[Dilworthian] Feb. 6 issue

Thu Feb 5 11:08:56 PST 2009

The Dilworthian

(Issues posted at www.charlottedilworthrotary.org)

February 6, 2009

Directors Approve David Kirkpatrick

For Membership in Dilworth Rotary  

The club's directors have approved David Kirkpatrick's application for membership.  This is the required official notice to members of the club. David's classification is training consultant and Kay May sponsored him for membership.  He currently is a member of the Dorchester Rotary Club in Dorset, U.K.  Additional biographical details will be in the story about his induction into our club.

DilWorth Noting

Harding Shinn Leads in Perfect Attendance 

Harding Shinn, with 44 years of perfect attendance, led 14 Dilworthians who compiled a total of 179 years of perfect attendance.

David Hodgkins is runner-up with 36 years.

Those with more than a decade of perfect attendance include:

Gus Psomodakis, 18; Joe Morris, 17; Jim Stump, 15, Ed King, 13; and John Barringer, 11.

Others to whom President Ranjit Rawlley and David Miller presented pins include: Dave Miller, 9; Bob Teague, 7; Gary Barrett, 4; Dale Harrold, 2; Dewey Jenkins, 2; Kay May, 2, and Joe Smith, 1.

Attendance Chairman Dave Miller pointed out that these 14 perfect attenders represent 20% of the club members.   He said, "While the club does many things, including international service, extremely well, attendance is one area in which we lag behind the rest of the district. Hopefully, we can all take a look at our own attendance and help get us out of the bottom half of the clubs in the district."

Dave noted that Harding Shinn, who is celebrating 44 years of perfect attendance, attributes his record to good health, his enjoyment of the fellowship at the Friday meetings, his making up when he was not able to attend on Fridays, and his belief that this is a commitment we all made when we joined Rotary.  Congratulations to Harding!

Dave reminded the members that there are many ways to make up including:

1.  Attending any other Rotary Club meeting within 14 days before or 14 days 

after the meeting missed.  (There are 15 clubs in the Charlotte area and there is a meeting each day of the week.)

2.  Attending a monthly STAR meeting

3.  Working on any community service project, attending a Rotary committee 

     meeting, or attending a district assembly or district conference meeting.

4   Going on a club sponsored mission trip.

5. Making up on line via EClub.

Short Month; Packed Rotarian Magazine

February is a short month, but there is nothing short about the February Rotarian.  Here is the rundown on the major articles:

o     "Amazing stories of polio" - by Diana Schoberg with art by Steve Buccellato. Our gripping tale of Salk, Sabin, and thousands of Rotarians all over the world and their battle against a vicious virus.

o     "Let's roll"  -- by David Sarasohn.  Rotarian and MacArthur "genius" Susan Sygall has a few things to say about the word disabled.

o     "Katherine the great" - By Chris Moss.  Meet Welsh opera star Katherine Jenkins, who's headlining for the Birmingham convention.

o     "An education in illiteracy"  -- Rotarians around the world work to make literacy an achievable goal.

Bob Teague, Dilworth South End Rotary

Draw Mention in January District Newsletter

A District 7680 newsletter story on Ambassadorial Scholars feature a photograph of Sarah Strange, a scholar nominated by our club, at the top of the article and Sarah was featured prominently in the text.  Here is an excerpt:  She also

praised her counselor, Bob Teague, of her sponsoring Dilworth Rotary Club, who devoted himself to the success of her trip. "I know every club has a Bob Teague in it," she said.

Sarah studied in Egypt and blogged about her stay there. 

News about Members

Happy Birthday              Happy Anniversary
Amy Davis, Feb. 2                       Romelle and John Scharnberg, Feb. 6

Ret Turner, Feb. 4

Ron Melvin, Feb. 7

Programs

Feb. 6           "China: A Current Perspective" -- Dr. Loren Fouchier

Dr.  Fouchier is Director of Global Studies at Providence Day

School.  Until recently, he was  Professor of China studies at 

Queens University.

Feb. 13         To be announced

Feb. 20         "Talk Radio - Rush Limbaugh and all" -- Rick Jackson, General

Manager of WBT Radio Station.

Feb. 27         A gourmet cheese tasting and discussion of pairing -- Regina Healy

Regina is the cheese expert at Dean & DeLuca

Coming Events

Feb. 24:        The Rotary Social this month will take on a different twist as we will be volunteering our time with Crisis Assistance Ministry.  This will take place on Tuesday, February 24th from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.  Our volunteering activities will involve sorting clothes into seperate bins with our fellow Rotarians and guests.  We suggest that you wear comfortable clothing and shoes for this event.  Once you arrive please come in the door marked "donations".  Crisis Assistance Ministry is located at 500 Spratt St. (off Statesville Ave.), Charlotte, NC 28206.

Service Opportunities

Weekly at Meetings:

International Projects 

·      Participate in the weekly lottery.  Half the proceeds go to benefit our

     International projects. 

·     CART - Donate your loose change to the Alzheimer's research project by 

           tossing it into the blue bucket at the check-in table.  

Have News for The Dilworthian

Have news for The Dilworthian? Deadline is each Tuesday at 9 p.m. Call Lamar Gunter, 704/442-7838 (office) or 704/525-0569 or fax it to 704/442-9903; or e-mail to Lamar at lgunter at catevo.com, or gunter4283 at bellsouth.net <mailto:gunter4283 at bellsouth.net>   or e-mail him on Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary's Web site, www.charlottedilworthrotary.org <http://www.charlottedilworthrotary.org/> .  

Dilworth Rotary's Web site is a valuable source of information on committee chairs, upcoming programs and events, projects and other club matters.  Other important Rotary links on the Web are www.rotarydistrict7680.org <http://www.rotarydistrict7680.org/>  and www.rotary.org <http://www.rotary.org/> , the Rotary International Web site. 

Please report changes of e-mail address by using the "contact us" feature on the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Web site.  Please report changes of postal mailing address to Tricia King, assistant secretary-treasurer, thekings at carolina.rr.com <mailto:thekings at carolina.rr.com> , or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211.

Make-Up Opportunities

All  makeups should be mailed to Tricia King, Dilworth Rotary, Post Office Box 471211,  Charlotte, NC 28247-1211. Club projects and committee meetings count as make-ups.  All meetings listed below are at 12:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated.

MONDAY

Charlotte North - Byron's South End, 101 W. Worthington Ave.

Matthews - The Senior Center, 1050 DeVore Lane, Matthews, NC 28105 

Charlotte Top-of-the-Week  -  7:30 a.m., Dunhhill Hotel, 237 North Tryon, uptown.

Charlotte South  -  Zebra Restaurant on Sharon Road in SouthPark. 

TUESDAY

Charlotte - Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. 

Charlotte University City  -  7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr.

WEDNESDAY

Charlotte West  -  Carolina Golf and Country Club, 2415 Old Steele Creek Rd.

North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m.  -  Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius

Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Marriott SouthPark Hotel, 2200 Rexford Rd.

THURSDAY

Charlotte East  -  Red Rocks Café, 4223 Providence Rd.  

Lake Norman-Huntersville - 7:30 a.m. NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Rd.

Waxhaw-Weddington - 7:30 a.m. in Rippington's Restaurant in Waxhaw.

Mint Hill - 7:30 am at Pine Lake Country Club, Mint Hill 

FRIDAY

Mecklenburg  County-South  -  7:30 a.m., Raintree  Country Club, 8600 Raintree Lane

Ballantyne Rotary - City Tavern, Stonecrest

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