August 17 Speaker: CCATS Travels the County

Vickie Clifton with CCATS will be our guest speaker at Newport Rotary on August  17, 2020. She is an Administrative Officer with Carteret County Area Transportation System CCATS, having worked her way up from a part-time driver five years ago. A native of Winston-Salem, she has had varied careers and experiences. She was an over the road truck driver for 18 years, traveling in 49 states, every province of Canada and several in Mexico. She and her husband Larry also lived in New Mexico for 5 years working for the Department of Energy. They have called the Crystal Coast home since 2000. Larry and Vickie have two grown children 36, and 39. She will share her observations on CCATS and how her job has been impacted by the COVID-19 virus. 

August 10 Program: Carteret Literacy Council

Robin Smith of the Carteret Literacy Council was the guest speaker at Newport Rotary on August 10, 2020. Robin did an excellent job of putting the club members "in the shoes" of a literacy or numeracy challenged person during her talk, citing the many struggles, challenges, obstacles and coping mechanisms observed in our county. 18% of Carteret County residents are believed to fall in this category. CLC works one-on-one with these individuals to help increase their literacy to job and life functional levels. She also spoke about Little Free Libraries as a NRC project. Thank you Robin, for all you and your group do!

Aug 3: Rotary Postponed

The August 3 Meeting of Newport Rotary will be postposed due to the arrival of T.S. Isaias to next Monday, August 10, 2020 at 5:30pm.