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2008
Youth Merit Awards
By George MacBain
 Today
we had the pleasure of hosting the Charlotte Rotary Club
Merit Award recipients for 2008 introduced by Club
members Arch McIntosh of Charlotte Latin and Tyler Ream
of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. This is truly a "feel
good" program our Club began years ago in an effort to
recognize local high school seniors attending
Independent and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. Each area
high school, with the assistance of the principal and
guidance counselors, selects one senior that best
represents their school with excellent academic
achievement and lives the Rotary discipline "Service
Above Self". This year's 22 recipients will receive from
the Club $500 each payable to the college they will
attend next fall.
We should be most proud of these young people coming out
of our high schools in Charlotte based on their many
accomplishments. The recipients include the following:
Charlotte Catholic
Charlotte Christian
Charlotte Country Day
Charlotte Latin
Providence Day
Ardrey Kell
Phillip O. Berry
David W. Butler
East Mecklenburg
Garinger
Harding University |
Michaeline
Stephanie Mayne
Christy Munson
Hannah Barry
Anna Zimmer
Richard M. Dobberstein
Tranashea Hyman
Brittani Nicole Hunter
Chelsea Morgan
Amber Simmons
Justin Perry |
Nichols Hopewell
Independence
Myers Park
North Mecklenburg
Northwest School of the Arts
Providence
South Mecklenburg
Zebulon B. Vance
E. E. Waddell
West Charlotte
West Mecklenburg |
Shannon Spain
Imani H. Parks
Katherine Shintay
Elizabeth Puckett
Maddie Howard
Rebecca Farmer
Michelle Murray
Briana Johnson
Zachary Athans
Jacquia Randson
Sharonda N. Alexander |
Head Table:
Ellen Stahlsmith, Vernon Anderson, David Zimmerman, Arch
McIntosh, Tyler Ream, Doug Bean, Marilynn Bowler;
Visitors & Guests: Roger Sarow; Health &
Happiness: John Tabor; Invocation: Ken Poe; Song: Gregg
Walker; Piano: Thomas Moore |
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Thanks to David Norman
for making the Roster photo updates so easy;
Harley Dickson shot
a hole-in-one last week while playing golf at the State
Park in Cheraw; David Barnhardt
was recognized by WBT as a Hometown Hero for his
outstanding contributions to the real estate industry
and quality of life in the community;
Carlos Sanchez,
co-chair of the Chamber's annual funds drive, was
cheered at last week's celebratory luncheon;
Michael Elder
welcomed a crowd of 700+ to the outstanding Cornerstone
Celebration Awards luncheon; In case you missed it in
last week's newsletter, Pam
Syfert has been named the 2008 Wachovia Women
In Business Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Pam will
serve as the keynote speaker at the July 17 event.
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2008-2009 Committee
Assignments will be finalized this week.
Several committees do not have the volunteers needed, so
expect to be drafted.
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4th Quarter Invoices
are due. If you need another copy of your invoice,
contact the Rotary office. Payments must be closed out
by June 9.
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Carol Jordan
received notification from Rotary International that the
literacy project completed last year for St. Xavier's
School Godavari will be featured in the July issue of
The Rotarian Magazine.
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Henry Cantrell
introduced the club's newest Rotarian,
John Cantrell. John
is a former president of Charlotte Top-of-the-Week and
is president of H.B. Cantrell and Company. Contact John
at
jcantrell@carolina.rr.com. Welcome! |
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 Patrick
M. Gray (Pat)
Prevoyance Group (Consultant, IT Services)
4182 Birkshire Hts, Ft. Mill, SC 29708
803-412-4446
pgray@prevoyancegroup.com
Patrick Gray is the founder and President of the
Prevoyance Group, located outside Charlotte, NC.
Prevoyance Group focuses on providing Strategic IT
consulting, which combines applied strategy and process
improvement to ensure large IT organizations achieve
dramatic returns from their IT investment.
Pat graduated from Boston College with a triple major
from the Carroll School of Management. After spending
his youth "anchored" to the East Coast of the United
States, Pat's consulting career has allowed him to work
in and explore the rest of the US and much of Europe.
His recent work has focused on international projects,
and he has led implementations for foreign subsidiaries
of several US companies. He frequently speaks for large
audiences during client engagements, and once had the
opportunity to speak at a former Royal Manor House near
Windsor Castle.
Pat has a Six Sigma Black Belt certificate from
Villanova University and is a member of the Project
Management Institute. He has published several articles
and has been quoted numerous times in major publications
such as the New York Times, CIO India, InfoWorld
and Business 2.0. He also publishes a monthly
column on CIOUpdate.com and is looking forward to the
publication of his first book: Breakthrough IT:
Supercharging Organizational Growth Through Technology. |
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Attendance Record |
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Wedding Anniversaries |
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Birthdays & Birthplaces |
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5/20/08 |
5/22/07 |
| visitors &
guests |
51 |
15 |
| club members |
155 |
165 |
| total
attendance |
206 |
170 |
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27 Sandra and
Luther Moore
28 Karen and Doug Bean
28 Jessica and Devin Dupree
29 Ann and Gregg Walker
29 Claire and Brent Trexler
30 Deanna and Craig Simpson
01 Gina and Rick Jackson
01 Salina and Don Millen
01 Beth and Don Steger
02 Julie and John Stedman
02 Shannon and Trip Young |
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27 Dean Jones,
Canton, OH
29 Leigh Derby, High Point, NC
29 Smith Foushee, Durham, NC
29 John Galles, Chicago, IL
30 Bill Anderson, Pittsburgh, PA
30 Craig Simpson, New Brunswick, NJ
01 Chris Ogbonna, Sierra Leone |
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Visitors on 5/20/08: Tim Hausmann, Nina
Stowers, John Cantrell, Randall Hoose, Tripp Gabriel,
Astrid Chirinos, Leroy Mayne, Jessica Graham, Alan
Turner, Hugh Lewis
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New Members: n/a
Resignations: Worth Williamson
Roaming Rotarians: n/a
Support The Rotary Foundation -
$100 Every Rotarian, Every Year
Go to
www.ourfoundation.org to read The Rotary
Foundation's newsletter
Rotary Club of Charlotte
-- 841 Baxter Street -- Suite 118 -- Charlotte
28202 |
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