[fname], Welcome to The
Rotary Blast! As usual, this Blast! is full of
the latest information and announcements,
including DG Frazer's Blog which
chronicles his District Club visits. You'll
find a link to the Blog later in this issue.
Also, we've developed a "
Rotary Blast" website to complement the
newsletter. Now you can catch (or submit) the
latest Blast! news before it's published, Post
Club events in Real Time (no waiting!), share
ideas and stories, upload files, get Calendar
alerts, - and more! We hope you find it as fun
as it is informative.
-- Ken Ivey
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Our district has
$64,000 that we are getting closer every day to
leaving on the table. Every club can apply to RI
for a $1,000 Blane Immunization Grant before
December 31. It is on the RI website, and it is
very simple to fill out. Just go to this
website. This grant may be used for
immunizing children or adults.....how about
targeting the senior citizens in your community
who need flu shots?
There is a $3,000 Publicity Grant being
made available for EVERY club to use for
publicity purposes More can be found out by
going to to
this page on the RI website. Again, this is
a form that is simple to fill out. Think of all
the advertising you can do for Rotary through
radio, TV, newspapers, and/or billboards for
$3,000!!! And it is yours for the asking!!! I
hope all of you will submit the request for this
grant before October 31.
I want to thank everyone who went to one of
the Foundation or Membership Seminars in Jackson
and Franklin. Special thanks to PDG Jim
Johnston for filling in for Kevin Barron, who
found out at the last minute that he would be
unavailable because of professional
considerations.
The end of the month is coming up, and
Membership and Attendance reports will be due on
September 6. Reports go to
Melissa Barron. Please see that your
reports are on time. We can save a lot of
needless work if everyone simply responds
promptly.
I am impressed by the ingenuity that I
see in just about every club that we visit. We
have a great group of Rotarians in District 6760
who are committed to making our world a better
place and who obviously want to "Lead the Way".
Lead The Way! - Slick
Family of Rotary
The membership of the
Murfreesboro Rotary Club mourns the loss of B.B.
Kerr, Jr. As the oldest member of our club, and
a Rotarian for 59 years, he was a living example
of Rotary's Motto, "Service Above Self".
An update from
Ruth McGinnis: "I appreciate all the emails,
letters, flowers, gifts, prayers and good wishes
that many of you have sent, and will continue to
cherish this overwhelming outpouring of support.
The greatest gift you can give me at this time
is to listen closely to your own body and invest
in your daily health. Get the check-ups and
screening tests your doctor recommends in a
timely manner... And vibrantly live the day in
front of you!!" (from Ruth's note, which you can
find
here.
Update from DG
Frazer: Past District Governor (PDG) Charlie
Laine is home! We visited
Charlie day before yesterday and he was the same
ole Charlie Laine: witty, smiling, and
entertaining as ever. Of course Doris was
beside him, smiling as Charlie entertained.
Thank the good Lord that Charlie won this
battle---only a few win with such medical
conditions.
Now the bad news: Governor-elect (DGE)
Rufus Clifford is in the Columbia Hospital with
a report that he has contracted spinal
meningitis. More to follow in this area.
Events
5-7 September - Governor-Elect
Training Seminar (GETS) Columbus, OH
9 October - College of Governors
Fall Retreat at Renaissance Center in
Dickson.
28-30 October - RI World HQ
visit. Everyone invited. Contact PDG
Glen Vandeford at
04 November- Group Study Exchange
application deadline. Contact
Frank McGinley
at
731-925-2366
DGE Rufus
Clifford adds the following:
Two
additions to our schedule for the
year. Both these meetings will be
at the Renaissance Center in
Dickson, Tn.
District Team Training Seminar- Feb.
17-2007
District Assembly - April 14-2007
I
encourage all incoming presidents,
secretaries, board and committee
chairs to mark these dates and plan
to attend. More information later
on. Lead the way - Rufus DGE
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Governor's Club
visit schedule
Pssst! Don't tell anyone, but DG Frazer is
blogging his Club visits! - Yes, Blogging!
Oooops.... Now that the secret's out,
click here
to find out what Slick and Freda are saying
about your club. This
is also a great way to get ideas for projects
and fundraisers. (Photos coming soon! )
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Erin
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Sep 13
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Clarksville
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Pickwick
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Bolivar
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Sep 20
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Springfield
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Smyrna
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Sep 25
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Williamson County Clubs
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Sep 26
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Spring
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Sep 27
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Housekeeping
District Membership, Attendance & Foundation
Giving -- Report YOUR Club's
Statistics to
Melissa Barron. All reports due by the 6th
of the following month. Next club reports due
on September 6, 2006
Foundation Giving total for July.
$22,518 YTD - $22,518 Annual Goal $230,335
(updated by Suzie Lindsey) Thanks Suzie!
Attention
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Did you know?
revised faculty listing
added revised 2006-2007 calendar
revised lesson titles
added additional student resources
added Blane Immunization Grants deadline and
link to RI info
added PR Grants deadline and link to RI info
revised GSE applications/interviews dates
added Salt Lake City early registration,
pre-registration and hotel reservations
deadlines and links to RI info
Excerpt from the
Columbia Noon Club
Newsletter "The Humanitarian", by
Betty Webb.
Ready for
some hockey?
The Nashville
Predators have been in the news almost daily the
past several weeks. On
September 7,
we will have an update on what the new season
holds for the professional hockey team. A
representative from the Predators will be at our
meeting to answer our questions about playoff
possibilities for the coming year.
Here's something
that missed the deadline, but is available on
the
Blast! website. A "situation
report" for Rotary Friendship Exchange in
Western Australia.
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Service Above Self
- Club Projects -
NOTE: Submit your Club's project information and
photos to
Ken Ivey
for
publication.
Clifton Rotary Club -
24th Annual Horseshoe Bend Festival. This
project is totally sponsored by our Rotary Club
in Clifton.
For more info, call Denise Lineberry at
931-676-3311 or download
PDF Flyer.
Bellevue Rotary
Club - "Laws of Life" Essay
Contest.
Download PDF info.
The Bellevue Club would like to provide a
speaker to visit clubs, and to give them more
information on the "Laws of Life" program.
Contact
Jerry Lovell for
more info.
The Rotary year
in youth exchange has started with a flurry
of activity. All of the international
students that we will be hosting for the
next 11 months in District 6760 have now
arrived. These students and their host clubs
are as follows:
Student
Country Host Club
Bjoern
Eggert Germany
Clifton RC
Nana
Kawamura Japan
Smyrna RC
Chloe
Bonnand
France Paris RC
Layla Freitas
Brazil Hendersonville RC
Milena Caram
Brazil Jackson RC
Bermet
Abdykul-kyzy Kyrgyzstan
Murfreesboro
Alim Kanaev
Kyrgyzstan Murfreesboro
A special thanks
to all of those clubs who have agreed to be
host clubs for this youth exchange year.
In addition to
hosting seven students, District 6760 is
sending two Tennessee students to other
countries. Michelle Branch, from Franklin,
Tennessee, sponsored by the Clifton RC, will
be spending the next year in Japan. Michelle
has arrived already, loves her first host
family and is looking forward to a fun,
exciting year.
Krystin Fields,
from Kingston Springs, Tennessee, sponsored
by the Dickson Noon RC, will be leaving for
France this week. Our District 6760 Youth
Exchange committee is very proud of both
these young ladies. We know that they will
be good ambassadors for Tennessee and our
district.
For those clubs
interested in getting involved in youth
exchange, this is the time to begin. Make
sure someone in your school system is
familiar with the program and will help you
promote it. An article in your local
newspaper can be helpful. If anyone has
questions about how to get started, contact
me by phone 1-877-656-3311 or by e-mail at
tmartin@pbbanking.com
Tommy Martin
District
6760-YEO
Editor's Note: Tommy has been a
very prolific writer this month. Here's
more news!
 The
short term youth exchange program or summer
program as it is known in many countries is
almost complete for year 2006-2007. During
the past summer, we had seven Tennessee
students to participate in the program.
These seven students traveled to other
countries, stayed with families with
children of similar ages for 3 -4 weeks and
then brought their host brothers and sisters
to Tennessee for a visit of a similar time.
The students who participated in this
program are listed below:
Student Rotary
Club Country Visited
International Student
Bethany Dockins
Jackson
Brazil Eduarda Negretti
Camille
Newell Clarksville Sunrise
Germany Carina Ebling
Dustin
Denton Clifton
Brazil Felipe Ferreira-Baptistao
Mallory Letson
Clifton
Italy Federica Franco
Grace
Hoffmann Lewisburg
Italy Francesca Franco
Colleen
Carnes Lawrenceburg
Germany Kerstin Balz
John
McCollum Clarksville Sunrise
France Romain Pioli
In addition to
these students who have participated in the
summer program, District 6760 is also
hosting two additional students on one way
exchanges. A one way exchange occurs when a
country has more students to apply than
hosts can be found. For 2006-2007, we were
able to find Rotary Clubs willing to be a
host club even though they did not send a
student to another country The clubs and
students participating in this program are:
Madison-Goodlettsville is hosting Michael
Lausberg of Germany.
Clifton &
Clarksville Sunrise is hosting Lizzy
Rhodes of Australia. (This exchange will not
occur until February & March of 2007).
As you can see,
the exchange program is very flexible. Clubs
can get involved in many different ways---
by hosting long term or short term students,
by sponsoring long term or short term
students or by all of these means. We would
welcome any clubs that want to get involved.
Contact Tommy Martin, District Youth
Exchange Officer
tmartin@pbbanking.com for more
details.
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Breaking News
Rotary funds second chances
Danvers Herald -
Beverly,MA,USA
... course she had hoped to take starting
the following day, she was thrilled to learn
that the bulk of the tuition would be
underwritten by the Danvers Rotary Club
...read more
Park fun lures families Sunday
Lompoc Record -
Lompoc,CA,USA
... The Rotary Club of Santa Maria
Breakfast and California Fish and Game
Department joined to stock the park's pond with
more than 250 catfish and provided
...read more
Rotarians gamble the night away
The
Porterville Recorder - Porterville,CA,USA
... spent Saturday night eating,
drinking, gambling and having fun during the
seventh annual Fantasy Casino Night sponsored by
the Porterville Breakfast Rotary Club
...read more
Duck doping rampant at race
Vail Daily
News - Vail,CO,USA
... almost as bad as. The Vail-Eagle
Valley Rotary Club, which organizes the duck
race, seems to be looking the other way. ?We
don?t
...read more
The next issue of
the Rotary Blast goes out
9/13/06 - The deadline
for inclusion in this issue is 9/8/06
at 6:00 pm. Please logon to
www.RotaryBlast.com or send your info to
Ken Ivey.
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