[Dilworthian] March 19 issue

[Lamar Gunter]

The Dilworthian

March 19 , 2010

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Club Welcomes Rhyne Cannon as Member

The Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club welcomed Rhyne Cannon into membership at its March 12 meeting.  Fenton Erwin sponsored Rhyne, who is Business Development Manager of Elliott Davis, PLLC.

 

A native Charlottean, Rhyne was graduated from Myers Park High School and earned a Bachelor Science degree in Business Administration from Appalachian State University.

 

Prior to joining Elliott Davis, Rhyne worked in manufacturing and distribution for several large consumer products companies.  

 

He then co-owned and helped start a construction consulting company that worked closely with homeowners, subcontractors and suppliers in the residential segment of the market.

Most recently, Rhyne worked with business owners in marketing and selling their closely-held businesses as they planned their exit strategies and realized their retirement dreams.

 

At Elliott Davis, Rhyne is in charge of developing new client relationships in t he greater Charlotte area.  Established in 1925, Elliott Davis is a southeastern focused public accounting firm with ten offices, 450 employees and 50 shareholders. 

 

Rhyne is a Past Church Council Member of Christ Lutheran Church, Sponsor Chair 2010 of Men for Change, a volunteer Urban Ministry Center, and has served as coach for youth softball and basketball.  He enjoys golf, reading, music, Carolina Panthers and Appalachian State sports.

 

He is married to Sara Anne for 20 years this coming July and has two daughters, Kathryn, 17, who will be attending Appalachian State in the fall, and Mary Charlotte, 13, who will be a rising 9th grader.

Rotary and Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian 

Will Work Together on 2010 Habitat House

Mecklenburg County Rotarians and members of Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian Church will work together to build a house for Habitat for Humanity.  Work on the house at 229 Jones St. began Wednesday, March 10. 

 

Rotary will provide the volunteers Saturday, March 27, to put on siding.  Rotary will alternate providing volunteers.  Rotary’s  dates are Saturday, April 17, for drywall installation; Saturday April 24 for interior and exterior trim; Saturday May 1, finish painting cabinets and shed.

 

Work starts at 8 a.m. and lunch will be provided.  Our Club needs to have more volunteers step up to work on this year’s house.  Participation by our Club has declined from higher levels in earlier years.

 

Dedication of the house will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 22.



DilWorth Noting

 

Board Approves Gary Olnowich’s Membership

The Club’s board of directors approved Gary Olnowich, vice president of Linda Construction Company, for membership.  Fenton Erwin is his sponsor.

 

The board also heard that operating revenues for the year are on target.

Full minutes follow.

 

Board Minutes, Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary, March 8, 2009

 

Present:  Dale Harrold, Joy Rucker, Ret Turner, Ed King, Brad Goforth, Ron Melvin, Joe Smith, Ranjit Rawlley, Lamar Gunter, Kate Richards, Fenton Erwin, David Hodgkins, Brian Hadley and Kay May 

 

President Dale Harrold called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. 

 

President Dale recognized Kate Richards for her great work on the Club’s fund raiser event. 

 

Secretary’s Report – 

·         February 2010 Minutes were reviewed and approved. 

·         New Members:  Rhyne Cannon will be inducted Friday March 12.   Gary Olnowich was approved by the Board.  Lamar will send an email to all members Tuesday March 9 with induction in 2 weeks.  

·         Resignations – Clay Andrews submitted his application.  Dale Harrold requested that we table this for one month so we can reach out to Clay and see if he will consider a leave of absence.   

·         Prospective members:   

o    Eliab Erulkar, guest of Ranjit Rawlley

o    Clark Caldwell, guest of Jeff Morgart 

o    Tom Atkinson, guest of Kay May and our Rotary Youth Exchange student’s Father

·         Leave of Absence –None 

·         Current membership now stands at 66.    

 

Treasurer’s Report – Joy Rucker presented the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club February Report.   

·         Operating Revenues YTD are at 65.56% which is on target.

·         Operating Expenses are also on target and since the RI and District Dues are fully paid for the year, we are on target to come in at or below budgeted expenses for the year. 

·         David Hodgkins made a motion to approve the Treasurer’s report, Ret Turner seconded, Board approved February report.

·         Also reviewed the Dilworth Charities financials. 

 

Old Business / Committee Reports

·         Fund Raising – Kate Richards provided a recap of the Beach Party fund raiser.

o    A successful fund raiser was held Friday February 26th.  

o    Ticket sales and cash donations were approximately $7700. This covered the costs.   Extravaganza provided the professional dealers at no cost to the club. 

o    The silent auction raised $9,000 for the club.  $6,100 of the purchases came from non members.  

o    Kate recognized Ernie Rider for providing the item that raised the largest amount of money for the club.  She also thanked all the members who provided the items for the silent auction.  

o    There were some suggestions for improvements for next year, but overall a highly successful event. Feedback was that everyone had a good time and we will do this again

o    Some suggestions for improvement included:

§  Shut down the bar earlier 

§  close the silent auction early 

§  track ticket sales and walk-in sales in a different manner.  

 

·         Membership – Joe Smith 

o    Joe reported that we have had 37 guests since the campaign began.  

o    The winning team will receive recognition as soon as the gifts are received.

o    Brian Hadley has visited businesses in the South End area to raise awareness and interest.

 

·         Public Relations:   Lamar Gunter

o    Lamar suggested that we consider using some of the Club’s PHF points to award future Distinguished Rotarian of the Year a Paul Harris Fellow.  This can be in the name of the Distinguished Rotarian or his/her designee. The Board agreed to investigate the possibility of doing this.

o    Lamar will send an article to the Observer about our Distinguished Rotarian of the Year. 

o    Next Flight of Honor is targeted for April, however no meetings have been scheduled yet.  Lamar will keep us informed on the next Flight of Honor.

o    Lamar continues to request pictures for The Dilworthian.  Send pictures of events, Habitat for Humanity building projects.

 

·         Service – Ron Melvin 

o    Jeff Morgart will schedule the next East Blvd street clean up in April. (Avoid dates around the District Conference)

o    Garinger High School Interact Club is on target for sign up in spring with start up in the Fall. 

 

·         Habitat for Humanity:   Ed King reported that we are officially starting to work on a house this Thursday.  We are alternating weekends with Selwyn Presbyterian Church.   The address for this house is 229 Jones St.   Information can be found at:  <http://www.habitatcharlotte.org/getinvolved/volunteer/groups/this-weeks-schedule/147-jonesstreet> http://www.habitatcharlotte.org/getinvolved/volunteer/groups/this-weeks-schedule/147-jonesstreet 

 

New Business 

·         Lamar Gunter presented a request from the South Park Breakfast Rotary club to provide $1,000 for a Special Forces Memorial Wall.    There was also a request to provide Gel Pack boot inserts for troops.   Lamar will get more details on this and present it at an upcoming meeting.    The Board discussed the two options and chose to present the request for Gel Pack inserts to members after we get a better description of what is needed. 

 

The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

Submitted by Kay May; Secretary

 

·         Next Meeting is scheduled for April 12, 2010, 5:15p.m. at Self Help Organization, 926 Elizabeth Ave. Suite 302.  

  

News about Members

 

Howard Castleman’s wife, Patsy, is now at home recovering nicely from cancer surgery. Howard said the doctor thinks he got all the cancer.  It was still in the lining in polyps. After reviewing the history of this particular type of cancer with us it was decided that further treatment in the form of chemo and radiation therapy is advisable.  The risk of recurrence is low, but it would likely lead to a much more severe outcome.”



Bob Teague is recuperating from knee replacement surgery.  He earler had a knee replacement on the other leg. He hopes to be back at Rotary soon. 

 

Happy Birthday         Happy Anniversary

Glenn Hines, March 21                  Nicole and J. B. Meanor, March 16, 2010

 

Programs

 

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             No meeting.   Good Friday holiday.

 

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

 

May 14           Picnic in the Park – Our annual picnic in Latta Park and visit to the Rotary 

                        Memorial Garden at the east end of Latta Park 

 

Coming Events

 

March 27       Rotary’s turn to provide volunteers to install siding on the Rotary-Selwyn

                        Presbyterian Church’s Habitat for Humanity House.  Work starts at 8 a.m.

 

April 10          Flight of Honor from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to

                         Washington, D.C. for World War II veterans. A project of Rotary District 

                        7680 to honor the courage, valor, and lives of the men and women 

                        veterans of World War II.

 

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

 

339222417 at 28062007-0F2F

 

            March 27       Rotary’s turn to provide volunteers to install siding on the Rotary-

                                    Selwyn Presbyterian Church’s Habitat for Humanity House.  Work 

                                    starts at 8 a.m.

 

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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