3-19-14 The Four-Way Test, New Rotarians, Sand Dam Update

32 Rotarians and 2 guests attended; we sang "When Irish eyes are smiling".

Our own Dr. Win Pendleton, USAF-Retired, shared the history of The Four-Way Test and then challenged us to apply the test to various scenarios he handed out to small groups. Each group had time to reflect and then one person from each group had one minute to explain how the group applied The Four-Way Test to work through the moral dilemma. Thank you, Win, for challenging us to use The Four Way Test in our lives, to share with others involved how we thought through the problem, and to share with our Rotary group how we applied The Four-Way Test.  

Congratulations to Sheryl Scripter and Rob Christy who received their Rotary "blue" badges, duly earned!  

Kevin Hausmann gave us an update on the Sand Dam project in Kenya that our club learned about from UK Rotarian Roy who visited our club from Rotary District 1140.  Funds matched by Rotary International Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) and Britain's Department for International Development have practically tripled our club's contributions. Excellent Development is the organization helping local people in Kenya and other countries build the sand dams; here's a short video explaining how the sand dams being built in Kenya work.  More information is presented in RIBI reports from June 2013 and August 2013 as well as Excellent Development's 2013 Annual Report.