[Dilworthian] Sept. 4 issue

Thu Sep 3 11:45:25 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

Sept 4, 2009

John's Award

John Barringer Received the Starfish Award from District Governor Karen
Shore

Starfish Award Goes To John Barringer

District Governor Karen Shore presents a Starfish Award to a deserving
Rotarian in each club where she makes her official visit and she presented
the award to John Barringer during her August 28 visit with our Club.

John was nominated by the board of directors and chosen by President Dale
Harrold.

Below is a brief summary of some of the reasons why John was chosen.

·         Past President of our club; Paul Harris Fellow. 

·         As owner of Little Professor Book Center at park Rd. Shopping
Center, was a key and central player in our Bell Ringing project for many
years; he continues as a dedicated Bell Ringer

·         John has chaired and served on several vitally important District
Committees that have greatly increased the visibility of World Community
Service, the Rotary Foundation Grants, and he continues to serve as a
resource to all of our District clubs seeking to create international
service projects and secure matching grants

·         One of our original  USO volunteers, he still serves a shift every
two weeks

·         With Habitat, John created a money-making venture (a book store)
for the Habitat RESTORE on Wendover Road. The "intake" to Habitat is in the
thousands of dollars monthly; some months have raised over $10,000/month; he
continues to volunteer weekly at this bookstore

·         John has served for many years in the "Friendship Force" as an
ambassador to Charlotte's Sister Cities

·         He has been to Bolivia on our oversees mission trips

·         John has been a volunteer at Samaritan House

·         He served on the initial Steering Committee for the "Flight of
Honor" and a strong continuing supporter

·         On just about every Dilworth Club project, John Barringer has been
present since joining the club in '89!

DilWorth Noting

STAR Series Resumes Next Tuesday

 STAR starts again in September and will be at Pikes on Tuesday, September
8th beginning at 7:15 am.  If you are planning to attend please email Brad
Goforth, bgoforth at aol.com , by FRIDAY afternoon so I can give Pike’s a
count.  (Remember, Monday is a holiday so we need the count early). 

Former Sen. Dole Sponsors Another

Flight of Honor as Memorial to Her Brother

The September 19 Flight of Honor hasn’t been fully funded yet, but thanks to
the generosity of former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole a third Rotary District
7680 Flight of Honor has been scheduled for Oct. 20.

Senator Dole's generous donation to the Rotary District 7680 Flight of Honor
is in honor of her brother, a World War II veteran, who passed away in the
spring of 2008.  The  John Van Hanford, Jr. Memorial Flight will assure that
more Charlotte area heroes will get to see their memorial.   

Senator Dole issued the following statement on the John Hanford Memorial
Flight: 

“My beloved brother, John, entered the United States Navy immediately upon
graduating from Duke University, just a few months after his 20th birthday.
He served first on the aircraft carrier USS Windham Bay and then on the
world’s largest carrier, the USS Saratoga.  

            John passed away on April 7, 2008.  If he were here, he would
join World War II veterans from his home areas, Salisbury and Charlotte, on
this flight because of his great respect for the sacrifices made by so many
and his tremendous patriotism and love of country.  I am the little sister
who idolized him, and I am proud to sponsor an Honor Flight in loving memory
of John. 

            I remember well the little Wave uniform Lt. Hanford brought me
when he came home to Salisbury on “survivor’s leave.”  Twice the “Sara” had
been struck by torpedoes fired by enemy submarines and forced to retire for
repairs.  Her heaviest damage was suffered near Iwo Jima when she was struck
by seven bombs and five Kamikaze planes.  Fires and explosions ripped the
ship as her gunners fought back and her repair crews struggled to control
the damage.  The Saratoga survived, but 123 of John’s shipmates gave their
lives and over 300 were injured. 

John was from a generation that rarely discussed their war

experiences, but their legacy is clear.  They saved America and the world
for freedom and democracy.  May generations to come always remember and
thank God for their service and sacrifice.  

My heartfelt thanks to the Rotary Clubs of District 7680, the Salisbury and
Charlotte Rotary Clubs, and my friend, Jeff Miller, co-founder of Honor
Flight Network, who will be working with the Rotary District to direct this
flight.”  

News about Members

Gus Psomadakis is home from the hospital.  He had surgery on one of his
lungs and was able to go home Tuesday of this week.  He is improving and
hopes to be back at Rotary soon.

Santiago David and Mother

“You may remember that I have talked about a young woman in Alto Cayma, Peru
that Donna and I are helping build her home in memory of Jessica- She had
the new baby Monday- Santiago DAVID!. Mother and baby are doing very well,”
David Hodgkins 

Said.

Happy Anniversary                               Happy Birthday

Patty and Joe Dyer, Sept. 10                                 Richard Pockat,
Sept. 13

Programs

Sept. 4         Dr. Roland Carter, President of Johnson C. Smith University.

Coming Events

Sept. 19         Rotary District 7680’s second Flight of Honor for World War
II veterans. 

Come to Charlotte Douglas International at 7:30 p.m. to welcome the veterans
back home after a day in D.C. visiting the World War II Memorial and other
sites of interest to the veterans.  Wear your Rotary shirts and hats and
bring family members with you so we have a large crowd to welcome them home.

Sept. 21:        The 10th Golf Classic Benefitting Bethlehem Center, which
our member, 

William McDonald, heads as executive director.  The tournament will be held
on the Raintree Country Club golf course.

Nov. 16          Rotary Foundation Banquet at the Embassy Suites Hotel in
Concord.

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

Service Opportunities

339222417 at 28062007-0F2F

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
<http://www.rotarydistrict7680.org/> www.rotarydistrict7680.org and
<http://www.rotary.org/> 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,
<mailto:thekings at carolina.rr.com> 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., 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://charlottedilworthrotary.org/pipermail/dilworthian_charlottedilworthrotary.org/attachments/20090903/2f0b84b0/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 32815 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://charlottedilworthrotary.org/pipermail/dilworthian_charlottedilworthrotary.org/attachments/20090903/2f0b84b0/attachment-0002.jpe>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 16374 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://charlottedilworthrotary.org/pipermail/dilworthian_charlottedilworthrotary.org/attachments/20090903/2f0b84b0/attachment-0003.jpe>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 12763 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://charlottedilworthrotary.org/pipermail/dilworthian_charlottedilworthrotary.org/attachments/20090903/2f0b84b0/attachment-0001.gif>