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ORIENTAL ROTARY CLUB NEWSLETTER

(03/13/17 MEETING)

CLUB #6172, DISTRICT #7720

PO BOX 205 – ORIENTAL, NC 28571

Website: www.orientalrotary.org

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MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017 4-WAY TEST: “OF THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY, OR DO:”

1. IS IT THE TRUTH?

2. IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED?

3. WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL AND BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4. WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED?”

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PROGRAMS:

03/20—HeartWorks—Summer

Program—Rod Lee and

Katherine Hudson

03/27—“Our State” Editor,

Elizabeth Hudson

04/03—Board Meeting

04/03—Business Meeting

04/10—Dr. Nelson,

Dermatologist

04/17—Pre-Boat Show Planning

04/24—Post-Boat Show

Reflection

05/01—Board Meeting

05/01—Business Meeting

05/08—Larry Summers—

Abandoned Boats

05/15—ECU Women’s

Basketball Coach Heather

Macy

The Queen lives: 50 cards.

History (continued): 2007 - NFL owners voted to make instant replay a permanent officiating tool. 2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal

Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing is Christians celebrating Easter.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: March 27 is the 86th day of the year

(87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days

remaining until the end of the year. 1794 – The United States

Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the

building of six frigates. 1841 - The first steam fire engine was tested

in New York City. 1860 - The corkscrew was patented by M.L.

Byrn. 1871 – The first international rugby football match, when

Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place. 1884 - The

first long-distance telephone call was made from Boston to New

York. 1886 – Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army,

ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. 1912 - The first cherry

blossom trees were planted in Washington, DC. The trees were a gift

from Japan. 1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease

ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she

would remain for the rest of her life. 1964 – The Good Friday

earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at

a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and

inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. 1976 -

Washington, DC, opened its subway system. 1977 - The worst air

crash in history occurs in Tenerife, Spain. 583 people died when 2

Boeing 747 aircraft collided on the runway. 1980 – Silver Thursday: A

steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting

to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity

and futures exchanges.

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March 20, 2017 MEETING SUMMARY

The meeting was called to order by President Tony Santore. Song

leader, Jim Berry, led the Club in singing the “When Irish Eyes are

Smiling.” The Pledge of Allegiance followed, led by Pappy Khouri; the

Four Way Test led by Charles Skinner; and a thoughtful invocation led

by President Tony. Evening Program Host, Jim Ragan, introduced

HeartWorks presenters, Katherine Hudson and Rod Lee, who along

with the tent team, led the chow line. Post dinner President Tony then

recognized Jack Mason, who told a story about his wife leaving her

purse in a restaurant, going back and finding it still there, but without

her wallet. However, said wallet showed up as a package delivery just

today, less $12 cash but with all credit cards and ID materials, just as

he was about to cancel the last credit card. Good story, Jack.

Jim Ragan then presented

Katherine Hudson and Rod Lee

from HeartWorks. Mr. Lee began

by thanking this Rotary Club for all

its support to HeartWorks, shared a

brief biography, integrated with

the origin of HeartWorks and how

his wife, Dr. Sue Lee, saw things

and needs in Pamlico County she

had never seen before and then

they started HeartWorks. The county had

one social worker, prompting them to

seek and receive a grant, providing a

LCSW in each school in the county. He

described each of the four primary

programs of HeartWorks: 1) Still Waters to

help traumatized children; 2) The free

after school program, funded by a

federal grant, from 3-6 pm each school

day, serving 150 children and with a

waiting list; 3) The seven week summer

program from 7am-6pm five days a

week and partnering with Camp Don

Lee for activities, including swimming

after learning that 80% of county children

did not know how to swim; and 4) Safe

Start, a developmental day care

program for up to 20 children. The Lees’

and all the HeartWorks staff seek to “love

the children to wellness.”

Katherine Hudson, Director of Volunteers, also thanked this Rotary Club for all its support, listing the

fence around the septic area, covers over playground areas, painted parking lot lines, and the

ongoing need for math tutors. Ms. Hudson stated that over 400 children are served each year at

HeartWorks. She shared a thank you poster from some of the children at HeartWorks.

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Meeting Summary continued)

Rod and Katherine, thanks for your fine presentation, and for all you, all the staff, and all the

volunteers at HeartWorks do for Pamlico County.

Paul Olson then presented a brief video about the upcoming District Conference at Atlantic

Beach Doubletree Hilton, April 28-29, inviting attendance by Club members. President Tony

confirmed with Larry Gracie that the deadline for CARTS is April 30 and reminded the Club that the

next program is presented by Elizabeth Hudson, Editor, “Our State” magazine.

The Queen lives—50 cards. *************************

ROTARIAN PHOTO OF THE WEEK

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MARCH BIRTHDAYS

3-JOHN ALISON

3-JAMES ROSS

5-CHARLES SKINNER

13- LARRY GRACIE

17-CARL MONELL

27-WILLIAM WICHROWSKI

28-PAPPY KHOURI

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MEMBERSHIP AND DATE OF JOINING

Midyette* 7/59 George Steenson* 3/09

Tom Caroon* 5/75 Wyatt Cutler* 3/10

Jack Mason* 6/75 Ed Yodlowski* 2/11

Jim Ragan* 6/75 Tom Stone * 8/11

Paul Miller* 10/95 Florence Giro* 8/11

Dan Giro* 8/11

Bill Manger* 2/12

Sally Belangia* 10/97

Jim Berry* 7/98 John Allison* 10/12

Joe Valinoti* 2/99 Pappy Khouri* 6/12

Doug Carmichael* 6/99 John Barlow 3/14

Sherill Styron* 1/02 Tony Santore* 8/14

Paul Olson* 1/03 Charles Stackhouse* 9/14

John Mitchell* 7/04

Sam Myers* 6/05 Larry Gracie* 2/15

Tim Fowler* 2/06 Bill Wheeler* 2/15

Charles Skinner* 10/06 Branson Dunn 4/15

Chris Mathewson* 8/07 Dave DeSalvo 5/16

Marc Kaplan* 9/07 Rob Murena 5/16

Warren Funk* 12/07 Jan Elisabeth Mosca 9/16

Carl Monell* 2/09 Jim Ross 10/16

Debora Steenson* 3/09 Anne Marie Wichrowski 12/16

+ In memory Of Bill Wichrowski 01/17

*Paul Harris Fellow

Excused Absence (EA)

2016-2017 OFFICERS and BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Tony Santore Public Relations: Branson Dunn President-elect: George Steenson Community Service: Dan Giro Secretary John Barlow Foundation: Tim Fowler Treasurer: Bill Manger International Service: Pappy Khouri Sergeant-at-Arms Wyatt Cutler Youth Services: Larry Gracie Club Service: Debora Steenson Membership: Jim Berry

Past President: Ed Yodlowski

The Week Magazine Contest Results:

An online obituary in which a family described the deceased as a selfish,

“abusive” man whose life served no “obvious purpose” recently went viral. If an

entrepreneur were to start a company that provided brutally honest obituaries

and eulogies, what would it be called?

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Contest (continued)

THE WINNER: Screweulogies, Douglas McCormick, New York City

SECOND PLACE: R.I.P. Him to Shreds, Peter Smith, Los Angeles

THIRD PLACE: The Final Roasting Place, Bruce Curley, Browerville, MN

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FROM SALLY:

FCB in Oriental is having a Shred Day on Friday, April 7th from 11-2. We will be

serving hotdogs.

FCB is having a FRAUD Seminar on Wednesday, April 26th 8AM at

Brantley’s. Please RSVP 249-1462.

Sally T. Belangia

Vice-President/Financial Services Manager/First Citizens Bank/409 Broad

St/Oriental, NC 28571/NMLS#:664868

252.249.1462 phone/ 252.249.0302 fax/Customer Service 1.888.FC DIRECT/

sally.belangia@firstcitizens.com

Quotables

“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re

underused.”

Actor Tommy Lee Jones, quoted in the Lakeland, FL Ledger and The Week

“All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking

children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Erma Bombeck, quoted in Investor’s Business Daily and The Week

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FREE TAX PREPARATION AVAILABLE (This is what Alice Petree

presented in her program.) Please help spread the word.

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A MESSAGE FROM SALLY BELANGIA--SUBJECT: VOLUNTEERS

Good Morning,

As we start gearing up in earnest for Cycle NC April 27-30, I’d like to ask for assistance in spreading the word to

gather volunteers. We really don’t need much. The coordinating committee has been working hard with Ragan

Williams to make things happen and have been very successful. Participation from everyday citizens is limited to this

one request and just generally remembering that Tourism is a big deal for us. We have always been noted for our

gracious hospitality. I receive those emails and notes regularly about how helpful everyone is to our visitors.

In addition to just “being Oriental” I need to ask for 33 citizens (locals with the “inside scoop”) to man information

tent at Lou Mac Park in shifts to simply answer questions and point folks to the places they are looking for and the

resources they need. We’ll have tables full of information to give out, but we need YOU, the citizens, to be able to

tell folks about the genre of music at “X”, the best seafood (in your humble opinion), where to get great burgers,

where I can find someone to sell me a doohickey to fix this on my bike handle, where to find the next dose of

Claritin, where to replace the shorts I just split open, where to rent a kayak for the afternoon, etc.

We’ll gather the materials, erect the tent, and provide your material, I need to leverage your knowledge of the area

to help our guests get to what they need.

The shifts: Red numbers indicate reduced need due to signups!

Thursday, April 27-

10AM-2PM (2), 2PM-6PM (2)

Friday, April 28-

7AM-11AM (2), 11AM-2PM (3), 2PM-5PM (4)

Saturday, April 29-

8AM-12PM (3), 12PM-3PM (2), 2:30-5:30PM (3)

Sunday, April 30-

8AM-12 PM (2), 12PM-3PM (2)

Email me if you are interested in a shift, and when you want it along with a phone number for you.

Bring a book and a lawn chair, enjoy Lou Mac Park! Numbers in parenthesis is how many folks we need at each

shift. Of course, if there is no demand, we can certainly go down to the numbers needed, but the early end is truly

important to this event being successful.

I’ll be contacting businesses and services for gathering that information to be disseminated. Instead of giving bags,

we’ll just have this one dissemination point for those who want to pick and choose what they’d like to do. If you are

a committee chair, please forward to your committee. Feel free to forward to those who may be interested in

assisting, and also to anyone who may be interested in giving their information brochures, special flyers, etc. to the

event for distribution.

We’ll be gathering from this point forward. Please remember that we will have 1400-1500 participants- send enough

to give to a majority of participants. Previously, those giving information were required to give 1500 of each. Maybe

not EACH participant will be interested, but a majority will. We ask that information be given in a bundle of

1000. The more people walk through your door, the better your business will be that weekend. Please consider

specials for the weekend, especially for participants in the ride.

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Talked to Tom yesterday and his entire condotel was booked within a half hour of announcement of the event. This

is a huge opportunity for us to shine. Help us help you to be successful that weekend.

As usual, any questions, please just email me directly,

Thanks for all you do,

D.

Diane H. Miller, MPA

Town Manager

Town of Oriental, NC

507 Church St PO Box 472

Oriental, NC 28571

Ph: 252.249.0555

manager@townoforiental.com

www.townoforiental.com

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IF YOU MUST…request an excused absence (EA) or resign, then please submit the EA request or

resignation in writing and give it to Secretary John Barlow; or mail it to the club at PO Box 205, Oriental NC

28571. If a member resigns and the information is not received by the Secretary, then the club must continue to

pay the member dues to the District, RI, and the cost of The Rotarian magazine. Treasurer Bill sends a letter or

email to you, the member, confirming the excused absence or resignation and notifies you of any outstanding

balance. Excused absences may be approved for up to one year before reconsideration. If you are in need of an

extended medical absence, then consideration will be given on a case by case basis.