September 15, 2005

UPCOMING PROGRAMS...

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club        
Sept 22: Dr. Andrew Brod, UNCG Economics Expert, “The Good News about High Oil Prices”
Sept 29: Tom Guthrie, Plant Manager Duke Power Belews Creek Steam Station
Oct.  6:  Classification Talks
Oct. 13:  Betsy Gatewood, “Catfish Farming”
Oct. 20:  Don deBethizy, CEO of Targacept
Oct. 27:  TBA

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY:- Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center 
Sept 20:  Charles A. Blixt, Exec. VP and General Counsel, Reynolds American, Inc., “Overview of Tobacco Litigation”
Sept 27:  John Hood , President and Chairman, John Locke Foundation, “Wrap-Up of 2005 Legislative Session”

REYNOLDA:- Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
Sept 23:  Dr. Andrew Brod, UNC-G Economics Expert
Sept 30:  TBA
Oct.   7:  Will and Deni McIntyre
Oct. 14:  Mark Thompson and his son John Mark , “Jambo, Bowanna – An Aftican Father/Son Experience
Oct. 21:  Dr. Chico Caldwell, Athletic Director at WSSU, “ WSSU’s Move to Division I Athletics”  

CLEMMONS:- Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn - Clemmons
Sept 21:  Jerry Long, Classification Talk
Sept 28:  Patrick Linnon, Classification Talk
Oct.  5:  District Governor Phil Morris

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

DATES TO REMEMBER:                                                                                        
September 29 – Board Meeting 11:45
December 8 – Holiday Social

BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 AT FORSYTH AT 11:45. EVERYONE PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND. BOARD MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH!

ABOUT OUR MEMBERS……

Congratulations to our own Bob Kulp. Bob came in 4th in the British Senior Amateur Open and has qualified for the
U.S. Senior Amateur Open. Way to go Bob!

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

September 8 – Our speaker today was Andre Jeanjean. French born in September 1929, Andre studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commercials in Paris, was Commander in the French Navy, studied Law, was judge then President of the Tribunal de Comerce des Hauts de Seine (second largest in France) from 1980 to 1991. Mr. Jeanjean recently retired as chairman of an insurance brokerage firm. He has been a Rotarian since 1994. Mr. Jeanjean started a matching grant with a club in Yaounde in 2002 to start a fish and poultry farm in Monatele (a prison). They had a grant from the Foundation and his club gave $5,000 totaling $10,000 to work with. While in Cameroon, he visited other prisons, particularly that of Bueia. The head of the prison only receives 15 US cents a day per prisoner for food. There are 426 prisoners in that prison. One must know that you can be in jail if you steal a banana at a market or if your relatives charge you with being a witch, which is an easy way of getting rid of extra mouths to feed. Mr. Jeanjean is hoping to get a matching grant to help that prison. Thank you Mr. Jeanjean for being with us today.   

September 15 – Dr. Gary Green, President Forsyth Community College brought us a very interesting and informative talk today. Dr. Green gave us an update on what is happening with the college. The capital campaign will aid in the construction of a new 55,000-sq. ft. facility in the Piedmont Triad Research Park and expand their biotechnology, nanotechnology, digital design and supercomputing programs. As the facilities and offerings at Forsyth Tech improve, so will the surrounding communities, including where you live and work. Through advanced areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology, digital design, supercomputing and more, Forsyth Tech is equipping the community with a stronger workforce that is attracting some of the top companies to the area. With our support, they can continue to improve their facilities to better educate. As our stronger workforce attracts new companies, our economy thrives and our cultural, economic, technological and municipal elements make our community begin to evolve and improve. Thank you Dr. Green for your talk and all that you do to help educate the young and old which in turn helps our communities.

CONGRATULATIONS:

Happy Birthday:                        
Steve Brendle          9-06
Joe Carroll               9-10
Jim Lambie             9-13
Henry Miller             9-17
Tom Rice                 9-17
Lu Anne Wood         9-22
Mickey Boles           9-23
George Newstedt      9-27
Jeff Owens              9-30
Sharon Reed           9-30
 
MAKEUPS...                                     
Winston-Salem:  (9-06) Kevin Beeson, Kathie Cooper, Roane Cross, Amy Egleston, Jimmy Flythe, Bob Harrell, Jack Hibbits, Jimmy Hoots, Peggy Low, Joe Potter, Matthew Simmons, Gordon Spaugh, Brent Waddell, Scott Wierman, Jim Yates: (9-13) Rick Amme, Doug Leckie:
Reynolda:  (9-02) Gerry Malmo:  (9-02) NONE  (9-16) Richard Bell, Dayle Phillips:
Clemmons: