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March 15, 2013

Be a Vibrant and Visionary Model of Service Above and Beyond Self

Mike MorathDallas ISD – Goals and Progress

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TODAY’S PROGRAM

Volume 64, Number 32

Representing Board of Trustees District 2, Mike Morath took office in May 2011.

For the past decade, Morath served as President of Minute Menu Systems, a company that assists child care providers in administering a federal food program for low-income children. His company streamlined that federal program, improved the quality of nutrition offered, and helps feed roughly one million children a day throughout the U.S.

He has had a passion for public education for years, is an avid reader of information about school reform, and believes firmly that our school system can be changed so that all of our students succeed, no matter what their backgrounds.

With a belief system that continually calls him to serve others, Morath has participated in numerous volunteer activities, locally and internationally. He has volunteered in our schools and

juvenile justice facilities and as a mentor Big Brother. He helped organize a trip to orphanages in southern India to set up clean running water systems, and he volunteered at an eye clinic in rural Mexico, where he was lucky enough to meet another volun-teer, Dr. Laura Vondra, who is now his fiancé.

Never one to shrink from a challenge, Morath has hiked Mount Rainier in Washington and climbed mountains near Mount Everest in Nepal.

He received a BBA, summa cum laude, from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in two and a half years, thanks primarily to the International Baccalaureate curri-culum offered at his public school alma mater, Garland High School.

The youngest member of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees, Morath also is the only trustee who has never drawn an opponent.

Last year the Interact Club at Hillcrest H.S. raised the funds to beautify the courtyard at the school. That area has been well used for the past year. On Sat, March 2 a group of Inter-actors and RCPC members got together for "Weed Out Day".

After about 2 hours of serious weed pulling and general clean up, there was a pizza party combined with flying frisbees and glider planes. Good work/good play. (continued on page 3)

The Best Dressed Win-ners for their western wear at the evening RCPC meeting celebrating Texas are –Best Dressed Woman – Jina

McDanielBest Dressed Man – Steve

HermanBest Dressed Couple – Jan

and Ley WaggonerCongratulations to all! Use your NP Gold wisely!

The Winners Are ...RCPC and Hillcrest Students Are On the MoveInteract "Weed Out Day" on March 2 n d

by Ley WaggonerTom Dortch led two bus loads

of Hillcrest H.S. AVID (Advance-ment Via Individual Determination) students to Wichita Falls to visit Midwestern State University on Tuesday. Not only did the trip give the students a background of Midwestern, but also gave them an overall feel for life on campus.

The students toured several buildings, visited a residence hall, and ate lunch in the dining hall.

Park Cities Rotary Club has a strate-gic al-liance (cont. on pg. 3)

Hillcrest AVID Students Visit to Midwestern State U. with PCRC Members

by Shawn Murphy

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The Hub is the weekly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Park Cities (Dallas)

Betty Dawson, EditorShutterbug Committee

Fred Speno, ChairBullet in /Internet Advert i s ing

Chris Short, Chair

Fred Brown, PresidentCleve Clinton, President ElectEric Heitkamp, Vice President

Jina McDaniel, SecretaryBarb Jeffries, Treasurer

Patsy S. Watson, Sergeant-At-ArmsSusan Rogers, Club Service I

Michael Rainwater, Club Service II Tom Stutz, Community Service I

Karen Farris, Community Service IIShawn Murphy, New GenerationsMike Jarrell, International Service

Ley Waggoner, At LargeJim Mills, Immediate Past President

Bill Sleeper , Parliamentarian/Historian

Laurie Aldredge, Club Administrator

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Office Phone: 214-739-4170Office Fax: 214/363-6980

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Sandy Forster, RC of GarlandGovernor, District 5810

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LAST WEEKPresiding: Fred Brown Invocation: Nolan DuckPledge: Kelly KunstIntroductions: n/aPhotographer: Fred SpenoChair of the Day: Fred BrownSpeaker: Dave TannerProgram: Tribute to Texas Music

M T W Th F SAED = Defibrillator TrainingBl = Blood DriveBD = Board of Dirs. Mtg, 7am LaMadeleine, 75 & MockingbirdCn = PCR Connect Event.CP = ChildsPlay Work MtgD = District 5810 EventDH = Dentistry with a HeartFR = Family of Rotary EventF = Fellowship EventFF = RCPC Foundation Fund

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Mentoring at Hillcrest H.S.Mc = Ronald McDonald

House-See Jina McDanielNM = New Member EventPr = Program Committee MtgReading and Radio Resources

See Jodie RaySpE = Special Service EventVV = Vet to Vet - See Bob DillWeb-lite = after noon mtgBlue = Activities on own schedule

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fellowship, we strive to:REACH those in need in partnership

with othersINSPIRE tomorrow’s leaders with

high ethical standardsFOSTER lives of service above self

– A supporting member of Rotary International

Sakuji Tanaka, Japan

President, Rotary International

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President Fred Brown called this first an-nual, and well-dressed, evening meeting to or-der. Nolan Duck gave the invocation. Kelly Kunst led the Pledge of Allegiance and the “Star Spangled Banner.” There were so many guests, that they were not introduced indivi-dually. The other announcements were omit-ted, except for the decision by “anonymous judges” for the best western dress and awar-ding the NorthPark gold to the winners.

President Fred turned the mike over to his wife Brenda to introduce our speaker. She said that she had known Dave Tanner since they were both in high school in Gainesville, TX. She also said that Dave had entertained at their wedding and at their childrenʼs wed-dings. With that sterling endorsement she turned the program over to Dave Tanner. He began the evening with “God Bless Texas.” He said that unlike the people of many cities and cultures, who say they are really not like what they are portrayed, Texans are proud of their state and of the stereotypes associated with it. He said that Texans donʼt have to ex-

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two accents in Texas. People who live east of Ft. Worth, came from the southern states, and they had syllables to their words; but, the people who live west of Ft. Worth, donʼt add syllables, they add emphasis. He said there are ninety-five cultural groups in Texas which has created some very diverse music. He said that Texas music ranged from A to Z, and pro-ceeded to prove it by going through the alpha-bet with a song or singer for every letter. Star-ting with “Amarillo By Morning” and Buddy Hol-ly or Bob Wills, the creator of Western Swing, he continued through “Cotton-eyed Joe” and “Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas,” “Big D” or “Deep in the Heart of Texas.” Among the sing-ers mentioned were Janis Joplin, Kenny Rog-ers and Kris Kristofferson, Michael Murphy, Willie Nelson, and Roy Orbison. Even Van Cliburn was included under “V.” He ended the alphabet with “All My Exes Live in Texas,” “The Yellow Rose of Texas” and ZZ Top. He went on to tell the story of the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto, and mentioned that many of the great military leaders of World War II came from Texas, including Adm. Ches-ter Nimitz, Gen.Douglas MacArthur, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, the most decorated Divi-sion, and the most decorated soldier, Audie Murphy. Also, Texas A&M has sent more generals to the Army than West Point has sent. What an enjoyable evening!

aggerate. Texas is BIG. It is big-ger than the original thirteen col-onies combined. If you went from here to San Diego, you would be over half way there when you got to El Paso. He said that there are

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THOUGHTS ON . . .

I never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~ Mark TwainSchool is learning things you donʼt want to know, surrounded by people you wish you didnʼt know, while wor-king toward a future you donʼt know will ever come. ~ Dave KellettWe all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

~ Peter De VriesA sense of curiosity is natureʼs origi-nal school of education

~ Dr. Smiley BlantonThe simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

~ Ernest Renan

Our Funders for Next Week areRuth Knost

Charlotte Kroeker Kelly Kunst

Kendall Laughlin√Frank Leonard

√ = Contribution made for 2012-13

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

COMMITTEE TIME (continued)

RI has its own channel on YouTube of-fering a growing collection of videos and psas.

ROTARY CONNECTED

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Interesting New Thread: How has your Rotary club helped you in your life and has it changed your personality over the years?

.RCPC has its own channel: http://vimeo.com/channels/rotaryclubofparkcities/

RI: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid= 858557&trk=hb_side_g RCPC: www.linkedin.com/ groups?gid=1248747&trk=hb_side_g

RI: http://twitter.com/#!/rotary Tweet of the week: A reason to use #socialmedia to tell your #Rotary story: 2012 Pew Survey, 21 percent of Americans get news from Twitter or Facebook.

RI: www.facebook.com/rotaryDist. 5810: www.facebook.com/Rotary District5810.

Interesting New Thread: Day in and day out, Rotarians travel to countries such as Nigeria to make sure no child gets polio again .

Mentors Needed at Hillcrest H.S. If you can help, contact Tom Dortch at 972.679.7102 or tomdortch@hotmail.com. You can help some great kids!Denim and Diamonds. Mar 16 at the Hilton Anatole. Dist. 5810 Hu-manity in Motion Gala. $125 per person includes dinner and contributionAED, CPR, and Heimlich Training. Mar 21, Evening, at 8066 Park Ave, 5th Floor. $25. Be prepared to save a life! See Steve Herman.HP UP Community Blood DriveMar 22, 8:00am-4:00pm UP: 3800 University, HP: 3800 LexingtonMar 23, 11:00am-6:00pm NorthPark near Dillardʼs FountainVolunteers and Donors needed. Various shifts. Sign up on the website.

Miss a Meeting? Watch it Online!

Check out or add to RIʼs Flickr group often, www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/

www.statigr.am/rotaryinternational See RIʼs latest pictures via Instagram.

http://pinterest.com/rotary/ RI has Pinboards on major projects.

Happy Birthday

Charlotte Hudgin 3.15Andrew Melton 3.18Pam Carvey 3.19

March 22 New and Veteran MembersSpeeches

March 29 NO Meeting - Good Friday

April 5 Maxwell L. Anderson, Dallas Museum of Art Changes in the Way that Dallas Perceives the Arts

April 12 Dr. Robert Haley What Caused Gulf War Illness – the Latest Evidence

HE PROFITS MOST WHO LAUGHS BEST

We gratefully acknowledge

ASTRO-GRAPHICSfor the partial funding of the weekly printing of The Hub.

A little girl asked her mother, "How did the human race appear?" The mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve and they had chil-dren, and so was all mankind made."

Two days later the girl asked her father the same question.  The father answered, "Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved!"

The confused girl returned to her mother

and said, "Mom, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?"

The mother answered, "Well, dear, it is very simple.  I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his."

(‘Weed Out’ continued from page 1) Tracy Gomes, Andy Carothers, Shawn Murphy, Marshall Weaver, Ley Waggoner and the Interact kids were under the direction of Princess

Linda. (Please note the crowned RCPC member.)

(‘Avid’ continued from page 1)with Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Hillcrest AVID Program in mentoring students through the college application process. Please contact Tom if you can help with our Mentoring Program.