JASPER ROTARY CLUB
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 2002
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
December is our month to give back to the community by our talents, our time and
our resources.
One of our special groups is the foster children of our county. We partner with
the Crescent Junior Study Club to provide gifts for the teenagers. The Daily
Mountain Eagle Shoe Fund is another worthy cause that our fundraising efforts go
to assist. With the natural disaster the county just experienced, our
contribution is very necessary. The motivation of our service is the
satisfaction that we receive knowing that our community has benefitted.
On an international level, the Polio Plus Campaign will be a project that all
Rotarians can participate in and globally make a difference. A healthy life free
of disease is a blessing many of us take for granted.
I want to wish all of our members and their families a Merry Holiday Season and
hope all of us enjoy time with family and friends.
Yours in Service
Linda Burns
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Induction of new members will be December 3rd. We will induct Carol Savage, John
Greene, Eva Ovitt, J.C. Poe and David Patton, all of which participated in
orientation on November 19th.
Gun Raffle tickets are being sold and the drawing will be held December 10th. Be
sure to see Joe Brown for tickets. A Ruger .270 Stainless Steel Rifle and a
Remington Express 12 GA. 3" Shotgun will be given away. This is one of our
smaller, but very important, fundraisers.
Board Meeting - December 9th at noon.
Officers: The names of officers for the 2003 - 2004 year will be turned in by
December 31, 2002. Any one interested in being an officer or learning more about
the roles of the officer positions should contact Linda Burns at 221-0667 or Pam
Fikes at 221-2576. We are seeking a President Elect and a Secretary/Treasurer
for the 2003-04 year. Pam Fikes will be President.
Salvation Army Bell Ringers: The sign up list will be circulating at the next
meeting. Sign up to ring the bell in 2 hour shifts. We will ring at the
Garfield’s entrance to the mall on December 10, 11 and 12th. Funds are needed
for disaster relief. Contact Cliff Rhodes for more information.
Donations this month include $1000 to the Crescent Junior Study Club and $1000
to the DME Shoe Fund.
Football picks end with the December 3rd drawing.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: www.jasperrotary.org
Members responsible for speakers in January: Doyce Briscoe - January 7; Terry
Smiley - January 14; Al McAdams - January 21; Jim Pritchett - January 28.
SPEAKERS FOR DECEMBER
December 3 Special agent Tim Kinard from the FBI in Birmingham
who will update us on terrorism in the United States, introduced by Gerson May.
December 10 Speaker introduced by Allen Thomas.
December 17 James Stroud, W.A.K.M. Accounting Firm in
Birmingham, introduced by Trudie Seirafi.
See website for speaker updates.
No meeting on December 24 or 31.
BIRTHDAYS
ANNIVERSARIES
Zac Lollar December 1
Torrie and Kerry Grelle December 4
Clyde Carter December 6
Terry and LuAnne Redmill December 4
Doyce Briscoe December 11 Tom and Caroline
Ward December 9
Anessa Wright December 12 Greg and Rachel
Williams December 16
Linda Lewis December 15
Richard and Dee Dee Fikes December 20
George Mitnick December 17 Jerry and Betty Lovett
December 27
Greg O’Rear December 17 Don and
Janis Kilgore December 30
GUESTS
Dianne Greene
Who Am I ?
I have served as a municipal prosecutor, public defender, magistrate and aide to
a U.S. senator. I am married and have three children. I am also a published
author as well as a church lay speaker.
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.
The answer for November - Tony Graham