Stratford Rotary Bulletin, August 30, 2007

Stratford Rotary Newsletter

August 30, 2007

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
Sept 6: Mayor Allen Joines
Sept 13: Lee French, CEO Old Salem
Sept 20: Mark Young, Tom James Company, “Dress for Success”
Sept 27: District Governor David McCoy
Oct. 4: Our own Linda Combs
Oct. 11: John Larson, Old Salem, history of Idols Dam
Oct. 18: TBA
Oct. 25: Wake Forest Provost, Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center
Sept 4: Jeff Bacon, Triad Community Kitchen: Cooking Up Self-Suffieiency
Sept 11: Lyons Gray, “The EPA: Today and Tomorrow”
Sept 18: Joint Meeting with the Winston-Salem Chamber, Education Summit – Increasing the High School Graduation Rate
MEETING BEGINS AT 11:30!!
Sept 25: John Bryan, The Werehouse: Engine of Renewal, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
Sept 7: Cook Partnership 5th Year Kick-off
Sept 14: Ellen and Mickey Wallace, along with Merry Barber will talk about the Young Life Urban Ministry
Sept 21: Classification Talks
Sept 28: Lt. Tom Metz, State of our Armed Forces and the Iraq War
Oct. 5: Max Howard, Emmy winning actor and magician
Oct. 12: Allison Perkins, Reynolda House Museum of Art
Oct. 19: Blue Ridge Parkway Issues
Oct. 26: Soldier Institute/Regenerative Medicine By Dr. Tony Atala

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn - Clemmons
Sept 5: Hank Price of WXII
Sept 12: Clemmons Rotarian Barry Schline on “Membership”
Sept 19: Tara Maxwell leads a site visit to Cancer Services
Sept 26: Joseph Bellissimo, “Brookstown Development Partners”

THE BOARD MET AND APPROVED FOUR PERSONS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN STRATFORD ROTARY: Please check your mailed or emailed bulletin for information.

District Football Fellowship…..Saturday, September 22, WFU vs Maryland at Groves Stadium, Kickoff: TBA
$35.00 includes a game ticket, BBQ meal and reserved tailgating in the Red Lot. District tailgate starts 2 hours prior to kickoff. Registration deadline is September 14, 2007.

Joint Meeting…You are invited to attend the following event. Deadline to make a reservation is Friday, September 14, 2007
Call Margaret at 784-6276:

Education Summit Focused on High School Graduation
Presented by the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Winston-Salem
Featured Speaker: Winston-Salem State University Chancellor, Dr. Donald J. Reaves
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Embassy Suites Winston-Salem, Grand Pavilion Ballroom

COME MEET THE GOVERNOR….District Governor David McCoy will meet with “Stratford Rotary on Thursday, September 27, 2007. He will meet with The Board prior to the regular lunch meeting. District Governor McCoy grew up ice skating in suburban Philadelphia and sailing at the south Jersey shore but when he came south to college, he was hooked on North Carolina. At Catawba College he received a degree in Business Administration and met the love of his life, Linda. They were married a week after graduation and have been married for over 40 years. He returned to Philadelphia to be part of a family business, but the song of the south was too strong. They moved to High Point in 1976. Dave is an independent textile sales agent, primarily to the furniture industry. The McCoys have two adult daughters and two granddaughters. The Mcoys are very active in their community and have had many leadership roles. In recent years Dave’s main focus has been Rotary. He joined the Rotary Club of High Point in 1986, and has 21 years of perfect attendance. He served as President in 2000-2001 and has served the district in many other capacities. Dave is a Paul Harris Fellow, a Sustaining Member, a Benefactor, a charter member of the Bequest Society and has served two terms as Assistant Governor for District 7690.

THE SURVEY IS FINISHED….so be watching for the results. 57 members were selected and contacted. 37 members were interviewed. The interview group was comprised of 14 women and 23 men with length of membership from 6 months to 30 years. The Board felt this group represented the Club well. The results will be presented later.

DATES TO REMEMBER:
September 13 – Membership Seminar at Village Inn in Clemmons
September 22 – Football Fellowship – WFU vs Maryland
September 27 – District Governor David McCoy

CONGRATULATIONS:

Happy Birthday:
Steve Brendle 9-06
Joe Carroll 9-10
Jim Lambie 9-13
Tom Rice 9-17
Lu Anne Wood 9-22
Mickey Boles 9-26
Ken Wernick 9-26
George Newstedt 9-27
Sharon Reid 9-30

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

August 23 – Ron Richie, Director of Golf Course Maintenance, Forsyth Country Club, presented the program today. Mr. Richie talked about the new golf course and what it takes to maintain the greens on a golf course.

August 30 – Jason Thiel, President, Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership spoke to us today. He brought us up to date on the revitalization of downtown Winston-Salem. He highlighted the 2006 accomplishments of the Partnership such as a wine festival, graffiti removal program, disbursing over $135,000 in loans for new businesses, parking inventory, held six Downtown 101 workshops, created new interactive maps focusing on restaurants & clubs and residential developments, installed prototype Trailblazer Sign to assist visitors in finding their way in and around Downtown, provided Downtown Tours, created Downtown Ambassadors program i8n partnership with the Mayor’s office and the shepherd’s Center, developed and updated information on Downtown Housing and Restaurants with website, maps and presentations, worked with Streetcar committee to finalize criteria for Streetcar routing, maintained and administered Park and Shop program, and welcomed approximately 400 businesses and individuals as partners in 2006.