ROTARY CLUB OF CORPUS CHRISTI

www.rotarycc.com

418 Peoples St., Ste. 300

Corpus Christi, TX 78401

361.882.8672

Fax: 361.888.5579

rotarycc@swbell.net

DISTRICT 5930 CLUB 2062

125th Club Established

Chartered 1914

Officers

Mary McQueen ................ President

John Landers ............ Past President

Crystal Mead .......... President Elect

Tim Stephens ... President Nominee

Luciano Salazar............... Secretary

Jim Villaume ................... Treasurer

Dick McCracken ............. Programs

Cris Radaneata ............ Sgt-at-Arms

Directors

John Holloway ........... Membership

Robert Cagle ... Community Service

Polly Harris ................... Fellowship

Suzel Mendieta ........ Youth Service

Al Berry ........................ Vocational

Heather Moretzsohn .... Rotary Fdtn

Mary Gleason…… Special Projects

Mario Jiminez ...... Public Relations

Staff

Lysa Chapman . Executive Director

Pam Majek ..........Club Coordinator

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DISTRICT 5930

www.rotary5930.org

Art Zeitler .......... District Governor

Betty Frantum ........ Governor Elect

Jerry Spence ....... District Treasurer

Christine Wisian ..... Dist. Secretary

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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

www.rotary.org

Gary Huang ...................... President

Light Up Rotary

Volume 13, Issue 43

Pilot Newsletter

NO Program on Thursday, May 21, 2015

ROTARY MOTTOS

Service Above Self

They Profit Most Who Serve Best

We are business and community leaders dedicated

to making a positive difference through service.

Mary McQueen

2014-2015 President

Club News

VOCATIONAL LUNCH

AT

SITE OF YOUR CHOICE

It’s time again to plan for one of our Member’s most favorite programs: the

vocational luncheon. This is the one Thursday Rotary lunch that is NOT held at the

Ortiz Center. Instead, each member has the opportunity to select from one of the host

sites, whose program topic is selected by the Rotarian host business.

See Page 4 for Sign Up Sheets

Call/email the office: 882.8672 pam@rotarycc.com

Charlie Jackson’s resolution was read and Rotarians

stood in a moment of silence to honor our long-time Club member. Carol Jackson and family were in

attendance.

Club News Volume 13, Issue 43 Page 2

Upcoming Committee

Meetings/Projects:

May 30: 2015-2016 Board Retreat, 9-

1:30 pm

June 13: Family Lake Day social

Upcoming Thursday Meetings:

May 28: Refinery Terminal Fire

Company

June 4: John Metz, National Weather

Service

World Polio Cases

As of May 13, 2015

www.polioeradication.org

2015 2014

Total 23 77

Endemic countries 23 68

Non-endemic 0 9

Where to Make-Up Missed Meetings:

All clubs meet at noon unless

otherwise indicated

Monday A.P. Bakery Café—Aransas Pass

Tuesday North Shore CC—Portland

Taft Community Center—Taft

Boathouse Grill —Padre Island

Wednesday CC Country Club —CC Southside

Chicken Shack - CC Northwest

Alice Country Club—Alice

Thursday 7 am CC Yacht Club—CC Sunrise

Pelican’s Landing Rest.—Port Aransas

5:30 pm Havana Club—CC Evening

Friday CC Town Club—CC West

Did you know that you can

make-up a meeting online?

www.rotaryeclubone.org

CONGRATULATIONS ANNA HAY ON RECEIVING YOUR

BLUE BADGE!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

FOR OUR NEXT

CLUB SOCIAL:

FAMILY LAKE DAY!

JUNE 13

2-7 PM

Hot Dogs and Hamburgers along with sodas and water

will be served.

BYOB, appetizer/ dessert, chair, towel &

sunscreen

Notice to the Membership of the

Rotary Club of Corpus Christi

May 18, 2015

The following proposal for

membership having been approved

according to the by-laws is hereby

published for membership approval.

Objections must be filed in writing to

the Board of Directors within 7 days.

Christopher Munro

CEO & Founder

James 2:17 Ministries

Notice to the Membership of the

Rotary Club of Corpus Christi

May 18, 2015

The following proposal for

membership having been approved

according to the by-laws is hereby

published for membership approval.

Objections must be filed in writing to

the Board of Directors within 7 days.

Victor Bentancourt

Owner/President

V-Fit Training Center

Page 3

Club News

The inaugural Club Social event was held at

Harrison’s Landing Tavern on the Bay

located at the Peoples Street T-head. It was a

great networking opportunity and time to

relax and get to know fellow Rotarians.

The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle event

experienced another successful year as we

helped raise $5,132.45. That was almost

$2,000 more than the previous year. The

team at Sam’s Club, led by Turner Moller,

raised more than half of the total money

collected.

The Holiday Program was as fun as ever and

successfully collected items for the children

at Bokenkamp Children’s Shelter as well as

$950 in cash and checks.

Special programs this year included: Eric

Ray on the research and recovery of the La

Belle Shipwreck in Matagorda Bay; Fred

Segundo, Director of Aviation at Corpus

Christi International Airport; Tom Schmid,

Texas State Aquarium; Troy Riggs former

Chief of Police and then Assistant City

Manager.

The Club continued its support of Polio

Plus. Excerpts from Bill Gates’ Annual

Letter Regarding Polio:

… At the start of 2011, poliovirus was

still spreading in three areas: 10

countries in Africa (with viruses that

originated primarily in Nigeria),

Afghanistan and Pakistan, and India.

Now India has reached a huge

milestone. …On January 13, 2012,

India celebrated its first year of being

polio free. The challenge in India was

mind-boggling. It’s hard to imagine

how you would design a polio

campaign that reached every Indian

child. More than a billion people live

in the country…..The Indian

government deserves special credit for

this achievement. It will be challenging

to continue raising the approximately

$1 billion per year it takes to run the

The History of Rotary Club

of Corpus Christi

Compiled by Debra Bruce from records in the Rotary Club Office

2011-2012 President Bea Hanson

passed the gavel and the official

President’s pin to President Richard

Bonner at the July 7th 2011 meeting.

Richard embraced the year with the RI

theme “Reach Within to Embrace

Humanity” with RI President Kalyan

Banerjee and District Governor Lauro

Solis. In closing out the previous year,

the Club recognized Crystal Mead with

the Spirit of Rotary and Mary McQueen

the Rotarian of the Year awards.

The Club travelled to other sites for

meetings this year including the Craft

Training Center of the Coastal Bend to

see the new training facility first hand.

In November we once again set up at the

Food Bank of Corpus Christi to fill

boxes with food for the Thanksgiving

Holiday. Bea Hanson, Executive

Director of the Food Bank wrote:

“Service above Self was evident

last night as 90 Rotarians, friends

& family came together to pack

Thanksgiving boxes. The special

boxes are being distributed by

pantries in the eleven counties

that the Food Bank serves. This

year’s volunteers matched last

year’s record; they packed 1,000

boxes in just about 2 hours. As

we say at RYLA, Wonderful,

Terrific, F-A-N-TA-S-T-I-C.”

The Club continued to support and

promote the Adoption Awareness Picnic,

Shots Across Texas, RYLA, High

School Students, and Adopt-A-School

(Driscoll Middle School) Recognition.

The City of Corpus Christi welcomed

new City Manager Ron Olson who

spoke to the Club about the

reorganization of some of the City

departments which Olson said were

needed to restore accountability, team

work and trust issues.

Club News

Volume 13, Issue 43

Celebrating 100 Years of Service

1914—2014

global campaign. …Rotary continues to be the heart and soul

of polio eradication, supporting

the program directly while also

taking on a larger role in

encouraging other donors to give

more. … These are enormous

obstacles, but the success of the

polio eradication program in

(several)... countries gives me

confidence that we can triumph

...and end polio once and for all.

Hurricane Alley Waterpark opened next

to Whataburger Field.

The Club added a Facebook page to

help stay in touch and promote the good

things Rotary does both here and

abroad.

That year, we bid farewell to Rotarians

Bob Conwell, Ben Meadows, Erich

Wendl and John “Jocko” Taylor.

VOCATIONAL LUNCHEON SIGN-UP ~ MAY 21, 2015

Guest Speakers received a jar of

pickles. Can you say it?

Richard Bonner successfully did it

every week!

“This pint of pickles was packed by

pickle-packing Rotarians at the

epicenter of pickle packing on the

coastal plains, Taft, Texas where they

pack pickles and pecks of pickled

peppers daily for pleasure and profit.”

U.S.S. LEXINGTON

Host: ROCCO MONTESANO

1. Rick Ott

2. Robert Blackmon

3. Jim Mailhes

4. Terry Wood

5. ________

6. ________

7. ________

8. ________

9. ________

10. ________

ALLEN SAMUELS CHEVROLET

Host: SKIP HARMON

1. Kevin McCracken

2. Dick McCracken

3. Luciano Salazar

4. Heather Moretzsohn

5. Belinda Fisher

6. Ara Babos

7. John Holloway

8. ________

9. ________

VOCATIONAL LUNCHEON SIGN-UP ~ MAY 21, 2015

MIRADOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Host: VANESSA HANCOCK

1. Jerret Krouse

2. Nick Hallick

3. Marge DeWitt

4. Bruce Collins 11. Anna Hay

5. H.J. Tijerina

6. Ron Maples

7. Rod Senterfitt

8. Jack Turner

9. Polly Harris

10. Carol Jackson

CORPUS CHRISTI REHAB HOSPITAL

Host: NICK NILEST

1. Anita Mallory

2. Carl Kuehn

3. Lennis Tugman

4. Blinda Gibson

5. Ralph Keill

6. John Landers

7. Kenny Erben

8. ________

9. ________

10. ________

SALVATION ARMY

Host: TERRY RAY

1. Turner Moller

2. Mary Orf

3. Robert Cagle

4. Robin Perrone

5. Amy Twardowski 10. Cris Radaneata

6. Kathy Rios 11. Patti Young

7. Bea Hanson 12. Patti’s Guest

8. Jim Villaume 13. Jeri Kolpack

9. Annie Ramirez

ANDERSON, LEHRMAN, BARRE

& MARAIST, LLP

Wills & Estate Law: Recent Changes in

the Law

Host: TIM DOWLING

1. John Holmgreen

2.Crystal Mead

3.David McCready 9. George Tanner

4.Jim Shiner 10. Sally Reigle

5.Michael Kennedy

6.Kellie Shipley

7.Sid Smith

8.Cass Garcia

FREE

LUNCH

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LUNCH

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LUNCH FREE

LUNCH

$10

(suggested)

DONATION

LUNCH

JOHNSTONE SUPPLY

Host: TED STEPHENS

1. Johnny Cotten

2. Paul Koepke

3. Mary Gleason

4. Al Berry

5. Mark Johnstone

6. Mario Jiminez

7. Suzel Mendieta

8.

9.

10.

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LUNCH