlife know no such line so wht should we? Local Rotarians, following Rotary International’s mission to promote peace and goodwill amongst all people and nations, felt the parks should be joined as a symbol of the friendship shared between Canada and the United States. The Rotarians found support from both Amaricans and Canadians. They came together in July 1931 for the first annual international goodwill meeting and unanimously endorsed the idea of a peace park. The clubs petitioned their local governments, who in turn lobbied the two federal governments. Designating this symbol of friendship was more than a casual agreement; it required that both the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament pass laws and that a U.S. Presidential Proclamation be signed. In 1932, the world’s first peace park, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, was established. Rotary International continues its support of the Peace Park through the International Peace Park Association with annual assemblies such as “Hands Across the Border.” A simple gesture of peace and goodwill has evolved into a management philosophy and cooperative adventure that benefits the whole ecosystem. One current Rotary initiative is the creation of an interpretive center with a thematic focus on peace. For 86 years Rotarians have made a major difference on our northern boarder.