October 26, 2006

UPCOMING PROGRAMS...

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
Nov. 2: Dr. Garry Green, President Forsyth Technical Community College
Nov. 9: Elizabeth Joyce, a teacher in WS/FC school system and a former Rotary Cultural and Ambassadorial Scholar. She has applied for the World Peace scholarship. She will speak about The Rotary Foundation.
Nov.16: Keith Hobgood, Illustration Director, Out of Our Minds Animation Studios. Keith will discuss the status of his award-winning animation company’s first animated feature film, show film clips and discuss recent film festival awards.
Nov.23: NO MEETING, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Nov.30: Club Assembly with President Jay Luke
Dec. 7: NO LUNCH MEETING! HOLIDAY SOCIAL IN THE EVENING!!

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center
Oct. 31: The Official Unveiling of the “Wayne A. Corpening Freeway” sign followed by Classification Talks
Nov. 7: Joint Meeting with Chamber of Commerce – Reservations Required, Meeting Begins at 11:45,
Grand Pavilion Ballroom, Embassy Suites
Nov.14: Jim Clinton, Exec. Dir., Southern Growth Policies Board
Nov.21: Jon Obermeyer, CEO, Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network.

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
Nov. 3: Dr. Jon Abramson from WFUBMC will speak on the FLU PANDEMIC
Nov. 10: John Bost and committee members will talk about the Rotary Foundation
Nov. 17: TBA
Nov. 24: No Meeting!

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn - Clemmons
Nov. 1: Virginia Foxx, “5th District News”
Nov. 8: Christmas Showcase at L.A. Reynolds, Site visit at 6:30 p.m.
Nov.15: Kyle Swicegood, “Operation Smile”
Nov.22: No Meeting!
Nov.29: No Morning Meeting. 5th Wednesday evening social.

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

DATES TO REMEMBER:
November 2 – Foundation Dinner, High Point Country Club
November 16 – Board Meeting 11:45
December 7 – Holiday Social

CONGRATULATIONS:
Happy Birthday:
Veronica Black 10-30
Lee Strange 10-31
Allston Stubs 11-15
Jane Potter 11-16
Chris Douglas 11-19
Bob Beach 11-25
Fletcher Wilson 11-27
Rick Amme 11-29
Greg Binney 11-29

WHAT’S GOING ON?……..

November 7, 2006 is the joint meeting of the Winston-Salem Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce at 11:45 in the Grand Pavilion Ballroom at the Embassey Suites. You must make a reservation to attend this meeting. I will have sign up sheets at the meeting this week or you may call me at 784-8667 by Friday, November 3, 2006.

November 9, 2006, at our regular lunch meeting, Stuart Fountain, representative of the Foundation, will present the 100% PHF Club Banner to the Club and the Paul Harris Awards to those attending the meeting that day. Please try to attend that meeting if you have not received your award.

We will be collecting food again this year for Second Harvest Food Bank. The Second Harvest Food Bank provides food to people in need through emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, rescue missions, battered women’s shelters, etc., and also to feeding programs as Meals on Wheels
Most needed items: high protein foods such as tuna, canned meats, peanut butter, dried/canned beans; vegetables, including canned vegetables, soups, tomato sauce and paste, spaghetti sauce, tomato juice; fruits such as canned sliced fruit, fruit cups, fruit juices, dried fruit; pasta and grains including macaroni and cheese, boxed pastas and rice, cereal and cereal bars, oatmeal, pancake and biscuit mix. You may bring your donations to the next three meetings, November 2, 9, and 16.

Our last special event is our Holiday Social, which is December 7, 2006. As those of you who were at the last meeting know, we now have the raffle tickets to sell. We will be selling them until the last week of November. The tickets are $5.00 each and everyone is asked to sell at least 10 tickets but you may sell more if you would like. You may buy the tickets yourself or sell them to someone else. The winner will receive a $1,500 gift card to Best Buy. The remaining proceeds will go to our International Project, Clean Water Wells in Nigeria. The drawing will be held at our Holiday Social, and you do not have to be present to win.
I will be sending out the invitations for the social next week (getting an early start this year). This year it is imperative that you respond to me by Monday, December 4, 2006 so I can turn in the numbers. I will be going out of town on Tuesday morning, December 5, 2006 so I need to know before I go.

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

October 19 – Dr. Volker Stieber, Assistant Professor Department of Radiology, WFU, talked to us today on “Body radiology: the next generation of non-invasive surgery.” Dr. Stieber gave a power point presentation about the new technique used for inoperable brain and lung tumors. It is a very precise technique used as a surgical intervention to surgery. This technique does not replace all surgery but is designed for special procedure of treatment. It was a very interesting and enlightening program.

October 26 – Penny Spry and Amy Kuhlman, Children’s Law Center spoke to us today. Penny and Amy were with the Legal Aid Society. After realizing how many times the interest of a child was comprised because of a conflict of interest, they decided to leave and start Children’s Law Center in November 2005. CLC is a non-profit agency exclusively dedicated to addressing the concerns of children. Like the other children’s law centers of North Carolina, CLC is committed to providing advocacy for children in areas in which no other agency is providing or could provide legal assistance. Currently, the staff consists of attorneys and volunteers all working pro bono. The volunteer pool of pro bono attorneys who will be donating more than 3,000 hours annually is between 40 and 50. These attorneys are Guardian ad Litem, “One who is appointed to protect and represent the child for the purpose of the court action.” Specifically, the Children’s Law Center’s Guardians ad Litem represent the “best interests” of the children involved in domestic violence cases. Because of a change in North Carolina law, these children finally have a voice in court. CLC offers the only pool of GALs for domestic violence cases from which the district court judges can draw. CLC will serve in an anticipated 400 cases per year. The CLC also represents children in education cases. There are approximately 2-3 cases or issues per week during the school year. CLC works with the school attorney in disciplinary actions but their goal is to protect the student from unjust suspensions. The mission of the Children’s Law Center is to provide quality legal representation and advocacy for children in legal and administrative proceedings and to promote improvement and understanding with their families. The ultimate goal of CLC is to enable these children to become emotionally healthy adults leading productive, fulfilled lives.