ROTARY CLUB
OF VERO BEACH
Established in 1926
OFFICERS 2009-10
John Carroll, President
Ron Hewett, President-Elect
Joe Palowich, Vice President
Trish Scattergood, Secretary
Reese Brackins, Treasurer
Bill Pomeroy, Past President
DIRECTORS
Kathy Sullivan
Greg Bertaux
Gordon Foster
Nick Thomas
Rip Tosun
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
2010-11
Louis Venutti
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
PRESIDENT
Ray Klinginsmith, USA
Meeting
Thursday Noon
Quail Valley River Club
Makeup Meetings
Vero Beach Treasure Coast
Tuesday 12:15 pm - C.J. Cannon’s
Vero Beach Oceanside
Tuesday 5:30 pm - Indian River
Shores Town Hall
Vero Beach Sunrise Rotary
Wednesday 7:00 am - Lobster Shanty
Orchid Island Rotary
Wednesday Noon – Community
Church, Vero Beach
Sebastian Rotary
Thursday Noon – Hurricane Harbor
ROTARY CLUB
OF VERO BEACH
Post Office Box 2013
Vero Beach, FL 32961-2013
www.rotaryclubofverobeach.com
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Contributors
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July 8,2010
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Rotary Club of Vero Beach
September 2,2010
Guest Speaker - Eugene Lyon
The Rich History of the Florida
Treasure Coast
Gold coins, artifacts, Spanish galleons, Indians,
shipwrecks, treasure chests – these images conjure
up scenes from Robert Louis Stevenson’s
Treasure Island. All are part of the rich history
of the Florida east coast, a veritable paradise of
beautiful beaches, sparkling seas, tropical flora
and fauna, sunny skies, warm weather. It is no
surprise that ships sailed from all over the globe to
bask in its beauty.
Dr. Eugene Lyon, a renowned Florida historian,
described in detail events that took place on the
east coast of Florida in the 17th and 18th centuries.
He discussed the influence of settlers and traders
who arrived from Europe, particularly Spain, and
the conflicts they encountered with native Indians,
particularly the Ais. The Ais was a tribe that
inhabited the Florida coast from the present day
Cape Canaveral to the St. Lucie Inlet.
They lived in villages along the shores of the great
lagoon, called Rio de Ais by the Spanish, now
called the Indian River. By this time Spain
already had established some control over the
coast; in fact, some of the Ais spoke Spanish.
Shipwrecks off the Florida coast were common,
and the Ais had many European coins and artifacts
from the wrecks. Jonathan Dickinson wrote of the
Ais in his Journal, written in 1696 when he and
his shipwrecked party lived among them. Shortly
after 1700, slave raids, disease and alcohol
decimated the Ais population, and by 1760 they
were gone from the area.
Massacres and
bloodshed over intense struggles for control of
land in the new world were not uncommon.
Over the last 50 years, coins and artifacts have
been recovered from sunken ships off the Florida
coast, both by amateur and professional treasurehunters. Dr. Lyon has a passion for gathering,
studying, and preserving data and archiving the
rich history of early Florida. His work enabled
salvor Mel Fisher to locate and identify the
sunken ship, the Nuestra Señora de Atocha containing 40 tons of gold and silver, Columbian
emeralds, and artifacts - discovered in the lower
Florida Keys in 1985. Fisher later located pieces
of its sister ship, the Santa Margarita. Dr. Lyon
wrote about the discovery in his book, The Search
for the Atocha. He shared photographs of
intricately crafted Spanish coins, and an artifact
made of gold and ivory. It is no mystery why this
part of Florida is called the Treasure Coast! We
thank Dr. Lyon for sharing his knowledge and
President John Carroll, Guest
Randy Sexton and Speaker
Eugene Lyon
passion for Florida history.
Eugene Lyon, a Florida native, holds a Ph.D from the
University of Florida, and is a specialist in the
Discovery voyages, Spanish colonial Florida, and the
Spanish maritime system. Dr. Lyon’s publications
include books, conference papers, and cover articles for
National Geographic that discuss Spanish Florida
history. Due to his extensive work and contributions, he
has been awarded many honors, including but not
limited to, the Jillian Prescott Award for lifetime service
to Florida history, awarded to him by the Florida
Historical Society; the Order of La Florida, the highest
honor granted by the City of St. Augustine; and the
grade of Oficial in the Order of Isabella from King Juan
Carlos of Spain.
The Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the
ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in
particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an
opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and
professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all
useful occupations, and the dignifying of each
Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve
society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in
each Rotarian's personal, business, and community
life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international
understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world
fellowship of business and professional persons
united in the ideal of service.
Charles
E.W. (Ted)
- 5/13**
ryAllen,
Club
of Vero
Beach
Anderson, Donald E. - 6/23
July
8,2010
Barattini,
Richard4-25
Barkett, Dr. George A. – 3/27*
Barton, Kathryn – 7/3
Bertaux, Greg – 11/24
Brackins, A.J. (Reese) – 8/17*
Brumbaugh, Jim – 5/13**
Cahoon, George E. – 7/13*
Cantner, C. Robert (Bob) – 11/14 Past Pres
Carlin, Richard – 6/16
Carroll, Jr., John Michael – 5/13*
Cooksey, Byron T. (BT) – 9/29
Corapi, John – 12/12
Davis, James – 10/28
Deger, Tom – 8/15
Dooley, Tom – 12/11*
Doremus, Henry M. (Hank) – 3/13
Durr, Richard F. – 8/22* Past Pres
Fashek, Norman – 12/3
Foster, Gordon – 2/5**
Fourmont, Daniel C. – 8/27* Past Pres
Giannotti, Dorothy (Dee) – 1/9
Girouard, Steven (Steve) – 10/16
Given, Kevin J. – 11/16
Hewett, Ronnie – 8/12
Jung, Jr., Fred W. – 1/18 * Past Pres
Knowles, Dr. Ralph C. – 2/2
Lauer, E. Steven – 5/14* Past Pres
Lawrence, Andrew – 1/14
Ligon, III, Ken – 10/30*
Lindsey, Bobby – 4/12 Past Pres
Luther, Jeff – 7/20
MacIntyre, Bruce – 11/3* Past Pres
Mays, Mary – 10/20
McCormack, Dr. William J. (Bill) – 1/21*
McCormick, Keith – 8-27
Meikle, John – 8/8
Mullett, Edwin S. (Ted) – 1/29*
Nolte, David – 5/7
Nugent, James W. (Jim) – 1/8*** Past Pres
Olmstead, Scott – 3/25
Olson, Norris H. – 9/2* Past Pres
Osgood, David L. – 3/29** Past Pres
Palowich, Carol – 1/26
Palowich, Joe – 1/26
Peschio, Judy – 7/14**
Polackwich, Alphonsus J. (Al) – 5/23*
Pomeroy, William – 6/18*** Past Pres
Reid, Robert A. (Bob) – 12/17**
Robinson, William B. (Bill) – 5/29*
Rooney, James L. (Jim) – 6/27* Past Pres
Scattergood, Patricia (Trish) – 1/28**
Schuh, William B. (Bill) – 7/28* Past Pres
Schumann, Jr., John J. – 1/8*
Schumann, Mark – 2/9* Past Pres
Solari, Bob – 12/9
Sullivan, Kathy – 4/10
Tagney, Ronald – 2/1
Thomas, Nick – 2/10
Thurn, Mark H. – 3/22 Past Pres
Tilney, Farrar (Bud) – 10/30
Tosun, Rip – 9/24*
Van Derveer, Albert (Al) – 10/16
Vivano, Susan – 1/10
Zeran, Lothar K. – 10/14*
Zeuch, Jr., Warren T. – 5/24* Past Pres
*Paul Harris Fellow
Updated7/15/2010
9/29 BT Cooksey
Upcoming Speakers
Board Meeting
Board Meeting was held at the offices of
Twenty First Century on September 2, 2010.
The focus of the discussion revolved around
distribution of signed books and dictionaries.
Welcome, Rotary Visitors!
None.
Susan Viviano in the e-mail solicitation of
vendors and vendor follow up. We need
Rotarians who can spare two hours to call
local vendors from a list to gage their interest
in joining our event. Please call Dick or Susan
this week to volunteer.
Raffle Winners
Welcome, Rotary Guests!
Congratulations to Dee Giannotti (two in a
row)
Hank Doremus. A split of $ 26.00.
Chet Hogan guest of Ron Tagney
Randy Sexton guest of James Davis
Nancy Richards guest of Kathy Sullivan
Happy $ Happy $ Happy $
Sergent d’Armes, James Rooney
Nautical Flea Market
No sooner had Sgt at Arms Jim Rooney taken
the podium when someone’s cell phone rang –
right on cue! It proved no use trying to play
innocent, as the violator was immediately
given up by her table mates. Such loyalty!
Revenge was sweet as those same two
turncoats were immediately fined for heckling
a female at the podium – stand up, you say?
Tough crowd, but it sure made Jim’s job easy!
AHOY MATEYS - November is just around
the corner. An all committee members
meeting will be held at Quail Valley at 11:30
AM prior to all future meetings until the day
of the event. All are welcome!!!!!!!
Pres John says we have only 3 weeks left to
secure sponsors. An email went out to each
member with sponsorship information. He
presented an overhead with a list of potential
sponsors. Rip will coordinate the list to ensure
no overlap. If you have ideas for additional
sponsors, please write the contact name on the
list. $500 minimum gets their name on the
banner.
The list of Sponsors is available on line at
the district web site. Google Rotary District
6930. Rip, Pom, John, Kathy and Greg are
available for assistance in your solicitation.
If you want the sponsors packet e-mailed
please send an e-mail to President John.
Vendors – Dick Carlin is being assisted by
George is happy that Norman took Songs for
Peace to New Jersey; there are 42 million
references to SFP on Google; and congrats to
the Merry Rotary Singers! (P.S. George – we
are really happy you’re back!) Trish is the
happy recipient of a Pittsburgh Steelers pen
brought back for her by Greg Bertaux. Mark’s
oldest daughter is getting married next week
on Cape Cod. Kathy says hello from Warren
Zeuch; she’s glad to be alive after having the
same babysitter as Mel Fisher.
September Birthdays
9/2 Norris Olson
9/24 Rip Tosun
Announcement of Special Luncheon
September 16 to be held at the Riverside
Theatre in the Black
Box/Comedy Zone Room.
Guests are invited and
encouraged. Special Speaker
Allan Cornel
Mark Your Calendar
9/23
New Member Reception hosted
by Greg Bertaux and President
John at the 422 Live Oak
location.
10/2
Octoberfest in Vero at the River
House
11/6-7
Nautical Flea Market Under the
Oaks, Vero Beach
5/21 to 25 2011 RI Convention in New
Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 21-25
May
Announcements
Pres John announced that our Sept 16 meeting
will be at Riverside Theatre. There will be a
box lunch followed by a tour of the theatre.
We can have up to 135 people, so friends and
spouses are invited. Lunch is $18.
Dee Giannotti thanked the club on behalf of
RYE student, Stella Wang, for the collection
taken up in August to help her with school
supplies and cell phone. She also thanked the
board for increasing her monthly allowance to
$100. Stella is visiting from Taiwan for the
school year. Dee asked that each member
arrange to spend time with her to help enrich
her experience.
Please contact Dee at 532-3026 to schedule.