[Dilworthian] March 12 Dilworthian

Thu Mar 11 11:47:20 PST 2010

The Dilworthian

March 12 , 2010

Directors Approve Gary Olnowich for Membership

At its meeting Monday, March 8, the club’s board of director approved Gary Olnowich for membership in the club.  Gary, vice president of Linda Construction Company, is sponsored by Fenton Erwin.  Official notification to the Club was made earlier by e-mail.

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Dewey Jenkins Receives Distinguished Rotarian Award from President Dale Harrold

Club Honors Past President Dewey Jenkins 

With 2010 Distinguished Rotarian Designation 

Presentation Remarks by Lamar Gunter

This year’s Distinguished Rotarian is being honored for:

·         excellence in leadership 

·         service to others 

·         vocational service and 

·         living a life guided by the Rotary Four-Way Test

According to his family, he always has a positive attitude and looks for the positive attributes in others.

The 2010 Distinguished Rotarian has been a member of Dilworth South End Rotary for 20 years.  He is a Past President of the club and has served in numerous other positions.  He is a Paul Harris Fellow and Sustaining Member as well as a Major Donor to the Rotary International Foundation.

He was responsible for the creation of Dilworth Charities, our club’s 501c(3) corporation, and currently serves as its president.

In addition to Rotary service already mentioned, Dewey has donated heating and air conditioning systems for the Habitat for Humanity houses built by Mecklenburg County Rotary Clubs.  Altogether, his company has donated 21 heating and air conditioning systems for the Rotary houses and other Habitat houses.

He and his employees have contributed more than $51,000 to Crisis Assistance Ministry, another endeavor our club supports.  

His company also is a supporter of the Levine Children’s Hospital and has pledged to donate half a million dollars to the hospital in coming years.

I want to give you a little more background on the man we honor today.  Dewey Jenkins was born in the small coal-mining town of Norton, VA.  After graduation from high school, he joined the Navy and went on two tours of duty in the Mediterranean.  

While in the Navy stationed in Jacksonville, Florida, he showed his entrepreneurial spirit by selling cookware door-to-door on his off-duty time.  The company he worked for targeted single women with a “Hope Chest” type of approach for selling their cookware.  

He failed to make a sale to one of the prospects, but succeeded in getting Renee’ to agree to a date.  After dating Renee awhile, he made his biggest sale when he persuaded her to marry him.

Dewey and Renee moved to Charlotte in 1971.  Dewey attended UNCC and majored in accounting.  He ran a janitorial service at night. 

He worked as a tax accountant for two years and taught classes at CPCC.  He obtained his license as a Certified Public Accountant and opened his own accounting practice, which he operated for 10 years. 

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After deciding tax accounting was not for him he worked in real estate development and investment brokering until he bought Morris Heating and Cooling in 1990.  

Under his leadership the Morris-Jenkins Company has grown from 9 employees to more than 150. The company is nationally recognized for being a leader in the residential heating and air conditioning industry.  Morris-Jenkins has been chosen the industry’s Best Contractor to Work For and Residential Contractor of the Year. It also has received the Excellence in Training Award from the Air Conditioning Contractors of America.  

The company under Dewey’s leadership has also been awarded the Better Business Bureau’s Ethics in Business Award and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce’s Amazing Customer Service Award.   

Dewey has held leadership positions in many industry organizations and has been a speaker at several national conventions.

Dewey and Renee` have been married 39 years.  They have two daughters who both live in the Charlotte area.  Their younger daughter, Kelly, works in the family business.  

Their older daughter, Blaire, is currently raising 3½ year old twins.  

Dewey, it is my distinct pleasure to present you to the club as the 2010 Distinguished Rotarian of the Dilworth South End Rotary Club.  

Past Distinguished Rotarians:

James B. Whittington*        1994

Harvey L. Woodruff*            1995

Pender R. McElroy              1996

Clyde E. Horstmann*          1997

Louise S. Brennan*             1998

Rex N. “Skip” Gribble          1999

James S. Stump, Jr.            2000

Warren Harding Shinn       2001

David C. Hodgkins              2002

Joseph A. Morris                  2003

John E. Barringer                2004

Ernest A. Rider                     2005

Frank W. Kiker, Jr.               2006

W. Edwin King, Jr.               2007

Richard J. Pockat                 2008

Lamar Gunter                       2009

*Deceased

DilWorth Noting

 1363 Vets passing between flags

World War II Veterans Returning from Oct. 19 Flight of Honor

Rotary District 7680 Schedules 

Next Flight of Honor for April 10 

The Rotary District 7680 Flight of Honor committee has scheduled its fourth flight for World War II veterans to visit the World War II Memorial on April 10.

The Flight of Honor is a Rotary District 7680 project to honor the courage, valor, sacrifice and service above self given by the men and women who served in the armed forces during World War II.

Approximately 120 veterans have already signed up to be on the April 10 flight. Co-Chair Kelly Morris of the Gastonia East Rotary Club, said the one- day trip will take the veterans by chartered U.S. Airways plane to Washington to visit the World War II Memorial, the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Korean and Vietnam War Memorials and other sites of interest to the veterans.

The trip is expense free to the veterans, but costs the District 7680 committee more than $60,000 for the charter fee, a catered lunch at the World War II Memorial, wheel chair rentals and other expenses.  In addition to the 120 veterans, there will be 40 plus Guardians who will escort and assist veterans, some of whom will be in wheelchairs, and others will be using walkers and canes.  In addition there will be a doctor and two Emergency Medical Technicians on the flight.

A substantial amount has been raised for the April flight, but additional funds are needed. There is enough demand for the committee to add additional flights. The committee is encouraging contributions from Rotarians, companies, civic groups, foundations and individual citizens in the 14-county area of District 7680.  A donor can sponsor a veteran for $500. The Guardians pay their own way for the privilege of being on the flight to assist the veterans.

Our club sponsored former member Harry Stewart on the September flight.  There is nothing in the budget to sponsor another veteran on the April 10 flight, but our members undoubtedly will step up and contribute through Dilworth Charities to sponsor at least one veteran.  If you wish to donate for this effort, please mark your check in the memo line for Flight of Honor and give it to either Lamar Gunter or directly to Dewey Jenkins, president of Dilworth Charities.

If you wish additional information about the April 10 flight or the Flight of Honor project, contact Lamar Gunter or go to the Web site: http://www.flightofhonor.org/.

Samaritan House Celebrates 5th Anniversary

Samaritan House celebrated its fifth anniversary on March 4th at a luncheon held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.  The luncheon, attended by more than 170 persons, started with violin music and fellowship.  

The event was capped off by guest speaker, columnist Ken Garfield, who interviewed a surprise guest.  The guest was the violin player who entertained the group when they entered.  “Jay” was one of Samaritan House’s early guests and told his story of addiction and how Samaritan House saved his life.  “Jay” is a concert violinist and currently works at a local nonprofit.  The original founders were there along with many people who helped make Samaritan House a reality.  The event also raised several thousand dollars for the organization.

Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary was among the original supporters of Samaritan House when it was founded.  Our club contributed money and has continued to support Samaritan House financially.  Our members scrubbed, cleaned, painted and contributed furniture and plants.

News about Members

Happy Anniversary

Carol and Danko Gulsoy, March 9

Nicole and J. B. Meanor, March 16

Programs

March 12       “Trumped”  -- Dave Spohn, a Charlottean, talks about the precepts he 

learned in the military, then business and how he made a whole career for himself by writing a novel. “Trumped” is a corporate intrigue thriller set in Charlotte.  The characters interact in places we all know.

March 19       “Airport Security” – Dwain Wilkins, Deputy Federal Director for Screening 

                        at Charlotte Douglas International Airport

March 26       “Childhood Obesity”  – Angela Calamia, CMS Nutritionist  

April 2             A drum program that is used for cancer fund-raising

April 9             “The Mint Museum”  -- Phil Kline, Executive Director of the museum.

Coming Events

April 12          Club Board of Directors meeting at 5:15 p.m. at the Self-Help Office in 

                        The Great Aunt Stella Center, Suite 302, 926 Elizabeth  Ave.  Members 

                        are welcome to attend board meetings.

April 13          The April STAR meeting will be at Greystone Restaurant, 3039 South 

Boulevard .  It is informal and a chance for new members to get to know some of the older members.

April 23-25     2010 District Conference, Hilton Wilmington Riverside, Wilmington

                         <http://rotary7680.org/documents/09-10_district_conf_brochure.pdf> Click here to download the conference brochure.  

Service Opportunities

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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 at 4521 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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