December 11, 2017 The Spokesman PROGRAM: William Mangum

TOPIC: 30Years of Holiday Cards Introduction: Tammy Childress Invocation: David Pritchett

Sergeant-At-Arms: Ronald Wimberly & Ryan Brown

Greeters: Ronnie Clinard & Wanda Stewart

Rotary Club of High Point Thursday 12:00 Noon 800 Country Club Drive

Email: hprotary@northstate.net Rotary Zone 33 Rotary District 7690 Rotary Club # 6062 Web: www.highpointrotary.org (club) www.rotary7690.org (district) www.rotary.org (int’l)

This Week at Rotary . . . . . . Week

at Rotary . . . .

s Week at Rotary . . . . . .

This Week at Rotary . . . . . . Last Week at Rotary . . . . . .

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! This is the Last Issue of the Spokesman Until After Christmas!

The Next Issue of the Spokesman Will Be Jan. 1, 2018.

There will be no Club Meetings on Dec. 21st or 28th.

Our Next Meeting is January 4th at Centennial Station.

William Mangum has rightly earned the distinc-

tion as one of the South’s finest artist with a

hugely successful career that spans more than

four decades.

He began his journey as an artist with a 59¢ tray

of watercolors as a senior at UNC in Greensboro

and has developed into one of the premier land-

scape and architectural artist of his time. Man-

gum has created more than 3,000 original paint-

ings of his beloved North Carolina, as well as

scenes from abroad in Austria, Bermuda,

Greece, Italy, United Kingdom and numerous places in the Caribbean and Asia.

Nine books have been published paying homage to the beautiful places Man-

gum has captured. His latest book, Reflections, is a true celebration of his be-

loved state. Collaborating with celebrated author Ralph Marston, this volume

contains seventy-five of his latest paintings and encouraging prose to inspire

readers each day.

Mangum has exhibited his artwork in more than 30 states throughout the coun-

try, including prominent New York museums and art organizations like the

National Arts Club, Society of Illustrators, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi

Club and Knickerbocker Artists League.

Stephen Doherty, the editor of American Artist Magazine said of Bill . . . . .

“Mangum is part of a great tradition in American landscape painting. Each time

he enters his studio with paints, brushes, paper and ideas, he creates a lasting

record of the world around us.

In 2013 Bill was licensed by Klaussner Furniture to create an “An Artist Inspired

Home Collection”. This past October his sixth collection debuted at the Interna-

tional Furniture Market with rave reviews. (continued on page two)

Something was different last week at Rotary. Was it the site of buses in the parking lot of HPCC? Was it that there were TWO buffet lines, one with chicken fingers and french fries? Was it that there was a sea of elf hats in the ballroom . . . . or the chatter of children’s voices? Well, all of the above were things that made Rotary different. It was the Annual Children’s Christmas Party and there were teachers and counselors and excited elementary students everywhere! There were a lot of smiling Rotarians too! Jeff Fuller ran the show Thursday and started by informing Jordan Lessard that this was a rare Ro-tary meeting where he wasn’t the youngest in attendance. The kids all joined us as we stood for the pledge of allegiance after which Gene Williams offered our invocation. And in a shake up of our normal procedure, we recited the Four Way Test then and not at the end of the meeting. A wise idea it was indeed since it exposed all the kids to our signature closing. At the end of the meeting they have one thing on their minds . . . . Santa Claus! Our Master of Ceremonies, Van Denton, took over at that point and started by acknowledging celebri-ties in the crowd. First was Carol Andrews Hughes who was a colleague from Fox 8 in years past. The second was Lebron James . . . . . well, a teacher that really resembled him any-way. The third was Van’s church buddy Joel Gentry whom he wished a happy birthday (remember the year with the cake?).

(continued on page 6)

President Elect

Jeff Was In Charge,

But It Is Always Santa Who

Steals The Show!

December 11, 2017

For unto you is born this day

in the city of David a

Saviour, which is Christ the

Lord. Luke 2:11 KJV

THANK

YOU

TABLE

HOSTS

For Taking

Care of

Our Guests

Last Week

at

Rotary!

A BIG Thank You! To Santa’s Elves . . . . .

Sharon Smith, Myra Clodfelter, & Karl Robinson!

They put together goody bags and presented Elf Hats

for each of the children to wear last Thursday!

EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE ABOVE SELF! Thanks too to Mary Sizemore and Jim Zola at the High Point

Public Library for their part.

IT IS A GOOD TIME

to make a year end tax deductible donation

to the Rotary Club

of High Point Foundation

(See Dave McCoy)

Rotary

COOK BOOKS

Great

For Gift Giving!

Just

$ 10 See

Dave

This Week at Rotary

Smiling Bell Ringers!

Julie and her helper Amelia lit up the area around Harris Teeter. How could you not

drop anything in the kettle when you encounter such a cute young lady

ringing the bell? The three dedicated bell ringers below, Rick, George, and

Stewart , look to be enjoying each other’s company as they too spend a Saturday Ringing the bell for the Salvation Army.

Thanks to

EVERYONE

That Took the

Time to

Ring the Bell

for the

Salvation

Army

We Will Miss Dr. Ken Broman-Fulks

Who Has Resigned From Our Club

(continued from page one) His well-known philanthropic outreach

towards homelessness has raised nearly $7 million through his an-

nual Honor Card Program now in its 30th year. It was the subject

for NBC Nightly News segment “Making a Difference”. Using his

artistic merits to champion many causes the Governor awarded Bill

the State’s highest honor with the “Order of the Longleaf Pine” and

this year he was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate from UNCG.

Bill resides with his wife Cynthia in Greensboro, NC where they

raised their three children and now enjoy their three adorable grand-

children.

BALLOT 2018-19 The Nominating Committee of the Rotary Club of High Point

is pleased to submit the following slate of officers and direc-

tors for the 2018-2019 Rotary year to be elected by the mem-

bership at the meeting on December 14, 2017.

PRESIDENT: Jeff Fuller

PRESIDENT-ELECT: Steve Ilderton

VICE PRESIDENT: Don Shaw

SECRETARY: Kem Ellis

TREASURER: Ken Esposito

DIRECTORS: Class of 2021

Owen Bertschi

Mark Pierce

Amy West

Additional

Nominations

Will Be

Accepted

From the

Floor

During

The

Election

December 11, 2017

For meeting

of Dec. 7th

ABSENT

Abeles Anderson Atkinson J. Baker Benfield

Broman-Fulks

R. Brown Bulmer

Bunch (L) Clinard

F. Clodfelter Conley Curcio Curlee

Ro. Davis Draelos

Elder Faucette

Gayle Gentry Harman Harris

Hoskins K. Hughes B. Jackson

D. Jackson Johnson

Kasias Mabe Maille Miller Mills

P. Morgan Morris Peters

Pritchett Dw. Shaw

Steede Whitley

Make Ups Credited

Mtg. of Dec. 7th:

BELL RINGING:

Atkinson 12/2

Mills 12/2

Muenzner 12/2

Parrish 12/2

Steede 12/2

Ward 12/2

BBQ CLEANUP:

Gayle 10/21

BBQ :

Maille 10/20

BBQ SPONSOR MTG:

Elder 8/3

DESIGNS TO FIGHT

HUNGER:

Anderson 11/12

D. Jackson 11/16

Dw. Shaw 11/17

CHANGING OF THE

GUARD:

Benfield 6/29

INTERNATIONAL

CONVENTION:

Gentry 6/10

Your Board has voted to donate $ 200 to each of the following charities

BOY SCOUTS

GIRL SCOUTS

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB

of GREATER HIGH POINT

SALVATION ARMY

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB

SLAVATION ARMY

FAMILY SERVICES

CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND

YMCA

YWCA

HOSPICE of the

PIEDMONT

Merry Christmas!

ROTARY CLUB of HIGH POINT

2017-2018 Officers, Boards, Committees President Tammy Childress

President Elect Jeff Fuller

Vice President Steve Ilderton

Secretary Kem Ellis

Treasurer Ken Esposito

Immediate Past President Stan Godwin

Executive Secretary David McCoy

Sergeant-At-Arms Amy West

District Liaison David McCoy

Membership Retention George White

Special Recognitions D. Shaw, K. McAllister, J. Anderson, J. Gentry

Family of Rotary Sharon Smith

New Comer's Committee George White

Blue Badge Administration George White

Football Pool Master David Pritchett

Rotary History David Wall

Birthday Cards Nancy Bowman

Membership Recruitment Wil Elder

Classification Monica Peters

Orientation Robert Hoskins

Attendance Kem Ellis

Social Events Wil Elder

Club Public Relations Mary Sizemore

Spokesman Newsletter Mark Pierce

Website Development Dave McCoy

Facebook Carol Hughes

Press Releases Kem Ellis

Club Administration Mark Pierce/ A. Maille

Anniversary Celebration Mark Pierce

District Conf. Contacts T. Childress/ J. Fuller

Youth Services Kai Robinson/ R. Kerr

Interact Wanda Stewart, Keith Curlee

RYLA Julie Muenzner

Local Scholarships Brian Bunch

School/Student Relations Greg Suire/Carol Hughes

Job Shadowing Wanda Stewart

Children's Christmas Party Jeff Fuller

Youth Service Chair John Curcio

Community Srvc Projects Joel Campbell

Literacy (Read-A-Thon) Mary Sizemore

Concern For The Elderly Steve Ilderton

Salvation Army Bell Ringing Leigh Anne Kasias

Service Projects Gene Williams

Fundraising Projects Jordan Lessard

BBQ & Auction Stan Godwin/ G. White

Poinsettia Sale Greg Suire

Golf Tournament Tyler Adamson

ACC Day Nancy Bowman

Allocations Joel Gentry

Foundation & Inter. Srv. Don Shaw

Polio Plus R. Ragan/ D. McCoy

District Grants Mark Pierce

Programs Tom Blount

Rotary

Leadership Institute

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Saturday, January 13th

Cary, NC * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Saturday, April 7th

Mooresville, NC * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Friday, April 20th Thomasville, NC

Is Jeff Just Happy

Or Happy This Big

Production Went Off

So Well? At Left Is

Excited Elf Tammy

Ladies

In Red!

Myra &

Carol

Show

Off

Their

Holiday

Style!

MAKE UP OPPORTUNITIES Monday

Furnitureland - String & Splinter 12 noon Greensboro-Crescent-Realtor Assoc. 12:30 pm

Tuesday

GSO-Airport-Cardinal Club 7:00 am Asheboro—Pinewood C.C. 12 noon

Lexington—YMCA 12:15 pm

Guilford—Weir Jordan House 12:30 pm W-S Benton Convention Center 12:30 pm

Jamestown—Jamestown Town Hall 6:00 pm

Wednesday

Kernersville—First Christian Church 7:00 am

Archdale-Trinity Guil-Rand Fire Dept 12 noon Thomasville—Woman’s Club 12:05 pm

Asheboro—Randolph

AVS Catering Banquet Center 12 noon Greensboro-Coliseum Sp. EventsCtr 12:30 pm

Thursday

Greensboro-Gate City-O’Henry Hotel 7:00 am W-S Stratford—Forsyth C.C. 12:30 pm

Friday

GSO Summit-Starmount Forest CC 12:30 pm

Support The Concerts & Food

Drives That Our Club’s “Design to Fight Hunger”

Promotes And You Support the Local

Salvation Army

December 11, 2017

COMING

ATTRACTIONS

Dec. 21st

No Meeting

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

Dec. 28th

No Meeting

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

Jan. 4th

Year in Review & 2018 Predictions

Megan Ward

(At Centennial Station)

Can She Take The Heat ?

The 2018 PREDICTIONS

COMING: January 4th

MEGAN WARD Will Be On The

Hot Seat

A NEW CONTEST FOR THE BOWL SEASON

NAME _______________

PICKS TO DAVID PRITCHETT BY DEC. 16TH fullcounttraining@gmail.com

Van Uttered a Four Letter Word

SNOW!

(December 11th through Dec. 31st)

HappyBirthday

December 12, 2016

Happy Wedding Anniversary

Happy Club Anniversary

Joel Gentry Patrick Harman Nancy Bowman Carroll Brown David Pritchett Janice Steede Sun. Dec. 10th Sat., Dec. 16th Thurs. Dec. 21st Sat. , Dec. 23rd Sat., Dec. 23rd Fri., Dec. 29th

Groome & Ann

Fulton 57 yrs.

Thursday, Dec. 21st

Tammy & Jeff Childress

23 yrs. Sunday,

Dec. 17th

Parks & Jane Freeze 24 yrs.

Tuesday, Dec. 26th

David & Mary Helen Jackson

31 yrs. Wednesday

Dec. 27th

Joel & Shirene Gentry 33 yrs. Friday

Dec. 29th

Andy Harris 3 yrs.

Dec. 13th

Rudy Hinnant 51 yrs.

Dec. 14th

Ken Hughes 16 yrs.

Dec. 14th

Scott Dunbar 6 yrs.

Dec. 23rd

John Bencini 11 yrs.

Dec. 28th

Send an Honor Card to a

friend or family member

this Season honoring them

with a gift to

Open Door Ministries

100% of Contributions

Support Outreach

Programs.

www.odm-hp.org

Ron Wimberly Fri., Dec. 29th

Another Birthday Boy

Van then introduced our entertainment, Nathan Ryan and the Whomevers (as in whomever he can get to sing with him). From Frosty the Snowman to 42 Monkeys, a great audience participation song, the trio ramped things up to a high energy show. There was arm waving, fist pumping, dancing, singing, and hand clapping as the kids really got into the perform-ance, as did a lot of the Rotarians too. If these kids still took naps, they’d be ready for one. I think a few Rotarians were ready for one too! Ryan’s band eventually turned things back over to the emcee, Van. Drum roll please . . . . . . Van then prepared the crowd for the Christmas Eve forecast by reminding us that there is but an 8% chance of snow on Christmas Day or Eve. But he reminded us of the 5-6” snowfall for Christmas 2010. It can happen! Then he started in on this week’s forecast. I watched kids with smiles and those with crossed fingers as he gave his detailed progno-sis of some white stuff this week. Friday night’s call for a dusting to less than an inch wasn’t what they wanted to hear, but it was better than noth-ing. He then introduced that jolly old man with the long white beard and rosy cheeks. Immediately, the sound of jingling bells could be heard from the hall as Santa made his way through the room. The kids all lined up nicely as they stood well behaved waiting their turn to see the guy they really came to see in the first place. Ho! Ho! Ho! Rotarians exchanged warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and headed back to work . . . though I expect most would have rather been in line to see Santa themselves! HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas!

Last Week at Rotary . . . . . . Continued from page 1)

December 12, 2016

Just Maybe . . . The Highlight of the Year

PARADE OF SCH O OLS

Lot’s of Memories Until We Do It All Again Next Year For Another Group Of Deserving Kids. Merry Christmas To All!

December 12, 2016