The Riptide - December 2, 2015 (Dec 07, 2015)

Holiday White Elephant Dinner

Nolan's

Dec 16, 2015
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Early Act First Knight Assembly

Rose Shaw Elementary School

Jan 14, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

This Beautiful logo was drawn for us by Joe McInnis.

Joe was a member of Southside Rotary many years ago.

He was in a wheelchair and had almost no use of his arms or hands.

He drew the boat with his mouth and teeth.

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Executives & Directors

President

Michelle Maresh-Fuehrer

President Elect

Nancy Foster

Vice President

David Walker

Board Secretary

Lari Young

Treasurer

Rod Vaughn

Foundation Chair

Joe High

Membership Chair

Michael O'Brien

Director

Joe High

Director

Scott Sutherland

Director

Julius Cavazos

Sergeant at Arms

Fred Hayden

Director

Richard Espinosa

Director

Kyle Fuehrer

Immediate Past President

John Owen

Executive Secretary

Erasmo Nava

Dec 09, 2015
Student Achievers and President Michelle
December Student Achievers & Club Recognition Program

Dec 16, 2015
Jim Moloney, Author
Presentation on Moloney's upcoming new book!

Dec 23, 2015
NO MEETING
NO MEETING

Dec 30, 2015
NO MEETING
NO MEETING

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"I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy." -Kahlil Gibram (1883-1931)

Having Fun While Changing Lives

We meet Wednesdays at 12:00 PM

Corpus Christi Country Club

6300 Everhart Rd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78413-2638
United States

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Meeting Information

Posted by Christine Udeani on Dec 06, 2015

Meeting Date: December 02, 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.]

(Unless indicated otherwise, all photos in this issue are

provided by GARY BLUM, DDS, MS)

CALL TO ORDER:

President Michelle Maresh-Fuehrer

INVOCATION:

Don Ratcliff

PLEDGE:

VP David Walker

INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS:

Rodney Eve

FOUR WAY TEST:

Tom Cron

50/50 RAFTFLE: Scott Sutherland

There was no 50/50 Raffle this week

MARKET WATCH: Pete Volpe

Pete Volpe delivered the market watch

news

VISITING ROTARIANS

Downtown Club

Leo Barerra

George E. Tanner

Lou Carter

Jake Moore

West Corpus Christi Rotary Club

Ed Reynolds

Kingsville Rotary Club

Alan Guggenheim

Bragging Bucks

BRAGGING BUCKS

(Pictured below: VP David Walker)

VP David Walker bragged about

his 40-year old son who just got

married.

(Pictured below: Don Ratcliff)

Don Ratcliff bragged everyone who

volunteered for the bell-ringing event,

on behalf of the Salvation Army which

will take place on December 12^th

(more details will follow).

Don was happy to have completely filled

up the volunteer form in one meeting.

(Pictured below: ADG Leo Barerra with

Ed Reynolds and Alan Guggenheim)

ADG Leo Barerra bragged that

PP John Owens was not at the

meeting. In reference to a friendly

feud between the two, Leo jokingly

said, "...There is a Christmas truce

in the making, but if he attacks, I will

attack back".

Recognitions, Announcements, Events and Activities

ANNOUNCEMENTS / EVENTS / SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

*****

Don Ratcliff announced that Southside CC Rotary

club will be participating at the Salvation Army

bell-ringing on December 12^th. Slots have already

been filled by volunteers and individual schedules

will be made available soon.

Any questions, contact Don at 361-779-5046

*****

Announced by Lari Young, there will be a "Secret Santa"

drawing for two tickets at the meeting next week. The tickets

are for the Home for the Holidays Concert

When: Saturday, December 12, 2015

Time: 7:30 PM

Location: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

The concert will feature Andres Franco (guest conductor),

Corpus Christi Chorale and Del Mar Master Chorus.

Please make sure to check your calendars to see

if you can attend, just incase you win the drawing.

*****

All Southside Rotarians, their spouses and friends are invited

to our 2015 Annual Holiday White Elephant Dinner.

When: Wednesday, December 16^th

Time: 6:30-8:00 pm

Location: Nolan's on Airline.

Please bring a wrapped gift valued at $20-25 for the white elephant

gift exchange. Dinner is dutch treat.

A sign-up sheet was circulated at an earlier meeting, but please feel

free to join even if you didn't sign up. Hope to see you all there!

*****

Ed Reynolds announced the West Corpus Christi Christmas party.

He said that participating in this event are the Portland, Southside and

evening clubs.

They will need to sell a total of 110 tickets, so please plan to attend, also

spouses and friends are welcome.

When: December 17^th, 2015

Where: Corpus Christi Country Club

Time: 6:30 - Cash bar

Donation: $35 - 50; or unwrapped gift for Toys for Tots

(one gift per couple). Ticket Cost: $55 per ticket.

Ed says the focus of the party will be strictly fellowship.

Also, the Marine Corp and a 2-man band will be in

attendance.

*****

There will be no meeting on Wednesday December 23^rd,

or December 30^th

*****

Dates for the EAFK Assemblies at Rose Shaw Special

Emphasis School for the rest of the school year are as

follows:

Thursday, January 14^th

Friday, February 19^th

Thursday, April 28^th

Monday, May 23^rd

*****

The club passed the hat for Rose Shaw Elementary

School again last week; the amount collected was

$68. On November 18^th, the club collected$148.

*****

The club is still collecting shoes for the Rio Grande Valley

children's shoe collection service project, to benefit a shelter

in McAllen. Please bring your donations to the next meeting

or contact or contact DGE Debbie High for further information.

*****

The club will be collecting items to benefit the Mother

Teresa Homeless shelter in Corpus Christi. Items will

be collected at the next club meeting by Christine Udeani

and DGE Debbie High. The last day for collecting items

will be on December 16^th.

Please consider donating the following items:
Paper plates
8oz Styrofoam cups
Paper Towels
Trash bags
General cleaning supplies (gentle)
Fabuloso
Ajax
Chlorox bleach
Clothing Items
Coats (all sizes)
Blankets
T-Shirts
Socks
Beanies
Gloves
Shoes sizes 9 – 11.5

(gently used clothes and shoes are acceptable)

*****

Meeting Program

Posted by Christine Udeani on Dec 07, 2015

(Pictured below: Dr. Jacob Moore, ophthalmologist

and special guest at South Side CC Rotary club meeting)

Introduced by Dr. Clem Struve, the week's special guest

was Dr. Jacob Moore. Dr. Moore is an ophthalmologist

specializing in cataract, laser and implant surgery.

Dr. Moore shared a new technology in the treatment of end

-stage macular degeneration, which involves implanting a

miniature telescope in the eye.

The implantable miniature telescope has been under develop-

ment since 2000, according to Dr. Moore. He also said that

it got its first approval from the FDA in 2010; and in 2013,

Medicare started approving payments for the procedure.

Dr. Moore also talked about conditions which could lead to

blindness; how to recognize these conditions as well as how

to prevent and treat them. The four conditions he identified

are cataracts, glaucoma, diabetes and macular degeneration.

(Pictured below: Dr. Moore holding Tacks Shelter)

For his presentation, Dr. Jacob Moore received a Tacks

Shelter from club President, Michelle Maresh-Fuehrer

(the Tacks Shelters are designed and made by club-member

Rodney Vaughn).

(Please submit all corrections, stories, announcements and any information

you wish to share with the club, to Christine Udeani. Email udeani@live.com.

All stories received after mid-night (CST) on Saturday will be published in

the next week's bulletin).

Member Birthdays

Traci Arellano

December 13

Henry Garrett

December 14

Richard Espinosa

December 17

Don Ratcliff

December 20

Paul Luehrs

December 29

Spouse Birthdays

Ben Rice

December 30

Anniversaries

Debbie High

Joe

December 27

Join Date

Tom Cron

December 1, 1981

34 years

Nancy Foster

December 15, 2010

5 years

Rod Eve

December 15, 2010

5 years

John Seaman

December 18, 2002

13 years