Vol. 31, No.  38         May 5, 2006         Meeting 1463           Editor: Jean Patterson    

05/05/06:  Scholarship Awards day!  11:45 a.m. at Chickasaw Country Club.
                     Jerry Daws is the program coordinator.

Future programs
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
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.
 

The Scholarship Committee interviewed 12 local seniors to determine who would receive the six $1500 scholarships given annually by our club. As always, it was a wonderful eye-opening morning for Chairman Jerry Daws and his committee – Bert Canfield, Henry Francis, Doyle Lemons and Carlton Smith. Choosing six of the 12 was a most difficult task – it was clear that all 12 finalists are fine students who deserve assistance as they start their college careers.

Here are brief biographical looks at our Rotary Scholarship winners.

Derek Hill, Whitehaven High, has been accepted to the two schools in which he is most interested – Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt. His goal is to be an entrepreneur, so it’s not surprising that he reached the national finals in DECA competition. During his high school years he was involved in many activities, both in and out of school. He played on the tennis team but tried for scholarships strictly on his academic achievements.

He also was accepted at Rhodes, but he wants to broaden his horizons by being away from Memphis for a while. However, he plans to return to Memphis to start his business career after he finishes his education. When asked what person, living or dead, he would like to spend a day with, his choice was Condoleeza Rice.

Salama Shelton, Woodale High, is very much the sports enthusiast. She captained the lacrosse team and also competed in tennis, track, basketball, softball and baseball. But becoming an architect is her goal, and she plans to achieve it at either Tuskegee University in Alabama or Prairie View University in Texas. Each school has a major program in architecture that requires five or six years of study.

Salama is very much a vegetarian – she has never consumed meat or fish or any dairy product. She believes her excellent health is due to this regimen.

Why did she choose architecture? She enjoys math and designing, and she feels they go well together in this field. Her choice of someone to spend a day with was Martin Luther King.

Suzanne Tran, Sheffield High, wrote a most interesting essay – what’s right and what’s wrong about Memphis. She feels that Memphis is a great place to live and could be even better with a few changes she would try to make if she ever became mayor of the city.

Once again Sheffield has offered an interesting student with a Vietnamese background. She plans to go to the University of Memphis with a major in psychology. She will be the first in her family ever to attend college.

Suzanne expects to be married soon – her fiancé plans to attend Southwest to learn to be an accountant. Her choice of someone to spend a day with was Anne Frank.

Jonathan Toles, Bishop Byrne, has received all his education so far from Catholic schools. Where does he plan to go to college? Holy Cross, a Catholic college run by Jesuit priests. What does he want to do with his life? Become a Baptist minister! He already is a deacon and a preacher at his church. He also points out that Holy Cross has a good law school, and he plans to work as an intern in a law office. When he comes back to Memphis, he wants to be a minister and a lawyer.

Jonathan was student of the year and he also won the athlete award of the year. He competed in football, basketball, golf, soccer and track. In addition he was very active in volunteer work. Not only that – he was senior class president. He attended World Youth Day in Germany where he saw the Pope. He would like to have the chance to spend a day with Martin Luther King.

Britney Holmes, Woodale, wants to be the Oprah Winfrey of Memphis. Broadcasting is her dream, and she already does some at the school and on the education channel. She plans to attend the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with majors in communications and education. She says math is her favorite subject – “There’s only one correct answer!”

She was a member of the cheerleading squad. Her long-term goal is to get Memphians to enjoy Memphis – something she feels she can do as a broadcaster on a local TV station. The person she would have liked to spend a day with was Elvis Presley.

Alison Hardeman, SBEC, wants to teach a science, probably physics, at SBEC after she gets her degree at Christian Brothers. She was captain of the Knowledge Bowl team, valedictorian of her class and a member of the band. In college she plans to take a five-year program majoring in science and education. She is also interested in doing research work. She will be the first of her family ever to attend college.

She has done a lot of missionary work and she plans to continue doing so. Who would she like to have the chance to spend a day with? C.S. Lewis, the author.



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
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