Rotary Roundup
The Weekly Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Jonesboro-University
Jonesboro, Arkansas – April 27, 2006
Prayer: Jake Morse
Pledge: Sam Wright
Make-ups: Sam Wright
Guests: Brant Thomson guest of Kevin Brady
Mary Ann guest of Joe Stallings
Ray and Marlette Spruell also guest of Joe Stallings
Super Seniors
Lauren Jones is a Senior at Nettleton High School. She will be speaking in a couple of weeks. She is going to Lyons College and majoring in English or Pre-Med.
Quiera Borders is a senior at Jonesboro High School. She was joined by her mother, Quienna. She thanked God, her teachers and fellow students for making her experience there a great thing. She will be going to Arkansas State and majoring in Business.
Melanie Hornbeck is a senior at Nettleton High School. She was joined by her mother Vicki Hornbeck. She is planning on attending St. Olaff College in Minnesota. It is a private, liberal arts college with a little over 3,000 students. It is important to blend extra-curricular activities and academics. Melanie is a music person and St. Olaff has excellent musical programs. Also, nearly 67% of students are able to study abroad.
Vocational Minute
Barbra Edens has worked for Coach Nutt at ASU for nine years now. She grew up a coach’s kid and has always had keys to the gym and still does. Everyone looks to her as a friend, sister and mother (albeit a young one) to all the team.
Announcements
Jay Clevenger announced Optus will be the Sponsor of the Heartland Tour Event that will take place at Sage Meadows in October. Gary Childers worked very hard in securing the sponsor and laying out the ground work. Optus had an annual event for their vendors and customers in Dallas. Now, they will bring them to Jonesboro this year to be a part of this event. If you are interested in helping, contact Jay or Gary.
Ken Stacks announced the District Conference will be next Friday and Saturday. Sign up sheets were being passed around for Friday lunch. There are a number of great activities, so sign up now.
Our meeting will be moved until Noon on Friday that week. You must register and the cost will be $15. If you are prepaid with your meals, you will be credited $9.
Pam Kail announced our club will be responsible for doing sign-in on Saturday. If you are interested in helping, let Pam know.
President Glenn thanked the club for sending flowers to his mother’s funeral.
Also keep in mind…
Boston Butt Roast will be Saturday, May 13. Mike Webb will head up the event.
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.
Program
Joel Gardner is the Director of the Jonesboro Economical Transit System. We are going to cover the entire city of Jonesboro beginning on May 4. Sheltered stops are being implemented gradually. There will be a couple fairly quickly. Others will come on board later.
There will be advertising on the side of the buses and running on continuous loop inside the buses throughout the day. The goal is to get as much revenue as possible into the system to make it efficient.
There will be a kick-off at 11:00 on May 3 at the Chamber of Commerce.
The service will be free from May 4 through June.
They are looking for those who don’t have working vehicles. This is their target market. They are attempting to connect people with their employers and businesses.
From a safety standpoint, our drivers should never have to touch any money. They will all use automated systems.
Four Way Test: Len Frye
