News at 7:00ish: Big news of the day: John Allen Mohammad (41) & John Lee Malvo (17) were arrested in the sniper case;

Chechen rebels still hold hundreds hostage in Moscow Theater and have shot and killed one; Iraq resolution in UN hands Russia main obstacle; Game 5 of the World Series is tonight, Al Lerner died at the age of 69. Special Report: The Japanese eat little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans; The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans; The Italians drink a lot of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans; obviously you can eat and drink what you like, speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Sergeant @ Arms: Don Rossman collected dollars for: our youngest, newest member, Emma Rolling (and Cinzia’s complete

exhaustion); the speaker, Erros, the students, Sonny becoming a Paul Harris Fellow, the Buckeyes, leaving early, Sue M’s job, the end of the sniper situation, missed meetings, moving to Medina, end of retirement (Charlie M. is working in Detroit), for Michigan, the guests, Al Lerner, Rich Bittinger, Michelle’s note taking, Penn State kicking

Michigan’s #*!, Hospice, John Sobo’s birthday, Dan Watson’s birthday, Jochen’s birthday, Eero’s wife & 8 month old son traveling with him, $20 for every year since Eero was our exchange student, a good vacation, too cold to play golf, the Exchange Program (they are scheduled to see downtown Cleveland), Steve’s trip to FL, Steve will be walking in Sarasota in support of Lymphoma & Leukemia cause, a great trip to Boston (Michelle—this was Emma’s first plane ride), Michelle’s birthday, mid-terms are over, Rich sacrificing to sit in Ed’s seat at the main table (next to beautiful women), being late, attending the Rolling Stones concert and getting moved to better seats.

Visitors and Guests: Eero Virros from Finland; he was an exchange student in 1981-82. Hal Carey– guest of John J.

Students: Jochen Horn from Germany

Prospective Member: Chris Hoyt, Product Manager, has been proposed for membership by Don Rossman.

Damon Bryan been proposed for membership by Mark Farnham.

Dayne Wendling has been proposed by Brad Grubb.

Upcoming programs: October 31—United Way of Medina County

November 7—Reverse Raffle club event & training

November 14— Salvation Army offsite meeting at the Army Location

The Reverse Raffle: Mark your calendars for November 8th. Tickets are $65 each. Big prize is $2,500 and then there are the side boards!!!! Enjoy the food and drink all night and be reminded how fun Rotary can be.

Unsold Tickets need to be turned in at the October 31st meeting. Call Ed McGannon and let him know how many outstanding tickets you have. We are down to the wire and have tickets left to sell.

Hospice: We will be helping Hospice again at Christmastime by volunteering at Southpark on Saturday, December 14th. Sign up for your time slot!!

Highway Clean-up: The last highway clean-up for the year was on October 12th. A special thanks to Ken Tender, John

Jeandrevin, John Sobotincic, Bill Hauck, Bob Baisch, Ron Quine, Sue Kozak and Ralph Waite for their help. Nine bags of trash were collected and the highway looks very nice. It only took about 1 1/4 hours to finish the job!

Ron’s Inspirational Message: Rotary is a Service Club; we are not here for gourmet meals or business contacts. We do many things to benefit our community such as our highway clean ups—SPECIAL THANKS to Ken Tender for his organization & detail work on these. Please volunteer for the Reverse Raffle as it too will benefit the community.

Program: Tonight’s program was about the Miss Medina & Miss Teen Medina County programs. The girl’s who participate in these events serve as speaker for key events, youth & civic groups, churches and schools. They perform their talents for community events and fundraisers and emcee conventions and trade shows. They also work in cooperation with the City of Medina and the Mayor’s office as an ambassador of the community for organizational meetings and community events. Three of these young women spoke to us this evening about their platforms and all of them agreed that the Miss America program helped them to develop into who they are today.

Courtney Kania: Miss Teen Medina County 2002. Courtney likes to spend a lot of time with people who want to better our world. Her platform is the implementation of a high school level peer support program to address issues and concerns on drugs, alcohol, relationships & peer pressure in an environment that is safe & comfortable for the individual. She has a special talent as a Harpist and you may have seen her performing at many of the community events.

Meghan Markovich: Former Miss Greater Akron 2001. Meghan originally chose to work with minority issues & racism, but realized that education on the dangers of alcohol abuse was really needed. She works with MADD, SADD, and DARE in Akron. Meghan will be graduating this December from the University of Akron with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business & Organization, Communications & Public Relations.