The Web Site is Back

Mar. 21, 2006  After too long a time in a dormant status, the Lambert Airport Rotary site is back up.   It will take a little time to get things current again, but the process has started.  With new software, our own domain name (lambertairportrotary.org), and the host site DomainNamesfor.Us (thanks to Todd Lindley) we are off and running again.

Twenty Years of Rotary Club History

Oct. 13, 2003  Rene Howard, Creative Memories Consultant, demonstrated methods for preserving history at a meeting of the Lambert Airport Rotary Club.  Each member prepared a montage of photos and items from the recent Club 20th Anniversary Celebration.  Howard stressed the importance of writing about events and people to create connections for future members. 
Visit www.creativememories.com\renehoward to contact Rene regarding preserving family or organizational history.

Lambert Airport Rotary Club Past President Recognition

Oct. 13, 2003  Rotarian Kathy Lawton Brown presents Past President Dr. Tom Morgan with Rotary President's Plaque in recognition of his service to the club.   Projects of Lambert Rotary Club include support for the Community Helping Ministry, Missouri Baptist Children's Home, Northwest Communities YMCA, India Eye Bank, the Rotary Foundation, and an annual Pattonville High School scholarship.

Rotary District Governor visits Lambert Airport Rotary Club

Oct. 13, 2003  Rotary District Governor Rick Tinucci participated in a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Lambert Airport and shared the 2003-2004 goals for District 6060.   In photo from l to r are:  Lambert Vocational Service Director Chris Christifulli; District Governor Rick Tinucci; Lambert President-Elect Jeanette Mix; and Past District Governor Terry Brown.
Community Service in the local area is the key part of Rotary philosophy.  Lambert Airport Rotary annually sponsors the Watson/Glover Memorial Scholarship for a graduating Pattonville High School senior.  This scholarship commemorates the outstanding contributions made by former Club Presidents Glen E. Watson, Sr. and Rick Glover to St. Louis organizations and charitable programs.  
The Club also volunteers at the annual Missouri Baptist Children's Home Strawberry Festival and as a sponsor of the MBCH Bike Tour on the KATY Trail. Support for the Community Helping Ministry, the Woodson Terrace Veteran's Memorial, and an UMSL student partnership are also Lambert Airport Rotary projects.  The  Rotary Foundation continues to play a major role in the eradication of Polio worldwide through the Polio Plus Program.  
Lambert Airport Rotary Club has pledged $6,000 toward eradication of Polio worldwide through the Rotary Foundation and meets at noon every Friday at the Holiday Inn-Oakland Park on Woodson Road. 

Charter President Named District Governor Nominee

PDG Jerry W. McClanahan reports that on July 19, 2003, the selection committee for the District Governor Nominee met at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. The members of the committee were chosen during the Assembly at the District Conference in Cape Girardeau April 2003. The eleven-member committee was selected by random drawing of club names along with six alternates; there was a total of eleven clubs represented. This is according to the District Leadership Plan. We are pleased to announce that AG Charles Ehlert, 36 Scenic View Court in St. Charles, MO was selected to be District Governor for 2005-2006. Chuck was the charter president for Lambert Airport Club, has served as an AG and News Editor for the past two years. He received the Four Avenues of Service Award this past year.  If there are challenges to this announcement, it must be received in writing by the District Governor by August 17, 2003.

Visiting Rotarian presents Alaska Club Banner

Scott N. Walthon from Alaska visited Lambert Airport Rotary Club recently and presented a banner from the Rotary Club in Alaska of which he is a member.  Presenting the Lambert Airport Club banner to Scott is Dr. Tom Morgan, President.

Lambert Airport Rotary Club OUTSTANDING ROTARIAN Recognition

Jerry McClanahan of Cape Girardeau, current Rotary District 6060 Governor, presented Lambert Airport Rotarian Babette Marks with an Outstanding Rotarian of 2003 Certificate in recognition of her service to the club.  

Lambert Airport Rotary Club makes donation to

Woodson Terrace Veterans Memorial Project

Woodson Terrace Mayor William Ratchford was presented with a donation from Lambert Airport Rotary Club to benefit the new Veterans Memorial Project being constructed in Woodson Terrace City Park. This memorial will honor all veterans from all wars: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Ciast Guard, and Merchant Marines. The Memorial will be dedicated in July of 2003. For information on how to contribute to the Memorial fund, contact Mayor Ratchford at 314427-2600.

Pattonville Senior Receives 2003 Watson - Glover Memorial Scholarship

April 23, 2003  Lambert Airport Rotary Club awarded a $1000 scholarship to Nicole Cargal, a Pattonville Class of 2003 graduate who has provided outstanding service to the Pattonville community. The "Watson-Glover Memorial Scholarship" commemorates contributions made by Glen E. Watson, Sr. and Rick Glover to St. Louis County organizations and charitable programs. Both men served as President of Lambert Airport Rotary Club.

The LAMBERT AIRPORT ROTARY CLUB "WATSON - GLOVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP" focuses on demonstrated commitment to community service, and Nicole has been extremely active in service projects during four years at PHS. She has accumulated more than 750 hours of community service including volunteering as Youth Coach at ABC Athletic Club, working as a member of PALS at PHS, and participating in the "Drummond Cares" program to help needy families in our community, as well as many other activities.

Nicole is the daughter of Diana and Lynn Cargal and plans to attend McKendree College to pursue a career in Athletic Training and Secondary Education.

Internet Primer is on the Site

June 18, 2001  If you aren't quite sure how to look through this site or others, we now have a little internet primer to help you out.  Click on the little guy not quite sure where to go to the right and you will find the primer.  You will see a similar button on the bottom of the home page.  It's a simple set of lessons on how to use the web and e-mail.  I hope it's helpful.

Rotary Is...

• Rotary is the world's first service club. The first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA on February 23, 1905

• Rotarians meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership reflects a wide cross-section of community representation.

• Rotary is The Rotary Foundation, which each year provides some US $90 million for international scholarships, cultural exchanges, and humanitarian projects large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of people. Rotary is widely regarded as the world's largest private provider of international educational scholarships.

• Rotarians plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs that touch people's lives in their local communities and our world community.

• Rotary is PolioPlus, Rotary's commitment to work with national and international health organizations on the goal of polio eradication by the year 2005, Rotary's 100th anniversary. More than one billion children in developing nations have been immunized against polio through PolioPlus grants.