JASPER ROTARY CLUB
NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2003


LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Fellow Rotarians,

April has many events for the Jasper Rotarians. We have the visit by the Australian Group Study Exchange Team from April 3-6. We need everyone to participate in the hospitality for this group. Haig Wright will host a cookout on April 3rd. Gwaltney and Libbo McCollum are offering their lake house for Saturday. Many of you have opened your homes to the individual team members and several have planned our cookout, transportation and activities. Alec Grant, who heads the committee, has spent many hours planning all of this for our benefit. Please attend one of the functions with our special guests.

The Egg Hunt is around the corner. We will have a little for everyone. Trudie Seirafi is the chair for the event and will need our help. This is always a fun time for all who participate and a way to get to know your fellow Rotarians. We will have three charities which will benefit from this fundraiser - KID ONE Transport, ARC of Walker County and the Polio Plus program.

Hope to see you at one of these events and having a good time sharing our time and talents.

Yours in Service,

Linda Burns


SPEAKERS


April 1    Bob Woods, the new District Manager for Alabama Power. Introduced by Cliff Rhodes

April 8    Lee Hurley, publisher of Birmingham Portico and Executive Traveler. The Executive Traveler features suggestions and provides opportunities for businesses to involve their personnel in Team Building Activities and Professional Development away from the work-place. Introduced by Marthanne Brown.

April 15    Bert Bank, author of the book Back from the Living Dead will talk about his experiences and survival of the Battan Death March in the Phillipines during WWII and what America means to him. Introduced by Alec Grant.

April 22    Russell Jackson, Executive Director of Kid One Transport. Introduced by Carol Savage.

April 29    Business Meeting



ANNOUNCEMENTS

Board Meeting, April 14th at noon.

Donations - $1,000 to the ARC of Walker County during their fundraiser.

PolioPlus - The campaign has been completed and we were able to raise $2,500 in-house. We will raise the remaining $1,000 we pledged with proceeds from the Egg Hunt. The drawing for the trip was held last Tuesday and the winner is Karen Wesley. Thanks to David Wesley for taking on the PolioPlus project.

Easter Egg Hunt - April 19th at the old Airport. We will need everyone to participate by selling tickets, setting up, working during the hunt and donating prizes. Trudi Seirafi is the chairperson for this project. We are selling our 10 tickets for the cash prizes. If you haven’t received your tickets, pick them up at the weekly meeting.

Annual Banquet - May 8th at Musgrove Country Club. Marthanne Brown is chairing this event and more details will be available soon.

Membership - Jay Betts has been voted in as our newest member. Jay works at the Open MRI on Walston Bridge Road and was proposed by Walker Wilson. Linley Yerby, Branch Manager at Colonial Bank is in her 3rd week. She was proposed by Marthanne Brown and was formerly a member in Tuscaloosa.

GSE Team - Will be visiting Jasper April 3-7. We will welcome them with a cookout on April 3rd at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Haig Wright and entertain them with a day at the lake house of Gwaltney and Libbo McCollum on Saturday. Alec Grant is organizing the visit and will need help with housing, entertainment and visits with the group.

Scholarships - Applications for college scholarships were due by March 28th. Linda Lewis is the chair of the application process. We will now begin with the selection process and some of you may be asked to participate.

Billing statements have gone out - if you did not receive your statement, I will begin a list on April 1st. We’ve had Greg O’Rear, Walker Wilson, Pam Fikes, Anessa Wright and Tony Graham working to update the address listings in hopes of getting statements out to everyone.

Members responsible for programs in May are Max Judy - 6th; Connie Cooner Wells - 20th , Kyle Eaton - 27th.

Business Meeting - April 29th. Everyone should attend the April 29th meeting as we will be talking about plans for next year and we want everyone’s participation and opinion.




BIRTHDAYS                     ANNIVERSARIES
Jerry Lovett April 4              Joe and Bonnie Brown April 4
Pam Fikes April 20              Lou and Sheila Vick April 5
Pat Nelson April 21             Doug and Pam Pearson April 9
Allen Thomas April 22         Cheryl and Rick Allison April 16
Terry Smiley April 25          Bob and Kim Nolen April 19
                                          Frank and Barbara Cobb April 23                                                                                                                                                                  

                                          Mary and Mike Johnsey April 23

                                        George and Willine Mitnick April 30
                                        Greg and Mitsy Reed April 30
GUESTS
Linley Yerby

New Members - Jay Betts



Who Am I?

I am one of the newest members of the Rotary Club of Jasper. In my line of work I am constantly concerned with "image". I joined Rotary to help make a difference in the future of Jasper. My wife has "designs" on the future, "too". Who Am I?


If you know who I am please enter the drawing to win $25 given in your name to the Jasper Rotary Foundation. Put my name and yours on a strip of paper located in the back of the meeting room and drop it in the bowl. You have through the last meeting of the month to enter. A winner will be drawn the first meeting of each month. You must be present to win the drawing.