Port Isabel Texas Rotary Club District 5930, Area 9 Est. 1936 http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8285 MARCELLO’S ITALIAN RISTORANTE SERVICE ABOVE SELF FRI. MAR. 9, 2018 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: Jacqui Dempsey Foundation, Bob White Sgt. At Arms, Ralph Ayers Pilot/Program Calendar, Lonnie Gillihan Printing/Distribution, Paul Cardile Song Master ROTARIAN SPEAKER NEXT WEEK - NO MEETING of the Jack Blundell, GM. Spring Break WEEK Golf Operations REMINDERS & NOTICES Amalia TOPIC If you’re planning to visit the beach next week, Benson SPI Golf Course remember, Spring Break doesn’t look like the Photo Unavailable 60's anymore...and neither do you ! LAST WEEK Rotarian of the Week Hugo Rivera, Walgreens manager, and his assistant, Joe Cisneros, presented an informative talk about the prevention and maintenance of diabetes. Cherie Camacho accepted our club’s check for $1,000 on behalf of Boy Scout Troop T59. We’re proud of our local scouts and happy to support them. CLUB NEWS A star is born! Our very own past president (3 times), Bettina, was featured last Sunday morning on a new NBC show, “Your Local Flavors”, talking about Marcello’s and the wonderful food she prepares. Great job, Bettina, you were fantastic. Hope ya’ll got a chance to see it. It really made you want to eat at Marcello’s. (Oh...right, we already do) As stated above, there’s no meeting next week because of Spring Break. Our next, and final meeting, this month, is on the 23rd when we’ll be judging our contestants for the 4-Way Speech Contest. Let’s all try to be here and give the kids our support and encouragement. PICTURE of the WEEK PROGRAM AND EVENTS CALENDAR CELEBRATIONS MARCH ANNIVERSARIES 12 - Board Mtg., Noon, Marcello’s None 16 - Spring Break - No Meeting BIRTHDAYS 22 - Club Social, 5:30pm, Island Brewery 6 - Diana Delgado 23 - Diana Delgado 8 - Rick Ridolfi 30 - Good Friday - No Meeting Today, 1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Explorer... 31 - Orig. date for tree planting (TBA) After whom our continent was named even APRIL though he never visited North America. 6 - Rick Ridolfi (This could have been Vespucciland) 9 - Board Mtg., Noon, Marcello’s 3 - TBA 20 - TBA SPRING BREAK IS FINALLY HERE !!! 27 - Round Table (The kids are coming, the kids are coming!) THOUGHT for the DAY: Do coffins have lifetime guarantees? JOKE of the WEEK: Dermot McCann opened the morning newspaper on St. Patrick’s Day and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. He quickly 'phoned his best friend Reilly. “Did ye see the paper?” asked Dermot. “They say I died.” “Yes, I saw it.” replied Reilly. “Where are ye callin' from?” “I’m not yet dead, you idiot.” Dermot shouted, “But as me best friend, I’ve a favor ta ask of ye.” “Of course, what can I do for ye?” Reilly said. “Well, ya know that bottle of hundred year old Irish whiskey I been savin’ all me life on the mantel? Well, when I finally do die, would ye promise to pour it slowly over me grave?” There was a long silence as Reilly paused to think, then replied, “No problem Dermot... but would ya mind terribly if I strained it through me kidneys first?” QUOTE for the DAY: “Ethical conduct of business, emphasized and spread throughout the world, will greatly diminish the inclination and disposition on the part of the peoples of the different nations to fight one another.” Guy Gundaker, Rotary Club of Philadelphia, STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW March 9, 1959: The Barbie Doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in NY. Barbie’s creator was Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband in 1945. After a trip to Germany, she returned with the rights to a popular German doll named Lilli. It was redesigned and renamed Barbie after her daughter, Barbara. The Lilli doll was based on a German comic strip character and marketed as a racy gag gift to adult men in tobacco shops. Mattel used its sponsorship of the Mickey Mouse Club to promote the doll. The rest is history. The first Barbie sold for just $3.00. A mint condition, first edition Barbie sold at auction in 2016 for $27,450. (That’s a healthy profit) Barbie’s full name is actually Barbara Millicent Roberts. Barbie stood 11'’ tall with a waterfall of blond hair and was the first American doll with an adult figure and features, though...“If she were a real woman, she’d stand 5'9" tall, have a 39" bust, an 18" waist, 33" hips and a size 3 shoe..." said the Huffington Post. "... she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.” Responding to public demand, Ruth Handler created a boyfriend for Barbie, named Ken, after her son and later a sister, Stacie. Then came her best friend, Midge and a little sister, Skipper. Barbie has generated huge sales–and a lot of controversy. Many women saw Barbie as an alternative to traditional 1950s gender roles. She has had over 130 carreers/jobs, from stewardess, doctor, pilot and astronaut to Olympic athlete and even U.S. presidential candidate. Others thought Barbie’s never-ending supply of designer outfits, cars and “Dream Houses” encouraged materialism. But it was Barbie’s appearance that caused controversy. Her tiny waist and enormous breasts led many to say she gave little girls an unrealistic and harmful example, fostering negative body images. Who cares? Sales are still soaring, topping 1 billion dollars annually by 1993. Since 1959, more than 1,005,250,000 dolls in the Barbie family have been sold around the world and Barbie is now a bona fide global icon. In fact, Ukrainian model Valeria Lukyanova (known as “the real Barbie”), is famous for her resemblance to a Barbie doll. To enhance the Barbie effect Lukyanova uses makeup and contact lenses, has had breast implants, and sculpts her body with strict daily gym workouts and a rigid liquid diet. She weighs just 100 lbs and makes her living being Barbie. (Show of hands - how many of you have, or have had, a Barbie or two in your house? Remember, Rotarians don’t lie!) Anyway....Barbie is 59 years old today...lookin’ good girl! USELESS FACT OF THE DAY: Daylight Saving Time: It is observed in all the USA except Hawaii and Arizona. Only 26% of Americans want to keep it. Why? Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket. (Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead this Sunday.) HOW ROTARIANS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE Rotarians make amazing things happen, like: Breaking the cycle of poverty for women: Most of the women living in rural Guatemala do not have the collateral to get loans from regulated financial institutions. The Rotary Club of Guatemala de la Ermita helped 400 local women complete financial literacy courses so they could pool their money and fund their own microlending program....Skills development, business training: In Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Rotary members helped grant more than 250 microloans and train more than 270 community members in sewing, baking, plumbing, microcredit, business management, and leadership.....Sustainable farming: In west Cameroon, soil erosion and loss of soil fertility have significantly reduced farmers’ harvests. Rotary members gave farmers the skills they needed to improve soil fertility, control soil erosion, and market their produce. The results: increased crop yields and profits. The Rotary Foundation spent $9.2 million to grow local economies and reduce poverty last year. Your dollars make a difference! .