THIS WEEK’s PROGRAM & NEWS: June 11, 2015
Rotary Club of Blacksburg, Club #5753
P.O. Box 770 Blacksburg, VA 24063 / Jamie Dunn, President
www.rotaryblacksburg.org / Facebook: www.facebook.com/RotaryBlacksburg
Four Way Test: Of the things we think, say or do...Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
PROGRAMS & EVENTS: June is Rotary Fellowship Month
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Jun 11, Outstanding Math/Science Student Awards with Tommy Loflin
Books: Corbin Mathews, CHS
The Science Book
Attia Mohamed, AHS
One Doctor: Close Calls, cold cases and the mysteries of medicine
Devin Nowall, AHS
Science 101 by Dr. Paul Parsons
Sean Wilkins, AHS
100 Essential things you didn’t know about Math and the Arts
Jun 15, Golf Tournament
Jun 18, Teresa Sweeney, Single-stream Recycling for Montgomery County
Jun 25, Jamie Dunn and Mike Jones, Saying Thanks to Jamie, and Welcoming Mike
Aug 22, Yard Sale
TODAY’S PROGRAM: Tommy Loflin, Vocational Service Committee
Today the Club is honored to recognize four really wonderful MCPS high school seniors who are recipients of our
2015 Outstanding Math / Science Student Awards. These awards will be presented to:
Student / High School focus
Corbin Mathews / Biochemistry UVA
Attia Mohamed / Health Sci. / Med.
Devin Nowall / Engineering
Sean Wilkins / Engineering
College / Future career
Physician, to serve SWVA / Appalachia region
RU / Trauma Surgeon
VT / Computer Science (specializing in programing drones)
VT / Biomedical engineering (invent devices for disabled)
The selection criteria for our Outstanding Math / Science Student Award is based equally on the student’s
academic accomplishments in their math / science studies, plus their service work at school and in our
community. These awards include a $1,000 scholarship to help further the student’s math / science education.
Please take time today to greet and congratulate these students, their nominating teachers and their guests.
FROM MIKE SNYDER AND DEWEY ROTENBERRY, LOCAL SERVICE: The Mountains of Music Homecoming needs
our assistance serving food and drinks Sat. June 13 from 11:00 AM-6:00 PM at the Montgomery Museum.
Come out and support local music and artistry! Sign-up sheets will be on the lunch tables this week. Counts as a
make-up too! On Sat. June 27th we plan to have a work day/picnic at the Wong Park in Blacksburg. We'll add a
fresh coat of stain to the shelter we built several years ago and clean up the paver bricks donated by Rotarians
and local businesses. Afterwards, we'll enjoy a picnic together! More details to follow.
TED TALAREK, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE: The next Electronic Recycling event will be June 18.
FORE PLEASE! FROM THE GOLF TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE: The 15th Annual Rotary Club of Blacksburg
Captain’s Choice Golf Tournament will be held this Monday, June 15 beginning at 1:00 p.m. The entry fee is $400
per team/$100 per individual which includes green and cart fee, lunch before the tournament, one mulligan and
one raffle ticket. At the conclusion of play, there will be awards for winning teams and a raffle drawing for a
variety of prizes including restaurant and store gift certificates, golf passes and signed memorabilia. What we
need now is for Rotarians, friends, co-workers, family, etc. to register individually or as a team for the
tournament. Registration forms were emailed out and hard copies will be on the table at our weekly meeting.
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You can mail in your form and entry fee to our PO Box (address is on the form) or you can give it to Aaron
Summers or Jamie Dunn at our weekly meeting. If you are not a golfer, there are other ways to get involved with
volunteering the day of the event such as helping with registration, monitoring hole in one holes, hosting, raffle
prizes, etc. You can also be a hole sponsor for only $100. It would be great to see everyone out at the golf course
on June 15th!
FROM CHRIS BELLUZZO, YARD SALE COMMITTEE: The yard sale is scheduled for August 22. Please start setting
aside your items. It’s never too early to start getting things together, so if you find good items be sure to hold
on to them. This year we will have some storage space available ahead of time so if you have something that
must go soon let the Yard Sale Committee know!
OUR CLUB’S ROTARY HISTORY: Ten years after being chartered, two significant events took place. In 1988, the
club voted to accept women into full membership and in February of 1988, Joyce Hoerner was elected as the
first woman member of the club. Many women have accepted membership since then. Also, just a decade after
the birth of the club, the club officially changed its name to the Rotary club of Blacksburg.
FROM LESLIE JESTER, SECRETARY: How to Propose a New Member! Do you want to invite that professional that
you just met at a chamber mixer to our club meeting and see if they would be interested in becoming a member
of the club, but just aren't sure how to go about it??
1st - Invite them!! I think 99.9% of the club members would support the fact that we each came to the club and
joined because we were invited. We hope that you will introduce this potential member and let us know what
they do. But PLEASE do not introduce them as our next member of the club. There is a process of application
and not all who are proposed become members.
2nd - Complete the membership application and get it to me, Leslie Jester. Membership applications are
available from Hank and Leslie.
3rd - You are done. Now the behind the scene process begins and the proposed member is announced to the
Board of Directors for feedback during the course of a week. Then the proposed member is announced to the
membership for a week for feedback. If there is positive feedback, we generally invite the proposed member to
join our club by attending orientation, typically on the 3rd Thursday of the month, and induction at that
meeting.
4th - Bask in the glory of being a sponsor! Sponsorship also takes a level of responsibility. It is you who are
taking on the responsibility of showing this person the ropes of how our club works and making sure that they
get involved so that they are more than members, they become Rotarians.
BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH: Send a birthday wish to your fellow Rotarian.
John Spicer
07 Jun
Paul Mylum
22 Jun
Al Smith
11 Jun
Bob Oliver
24 Jun
Dave Reemsnyder
16 Jun
Judy Ridinger
25 Jun
Todd Murray
18 Jun
John Brown
30 Jun
Karen Stemen
18 Jun
DO YOU NEED A CLUB MAKE-UP? Spend just a ½ hour online at the Rotary eClubOne Web site learning about Rotary programs and
activities around the globe fill out the makeup form and you’re there. This link is available on our club website,
www.blacksburgrotary.org. Or, make up at an area club. Rotary International District 7570 (WWW.ROTARY7570.ORG) covers Western
Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee.
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