While watching a basketball game, I glanced up on the bookcase above the TV and saw this old hand water pump. It was a pump that my mother gave me years ago that came from my childhood home. When she gave it to me, I mounted it on a square piece of wood and placed it on my bookshelf to serve as a reminder that life is like that old hand water pump; you have to put something in before you can get anything out. The basic operation of a hand water pump is: you need to put water

I have been a Rotarian since 1987 and am very proud to be a member of such an outstanding group of fine, caring people who are members of Rotary Clubs located throughout the world. Civic organizations, like Rotary, help to make our communities, and indeed the world, a much better place to live, work and play. Basically, the one thing I really like about Rotary is its’ four-way test. The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for all Rotarians to subscri