Thermal Breeze 9/14/09
LAST MEETING: August 31, 2009.
President Ann Crandall presided over the meeting that was
held at the Chamber of Commerce building in Lynn, NC
GUESTS OF THE CLUB:
Carol King, 7670 District Governor and guest speaker
Connie Backlund, Assistant District Governor.
Denise Britton, Brandon and sister, Nancy Britton, Dottie Burnett, Jean Scott, Burnett, Robyn Rosenberg,
August Birthdays:
20: Ed Kan
23: Artie Hamilton
COMING EVENTS:
Shrimpfest will be on September 19.
Our club will be giving out dictionaries to 3rd graders in
Landrum and Polk County once we find out how many students in the schools.
Our club will help build the privacy fence for Steps-To-Hope
before the leaves fall.
NEED A MAKE-UP? CHECK OUT THE CYBER CLUB.
Log in to the District Website at www.rotary7670.org and
click on "e-club One" of the listed web links at the left of the
screen. Do an "on line make up" and follow up with an e-mail
to the secretary for attendance record purposes.
August 31: Meeting Highlights:
The August 31 meeting was attended by 15 members at the Chamber of Commerce. Meeting was presided by President Ann Crandall, after a pot-luck dinner. Guests included Carol King, 7671 District Governor, Connie Backlund, 7670 District Assistant Governor, and Nancy and Denise Britton, Dottie Burnett, Robyn Rsoenberg, and Jean Scott. Our guest speaker Carol King was introduced by Club President Ann Crandall. Carol King presented the Rotary Star to Pete Crandall. Then she asked “Why Are We Here?” “Why Being A Rotarian?” She talked about RI President Jack Kenny, and Mia Farrow at the Rotary Convention in Birmingham, her touching story about being a polio victim herself and her dedication to the cause of eradicating polio and her other projects about Darfur region in Sudan. We were encouraged to read her story Septembers The Rotarian magazine.
Sgt. At Arms Highlights: Harry Burnett sold raffle tickets and collected happy dollars for Polio+, and sad, birthday dollars. The 50/50 raffle was won by Dottie Burnett.
AREA ROTARY CLUB MAKE-UP LOCATIONS:
Tuesday:
HENDERSONVILLE-FOUR SEASONS meets 7:00 a.m.at Dixie Diner-Laurel Park Hwy 64
HENDERSONVILLE meets 12:00 noon at Charlot Restaurant
ASHEVILLE-BREAKFAST meets 7:30 a.m. at Asheville Country Club
Wednesday:
ASHEVILLE-WEST meets 12:30 p.m.at Shoney's of Enka, 425 Smokey Park Highway
Thursday:
ASHEVILLE meets 12:30 p.m.at Renaissance Hotel
Tryon Rotary Club meets 12 noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church
Steve Rosenberg
