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Photo Archive - Rotary Club of Kernersville
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2008 ( 2007 - 2006
- 2005
- 2004 )
John Coulter - YMCA Director
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On April 30th, John Coulter, Director of the Kernersville Family YMCA, spoke to us briefly on the upcoming building project and the capital campaign. It includes a community pool, reforming of the current outdoor ball fields, a children's playground, a safer loop entrance and additional parking. We all received a tour of the facilities.
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Pam Ray - GSE Team Leader
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On April 23rd, Pam Ray showed us many pictures and explained the wonderful GSE Trip to Taiwan. Their 30 day adventure was filled w/ many group photos, exotic meals, ancient ruins and widespread Karaoke
singing. Pam was the textile consultant, Sam the hospital administrator, Denise the UNCG study exchange consultant, Abby the furniture designer, and Kim the social worker. Checkout the GSE Blog for their postings! |
Fire Chief Walt Summerville |
On April 9th, Kernersville's new Fire Rescue Chief Walt Summerville spoke at our breakfast meeting. Since his first experience in the Boone Fire Department, Chief Summerville has literally climbed the ladder / fire ladder. He has only been on the job as chief for 1.5 months, but has made an impact. The citizens of Kernersville in a recent survey requested that a fire chief be able to make decisions, build the staff up, and have plenty of experience. Chief Walt Summerville will do a fine job for our town. |
Students of the Month |
Students of the Month |
Erinn Thompson & Coach Robinson
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On April 2nd, Brian Robinson - Girls Basketball Coach at Bishop McGuiness spoke at our breakfast meeting. Coach Robinson focused not on the 3 consecutive state championships but rather the importance of teaching his girls values and "life after basketball". Brian mentioned repeatedly that "things happen for a reason" and that "if you want to be good at anything, you must choose to put in the time." Erinn Thompson was selected as the Associated Press' 2007-08 North Carolina Player of the Year!!! Congratulations Erinn! |
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On March 26th, the status of the “Heart of the Triad” was given by Arnold King. Arnold spoke of the various misinformation and inaccurate stories that many people have interpreted as fact. The HOT is simply a land use and transportation master plan and is not a ploy by local commercial real estate brokers to make a fast buck. HOT is an attempt to coordinate various growth plans from the surrounding cities and municipalities. Growth is inevitable and HOT does not want this area to turn into the same transportation mess that RTP has experienced. |
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L-R Pam Ray, Abby Eaton, Sam Seifert, Dave McKoy (DG) Denise Bellamy, Kim Herzing |
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New Member - Ken Gamble |
Hon. Paul Newby |
On March 12th, Hon. Paul Newby, Associate Justice North Carolina Supreme Court, spoke to our club about the amazing story and progression of events that led to recovering the NC copy of the original Bill of Rights. At the end of the Civil War, it was stolen by an Ohio Union soldier who in turn sold it to am Indiana person for $5. It traveled from state to state, was offered numerous times to NC for various $$ amounts, but each time the NC state officials informed the sellers that we could not spend tax payer money on stolen property. Finally it was recovered in a clever manner with the aide of many honorable parties. (Story1 , Story 2, PDF Story) |
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Todd Lawson |
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On March 5th, Brian Stewart, Tom Fitzgerald,
Rich Blakemore explained and showed the various Rotary web sites and their respective databases, rosters and directories. These included KernersvilleRotary.org , Rotary.org / Member Access , Rotary7690.org , PedalthePiedmont.org , the 7690 GSE Blog , and the 7690 Database Directory . ALL of which can be accessed via this page / web site. Most of the private areas you can gain access to by using your current email address and your RI number. If you forget your RI number, look on the mailing label of yoru monthly Rotarian magazine! It's important that when you have a change (employment, phone number, email address, etc.) that you inform the club secretary so that he can keep ALL information current and accurate! |
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Pedal the Piedmont
June 21, 2008
| On Feb. 27th, the inaugural Pedal the Piedmont bike ride was discussed. Barbara Fulp and Josh Katz explained the various aspects of the fund raiser including the purpose, the route, the need for volunteers now and the day of the event, corporate and individual sponsorships, the schedule of events, online registration and the sale of jerseys. Our motto for 2008 is "Move Education Forward". Classification talks were also given by Keith Speaks, David Sheperd, and Mike Lacey. |
 Jeff Gunter |
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Police Chief
G.C. "Neal" Stockton
| On Feb. 20th, the “Four Way Test Award”
was given to Kernersville Police Chief G. C. “Neal”
Stockton. (Presented by Jason Grubbs) - Good morning. As many of you know, for the last 12 years, our club has presented a member of the Kernersville community with our Four Way Test Award.
The award honors a non-Rotarian member of the community who exemplifies in their daily life the high standards of ethical behavior, integrity and goodwill required by the Four Way Test. (Full text HERE!)
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Dawn Morgan
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On Feb. 13th, our new Mayor Mayor
Dawn Morgan spoke at our breakfast meeting. This was
her first public appearance as mayor. Dawn pointed out that this
is most likely the first time when our town has had a new mayor,
a new town manager and a new board all at the same time. In her
first 100 days, Dawn hopes to tackle items such as hiring a new
fire chief, deciding a on a new fire station, crime prevention,
traffic hot spots and government efficiency, which may include a
paperless town government. |
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Terry Moffitt
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Dr.
Terry Moffitt, National Superintendent – Veritas
Sports Academy spoke at our breakfast meeting on February
6th. Veritas is a tuition free high school for boys which will combine
athletic, academic and spiritual education. Their mission is to
assist in developing student athletes spiritually, academically,
socially, emotionally & physically by providing a Christian
education in a traditional college-prep setting. The main headquarters
will be in Kernersville near Beeson Rd. and will eventually have
~ 140 students. |
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On January 30th, Ted
Johnson from Piedmont
Triad International Airport Authority & Stephanie Freeman
from SkyBus spoke at our breakfast. Ted updated the group on the
many changes that are occurring and will occur at PTIA. FedEx will
be up and running the summer of 2009 w/ 750-1500 employees. Honda
Jet will be starting their operations come the summer of 2008 with
300 employees. Other areas he covered were the new traffic patterns,
the land usage and the economic impact that this project will impact.
Stephanie Freeman explained the new SkyBus operation and its nonstop
low-price strategy. |
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Pat Ivey
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January 16th Pat Ivey, NCDOT Division Engineer
spoke at our breakfast meeting. His discussion centered around
the various NCDOT projects in our region (Macey Grove interchange,
Union Cross Road widening, the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway,
etc.) and how the state simply does not have the money to accomplish
all of these projects, let alone all of the other state wide projects. |
Curtis Swisher |
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Jennifer Haymes
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January 9th brought us the East Forsyth Finance
Academy. Jennifer Haymes talked about the business curriculum
that the students are taught, including summer internships at
local businesses. Courses include economics, personal finances
as well as intense career counseling. Some courses are also college
level for which the students receive college credits. |
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Andrea Hulke
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January 2nd brought us Andrea Hulke, National
Manager, Outreach – Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation . JDRF is an international
non-profit organization with over 81 chapters in the US. Their
mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through
the support of research and local volunteer support networks.
91% of donations go directly to fund research. |
Michelle Hollis |
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