April 27, 2006

UPCOMING PROGRAMS...

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club          
May 4:    Bernie Mann, Our State Magazine
May 11:  Eva Toia, NC School of the Arts, Director of  Alumni Career Services and Outreach, “Arts Unlimited”
May 18:  Spring Social at 6:30 p.m.
May 25:  Justin Catanoso, Executive Editor of the Triad Business Journal
Jun   1:   Gail Anderson, Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center 
May  9:   Nido Qubein, President High Point University, “Throw the Box out of the Window”
May 16:  NO LUNCH MEETING, PICNIC IN THE EVENING!
May 23:   Chuck Green, Area Director, Piedmont Triad District, BellSouth, “The BellSouth/AT&T Merger”
May 30:   Classification Talks

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m.  in the Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
May   5:   Dr. Nola Reed Knouse, Executive Director of the Moravian Music Foundation
May 12:   Jason Clubb, Director of 614 Restoration, Inc.
May 19:   Milton Rhodes, CEO of the Arts Council
May 26:   Classification Talks

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn - Clemmons
May 10:   Major General (Ret.) Chuck Swannack, veteran Gulf War and War in Iraq Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg,                     “Leading in Changing Times”
May 17:   Judge George Bedsworth, “Meeting Hispanic Needs in the Court System”
May 24:   Linda Weaver, “Painting Portraits”
May 31:   5th Wednesday Social

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

DATES TO REMEMBER:                                                                                        
 May 18 – Spring Social in evening at Forsyth Country Club

IT’S ALMOST GRADUATION TIME………We are continuing our Book Bag Program for Kimberly Park Elementary School this year.  Below is a list of school supplies that are needed for each bag.  We will be filling 30 bags this year.  Each bag will have all the supplies listed so we 30 sets.  Please bring as many of these supplies as you can.  The book bags will be presented to the graduating fifth graders who will be moving to middle school.
The items needed are: 1” 3-ring binder, tab dividers (pack of 5), compass, protractor, calculator with fractions, ruler, pack of notebook paper, markers, colored pencils, glue sticks (2 each), pencil pouch with zipper, pack of #2 pencils, 2-pocket folders (4 each), and small packs of Kleenex

FROM EVELYN HORTON…………Dear Rotary Members,  Thank you so much for the Salem tea and Moravian cookies served at Ham’s visitation.  He enjoyed your friendship so much.  Rosalie joins me in expressing our deepest thanks.  Gratefully, Evelyn Horton

PROGRAM FEATURES............
We continue to have great programs.  On April 6 Abby Lipsky brought us a very heartwarming program about the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a camp for physically impaired children started by Kyle Petty and his wife after the death of their son Adam.
On April 20 Dr. Charles Kimball, Chair of Religion Department at WFU talked about Islam and gave us his view on the subject.
On April 27 Myrick Howard, Preservation North Carolina, brought us a slide show on some of the properties that have been refurbished and protected by Preservation NC.  He explained how properties are acquired and what is involved in preserving property.
 
CONGRATULATIONS:
Happy Birthday:             
Susan Kennedy      5-03
Bob Leak      5-07
Jeff Wilt      5-07
Garry Avram      5-08
Parks Welch      5-08
Earline King      5-11
Stewart Douglas      5-12
George Ragland      5-14
Carl Deaton      5-17
Robert Harper      5-19
Morris Friedman      5-20
Nancy Johnston      5-20
Gerry Malmo      5-20
Bob Douglas      5-25
Brent Waddell      5-28
Reg Kahill      5-29
Annette Lynch 5-29
Buford Edwards      5-31