Jim Himes Dates to Remember

Weekly Update of the Greensboro Rotary Club
www.greensbororotary.org
March 17, 2014
Luck O’ the Irish Edition!
This Week at Rotary…
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Jim Himes
President and General Manager
FOX 8 WGHP
President and General Manager Jim Himes
comes to the Piedmont Triad with over twenty
years’ experience in broadcast television. For
the past six years, Jim was Station Manager and
Director of Sales at WREG-TV in Memphis.
The television business has taken Jim to
Hollywood, Lancaster and Columbus, with a
start in State College, Pennsylvania, where he
grew up.
Jim went to Randolph Macon College in
Ashland Virginia, graduating with a degree in
Political Science.
Dates to Remember
Dates in blue are regular Rotary meetings.
March
18Reception for New Members, Prospective
New Members, and Sponsors at President
Freddy’s home
19 Board of Directors Meeting, 11:30AM
19Jim Himes, President and General Manager,
FOX 8 WGHP
20Shadow Day and Luncheon at Koury
Convention Center, Mayor Nancy
Vaughan, Keynote Speaker
26Amy Seals, Internal Revenue Service,
“The IRS: An Inside View”
April
2 Lee Kinard
9 Board of Directors Meeting, 11:30AM
9“Mo” Greene, Superintendent,
Guilford County Schools
16 Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan
23Fellowship Day and Gala, Greensboro
Country Club
30Tom Ross. Please note location change
for this meeting. We will meet at the
Alumni Center at a&t.
May
2-4District 7690 Convention, Grove Park Inn,
Asheville, NC
7 Tom Haggai
14Mark Brazil and Bobby Long,
“The Wyndham Championship”
21Caleb Miles, Pinehurst Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Fellowship Day and Gala
Set for April 23 –
Mark That Calendar!
A highlight of our social year, Fellowship
Day and the Gala will be held a bit earlier than
usual this year – on Wednesday, April 23.
We will again hold the events at the Greensboro
Country Club Irving Park location. Event
plans and arrangements are being made by a
committee headed by Patrick Theismann and
E.O. Ferrell. Working with them are
Raffle – Marlene Sanford, Jim Smith
Silent Auction – Rob Kantlehner,
Chair; Lisa Thompson; Shirley Spears; Matt
Logan and Adrian Smith.
Your enthusiastic and generous participa­
tion in the raffle and silent auction bring
important benefits to our club and to the
community. Proceeds from these events
underwrite club operations and our contribu­
tions to worthwhile projects both here in
Greensboro and internationally. You may also
make direct, tax-deductible contributions to
the Rotary Club of Greensboro Foundation.
This is our only fundraising program, so please
PARTICIPATE!
Information about Fellowship Day and Gala
plans will be sent to you shortly, so keep an
eye on the mail!
Items Needed for Silent Auction!
From sports memorabilia to beautiful
pillows for your sofa, from free professional
help to a relaxing beach or mountain weekend,
from a day at the spa to a day fishing…there
are lots of opportunities to donate an item or
service to the Fellowship Day Silent Auction.
Please contact Robert Kantlehner at
robert.kantlehner@bradyservices.com or at
336-709-9638 for more information and to
make a donation. Thanks!
Save Some of That
“Luck O’ the Irish” and
Win One of Our Great
Raffle Prizes!
• E
xotic Barcelona for 2!
Five nights at Condes de Barcelona,
round-trip air, tours and more!
• Wonderful Westglow Resort
& Spa for 2! Two nights and days, meals,
spa service and amenities.
• Fine Jewelry! Gift certificate for
$1,500 at Schiffman’s Jewelers.
• Contribution of $1,500 to your
favorite charity!
• C ash ($1,000) to spend as you choose.
Membership Development
Reception Set for March 18
Our Rotary Club will be hosting a reception
for new members, prospective members, AND
sponsors on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at the
home of Freddy and Susan Robinson. Their
address is 4506 Kenbridge Drive (27410).
This will be a great opportunity for each of
you to “schmooze” and learn more about your
fellow Rotarians.
Also, please take this opportunity to invite
anyone that you would like to introduce to
Rotary as a prospective member.
The reception will have plenty of food and
beverages. Time is from 5:30-7:30PM. Feel free
to come during as little or as much of that time
as you can.
PLEASE RSVP IMMEDIATELY by
accessing this link: http://www.empliant.com/
survey/FEECC1B95-144F-2090-6C8F/
D-Day 70th Anniversary Honor Trip
Rotary District 7690 is sponsoring a D-Day Honor trip to the National D-Day Memorial (www.dday.org)
in Bedford, VA for the ceremonies commemorating the 70th Anniversary of that singular event in our history.
The staff at the memorial are expecting over 10,000 people at the event and we would like to identify veterans
who participated in the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 and, if space allows, any veteran of World War II.
Individuals who wish to participate as “Guardians” may also apply.
This event is organized on the model of the extremely successful Flight of Honor program with individual
Rotary clubs contributing $100 per veteran they sponsor.
Identifying D-Day veterans is most important so if you are, or know of, anyone who is a D-Day
veteran, please let them know about this opportunity. The application period ends on April 15 and veteran
and guardian applications are available at www.ddayhonor.com.
Additional information about the project can be found at www.ddayhonor.com or by contacting Jeff Sims
at 336-706-0194 or jeffsims1@gmail.com.
~ ~ ~ Coming Events! ~ ~ ~
Shadow Day
Thursday, March 20
To host a student
for the morning
at your workplace,
contact
Lori Haddock
Greensboro Rotary
Club Fellowship Day
April 23
Greensboro Country Club
Golf, Tennis, Silent Auction,
Dinner, and Raffle
District Conference
May 2 – 4
Grove Park Inn and Spa,
Asheville, NC
Early registration ends
March 15.
Donate a door prize
for the Conference!
Interclub Golf
Event
May 20
Format:
Texas Scramble,
Cost - $65
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Family of Rotary
Please let Trip Brown or Pat Soenksen
know of any Rotarian or Rotarian family news,
illnesses, special needs, etc.
You can reach Trip at 541-5500 /
tripbrown@bipinc.com and
Pat at 621-2500 / psoenksen@hospicegso.org.
Newsletter Deadlines
Want/need to get information in our newsletter?
Deadlines are one week before publication,
i.e., the deadline for the March 24 issue
is Monday, March 17.
Send information to Betsy Farmer,
newsletter editor, at FarmCons@aol.com /
fax: 370-9007 / telephone: 333-9086.
Birthday Congratulations
March 17 – Vickie Kilimanjaro
March 18 – Tom Wright
March 19 – S hirley Spears
Lisa Crawford
Ross Harris
March 20 – M
ary Copeland
Steve Billings
Ralph Paris
March 22 – Seth Macon
March 23 – Lory Kelley
Membership Anniversaries
(Date Joined)
March 17, 1976 – Clyde Hunt, Jr.
March 19, 1980 – L
acy Baynes
Charles Lowdermilk
March 20, 1985 – Charlie Hassell
March 21, 2001 – B
urney Jennings
Greg Sardzinski
March 22, 2000 – Marion Hubbard
Makeup Meetings
You can conveniently make up attendance at any of these nearby clubs:
DaytimePlace
Monday 12:00pm Furnitureland – String & Splinter Club
*12:30pmCrescent – Greensboro Regional Realtors
Association Building, 23 Oak Branch Drive
Tuesday
* 7:00am Airport Rotary – Cardinal Country Club
12:00pm Triad – String & Splinter Club, High Point
12:15pm Alamance – Ramada Inn, Burlington
12:15pm Lexington – YMCA
12:15pm Eden – Meadow Greens Country Club
*12:30pm Guilford – Starmount Country Club
12:30pm Winston-Salem – Benton Convention Center
6:00pm Jamestown – Jamestown United Methodist Church
* 6:30pm Southern Guilford New Generation – Taste of Thai
Wednesday
7:00am Kernersville – First Christian Church, 1130 N. Main St.
* 7:30am East Greensboro – Bennett College
12:00pm Randolph (Asheboro) – AVS Banquet Center
12:05pm Thomasville – Women’s Club
*12:30pm Greensboro – Coliseum, The Terrace
Thursday
* 7:00am Gate City – O. Henry Hotel
12:00pm High Point – High Point Country Club
12:30pm Winston-Salem Stratford – Forsyth Country Club
6:30pm Liberty – Reitzel Center
Friday 7:15am Oak Hollow – Tex and Shirley’s (High Point)
12:00pm Asheboro – AVS Banquet Center
*12:30pm Summit – Starmount Country Club
12:30pmWinston-Salem Reynolda – Winston Room
of LJVM Coliseum
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* Reciprocity on meals
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THE DISTRICT DIRECTORY
http://www.rotary7690.org/7690-District-Directory.shtm
NEW MEMBER APPLICATION
http://www.rotary7690.org/Forms/Membership-254en.pdf
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Be sure to visit the District 7690 website at http://www.Rotary7690.org.
Rotary Club
of Greensboro
meets at 12:30PM on Wednesdays
in The Terrace at the Coliseum
Freddy Robinson, President
Anne Fragola, Executive Secretary
afragola@greensbororotary.org
292-4806
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FarmCons@aol.com
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annehurd@greensboroday.org
D. J. O’Brien, Web Publisher
Walter Faison, Photographer
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