November 18, 2003
NEXT MEETING, NOVEMBER 24… Congressman Chip Pickering will be our speaker.
LAST MEETING, NOVEMBER 17… Rod Barnes, basketball coach at Ole Miss, gave us an inspirational message, as well as some scoop on his team that opens the season later this week (“exciting prospects – good leadership”). Coach Barnes emphasized that his job is teaching young people life skills; he simply uses basketball to do it. He’s pretty good at it, too -- he has averaged 20 wins a season, was Naismith Coach of the Year in 1998, and is the only person to be both All-SEC as a player and SEC Coach of the Year. He pointed out that the vast majority of his players will never make the pros, but his goal is to return them to their communities not as boys, but as men. Thanks to Rodney Chamblee for introducing this fine program.
THE ROTARY SPOTLIGHT…swung around on November 3 to shine on Sherry Murphy, Executive Director of the Kindness Foundation.
WELCOME
TO NEW MEMBERS… number
ten, eleven, and twelve of this Rotary year. Introduced to the club
at the November 17 meeting were…
Mike Stevens, Vice President, Baptist Health Systems. Mike was introduced
by his proposer, Lee Paris.
Charles Brooks, NYLIFE Securities, Inc. Charles was introduced by his
proposer, Larry Johnson.
Wilson Carroll, Counsel, Phelps Dunbar. Wilson was introduced by his
proposer, Susan Lunardini.
YOUR BOARD
OF DIRECTORS… has
approved the following new member proposals. If no objections are received
within seven days, they will
be introduced to the club as new members:
Tom Hudson, Manager-Finance & Insurance, Fowler Buick. Tom was proposed
by Lee Duddleston.
Brad Prewitt, President, Prewitt Group. Brad was proposed by Heber
Simmons, Jr.
Ted Lloyd, Vice President & Co-Owner, RecordMax, Inc. Ted was proposed
by Mark Terpstra.
PRESIDENT’S CORNER… For those who missed last week's Rotarfest,
you missed a good one. Over 100 members attended for great food and fellowship.
Several other committees are getting into gear -- watch for their announcements:
1. The Children's Christmas Party Committee will meet next week. 2. The
Christmas Charities Committee will begin collecting for the nursing homes
gifts. 3. The Community Service Committee is developing ideas for a work
project -- see Barbara Dorr if you have any suggestions. Also, hats off
to Bill Allison and the Program Committee for their great work this year. – Haden