Memphis (Tennessee) Central Rotary Club
meets Friday 11:45 at Chickasaw Country Club
main dinning room, Galloway Ave
between Holmes and Highland Streets
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Memphis Central RotarianMemphis Central Rotarian
Vol. 35 No. 14 Meeting No. 1613 October 2, 2009 Editor: Jean Patterson
2009-10 Rotary International theme: The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.
We are Rotary club #3931.
Visit our web site: www.memphiscentralrotaryclub.org
Today's meeting
10/02/09: 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club – Program: Arlender Jones Topic: Identity theft
Program coordinator: Karen Shea
Steps to take to help prevent identity theft
Run a credit report on yourself to see if there are any unknown credit inquiries or unauthorized accounts
Reconcile your check and credit card statements in a timely fashion and challenge any purchases that you did not make.
Limit the number of credit cards you have to reduce exposure and cancel any inactive accounts.
Destroy all unused pre-approved credit card and loan applications. The mailbox thief only has to fill them out and redirect the return address to start using your credit
Never give any important number over the telephone like from your driver's license, credit card, bank account, date of birth or social security number to anyone you don't know.
Minimize exposure of your driver's license number, date of birth, social security number and credit card numbers. If the numbers are requested for check cashing purposes, ask if the business has alternative options such as such as using a check-cashing card
Safeguard your credit, debit, and ATM card receipts and shred them before disposing of them
Shred your bank statements and any tax documents when you dispose of them
Before disposal, shred paycheck stubs and W-2 forms that contain your social security number and often your name and address. This is a common way for dumpster divers to obtain important identification
Scrutinize your utility and subscription bills to make sure the charges are yours
Memorize your passwords and personal identification (PIN) numbers. Keep your PIN numbers somewhere that only you know. Don't give out your PIN numbers or write them on your credit cards or ATM cards.
Keep a list or photocopy all credit and identification cards you carry with you, including front and back, so that you can quickly call the issuers to inform them about missing or stolen cards
Don't give away too much personal information on your family web site.
Protect your mother's maiden name, especially when using family tree tracers and genealogy service web sites. Maiden names are often used as passwords to access accounts over the telephone
Never leave your purse or wallet unattended, no matter where you are! Never leave your purse or wallet in open view in your car, even when the vehicle is locked
Future meetings
10/09/09: 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club – Program: TBA
10/16/09: 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club – Program: Club Assembly
Program coordinator: President Ray Darby
Note: All meeting information is provided to the newsletter editor by the Program Committee. We believe our meetings listings are current and as accurate as we have been made aware. Please contact Jean Patterson, newsletter editor, if you have update/corrections for the future meetings section.
Only two weeks remaining to make a donation to the club's Literacy Project!!! Collection of donations for the Literacy Project will continue for the next two weeks, ending after the October 9 meeting. Please make your check payable to “the Rotary Club of Memphis Central Foundation” and give your donation to club treasurer Bill Eddings who is also a member of the Literacy Committee.
Literacy Chair Jean Patterson and committee members Bill Eddings, Tom Michael, Randolph Reeves and Gordon Wilson encourage you to participate in this important fund-raising project! Remember, if someone had not taught you how to read, the messages in the newsletter would look something like this: XVUWPOEN XUEOP WAMP97A
Donations collected for the Literacy Project will be given to the Memphis Literacy Foundation and toward our Rotary District 6800 Dictionary project.
Update from the September 25 meeting: We have collected $400.00 to date---66 2/3% of our $600.00 goal. But I know we can do more, so if you haven't already made a donation for this extremely important project, please plan to do so this Friday or at the October 9th meeting. Together, we can make a difference!
Calling Al, Gordon, Harvey, Karen, R. E. and Tom
If you didn't see our club directory photographer last week, we are looking for you because we still need to take your picture for the new club directory now in preparation. Laura House will have a camera with her at this week's meeting. Please look your best and be ready to smile for Ms. Laura when she says “cheese”!
Holiday Dinner and Silent Auction
This year's annual Holiday Dinner and Silent Auction will be held on Saturday, December 12 at the University Club featuring the MPD Peacemakers as our after-dinner entertainment. For those who are not familiar with the group, the MPD Peacemakers is a quartet of the finest singing voices in the Memphis police department. Here's how you can help to make this event a resounding success:
Attend the event! Mark this date on your calendar and plan to bring friends and family
Actively participate by collecting auction items – we need interesting and useful items at all price ranges, so please help look for donated items from vendors, friends or people you do business with.
Please direct any questions or comments to Jim Crone, chair for the event.
Club members celebrating October birthdays
10/04: R. E. Linkous (Linkous Construction Co.)
10/06: Karen Shea (Shea Wealth management)
10/07: Gary Rutherford (Glenn Rutherford & Co.)
10/11: Carlton Smith (Remote Internet Corp.)
10/12: Bill Eddings (Chris Woods Construction Co., Inc.)
10/16: Floyd McDaniel (honorary member)
Floyd's Fund raffle
Going into this week's meeting, the winner's portion of the fund has grown to $101.00. After raffle tickets are purchased on Friday, half of the amount raised this week will go directly into Floyd's Fund and the other half into the winner's pot. Let's all participate by purchasing lots of raffle tickets to make the Scholarship Fund grow by leaps and bounds.
The holder of the lucky raffle ticket gets the opportunity to draw from the remaining cards in the deck---now down to less than 50. The winning playing card---when drawn from the cards left in the deck---is the elusive Queen of Hearts.
Remember, if you don't purchase raffle tickets you can't win the prize!
Club meetings in the surrounding area
For the convenience of our members we've provided a list of nearby club meeting sites where we can make up our misses. Please save this list for future reference.
MONDAY
Rotary Club of Memphis Sunrise – 7:30 a.m., Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar
West Memphis, Noon, Southland Greyhound Park
TUESDAY
Collierville – Noon, Ridgeway Country Club
Memphis– Noon, University Club
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, First Regional Library (NW side adjacent to the Square) – catered lunch
Holly Springs – Noon, Annie's Restaurant, 198 N. Memphis Street. Phone 662-658-2825.
Marion, Arkansas – Noon, The Cedars, 200 Washington Ave.
Memphis East – Noon, Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin Dr.
Robinsonville -- 8 am, Tunica National Golf & Tennis facility, Highway 61 & Casino Strip Blvd.
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
Are you unable to make up in person at a nearby Rotary club location? Then you may wish to consider going on-line to make up your missed meeting(s) at Rotary’s e-club one. It’s very easy to do and the variety of program topics allows you to learn a lot about other Rotary club projects worldwide in addition to business subjects and critical needs.
Make-up meetings at your convenience, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Spending 30 minutes on the website constitutes an on-line Rotary meeting. It is mandatory that your visit MUST be 30 minutes or more. Visit www.rotaryeclubone.org today!
Our mailing address
Memphis Central Rotary Club
P.O. Box 772296
Memphis TN 38177
Your individual Rotary membership number is printed on your copy of the Rotarian magazine.
Or contact our club secretary to find out your number before corresponding with Rotary International.
Club roster
Daniel Augustine 832-3625
L.D. Beard 369-9642
Bert Canfield 634-2730
Larry Conn 682-1800
Jim Crone 634-1111 (cell #)
Leroy Dahler 362-9700
Ray Darby 366-7800
Fred Davis 761-9486
Jerry Daws 757-8578
Bill Eddings 386-3182
Al Hollingsworth 767-3600
Laura House 323-6216
Rick James 362-3492 X27
Jeff Jones 853-8109
Doyle Lemons 756-6536
R.E. Linkous 754-0700
David Luiken 382-3823
Harvey Marcom 761-2016
Bill Matthews 345-5650John May 761-3000
Tom Michael 759-2143
Bob Neal 685-7772
Jean Patterson 332-5586, Ext. 1295
Marty Petrusek 348-2832
Randolph Reeves 681-0507
Randy Ring 388-0592
Mike Robbins 363-5880
Jack Robinson 213-3993
Mabel Rutherford 755-3815
Karen Shea 683-9099
John Shepherd 850-1061
Carlton Smith 690-1203
Jack Springer 681-0025
Hugh Thomas 489-4392
Lee Whipple 755-8350
Dick Wieland 270-3778 (cell #)
Gordon Wilson 258-8781 (cell#)
Honorary members of the club*
John Bennett 853-3460 *
Henry Francis 754-3405 *
Floyd McDaniel 327-2013 *
Chester Perry 685-0972*
Tidwell Semmes 767-5752 *
Henry Springer 757-9005*
Jim Vandenburg 735-7003 *