Member Awards 2004 Linda Burns presents Pam Fikes with Paul Harris Fellow   Pam Fikes receives appreciation plaque for year of service as President.   Members with perfect attendance for the year.  Bill Ashenfelter, Clyde McSpadden, Cliff Rhodes, Jim Pritchett, Keith Lewis.   Board members receiving certificates of appreciation for the year of service.   New president, Tony Sparks, sworn in by Judge Larry Lapkovitch.   Club Paul Harris Fellows recognized:  Max Perdue, Doyce Briscoe, Alec Grant, Jerald Sherer, Brack O'Rear, Jerry Lovett, Pam Fikes, Cliff Rhodes, Fred May, Linda Burns, Larry Lapkovitch, Haig Wright.  The Club currently has 25 Paul Harris Fellow recipients.

Easter Egg Hunt   (2004) The Annual Rotary Egg Hunt, held April 10th, netted about $7,600 for local and international charities:  the PolioPlus Campaign and Kid One Transport.  Thanks to all Rotarians who helped with the Hunt as well as the Pinnacle Bank employees who helped and all those who came out and supported the event.  It was a beautiful day and we had a great crowd.

2003/04 Interact Club Members with sponsor Coach Mike Elliott and Rotary Liaison Walker Wilson     Rotary Bbq to benefit the Jasper Area Family Service Center

The cooks   The assemblers   Who's in the kitchen?

Rotary Begins Third Year for Reading Program in Jasper City School System  (2004) The Jasper Rotary Club started its Rotary Reading Program on September 11, 2001 at West Jasper Elementary School. Rotarians go to the school and spend about 30 minutes to an hour listening to students read each week.  The program runs from September to May. "We have adopted the elementary schools in the Jasper City School System and will be supporting their reading programs", said Dr. Philip Westbrook, Rotarian and assistant superintendent for Jasper City Schools.  Rotary International wants the local clubs to participate in literacy initiatives.  This year, the program was conducted in first grade.  Rotarians visited the schools on Tuesdays and Thursday, for a total of 62 sessions, with 41 Rotarians participating.  All the Rotarians enjoyed the experience and the teachers and students were very appreciative.

Rotary Hosts WTC Counselor at Weekly Meeting   (2002) On Tuesday, January 15, a guest speaker related his first-hand experience of counseling survivors of the September 11 attacks in New York. Kevin Burns, who is with the Indian Rivers Mental Health Center in Tuscaloosa, is a volunteer mental health specialist with the American Red Cross. Burns said as a volunteer, he had several jobs, one of which was counseling the victims who lived in Battery Park City, which is the residential area adjacent to the World Trade Center. Burns' first hand accounts of the devastation of the city had the Jasper Rotarians spell-bound.

Rotary Provides Leadership Opportunities to Local Students  (2002)
Jasper Rotary sent five Interact Club members from Walker High School to participate in RYLA February 21 - 24. RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards training, was held at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery. There were 80 students total and they were taken through leadership training much like the air force officers experience and were also allowed to experience Project X, which teaches teamwork and critical thinking skills. The students who experienced RYLA 2002 are Krystle Dreher, Nicole LaCoste, Karen Delnasheen, Amy Fikes and Lauren Webster (kneeling).

Rotary Donates Clock to the Community

Rotary Club of Jasper raised more than $25,000 to purchase and place a 17 foot, four-sided Turn of the Century Timepiece on the corner of Courthouse Square in downtown Jasper. The clock was dedicated to the City of Jasper and the people of the community at a ceremony on December 31, 2001.