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Bulletin - December 18, 2003

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
Jan 1: NO MEETING! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Jan 8: MEETING WILL BE HELD AT FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Jan 15: Our own Bob Leak, President, Winston-Salem Business, Inc.
Jan 22: Dave Plyler, county Commissioner
Jan 29: Classification Talks

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center
Dec 30: NO MEETING - HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jan 6: Jacob Montgomery, Rotary Scholar, “My Year in New Zealand”
Jan 13: David Brown, Sr., Curator at SECCA
Jan 20: TBA
Jan 27: Jimmy Flythe, District Manager for Business & Community Relations, Duke Power, “What Goes on with Duke Power During Emergencies”

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJVM Coliseum
Jan 2: NO MEETING - HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jan 9: Bill Thompson, President & CEO, of the Boys/Girls Homes, “50 Years at Lake Waccamaw”
Jan 16: Kickoff the ACC Basketball Season with Tim Nestor
Jan 23: Reynolda Rotary’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
Jan 30: The Culture of Poverty
Feb 6: Bob Leak, President of Winston-Salem Business, Inc.

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Ramada Inn - Clemmons
Dec 31: NO MEETING - HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jan 7: Hal Newell of QC Engraving, “My Experience in Baghdad”
Jan 14: Gwyn Riddick, “BioTech Development in the Triad”

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS & INFORMATION................

District News:
Now is the time to mark your calendars for the fantastic 2004 District 7690 Conference being held on April 22-25 at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville in the spring.... what could be better? See all that Asheville has to offer and enjoy the fellowship of Rotarians from across District 7690. The natural beauty of the mountains, where altitude affects attitude, is an inviting place to learn what Rotary is doing in our District and around the world. Asheville offers unique shopping, arts and crafts, and local attractions such as the Biltmore Estate, Chimney Rock Park, and outdoor adventure. Bring the entire family and celebrate the Family of Rotary. There is something to do for the entire family. Meet us in the mountains!

Dates To Remember:

January 8 meeting at Forsyth Tech. Directions are enclosed.
You must sign up for this meeting!! Please call Margaret at 784-6276 and leave a message if you plan to attend. The deadline to sign up is Tuesday, January 6!!!!

From President Loy McGill:

I hope you enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the season and celebrated family, friends and community. Without a doubt, the most important gifts you give are those gifts of self. As Rotarians, our gifts of time come in many packages; Rotary committee work, ringing bells for the Salvation Army, volunteering with local non-profit agencies, schools, civic clubs and city-wide programs for the less fortunate.

As I reflect on the many blessings of this season, I am thankful for the guiding wisdom of Assistant District Governor, Ed Robbins, President Elect, Charlie Chatham, past President Tom Eshelman and your Board of Directors. These Rotarians and other committee chairs work diligently to promote the ideals of Rotary and to make this club strong. I’m also especially thankful for our executive secretary Margaret Warren who works tirelessly on our behalf!

Regardless of your faith tradition, we, as Rotarians, share a common belief that by placing service above self, we can improve our communities and affect dramatic change. Rotary’s emphasis on world peace and understanding, and on improvements in poverty, hunger, education and health are ideals that unite all of us worldwide. Thanks for your commitment and dedication to improving our community through your actions. Truly, you are “lending a hand” and helping craft the future for individuals locally and internationally. Your support of Rotary and its programs are one of the best gifts you can give.

Happy Holidays!

A Message from Kathy Acton:

I wish everyone could have been with us when we took the toys to the Christmas Toy Shop. We had two cars LOADED with toys–books, puzzles, stuffed animals, dolls, trucks, games–anything a young child would love to see under the tree on Christmas morning. The ladies at the Toy Shop were thrilled to see all the bags and boxes of NEW toys. They provide toys for over 1000 children from ages 1-12. They are in the same building as the Christmas Cheer Clearing House, which gets referrals from DSS, the hospitals, and the kidney centers. They provide food, clothing and toys for entire families in need. Thank you to everyone who brought a toy to the Holiday Social!

Sorry Scott!!

In the last bulletin I forgot to say thank you to Scott Krewson for orchestrating our Family of Rotary outing to Raylen Winery. The event was well attended and everyone enjoyed the fellowship, wine and tour!

New Stratford Rotary Benevolence Fund

In December, Stratford Rotary board members approved the establishment of an advised fund at The Winston-Salem Foundation to ensure the tax deductibility of contributions made to the Benevolence Fund. Previously, checks written to Stratford Rotary, even though made for charitable purposes, have not been deductible gifts to a nonprofit organization.

Margaret Warren will continue to collect payment of dues and benevolence contributions, although members are encouraged to write separate checks for the gifts payable either to Stratford Rotary Benevolence Fund or to The Winston-Salem Foundation for the Benevolence Fund so that gifts will be fully deductible. Gifts of $250 or more will be acknowledged for tax purposes; all other gifts less than $250 will use cancelled checks as their receipt. The Foundation charges no fee for administration of this fund.

The Stratford Rotary Benevolence Fund will continue to support scholarships and enrichment activities for children and youth as determined by the Benevolence Committee. We encourage you to consider the importance of Stratford Rotary’s charitable role in our community and continue to make your generous benevolence contributions to this new fund.

PROGRAM FEATURES............

December 4 - I talked about our wonderful Holiday Social and Silent Auction in the last bulletin, but I forgot to highlight two outstanding people. A special thank you to Earline King for her early donation of a sculpture to our silent auction. Her generous and inspirational gift got the auction off to a great start. Ham Horton wowed the crowd with his remarks. Ham shared the story of our community’s beginnings and attendees heard how our town grew and prospered through the decades. Now celebrating our 250th anniversary, this community continues to thrive, thanks in no small part to the actions of dedicated Rotarians. A natural orator, Ham held the crown spellbound as he shared our history. At night’s end, many members were overheard saying, “I could have listened to Ham all night! What a program!”

December 11 - The speaker today was Dale Page, BB&T Capital Marketing. His topic was “A Look Ahead." Mr. Page gave a very interesting talk and highlighted stock market trends relative to historic events.

December 18 - Today was a wonderful day. We held our meeting at Historic Bethabara. After a wonderful lunch of BBQ provided by Pig Pickins, we went to the old church and learned some Moravian history and had a traditional Moravian Lovefeast of coffee and lovefeast buns

2003-2004 Board, Officers, and Committee Chairs

President: Loy McGill (W) 724-0318, (H) 724-0318
President Elect: Charlie Chatham (W) 727-8900, (H) 723-5556
Vice President: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
Secretary: Jay Luke (W) 768-4410, (H) 659-7665
Treasurer: Robert Nichols (W) 721-4217, (H) 998-4687
Immediate Past President: Tom Eshelman (W) 725-2395, (H)760-4438
Executive Secretary:Margaret Warren (W) 784-6276, (H) 784-8667

Directors.
Scott Wierman 725-2382 659-0860
Vernon Ferrell (W) 721-3000, (H) 765-0870
Jeff Clark (W) 768-8500, (H) 768-0492
Lu Anne Wood (W) 945-3151, (H) 765-6050
Mary McCandless (W) 761-8834, (H) 761-8834
Scott Krewson (W) 716-9220, (H) 760-9008

Committee Chairs:
International Project: Tom Eshelman (W) 725-2395, (H) 760-4438
Programs: Annette Lynch (W) 725-2382, (H) 722-4070
Public Relations: Rick Amme (W) 631-1855, (H) 631-1855
Rotary Foundation: Gerry Malmo (W) 724-1810, (H) 724-2468
Club Projects - Local: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
Membership Admissions: Larry Gray (W) 774-1624, (H) 712-1320
Membership Recruitment and Retention: Vernon Ferrell (W) 721-3000, (H) 765-0807
Classifications: Sanders Mosley (W) 733-3412, (H) 759-7697
Rotary Information: Sue Carson (W) 748-8863, (H) 748-8863
Member Orientation: Sue Carson (W) 748-8863, (H) 748-8862
Website: Sue Carson (W) 748-8863 , (H)748-8863
Club Bulletin: Margaret Warren (W) 784-6276, (H) 784-8667
Club Directory: Margaret Warren (W) 784-6276, (H) 784-8667
Invocation: Carl Deaton (W) 725-0159, (H) 765-3433
Fellowship(Socials): Christine Douglas (W) 721-3600, (H) 722-1207
Sergeant at Arms: George Newstedt (W) 744-5000, (H) 768-9460
Rotary Youth Leadership: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
Interact Program: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
The Family of Rotary: Scott Krewson (W) 716-9220, (H) 760-9008

Happy Birthday:

Ellen Stover 1-02
John Garrou 1-03
Dave DeRamus 1-06
Ed Robbins 1-08
Matthew Simmons 1-09
Charlie Culbreath 1-10
Philip Stewart 1-11
Tom Cannon 1-14
Kay Johnson 1-16
Bill Porter 1-21
Judy Briggs 1-26
Ben Phillips 1-27
Richard Bell 1-31

ATTENDANCE

MAKEUPS:

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: (12-09) Gary Fleming, Peggy Low, Sandra Mitchell:
CONGRATULATIONS: (12-16) Arthur Affleck, Jennifer Foster, Frank Lord

REYNOLDA:(12-12) Jim Yates

CLEMMONS: None