Vol. 31, No.  36                    April  21, 2006                       Editor: Jean Patterson    

TODAY:  No meeting at Chickasaw Country Club.  Instead, meet at 12 noon at the Memphis Hilton for the kick-off luncheon with other Rotarians attending the District 6800 Conference:  Memphis & the Delta – Celebrating Our Musical Heritage.

Future programs
 04/28/06:    11:45 a.m. at Chickasaw Country Club.   Rotary Group Study Exchange
                    Team from Germany.  Dick Wieland is the program coordinator.  
05/05/06:  Scholarship Awards day!  11:45 a.m. at Chickasaw Country Club.
                     Jerry Daws is the program coordinator.
05/12/06:      11:45 a.m. at Chickasaw Country Club.  Chris McDermott & Marty Petrusek report
                     on the recent Youth Leadership Conference.    
05/19/06:     11:45 a.m. at Chickasaw Country Club.  Ed Galfsky, executive director of Carnival
                     Memphis is the speaker.  Laura House is the program coordinator.      
05/26/06:     NO MEETING!   Memorial Day.                                            

Important dates to keep in mind
04/21-04/22:        District Conference.   Memphis Hilton.  The sponsoring organization is the Germantown Rotary Club.  
05/16/06:  Rotary Club of Memphis Central’s annual golf tournament fund-raiser.  Teams will play this Tuesday afternoon event on the East course of Windyke Country Club.   Meals and beverages will be served.    Contact R. E. Linkous or Chris McDermott to sign up a team.  Contact David Luiken to sponsor a hole.  Bill Eddings is collecting items for souvenir bags for tournament participants.

Sheffield High School Pride Knight (the school mascot is the Black Knight)
This important event at our adopted school will take place on Tuesday evening, April 25 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.in the school gym.  Linda Williams, school administrator, tells us that the gym will be filled with booths representing each department (English, history, mathematics, etc.). Student work will also be displayed.  This is both an informative and fun event including entertainment and door prizes.  All members of our Rotary club are invited!

 Ms. Williams has asked our club members to donate door prizes or give away items (pens, pencils, notepads, post-it notes are some examples) to place in the booths.  If you or your company can make a contribution, please contact Carlton Smith @ 690-1203 or  agora123@midsouth.rr.com.   If you can help, please get in touch with Carlton by close of business on Monday, April 24.


A message from our District Governor
As of this date, we have not received any applications for the Ambassadorial Scholarships for the 2005-2006 Rotary year.  
As most of you know, every year our district selects two prospective students to go abroad for higher education.  Most of these scholarships are for the period of one academic year and are worth approximately $26,000.  
The District Scholarships committee would like to get as many qualified applicants as possible.  If you know somebody who is interested in applying for the scholarship, please let me know.  I will be happy to send them the application form.  They can also download the application from the RI website.  
For more information contact George Rosentreter, Committee Chair - Ambassadorial Scholarships.
Phone - 662-234-8063.  e-mail - gcrose@vista-express.net

Vijay Surpuriya, Governor
District 6800

Club meetings in the surrounding area    
For the convenience of our members we’re providing an updated list of nearby club meetings where we can make up our misses. Please save this list for future reference.  

MONDAY  
No meetings close to the Memphis area.    
TUESDAY    
Collierville – Noon, Ridgeway Country Club **note:  this is a new location    
Memphis– Noon, Cook Convention Center  
Olive Branch – Noon, Olive Branch Country Club, Germantown Road    
Oxford– Noon, Oxford University Club, 300 North Lamar
WEDNESDAY    
Germantown-- Noon, Germantown Country Club, 1780 Kimbrough    
Hernando – Noon,  the Magnolia Restaurant, 131 Commerce  
Holly Springs – Noon, Christopher’s  Personal Care Home, 885 Highway 178E    
Memphis East – Noon, Racquet Club,  5111 Sanderlin Dr.  
Robinsonville -- 8 am, Hollywood Diner, Old Highway 61      
THURSDAY    
Bartlett/Cordova – Noon, Colonial  Country Club, 2736 Countrywood Pky, Cordova      
Southaven – Noon, Boiling Point Restaurant, 55 Church Rd. (near Civic Center)    
Tunica – Noon, Women's Club Building, corner of River and School Streets  
FRIDAY  
 Senatobia –  12:15 p.m., Northwest Junior College campus, Haraway Center      

Club roster    
Rod Ashley 363-6000                Jay Hudson  529-3632                          Mike Robbins  363-5880
L.D. Beard  369-9642                Rick James  362-3492 X27                     Randolph Reeves  681-0507  
John Bennett 853-3460              Jeff Jones  853-8109                                  Jack Robinson  213-3993          
Yves Calvert 767-8776              Doyle Lemons 756-6536                            Gary Rutherford  753-7957  
Bert Canfield 634-2730             R.E. Linkous 754-0700                           Mabel Rutherford  755-3815  
Larry  Conn 682-1800                  David Luiken  382-3823                        *Tidwell Semmes  767-5752    
Jim Crone 754-0777                  Harvey Marcom 761-2016                      John Shepherd  850-1061  
Leroy Dahler 362-9700                Bill Matthews  345-5650                        Carlton Smith  690-1203    
Ray Darby  366-7800
Fred Davis  761-9486                  John May 259-3631                              *Henry Springer  757-9005    
Jerry Daws 757-8578                   Floyd McDaniel  327-2013                         Jack Springer  681-0025        
Bill Eddings 386-3182                 Chris McDermott   377-1000                     *Jim Vandenburg  735-7003  
Pedro Fernandez  568-1575        Tom Michael  759-2143                         Lee Whipple  755-8350  
DeeDee Fowler  485-1678
*Henry Francis 754-3405            Bob Neal  685-7772                              Dick Wieland  322-8630            
**Doc Harris 662-429-4551       **Don Palmer 662-429-1542                  Gordon Wilson  678-4101  
 Al Hollingsworth 767-3600        Jean  Patterson 332-5586, Ext. 1295      
 Laura House 323-6216             *Chester Perry 685-0972  
                                                      Andy Peters 821-4145                           * Honorary member      
                                            Marty Petrusek 755-5945                          ** On leave of absence