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This Weeks Program

www.ValdostaRotary.org Volume 1, Issue 10, September 22, 2010

This Week At A Glance

Program:

Lowndes County Schools

Dr. Steve Smith

Greeters:

Rebecca Brice

Ron Borders

Last Weeks Program

Club Membership

Attendance & Donations

Attendance:

52 of 102 Members

Happy Dollars:

$102.00

Literacy Fund:

$46.50

Club News Upcoming

Programs & Meetings

September 29

Rotary Foundation

& Fellowship Recognitions

Dr. Carl Cates

October 6

Imagination Library

Dr. Patti Clark

Dr. Dennis Marks

Date Greeter 1 Greeter 2

September 22 Ron Borders Rebecca Brice

September 29 Bo Broadfoot Nathan Brown

October 6 Stacy Bush Sandy Campbell

October 13 Mason Caracciolo Carl Cates

Club Information

Rotary District

6920

Club

4220

Established

1919 Officers President Walter Elliott President Elect Greg Reid Past President Dennis Marks Treasurer Nick Valenti Secretary Barbara Knight Sergeant at Arms Bill Booth

Board of Directors Myrna Ballard Bo Broadfoot Patti Clark Kerry Morris Bob Moon Greg Reid Wes Sewell Nancy Warren Rich Yokeley District 6920 Gov.

Lloyd Horadan District 6920 Dir. Bill Booth District 6920 A. G. Bob Harrison RI President Ray Klinginsmith GRSP Student Benjamin Ikaal Intern Anne Kathryn Stone

The Rotary Club of Valdosta

h Wendell Godbee

h Bob Goddard, III

h Tim Golden

h Tom Gooding

Lacie Guy

h Owen Harris

h Jack Hartley

h Jack Hearn

h Arthur Herndon

Skip Holmes

h Al Howell

h Bill Kent

Barbara Knight

h Sharon LaBranche

h John LaHood

h Claire Lee

h Bill Lester

Jerry Long

h Terri Lupo

pp*h Tim Mabe

pp*h Dennis Marks

pp*h*w Billy Martin

h Greg Martin

pp*h*w Richard May

pp*h*w Arthur McLane

pp*h*w Tyson McLane

h Roy McNeal

h Harriet Messcher

Zach Miller

Bob Montgomery

Walter Moody

Bob Moon

h Kerry Morris

h Casey Music

Ivan Nikolov

h Tyrone O’Steen

pp*h John Page

h Keven Parks

h Henry Parrish

pp*h Suzannah Patterson

Charles Powell

pp*h*w Jennifer Powell

pp*h*w Malcolm Rainey

h*w Patsy Reaves

h Greg Reid

h Chris Roan

Bert Rutland

h*w Randy Sauls

h Wes Sewell

Corinne Simmons

h Arthur Smith

h Steven Smith

h Richard Stalvey

Anne Kathryn Stone

Alison Still

h Joe Stubbs

pp*h Robert Stump

h John Thomas

h William Tidmore

pp*h*w Al Turner

pp*h*w Nicholas Valenti

h Donnie Warren

h Nancy Warren

h Ryan Williams

h Ed Willis

h Clint Wills

h Rich Yokeley

h Paul Harris Fellow

w Will Watt Fellow

p Club President

pp Past President

Area Rotary Meetings

Nashville - Tuesday - Noon Cadillac Ranch Madison, FL - Wednesday - Noon E & J’s Restaurant Valdosta North - Tuesday - 12:15 p.m. Conference Center

Tifton - Tuesday & Wednesday - Noon Holiday Inn Quitman - Thursday - Noon Presbyterian Home Valdosta Sunrise - Thursday - 7:30 a.m. Kinderlou - Ravine

FFF ROTARIANS

STRIVE TO LIVE AND

CONDUCT BUSINESS

USING THESE GUIDELINES

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

For Rota-Reel corrections or comments please contact Kerry Morris

at: kwmorris@valdosta.edu or call 229.245.3828.

Greeter Schedule

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This week, Rotarian and Lowndes County School Superintendent Dr.

Steve Smith will bring a report from

the county school system.

Please welcome Dr. Steve Smith.

Zach Miller pulled double duty last week

working hard to get rid of his red badge.

Zach led our prayer for the day and made

us laugh with his very first Sunshine

Report.

Great job Zach!

Program Update

Literacy Project

h Joyce Aigen

h Sam Allen

h Myrna Ballard

Anne Barnas

Felecia Barnes

pp*h Richard Barnes

h*w Keith Barrett

pp*h*w Bill Booth

h Ron Borders

h Rebecca Brice

h Bo Broadfoot

h Nathan Brown

h Stacy Bush

h Sandy Campbell

Mason Caracciolo

pp*h Carl Cates

h Patti Clark

h Russ Collett

pp*h Marshall Conner

pp*h Joe Cordova

h Bruce Cousins

h Lee Cox

pp*h*w Ed Crane

John Crawford

pp*h*w V.L. Daughtery Jr.

h Donald Davis

pp*h James Dominey

h Beverly Edwards

h John Edwards

h Moshe Elbaz

p*h Walter Elliott

h Trey Fausett

h Bill Feimster

h John Fretti

h Bob Ganzak

h Laverne Gaskins

h John Gaston

Once again, the always-energetic Nancy Warren came prepared with

props to help get us all thinking about family and fellowship activities.

If you have any ideas, email Nancy at warrennd@bellsouth.net.

Membership Committee Chair Wes Sewell lead our annual membership

meeting last week. We heard from a number of service committee

chairs and everyone should be pumped and ready to get involved!

Wes is seen here showing off our updated Projects and Activities guide.

This brochure and the How to Propose a New Member brochure are

available at the desk each week. See Barbara Knight for details. We

are working to get both documents on our website as well.

Malcolm Rainey celebrated 50 years as a member of the Rotary Club

of Valdosta last week. In honor of his special anniversary, Malcolm

gave a generous $50 Happy Dollars which was quickly matched by

members at the meeting. Congratulations Malcolm. It is an honor to

serve beside you in Rotary!

The Rotary Club of Valdosta is a Community Partner in Education (CPIE). All funds

given to literacy projects each year are produced by the money donated by Rotarians in

our literacy cups. At each meeting we have a moment to “Pause to Pass” our cups to

each member around our tables. While participation is voluntary, we are confident that

every member contributes during the course of the year.

During last week’s meeting John Thomas presented checks to representatives from

J.L. Lomax and Pine Grove elementary schools. These grants of $1000 each will be

used to buy books for the school libraries.

Accepting the grant on behalf of J.L.

Lomax were Ms. Sheila Robinson (l) and

Ms. Linda Sermons (r). John Thomas

presented the checks and was all smiles

with a little help from the audience.

Accepting the grant on behalf of Pine

Grove Elementary were academic coach

Ms. Angie Dasher (l) and library media

specialist Ms. Cindy Taylor (r).

Dr. Steve Smith began his education career as a teacher and coach at

Clarke Central High School, in Athens, Ga. He later moved to Central

High School in Macon, Ga. where he served as a teacher, coach, assistant

principal, and principal over an eighteen year period. In 2000, he decided

to expand his career goals and he became the Superintendent for Pulaski

County School System in Hawkinsville, Ga. For the past six years he has

served as the superintendent of the Lowndes County School System in

Valdosta, Ga. Under his leadership, the Lowndes County School System

has been recognized for making back-to-back system-wide AYP, as an

exemplary school system by (SACS) Southern Association of Colleges and

Schools, and a Distinguished School System by the Georgia Department of

Education.

Dr. Smith earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology from

Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville in 1973 and went on

to receive additional Masters of Education Degrees, one in Social Science

Education with a concentration in U.S. History and Government in 1983

and one in Educational Administration in 1989. In 1992, Dr. Smith

obtained an Educational Specialist degree at Georgia College & State

University. In 2001, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in

Educational Administration and Supervision from Georgia State University

in Atlanta. As a promising graduate student in the field of education he

received the J. Everette DeVaughn Academic Award from Georgia State

University in 1999.

Dr. Smith is a 2001 graduate of the Superintendent's Professional

Development Program. His distinguished career in Bibb County (1982-

2000) as a teacher, coach and administrator was highlighted by a 2000

feature story in the Macon Telegraph entitled, "Finishing First," written by

Bill Boyd. Dr. Smith is featured in Joe McDaniel's book entitled; The

Boy's of 31206, which features several successful graduates of A.R.

Willingham, school for boys, in Macon, Ga. In July of 2007, Dr. Smith was

appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue as a member of the Board of

Control of the Southern Regional Education Board. Dr. Smith is a member

of Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society in Education, as well as a

member of Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society. He also serves as an adjunct

faculty member at Valdosta State University.

Today’s Program

Lowndes County Schools