June is Rotary Fellowships Month

June 1, 2009

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
June 4: Kimberley Park students will perform for us.
June 11: TBA - Introduced by Jay Luke
June 18: Dr. Mark Van Dyke, an assistant professor at the WFU School of Medicine, will talk about regenerative medicine -- harnessing the body's natural ability to heal itself through tissue engineering and cell therapies

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at Benton Convention Center
June 2: JoAnn Davis, President and CEO, Hospice and Palliative Care Center
June 9: Michael Pulitzer, Hawthorne Gallery, Rotary Benevolent Fund.

REYNOLDA ROTARY: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
June 5: Patrick Merrill, “Gangs in our Schools”
June 12: Big House Gaines Scholarship Golf Tournament at Salem Glen Golf & Country Club.

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn – Clemmons
June 3: Craig Mauney “Growing Fruits and Vegetables”
June 10: Jimmy Flythe “Duke Energy’s Sustainable Energy Future”

WESTERN FORSYTH: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at Big Shotz Tavern in Clemmons

DATES TO REMEMBER: -
Thu Jun 11: 06:30PM Installation of 2009-2010 District Officers
Grandover Resort and Conference Center Greensboro, NC

Aug 06: 12:30PM DG Official Visit


CONGRATULATIONS:

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS & INFORMATION………………

SCHOLARSHIPS:

The students chosen for the 2009 Stratford Rotary Scholarship were nominated by their high schools and selected based on scholarship, leadership, and commitment to service. Fourteen schools participate in the program and this year we selected 3 students to receive a one time grant of $2,500.

Lyndsey Grubbs, West Forsyth High School

Currently ranked 5th in her class of 453 while taking a very rigorous course load.
Member of the National Honor Society and the National Science Honor Society.
Was a nominee for both the Park Scholarship at NC State and the Morehead-Cain Scholarship at UNC-CH.
She was named Dance Student of the Year in 2006-07; awarded West Forsyth Dance Team’s best performer in 2007-08; selected to all-county dance team in 2008.
Selected participant in Broadway Artists Alliance Summer Intensive in NYC
Serves as an assistant dance teacher at In-Motion Dance Center
Member and leader of the Children’s Cancer Support Club holding fundraisers and supporting families with cancer patients.
Member of Youth United Habitat for Humanity raising $55,000 in 2008-09.
Plans to enroll at New York University to study journalism and to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.

Anna Spangler, Mt. Tabor High School

Currently in the top 8% in her class at Mt. Tabor; member of the National Honor Society and the French National Honor Society.
Was a Student Council representative in the 9th and 11th Grades.
Crosby Scholar (9,10,11)
Rotary Youth Leadership Program participant
She is a leader in the STAND club and with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Served as Co-Captain of the English Academic Team.
Served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the “Tabor Times.”
Summer 2007, spent 5 weeks in Hungary tutoring Hungarian high school students in conversational English.
Weekly volunteer at the Children’s Center for the Physically Disabled.
Traveled to Panama for two weeks to do humanitarian work
Anna will enroll at UNC-Chapel Hill where she plans to major in Elementary Education and either History or Psychology. She expects to pursue a career as a public school teacher.

Hannah Hammaker, Reagan High School

Currently serves as Editor of the school newspaper; served as the K-12 correspondent for the Winston-Salem Journal; member National Honor Society.
Finishing in the top 5% of her class while taking a very rigorous class load.
Member of the Varsity Track team for past 3 years.
Member of the Student Leadership team for her church’s youth group.
In the summer Hannah has traveled to Raleigh to put a roof on a house, to Gulfport, MS to rebuild homes, and will travel to Honduras on a mission trip this summer.
Served as a student intern at Rural Hall Elementary which deepened her interest in becoming a speech pathologist.
Quote from teacher, “Hannah’s potential is limitless! Her work ethic is such that she constantly pushes herself to excel.”
Hannah will attend Appalachian State in the fall where she will study communications disorders.

Hannah and her parents attended our May 14th meeting and Lyndsey and Anna and their parents attended our May 21st meeting. Congratulations and best of luck in your fields of study!


Propose a NEW Member:
Get all the information you need by going to the following link:
www.stratfordrotary.org/members/index.html

Sergeant-at-Arms for June: Julius Corpening

Invocation Schedule:

June 04- Sue Carson
June 11- Perry Clark
June 18- Carl Deaton
June 25- Gordon Spaugh

PROGRAMS

May 21, 2009

Mayor Allen Joines received his B.S. from Appalachian State University and his M.P.A. from the University of Georgia. In 1971 he began his career in Winston-Salem as Assistant to the City Manager. Subsequent promotions were to Director of Evaluation, Public Safety Coordinator, the Director of Development and Deputy City Manager. Mayor Joines has a new position. Along with his mayoral duties, he has been chosen to be the Chairman of Economic Development for the N.C. Department of Commerce.

This 37 member board is responsible for providing economic and community development planning for the state,
recommends economic development policy to the Secretary of Commerce, the General Assembly and the governor, recommends annually to the governor biennial and annual appropriations for economic development programs and develops and updates annually a comprehensive strategic economic development plan.

Mayor Joines plans to keep the city of Winston-Salem in the forefront and push our strategic plan for development
forward with his new role. He will have a voice in the matter of planning comprehensive strategies for our state. The Mayor wants to keep pace with similar sized cities. Growth is getting slower, down to 1.8% a year. We will need 30,000 net new jobs in the next 12-13 years and by 2030 we will have gone from the 10th largest state to the 7th largest state. This growth will pose both opportunities and challenges for retail and for infrastructure. The push is towards a knowledge based economy. We still have a very strong manufacturing base.

The questions we need to ask to build the future of the city of Winston-Salem are:
Is the idea unique enough for our area
Is it feasible
Is it impactful enough for 30,000 new jobs

There is a plan currently being put together that answers these important questions. It’s under wraps for now while intellectual property rights are looked into to make sure that the idea stays here and doesn’t get pirated to another city or state. We should hear more about it in July or August.

May 28, 2009
A good time was had by all at our annual Spring Social on May 28th.

This years Rotarian of the Year award went to Dr. Kevin Fussell for all of his hard work and dedication to providing clean water to the Bateyes in the southwestern portion of the Dominican Republic. He started this project on his own and it has grown to include the help of a gentleman from Atlanta with the same goal in mind. Since Kevin is currently a Paul Harris Fellow the club has decided to contribute $1000.00 to the project. Kevin is making clean water and dreams of a better life a reality for the Bateye of the Dominican Republic. We wish him continued success.

Margaret Warren was honored for her 18 years of service to the club as executive secretary. Past Presidents Dick Barron, Ed Robbins, Loy McGill and Bobbie Sprinkle all recollected times that Margaret’s talents shown as an organizer, friend and dedicated record keeper for the club. A special gift from the former presidents of the club was presented to Margaret with the hope that she could use it to take one of the many trips that she and her husband Butch enjoy. President Ellen Coble then presented several gifts that are sure to be keepsakes of Margaret’s years with the club including a throw pillow with the Rotary wheel hotset onto it, a rotary charm/pendant and a lavender colored Jackson and Perkins rosebush with a lovely citrus scent named "Sweetness". Congratulations Margaret, enjoy your retirement!