The Joint Rotary Council group photo on 2/23/99. Shown are
presidents of seven of the twelve Rotary clubs in Mecklenburg
County and the Council president.

(Left to right): Ronnie Pruett, Jon Hebert, Joe Morris, Beth Covington,
Phil Jurney, Matt Kern (Joint Rotary Council president), Lee Northcutt, and
Tom Walker.

Pruett is president of Charlotte Rotary Club; Hebert, of Top-of-the-Week;
Morris, of Dilworth; Covington, of North Mecklenburg; Jurney, of Charlotte
North; Northcutt, of Charlotte East; Walker, of Charlotte South.

Five presidents not shown in this photo are Mack King (Lake Norman-
Huntersville), Jack Shaw (Matthews-Mint Hill), Rodney Holtzmuller
(Mecklenburg South), Jon Reif (University City), and
Bill Milligan (Charlotte West).

2/23/99 group photo of presidents-elect of seven of the twelve
Rotary Clubs in Mecklenburg County.

(Left to right): David J. Cathcart, Worth Williamson, Sharon Simpson,
Jim Calder, Dee Mencer, Tom Schick, and Jon Hall.

Cathcart is president-elect of Top-of-the-Week Rotary Club;
Williamson, of Charlotte Rotary Club; Simpson, of North Mecklenburg;
Calder, of Charlotte East; Mencer, of Lake Norman-Huntersville; Schick,
of Charlotte West; and Jon Hall, of University City.

Five presidents-elect not shown in the above photo are: Jim Scott
(Dilworth), Linda Gallehugh (Matthews-Mint Hill), Michael Miller (South
Mecklenburg), Fred Culbreth (Charlotte North), and Bill Belk (Charlotte
South).

Jon Reif (left) and Ronnie Pruett (right) chat at the Joint Rotary Meeting on 2/23/99. Reif is president of University City Rotary Club. He arrived after the group photo of presidents was taken today. Pruett is president of Charlotte Rotary Club.

(Left to right): Jon Reif, Tom Schick, and Jon Hebert at the head table on 2/23/99. Reif is president of University City Rotary Club; Schick is president-elect of Charlotte West; and Hebert is president of Top-of-the-Week.

(Left to right): Tom Walker, Ken Harris, and Phil Kirk on 2/23/99. Walker is president of Charlotte South Rotary Club. Harris, former Mayor of Charlotte and a member and former president of Charlotte Rotary Club during 1995-1996, introduced our luncheon speaker Phil Kirk.

Joe Morris (left) and Beth Covington (right) enjoy the Annual Joint Meeting on 2/23/99. Morris is president of Dilworth Rotary Club. Covington is president of North Mecklenburg Rotary Club.

(Left to right): Mack King, Phil Jurney, and Rodney Holtzmuller on 2/23/99. King is president of Lake Norman-Huntersville Rotary Club. Jurney is president of Charlotte North Rotary Club. Holtzmuller is president of Mecklenburg South Rotary Club.

Ralston M. Pound, Jr. (left) and Ed Pickard (right) on 2/23/99 at the Annual Joint Rotary Meeting. Both are members of Charlotte Rotary Club. Pound joined Charlotte Rotary in 1948, is a Paul Harris Fellow, and is the Club's current member with the longest perfect attendance: over 48 years. Pickard joined Charlotte Rotary in 1947 and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

(Left to right): Ronnie Pruett, Dr. Cynthia Johnston, and Scott Wilson on 2/23/99. Pruett is president of Charlotte Rotary Club. Johnston, a member of Charlotte Rotary, heads the Adult Literacy Program at Central Piedmont Community College and appeared in the Literacy video which was shown during the Annual Joint Meeting today. Wilson, a native North Carolinian and linguist who has studied and worked in Europe, is a practicing architect and teaches architecture at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

(Left to right):  Dr. E. K. Fretwell, Dr. Cynthia Johnston, and Dr. Eric Smith on 2/23/99. All are members of Charlotte Rotary Club. Fretwell, who was president of Charlotte Rotary during 1994-1995, is a former Chancellor of University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Johnston heads the Adult Literacy Program at Central Piedmont Community College and appeared in the Literacy video which was shown during the Annual Joint Meeting today. Smith is Superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

Ronnie Pruett (left) and Phil Kirk (right) chat in front of the flag after the annual Joint Rotary Meeting on 2/23/99. Click here for full text of Mr. Kirk' speech.

(Left to right) Jon Hebert, Paris L. "Butch" Martin and Clyde Horstmann on 2/23/99. Hebert is president of Top-of-the-Week Rotary Club. Martin is District Governor Elect of Rotary District 7680 and a member of Matthews-Mint Hill Rotary Club. Horstmann, a member of Dilworth Rotary Club, is that club's World Community Service avenue chair and is also Dilworth Foundation chair.

(Left to right) Ronnie Pruett and Dr. Maynard "Frosty" Rich on 2/23/99.  Pruett is president of Charlotte Rotary Club. Rich is District Governor, Rotary District 7680 which comprises 42 Rotary Clubs in south central North Carolina.

Irv Dix (left) and Carol Smith (right) at the Annual Joint Rotary Meeting on 2/23/99. Both are members of the Lake Norman-Huntersville Rotary Club.

(Left to right): Jim Scott and Dan Samborn. Scott is president-elect of Dilworth Rotary Cluband serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Joint Rotary Council.

(Left to right): Michael Sachsenmaier, Dr. Dirk Lindenbeck, and Terry A. Edwards on 2/23/99. Edwards is a Lt. Governor of Rotary District 7680. Sachsenmaier is an exchange student from Schechingen in southwestern Germany. He studies at Aalen, Germany.

(Left to right): Scott Wilson, Phil Kirk, Dr. Cynthia Johnston,
Kenneth R. Harris, and Dr. Eric Smith on 2/23/99.  Kirk, who is
Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education,
was luncheon speaker for the Annual Joint Meeting of the 12 Rotary
Clubs in Mecklenburg County. He was introduced by Harris,
former Mayor of Charlotte and former president of Charlotte
Rotary Club who has also served as a Chairman of the North Carolina
State Board of Education. Johnston, director of the adult
literacy programs at Central Piedmont Community College, appeared
in the literacy video shown during today's luncheon. Smith
is Superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools