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ROTARY CLUB OF CORPUS CHRISTI
www.rotarycc.com
418 Peoples St., Ste. 300
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
361.882.8672
Fax: 361.888.5579
DISTRICT 5930 CLUB 2062
125th Club Established
Chartered 1914
Officers
Mary McQueen ................ President
John Landers ............ Past President
Crystal Mead .......... President Elect
Tim Stephens ... President Nominee
Luciano Salazar............... Secretary
Jim Villaume ................... Treasurer
Dick McCracken ............. Programs
Cris Radaneata ............ Sgt-at-Arms
Directors
John Holloway ........... Membership
Robert Cagle ... Community Service
Polly Harris ................... Fellowship
Suzel Mendieta ........ Youth Service
Al Berry ........................ Vocational
Heather Moretzsohn .... Rotary Fdtn
Mary Gleason…… Special Projects
Mario Jiminez ...... Public Relations
Staff
Lysa Chapman . Executive Director
Pam Majek ..........Club Coordinator
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DISTRICT 5930
www.rotary5930.org
Art Zeitler .......... District Governor
Betty Frantum ........ Governor Elect
Jerry Spence ....... District Treasurer
Christine Wisian ..... Dist. Secretary
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
www.rotary.org
Gary Huang ...................... President
Light Up Rotary
Volume 13, Issue 42
Pilot Newsletter
Program on Thursday, May 14, 2015
ROTARY MOTTOS
Service Above Self
They Profit Most Who Serve Best
We are business and community leaders dedicated
to making a positive difference through service.
Mary McQueen
2014-2015 President
Club News
Downtown living is really shaping up
with the anticipated opening of The
Cosmopolitan. On Thursday we will
hear from the developer’s
President/Founder, Rick Deyoe, and
VP of Construction, Harald Heer.
Rick Deyoe is always looking for
undeveloped areas in order to
determine the future needs and
projection of tomorrow’s businesses
and consumers. And that is just what
he found in the 400 block of North
Chaparral Street in Corpus Christi.
Rick Deyoe
Realtex Development
Corporation LLC
Sgt-At–Arms Cris Radaneata
Invocation Rick Ott
Music David Parker
4 Way Test TBD
Introductions: TBD
Hospitality TBD
Meals &
Tickets Mark Johnstone,
Lucie Harris, Amy Twardowski
The meeting will be held on May 14, 2015
Solomon P. Ortiz Center Lunch Begins at 11:45 AM
Meeting 12:10 PM - 1:15 PM
$18 Lunch/ $5 Non-Eaters
WELCOME NEW MEMBER,
CHE GOFF!
Pictured left to right: Kevin McCracken, President
for the Day; Jerret Krouse; and
Che Goff
Harald Heer
Realtex Development
Corporation, LLC
Club News Volume 13, Issue 42 Page 2
Upcoming Committee
Meetings/Projects:
May 16: District Spring Assembly –
River Hills Baptist Church, 9-noon
lunch-2:30 pm
May 14: Board of Directors meeting
May 30: Board Retreat, 9-1:30 pm
Upcoming Thursday Meetings:
May 21: Vocational Luncheon
May 28: Refinery Terminal Fire
Company
World Polio Cases
As of May 6, 2015
www.polioeradication.org
2015 2014
Total 23 74
Endemic countries 23 65
Non-endemic 0 9
Where to Make-Up Missed Meetings:
All clubs meet at noon unless
otherwise indicated
Monday A.P. Bakery Café—Aransas Pass
Tuesday North Shore CC—Portland
Taft Community Center—Taft
Boathouse Grill —Padre Island
Wednesday CC Country Club —CC Southside
Chicken Shack - CC Northwest
Alice Country Club—Alice
Thursday 7 am CC Yacht Club—CC Sunrise
Pelican’s Landing Rest.—Port Aransas
5:30 pm Havana Club—CC Evening
Friday CC Town Club—CC West
Did you know that you can
make-up a meeting online?
www.rotaryeclubone.org
ROTARY VOCATIONAL LUNCHEON ~ MAY 21
It’s time again to plan for one of our
Member’s most favorite programs:
the vocational luncheon. This is the
one Thursday Rotary lunch that is
NOT held at the Ortiz Center.
Instead, each member has the
opportunity to select from one of the
host sites, whose program topic is
selected by the Rotarian host
business. For example, Rotarian Tim
Dowling has offered to host up to 15
members at his law office and stated
that Marvin Wanner (another
attorney in Tim’s law firm) would
be the program speaker. Topic is:
“Wills and Estate Planning.”
The host has the option to furnish
your lunch that day, split the cost
with you, or suggest you bring your
lunch.
See Page 4 for the list of hosts and
get signed up! Call/email the office:
882.8672 [email protected]
CONGRATULATIONS LENNIS TUGMAN ON RECEIVING
YOUR BLUE BADGE!
LEMONADE DAY
KEDT AUCTION
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
FOR OUR NEXT CLUB
SOCIAL:
FAMILY LAKE DAY!
JUNE 13
Page 3
Club News
Wes Tunnell, as the Professional
Conservationist.
Art Zeitler led a group of Rotarians to
Choluteca, Honduras to help complete the
Household Water Treatment, Sanitation and
Hygiene International Project. Bea wrote:
The Choluteca Project was a prime
example of Rotarians offering their
time, talents and labor to honor the
citizens of a small Honduran city. Our
members placed the Choluteca
residents’ needs above their own.
Their efforts had offered Cholutecans
the means and the ability to filter
contaminated water and make it safe
to drink. In addition, Rotarians built
latrines for families who had never
had such “luxury” before. Through
donations and hands-on assistance,
Rotarians had offered residents of this
impoverished area an opportunity for
better health and for the young
children a chance to survive. Rotary International opens the doors for
clubs, such as ours, to reach out
beyond our frontiers and make a
difference in the lives of special
people.
The Club partnered with the Corpus Christi
Evening Rotary Club to build the Miracle
League Field which was completed that year
and the first exhibition game was held in
March 2011.
We continued to have excellent speakers
from our local area including: Mayor Joe
Adame; Dr. Flavius Killebrew; Trey
McCambell; Dr. Ray Graf; and those who
travelled to enlighten us- Brewster
McCracken (Austin) and Landon Van Dyke
(Washington, D.C.).
Club changes that year included: a new web
site; the resignation of Odette Perkins as
Club Coordinator (to pursue a great
opportunity); the resignation of Pat Townsend as President Elect; and the
The History of Rotary Club
of Corpus Christi
Compiled by Debra Bruce from records in the Rotary Club Office
2010-2011 Rotary President Bea Hanson
and her Board were installed at the July
1st meeting by Past President Debra
Bruce. “Building Communities and
Bridging Continents” was RI President,
Ray Klinginsmith’s theme for the year.
District 5930 Governor was Gilbert
Serna of the Laredo Gateway Rotary
Club. Our Club was in for another year
of wonderful newsletter articles written
by President Bea. In Bea’s first
newsletter article after expounding on
her amazing time at the Rotary
International Convention she wrote:
Participating in club projects offer
more than solutions to existing
problems; it is the act of
participation that brings Rotary
members and their families
together, strengthens friendships,
develops relationships, and makes
the club stronger, friendlier, and
more united. Laurie Beth Jones,
in her book Jesus CEO states,
“The principle of service is what
separates true leaders from glory
seekers.” Rotarians are true
leaders without a doubt!
This statement set the pace for that year
and future years of service opportunities
for our Club.
Annual service opportunities continued
with Shots Across Texas, Adoption
Awareness, Holiday Box Project for the
Food Bank, Red Kettle Bell Ringing for
Salvation Army, RYLA 2011 (hosted
130 high school juniors and 31 high
school seniors who returned as
counselors) and of course the highly
successful Harvey Weil Sportsman
Conservationist Award Dinner. The
Dinner honored Dick Barlett with The
Nature Conservancy as Conservationist
of the Year and former Club member,
Club News
Volume 13, Issue 42
Celebrating 100 Years of Service
1914—2014
selection of Richard Bonner to take over
the position.
The City added big green bins for the
recycling trash, and in the world, Japan
was hit with a major earthquake and
tsunami which causied tremendous loss
of property and lives.
And finally, two former Club members,
Stern Feinberg and Putt Hill, and two
current members Bill Volk and Dick
Conolly were laid to rest. We
especially mourned Dick Conolly who
was a very active member and a key
player in the establishment of the
Harvey Weil Sportsman Conservationist
program.
VOCATIONAL LUNCHEON SIGN-UP ~ MAY 21, 2015
Choluteca, Honduras Home
Water Filter System
U.S.S. LEXINGTON
Host: ROCCO MONTESANO
1. Lou Carter
2. Robert Blackmon
3. Jim Mailhes
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
10. ________
ALLEN SAMUELS CHEVROLET
Host: SKIP HARMON
1. Kevin McCracken
2. Dick McCracken
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
10. ________
VOCATIONAL LUNCHEON SIGN-UP ~ MAY 21, 2015
Contact the office to sign up or at the meeting on Thursday
MIRADOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Host: VANESSA HANCOCK
1. Jerret Krouse
2. Nick Hallick
3. Marge DeWitt
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
10. ________
CORPUS CHRISTI REHAB HOSPITAL
Host: NICK NILEST
1. Anita Mallory
2. Carl Kuehn
3. Lennis Tugman
4. Blinda Gibson
5. ________
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
10. ________
SALVATION ARMY
Host: TERRY RAY
1. Turner Moller
2. Mary Orf
3. Robert Cagle
4. Robin Perrone
5. Amy Twardowski
6. Kathy Rios
7. Bea Hanson
8. Christine Wisian
9. ________
10. ________
ANDERSON, LEHRMAN, BARRE &
MARAIST, LLP
Wills & Estate Law: Recent Changes in the Law
Host: TIM DOWLING
1. John Holmgreen
2. Crystal Mead
3. David McCready
4. Jim Shiner
5. Michael Kennedy
6. ________
7. ________
8. ________
9. ________
FREE
LUNCH
FREE
LUNCH
FREE
LUNCH FREE
LUNCH
FREE
LUNCH
$10
(suggested)
DONATION
LUNCH