President’s Message Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth program in 1968 in the Charlotte North Rota-ry Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has grown into a major Rotary-sponsored organization of over 10,900 clubs spread around the world and 250,790 members. It is a service, leadership, professional and community service organization for young men and women between the ages 18–30. Rotoract fo-cuses on the development of young adults as leaders in their communities and workplaces. Clubs around the world also take part in international service projects in a global effort to bring peace and inter-national understanding to the world. "Rotoract" stands for "Rotary in Action", although the name originally comes from a combination of "Rotary" and "Interact" (International + Action). Last Wednesday Juan Lira, Juanita Lira, David Garza, John Kilburn, Marilu Gorecki, Lorena Rijos, Anna Wirshing, Michael Gonzalez and I had the pleasure of attending the installation of officers for our Rotaract club at Texas A&M International University. The installation was conducted by Asst. District Governor Lupita Zepeda. It was a pleasure to listen to in-coming Rotoract President Gabriela Rangel talk about her vision and plans to continue with the growth of the club. Past Rotoract President Ruth Solis gave an overview of her Rotoract year and was proud to an-nounce that they accomplished all of their goals and left the club with a healthy fund balance for this year. Congratulations to Gabriela Rangel, President; Jessica Gutierrez, Vice President; Ashley Vilano, Secretary; Griselda Solis, Treasurer; Jennifer Rodriguez, Parliamentarian; and De-bir Vazquez, Risk Manager. Dr. Pat Abrego, Laredo Rotary Club mem-ber and Rotaract Sponsor, presented the new officers with Rotaract pins. A big thanks and congratulation goes out to Pat Abrego for the outstanding guidance and support she provides on our behalf. This Thursday our Saint Augustine Interact club will conduct its instal-lation of officers at their noon meeting at the High School. I strongly encourage all of our members to attend the interact meting and support this year’s interactors. September is basic education and literacy month for Rotary Internation-al and, with board approval, I hope to establish a memorandum of un-derstanding with the Literacy Volunteers of Laredo in support of their literacy efforts. I hope that all our club members will support our litera-cy initiatives throughout the year. Our fundraiser activities are coming up soon, so I’m asking all Rotarians to help us promote and secure sponsors for our 0.5K Scholarthon. Re-member that all funds from the scholorthon are dedicated to our perpet-ual education scholarship fund. Also, please continue to secure bowling teams for our first annual bowling tournament. Don’t forget to S.O.S.— support our satellite— and attend their meetings at Tony Roma’s on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. Continue to be people of action and offer Service above Self in order to be the Inspiration!

President

Rogelio Trevino

President Elect

David Garza

Vice President

Corina Salinas

Secretary

Juanita Lira

Treasurer

Juan Pablo Gonzalez

Program Director

Armengol Guerra III

Sergeant at Arms

Doug Alford

In this issue

President’s Message

Program

Summary

Rotary Club

Members

Calendar

September 19, 2018

Of the things we

think, say or do:

First…

Is it the TRUTH?

Second…

Is it FAIR to all

concerned?

Third…

Will it build GOOD-

WILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?

Fourth…

Will it be

BENEFICIAL to all

concerned?

The Four Way

Rogelio Trevino, President

September Rotarian of the Month

Arturo Limon

A stellar presentation was delivered by Astrophysics Scientist Dr. Eva Noyola. Dr. Noyola of the University of Texas Astronomy department and the famed McDonald Observatory discussed “Black Holes” and the science behind them. She was born in Mexico City and has always been fascinated with Black Holes.

Dr. Noyola obtained her undergraduate degree from National Autono-mous University of Mexico (UNAM). She then pursued and earned her PhD in astrophysics from UT-Austin in 2006. Additional investigations and postdoctoral research was conducted in Germany at the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching. She later returned to the McDonald Observatory as a Research Scientist in 2013.

Dr. Noyola’s additional accomplishments include, but are not limited to, working on the Hubble Space Telescope with as-tronomer Karl Gebhart. Her expertise discovered evidence of a new size and type of Black Hole. She identified that there was a black hole 40,000 times bigger than the mass of the sun. It’s one of the largest globular star clusters that orbits the Milky Way and is located in the core of Omega Centauri. With her specialized obser-vation and techniques, she studies the way stars move

within small objects. She looks for clues that are pre-sent in medium-size black holes.

Dr. Noyola’s Presentation answered several questions:

How do we “observe” black holes?

What is a black hole?

How are black holes formed?

How do we detect a black hole?

What happens in the act when a black hole forms?

What are the different types of black holes?

How is an intermediate mass black hole detected?

Where do intermediate mass black holes come from?

Do intermediate mass black holes behave like su-permassive ones?

For more information: contact Dr. Eva Noyola at noy-ola@astro.as.utexas.edu or (512) 471-1348

Dr. Eva Noyola - McDonald Observatory

By: Celina Maniece

Ramirez, Amelia— Sep 01

Salinas, Corina— Sep 06

Cuellar, Fernando— Sep 07

Longoria, Marissa— Sep 10

Mendoza, Xavier— Sep 11

Wirsching, Sandra - Sep 11

Bernier, Barry Sep 14

Garza, Cecilia Sep 16

Brizuela, Desiderio - Sep 19

Guest Speakers

9/5 Sid Miller - Texas Agricul-

tural Commissioner

9/12 Dr. Eva Noyola - McDon-

ald Observatory

9/19 Martin Villarreal, Chief

Appraiser, Webb County

Appraisal District

9/26 Dr. Glenda C. Walker -

Dean of TAMIU College of

Nursing & Health Sciences

Thought for the Day

“Action without vision is

wasted, and vision

without action is just a

dream. Action with vi-

sion brings hope to the

world.”

Luis Vicente Giay 1996-

97 (public accounting

service), Rotary Club of

Arrecifes, Buenos Aires,

Argentina

September Birthdays

L A R E D O R O T A R Y C L U B P R O J E C T S / A C T I V I T I E S

Project

Planned/Implementation

Date Contact Person/s √ District Grant Submission June 30, 2018 Juanita Lira/Juan Lira

√ Executive Board Retreat July 14, 2018 Rogelio Trevino

√ Family Social/Rotary Day July 14, 2018 Mike Dickerson, Michael Gonzalez

√ Student Desks to Mexico Initiative July 14, 2018 Juan Lira

√ Gov.Andy Hagen’s Visit (board)

noon

August 24, 2018 Rogelio Trevin0

√ All Clubs’ Meeting at a Social August 25, 2018 Rogelio Trevino

PPD

Four in 1 Conference (membership,

public image, foundation, leader-

ship)

September 15, 2018 Juan Lira (in Kingsville, Texas)

Career Expo September 26, 2018 Rogelio Trevino, Michael Gonzalez

Chess Tournament October 2018 Armengol Guerra

Polio 5k Run/balloon launch October 20,2018 St. Aug & United Interact Club, Maria

Gorecki

World Polio Day October 24, 2018 Robert Mora

Election for New 5 Board of Direc-

tor Positions

October 24, 2018 David Garza

. 5K Event October 27, 2018 Mike Dickerson Bowling Tournament November 4, 2018 Cookie Vela

Adoption Awareness Picnic November 2018 Emilia Diaz, Jason Norris

Recognition of Veterans November 7, 2018 David Garza, Juan Lira

Adult 4 Way Speech Contest December 2018 Catalina Dickerson

Election to Select President Nomi-

nee

December 20, 2018 David Garza

Christmas Party December 2018 Corina Salinas, Azucena Andrade, Rober-

to Vela, Sandra Wirsching, Melina De la

Fuente Salvation Army Bell Ringing December 2018 Tom Addison

Blood Drive January 2019 Al Chapa, Melina DeLaFuente,

Richard Perales RYLA February 1-3, 2019 Maria Gorecki, Robert Mora,

Four-Way Test Speech Contest February 2019 Armengol Guerra

Theater Arts March 2019 Corina Salinas, John Kilburn

Polio Moto Run March 23-24, 2019 Mike Dickerson, Barry Bernier

Steps to Good Health March 2019 Roberto Vela, Edna Peña, Azucena

Andrade Paul Harris Fellow Banquet April 2019 Juan Lira, Juanita Lira, Rogelio Trevino

District 5930 Conference April 2019 Rogelio Trevino & David Garza

Literacy Contest April 2019 Pat Abrego & Jeff Jones

Arbor Day – Plant a tree April 27, 2019 Roberto Vela District Assembly—Kingsville May 2019 Rogelio Trevino & David Garza

Veterans’ Legal Assistance May 2019 David Garza, Victor Villarreal

Bingo May 2019 Melina De La Fuente, Lorena Rijos,

Andrea DeLaFunete Recruitment teams/awards June 19, 2019 Juanita Lira, Sandra Wirsching

Installation Banquet/awards June 27, 2019 Rogelio Trevino, Juan Lira, Juanita Lira

* Paul Harris Fellow

Honorary Member

* Abrego, Patricia University, Technology * Addison, Tom Paint, Retail Aguirre, Adolph Social Services * Alford, Doug Insurance Adjuster Arreazola, David Community College Assessment * Andrade, Azucena Portrait Photography Bernier, Barry Social Services Caballero, Claudia Banking, Administration Caballero, Juan M. CPA Castillo, Luis Real Estate Investments Chapa, Al Medical Supplier * Cuellar, Fernando D. Ranching * De La Fuente, Melina Insurance Broker De La Garza, Andrea Workforce Development Diaz, Emilia Accountant * Dickerson, Catalina Health Insurance * Dickerson, Mike Law, Estate Planning Escamilla, Eduardo Custom Broker Evans, Leiza Nochebuena Education Counselor Flores, Ricardo F. Accounting * Garcia, Becky Medical, Management * Garza, Cecilia Education, University * Garza, David Veterans’ Service Officer * Gonzalez, Ed Awards & Trophies, Retail * Gonzalez, Juan Pablo Tax Professional González, Michael Business Development Gonzalez, Ruby Social Service González Brizuela, Desiderio Business Advisor Gorecki. Maria Performing Arts * Guerra, Armengol Hardware Guo, Zhanhong Health/Wellness

Gutierrez, Jesus Financial Advisor.

Gutierrez, Miguel A. Human Resources

Hernandez, Alberto LCC Dual Enrollment Hernandez, Mayra University Leadership * Ibarra, Margie Public Official

* Jones, Jeffrey A. Investment Broker * Kazen, Mike Social Services * Kilburn, John University Administration * Landeck, Michael Education, Marketing * Lira, Juan Education, University * Lira, Juanita Education, Consultant Longoria, Marissa College Administration Maniece, Celina Employer Relations * Martinez, Jorge CPA Martinez, Veronica College Administration Menchaca, Ramiro E. Accounting Mendoza, Xavier Financial Consultant * Montemayor, Fernando Dry Goods Mora, Roberto Secondary Ed. Mora, Sergio Public Relations Neira, Evelyn Banking, Administration Nguyen, Zone Law, Labor Employment Norris, Jason Health, University Olivares , Jessica Workforce Development * Pena, Edna Real Estate Residential Pence, Jesse Law, Personal Injury Perales, Richard Education, University Pompa, Sara Alicia Institutional Advancement Praesel, Sylvia Workforce Development Quintanilla, Eduardo Customs Broke * Ramirez, Edmundo Real Estate Management Ramos, Erasmo Banking Ramos, John Joseph Transportation * Reuthinger, David Banking Credit Reuthinger, David Jr. Attorney, Criminal Law Rijos, Lorena Communications Rodriguez, Rodney Education * Salinas, Corina Wellness, Home Management Serna Jr., Victor Jose Real Estate Soto, Ruben CPA Stabile, John Engineer

* Summers, Robert Automotive Services Tobin, Kenneth Higher Education Torres, Arianna Management * Treviño, Jose Investigations Treviño Rogelio Workforce Dev Vargas, Monserrat Banking, Administration Vela, Cookie Recreation * Vela, Roberto Investments, Real Estate * Villarreal, John Banking, Administration Villarreal, Victor Judge * Watson, Jonathan Auto Sales, Retail * Williams, James Auto Industry Wirsching, Anna Management * Wirsching, Sandra G. Education, Business * Zuck, Dale Computer Analyst

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