Rotary Roundup
The Weekly Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Jonesboro-University
Jonesboro, Arkansas – January 26, 2006
Prayer: Bob Rubenstein
Pledge: Andy Grumbles
Visiting Rotarian: Wayne Wolfe from the Noon club
Make-ups: Ashley Pagan, Jake Morse
Guests:
Linda Harvey guest of Rita Reed
Bron Bates guest of Leon Carlisle
Paula Harris guest of Jerry McClurg
Ben Burris guest of James McDaniel
Proposed New Members:
Dewayne Douglas HR manager of Target sponsored by Jerry Smith.
Dan Trevathan Real Estate Agent with Fred Dacus sponsored by Dave Davidson.
New Member Induction:
Sam Wright from Hytrol was sponsored by George Hamman. Sam grew up in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. He joined the Air Force, was stationed in Blytheville and decided to stay in Northeast Arkansas. He first worked at Colson and moved to Hytrol where he is in customer support.
Vocational Minute
Nate Herget is an agent for Jonesboro Insurance Group. He is an independent insurance agent. He is a complete agent with home, auto, life, commercial and all other facets of insurance.
Super Seniors
Taylor Randle is a senior at Valley View High School and was introduced by Jerry Smith.
Speaking was:
Charity Philips is a senior at Westside High School introduced by Ashley Pagan. She is enrolled in the honors curriculum. She is involved in almost every club at Westside. She has received many honors for her academic and leadership. She plans to attend Arkansas State University.
Announcements
Len Frye asked that we contact all the individuals on our sheets that purchased pot of gold tickets from last year. 28 club members have purchased tickets. We need to follow-up and let Len or Pam Kail.
Ashley Pagan is soliciting prizes for the Pot of Gold. She had a short meeting immediately following this meeting.
There was a short board meeting immediately following the meeting.
There will be a New Member Orientation at Mid-South Health Systems on January 26 from 12:00 – 1:00. Lunch will be provided. Contact Jayni Blackburn.
Good News
Brian Gibson’s son matched his sister by making a 32 on the ACT.
Jayni Blackburn’s daughter is getting married.
Jake Morse did a make-up with the Rotary Club at Bay St. Louis.
Jay Clevenger’s son Seth was named computer whiz at Hillcrest Elementary. He also celebrated his son’s sixth birthday at chuck e cheese.
Mary Merrill announced Rita Reed will be celebrating her 50th birthday this week.
Josh Fletcher announced Andy Grumbles had another little boy.
Greg Phillips announced that ASU hosted the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Conference. He is also looking forward to the upcoming agriculture/business conference in February.
Joe Stallings came back from a mission trip to Honduras.
Glen Bowers is now over Brazil and Argentina as part of his territory.
Program
Rita Reed introduced Dana Johnson. Dana brought the Make-A-Wish story to the Club. The Northeast Arkansas chapter is the only region in our three state region that is fully funded. All money that is raised here goes to a child in our area.
The mission is to grant wishes to children with life-threatening diseases. It is not necessarily for only terminal diseases. There were 14 children who were told they would have less than 30 days to perform the wish. Of those, 13 are still living. This goes to show, children can overcome. Hopefully, Make-A-Wish has a little something to do with adding hope to the kids.
Some of the children that have had wishes granted and they have overcome and are now grown up and have come back to volunteer.
The radio-thon will be February 10, the week before Valentine’s Day on all Triple FM stations. Last year, we generated $122k. We are trying to grant 38 wishes over the year. There are over 300 children are eligible for wishes. For whatever reason, the others are not being referred. If you know of a child that might be eligible, have them call the office and they will take it from there.
Four Way Test: Brad Barnett
