Thanks for Hootenanny Help, Next Dictionaries!

PDG Derryl at a prior
year's Dictionary Give-
Away at Newport
Elementary School 

Just a quick note to "thank you all" for helping out last night at the Annual Hootenanny. What a great show of Rotarians, showing Newport how much we care of our children. We owe a great thanks to Morehead City Noon Club who also had a great showing of Rotarians. Whoo! Hoo! High Five!

Now, next Monday's meeting will be at our Rotary building as usual, meal is to be provided by Larry. For our program, we will be putting in labels and hand writing children's names into the new "DICTIONARIES". Yep, they are here and ready for our personal touch. So bring you best hands on attitude and let's get them ready for Newport!

Marilyn Everett

Newport Rotarians Show Up in Force for Foundation Banquet

We arrive in style at the River Landing County Club, Wallace NC!

Twelve Newport Rotarians and guests participated in the District Rotary Foundation Banquet in Wallace NC on Thursday evening, October 27. The featured speaker was Rotary Foundation Trustee and Director Elect Ann Matthews of Columbia SC. She spoke on how the Rotary Foundation is alleviating needs like hunger, clean water, and literacy, and is giving Rotarians the opportunity to participate in making the world a better place. We are also "this close" to eradicating Polio!  

A group of Newport Rotarians rode up in a van for the event. Pictured are: Exchange Student Austin from Taiwan (hosted by John Scibal), PDG Dr. Bill Walker & Jolene and Steve Hellersperk from the Morehead City Noon Rotary Club, Maher Saikali (partner Mary taking picture), Amos Parker and Jeannane, Joe Garner and Lena, PDG Bevin Wall and Pam (daughter Madison accompanied). Also attending, but not pictured were Pres. Jim Everett, Immediate Past President Marilyn Everett, and President Elect Ruthann Sluss.   

In Memorium

Donald Zahn, father of immediate Club Past President Marilyn Everett, and father in law of current President Jim Everett, passed away this weekend.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Zahn & Everett family during this difficult time.  

Special Program for August 1

Rotarian Alvin Lewis, from the Mint Hill (NC) Rotary Club will be our special guest speaker on August 1, 2011, speaking on the topic of "Ethics on your journey through life". Rtn. Lewis will also have a special presentation as part of the program. He is a friend of and fellow RLI Faculty with PDG Bevin Wall, who is the Program Chair for the evening.

District Governor Visits July 18

DG Mark Lynch from Fayetteville will be our special guest on July 18.

Don't miss it!

Family Pot Luck Picnic in the Park June 20, 2011

Um mm! Rib-eye steaks, potato salad, corn on the cob, slaw, beans, deviled eggs, scrumptious desserts and more!

                                                       Jim cooks & Victor helped

                                               Is that Bevin Wall and Larry Howard???

                    Our newest member and his family - Guy Murrell with Amos and Jean Parker

                                          Our Treasurer, Winston with Jack and Connie

Our Past District Governor, Derryl Garner , his wife, Jane with  Lena Garner

It really got better when everyone came together to share the food, the fellowship and a great time!
MORE PLEASE!!

A New Year...A New President

Jim Everett, inducted on June 27, 2011, is our new president.
Jim has been a member of Rotary for three years, is a graduate of The Rotary Leadership Institute and a participant at the President Elect Training. He has been very involved since joining Newport Rotary, in all it's projects, from Dictionaries for Newport Elementary students to food collection for Matthew 25, raffles, clean-ups, the hootenanny, bench installations, car parking, and many other Newport activities.
Jim was born in Lafayette, Indiana and is a transplant in Newport, the best kind as many are born to stay in Newport, but Jim "chose" Newport! He spent his military time in Viet Nam during that war, and he is actively involved in the Honor Flight program.
He has been married for 31 years to his wife Marilyn, has three grown sons and two grandchildren, all living out of state. He is a retired electrician. Jim has a great sense of humor, but is serious and strong in his belief in ethics and fairness. He has lots of good ideas for Newport Rotary to see it grow in a positive direction for the benefit of the Town of Newport and its residents.

There's Pressure on the Rotary Building!

Thanks to Jack and Winston, 
our Rotary building has been
pressure washed.


Thank you sooooo much
for a great job!

Club Fix-It - Clean-It Day

To All Newport Rotary Club Members:

June 4, 2011 is “Fix It, Clean It Day” at Newport Rotary. We will start at 9:00 am and go until we are finished.  We really need ALL MEMBERS to participate to get this done.

  1.    We need to add stakes and wire to hold up Harold Chartley’s   Cherry Tree over at the park. We will need stakes, wire and something to wrap around the tree that will allow for its growth.

   2.    We need to clean the outside of our building. We will need cleaners, bleach, rags, any kind of pressure cleaner, brushes, buckets.

   3.    The Windows will need to be cleaned outside, Windex or other window cleaner and lint free rags or paper towels.

   4.   The old carpet on the front stoop and the back (or side) needs to be scraped off, and the concrete cleaned.  Scrapers and some kind of cleaner for concrete.

   5.   Our new bench will need to be set into the ground. Need some concrete mix, wood scraps, bucket or wheelbarrow, post-hole digger. Location TBA.

Please let me know at marilynadmin@gmail.com which project you would like to be a part of, and what you can bring to facilitate.

There will be hot dogs and the fixen’s across the street available for you for lunch if you want. I will bring the cooler with cold water bottles.

In case of rain, our alternative date will be June 18^th, same time, same place.

Betty Mann Recognized as Honorary Rotarian

Club President Everett with
Honorary Rotarian Betty Mann

Betty Mann, of Mann Realty & Rentals of Newport was recognized as an "Honorary Rotarian" by members of the Club on Monday night, May 2, 2011 at the club's regular meeting. Newport Rotary President Marilyn Everett presented the award. Ms. Mann, a former member of the club, was recognized during the evening for supporting the club's recent parking fundraiser.


Other local business and professional persons were recognized as project supporters, including:

• Gilbert Slaughter, Woodman of the World 
• Dr. Maurice Dana, Newport Dermatology 
• Dr. Harry Worden, Newport Dental Center 
• Dr. Walter Westbrook, Newport Animal Clinic 
• Stephen J. Herring, Attorney at Law 
• Shirley Linn, Hugs & Kisses Grooming Palace 
• Melissa Dixon, Totally Clipz Salon 
• Betty Mann, Mann Realty & Rentals 
• David Livingston, NCDOT

All project supporters were thanks for their generosity and for helping make the event a success. 

NOAA Officials Invite Rotarians to Event.

Richard Bandy, Meteorologist-in-Charge at the National Weather Service Station, Newport has invited Newport Rotarians to a Hurricane Preparedness Event at MCAS Cherry Point. Click here for more information on the event, scheduled for Wednesday, May 4. 2011.  

Keeping Commercial Boats Safe

The program at the Newport Rotary Club on April 25, 2011 was Barry Everhart, US Coast Guard Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Examiner.

Barry distinguished the several different types of vessels requiring inspections, and described numerous safety related stories with NC connections. He is the sole civil service employee Examiner in North Carolina, but supervises a large group of Coast Guard Auxiliary, and provides courtesy examinations, as opposed to the mandatory ones required by the Coast Guard.

We were joined by special guest DGE Mark Lynch of the Fayetteville Lafayette Rotary Club.

Dynamic Youth Advocate Visits Newport

April 18, 2011  Christopher L. King is an enthusiastic speaker who relates to his audience the very special need of young teens to plan ahead with goals. An abused kid himself, he knows first-hand how it feels to have nothing ahead in your future. He has developed a program called The G.O.A.L. Initiative that gives those young people the opportunity to learn how to set goals, do research, and become a productive member of their communities through volunteer-ism and work. The program includes interaction between the teen, their family and their school. The end result is a young adult who is interested in achievement and in having a positive future.
For more information or to sponsor a teen in this dynamic program ($30.00 per youth) please get in touch with the C.L. King Group at their website at www.clkinggroup.com. He will come speak at your meeting, just contact him!

Pig Cookin' Parkin'

This report by Bevin Wall give detail about our 2 days of parking cars for Newport's Annual Pig Cookin' Contest, held on April 1 & 2. Thanks Bevin! What a great job!
Synopsis Rotarians & Interactors provided a valuable service during the Newport Pig Cooking. This was the first service project for our new Interact Club. Friday traffic was light, and only Rotary Lots A & B were opened, across from the library. Saturday was one of the busiest days ever at the event. By 11 am Lots F, G & H (Worden, Dana & WOW) were opened, and by shortly after noon, by request of the NPD, all 8 of our lots were opened. No one was turned away for parking at any lot at any time. No accidents or injuries were reported or observed. The longest line for parking observed was 4 cars deep on a number of occasions during peak time with an average wait of less than 1 minute. Rotarians manned the only marked crossing area on Howard Blvd. Approximately 3,500 persons were parked in our lots and crossed the street. Another estimated 5,000 non-parkers were assisted, with a total estimated number of crossings of 17,000. An average of 10-12 volunteers operated the lots on Saturday. Boy Scouts were assisted with direction for library lot handicap parking, but Rotary ran free handicap parking and assistance all day as the library handicap lot filled up rapidly. Several Pig Cooking emergency deliveries were accommodated at no cost and with priority. Traffic was backed up during serving hours in the middle take-out lane being directed solely by the NPD officers, as there was no signage until after 2pm for the take-out lane. There was heavy traffic in all lanes from Noon to 3pm on Saturday. Newport Rotary had vetted traffic plans with NPD prior to the event and requested input. All Rotary lots were marked and pyloned. By request of Mann Realty and Totally Clipz, limited parking was done on their lots due to business concerns. 156 volunteer hours were logged.

PAYING OFF THE LOAN!!

Thanks to a generous donation from the late Harold Chartley, we are able to pay off our building loan. This will put our club in the black as far as the bank is concerned.

Harold Chartley

We will be having a special evening at our home, the Rotary Building in Newport, to honor Harold, and to celebrate our paying off the loan! Watch for more on this great happening!

The Dump Diva Visits Newport Club!

One of our favorite speakers updated the state of the trash for Newport on Monday, April 11. Bobbie Waters, with the County Disposal, gave much information about what is going on at the dump and local sites.

Her humor and vitality is wonderful and she is always a welcome addition to our meetings.
Plus she always brings us gifts!
Can we get her to join our Rotary Club?

Guy Murrell Inducted into Rotary Club

We are pleased to announce that Rev. Guy Murrell has been inducted into the Newport Rotary Club effective April 11, 2011. Guy is a social worker working with youth, and is also pastor at Yadah Tabernacle of Praise located in Newport.

Guy is married to Lana, who is a Deputy Clerk of Court in Carteret County. Son Desmond, pictured, pinned his dad in the installation ceremony. Guy's sponsor is Bevin Wall.

Guy is anxious to improve the Newport community, and has already worked at one of our recent service projects!

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.