ROTARY ROSTER
Bill Alexson
Military Operations Commander
Sallie Hardy, PHF SM
Commercial Properties
Mary Plummer, PHF SM
Real Estate Sales
Jean Woo, PHF SM
Dentist
Robert Anderson, SM
CPA
Tom Hayes, PHF SM
Financial Services
Lyndon Poff, PHF SM RotY
Paint & Body Shop
Jack Yeiser, PHF SM
Mortgage Broker
Jack Arthur, PHF SM
Insurance
Jody Henderson, PHF SM 
Accounting/Auditing
Diane Poff
Paint & Body Shop
Russ Youngblood, PHF SM 
Psychologist
James Bass, SM
Funeral Director
Mitzi Henley, SM
Retail Shopping Center
Jan Pooley, (8) PHF SM RotY 
Department Store
Nitsi Bennett, (21) PHF RotY 
Non-Profit Administration
Ken Hinrichs
Non-Profit Administration
Charlie Potts, PHF SM 
Jeweler
Debbie Bodenstine, PHF SM RotY
Economic Development
Jeff Hooton, PHF SM
Commercial Lending
Kathy Pritchard, PHF SM
Commercial Banking
Jeffrey Bost
Banking
Chris Johnson, PHF 
CPA Retired
Fred Pryor, PHF SM RotY 
Utility Service-Gas
Joseph Brewster, PHF SM
Cable Television
Laura Kirby
Business Development
Ted Rahe, (38) PHF SM 
Property Management
Frank Brutt, PHF SM
County Planning
Richard Kunkel, PHF SM
Education
Dusty Ricketts, SM
News Media
Vice President:
Kathy Prichard
Mack Busbee
County Government
Chuck Landers, PHF SM
Certified Public Accountant
Katie Sharon, SM
Commercial Banking
Secretary:
Charles West
Tom Butcher
Honorary Member
Ross LeBlanc, SM
Certified Public Accountant
Susan Shaw, PHF SM
Fund Raising
Kevin Cagle, SM
Office Machines
Tony Leonard, PHF SM 
Retail/Musical Instruments
Eulice Shelley, PHF SM 
Moving & Storage
Gerry Chalker, (7) PHF SM 
Pension Administration
John Linn, PHF SM
Kitchens-Retail
Scott Smith, PHF SM 
Chiropractor
Andy Corbin, PHF SM RotY 
Electronics manufacturing
Ted Litschauer, PHF SM
Public Safety
Whitney Smith, SM
Attorney
George Dorris, PHF SM
Dentistry
Jamey Mattern, PHF SM
Architect
Allan Stearns, PHF SM 
Travel Agent
J.T. Edwards, PHF SM RotY
Landscaping Owner
David Macdonald, SM PHF 
Shopping Center Manager
Rick Stevens, PHF SM RotY 
Surge Suppression Systems
Brian Ekedahl, SM
Social Services
Julie McNabb, SM
Developmental Disabilities
Randy Stokes, PHF SM 
Architecture
Dan Empson
Honorary Member
Joe Meyer, SM
Retail/Computers
Kent Tinsley, SM
Commercial Banking
Cliff Ennis
Business IT Management
David O. Miller, (12) PHF SM
Developmental Disabilities
Herb Tinsley, PHF SM RotY 
Savings & Loan Management
Ralph Fallin, (33) PHF SM RotY 
Dairy Products
John Morgan, PHF SM 
Computer Engineer
Forrest Townsend, PHF SM RotY 
Veterinarian
Bob Fowner, PHF SM
Association Manager
Matthew Morgan, SM
Electrical Engineer
Alex Trum, PHF SM
Orthodontist Retired
Tony Gilligan, PHF SM
Government Contractor
Dan Nelson, PHF SM
Restaurant/Fast Food
Matt Turpin, SM
Certified Public Accountant
Ron Grissom, SM
Utilities
Michele Nicholson, SM
Communications
John Vaughan, PHF SM
Past Service
Haydon Grubbs, PHF SM
Education
Brian Page, SM
Tax Attorney
Aaron Webber, SM
Condo Management
Chad Hamilton, PHF SM
Certified Public Accountant
Susan Page, SM
Professional Counseling
Charles West, PHF SM
Investment Broker
Ross Hamilton
Education-College
Roger Peadro, PHF SM RotY 
Pastor
Ken Williamson, PHF SM 
Retired
READER
The Rotary Club of Fort Walton Beach
November 5, 2014
Board of Directors
President:
Debbie Bodenstine
Treasurer:
Katie Sharon
Past President:
Roger Peadro
Committee Chairs
Membership:
Kent Tinsley
PHF: Paul Harris Fellows
SM: PH Sustaining Members
RotY: FWB Rotarian of the Year
 FWB Club Past President
 Other Club Past President
Members in blue are recognized as
having perfect attendance as of the end of
the previous year
Members in yellow are on a leave of
absence
Don’t forget that you can make
up missed meetings at neighboring clubs. They include:
Crestview: 12 p.m. Wednesday at
Ryan’s
Destin: 7:15 a.m. Tuesday at Rutherford’s at Regatta Bay
DeFuniak Springs: 12 p.m.
Wednesday at McLain’s Family Steakhouse
Mid-Bay: 7 a.m. Wednesday at
Bluewater Bay Golf Club
Navarre: 12 p.m. Thursday at Tuscan Grill at Hidden Creek
Niceville: 12 p.m. Thursday at
Northwest Florida State College
Building K
South Walton: 7:30 a.m. Thursday at Embassy Suites
Service Projects:
J.T. Edwards
Rotary Foundation:
Richard Kunkel
Public Relations:
Rick Stevens
Club Administration:
Ross LeBlanc
Youth Service:
William Alexson
Sergeant at Arms:
Andy Corbin/Ross Hamilton
Scholarship, Inc.:
Matt Turpin
Rotary Reader:
Dusty Ricketts
Executive Secretary:
Lorragenia Jackson
www.fortwaltonrotary.org
Presidential Citation Award Winner – 20th Consecutive Year
Issue 2,836
Ramsey Ross
Northwest Florida State College
Ramsey H. Ross is the director of athletics for Northwest
Florida State College. Ross was
promoted to athletic director
in July 2012. Ross succeeded
former AD Mickey Englett, who
retired in April of that year after
22 years at the school.
Ross has been with the college since 2004 in a variety of
roles, including Coordinator of
Student Activities and Coordinator of Athletics, Health and
Fitness.
As athletic director, Ross
oversees, plans and manages all
athletic budgets, ensures that
NWFSC is in compliance with
NJCAA/FCSAA rules, regulations, and eligibility requirements,
represents NWFSC at Council of Athletic Affairs meetings and
verifies the eligibility of each student-athlete in every sport. Ross
also supervises and evaluates coaches and staff within the Athletic Department and meets with student-athletes regarding behavioral issues and potential disciplinary actions.
Ross graduated from Choctawhatchee High School in 1997. At
Florida State University, he earned a degree in business management in 2001 and a master’s degree in sports administration in
2003.
[email protected]
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THE ROTARY READER
THE ROTARY READER
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
Nov. 12: Sen. Don Gaetz
Nov. 19: Rotary Foundation
Nov. 26: Thanksgiving - no meeting
Dec. 3: TBA
TODAY IN HISTORY
Theodore Dale “Ted” Rahe
1927-2014
Theodore Dale “Ted” Rahe, a man of faith, family and charity, died Oct. 30, 2014, after a brief illness. He
was 87. During his last days, Ted was encircled by his beloved family - Mary Ann, his wife of 62 years, and
their children and grandchildren.
He was born in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 26, 1927, the eighth child of Henry and Kathryne (Wagner)
Rahe. He served in both the U.S. Navy and the Army, and he earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s
degree (in hospital administration) from the University of Iowa. After a career in medical administration,
Ted founded a condominium management company on the Emerald Coast and continued that work until he
fell ill.
Ted had been a champion of the disadvantaged since the mid ‘60s, when he chaired a committee in Jefferson County, La., that succeeded in getting a new juvenile detention center built. A supporter of finding
help for homeless families, he worked for many years with the Okaloosa/Walton Coalition on the Homeless and later with Fresh Start for Children and Families, in recent years reporting for duty each week at
the organization’s thrift store, Repeat Street. He was a board member or volunteer with more than a dozen
organizations, including serving as board president of White Sands Manor Retirement Home, Serra Club
of Okaloosa County and Fort Walton Beach Rotary Club. He was a member of Rotary for more than 50
years with 38 years of perfect attendance. He was a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
He met Mary Ann Walsh in high school and courted her, most memorably, on a one-horse sleigh ride.
They reconnected one summer during college while performing in a theater production of The Winslow
Boy. They were married in 1952 and raised their six children together. Their lives were colored by Ted’s
adventuresome spirit, which included a love of horses, sailing, tennis and the outdoors.
In addition to his wife, Ted is survived by his children, Elizabeth Copeland (Dennis), Katie Belew (Doug),
Matthew Rahe, Mary Theresa Rahe, and Serra Abel (Gregg); grandchildren, Theodore Copeland, Nicholas Copeland, Daniel Belew, David Belew, Isabel Kenney, Lauren Abel and Sam Abel; sister, Esther Kofron;
brothers, Norm Rahe and Hank Rahe; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son,
Theodore John Rahe; his parents; and four siblings, Beatrice Rahe, Marguerite Thornton, James Rahe and
Marian Teahen.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 10 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fort Walton
Beach, with a rosary at 10 a.m. The family requests that donations be sent to Fresh Start for Children &
Families or Emerald Coast Hospice.
Expressions of love and sympathy may be viewed online at www.emeraldcoastfuneralhome.com.
Obituary reprinted from the Northwest Florida Daily News
On this day in 1968, winning one of the closest elections in U.S. history, Republican challenger Richard Nixon defeats
Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Because of the strong showing of third-party candidate George Wallace, neither Nixon
nor Humphrey received more than 50 percent of the popular vote; Nixon beat Humphrey by less than 500,000 votes.
On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats
26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM
Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record.
On this day in 2007, members of the Writers Guild of America go on strike in Los Angeles and New York after negotiations break down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The strike caused production to shut
down on more than 60 TV shows and resulted in a loss of $3 billion, by some estimates, to the Los Angeles economy alone.
TODAY IN LOCAL HISTORY
On this day in 1958, U.S. Treasury check number 10 million issued at Eglin Air Force Base marked the
first time that a U.S. military base payroll was computed entirely by computer — a giant International Business
Machine Model 704 computer.
BACKPACK PACKING
Rotarians can help pack backpacks immediately afterday today’s meeting at the Christian Life Center.
ROTARIANS WITH BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
David Macdonald, anniversary, Nov. 2
Lyndon Poff, birthday, Nov. 8
Ron Grissom, anniversary, Nov. 6
Chris Johnson, birthday, Nov. 8
NEW MEMBER PROPOSAL
Jeff Dunford of MidSouth Bank has been proposed for membership.
ROTARY’S FOUR-WAY TEST
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIP?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?