Alan Barnhardt (Outdoorsman, par excellence) and Charlotte Rotary president Worth Williamson (Edmiston Investing Consulting Group) may be talking about the six visitors coming to Charlotte from Peru in November.   Hosts are needed to provide our visitors with friendly and comfortable living conditions and some good meals for the two nights they're here. Any Rotary member interested, please give Worth a call.

Our speaker, Mike Almond (newly named honcho of Carolinas Partnership)  and our Rotary member who introduced our program - Ed Kizer (UNCC) - are old and good friends, proving once again that quality finds quality.

Mac McCarley (City Attorney/Charlotte) left us astonished and delighted with his Health & Happiness report.  Which one of us will break it to his sweet daughter that Mac brought up that story about her braces and other developments once again???

Gayle Smith (The Charlotte Observer) and George Wilson (BB&T McPhail Bray) sat at the head table and took the opportunity catch each other up on our Rotary Youth Services Committee and the Literacy Committee.

Bill Poe (Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein) and former Parker, Poe... partner Mike Almond remain close friends following Mike's recent move to Carolinas Partnership.  Good men may be hard to find but here are two of the best in this photo.

E.K. Fretwell (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) welcomes our fabulous speaker Mike Almond who has served on the school's Board of Directors for many years, inclusive of his term as Chairman.

Ed Kizer, Luther Moore (Belk Store Services) and Mike Almond discuss regionalism --- all three have share the vision ...

Dwight Thomas and a visitor pose for our "ace photographer" - Bert Voswinkel, Sr.

Don Haack, greets Charlotte Rotary visitors Lez Bromfield, Jan Ronquest and Ron Ronquest from Durban, South Africa.  Don's business requires him to spend considerable time in that beautiful, far-away country where the world's most beautiful diamonds are mined.

Don Haack (Donald Haack Diamonds) and Immediate Past President/Charlotte Rotary Ronnie Pruett (Ronnie A. Pruett, Attorney) spend time prior to the start of the meeting socializing with our membership.

Attorney Felicia Washington and Edgar Love (Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman) may have been discussing Edgar's commitment to the Tuckaseegee Park project.

Phil Van Hoy (Van Hoy, Reutlinger & Taylor) and Alan Barnhardt  are two of Charlotte Rotary's most dedicated members and can always be counted on to be actively involved in numerous Rotary projects.

Erv Jackson, Dr. Eugene Kozhevnikov and Judge Chase Saunders (Dozier, Miller, Pollard &  Murphy) may have been discussing WFAE General Manager Roger Sarow's News Update including his up-to-the-minute weather projections for Hurricane Floyd and the threat to Charlotte and points southeast.

Annamarie Phillips (Manchester Partners International) and Pete Larson (a 30-year Rotarian) represent one of our most recent members and one of our most enduring and active members. 

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