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Page 8 • The BELTSVILLE NEWS • JULY 2005
Club News
Beltsville Rotary Club
News
By Eleanor Frierson, President
Greetings from the 2005/06
officers of the Beltsville Rotary
Club: Eleanor Frierson, President;
Howard Phoebus; Past President;
Sonja Festerling, Vice-President;
Nancy Randall, President-Elect;
Yuksel Sagirlioglu, Secretary; and
Barbara Spears, Treasurer. We look
forward to another year of fellowship
and community service.
Our fundraising events will
include a golf tournament, scheduled
for July 22 at the University of
Maryland golf course; a fall sale of
chrysanthemums from Behnke’s; a
fall rock fishing trip, and a spring
flea market. We supported more
than 30 local, national, and international
charities in 2004/2005,
as well as a Gallaudet University
scholarship and scholarships for
High Point High School students
and plan to do the same if not
more in 2005/06.
Recent speakers at our meetings
included Jane Kinney Meyers,
who discussed the Lubuto
Library Project she established
to construct libraries for “street
orphans” and other orphaned children
in Africa. Jane showed us a
model of the libraries that will be
built and explained how students
in our local community are working
to collect and organize the
books and other publications that
will be available to their African
peers. For more information, contact
Jane at mayazi@verizon.net
or visit www.lubuto.org. We also
heard from Shelly Grant of Holy
Cross Hospital about prevention
of colo-rectal cancer, the second
leading cause of death in the U.S.
The Beltsville Rotary Club
meets every Tuesday at 12:15
p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Route
One by the Beltway. Come have
lunch on us and learn more about
Rotary.
A Grand Showing for
College Park Unit 217
American Legion
Auxilary
By Ivy Christoffers
Thanks to all the officers and
chairmen of College Park Unit
217 who worked so hard for us
this past administrative year.
Because of you, we were recognized
handsomely at the Departmental
Convention held in Ocean
City July 12-15. Although we are
now competing in a much higher
category, because we increased
our membership considerably this
year, we still did very well. Previously
we competed with Units
from 100-205 members, and now
we are placed with Units from
206-355. members, which means
they have more volunteers and
more funds to work with. Our
membership stands at 212 and we
are always looking for qualified
new recruits.
Now let me tell you about the
awards: first, we received two in
Beltsville Rotary Club Past President Howard Phoebus, Lubuto Library
Project, Inc. President Jane Kinney Meyers, and Beltsville Rotary Club
President Eleanor Frierson.
membership, one for the most new
members (16) in a Southern Maryland
Unit and another for making
goal plus 10. The next day, we
received 11 more awards: First
place for Americanism, (most outstanding
work) National Security,
(best all around program) Poppy,
(best Poppy report), and two first
place awards in the Public Relations
field. We took second place
for Community Service, Children
&Youth, (most outstanding work)
and Legislative, (best legislative
report) and we received two
awards for our work in the Veterans
Affairs and Rehabilitation
field. A third place award was
received for the Press Book submitted
and judged by the National
Public Relations Chairman. We
owe a debt of gratitude to the
Beltsville News for the press coverage
they afford us that helped
us receive that Press Book award.
Now it is time to turn our sights to
this new administrative year. Let
us hope we can at least duplicate
this showing next July, or if God
permits, surpass it.
Working toward the continued
excellence of College Park Unit
217 are the following leaders for
2005-06: Sgt-at-Arms and Historian,
Doris Davis; Chaplain,
Betty Lenet; Treasurer and 2nd
Vice President, Katy Beard; Secretary,
Joan Stewart; First Vice
President, Angie Rodriguez; and,
President, Ivy Christoffers. This is
a busy time as we must first hold
our audit, prepare our budget, and
choose chairmen for the coming
year before our first meeting on
August 2nd.
Several members of Unit and
Post 217 were in attendance on
Sunday, June 17th, to welcome
home from their tour in Afghanistan
the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion
Airborne, stationed in
Riverdale. Unit 217 member, Sue
Carew, and her committee organized
the ceremony, and it was
a very well attended affair. The
mayors of College Park and Riverdale,
along with several other dignitaries,
were in attendance. It was
so heartwarming to witness the
recognition of these brave men
and women by their superior officers.
Each member of the 450th
was presented an American flag.
Several were advanced in rank,
and many received medals commemorating
their bravery. There
was one loss from the ranks for
whom a Purple Heart ceremony
is being planned for the near
future. Sue wanted to express her
gratitude to her new “buddy,” Bill
Bladen, a member of Post 217
who is a staunch supporter of all
our men and women in the military.
Bill is a WWII veteran who is
very proud of his part in securing
our freedoms. We are very proud
to call him “friend.”
August 19th will be the day I
depart for the National American
Legion Auxiliary Convention in
Honolulu, Hawaii. Our National
American Auxiliary President,
Sandi Dutton, a resident of Beltsville,
has planned a very informative
and entertaining convention.
Following this event comes the
LaMarche for the Eight & Forty
at the same location. It is always
good to spend some time with
all my friends from across the
50 United States and catch up
on each other’s lives. Boy, will I
have some interesting news for
them this year! They are not yet
aware that I have begun my fourth
career. I am now appearing in a
movie being shot on location in
Baltimore and Ocean City, which
will be the fodder for another
article one day soon.