January 24, 2008

UPCOMING PROGRAMS...

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
Jan. 31: Eric Kirschner, Children’s Museum
Feb. 7: Our meeting will be held at Kimberly Park Elementary School, more information to follow.
Feb. 14: Valentine Luncheon with special entertainment from the Step Team from Kimberly Park
Feb. 21: Brad Church, President Bradford Mortgage
Feb. 28: TBA

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center
Jan. 29: Classification Talks
Feb. 5: Jim Grobe, WFU Football Coach, “The 2007 Season and What to Expect in 2008”
Feb. 12: Jay Vidovich, WFU Coach of the 2007 National Soccer Championship Team, “How We Did It”
Feb. 26: Allison Perkins, Executive Director, Reynolda House, “Ancestry and Innovation, an African American Art Exhibition”
Feb. 29: Ron Wellman, “The Peaks and Valleys of WFU Athletics”

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
Feb. 1: Abby Lipsky of the Victory Junction Gang Camp
Feb. 8: A Journel to Freedom & Justice, Darryl Hunt
Feb. 15: “The Game of Love” by Gerald Freedman, NCSA Dean of Drama and some of the cast members
Feb. 22: Outreach Alliance for Babies by Phyllis Bonds
Feb. 29: WFU Tennis Coach Jeff Zinn and Marius Adamski, player

CLEMMONS: -Meets Tuesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn - Clemmons
Jan. 30: 5th Wednesday Social
Feb. 6: WFU Football Coach, Jim Grobe
Feb. 13: Ms. North Carolina
Feb. 20: Pastor Joey, Agape Faith Church

DATES TO REMEMBER:

February 7 – Lunch Meeting at Kimberly Park
February 14 – Valentine Special
March 6 – Board Meeting
March 14-15 – PETS at the Sheraton in Greensboro


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


DISTRICT ROTARY INFORMATION……Save the date on your calendar of April 24-27, 2008. The 2008 Rotary District 7690 Conference will be on that date at Chateau Elan Resort & Spa in Braselton, GA. This will be an incredible district conference that you will not want to miss! Look for registration materials to be available in January.

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KIMBERLY PARK SCHOOL……We will have our lunch meeting at Kimberly Park on February 7, 2008 at our regular time. Below you will find the address to the school and the directions for getting there:
Kimberly Park Elementary School
1701 N. Cherry Street
Phone number: 727-2116
Directions from the coliseum:
From University Parkway turn left on 25th Street (this is the first left turn after the intersection of Coliseum Drive and University Parkway). Turn right at the next street which is Cherry Street. Continue on Cherry and keep to the right at the slight fork in the road. Turn left on Crawford Street (this is just before you get to the front of the school). The school parking lot will be on the right. Park in the back behind the school and walk around the school to the front door and we will meet in the front lobby area.

BRING YOUR SWEETHEART…..Bring your spouse or guest to the meeting February 14 for a wonderful meal and great entertainment from the Kimberly Park StepTeam. Please RSVP to Margaret, 784-6276, by Tuesday, February 12, 2008.

SAVE THE DATE!...Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12-1:30 p.m. LEADERSHIP WINSTON-SALEM, in conjunction with the Clemmons, Reynolda and Stratford Rotary Clubs invite you to attend “The Mission of Higher Education in the 21st Century: A Conversation with Winston-Salem’s College and University Leaders” at Forsyth Country Club. This event, moderated by Denise Franklin, will start at Noon. Panelists will be:

Nathan Hatch, Wake Forest University
Susan Pauly, Salem College
Donald Reaves, Winston-Salem State University
John Mauceri, North Carolina School of the Arts
Gary Green, Forsyth Technical Community College

Cost to attend is $20 and you will need to pre-register. Deadline to register is February 12. Invitations are being mailed to those who were not in attendance at our January 24 Rotary meeting.

Rotary Board News

YOUR BOARD MET TODAY AND APPROVED A PERSON FOR MEMBERSHIP IN STRATFORD ROTARY CLUB: Please check your mailed or emailed newsletter for this information.

The Board also welcomes back former member David Ahles. David originally joined Stratford Rotary in November 1990. Due to business constraints he resigned in good standing in 1999. David expressed a desire to return to Stratford Rotary and it was approved. Welcome back David. The Board also voted to accept Tony Potter as a transfer from Reynolda Rotary. Tony is a member in good standing in Reynolda Rotary and is also a Paul Harris Fellow, but he has developed permanent business conflicts on Fridays. Our member, Larry McGee, has brought Tony to several meetings and President Jeff Clark talked with Reynolda President Mark Thompson and they both approved the transfer. Welcome Tony Potter to Stratford Rotary.


HAVE YOU BEEN MISSING A FEW MEMBERS?????.....The following members have resigned in the past 6 months due to business conflicts: Tom Anderson, Bob Beach, Tom Cannon, Scott Cawood, Melissa Combes, Mary Ann Lawrence, Vicky Leonard, Tom Moore, Ben Willis, Dee wood, and Lu Anne Wood. Health reasons forced Jim Yates to resign but the Board voted to make him an Honorary Member in honor of his Past Presidency.

We have also been missing Doug Leckie. Doug is the last active Charter Member. Doug has been having health problems and was at Brookridge but has now moved to Arbor Acres. Give him a call, send him a card or go visit him, he would love to hear from him. I talked to him last week and he sounded much better.

BE WATCHING…….for exciting news about our Spring Social which will also be a celebration in honor of Stratford Rotary’s 40th Anniversary. Hold the date May 22, 2008!

CONGRATULATIONS:

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

January 24 – Jeb Macosko, Physics Professor at WFU, talked to us today about cutting edge research on “Life’s Nano Machines, Subcellular Robots Built from DNA Blueprints”. Dr. Macosko showed us a slide presentation of these little robots we have inside our cells. He called the transportation system in the cells as railroads with little molecular machines carrying things around. There are also walking machines that move small things from one place to another. He talked about DNA and growth hormones and thing inside that act as copying machines to copy DNA. Dr. Macosko’s talk and slides were very fascinating to hear and see but hard for me to describe.

ROTARY FOUR WAY TEST:

Of the things we thing, say, and do…
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?