September 21, 2009

Business Informational Meeting

Tonight’s meeting focused on the many items that our club members needed to address, or get information about.

President Amos asked the members to nominate and approve Marilyn Everett as our President Elect for the year 2010-2011. It was approved and passed.

Derryl reported that there are 5 second grade classes at the elementary school, with a total enrolled of 102. Dictionaries will be ordered, and he mentioned that if you can attend with the group to distribute the dictionaries to the students, that it is a very rewarding project. Plan to go if you can.

October 26 is Family Night, and so far we have about 50 people planning to attend. Larry and Sharon will be cooking (YUM) and decorating our building. There will be surprises and door prizes for the ladies. Amos reminded us to bring potential members and family to the event. 5 Past Governors from our District will also be in attendance and will be recognized for their outstanding contributions to Rotary. A guest speaker is planned. Plan on about 2 hours for this special dinner, and if you need to reserve somebody, contact President Amos Parker.

Our Christmas Party is just a short time away. This year’s party will be held at our Rotary Building on December 14. We are checking into Golden Corral again, as they did such a superb job last year, and at a very reasonable charge per person. More on this very soon.

Our work night on the flower beds on Chatham St. is October 5, 2009, and we will meet at 5:30 pm at the flower beds. We will have dinner after we are finished at our Rotary Building.

Amos gave members information about the Bike Race for Polio that the President's group is planning for next April to fund the $2,000.00 each club needs to raise to match RI funds for Polio. We are also collecting Pennies for Polio and will be putting labeled jars in our places of business for the donation of funds. More information about the bike race will come as specific items are in place.

Our building mortgage has a balance of about $11,000.00, and our monthly payment is right at $295.00. Our funds are very low, so if you can see your way clear to make a payment for the good of Newport Rotary, then step right up and write the check!

We want to participate in the Newport Pig Cooking again this year. It was suggested we get a banner to better display the Newport Rotary Club, and use this time for some positive PR work. It was also suggested that we purchase shirts with our Rotary emblem to wear while working.

The Rotary Leadership Institute in Greenville is October 10, at $95.00 per person. A carpool is possible if members want to sign up and ride together.

RYLA is planned for the first of the new year, and we need to start searching for youth to attend. It was suggested we use the schools to help select good interested kids.

September 14, 2009

Heidi Gives Us Garden Advice
Yours truly was in the kitchen during all of the discussion with Heidi about our flower beds on
Chatham Street, but I do know we are going to be using Heidi's suggestions on how to improve these beds. Our work night is planned for October 5 at 5:30 pm. We will meet at the site of the beds and return to our Rotary Building for dinner afterwards. Come prepared to dig!

August 30, 2009

Danielle Mead Visits Newport Rotary

Danielle is a licensed marriage and family therapist, who has been practicing for over 20 years. See has worked with clients ranging from adolescents to the seriously mentally ill.

She is currently in private practice and is seeing couples and families in transition. Danielle holds a Masters Degree from Webster University, and did undergraduate work at Georgia State. She is fully licensed in the state of North Carolina.

August 24, 2009

District Governor Pays

Newport Club a Visit

Governor Nancy Barbee visited our Club and sat down with us for an informal chat. Her focus was on the goals set for the year 2009-2010.

The first is the total eradication of Polio, with all district 7730 clubs aiding International Rotary match a 255 million donation by Bill Gates. Each club needs to match with a $2,000.00 donation the RI Polio fund. To further highlight this endeavor, our Rotary District is holding "Hands On for Polio Awareness" week, Feb 21 to 28, 2010.

February 1 to 10, Governor Nancy will be leading a polio National Immunization Day to Bahir, India. The cost to join into this trip is approximately $3500.00 per person, but to offset this cost, the Governor has earmarked $10,000.00 to be split among the participants.

We need to strive to make all our members Paul Harris Fellows and try to exceed $100.00 per sustaining member.

Our District Conference is set for April 30, May 1-2, 2010 and is being held at the Hilton in New Bern. Governor Nancy is hoping to have 1000 District 7730 Rotarians in attendance. A large part of her agenda will be the honoring our Military, and our Youth; A RYLA reunion, and Rotoract and Interact Rallies. Why not plan on attending yourself?

Rotary Leadership Institutes are coming up and if you are interested, check our Database Calendar for dates and information.

There is another new club forming in Leland, NC and they hope to be charterd by December, 2009.

Looks like a very busy year!

August 17, 2009

Have a Sample at Lake Road Winery

Our program, brought to us by Maher, taught us a "Bunch" about wine, the type of grapes, and special blending that creates the tastiest wines. Mitchell Smith, brother of our own Manly Smith, shared information about his new winery called Lake Road Winery. After some history on wine, he noted that the first winery in North Carolina was opened by Paul Garrett in 1850. Mitch and his wife Suzy opend Lake Road in March, 2009. They use only fruits grown in North Carolina combining them to make unique blends. They name their wine based on the town of Newport, it's people, heritage, and spots of interest.

For a visit to the Winery, see Mitch and Suzy at Lake Road Winery, located at 1120 Lake Road in Newport and have a free taste.

August 17, 2009

Youth Exchange

The Newport Club is sponsoring Lena Mueller from Hamburg, Germany. Lena is staying with PDG Bevin Wall and his family. Earlier in the summer, Bevin and Pam’s daughter, Madison, traveled to Hamburg to stay with the Muellers. Madison confessed she did not know a word of German before departing the U.S., but with her resourcefulness and outgoing personality, she and her host family had a wonderful visit and she had the opportunity to see some amazing sights. In turn, the Wall’s have traveled up and down the east coast, showing Lena some of our beautiful land. If you ask Lena what her favorite part of her visit is, she’ll tell you she loves going to the beach.
Vanessa Ervin, Youth Exchange District Chair (See complete article in the August Newsletter)

Family Night October 26, 2009

Bring your family, friends, potential new members and

pecial guests to our Family Night October 26, 2009. Mark your calendar, and Be There!!

Arrangements are made for a terrific guest speaker. Be There!!

Food and Fellowship will abound. Be There!!

See you there on the 26th.

More information to follow!