[Dilworthian] Oct. 2 issue

Thu Oct 1 17:35:04 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

October 2, 2009

If You Haven’t Signed Up 

for Committee, It’s Time to Choose 

There is a place in Dilworth Rotary for every member to participate.
President Dale Harrold asks that you please take a look at each of the
following committees and let your leadership team know what you'd like to do
this year.

President Dale said, “It's OK to choose more than one!!  We are very blessed
to have such a wonderful organization full of talented people who have gifts
for every aspect of our programs!  Just circle the place where you'd like to
work and print your name at the bottom.”  

Please return to Dale Harrold or Kay May by as soon as possible.  Also,
please let your committee chair know you're on their team.  “Thank you in
advance for your help.  REMEMBER--there's a place for everyone.  If we all
work together, it truly will be a wonderful Rotary year!!  See table
below.,” President Dale said.

Dilworth Rotary Committees 2009-2010

Club Administration

Membership

Rotary Founda-tion

Fund-Raising

Service

Ralph Lovejoy, Chair

Joe Smith/

Fenton Erwin

Dewey Jenkins, Chair

Kate Richards, Chair

Ron Melvin, Chair

Sergeant At Arms

Recruitment

 Restaur-ant Night

Habitat for Humanity

Head Table

STAR

Beach Party

Crisis Assistance

 Coat Drive

Social Committee

Salvation Army

 Bell Ringing

USO

Adopt A Street

Latta Park

Samaritan House

Ambassadorial Scholars

Group Study Exchange

Vocational Service

Interact 

Your Name

Print out your preference and turn it in to President Dale. 

DilWorth Noting

 October Social to Honor New Members

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Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary 

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Kay May's home
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When:

Thursday, October 8, 5:30PM     

Phone:

704.975.7664

This Rotary Social event is in honor of our newest members to the Club.
Generally speaking, if you became a member of our club in the last 12 to 18
months then this social event is for you.  All other members are also
encouraged to attend as well.

The social will be held Thursday, October 8th from 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. at
Kay May's home, located at 4733 Morning Dew Ct.  Spouses and significant
others are invited.  Please note that parking is limited, and also note that
the townhome association does not allow on the street parking, so when you
arrive someone will advise you on where to park.  Carpooling is encouraged.

We plan on serving appetizers, and feel free to bring your favorite
beverage, whatever that may be.

Please respond to the invitation promptly so that we can plan accordingly.

photo speaker 092509

Charlotte Postmaster Tom Kelly gave a program on the U.S. Postal Service and
its Charlotte operations.  He answered many questions about the postal
service.

Habitat for Humanity Plans 

Book Tent Sale at ReStore

Habitat for Humanity plans a Book Tent Sale Saturday October 24, 9 a.m.
until 4 p.m. or until the books run out.  The book sale will be at Habitat’s
ReStore, 1133 N. Wendover Rd.   Customers may buy a reusable ReStore Bag for
$2.  Then a full bag of books will be $25 and a half bag $15.  Kids’ books
will be priced separately. The sale will include fiction, non-fiction,
hardbacks, paperbacks, and cookbooks. Books are like new to well-loved
condition.  Julia’s Coffee Shop will offer kettle popped corn, hot chocolate
and hot apple cider. 

News about Members

Suzanne Harrold, daughter of Dale and Starr Harrold, will wed Robert
Sterling Bell IV at the Laurel Ridge Country Club in Waynesville. 

Happy Anniversary

Gloria and John Barringer, Sept. 30

Terri and Clay Andrews, Oct. 7

Yelena with fish

Dilworthian Joe Smith and his wife, Jan, took fellow Rotarian Yelena
Shishkova fishing recently.  Plus Yelena is from Russia and has recently
become a U.S. citizen. Joe said, “We really enjoyed hosting her on this
fishing trip on Lake Wylie and the fish were caught near our home. Yelena
caught two large catfish and got excited reeling them in.”

Yelena is an employee of Dewey Jenkins’ Morris Jenkins Heating and Air
Conditioning.

Programs

Oct. 2                    “Ten Environmental Issues Facing the Charlotte
Region” -- Bruce 

                                Henderson, Charlotte Observer environmental
reporter. 

Oct. 8                    Social to honor new members.  The social will be
at 

                      Kay   May’s home,     4733 Morning Dew Court, 

                      Charlotte, 28269.

Oct. 9                    Emily C. Anderson, Vice Consul, Second Secretary, 

                      American Embassy, Vienna, Austria

Oct. 16  Rotary Foundation Program by Dewey Jenkins, Chair 

                      of the club’s Rotary Foundation Committee

Oct. 20  John Hanford Memorial Flight of Honor.  Rotarians are 

encouraged to be at the airport for the return of World War II veterans from
their Flight of Honor.  Wear Rotary hats and shirts to let the veterans know
that Rotarians are there to welcome them home. After all, the Flights of
Honor are a project of Rotary District 7680.  Estimated time of arrival is
8:00 to 8:15 p.m., but with a tail wind they could arrive a little before 8
p.m.

Oct. 23  “Childhood Obesity and School Food” – Angela Calamia, 

                     Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools nutritionist

Oct. 24  Habitat for Humanity Tent Book Sale at the Habit ReStore

                      1133 N. Wendover  Rd.  9 a.m. until 4 p.m. or until
the 

                      books are gone.

Oct. 30  “Barter: The Hows and Whys” – Bill Bailey

Nov. 4                   Restaurants Fundraiser at various Dilworth
restaurants.

Nov. 6   `               “The Alta Cayma Project” 

Coming Events

Oct. 15  Coat and Jacket Drive for Crisis Assistance Ministry ends.

Oct. 17  The Rotary Club of Lake Norman – Huntersville’s 11th 

                      Annual Wine Spectacular at 7 p.m. in Northstone
Country 

                      Club now offering  ONLINE TICKETS
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                      Charlotte Center is the beneficiary  of the Champagne 

                     Diamond Reverse Raffle.

Oct. 19  First Annual Ballantyne Rotary Golf Tournament at the 

                      TPC at Piper Glen Country Club.  Registration is 9-10
a.m.

Nov. 4   Dilworth Charities Restaurant Night

Nov. 16          Rotary Foundation Banquet at the Embassy Suites Hotel 

                       in Concord.

Jan. 30           Mid-Year Assembly – Time and place to be announced.

Feb. 13 Rotary Leadership Institute, Mooresville, Courses I, II 

                      and III

Service Opportunities

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Donate gently used and new coats and jackets to Crisis
AssistanceMinistry.Bring coats and jackets to meetings through Oct. 15.

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, 704/525-0569 or e-mail to Lamar at gunter4283 at bellsouth.net  

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, 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 – Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr., 

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