Club of West Knoxville

Bearden Banquet Hall January 24, 2014

Club Business and Announcements

Engaged in Service and Growth

Meeting Make-ups

For a list of Knoxville-area Rotary clubs

for makeups and visits, click here.

Membership

If you know anyone who might help us

to achieve our membership goals for

this year, please bring them to our next

meeting! For more information on how

to become a Rotarian, click here.

Rotary Links

Rotary International

Rotary District 6780

Rotary Club of West Knoxville

Future Speakers

January 31, 2014 - Katie Stringer, PhD -

Blount Mansion

February 7, 2014 - Michael Hensley -

“Fostering Hope in Tennessee”

February 14, 2014 - Mary Headrick -

“Expanding TennCare: The Economics

of the Affordable Care Act”

February 21, 2014 - Mike Carlson, MD -

Summit Medical Group

Presiding: Oliver Smith

Song & Pledge: Bob Ely

Invocation: Josh Lowe

Guests & Visitors: Holly Matney

Humor: Phil Parkey

Editor: Charlie Biggs

Phil Parkey presented the Rotary Moment. The

answer was Joe Kirk. Art Pickle guessed.

Dick Hinton, Turner Howard, and Jim Kotsianis

read at Pond Gap Elementary.

Stuart Anderson and Jason Fields delivered

Mobile Meals.

Gary West presented the Club with a Peyton

Manning doll. The doll will be on one of the

tables each week, and the person closest to it

will lead the 4-Way Test . The doll replaces the

statuette of Smokey, which broke when Gary

was putting things away after the meeting last

week. The Club gave Gary and “Peyton” a

round of applause.

President Oliver Smith thanked Andy Zirkle for

taking over the meeting booking duties from

Skylar Dean. Skylar has moved to Athens, GA.

He was chair of Administration, and the Club is

looking for someone to take on his other duties.

If you are interested, contact President Oliver.

President Oliver announced that the Rotaract

Club sent a “thank you” note for the new

banner we gave them. They also invited

members of our Club to talk to them about how

to succeed in business. If you are interested, let

President Oliver know.

Todd Wright was inducted as a new member of

the Club. Bob Ely read the charge. Todd is a Tax

Manager at Tarwater & Company, PC. His

sponsor is Mike Bailey. New member Todd Wright.

The new Peyton Manning doll

presented by Gary West.

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Samantha Lane, King University

Nick Jahn introduced our

speaker, Samantha Lane from

King University.

Samantha began by noting

that King University has been

in Bristol for over 150 years. It

began as King College and in

2013 changed its name to King

University. It offers more than

80 majors, minors, pre-

professional degrees and

concentrations in fields such as

business, education, digital

media, nursing, forensic

science, and the humanities.

Samantha said that most of the students who attend King

University are adults. King supports the Drive to 55, an

initiative by the Tennessee state government to increase the

number of adults in the state with college degrees or

concentrations from 32% to 55% by 2025.

Samantha noted that when you’re choosing a college or

career-development program, it’s important to understand

the concept of accreditation - which measures the quality of

an education program. There are two types of accreditation:

1) Regional accreditation by one of six regional accrediting

bodies. Most regionally accredited institutions are non-

profit colleges or universities.

2) National accreditation by one of 50 national accrediting

bodies. Most nationally accredited institutions are for-profit

vocational or career-training schools.

Everyone who attends college has a different goal. Not

everyone wants an MS, a BA, or an Associates degree. King

offers many different certification programs to meet these

needs.

Samantha said that everyone planning to attend college or

professional school should fill out the Free Application for

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to see what support they might

be eligible for. There are a variety of grants and low-interest

loans available to students.

At the same time, Samantha noted that before taking on

too much debt, you should be sure that the school you want

to attend is a good fit for you and that it will give you the

education or training that you need. She said that a good

source of information is the East Tennessee College Alliance

- a consortium of colleges and universities in East Tennessee

dedicated to helping adult learners.

President Oliver Smith thanked Samantha for her talk, He

noted that we have had a number of excellent speakers

focused on various aspects of education, and he thanked

Bob Boothe for arranging them.

President Oliver announced that two members of the Club

have completed Rotary College - Jason Fields and Wade

Knapper. He asked them both to say what they had found

most interesting and informative about the sessions. Jason

said they helped explain how Rotary worked. Wade said

they helped him pick and avenue for service within the club.

President Oliver said we are battling attrition this year

because a number of members have had to leave the Club.

He also said Mike Bailey is doing a great job as Chair of the

Membership Committee. We have six new members in the

pipeline. Todd Wright, our newest member, will be at the

front table next week. Please be sure to introduce yourself.

President Oliver commented that in light of our push to

attract new members, Leo Knight is one of the most

important people in the Club. Leo is the head of

Entrepreneurs of Knoxville, and he and Bo Sutton are

organizing a joint event for us with them. They hope to

Club Business and Announcements (continued)

make this an annual event. More information will be coming

soon.

Bo Sutton announced that the Club Valentine’s Day Lunch is

coming up on February 14th. He will send out an e-mail with

more information soon.

Larry Sheumaker presented an update on the bands that

will be performing at the BBQ Fundraiser on May 30-31. The

line-up so far includes Dishwater Blonde, Subtle Clutch,

Roger Alan Wade & Sparkle Motion, The Early Morning

String Dusters (Sam Carey’s band); and Second Opinion

(Larry’s band). Larry said he is excited about all of them. The

members of Subtle Clutch started playing together while

they were students at the Episcopal School.

Kevin Foley announced that Briston Maroney, the lead

singer in Subtle Clutch, is competing in the early rounds of

American Idol. He will let us know how Briston does.

Kevin also announced that the ESK Interact Club won

Honorable Mention for their entry in this year’s Interact

Video Contest. He said they did a wonderful job and

everyone at ESK is very proud of them.

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Gary Ricciardi announced that the Club will match all Paul

Harris contributions between $50 and $250 from now until

February 28th. President Oliver encouraged all members to

take advantage of this opportunity. He said our goal is to

have all of our members become Paul Harris Fellows so we

can be a 100% Club.

Leo Knight announced that the Club is creating a new

website. The new site will:

Tell visitors and prospective members what Rotary is

and what our club does.

Highlight how our club is different and why people

should join.

You can view the new site at www.beardenrotary.org. If

you would like to help with the site, please contact Leo.

President Oliver Smith closed the meeting with a quote

from Lois McMaster Bujold:

Reputation is what other people know about you.

Honor is what you know about yourself.

Rockytop BBQ 2013

Leo Knight has posted pictures from the 2013 Rockytop BBQ Fundraiser online. You can access there here or by clicking here or

on one of the samples below.

ABC’s of Rotary

Rotary International has posted a trailer for a new

documentary, “Rotary Family Health Days 2014.” Rotary

Family Health Days will offer free health care services over

three days in S. Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda in April

2014. The program is designed to help the families of those

infected by HIV/AIDS – particularly children who have been

orphaned and older people caring for their terminally ill

children and raising their grandchildren. You can watch the

video here or by clicking on the image at right.