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The Rotary Club of Space Center (Houston), Texas,
and U.S.A.
Rotary International District 5890 (589)
Club
2010
Chartered
August 6, 1964
"Service Above
Self"
Club Meeting At
South
Shore Habour Resort and Convention Center
Today
May 9, 2011 Club Meeting
Review
L to R: Past District 5890 Governor and
Past Club President Suzi Howe,
Past Club President Dr. Vissett Sun,
new members Dr.
Rosalind Perez and Ellen Cyr,
and Past Club
President and District 5890 Chief of Staff Jon
McKinnie
A regular meeting of the Space Center Rotary
Club was held on May 9 at Bay Oaks County Club. Jack
Bacon led members singing “My Country Tis of Thee”.
Carlos Villagomez gave the opening prayer, Mary Alice Cherry
led the Pledge of Allegiance, and John Swartout kicked off the
Four Way Test. Mike Dennard introduced visitors and
guests, including past Assistant District Governor Terry
Ziegler.
Jerry Smith and Geoff Atwater auctioned
off remaining Springoree items. Roger Donnelly reminded
members to RSVP for the Floyd Boze Paul Harris dinner this
Thursday. President David Coney reminded members that
the meeting next week will be the Teacher of the Year Awards
at South Shore Harbor. The meeting will begin at
11:30. The Rotary National Space Achievement Dinner was
held last weekend and was a big success. Rudolfo
Gonzalez did a great job putting the event together.
Members who helped with the program were recognized. Terry Ziegler,
the District Polio Plus Chair, spoke briefly
concerning the Bill Gates challenge for matching funds and
summarized recent advances in polio eradication. He
noted that he will be serving with Suzi Howe as co-chair of
the Rotary Foundation in the coming year.
Past District
Governor Suzi Howe
inducted two new members: Ellen
Cyr, sponsored by Jon
McKinnie, and Dr. Rosalind
Perez, sponsored by Vissett
Sun. Suzi also updated members concerning the District
Conference and thanked those who helped with the
program.
President Coney and Mike
Hernandez presented a check for $1,000 to Gary
Hinners,
(speaking) Bayshore District
Chair, Sam Houston Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
President Coney and Becky Reitz presented a check for $5,000
to Peter
Wuenschel (right), Director of Bay Area
Communities
in
Schools.
John Branch
introduced Harris County Pct. 2 Commissioner Jack Morman.
Commissioner Morman
recognized member Phil Sandlin for his upcoming promotion to
Constable for Pct. 8, then gave an update on issues addressed during
his first four months in office. He recapped his efforts
to balance the budget and to recover from his
predecessor’s deficit spending. The budget is set at just under
$29 million, down from $42 million last year. His main
focus will be to jump start the capital improvement
program. Projects are being reviewed and reprioritized.
The programs for senior citizens, veterans, and youth have
seen some staff cuts, but there are no changes planned for
these programs. Commissioner Morman noted that the
County’s core mission is to ensure that the infrastructure
functions and stated that his vote will never be for
raising taxes. President Coney expressed appreciation for
his attendance, and adjourned the meeting.
Floyd Boze/Paul
Harris Dinner
"The Best Rotary Social in Years" ..... Roger
Donnelly
The second annual Paul Harris/Floyd Boze
Fellow Dinner was
"The Best Rotary Social in Years" said Roger Donnelly. About thirty were in
attendance including Floyd Boze, his Daughter and Grand
Daughter. This
was Floyd's first social gathering since he got out of the
hospital. Also in
attendance were future District Governors Chris Schneider
and Bob Gebhart.
We gathered at the Bay Oaks
Country Club Thursday, May 12th. The evening was full of great stories
about Rotary and fond memories was shared with Floyd Boze;
I believe this is what made it so fun. After an update on The
Rotary Foundation, at least 8 people got up to share stories
and even Floyd spoke up when he made some comments about how
Rotarians are at their best when they are having fun. Bob Wren did a
wonderful update on the SCRC endowment foundation and also let
us know about a very exciting project for a Fallen Astronaut
Memorial. The
banners that Art Oswald had made listing all of our Paul
Harris/Floyd Boze Fellows in club history were on display and
soon two more names will be added. Sheryl Berg received a
Paul Harris Fellow and PE Mike Dennard received a Floyd Boze
Fellow. Thank you
to Roger Donnelly and Art Oswald for planning such a wonderful
event. Remarks by President Coney.
John Lee's Presentation
and Side Show
May 2
Meeting
We were unable to have
John's May 2nd talk and slide show in the May 9th
issue of the Blastoff. They now can be viewed by
clicking on presentation
or slide show (pdf)
or (ppt).
Both
are copyright protected.
Thanks John
for a look into some real history.
The Rotary National
Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation celebrates its
silver anniversary
The Rotary National
Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation celebrated its
silver anniversary on May 6, 2011 by presenting the National
Space Trophy (NST) to former Commander of U.S. Strategic
Command and former Astronaut General Kevin P. Chilton, USAF
(Ret.), and recognizing 25 individuals and seven teams with
Stellar Awards. Read more about the event
and view event photos. View some of the
Club members and
guests
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