Editor's Stuff

 
Centennial High School 
Rotary Students of the month:
 
 
 
 
Left to right:     Josh Meek, President Rotary Club of Frisco, Alicia Maphies, Centennial High School Principal, Michelle Bao, Alex Kim, Monica Yokogawa
 
 
 
Left to Right: Gary Bao (Michelle’s father), Michelle Bao, Alex Kim,  Monica Yokogawa, Rafaela Kamikoga (Monica’s mother)
 
 
 
 
Last week's speaker was Reavis Z. Wortham, the author of the critically acclaimed Red River historical mysteries.  He gave a very entertaining talk about how he wanted to become a writer since he was eight years old, but never managed to be able to sell his work until later in life.  He succeeded because he never gave up.  He kept writing even while making a career as a teacher, although not commercially successful.  But it was always his dream to become a writer, and eventually it clicked!
 
His first novel in the series, The Rock Hole, was listed by Kirkus Reviewsas one of their Top 12 Mysteries of 2011. Recently, True West Magazine included Dark Places, the 5th novel in the series, as one of 2015’s Top 12 Modern Westerns. Dark Places is a finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion Award. His new high octane contemporary thriller series from Kensington Publishing features Texas Ranger Sonny Hawke and will be released in July, 2017.
 
One of the goals he has with his writing is to preserve the historical accuracy of the way people lived during the period covered by his stories.
 
He expressed his appreciation to his teacher from so many years ago that encouraged him to follow his dream.
 
His message to everyone - Never give up on your dreams!
 

 
Thought For The Week:

 
 
Interesting Rotary Fact:

A Rotarian Action Group is an autonomous group of Rotarians, family members, program participants and alumni who are experts in a particular field, such as microcredit or water and sanitation. Group members share their expertise by collaborating with clubs and districts on service projects.

For example:

  • The Rotarian Action Group for Population Growth & Sustainable Development partnered with Rotary clubs in Germany, Austria, and Nigeria to reduce maternal death by 50 percent at 10 hospitals in northern Nigeria with a program to prevent and treat obstetric fistula, a serious birth injury.
  • Rotarians for Family Health & AIDS Prevention and Rotary club members from Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda sponsored a three-day event to provide HIV testing and counseling for more than 138,000 people.
  • The Water and Sanitation / Hygiene Rotary Action Group (WASRAG) helped evaluate the WASH in Schools project our club is participating in Nicaragua.

Read about other action groups and their inspiring service in the Rotarian Action Groups annual report in the MyRotary member area of www.rotary.org

 
Still Looking For Christmas Gift ideas?  
 
Inviting a friend or business associate to Rotary is a valuable gift you can give someone that will enrich their lives, and it doesn't cost you a cent!
 
 
UPCOMING EVENTS:
 
Dec 13, 2016:
  • Safety Town Setup starting at 9:30 a.m.
  • Snowball Express Walk of Gratitude Event for families of fallen soldiers. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.  Strikz Entertainment 8789 Lebanon Road, Frisco
Dec 15, 2016:
  • Rotary Christmas Party 6 p.m.
  • No lunch meeting
Dec 16, 2016:
Dec 22, 2016:
  • No Lunch Meeting
March 4 - 11, 2017:
  • District 5810 Heart of Service trip to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
  • The Keene, NH Rotary and Interact clubs were there last year and posted a great video on YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdy2fqEjr6A   (See Art or Rene for further information and pricing)
  • Register online at www.Rotary5810.org Events or call Sandra Moudy 469.583.6472 Email - theChocolateEO@gmail.com
April 23 - 30, 2017:
  • District 5810 Conference Cruise  to Jamaica
     
June 10 - 14, 2017:
  • Rotary International World Convention, Atlanta, Georgia
    See http://www.riconvention.org/ for details
    This event is usually preceded by the WASRAG Annual Summit.  (Water And Sanitation Rotarian Action Group of which our PDG Sandra Forster is a founding member).  For details check out http://www.wasrag.org/   To see what was discussed and have access to videos of presentations from last year's event visit http://www.wasrag.org/wws8-seoul-korea  
    Every Rotarian should experience what it means to get Rotarized at a Rotary International Convention!  It is truly the highlight of the Rotary Year.  It is fun, it is engaging, it is educational.  You have to experience it to appreciate it.  Warning: The registration fee increases quite dramatically on Dec. 15th.
Reminder:
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If you want to include something in the newsletter, email it to Art by Sunday before the meeting.  Art purposely made an error in this buletin.  If you email him what is it at artbour@gmail.com and are correct, you may be eligible for a valuable prize!
 
Help when you can, in any way you can.  
We all have something to contribute.  
Teamwork makes the dream work!
 
 
 
 
 
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