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Club of West Knoxville
Bearden Banquet Hall May 23, 2014
Engaged in Service and Growth
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Rotary Links
Rotary International
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Rotary Club of West Knoxville
Future Speakers
May 30, 2014 - No Speaker- Rockytop
BBQ Fundraiser Begins
June 6, 2014 - Anita Henderlight, Africa
ELI, “Update on South Sudan”
Jun 13, 2014 - Professor Charles Miller,
“History of the Duel”
Presiding: Oliver Smith
Song & Pledge: Bob Ely
Invocation: Anita Henderlight
Guests & Visitors: Tom Daughtrey
Humor: Joe Kirk
Editor: Charlie Biggs
Club Business and Announcements
President Oliver Smith announced that it was Bob Holsaple’s 88th birthday.
Members sang “Happy Birthday” to Bob.
Jason Fields delivered Mobile Meals.
Sarah Wegman and J.P. Mackay were inducted as members of the Club. Bob Ely
read the charge. Sarah is the Community Relations Coordinator for Choices in Senior
Care. Her sponsor is DeAnna Coulter. J.P. is a financial planner for Edward Jones. His
sponsor is Richard Bettis. Because Richard was absent, Phil Parkey gave J.P. his
Rotary pin.
Rotary Club of West Knoxville
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Knoxville, TN 37939
President Oliver Smith thanked Leo Knight for fostering the Club’s relationship with
Entrepreneurs of Knoxville. Sarah is a member of EOK. President Oliver thanked
DeAnna for bringing Sarah into the Club, and he also thanked Mike Bailey for
doing a great job as Chair of the Membership Committee.
Rotary Moment: Phil Parkey reviewed the history of Rotary International’s
Presidential Themes and the International Convention. Each May or June, Rotary
International holds a worldwide convention “to stimulate, inspire, and inform all
Rotarians at the international level.” The Convention, which is generally held in a
Phil Parkey, J.P. Mackay, DeAnna Coulter, Sarah Wegman, President Oliver Smith and Bob Ely.
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different part of the world each year, is the annual meeting
to conduct the business of Rotary. Each year, a distinguished
Rotarian is selected as the worldwide President of Rotary
International. The process begins one year in advance when
a 17-person Nominating Committee is elected from separate
zones of the world. Because there are 34 zones, each zone is
represented every other year. In the Rotary Year 1949-1950,
RI President Percy C. Hodgson established four objectives for
his term and launched the tradition of an annual theme.
Since then, the annual RI Themes have varied in length and
message, but all have inspired Rotarians to greater action.
Below are the themes for the last ten years and the sites of
the next five conventions.
Rotary Year RI President RI Convention Theme
2003-2004 Jonathan B. Majiyagb, Nigeria Osaka, Japan Lend a Hand
2004-2005 Glenn E. Estess, Sr., Alabama Chicago, Illinois Celebrate Rotary
2005-2006 Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar,
Sweden
Copenhagen, Denmark Service Above Self
2006-2007 William Boyd, New Zealand Salt Lake City, Utah Lead the Way
2007-2008 Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Canada Los Angeles, California Rotary Shares
2008-2009 Dong Kurn Lee, Korea Birmingham, England Make Dreams Real
2009-2010 John Kenny, Scotland Montreal, Canada The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands
2010-2011 Ray Klinginsmith, Missouri New Orleans, Louisiana Building Communities - Bridging Continents
2011-2012 Kalyan Banerjee, India Bangkok, Thailand Reach within to Embrace Humanity
2012-2013 Sakuji Tanaka, Japan Lisbon, Portugal Peace Through Service
2013-2014 Ron Burton, Oklahoma Sydney. Australia Engage Rotary, Change Lives
2014-2015 Gary C.K. Huang, Taiwan Sao Paulo, Brazil Light Up Rotary
2015-2016 Seoul, Korea
2016-2017 Atlanta, Georgia
2017-2018 Toronto, Canada
2018-2019 Durban, South Africa
2019-2020 Honolulu, Hawaii
Phil noted that this year’s RI Convention is in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, and he reminded members that the Convention was
held in Sao Paulo in 1980-1981 as well. Rolf Klarich of Finland
was RI President that year, and the Rotary theme was “Take
Time to Serve.” Bob Ely attended the convention with his
wife Dottie.
President Oliver Smith presented Bob and Dottie Ely with an
award to honor of their participation in the 1980-1981 RI
Convention. Bob remembered that the program included
Mother Theresa and Pelé, the Brazilian soccer star. While
Bob and Dottie were in Brazil, they visited Iguazu Falls and
the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Bob said
that thanks to Rotary he and Dottie have visited many
different parts of the world.
Bob Ely, Dottie Ely, and President Oliver Smith with
Bob and Dottie’s award for attending the 1980-1981
RI Convention in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Joe Jarrett, The Law and Lore of Snake Handling in East Tennessee
Ed Campbell introduced our speaker, Joe
Jarret, an attorney and mediator and
former Law Director for Knox County.
Mr. Jarrett spoke to the club about the
history and legal issues related to snake
handling, He noted that this is a difficult
issue because there is a conflict between
religious freedom and the government’s
need to protect people .
Snake handling began in the early 20th
century as part of the Holiness Movement.
It is rooted in Mark 16: 17-18:
And these signs shall follow them that believe: . . . They
shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover
People who handle snakes typically use copperheads,
cottonmouths, or timber rattlers. The practice is most
common in the 20 state Appalachian region.
George Went Hensley, a minister with the Church of God in
Grasshopper Valley, TN, was one of the first snake handlers.
He saw a rattlesnake while he was walking in the woods,
picked it up, and brought it to his church.
In 1947, five people died while handling snakes at a service
in Tennessee. As a result, the Tennessee legislature passed a
law prohibiting snake handling if it endangered the life of
any person. A few months later, ten people were arrested
for handling snakes in a church in East Tennessee. They
appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court,
which upheld that law.
For the next 30 years, people kept handling
snakes, but there were few prosecutions. In
1975, in the case of Swann v. Pack, the
Tennessee Supreme Court was asked to
decide if the state can ban snake handling if
it is a religious practice. The Court side-
stepped the issue by ruling that the state
could ban snake handling because it
endangers children at the service. They
ruled that snake handling is a public
nuisance and that the state has the right to
protect people and to require them to protect themselves.
Other states have also wrestled with what to do about
snake handling. Until recently, for example, if someone died
from handling snakes during a church service in Georgia, the
pastor could be sentenced to death. Kentucky also has a law
saying people can’t handle snakes in church, and this law
has been upheld by the state Supreme Court. West Virginia
has the highest number of deaths from snake handing, but
the legislature there has never banned the practice.
Mr. Jarrett closed by noting that at least 100 people have
died from handling snakes, and the number is probably
higher because many churches won’t report such deaths.
Dedicated people believe in handling snakes, and most
prosecutors won’t touch these cases. Religion, law, govern-
ment, and society are in turmoil about this issue, and there
is no agreement.
Jim Pugh announced the winner of the Club’s annual Ely-
Pickle Scholarship Award. He first thanked Bob and
Dottie Ely and Art Pickle for funding the scholarship. He
said there were a number of good candidates this year.
The committee looks for students who are active in the
community, demonstrate leadership, and make a
difference. They also look for students for whom the
scholarship will make a difference as well.
Jim then presented this year’s Ely-Pickle Scholarship
Award to Sidney Kesler, a senior at West High School.
Sidney is Captain of the volleyball team and very
involved in her church. She worked 25-30 hours each
week while going to school and was manager of a team
of employees at Chick-fil-A.
Sidney thanked the Club for the scholarship. She said she
will attend the University of Memphis next year. She
plans to major in special needs education and then work
with inner-city special needs students. As a result, she
said, the scholarship will not only help her, it will help other
people in the future as well.
Dottie Ely, Bob Ely, Sidney Kesler, and Art Pickle.
Sidney received this year’s Ely-Pickle Scholarship.
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ABC’s of Rotary
“The Rotary-CDC Partnership” is a new video showing how
Rotary and the Centers for Disease Control have worked
together to eradicate polio from the earth.
You can watch the video here or by clicking on the image
below. You can watch more videos from Rotary
International here.
Volunteers are needed for the Rockytop
BBQ Cook-Off,
Friday and Saturday,
May 30-31.
To volunteer, contact
Tommy Wolf.
For more information, click here.
President Oliver Smith announced that there was a great
article about Pond Gap School in the Bearden Shopper
News. (You can read the article here.)
Gary Ricciardi announced that David Alley, President Oliver
Smith, and President Oliver’s wife Sarah were pictured
recently in the Karns/Hardin Valley Shopper News. The
photo was taken at the Episcopal School’s 10th annual gala.
You can view the photo here (click through to page 11).
Helen Harb announced that the Sponsorship Committee has
raised $51,300 in sponsorships for the BBQ. Sponsors include
Regal Cinemas, Pilot, Bush Beans, and Wells Fargo.
Tommy Wolf announced that we need volunteers for the
BBQ early Friday morning and on Saturday. Nine members
of the Rotaract Club have volunteered to help Saturday. We
have 100 volunteers signed up. If you have not signed up or
if you can change your time, contact Tommy.
Scott Boling asked members to patronize the venders while
you’re at the BBQ. Each vendor has paid $250 to participate.
If they make over $1,000, they will give part to the Club.
President Oliver Smith thanked Tom Daughtrey for doing a
wonderful job coordinating the BBQ. He said that this was
the last time we would hold the event at ESK. They have let
us use the campus for two years without cost. The Board is
hoping to hold the BBQ in Bearden next year. We would
also like to do a volunteer program with ESK to thank them
for their help.
Lucy Gibson announced that our request for a District Grant
has been approved. The money will support digging a well
and building latrines at the Excel Academy in South Sudan.
Lucy thanked Anita Henderlight for her help with the grant.
The District commented that it was very well-written, and
they included it in their PowerPoint presentation at the
District Assembly.
President Oliver Smith closed the meeting with a quote
from Henry James:
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those
have always been the two most beautiful words in the
English language.
David Alley, Sarah Smith, and President Oliver Smith
at the ESK 10th annual gala (photo from the Karns/
Hardin Valley Shopper News, 5/19/14, p. 11).
Anita Henderlight and Lucy Gibson. Anita and Lucy
wrote a successful proposal for a District grant to
help the Excel Academy in South Sudan.
Club Business and Announcements (continued)
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ROCKYTOP hummin’ & strummin’
BBQ COOK-OFF
May 30th – Friday 8:00 am KCBS Registration begins 8:30 am Meat Inspections begins 4:00 pm Cooks Meeting in Judging Area 4:45 pm Sign-in begins for Celebrity Judges 6:00 pm General Admission Opening 6:00 pm Bush Bean Category Turn-in 6:30 pm Wampler Sausage Category Turn-in 7:00 pm Dessert Category Turn-in 8:00-9:30 pm Diva and the Black Tie Affair 8:30pm Ticketing Closes 10:00 pm General Admission Closing
May 31st – Saturday 7:00 am-8:00am Team Breakfast in Judges Area 9:00 am Judges Check-In Begins 10:30 am Judges Meeting in the Judges Area 12:00 noon General Admission Opening 8:00pm Ticketing Closes 9:00 pm General Admission Closing
Judging Schedule 11:55 pm-12:05 pm Chicken 12:25 pm-12:35 pm Pork Ribs 12:55 pm-1:05 pm Pulled Pork 1:25 pm-1:35 pm Brisket 2:00 pm-4:00 pm People’s Choice (limited to 200 tickets) 4:30 pm Awards Ceremony
Band Schedule 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Public Apology 1:30 pm-2:30 pm Subtle Clutch 3:00 pm-4:00 pm The Early Morning String Dusters 5:30 pm-6:50 pm Sparkle Motion w/Roger Alan Wade 7:10 pm-8:40 pm Second Opinion
Eating Contest Schedule 1:00 pm Hooters Wing Eating Contest 2:30 pm It’s So Yummy - Ice Cream Eating Contest
Other Events Schedule 12:00 pm-3:00 pm Classic Car Show 12:00 pm-6:00 pm Children’s Play (Face painting, children’s games, etc.)