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President's
Message
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.
Thanks to Scott King for hosting the presentation on this
year’s Bloomin’ Barbeque and Bluegrass festival. Please make
plans to attend and support our city if you can! Amanda mentioned
the video on YouTube…here is the link
Sereta Pratt will have our program this week.
Tickets are on sale for our luau. They are $25 each.
Please remember to promote this event among your friends and business
associates. The luau is only 2 ½ weeks away, so we need to try
and sell as many tickets as we can!
For
those of you who were not at last week’s meeting, I announced that
Grant was in the hospital and had been diagnosed with colon cancer.
He had surgery on Friday, and the tumor was removed. The surgeon
says it is malignant melanoma, but will know more when the pathology
report comes back. As of Sunday evening, Grant has all the tubes
out and is walking a little. Please keep him in your thoughts and
prayers. He is room 133 at Ft. Sanders Sevier.
See you on Tuesday.
Monte
Monday,
May 05, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope your week is going well so far.
Thanks to Ron Newcomb for his program last week. Scott King
will have our program tomorrow. The
date of the Luau has been changed from Saturday, May 31 to Friday, May
30. David’s daughter is having a recital on Saturday. He
wasn’t going to tell us, but we found out and want to be sure he can
attend!!!
Lauren will have tickets for sale tomorrow. Please remember
to be rounding up your auction items.
See you on Tuesday.
Monte
Monday, April 28, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope that your
week is going well so far.
I want to thank David Ratliff
for filling us in on the District Conference. I was also proud to
be able to present Muriel Higgins with the Excellence Award for her hard
work on the well water project!
Ron Newcomb will have our
program this week. Please
remember to mark your calendar for May 31, the day of our Spring
Fundraiser. Please provide an item for the silent auction that
"describes" your vocation.
See
you Tuesday.
Monte
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope that you
had a great weekend.
I want to say thanks to Mike
Brown, who filled in for Patrick Harrell, who was filling in for me!
Unfortunately, Patrick was delayed in court and didn't want to be held
in contempt. Thanks
also to Muriel Higgins for hosting Charles Maynard...I heard great
things about the program. This week's program will be hosted by
Robin Waters. I
am very excited to pass along that Jeff and Emily Pettis are the proud
parents of a new baby daughter! Morgan Elizabeth was born on
Wednesday, and weighed in at 7lb 12.5 oz and is 19.5 inches long.
Both mom and daughter are doing great. Congratulations Jeff and
Emily!!! Remember
that our Spring fundraiser party will be on May 31. As David has
mentioned, please provide an auction item that is "desciptive"
of your vocation. Follow this link
to David's online album of the Luaus
See
you Tuesday.
Monte
Monday, April 14, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope you had a
great weekend.
My internet is finally working again!
Thanks
to RJ Nelkin for his program last week. We always enjoy his
informative presentations. This week's program will be hosted by
Muriel Higgins. District Assembly
will be May 17 in Cookeville. Let me know if you would like
additional details. Please mark your calendars for Saturday,
May 31. This will be the date of our spring fundraiser. More
details to follow soon.
I will be out of town tomorrow on a trip that came up on short notice.
Patrick will be filling in...have a great week!
Monte
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope you had a
good weekend.
Thanks to Don Myers and the program featuring David Clinton last week.
It is always interesting to learn about issues that affect our
community. The
board met last week, and Patrick presented some of his ideas for next
year. He went to PETS in Nashville this weekend, so he is getting
in gear! Let's give him all the support he needs as he begins his
year as president. Speaking
of Patrick, he will have the program this week.
See
you Tuesday.
Monte
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope that you
all had a great Easter holiday.
I want to say thanks to Patrick
Harrell for filling in for me last week. Thanks again to everyone
who helped with the dictionary project. They were able to round up
enough dictionaries for the children who did not originally receive
them. Good job!
If
you have anything in mind that you could bring for Patrick Harrell to
take to PETS training as a silent auction item, please bring it on
Tuesday. He needs to bring a small gift to be sold at the district
conference. Rick
Harrell will have our program this week.
See you on Tuesday.
Monte
Monday, March 10, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope you are
having a great day. Thanks
to Patrick Harrell for standing in for me last week. We
are in need of a speaker for tomorrow...if you can line-up a speaker on
short notice or would like to speak, please let me know ASAP.
(Just wanted to let everyone know that Madeline will host Corey Johns
with Economic Development tomorrow. Thanks for the responses!) We
will be taking up a donation tomorrow to complete the dictionary
project. Unfortunately, not quite enough dictionaries were
ordered, and some kids did not receive one. Thanks to all the
folks who helped out last week!
The
water project will kick-off on Monday March 24, at 9:15. The hq
will be at Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic. If you can help,
please let Muriel know.
Have a good day...see you
tomorrow.
Monte
Monday, February 25,
2008
Good morning everyone.
How 'bout them Vols?!
I want to say thanks to Sue
Dempersmier and Lauren Ogle for coming out and helping with the Sunrise
club at the soccer fields. We will need some more volunteers to
distribute dictionaries on Wednesday. Plan on meeting at the
Genealogy Annex on Court Avenue on Wednesday morning. I believe
the time is 9AM, but I will know for sure by the time of our meeting on
Tuesday. Let me encourage you to volunteer if you can. I
know everyone is busy, but our turnout for the workday on Saturday was
pretty light, considering the Sunrise club had about a dozen members
there. Marian Oates will
have our program on Tuesday. We will be meeting in the City
Council room to the left of our usual meeting room; there is an event
taking place that needs our room.
Have a great day...see you
tomorrow.
Monte
Sunday,
February 17, 2008
Happy President’s Day! I hope everyone had a great
weekend.
As a reminder, we will be working on
the soccer fields at the Children’s Home on this Saturday (February
23). This Saturday is also World Rotary Day. The work day
begins at 9:00 AM. This Tuesday will be our club assembly…please
make plans to attend. If you have anything that you would like to
discuss on Tuesday, please let me know.
Monte
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Hello everyone, I hope you had a
great weekend.
I want to say thanks to Lyle
Overbay for hosting such a great program last week. Learning
about the Orbit Village Project was a moving program. Cyndy Waters
is truly a great ambassador and personifies "service above
self". The board voted to adopt the Zawadi project that Cyndy
discussed as an international project. Please bring gifts
mentioned in the flyer she passed out: t-shirts, socks, underwear,
dolls, Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars, stuffed animals, Legos, candy, and
religious tracts. She will be leaving for Kanya on 2/23, so we
will plan on collecting these items for the next two meetings.
Lynn McClurg will have our
program on Tuesday...see you then.
Monte
Monday, January 28, 2008
Hello, everyone. I hope
your week is going well.
Tomorrow's program will be
hosted by Lyle Overbay, and next week's will be hosted by Lynn McClurg.
Board members, please remember that we will have a meeting after the
club meeting.
See you Tuesday!
Monte
Monday, January 21,
2008
Hello everyone,
I hope you are having a great week and that you are enjoying this
refreshing weather. I
want to say thanks to Dave Gorden for hosting Barry Gibbs last week.
I thought his presentation was interesting and informative.
I will be out tomorrow,
so thanks in advance goes to Patrick Harrell for filling in.
Please see the letter below from Seymour Rotary President Bill Fry.
See you next week.
Monte
Hello to all,
Hope everyone is staying warm. This is to let all of you know
that the Seymour breakfast club will host a meet the candidates get
together on January 30th at 6 pm. We have asked all the candidates
to come and talk about their stance on issues. We will offer door
prizes. Please let your clubs know about this. We are
allowing make-ups if they stay for the whole hour. We are not
endorsing any of the candidates. Just a way to let the community
hear and talk with the candidates.
Thanks,
Bill
Thursday, January 03,
2008
Happy New Year!
I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and New Year's.
Thanks again to Lynn
McClurg for her hard work in making the Douglas Cooperative Christmas
party another success. I think it is safe to say that everyone had
a great time. In case you missed the email, Jim Sandelier has
posted some pictures on the website.
I will be out the next two
weeks, so Patrick (hopefully!) will be filling in for me. Our
program on January 8 will be hosted by Ken Wade.
I hope that everyone had a great
2007 and that 2008 is even better!
Monte
Sunday, December 16,
2007
Hello everyone, I hope you had a
great weekend.
As reminder, this week's meeting
will be at Douglas Cooperative, which is behind the Sevier County Rescue
Squad. Please try your best to attend, as this is one of the best
meetings of the year. If you cannot make it, please email Lynn
McClurg at lmcclurg@sevierville.org so
she can have an accurate count of attendees.
See you Tuesday!
Monte
Sunday, December 09,
2007
Hello everyone, don't forget
that this week's program will be Bob Kesling, the Voice of the Vols.
Bob will discuss UT football and basketball this season. He is a
very entertaining speaker, so bring a guest if you have the opportunity!
Remember that our program
on December 18 will be our annual Christmas party at Douglas
Cooperative. This is one of the best programs of the year, so
please make plans to attend.
See you Tuesday.
Monte
Sunday, December 02,
2007
Hello everyone, I hope that
you are recovering from the Vols' tough loss on Saturday.
Thanks to Jana ThomaSson
for hosting musicians from Country Tonight Theater. We really
enjoyed the Christmas music. This week's program will be Judge
Gary Wade, a Sevier County native and Tennessee Supreme Court Justice.
Please remember to
continue gathering items for our program at Douglas Cooperative on
December 18. We will be at the Civic Center for the 12/4 meeting.
See you Tuesday.
Monte
Monday, November 26,
2007
Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend.
Don't forget that this week's meeting will be held at First
United Methodist Church in Sevierville. You can park in the lot on
Cedar Street and enter the door to the right of the sanctuary entrance.
Jana Thomasson will have this week's program. Keep in mind
the following upcoming programs:
Tuesday, December 4--Gary Wade, TN Supreme Court Justice (and Ken's
brother)
Tuesday, December 11--Bob Kesling, Voice of the Vols
See you Tuesday.
Monte
Sunday, November 18,
2007
I hope everyone had a
great weekend and that you are all gearing-up for Thanksgiving!
Thanks to Patrick Harrell for filling in for me on Tuesday. I
will be out again this week, but will be at all the meetings through the
end of the year after that.
Jim Sandelier has our
program this week. Please make plans to be there.
On Tuesday November 27,
we will meet at the First United Methodist Church. The board has
discussed the possibility of moving to another venue for about a
year...the Civic Center has been a good place to meet, but the large
size of the room and stringent contract required by the Civic Center
have led the board to feel another meeting place is in order. The
Church has been very accommodating and the board feels the meeting space
available will meet our needs for years to come. After the meeting
on the 29th, we will hold a club-wide vote to determine if we will move.
To find the meeting room: enter
the church on the right-hand Cedar Street entrance (this is the entrance
to the right of the sanctuary). The meeting room will be on your
left. There is a large parking lot across the street from the
church on Cedar Street.
I hope everyone has a
great Thanksgiving and that we can all take some time this week to
reflect on the things in our lives we can be thankful for.
Monte
Friday, November 09,
2007
Hello everyone...
I want to say thanks to George
Seaton and Dale Allen for the fascinating program on the Iraqi judicial
system. Judge Bell was a great speaker and his account of his time
in Iraq was very interesting.
John Black will have our
program on Tuesday. He will have a presentation of photographs
from the national park. I will be out this week and Patrick will be filling in for me.
Have a great week!
Monte
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Hello all...I hope you are adjusting to the time change. I
for one missed the memo! I want to say thanks to
Patrick Harrell for filling in for me last week. Please remember
to collect items for Douglas Cooperative. Lynn McClurg is our
point person this year. This week's program will be hosted by
George Seaton and will feature an East Tennessee judge who has helped in
some of the governmental rebuilding in Iraq. Please remember these
programs:
Tuesday, December 4--Gary Wade, TN Supreme Court Justice (and Ken's
brother)
Tuesday, December 11--Bob Kesling, Voice of the Vols
Tuesday, December 18--Douglas Coop Christmas Party
See you Tuesday.
Monte
Sunday, October 28,
2007
Hello everyone,
I want to say thanks to Emily
Whaley for the great program last week. The Thunder Drums were
amazing and very entertaining.
Jim Sandelier has been
working diligently on our website. If you have anything that you
can contribute, please forward it to him. Check it out:
http://www.seviervillerotary.org/
Attached to this email is a list
of items needed by Douglas Cooperative. Lynn McClurg is heading-up
our project this year; let's make this project a great success again!
Gary Roach has this week's
program. He will be out, but David Ratliff will fill in for him.
I will be out this week, and Patrick will be filling in.
Have a great week!
Monte
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Hello everyone,
I hope you had a great weekend. Thanks to Emily Kile and Chet
Ramsey for last week's great program. Emily Whaley has this week's
program, which I believe will be the Great China Acrobats.
Please remember the following
dates:
Tuesday, December 4--Gary Wade,
TN Supreme Court Justice (and Ken's brother)
Tuesday, December 11--Bob
Kesling, Voice of the Vols
Have a great Monday...see you
Tuesday.
Monte
Monday, October 15, 2007
Hello Rotarians,
I am sorry that this week's message is a little late. Thanks to
Bill Carroll for hosting Bruce Pearl last week! We really
enjoyed the program. I also
want to say thanks to Madeline Radel for her help with organizing our
meal. This week's program will be hosted by Emily Kile.
Please make plans to attend. Jim
Sandelier has graciously volunteered to manage our website...thanks Jim!
Board members, we will have a short meeting after our regular
club meeting on Tuesday.
See you Tuesday.
Monte
Sunday, October 07,
2007
Hello all,
I hope that you had a great weekend. How 'bout them Vols!!!
What a great game on Saturday!
Don't forget that
UT Men's Basketball head coach Bruce Pearl will be here
this Tuesday. Please make your best effort to come; we want to
have a great turnout from our members. Keep in mind that the other
clubs in the county will be joining us, so show up early to get a good
seat!
Have a great Columbus
Day. See you Tuesday.
Monte
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Good evening/morning,
I hope that everyone had a
great weekend.
I hear that Jimmy Hyams put on a
great program last week...I'm sorry that I missed it, but I want to say
thanks to Patrick Harrell for filling in last week.
This week's program will
be arranged by Don Myers (unfortunately he will be unable to
attend). Lt. Ken Gardner from the Sevierville Police Department
will speak on general homeland security issues. Below is a bio:
Lt. Ken Garner is a 12 year veteran of the Sevierville Police
Department, currently assigned as the city Homeland Security Officer. He
is a 27 year U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard veteran as
well. He acts as the city EMA officer (disaster preparedness,
community relations, training, etc.). He is the supervisor of the
MIDWATCH or Special Projects team. He and his wife Kimberly have a
home in Kodak.
We have some issues with
our website that we need a volunteer to help with. Larry Miller
did a great job with our website, but since he left the club it has not
been maintained. If you are familiar with website
design/maintenance, we NEED your help!!!
Please remember the following
dates:
Tuesday, October 9 or 16
(TBD)--Bruce Pearl, UT Men's Basketball Coach
Tuesday, December 4--Gary Wade,
TN Supreme Court Justice (and Ken's brother)
Tuesday, December 11--Bob
Kesling, Voice of the Vols
See you Tuesday.
Monte
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