Rotary Roundup
The Weekly Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Jonesboro-University
Jonesboro, Arkansas – April 13, 2006
Prayer: Jake Morse
Pledge: Chris Reddick
Make-ups: Glenn Bowers (with a banner from Williamsburg, VA Rotary Club), Jerry Smith, Mike Webb, Ben Burris, Jesse Stafford
Super Seniors
Melissa Richardson is a senior at JHS. She will be speaking next week.
Matt Logins is a senior at Valley View. He plans on attending ASU and majoring in Sports Management. Sports has always been a big part of his life. He participated in baseball and basketball. He has diabetes and credits sports with keeping him in shape and healthy.
Mallory Reece is a senior at JHS. She plans on going to Northwestern to study Journalism and possibly Political Science. She is really involved in music. She is an exploratory teacher teaching the flute. She is a runner in track, cross country and in community races. She has worked at Gearhead Outfitters.
Vocational Minute
Dan Trevathan is a Realtor with Fred Dacus Associates. He is the guy who needs to sell your $100k house for $200k so that you can buy your $400k house for $300k. The other Realtors will understand. He has been at it for nearly six months and plans on being there until he retires.
Announcements
Ken Stacks tickets are on sale now for the Cardinals Game this year. The game will be Sunday, July 16 Rotary Cardinals-Dodgers, 150 tickets $30 or $20.
District Assembly is May 5 & 6 here in Jonesboro. You should have received a form by mail or you can get one on the District Web Site. Our regular meeting (5/4) has been moved to Friday at Noon.
Dosha Cummins has asked for volunteers Saturday at 8:00 at Chris Carlisle Park. Bring your shovel.
Mark Young announced Camp Enterprise will be Wednesday, April 19 at the Haynes Room at the Convocation Center of ASU. Everyone is encouraged and invited to attend. Please RSVP if you can make it at lunch. Len Frye said anyone who else is interested in assisting is welcome. The lunch will be discussing etiquette and could help a lot of us!
May 13 will be our Boston Butt roast. Mark it on your calendar and more will be coming out soon.
Good News
Jerry Smith announced Business After Hours will be at the ASU Center of Economic Develop on Krueger. Everyone is invited.
Dosha Cummins will be traveling to Capetown, South Africa for a discussion on HIV. She is planning on attending the Rotary meeting there.
Program
Dr. Carole Cramer is the Executive Director at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University. She gave an update on what is happening at the ABI. The building and program were originally funded with tobacco settlement funds. They were set up to research at the interface of agriculture and medicine. The Center conducts research in support of economic development and to create positive, long term impacts on health.
There are a number of fascinating research projects going on that involve plants and some animals. She stated that “Research is cool – impact is better!”
They have used outreach to bring in students to study the research on the DNA of strawberries. They also did Crime Scene Investigation Camp last summer.
They are also encouraging economic development through science and technology.
Four Way Test: Cheryl Davis
