December 4, 2017 The Spokesman PROGRAM: Children’s Christmas Party

WITH: Vann Denton, Nathan Ryan, & Santa Claus Introduction: Jeff Fuller Invocation: Gene Williams

Sergeant-At-Arms: Scott Dunbar & Richard Kerr

Greeters: David Jackson & Ken Hughes

Rotary Club of High Point Thursday 12:00 Noon 800 Country Club Drive

Email: hprotary@northstate.net Rotary Zone 33 Rotary District 7690 Rotary Club # 6062 Web: www.highpointrotary.org (club) www.rotary7690.org (district) www.rotary.org (int’l)

This Week at Rotary . WGHP Fox 8 Chief

Meteorologist VANN DENTON Will be our Master of Ceremonies and

Will Give Us Santa’s Christmas Eve

Forecast!

SANTA CLAUS

Will Take Time Out of His Very Busy

Christmas Schedule

To Be With Us And Talk With Each

of The Boys and Girls in

Attendance.

CHILDREN’S

CHRISTMAS

PARTY

POINSETTIA PICK UP DAY IS

THIS THURSDAY

Dec. 7th 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

THE NATHAN RYAN MUSICAL PROJECT Nathan Ryan is a folk-rock musician adults can enjoy with a message appropriate for children. In 2013, after the birth of his first child, Nathan shifted his musical focus and began to write songs for his son. From this shift, the Nathan Ryan musical project was

formed. With over 20 years experience, Nathan desires to use his talents to teach children important lessons, have fun, and share his love of music with people of all

ages. The goal of a Nathan Ryan show is to

not only engage and entertain young attendees, but also get the young at heart

involved. That means moms, dads, grandparents, teachers, friends,

and Rotarians get to join

in the fun too. Every Nathan Ryan show is fun,

energetic, and educational. We will definitely find out first hand when he joins

us at this year’s Rotary

Children’s Christmas Party

Thursday!

Well it was a bit somber at times last Thursday as we remembered our dear friend and fellow Rotarian Max Meeks. His

Last

Week

at

Rotary . . . . . .

Funeral just a day removed, Tammy opened the meeting with some remarks about Max before we stood for the pledge. Kem McAllister had the day’s

invocation and she too had her own remarks about ‘ Mr. High Point’. Tammy then directed us to the screen at the front of the room to see this week’s Historical Moment which

featured a moving tribute to Max. Wil Elder introduced a the many visitors that were with us Thursday. John Anderson then came up for Special Recognitions joking that he was ‘25% of Max’ alluding to he

being one of the four persons that it took to replace Max doing Special Recognitions. Following a joke he dedicated to Max, John had a slew of birthdays and anniversaries to catch up on after the Thanksgiving holiday. (cont. on page 2)

December 4, 2017

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE

ONE) Greg Suire took center stage to introduce our Student of the Month, Hayley Pierce, of Wesleyan Christian Academy. In the top three of her class, Haley has an impressive GPA of 5.06 . Along with National Honor Society, she has a long list of academic rec-ognitions as well as awards in music and student government. A true leader, she possess a myriad of volunteer experiences throughout the triad. Hayley told us that she plans to go to college and double major in biology and business with a minor in Spanish. Her ultimate goals is to become a dentist. In the meantime she hopes to go on mission trips like she did recently to Jamaica and possibly study abroad in Spain. UNC-CH is tops on her college list. Tammy recognized Sarah Clinard, an employee of James Whitley, who was the winner of the 50/50 raffle part of our recent BBQ. Sarah received a check from the club for $ 2,287.50, her half of the pot. Don Shaw promoted the Honor Card that benefits Open Door Ministries. They were on sale after our meeting and he advised us that the card’s creator, renowned artist Bill Man-gum, will speak at Rotary in two weeks. Doyle Early invited every-one to the ground breaking for the new ballpark Friday. The mid-day event sponsored by the City and Forward High Point will in-clude a ground breaking and the demolition of the first building that stands along the first base line at the new stadium. Events run from 11:30 to 1:30. Steve Ilderton had an invite of his own as he encouraged folks to come to the theater Friday evening for a con-cert benefitting Victory Junction Gang Camp. Bucky Covington, of American Idol Fame, will be the featured performer. Keeper of the Queen of Hearts Ken Esposito rushed in in a hurry carrying the $ 850 pot. After a quick draw of a number by our speaker and a quick cut of the deck by ticket holder Richard Kerr he rushed off with the deck and the $ 850 flashing Richard’s card, the Ace of Diamonds. Dave McCoy introduced our speaker, former Rotary International Director Ken Morgan. Ken, a member of the Chapel hill Rotary Club, cut Dave of mid intro and said that it was enough. He took the microphone announcing his talk was sixty minutes . . . . . but he knew we’d leave at one so he would hurry. His topic for the day was the Center for Conflict and Peace Resolution at UNC-CH and Duke. The joint program with the two prestigious universities is a masters degree level program where five foreign students each get full tuition, room, board, books, and housing at each of the two schools. The ten recipients are part of a larger group of Rotary Peace Fellows from around the globe. U.S. students, not eligible for Duke or Chapel Hill studies, can attend at places like University of Bradford in England and the University of Queen-sland in Australia. There is a center in Japan too. At Duke, stu-dents are part of the International Development Policy studies. At UNC, there is more flexibility and students participate in a variety of programs and fields like education, social work, and dentistry. It is hard though for folks with work experience to break away for two years to participate in this program. A 3 month short course is offered in Thailand. Interestingly, lots of law enforcement person-nel take advantage of that program and venue. Regular Rotary giving doesn’t pay for this program. $ 155 million dollars in desig-nated giving by Rotarians has endowed the program. Following the presentation of the speaker gift, we adjourned with the Four Way Test!

HIGH POINT ROTARY COOK

BOOKS

Just $10

COMING: January 4th MEGAN WARD Will Be On The

Hot Seat

The 2018 PREDICTIONS

Can She Take The

Heat ?

In Her Last Appearance of the Year, She Gloats

I Win Again!

Last Week at Rotary

$ 850

Madam President Paid

Tribute to Max

Wil Had Many Guests

To Welcome

John Said He Was 25% Max

Greg Introduced Us To Our

Student of the Month

Miss Hayley Pierce (below)

Richard’s Ace of Diamonds

Won’t Get the Job Done.

The Queen Now Goes on Holiday

to Spend Some Time With Meghan

Markle. Back in January.

Thanks to

EVERYONE

That Took

the Time to

Ring the

Bell for the

Salvation

Army

Cliff &

Charlotte

Baker

53 yrs.

Monday,

Dec. 4th

Keith &

Vicki

Byrd

19 yrs.

Wednesday

Dec. 6th

THANKS To Everyone

That Bought

Poinsettias!

And Those

That Are

Handling

Distribution

& Pickup

THANKS To All Those That

Assisted With the

THANKSGIVING

PROGRAM!

Especially

Dr. Nido Qubein

And the Qubein

Foundtion

Dave McCoy

Dwight Shaw

& The Rotary

Ambassadors

IT IS A GOOD TIME

to make a year end

tax deductible donation

to the Rotary Club

of High Point

Foundation

See Dave McCoy

THANKS To Everyone That Played A Role in

Making Our Designs to Fight

Hunger Effort So Successful!

Happy Wedding Anniversary

Jeff

Benfield

Thursday

Dec. 7th

Warren

Lackey

Saturday

Dec. 9th

Bill Harriss

15 yrs. Dec. 5th

Karen McNeill

26 yrs. Dec. 5th

Happy Club Anniversary

December 4, 2017

Stan &

Joann

Godwin

23 yrs.

Sun.day

Dec. 3rd

Happy Birthday

Mena

Parrish

Sunday

Dec. 3rd

ONE WEEK TO GO IN THE REGULAR SEASON

Kem McAllister 96

George White 95

Clark Pierce 95

Joel Gentry 94

Wil Elder 92

Results Are Through Wednesday, Nov. 29th

COMING SOON: Bowl Season . . . A Whole New Game

Sarah

Clinard

Received

Her Payout

From the

50/50

Raffle at

the BBQ.

$ 2,287.50

Congrats

Sarah!

And the winner is . . .

December 4, 2017

Dec. 14th

Renowned Artist

William Mangum

30th Anniversary

Of Holiday Cards

Dec. 21st

No Meeting

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

Dec. 28th

No Meeting

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

Jan. 4th

Year in Review

2018 Predictions

Megan Ward

COMING

ATTRACTIONS

ROTARY CLUB of HIGH POINT

2017-2018 Officers, Boards, Committees President Tammy Childress

President Elect Jeff Fuller

Vice President Steve Ilderton

Secretary Kem Ellis

Treasurer Ken Esposito

Immediate Past President Stan Godwin

Executive Secretary David McCoy

Sergeant-At-Arms Amy West

District Liaison David McCoy

Membership Retention George White

Special Recognitions D. Shaw, K. McAllister, J. Anderson, J. Gentry

Family of Rotary Sharon Smith

New Comer's Committee George White

Blue Badge Administration George White

Football Pool Master David Pritchett

Rotary History David Wall

Birthday Cards Nancy Bowman

Membership Recruitment Wil Elder

Classification Monica Peters

Orientation Robert Hoskins

Attendance Kem Ellis

Social Events Wil Elder

Club Public Relations Mary Sizemore

Spokesman Newsletter Mark Pierce

Website Development Dave McCoy

Facebook Carol Hughes

Press Releases Kem Ellis

Club Administration Mark Pierce/ A. Maille

Anniversary Celebration Mark Pierce

District Conf. Contacts T. Childress/ J. Fuller

Youth Services Kai Robinson/ R. Kerr

Interact Wanda Stewart, Keith Curlee

RYLA Julie Muenzner

Local Scholarships Brian Bunch

School/Student Relations Greg Suire/Carol Hughes

Job Shadowing Wanda Stewart

Children's Christmas Party Jeff Fuller

Youth Service Chair John Curcio

Community Srvc Projects Joel Campbell

Literacy (Read-A-Thon) Mary Sizemore

Concern For The Elderly Steve Ilderton

Salvation Army Bell Ringing Leigh Anne Kasias

Service Projects Gene Williams

Fundraising Projects Jordan Lessard

BBQ & Auction Stan Godwin/ G. White

Poinsettia Sale Greg Suire

Golf Tournament Tyler Adamson

ACC Day Nancy Bowman

Allocations Joel Gentry

Foundation & Inter. Srv. Don Shaw

Polio Plus R. Ragan/ D. McCoy

District Grants Mark Pierce

Programs Tom Blount

MAKE UP OPPORTUNITIES Monday

Furnitureland - String & Splinter 12 noon Greensboro-Crescent-Realtor Assoc. 12:30 pm

Tuesday

GSO-Airport-Cardinal Club 7:00 am Asheboro—Pinewood C.C. 12 noon

Lexington—YMCA 12:15 pm

Guilford—Weir Jordan House 12:30 pm W-S Benton Convention Center 12:30 pm

Jamestown—Jamestown Town Hall 6:00 pm

Wednesday

Kernersville—First Christian Church 7:00 am

Archdale-Trinity Guil-Rand Fire Dept 12 noon Thomasville—Woman’s Club 12:05 pm

Asheboro—Randolph

AVS Catering Banquet Center 12 noon Greensboro-Coliseum Sp. EventsCtr 12:30 pm

Thursday

Greensboro-Gate City-O’Henry Hotel 7:00 am W-S Stratford—Forsyth C.C. 12:30 pm

Friday

GSO Summit-Starmount Forest CC 12:30 pm

ABSENCES FOR THE MEETING OF NOV. 30, 2017

Atkinson, J. Baker, Bencini, Broman-Fulks, R. Brown, Bulmer, Bunch, F. Clodfelter,

Conley, Curcio, Draelos, Faucette, Freeze, Godwin, Harman, Harris, Hoskins, K. Hughes,

B. Jackson, D. Jackson, Johnson, Maille, Miller, Morris, Muenzner, Nelson, Parrish,

Peters, Pritchett, Ragan, Smith, White, Youngblood (L)

MAKE UPS FOR THE MEETING OF Nov. 30, 2017

BBQ MEETING: White 6/21

ROTARY AFTER HOURS: Ragan 11/16

D. Jackson 11/16 MOBILE MEALS: Nelson 10/26

BOARD MEETING: Godwin 6/5

MEAL PACKAGING EVENT: Maille 10/7

Support The Concerts & Food

Drives That Our Club’s “Design to

Fight Hunger”

Promotes And You Support

the Local Salvation Army

DO YOU PRACTICE THE FOUR WAY TEST WHEN NO

ONE IS LOOKING?

Hayley Pierce is Student of the Month

Hayley with her parents, Frank and Lisa Pierce

Hayley Pierce with President Tammy Childress

Don Shaw shows off the Honor Cards

Tammy Gave Dave Some More Time at the End of the Meeting

Speaker Ken Morgan is Caught Talking Right to Dave. Ken Talked About the Duke/UNC Center of

Conflict and Resolution

Doyle Says, Come on Down . . . . To the Stadium Groundbreaking.

Gene Brought His Son With Him to Rotary Last Week.

Steve Offered an Invitation of His Own . . .to the Victory Junction

Camp Benefit Concert

Ken Morgan Was Passionate About the Rotary Peace Fellow Program.

Dave Introduced His Friend Ken

December 4, 2017

Send an Honor Card to a

friend or family member

this Season honoring

them with a gift to

Open Door Ministries

100% of Contributions

Support Outreach

Programs.

www.odm-hp.org