President Don opened the July 25, 2000, meeting by recognizing Don Carmichael to introduce guests and visiting Rotarians. There were a number of guests, including three members' spouses and five visiting Rotarians from local clubs.
     Tom Hutchins celebrated his birthday by providing the Health and Happiness report. Tom reported that Mary Rinehart was in Presbyterian Hospital recovering from an automobile accident and Jerry Grohowski is receiving chemotherapy at Presbyterian Hospital. Both would appreciate being remembered. Tom then followed with 15 "simple" instructions for giving a cat a pill (example: "bandage the scratches, if necessary, and retrieve the cat from the top of the cabinet; replace the pill with a new one from the foil package, . . .") and one instruction for giving a dog a pill ("Wrap the pill in bacon and be careful to keep your fingers out of the way").
     President Don led the pledge of allegiance to the flag and Chuck Lineberry honored President Don and Past President Worth by leading the group in a rendition of "Three Blind Mice." Leon Jorgensen provided a brief and poignant invocation.
     Tom Robertson introduced Jeff Triplett as our newest member. Jeff has had an impressive career with Duke Energy and is presently an assistant treasurer at Duke Energy. Jeff's avocation is officiating in the National Football League, where he is one of the youngest referees. The referee is the senior member and leader of an officiating crew. Tom indicated that one of Jeff's assignments as a new member would be to attempt to control President Don, whereupon Jeff promptly gave notice that he would take his responsibility as a Rotary member seriously by throwing a yellow flag on President Don. However, in an unusual move, Jeff assessed the penalty against the crowd by leaving President Don in the game. We understand that Jeff will be watching and will have his "hankie" handy. Welcome, Jeff.
     Donald Haack, with the assistance of Jim Boniface, introduced the largest single group of new Paul Harris Fellows ever for our club, including our 300th Paul Harris Fellow. The eleven new Paul Harris fellows included: Fred Parker, Bill Meanor (3rd-level), Lamar Thomas (5th-level), Tom O'Brien (2nd-level), Theresa Evans, Fred Lowrance (4th-level), Don Steger (2nd-level), Bill (3rd-level) and Harriet (2nd-level) Barnhardt, and Tom (3rd-level) and Norma (2nd-level) Burgess. What an impressive show of the caring and generosity of these members.
     President Don announced that the new rosters are available for those who have not picked one up and that replacement pages are available for those who received rosters with missing pages. Please see Claire. President Don recognized Lt. Governor of District 7680, David Hodgkins, and presented him with a Rotary travel alarm clock. The head table included President Don, Lt. Governor David, Glenn Clinefelter, Leon Jorgensen, Bob Reid, and Jeannie Falknor, who introduced our guest speaker.
     Our guest speaker was Dana Rader, Director of Golf at Ballantyne Resort and Country Club and proprietor of the Dana Rader School of Golf. Jeannie introduced Dana as a "golf missionary" and reported that Dana's golf school enrolls over 10,000 students per year. Jeannie read a number of honors that Dana has received as a golf pro and teacher, including being listed in the Top 100 golf teachers in the nation by Golf Magazine.
     Dana began her remarks by taking note that this was THE Rotary Club, whereupon President Don began a brief spontaneous celebration with Lt. Governor David that had Jeff Triplett reaching for his flag. After the commotion subsided, Dana continued and related to the group the spiritual rebirth that she had experienced about six years ago. At that point Dana was the golf pro at Raintree Country Club and felt that she had grown about as much as she could there; she still wanted more, but she didn't want to leave Charlotte.
     On one particular Sunday she was drawn to the golf range, where she felt the presence of the Lord telling her to stay there three more years. At that point, Dana turned her life over to Jesus Christ to show her where to go with her life. One day, sometime after that, a Rotarian wanted to enroll in a class of her golf school that was already full. He was so insistent that he got one of his neighbors to drop out of the class so that he could have her spot in the class. Later that Rotarian introduced Dana to Smokey Bissell. Following her meeting with Smokey Bissell, Dana moved her golf school to Ballantyne and became the director of golf at Ballantyne.
     Dana believes it is the responsibility of every golf pro to develop the game of golf and to develop individual golfers. Dana says this is done through the pro's teaching. She related how it is hard work and dedication along with the smallest instructions from his teacher that are making Tiger Woods the golfing sensation that we are seeing today. Dana says that she believes in young people, but is concerned about whether they have the work ethic necessary to achieve success, much less greatness. Dana says that the number one difference between high handicappers and low handicappers is the discipline of proper and correct practice. She said that the National Foundation of Golf has reported that over the last 20 years the average handicaps have stayed the same, despite an explosion in technology and the availability of instructional resources. This is because 68 percent of golfers use golf tips that they have gotten from golf magazines or friends. Only 32 percent get regular and consistent instruction from a good instructor. Those 32 percent tend to be the lower handicappers. Dana says that all the fancy, high-tech golf equipment available today can only give you 50 percent of a good game of golf. The rest is in what you do with the equipment and particularly how disciplined you are in your practice.
     Dana also recognized Ade Shefte as her first golf student as a young pro at Myers Park Country Club. Dana remembered the confidence it gave her when Ade told her she was a good teacher.

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New Member

HERBERT  KLEIN

DyStar L. P.
9844-A Southern Pine Blvd. (28273)
704-561-3001
FAX 704-561-3005

     In 1995 Herb returned to Charlotte to become President/CEO of DyStar's North American operations when BAYER and HOECHST merged their textile colorants interests in this new joint venture. DyStar Group is the world's largest producer of dyestuffs for the textile industry. Herb has been an active member of numerous national and international industry associations, holding offices in ETAD (Ecological, Toxicological Association of Dyestuff Manufacturers) and CPMA (Colored Pigments Manufacturers Association). He is active in many community organizations. Herb has recently been elected to head the Charlotte World Trade Association, and he is an incoming member of the council of advisors for the Academy of German-American Business Studies at Pfeiffer University. He serves on the Charlotte Chamber's Board of Advisors, and is a past chair of the Chamber's Export Advisory Council.

     Welcome to Charlotte Rotary, Herb.

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