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June 15, 2006 |
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Jonesboro University Rotary
N E W S L E T T E R
Thursday, June 15, 2006
President-elect Rusty Clark called the meeting to order;
Rick Carter led the prayer;
Rusty led the pledge to the flag through a brick wall
St. Louis Cardinals
Sandy Puryear was away but sent word via Rusty to please return the ticket stubs or cash money for the ticket stubs next meeting, June 22. The Drawing for the winning ticket will occur at the End of Year Banquet held June 29. The winning ticket will be for the St. Louis vs. LA Dodgers baseball game to be played July 16, 2006 in St. Louis. Ken Stacks added that the! re was a commitment for 150 tickets to be sold by URC and we are 2/3 of the way there, thus about 50 tickets remain unsold. Get busy. The ticket prices are $20 and $30 (cheap.)
25th Anniversary for URC
This year’s end of year celebration will be held Thursday, June 29, 2006 at the Jonesboro Country Club. We will celebrate the anniversary and a successful club year. Contact Shelia Tipton to RSVP for the event.
Program
Greg Phillips hosted the meeting at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute located on the campus of Arkansas State University. Actually, Greg stood in the first 15 minutes for Carole Cramer who is Director of the program. Our own Greg is Dean of the College of Agriculture at ASU and the two have done an excellent job in integrating academics and research at ASU.
The ABI came about through the Tobacco Settlement in Arkansas some few years ago. Some believe that the program at ASU is the crown jewel of the settlement in that ongoing research and tangible results are products of the program. There are 5 institutions across the state that are involved in the se! ttlement program: Arkansas Childrens Hospital/Little Rock, U of A Medical Sciences, U of A, U of A Agriculture Research and A.S.U.
Research in the program is spinning off other dividends beside tobacco. There is industrial as well as pharmaceutical research occurring. Greg Phillips is researching rice in the area of storage life. Rice has about 1 year of storage shelf life before nutrient breakdown occurs. Corn has about 3 years. Research for ethanol is in play. All, in all, a very informational program. Thanks, Greg, for the show and tour.
Guests
Tommie Holmes was the guest of husband, Paul;
Tiffany Delaney was the guest of dad, Rob;
Eva Duckworth was the guest of friend, Cheryl Davis.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 7:00 a.m.
Holiday Inn
Jonesboro.
Until then, keep it Rotary.
Is it the Truth, Is it Fair to all concerned,
Will it build goodwill and better friendship,
Will it be beneficial to all concerned? |
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