BBQ

The Honorary Members We

Salute Mary Bogest Bob Brown

David Dowdy Tom Haggai

Sister Lucy Hennessey Bob Marsh

Jo Woody Shaw Nancy Tothill

Friday, Oct. 20th

The Spokesman October 16, 2017

Rotary Club of High Point Thursday 12:00 Noon 800 Country Club Drive

Email: hprotary@northstate.net Rotary Zone 33 Rotary District 7690 Rotary Club # 6062 Web: www.highpointrotary.org (club) www.rotary7690.org (district) www.rotary.org (int’l)

SPECIAL EDITION

ROTARY CLUB OF HIGH POINT ANNUAL BBQ

REMINDER: No meeting at the Country Club on Thursday, October 19th

We will be at First Presbyterian all day on Friday!

Bring the Stubs from your SOLD Raffle

Tickets on Friday and place them in the

Big Pink Pig! You can’t win the Raffle if

your ticket stubs are not in the Pig.

TURN IN THOSE STUBS

KEEP SELLING THOSE TICKETS! NEED MORE ? See Mark Pierce or Dave McCoy

Check the Schedule on Page 6

to See When You

are Scheduled to Work

on Friday for our

Big Community Event

With President Tammy sitting at the head table voiceless, President Elect Jeff Fuller called the meeting to order is our

cozy confines at the back of the ballroom. With the HPCC in full gear for the Furniture Market and our attendance down some due to the Market, we fit fine in the smaller space. We stood for the pledge before Jeff called on a Rotarian for the invocation . . . . but they weren’t there. So he turned to our ‘designated prayer’ Kem Ellis who offered up the day’s invo-cation. David Jackson, dressed in an orange shirt by the way, slid in a subtle remark about Clemson before welcoming our guests. Jeff reminded us that there will be no Thursday meeting next week due to the BBQ on Friday. He also mentioned that he, George White, and Steve Ilderton attended the Rotary Membership Summit last Thursday and came away with some good information for our club. Don Shaw stood behind the podium stared out to the crowd and said it was pointless to talk about Carolina Football . . . but did mention they were good in soccer and field hockey! (Joel Gentry, sitting at my table,that they were too AND Wake’s foot-ball team is pretty good too) He did get around to the special recognitions, the real reason he was up there. Jeff congratulated Bruce Davis on his advancement in the Tuesday mayoral primary. Next, Jeff recognized our Club’s honorary members (list in left column) and recognized the ones in (continued on page seven)

Last Week at Rotary . . .

This Week at Rotary . . . .

There is So Much Going On . . . . Don’t Miss Out, Read Your Spokesman!

WEAR YOUR BLUE

ROTARY T-SHIRTS

FRIDAY!

LAST MINUTE REMINDERS

TICKETS

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SCHEDULE DELIVERIES!

Send them to Dave McCoy NOW! DELIVERY

WORKER’S

SCHEDULE

RAFFLE

STUBS

Bob Brown

The Rotary Club of High Point

2017 THANSKGIVING PROGRAM Sponsored By Dr. Nido Qubein and the Qubein Foundation

Tuesday, November 21st

11:30 til 1:30

Get Your

TICKETS

Early

High Point Country Club at Emerywood

$ 19 Guests $ 5 Rotarians

Karen Jacobsen

Hall Of Fame Gold Medalist, Author, and Speaker Mike Schlappi

Oct. 26th

Jim Armstrong

Lost Colony

Update

Nov. 2nd

Marie Poteat

Ben Briggs

Richfork

Preserve

Nov. 9th

Larry Cates

Heritage

Research Center

Nov. 16th

Rotary After

Hours 5:30-7:30

String & Splinter

Mike Schlappi, Hall of Fame Gold Medalist, Author

of SHOT HAPPENS, Professional Speaker, Husband

and Father of five, will inspire you with some worka-

ble strategies, tools, and mindsets that can be used to

enrich your life.

His personal experiences with nurses, doctors and

therapists not only saved his life, but pointed him to a

career in healthcare. He earned his MBA from Ari-

zona State University with an emphasis in healthcare

administration and was the Director of Rehabilitation

for Intermountain Healthcare in Utah for ten years.

Mike has degrees in financial planning and finance

from Brigham Young University and has earned his

life, health, and Series 7 Licenses.

A story that began with a tragic accident has evolved

into a lifetime of lessons and victories.

COMING

ATTRACTIONS

October 16, 2017

October 16 ,2017

CONDOLENCES Keep Warren and Joni Lackey in

your thoughts and prayers. Warren’s

dad, Strupe Lackey, passed away on

October 6th. His funeral was last

Tuesday.

THANKS Another huge thank you to Kem Ellis

who stepped up on October 5th with

a GREAT Rotary program on the

spur of the moment when our speaker

was a no show. It was a very infor-

mative and interesting presentation !

THIS & THAT

The first Meal Pack-aging Event was a success! Pictured here are Addison Maille and Zeke Ridgeway adding their sweat equity. Kem McAllister re-ported that she worked at a table

with some South-west middle School boys and they worked “so hard and enthus iast ical ly ”. She also said that “when your table has packed 30 bags, which fills up one box, the table screams and claps. These boys were so competitive . . . Especially with the screaming!” She hopes they all become Rotarians one day as we all do! ”They definitely have the heart for it” Kem said. When Kem left around five, they had already passed the 100,000 meals level heading to 150,000!

PRACTICING SERVICE ABOVE SELF

AN EXTRA FOR THE BOYS In years past, some of the receipts from the Rotary Club’s benefit barbecue have

gone to reward the club’s top ticket sellers. Not so this year. Instead, the club simply said “thanks” to it star salesman and used the money to buy a new

bumper pool table for the Red Shield Boys club. Project Chairman Clem Paffe and Rotary President David Dowdy were on hand to cheer the first game played

by Jack Griffith, 9, and Ronnie Thomas, 10.

FROM THE ROTARY ARCHIVES

CLUB ANNIV.

FOUNDATION BANQUET WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Social 6:00pm Dinner 7:00pm JOSEPH S. KOURY CONVENTION

CENTER IN GREENSBORO, NC DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017 REGISTER EARLY FOR BEST CLUB SEATING Contact Dave McCoy

To Make Your Reservation

Featured Speaker: LARRY A. LUNSFORD

Chairman, RI Membership Committee 2015-17

Rotary International Director 2013-15 Chairman, Executive Committee 2014-15

Football Pool Leaders

Leaders in the Football Pool Through Last Thursday’s Meeting Were . . . .

Wil Elder 48 of 60 Kem McAllister 47 of 60

Clark Pierce 47 of 60 George White 46 of 60

Pool Master David Pritchett says “It’s Still Up For Grabs!”

Sharon

Smith Wed.

Oct. 18th

Tammy

Childress

10 yrs.

Oct. 18th

Cecil &

Amy

Mills

3 yrs.

Oct. 18th

Fred &

Christine

Clodfelter

16 yrs.

Oct. 20th

Who Do YOU Know That Would Make A Good Rotarian? Invite them to Rotary!

ROTARY CLUB of HIGH POINT

2017-2018 Officers, Boards, Committees President Tammy Childress

President Elect Jeff Fuller

Vice President Steve Ilderton

Secretary Kem Ellis

Treasurer Ken Esposito

Immediate Past President Stan Godwin

Executive Secretary David McCoy

Sergeant-At-Arms Amy West

District Liaison David McCoy

Membership Retention George White

Special Recognitions D. Shaw, K. McAllister, J. Anderson, J. Gentry

Family of Rotary Sharon Smith

New Comer's Committee George White

Blue Badge Administration George White

Football Pool Master David Pritchett

Rotary History David Wall

Birthday Cards Nancy Bowman

Membership Recruitment Wil Elder

Classification Monica Peters

Orientation Robert Hoskins

Attendance Kem Ellis

Social Events Wil Elder

Club Public Relations Mary Sizemore

Spokesman Newsletter Mark Pierce

Website Development Dave McCoy

Facebook Carol Hughes

Press Releases Kem Ellis

Club Administration Mark Pierce/ A. Maille

Anniversary Celebration Mark Pierce

District Conf. Contacts T. Childress/ J. Fuller

Youth Services Kai Robinson/ R. Kerr

Interact Wanda Stewart, Keith Curlee

RYLA Julie Muenzner

Local Scholarships Brian Bunch

School/Student Relations Greg Suire/Carol Hughes

Job Shadowing Wanda Stewart

Children's Christmas Party Jeff Fuller

Youth Service Chair John Curcio

Community Srvc Projects Joel Campbell

Literacy (Read-A-Thon) Mary Sizemore

Concern For The Elderly Steve Ilderton

Salvation Army Bell Ringing Leigh Anne Kasias

Service Projects Gene Williams

Fundraising Projects Jordan Lessard

BBQ & Auction Stan Godwin/ G. White

Poinsettia Sale Greg Suire

Golf Tournament Tyler Adamson

ACC Day Nancy Bowman

Allocations Joel Gentry

Foundation & Inter. Srv. Don Shaw

Polio Plus R. Ragan/ D. McCoy

District Grants Mark Pierce

Programs Tom Blount

MAKE UP OPPORTUNITIES Monday

Furnitureland - String & Splinter 12 noon Greensboro-Crescent-Realtor Assoc. 12:30 pm

Tuesday

GSO-Airport-Cardinal Club 7:00 am Asheboro—Pinewood C.C. 12 noon

Lexington—YMCA 12:15 pm

Guilford—Weir Jordan House 12:30 pm W-S Benton Convention Center 12:30 pm

Jamestown—Jamestown Town Hall 6:00 pm

Wednesday

Kernersville—First Christian Church 7:00 am

Archdale-Trinity Guil-Rand Fire Dept 12 noon Thomasville—Woman’s Club 12:05 pm

Asheboro—Randolph

AVS Catering Banquet Center 12 noon Greensboro-Coliseum Sp. EventsCtr 12:30 pm

Thursday

Greensboro-Gate City-O’Henry Hotel 7:00 am

W-S Stratford—Forsyth C.C. 12:30 pm

Friday

GSO Summit-Starmount Forest CC 12:30 pm

W-S Reynolda—Forsyth C.C. 12:30 pm

MOBILE

MEALS:

C. Brown

4/27

DIST.GOV.

MTG.

Campbell

9/21

E CLUB

MAKEUP

Clinard

10/10

McAllister

10/1

C.O.G.

Elder

6/29

BBQ MTG.

Ilderton

5/23

BBQ SPONSOR

MTG:

Lessard

8/3

DIST.

CONF.

McCoy

4/27

MEAL

PKG.

EVENT

Ridgeway

10/7

Absences For The Meeting of 10/12/17: Adamson, Atkinson, J. Baker Bertschi, C. Brown,

Bulmer, Bunch, Byrd, Campbell, Clinard, F. Clodfelter,

M.Clodfelter, Conley, Curcio, Curlee, Ro. Davis,

Draelos, Dunbar, Elder, Faucette, Ferree, Harris,

Heavner, Hoskins, K. Hughes, Ilderton, B. Jackson,

Kasias, Laster, Lessard, Mabe, McAllister, McCoy,

McNeill, Miller, Mills, Montgomery, M. Morgan,

P. Morgan , Morris, Muenzner (L), Parrish, Peters,

Ridgeway, Robinson, Robinson-Spinks, Sink, Suire,

Whitley, Williams, Wright, Youngblood

Make Ups Credited Oct. 12,

SHE LIVES! Mark Found

The 5 of Hearts

THE POT

GROWS! $ 703

And Counting

October 16, 2017

October 16, 2017

PLATINUM GOLD

SILVER

Economy Plumbing

Jim & Ann Morgan

Carroll Brown

SPECIAL

PRESENTING SPONSOR

2017 BBQ SPONSORS 2017 ROTARY BBQ

October 20, 2017 “the Countdown is On!”

Warren Lackey

Please Thank and Support These Sponsors!

WITH TICKETS IN HAND, IT IS TIME TO GET BUSY AND SELL, SELL, SELL!

Need more tickets?

See Mark Pierce or Dave McCoy We’ll Fix You Up!

TABLE

Sign Up Sheet For BBQ Committees

Below are the committees and their chairs and co-chairs that we have set up for the BBQ to be held Friday, Oc-

tober 20th at First Presbyterian Church from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. We

are asking for everyone to sign up for at least one committee. The commit-tee chairs will contact you for more details on times and shifts needed.

Thank you for your support in making this year’s event a success.

DINING ROOM 11:00-1:30

Need 15

Carol Hughes

Monica Peters

Janice Steede

Jim Gayle

Jeff Benfield

John Anderson

Mary Sizemore

Bill Harriss

Kem McAllister & Sister

Ann Heuangpraseuth

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET TO HELP?

DINING ROOM 1:30-4:30

KITCHEN SERVICE LINE 4:30-8:00

KITCHEN SERVICE LINE 1:30-4:30

Need 3

Mary Bogest

Jeff Patteerson

DINING ROOM 4:30-8:00

Need 10

Tim Webster

Nancy Bowman

Andy Harris

Don Boone

Jim Armstrong

Ron Ragan

Plus 10 students from

HPC Interact Club

Need 10

Richard Kerr

Wil Elder

Bill Kester

John Bencini

Ken Hughes

Scott Dunbar?

Owen Bertschi

Isadore

Warren Lackey

James Cumby

Need 5

Jim Gayle

Tyler Adamson

Megan Ward

Gene Williams

Joel Campbell

Scott Dunbar

Patrick Harman

KITCHEN SERVICE LINE 10:00-1:30

Need 15

Amy West

Clark Pierce

Kai Robinson

Wanda Stewart

Marshall Morgan

Tim Montgomery

Tyler Adamson

Greg Suire

George McLarty

Tony Faucette

Ken Broman Fulks

Scott Dunbar

Parks Freeze

Gene Kester

Brian Bunch

Keith Curlee

TAKE OUT DELIVERY 10:00-1:30

Need 6

David Pritchett (9-11) Kevin Hanson

Ryan Brown (9-11) Karl Robinson

John Curcio (9-11) Addison Maille

Sign Ups Shown are Through Fri. Oct. 6th

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TAKE OUT DELIVERY 9:00-1:00

Need 6 (must have vehicle to deliver)

Tom Blount Barry Nelson

Don Shaw Kent Crawford

Hal Johnson Available All Day: Tammy Childress, Addison Maille, George White

Saturday: Jim Gayle, George White

To Sign Up: List your name on the Sign up Sheet at your table at Rotary Thursday, or e-mail one of these two people :

Dave McCoy: hprotary@northstate.net George White: georgewhite@northstate.net

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October 16, 2017

HONORARY ROTARIANS

In Attendance Last Thursday were Four of Our Honorary Rotarians,

Jo Woody Shaw, Bob Marsh, Mary Bogest, And Bob Brown

A Voiceless President Tammy Childress Sat and

Listened Thursday. Hope She is Feeling

Better Soon! Your Editor Did Refrain

From Asking Her Husband Jeff How It Was

To Have a Speechless Wife Around the House.

Self Incrimination Is Never Pretty!

The Outreach Program Packaging Event

50,000 Meals River Landing

at Sandy Ridge

1575 John Knox Dr. Colfax, NC 27235

Sat Oct. 21st 9:00 a.m. to

1:00 p.m.

Questions?

Please call

336-389-4110

to speak with

Whitney Levens

Last Week at Rotary . . . (continued from page 1) attendance on Thursday, Bob Brown, Bob Marsh, Mary Bogest, and Jo Woody Shaw. Then he introduced the week’s Historical Moment. It was from 1923 and centered on one of our founding members J.J. Farriss. He was a former journalist with the ‘Progressive Farmer’, the ‘Raleigh News & Observer’, and, with his brother, bought the ‘High Point Enterprise’. After his brother’s death, he sold it to the Rawleys. Farriss went on to serve as Postmaster, the Chamber’s First President, and publisher of the ‘Southern Furniture Journal’. The Rotary Club of High Point adopted a Resolu-tion honoring Farriss and presented it to him at their evening meeting at the Sheraton Hotel downtown in High Point. Following the meeting, Farriss walked over to Wesley Memorial Methodist Church which was next door at that time. Upon his return, Captain A.M. Rankin met him out on Main Street and congratulated Farriss on the recognition. He never had a chance to respond to Rankin as he suffered a massive heart attack and died right on that spot. The video at Rotary concluded with the words of Farriss, his last, from the evening’s recognition ceremony. Another great pro-duction by Kem Ellis and the members showed their appreciation with applause, both for the great presentation and for Kem’s masterful work. George White made a big push for more sign ups to fill slots needed at the BBQ, now just a week away. Jeff subbed for Wil Elder in making an announcement about the Thursday, November 16th social at the String and Splinter from 5:30-7:30. Kent Crawford gave us a report on our sister club in the Turks and Caicos. They really need ropes and tarps (20x30 is $ 30) and he gave us the chance to make donations to their cause. Ken Esposito made the long walk from hallway to podium for the Queen of Hearts drawing. The pot topped seven hundred dollars, actually $ 703, and Mark Pierce had the lucky ticket but not the lucky draw. His selection of the 5 of hearts insured we play on after the BBQ. Herman Hunter introduced Mr. Bob Brown, an honorary member of our club and our speaker for the day. High Point native Brown grew up on Commerce and attended William Penn High School. Raised by his grandmother, he credits a neighbor indirectly for much of his early knowledge. Seems she worked for a family in Emerywood and would bring home newspapers and magazines from their home. When she would throw them away, he would go dig them out of her trash and read everything he could find . . . . all the time learning. Brown graduated from Virgina Union and today holds eleven honorary degrees. He worked closely as an adviser to President Richard Nixon. He has served on some of the most powerful boards in the world. Today, he is well known in corporate America where he has advised countless international companies. He has also served with and advised many world leaders. Recently he was asked to advise on the Pope’s upcoming engagement in Ireland on the site of the old ‘killing fields’. He showed us a rosary he just received from the Pope thanking him for his involvement. Yes, he has traveled the globe extensively, but High Point is still home! That grandmother gets a lot of credit for his upbringing even to this day for her philosophies on life that guide him through life. ‘It’s not what you have, it’s about serving and giving”. Plus she would remind him that ‘God will provide’. And Brown says He has provided for him. He truly feels blessed and doors have long opened for him in his career. The Quaker Scholarship, Elks Scholarship and the Virginia Union grant are just a few of the opportunities afforded him that he took advantage of in life. Pointing to the audience he pointed out Her-man Hunter and Bill McGuinn as two that had influences in his life. What he does is not to just satisfy himself. What he does is to help others. It is these relationships that that keep him and his business in High Point. He could live anywhere in the world, but he has ‘never wanted to live any-where but High Point’. He then challenged us to raise High Point to a new level . . . . not for us, but for our children and our grandchildren. If we work together, he says, we can do anything. It will take all of us to make it happen. He thanked our country, our state, our city, and Rotary for all they have done. Likewise, he thanked Nido Qubein for his part in the efforts, but reminded us it it is not Nido’s fight, it is the fight of all of us! “The time is now and the hour is late”, he said. There is much work to be done. Sometimes, Brown said, we just don’t know how good we have it. He asked for the naysayers to Move Out of the Way! There is no place for those that want to hold us back. “We are all in this together” he reiterated. “Let’s move forward”. He praised the High Point Market and acknowledged it is the biggest thing that happens in the Southeast. But we can’t rest of our laurels he added. He wants us to ‘build’. Wrapping up praising Rotary again, Brown said that Rotary would never be what it is today, mov-ing forward, had it not been for unity and togetherness, working together, and acting and working as one. His time exhausted, Brown promised to stay around to answer questions one on one. Following the presentation of the speaker’s gift, we recited the Four Way Test and adjourned.

October 16, 2017

Jeff filled Tammy’s shoes Thursday (not her high heels though). Herman Introduced our distinguished speaker. Kent updated on the

Turks & Caicos. Don ‘behaved’ with his son present. David in his Clemson Orange (before Friday night). George on all things “Q”.

Bob Brown Was

Passionate

Bob Brown Was Thankful

And Encouraging

Gene Bohi Visits With Bob Brown