Vol. 31, No.  37         April  28, 2006         Meeting 1462           Editor: Jean Patterson    

                                          "Wir begruessen unsere Freunde aus Deutschland"
TODAY: 11:45 a.m. at Chickasaw Country Club.  Please welcome the members of the Rotary Group Study Exchange Team from Germany.  Dick Wieland is the program coordinator.  Team members include  Messrs. Orwin Lang – team leader, pharmacist; Kai Luederwald, information technology; Christian Schiemann, banking; Alexander Kutzner – construction; Ian Glockner, lawyer.

Future programs
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.                                            

Scholarship Committee to meet at the Marriott Hotel on Saturday
04/29/06:  The club’s Scholarship Committee will conduct interviews with student finalists at the Marriott Hotel on American Way from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  All club members are invited to stop by to listen to the interviews.  They are always impressive and you will learn firsthand why it is so difficult for the Scholarship Committee to select just five recipients from all the top-notch finalists.

Important dates to keep in mind
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.

Last Week’s Meeting
Instead of holding a regularly-scheduled meeting at Chickasaw Country Club, we met at 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.  More than 20 members from our club braved the stormy weather to join other members of District 6800 for the luncheon.
Several club members including Floyd McDaniel, Andy Peters, Carlton Smith and editor Jean Patterson were at a table with former club member Tracy Chisum.  Tracy is currently a member of the Germantown Rotary Club.  She sends her best to members of our club.  At one time Tracy’s husband, George was a member (and former president) of our club, too.  Former District Governor Dick Wieland and wife Joann were seated at the head table.  
Others from our club at the conference luncheon include John Bennett, Bert Canfield, Jim Crone, Fred Davis, Jerry Daws (taking photographs as always!), Jeff Jones, Doyle Lemons, Chris McDermott, assistant district governor Tom Michael, Bob Neal, Marty Petrusek, Gary Rutherford, Mabel Rutherford, John Shepherd and Gordon Wilson..  Our club may have had the largest representation of any club in the District at this important event.  We should be very pleased and I urge you to keep up the good work!  P.S.  If I omitted your name from this list please don’t take offense.  It only means that I didn’t see you in the crowd of people gathered for the luncheon.  Also, David Luiken intended to join us but was unexpectedly called away to a grocer’s meeting in Jackson, TN.  
District Governor Vijay introduced Shelby County Mayor A. C. Wharton who made a surprise visit to the luncheon.  He was attending another meeting in the hotel but was pleased to stop by to speak to our group.  He gave a humorous but inspiring impromptu talk about the important work Rotary is doing in several areas including literacy.  This is a topic dear to the Mayor’s heart as well as ours.  As he made his way down from the podium, the Mayor received a standing ovation.
John Germ, Rotary international vice-president 2004-05, was the scheduled keynote speaker for the afternoon.  John was unexpectedly delayed in Chattanooga due to inclement weather.  Filling in was Louis Marciano who did an excellent job.  His talk was also filled with humor as he talked about the importance of Rotary and what it has meant to him for the 34 years he has been a member of our organization.  For twenty-two of those years he has had perfect attendance!

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