Looking Forward...

Our new Logo and Theme for 2011 to 2012. Colorful, yes?

Newport has an Interact Club!

Our club is sponsoring an Interact Club for our young people at Newport Middle School. Kathryn Lowery, who is a gifted teacher at NMS and also at Newport Elementary School is the Club's advisor.
The club will be working at the upcoming Pig Cookin' Contest, helping the elementary school as well as helping their sponsor Rotary Club with car parking.
Everyone was invited to participate in a special meeting held at our Rotary Building on Tuesday, April 5. The Interact Club went through a brief training, were inducted as members and officers, and shared in some social time and refreshments with our Rotary members. Their charter arrived from Rotary International and is displayed in our Rotary building for all to see. 

Since Rotary International recently lowered the age limit for Interact membership, we are very proud to be one of the first Rotary Clubs with a newly formed Interact Club in a Middle School.  Watch for more great things from this energetic group.

GSE Team Visits Newport - Update!

Our District 7730 GSE (Group Study Exchange)  team is heading for Uruguay, while the team from Uruguay is here and visiting many of our clubs. March 28th marks their visit to our Newport Club. This year's exchange is all about agriculture, and the teams are made up of young people that are in these related fields. Veterinarians, biologists, and co-operative workers, are sharing their knowledge about their country's problems and successes.
Next year's GSE teams will focus on the medical profession.
Wow! What an evening! On March 28,our club members were hosts to many guests, including the team from Uruguay, who graciously introduced themselves, after a great meal provided by Tim Turner, the team members each gave a presentation about themselves, their country, their jobs and families. 

Among all our honored guests in attendance were PDG Dr. Bill Walker and his wife, Jolene;  AG John Scibal; and President of Beaufort Ole Town Rotary Club, Bill Kaeser.
The team is traveling to Washington, DC for two days, and then back to their homes in Uruguay on Sunday, April 3.
More pictures coming from Joe Garner. 

Everetts Dedicate Print to Rotary Club

Jim Everett, President Elect of the Newport Rotary Club and his wife Marilyn, current club President, dedicated a P. Buckley Moss print entitled "Peace through Rotary Service" to the club at the meeting on March 21, 2011.

This print celebrates the work Rotarians do around the world in the name of peace. 10% of the price of each print is donated to the Rotary Foundation. The print, issued in 2008, is one of 3,000 numbered prints

Jim won the numbered print in a raffle at the recent District 7730 Conference in Pinehurst, NC.