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Posted by Christine Udeani
on May 03, 2015
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Meeting Date: April 29th 2015 at 12:00 PM
[Rotary Club Invocation:
Thank you for agreeing to say the invocation for our Rotary Meeting. The Rotary Club of
Southside Corpus Christi includes persons of many different religions, beliefs and ideals,
and we aim to respect the religious beliefs of others, while remaining faithful to our own.
Please make your invocation a non-denominational, inclusive one that recognizes these
religious diversities and avoid references pertinent only to a particular set of religious beliefs.
Thank you for your cooperation and participation.]
CALL TO ORDER: President John Owen
(President John Owen. Picture courtesy: Gary Blum DDS, MS)
INVOCATION: Edd Price
(Edd Price. Picture Courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
PLEDGE: Mike O'Brien
(Mike O'Brien. Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS: Betty Frantum
(Betty Frantum. Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
FOUR WAY TEST: Suzanne Guggenheim
(Suzanne Guggenheim. Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
50/50 RAFFLE: Scott Sutherland
(Scott Sutherland. Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
Rod Vaughn had the winning card.
Card drawn was not a winner. Pot rolls over to next week.
(Pictured above - Rod Vaughn
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
MARKET WATCH: Pete Volpe
(Pete Volpe. Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
VISITING ROTARIANS
Lou CArter - Downtown Rotary Club
Leo Barrera - Downtown Rotary Club
Walter Deville - Rotary West
GUESTS
Sandra Greer - Guest of Michael O'Brien
Patricia Menzies - Guest of David Walker
David Klein - Guest of Elain Barnes
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BRAGGING BUCKS
(Pictured below, President John Owens.
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
President John Owens bragged about Scott Sutherland
and the rest of the Rotarians, who organized the Administrative
Professional Day Luncheon. He also commended Southside
Rotary Club for receiving a District 5930 Exemplary Recognition
Award. Finally, he announced that his grandchild, a boy, was
born on Tuesday!
(Pictured below, Marilyn Spencer.
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
Marilyn Spencer raved about winning the
University Faculty Award. She said that DGE Betty
Frantum had written a beautiful letter on her behalf
and, "I won!" she declared.
(Pictured below, Bridget Markwood
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
Bridget Markwood announced that her husband,
Christopher Markwood, was appointed President of
Columbus State University, in Columbus, Georgia.
As a result, the family will be relocating to Georgia in
June.
(Pictured below, DGE Betty Frantum.
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
DGE Betty Frantum bragged about the pictures
that were taken by Dr. Gary Blum, over the
District Conference weekend, and at the Administrative
Professionals Day Luncheon. The pictures were
displayed on last week's Riptide.
(Pictured below, Dyke Henderson.
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
Dyke Henderson said a big "Thank You" to all
the Ramp Champs for participating in the last Ramp project.
The list of volunteers are as follows:
Friday Night - Setup
Joe High, Richard Espinosa, Erasmo Nava, Dyke Henderson
and Rod Vaughn.
Saturday April 25th - Ramp Assembly
Erasmo Nava, Richard Espinosa, Anita Spreen, Douglas Gilbert, Samantha Geyer (New
Young Ramp Champ), Rod Vaughn, Edd Price, Amber Geyer (New Young RAMP Champ),
Steve Geyer, Ben Rice, Carrie Rice, Debbie High and Joe High.
(Pictured below, PP Suzanne Guggenheim.
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
PP Suzanne Guggenheim announced that two
Ramps were being build consecutively on Saturday
April 25th by the Ramp Champs of Southside Corpus
Christi Rotary Club, and the Ramp Champs of Kingsville
Rotary Club. According to Suzanne, both Ramps were
started and Completed the same time! She also said that
this is the second ramp being put up by the Kingsville team.
(Pictured below, DGN Debbie High.
Picture courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
DGN Debbie High had the following brags:
District Conference:
Kudos to -
Southside Rotarians and family members for attending
and for your assistance - Rotary Fun and Fellowship.
St. John Paul II Interact club who attended the Youth Track and for an
outstanding poster presentation for our afternoon breakfast session.
EAFK Knighting Ceremonies
PDG Don Ratcliff, Christine Udeani, LTG Youth Services Bridget Markwood,
and DGN Debbie High
EAFK Club Meeting
Richard Espinosa, PDG Don Ratcliff and DGN Debbie High
Shaw Elementary School Brag
$455 is being sent to Hands to Honduras (RC of Port Isabel) for EAFK
Club's first International Project. They are the first contributors covering 15%
of the expenses or installing a Chlorination System for the Pech Indian Village
of Moradel Honduras.
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Posted by Christine Udeani
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SHERIFF JIM KAELIN - "DID YOU KNOW?"
(Pictured below - Sheriff Jim Kaelin, courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
Language is how we communicate with each other.
language is how we express our thougths and
emotions, but just how many words are contained
in our languages?
*English has nearly 1 million words.
*German has about 185 thousand words.
*French has less than 100 thousand words.
As an American we sure have the upper hand when it comes to expressing ourselves on our
various national issues.
So with that said, did you know we also have more four letter words to help us express our
anger and frustrations without repeating ourselves?
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This week's classification talk was given by Kayla Stovall.
(Pictured below, Kayla Stovall. Picture Courtesy
Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
Kayla Stovall is the treasurer for the Rotaract club of Texas A&M University,
Corpus Christi (TAMUCC), and also the recipient of District 5930's International
Scholarship to Costa Rica. Kayla was sponsored by the Southside CC Rotary Club.
Kayla said she was introduced to the Rotary club through the RYLA camp, which
she had attended in high school, and has since been involved in Rotary activities.
She moved from Dallas to attend school at TAMUCC, and quickly joined the
Rotaract Club, where she became the club's treasurer, and the current VP nominee.
According to Kayla, the scholarship will allow here to participate in a fourteen day
program as a volunteer member of a Global Health Team, coordinated by the
International Service Learning (ISL) in Costa Rica.
As a volunteer, Kayla will be part of a health team that responds to the medical needs
of community members who have been identified and referred for assistance by ISL.
Kayla will work with other volunteers under the strict supervision of licensed medical
professionals and will get an opportunity not just to observe the process of diagnosing
and treating health conditions, but also will be involved in taking vital signs, filling
prescriptions, interviewing patients and performing basic triage.
Stovall thanked the Southside Rotary club members for their sponsorship, and said she
looked forward to sharing her experience with other Rotaract members in the future.
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Posted by Christine Udeani
on May 03, 2015
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(Below, images of Peter Davidson.
Photo Courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS)
Introduced by David Walker, the speaker of the day was Peter
Davidson, who is the Marina Director for Corpus Christi.
Davidson says that he has been in Corpus Christi for over 34 years. He
came here to sell boats, but transitioned into looking after the Marina when
the opportunity opened up.
According to Davidson, Corpus Christ Marina is named number two, of the
Top-ten Marina hot spots in the United States and attracts over 800 - 1000
boats a year.
The Marina hosts a lot of events including, the Harbor lights and illuminated
boat parade, Texas International Boat show, as well as World sailing events.
Davidson also stated that the Marina attracts a lot of renowned vessels including
the Buccaneer Pirate Ship. He stated further that the "Nina" a Columbus replica
ship, which docks in the Corpus Christi Bay is being restored.
"Corpus Christi has a beautiful waterfront, but we don't utilize it to the City's
advantage" says Davidson. "Other cities such as San Antonio had to build theirs!"
he mused.
Davidson informed the club members that the Marina was currently expanding.
According to him, they are working to replace a 34-year-old dock with a new dock
which will cost approximately$3.3 Million. As part of the effort to improve the Marina,
Davidson disclosed that the City has also improved boater's facilities with bathrooms
as well as sitting rooms, and offerings such amenities as televisions, free WiFi and
even blow-driers!
Currently, the Marina is home to three restaurants, Landry's, Harrison's and Joe's
Crab Shack.
Peter Davidson received a Four-Way-Test pin from President John Owen, on behalf of
the Southside Rotary Club, in appreciation for his presentation.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
An important message from President John Owen
"Southside Rotary's goal for giving to RI Annual Fund year is $11,500. Currently
we are short of our goal of $773. At the beginning of this year, I encouraged every
member to give something to the Annual Fund - It doesn't matter what you give as
long as you give. We now have 40 members (or two-thirds of our club) who have
given this year, which is fantastic. For those of you who have not given so far, I want
to ask you to give. You can use the attached forms to give directly to RI, or you can
write a check and give it to Erasmo, who will make sure your contribution is credited
to your account at RI. In any event, we are so close to making the goal; let's see if we
can achieve it. Please consider donating today!!
To make a donation, please go to the District Website here, or get in touch with Erasmo Nava.
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George Udeani Jr., is seeking support for TAMUCC's Rotaract Club club who are
working to raise money by selling a painting, donated to the Rotaract club by George
Lewis.
George Lewis (AKA the Waterman), has provided one of his paintings for as fund-raiser.
Lewis raises money for the Rotary Water Global Grants, and since 2006 has been
able to help over 1,350,000 people in 36 countries by providing clean drinking water,
through the sales of his paintings. You may view some of his work here.
The Rotaract Club of TAMUCC will be at the Southside Rotary weekly meetings to sell Raffle
tickets. The board has voted to support this fund raiser. Raffle Tickets may be purchased
for $20 / ticket.
The drawing date will be announced once made available.
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(Pictured below: Kayla Stoval, TAMUCC Rotaract
club treasurer, receiving the Stole and Cord for
graduating seniors, to be worn by Carolina Quintanilla,
on behalf of the Rotaract club.
Picture Courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS).
The Club has purchased stoles and cords for graduating seniors
from TAMUCC Rotaract Club. Carolina Quintanilla is the only
graduating senior that will wearing the Stole and Cord this year,
on behalf of the remaining graduating seniors of the Rotaract club.
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Early Act First Knight Final Ceremony
The Early Act First Knight. will have their final ceremony
on May 22nd from 8:30 - 9:00 AM, and from 9:15 to 10:00 AM.
It is important to have as many Rotarians in attendance as possible.
Please mark your calendars and come out to support this group.
The Superintendent has been in invited.
RECOGNITIONS:
(Pictured below: Ellison Crider, receives
a handshake from President John Owen
Picture Courtesy: Gary Blum, DDS, MS).
Ellison Crider was recognized for bringing
in a new member.
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As of Feb. 26, 2015 EarlyActFirstKnight (EAFK) Activities
We appreciate Southside Rotarian's support of EAFK (Spouses/Partners of Southside Rotarians
are also welcome)
All activities are at:
Rose Shaw Special Emphasis School
2920 Soledad Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78405
EAFK Club Meetings 7:20 am - 7:50 am
Tues May 12
Tues May 26 (Final meeting of the year)
EAFK Knighting Ceremonies
Friday. May 22nd (Final for this school year)
Pre-K - 2nd: 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
3rd - 5th: 9:15 a.m - 10:00 a.m.
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President, John Owens introduced the following members for the board officer slate - 2015/2016
President - Michelle Maresh-Fuehrer
President Elect - Nancy Foster
Vice President - David Walker
Executive Secretary - Erasmo Nava
Treasurer - Rod Vaughn
Sergeant at Arms - Fred Hayden
Board Secretary - Lari Young
New Director - Richard Espinosa
New Director - Kyle Fuehrer
Continuing Director - Joe High
Continuing Director - Julius Cavazos
Continuing Director - Scott Sutherland
Immediate Past President - John Owen
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