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- NOTE FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR -
Next week's newsletter deadline will be FRIDAY, June 25. No newsletter will be published the week of July 4th (the editor will be taking a break with her family)
Notes from Rotary Meeting - 6/16/10 contributed by Pat Powell, with help from Karen Bridgeman.
REMINDER: THIS IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH! Time for everyone to pay club dues! If you don't have an invoice, contact David Harris via email to dharris@cfbbank.com.
AAAAAANNNNNDDDD, remember that THIS year we WILL meet Fourth of July week - the holiday falls on the weekend, and most folks have Monday off, so we WILL meet on the first Wednesday of the month, July 7. MEETING REPORTCharles Crowe, Club President, opened the meeting.
Guests and visitors: Clark Eckert from the Sunset Club; Keith Wood and Bill Whiting, executive staff of URS from Aiken, South Carolina, introduced by Veronica O'Hearn. Blake and Autumn Hardin, new chiropractors who have opened an office in Grove Center, were introduced by Charles Crowe.
Announcements: The regularly scheduled board meeting - Charles' last! -- will be held following this meeting. Martha Hobson, Rotary Foundation Chairperson, presented Henry Perry with a pin signifying his having reached Rotary Paul Harris Fellow Plus One status. Henry spoke briefly, but eloquently, about Rotary being a way he can "give back because he has been given so much." Pat Imperato gave an update on the outstanding Progressive Dinner held on June 12thon the "West End." Attendees feasted on appetizers at Pat's home; moved to Gail Mattson's home for the main course; and ended at Mike Morris's home for dessert. Brenda Thornburg was recognized for her "poppers" which, evidently, were hot and spicy, but great!
Happy Dollars: David McCoy served as Rooster this morning, giving great credit to Rooster Hardy for his year of service. He also recognized Bo Harris one of our newest members, who has returned to ORBRC after returning to Oak Ridge after several years away. Bo was the Rooster when Dave (McCoy) was President; McCoy was Harris' Rooster the year he was president. Among those fined were Henry Perry for his picture in the paper - he was given a choice of paying a dollar or playing his harmonica (unfortunately, he chose to pay the dollar), and Louise Mixon, who had to pay $2 because she did not have a red hat to wear! While the Roosters first attempted to fine Louise for being part of a Red Hat Club, they finally acknowledged that, as an active member of the literacy committee, she had to pay the fine for a letter to the editor that thanked Altrusa and Breakfast Rotary for providing books to the Grand Oaks 1st grade as a result of last year's Literacy Lunch.
Jim Michel's daughter was married Saturday and she and her husband will be in the area for at least three years as she works post-graduate degree - Jim's happy dollar may be among the few he still has.
Alex Zucker talked about the wonderful two weeks in Italy that he spent with his whole family - they rented a farmhouse in Tuscany and visited 11 cities in 14 days.
Karen Bridgeman - gave two H$ for their expected grandbaby NOT being here yet.
Austin Lance - Celebrated the fact that his daughter was recovering from surgery and his son-in-law was recovering from having been the primary caretaker of the couple's three-year-old son.
Linda Brown - Confessed (and proud of it) that she is 68 years old today!
Brenda Thornburg - Thanked everyone for the progressive dinner and she pointed out that she and Nancy Donsbach will be in Montreal at the Rotary International Convention next week.
Tony Lester - gave H$ because he is out of Business Development at ORAU and is now the Director of the S&T resources group.
Veronica O'Hearn provided the club with a wonderful story about her son Chris who, after weeks and weeks of interviews and other rigorous reviews, was selected as a personal trainer for a special series of "The Biggest Loser". The show is designed to help overweight teens lose weight and have a new look for when they start college in the Fall. Chris, who is a personal trainer, was selected from hundreds of applicants and he will be helping a young person from the Knoxville area. Filming starts this week and will go for two to three months. Veronica promises to give us regular updates! Congratulations to Chris (and his family)!!!
Joe Lenhard gave have happy dollars for his birthday (last week) and his wife's birthday (next week) and the fact that all his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were in town over the weekend to celebrate with them.
Charles Crowe gave a H$ - he attended his 40th college graduation, saying that he his most embarrassing moment came when he did not recognize his former roommate!
Dave McCoy gave H$, thanking John Wheeler for bringing Bo back into the club, and Bo celebrated the new roof on his home and the neighbors who helped watch over the project.
Speaker He and his wife, Roxanne, have five children - all active practioners of Tae Kwon Do. He refers to them as the "Puglets." Roxanne works for UT Battelle and they live in Claxton.
As a science teacher at Clinton High School, he said he needed to wear denim (black, green, khaki, but not blue jeans) because of the lab work, but he wore a collared shirt and a tie to help offset his somewhat casual attire and personal teaching style. "The tie set me off as a grown-up, but one day one of the girls pointed out that the kids had figured out that I was rotating through just three ties." Pug said he thought, "I'll show them," bought a crazy tie, wore it to school -- and the kids loved it. That prompted him to buy more ties. Then, the students began to buy him ties. Today, he has 400 hooks on his closet wall for ties. When he was asked to be the Assistant Principal of Claxton Elementary School, he faced a decision he worried and prayed about because of his concern that an administrative job would take him too far away from working daily with children in the classroom. But, two weeks into working with youngsters, when his presence on the playground attracted a crew of third-graders, he realized he had the opportunity to touch the lives of 600 children in his new role. The younger kids commented on some of his more unusual ties - Spiderman, Ironman - and began to make requests. Pug said he had to make notes to keep the schedule straight - and that he always made sure that the child who requested a special tie got to see him with it on when he wore it to school. "By responding to them, I was just showing them I cared about them.
Karen Bridgeman gave him (no surprise) a tie - a popcorn tie, no less, marking his volunteer service at last year's Anderson County Fair where the school had a booth for the first time (and used free popcorn as a "draw" for kids and adults). Pug also showed some of his favorites - including the only "clip on" tie in his collection (cut from pleated tin washboard and "played" with thimbles and perfect to wear while dancing to zydeco music).
Polio and the Soccer World Cup - provided by Austin Lance
Rotary members across the African Continent are working hard to eradicate Polio. This past February they initiated a " Kick Polio Out of Africa" awareness campaign. They have built the campaign around the 2010 FIFA World Soccer Cup now under way in South Africa. By starting the circulation of a soccer ball last February that traveled through 22 countries being signed by donars to the cause of Polio eradication, they are bringing significant awareness and monetary donations to the issue. The ball will end it's journey at the Rotary International Convention in Montreal Canada. The awareness campaign is intended to mobilize the public for Pan African mass immunizations this Fall. The first person to sign the soccer ball was Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who had Polio in his youth. The signatures collected will be presented to the leadership of the Global Polio Eradication Interactive Partners as a show of global support. All related donations will help Rotary reach a goal of $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It only takes $.60 of vaccine to protect a child fro life against Polio. What a great campaign concept taking advantage of a world event that has such visibility to bring awareness of Polio's eradication!!
ORBRC's UPCOMING EVENTS Meet the Candidates
Directions from Oak Ridge: Go west on Oak Ridge Turnpike (TN 95S) to Guard Gates (at Westover Drive). Follow TN 95 for 3.3 miles; go straight on TN 58S toward Kingston for 3.9 miles (past the Heritage Center and across Gallaher Bridge). Turn right at Rarity Ridge onto Broadberry Ave. Go 1.0 mile to Rarity Ridge Information Center sign; turn left into parking lot. The forum is in the Wellness Center building, with additional parking in the rear of the building.
July 8 - Third Congressional District Forum
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He said that the key to working with people is to let them know you care - that is what has been his mantra throughout his teaching career. (It works with adults as well, he stated.) His goal as a teacher was to acknowledge every "kid" as he/she came in. "When they know you care, they care back!" 
"This Father's Day," Pug said, "just show someone you care. In affirmation, you will get back four-fold."