Volume 59 Issue 01

Issue Date: July 04, 2013

Next Meeting: July 09, 2013

January 09, 2014

The Greenville Rotarian Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Greenville

Organized January 7, 1916

Volume 59, No. 07

October 03, 2013

June 05, 2014 June 19, 2014

JOIN US AT THE WESTIN POINSETT HOTEL

TUESDAY, JUNE 24 AT NOON

AS WE WELCOME

Anne Matthews

Vice President, Rotary International

Engaged Rotarians Make a Difference

•Learn how Rotarians are changing the world from the first woman to serve as Vice President of

Rotary International and the first woman to serve as both a Rotary Foundation Trustee and an RI

Director

•Past president of the Rotary Club of Columbia East and District Governor of District 7770

•Recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service, The Rotary Foundation’s

Distinguished Service Award, and Rotary International’s highest honor, the Service Above Self Award

•As an educator, she received two appointments from President Reagan

ALSO PRESENTATION AND SPECIAL AUCTION BY

JDEW Jeremiah Dew (JDew) is an emcee, storyteller and entertainer, producer and host. He has entertained more than two million people at live events. In 2007, he began a full-time position at Fluor Field with the Greenville Drive as the director of fun. During college basketball season, he is the on-court emcee for the Clemson Tigers. He is heavily involved with community theater in the Upstate. Dew is also owner of Gamemaster, Inc. JDew will perform Bill Cosby from his one-man show entitled "One Voice,” a journey through the African-American experience.

JDew will auction off an exclusive football signed by both Perry Tuttle and Dabo Swinney for End Polio Now! If you are a fan of Clemson football or if you want to purchase a keepsake for a family member or friend who is a Clemson fan-all for a good cause--please be prepared to bid on this foot-ball during the auction at the meeting on June 24th. Remember your bid is tax deductible!

INVITE A FUTURE ROTARIAN AS A GUEST -- $19 Includes the program, meal, and parking

President’s Message

Our President, Judith Prince, was featured on the cover

page in the Wednesday, June 11th edition of City People

in the Greenville News. The headline read “Dr. Judith

Prince shares enthusiasm for Rotary Club’s mission”.

Almost one year ago, I stood before you as Rotary’s “poster child.” My own experiences with

polio, Alzheimer’s, and literacy shaped my service as president of the Rotary Club of Greenville. I

shared three goals with you at that time: to increase the satisfaction of every member with the

Rotary Club of Greenville; to focus the efforts of Rotary; and to engage as many as possible in the

work of Rotary.

To increase satisfaction, we have provided programs and other services that would enhance your

experience as Rotarians. Programs have included panel presentations, President Teddy Roosevelt,

and a wide range of speakers. Special music from the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, the Fine

Arts Center, and the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities was scheduled throughout the

year. We held two Leadership Connection events as well. Immediately after the final meeting on

June 24th, you will be sent a Satisfaction Survey electronically to share your thoughts about this

year. Most of all, your satisfaction will be measured by how many of you bring in new members and continue your

membership in the Rotary Club!

In terms of focusing our efforts, we have changed some service projects and are slowly decreasing support for others.

This year, through Rotary Charities, our club awarded a “Service Above Self” Scholarship for $5000 and one grant for

$15,000, assuring that our impact would be felt in these two service areas. The Rotary Club of Greenville must continue

to focus its work on Rotary’s six areas of service.

The third goal of engaging as many members as possible in the services and work of Rotary is the most critical. Serving

on committees, working at Holiday Lights, and supporting our club through donations to C. A. R.T and the Rotary

Foundation are all important. Inviting guests and asking them to become members of our club is crucial to our ability to

continue to serve both locally and internationally. Each of you who have sponsored a new member will receive special

recognition at the first meeting in July 2014.

Paul Harris wrote almost 80 years ago, “This is a changing world; we must be prepared to change with it. The story of

Rotary will have to be written again and again.” Truly, this has been a year of change. The Rotary Family Literacy

Center closed, and we continue to work on a new partnership with the Greenville Literacy Association (GLA). With

53,000 citizens in Greenville without a high school diploma and as basic education and literacy is one of Rotary’s six

areas of focus, a partnership with GLA is absolutely necessary for both of us to reach our goals. A new Rotary Club of

Greenville website was launched. Rotary must continue to evolve to meet needs!

Thank you to each and every member of the Rotary Club of Greenville for giving me a year that I will long remember.

Thank you for making this a year in which by working together I know that we have changed lives.

Judith S. Prince

President

Rotary Club of Greenville – 2014

“Service Above Self” Scholarship Winner

Ellen Featherstone

Ellen Featherstone, the daughter of Richard and Leslie Featherstone, recently

graduated from James L. Mann High School with Highest Honors. She is a

Palmetto Fellows recipient and is an AP Scholar of Distinction.

While a student at Mann, Ellen was involved in many extra-curricular activities,

including National Honor Society, student council, Fellowship of Christian

Athletes, as well as playing on the Mann tennis team for 5 years. She lettered in

both academics and tennis.

From an early age, Ellen has been involved in community service. She joined

Girl Scouts in kindergarten and learned to serve her community through food

drives, making blankets for the homeless, visiting seniors in nursing homes, and

many other acts of service. While service is a large component of scouting,

leadership is as well. From an early age Ellen learned to plan scouting events for younger troops along with her peers,

and eventually would take on the sole responsibility of leadership and service to complete the highest award in scout-

ing, the GS Gold Award. Ellen’s gold project entailed the refurbishment of a GAIHN home in the Greenville commu-

nity. This sustainable project allows families to remain intact while experiencing homelessness.

Ellen’s relationship with the GAIHN community was rekindled when she became the Vice President of Service for the

National Honor Society. Plans were made to “flip” a transitional home that was within the JL Mann community. In

the course of two days, the house was cleaned, repainted, and landscaped.

As a member of student council, Ellen helped to raise money for Spirit Week charities that included Arizona

Children’s Charities, the Cancer Survivors Park, and J. L. Mann’s after school tutoring program.

Ellen participated in the Class 7 of Youth Leadership Greenville and gave back to her community as a Park Hero with

Greenville Recreation Dept. She also participated in the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Program and Student

Athlete Leadership Program.

Ellen is active in her church serving as a Sunday school leader, a church basketball volunteer, and participating in the

LEAD team for youth ministry.

In her spare time, Ellen enjoys reading and photography as well as hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Ellen will be attending the Calhoun Honors College at Clemson University in the fall where she will pursue a degree

in Bioengineering. Studying disease on a cellular level is of particular interest to Ellen, and she plans to continue graduate

study in pathology and/or epidemiology.

Ellen Featherstone receives the first Rotary “Service Above Self” Scholarship.

The Rotary Club of Greenville does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in the recruitment and consideration of applicants for the scholarship program.

Meet Our New Members

Last Meeting Photo Gallery

G. Neal Kyber graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in Financial Man-

agement in 1986, and he has been in banking since then. In August 2005, he accepted a position

with NBSC, A Division of Synovus Bank where he was president of the Rock Hill Market from

2005 to 2011. In 2011, Neal was promoted by Synovus to serve as Upstate Regional Executive,

which is essentially Chief Executive Officer for commercial and retail banking in Anderson,

Greenville, Greer, Spartanburg and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Neal has been engaged in public

service, serving as Past President and Board Member of City Club of Rock Hill and a member of

the Irmo Sertoma Club. Community service includes serving on Irmo’s Zoning Board of Appeals,

as a member and past treasurer of the River Reserve Home Owners’ Association Board, and on the

Palmetto Society of Greenville United Way. He is a member of the South Carolina Bankers’ Association. Neal has two daughters

in the Powdersville High School Band, and he is President Elect Powdersville High School Band Boosters’ Club.

Ronald P. Cabana Ron Cabana graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA with a degree in Eco-

nomics/Accounting. He moved to Naples, Florida and started working for Cronacher Development

Corporation, his current employer in 1995. Cronacher Development Corporation is a family owned

company that currently owns and invests in commercial retail real estate properties in several loca-

tions in the United States. Ron manages the financial and operational matters for the company. He has

worked in Public Accounting, held positions of Controller in the restaurant and hospitality industry,

and provided consulting services to companies in various turnaround situations. During the 16 years

Ron and his wife lived in Naples, they were active volunteers in two community theater companies.

Ron served on the Board of Directors for the Naples Players Community Theater and worked on the

Steering and Finance committees that guided the fundraising and debt free completion of a $5,000,000

theater in downtown Naples. Ron was returning from a business trip to Florida on Southwest Airlines

which happened to be featuring Greenville in its inflight magazine. He showed it to his wife, and it became her mission to find a

way to move them here. Ron and his wife moved to Greenville in September 2012.

Rotaract members met with Mayor Know White

to discuss community projects.

G. Neal Kyber

Radium Architecture is pleased to announce

that G. Scott Kilgore, AIA, has joined the firm

as Principal/Shareholder. Kilgore is a veteran

architect with over 36 years of experience in-

cluding Laboratories, Local Government, Pub-

lic Schools, Higher Education, and Healthcare

facilities.

Members News

The Managing Shareholder of Jackson Lewis PC’s Greenville

office, Stephanie E. Lewis, was selected to the 2014 South Car-

olina Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent

of attorneys in the state are selected to receive this honor.

Condolences to our member Jeff Bullock, Director of the

Greenville Zoo, on the loss of Joy, a beloved 44-year-old

elderly African elephant, who passed away suddenly

while en route to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo from the

Greenville Zoo.

Welcome Proposed New Members

Last Meeting Photo Gallery

Member Calendar

Tuesday, June 24th, Rotary Club of Greenville meeting, 12:00 Noon Westin Poinsett, Anne Matthews, RI Vice President and

Jeremiah Dew

Wednesday, July 2nd, Discover Rotary, 7:30am, Golden Career Strategies

Tuesday, July 8th, Rotary Club of Greenville meeting, 12:00 Noon Westin Poinsett, Passing of the Gavel

Office Hours Monday - Thursday - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Friday - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

RI President

District Governor

President

President-Elect

Secretary

Treasurer

Bulletin Editor

Ron Burton Lorraine Angelino

Judith Prince

Russell Stall

Elizabeth Lyons

Jill Kintigh

Tim Nanney

The Greenville Rotarian Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Greenville

Organized January 7, 1916

Volume 59, No. 23

June 19, 2014

Rotary Club of Greenville

728 N. Pleasantburg Drive

Greenville, SC 29607

Office: 864-235-2293

Fax: 864-235-3328

Auction of Football Signed by Perry Tuttle and Dabo Swinney for End Polio Now

Perry Tuttle was a first round draft pick in the 1982 NFL draft and played 10 years of pro ball (NFL & CFL). Perry

will be remembered for the game winning catch during the 1982 Orange Bowl that won Clemson a national champion-

ship. He remains the only Clemson athlete to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Perry is a member of the South

Carolina Hall of Fame, Clemson Hall of Fame, Davidson County Hall of Fame, and the Winnipeg Hall of Fame. Perry

is a noted author, speaker, coach and currently works with Fortune 500 Companies, pro athletes and is the Chaplain of

the Charlotte Hornets.

At 44, William Christopher "Dabo" Swinney is one of the youngest head coaches in the ACC and the country. He has

led the Clemson Tigers to the ACC Championship game twice, won one ACC Championship, won or shared three

ACC Atlantic Division titles, and has been named national coach-of-the-year.

A football signed by both Perry Tuttle and Dabo Swinney will be auctioned off by Jeremiah Dew for End Polio Now at

the final Rotary Club of Greenville meeting on June 24th! If you are a fan of Clemson football or if you want to pur-

chase a keepsake for a family member or friend who is a Clemson fan-all for a good cause--please be prepared to bid

on this football during the auction at the meeting on June 24th. Remember your bid is tax deductible!

Geoffrey (Geoff) Reabold

Account Executive

Konica Minolta

Sponsors: Elizabeth Lyons and Judith Prince

Alicia Zmuda

Certified Financial Planner

First Citizens Bank

Sponsors: Stanton Horne and Cary Wilson

Charles M. Sprinkle III

Attorney/Shareholder

Haynesworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Sponsors: Stinson Ferguson and Judith Prince