Jonesboro University Rotary
N E W S L E T T E R
Thursday, August 31, 2006
President Rusty Clark called the meeting to order;
Jay Clevenger led the prayer;
Cheryl Davis led the pledge of allegiance to the American Flag;
Vocational Minute
Shelia Tipton was scheduled to give the vocational minute but she was AWOL Thursday. We look forward to hearing from She! lia this Thursday.
New Member Proposal
Ted Fortenberry, station manager of KAIT-8 TV, is currently a member of Jonesboro Rotary Club, The Nooners. Ted wishes to transfer membership to URC. This is the third official notice. If you know of any reason to deny membership to this fine gentleman, other than he being an honorable graduate of Southern Miss, speak now or forever hold your piece, peace or whatever.
Visiting Rotarians
Nota, Zilch.
Guests
Zero.
Make Ups
Mickey Stafford, Jerry Smith, Cheryl Davis, Josh Fletcher, Jake Morse and Mike Webb made up lost time.
Good News
Miss Jayni Blackburn collected lots of good news Thursday:
***Dr. Joe Stallings along with URCers Dr. Greg Phillips and Dr. Len Frey were going to attend the annual Judd Hill Days on Thursday in Poinsett County. ! Dr. Joe along with the AHEC crew were to perform health screenings at the meeting. The Arkansas Prostate Van would be checking the attendees for PSA and such. The women thought fair was fair.
***Brian Gibson had a Rotary Exchange story to tell: In the past, Brian and Michelle had hosted a French exchange student, Leo, in their home. Well, daughter Mallory, a student at the University of Texas, will be studying and living in Paris for the next 4 months and when things got confused last week in Paris, contact was made with Leo’s family and they came to the rescue. It appears that Mallory has a new place to stay, thanks to Rotary Relationships!
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***Jay Clevenger told of his son Seth’s experience in getting called out of class by the principal at SAC. Seems Old Man Clark just needed someone to do some stapling for him.
***Josh Fletcher had Rusty to read a letter in his place. The letter was written by a soldier who retired from active duty on May 2, 2006, at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. The letter was written to and about Leslie Fletcher of Indianola, Mississippi, who was this Army veteran’s former scout master. The retired soldier said that he was in charge of training others at Ft. Sill and most of what he later taught was instilled in him by Mr. Fletcher. Josh is really proud of his father. Well said, Josh.
*** Brian Clem reported that wife, Beth, and son, Solomon, are both doing well. The little feller weighed in at 6 lbs., 6 ozs.
Announcements
· Jane Jamison thanked all of the members who signed up to host Super Seniors. There are now enough to run the program for the year. The first Super Senior will be this Thursday, September 7. He is Mark Gibson, son of our own Brian and Michelle Gibson.
· Jay Clevenger said to Sell! Sell! Sell! Those spots for the Optus Senior Tournament coming up in October. It appears the Ball Drop has folded. A sponsor could not be found for the ball drop so it has been dropped. If you know a prospect drop the name to Jay or Jerry Smith.
· Josh Fletcher announced the ever popular Football Picks will kick off this Thursday. There will be 10 games to predict. The last one standing after the bowl games receives a free Pot O Gold ticket. Sign up early and often.
· Nominations are now being accepted for the VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD. The award will be given on Thursday, October 26th. Nominations will be accepted through Thursday, September 28th. Jake Morse and Ken Stacks are co-chairs. Contact them for nominations. There will be a meeting of the VEA committee on Sept. 14.
