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SPEAKERSNov 11, 2015Colonel Gregory BaineSaluting Veterans Nov 18, 2015Jane Burns, Bridget Johnson & VEACommitteeVocational Excellence Awards:"Thankful for ExemplaryPerformance in the Workplace" Nov 25, 2015NO MEETING AT THEELEGANTEHappy Thanksgiving! Dec 02, 2015Ray Woodard, Head Football Coach,Lamar UniversityHighlights of the 2015 CardinalFootball Season Dec 09, 2015[Meeting will be held in theFountainview Room.] Dec 09, 2015Sgt. Ken Carona, Port Arthur PoliceDepartmentThe Feared Question: What Do YouDo When You Face an Armed,Active Shooter? Dec 15, 2015Holiday Party (Evening; note NOmeeting 12­16)Becky Mason, Chair Dec 16, 2015

ROTARYGRAMS

November 11, 2015Vol. 103, No. 20 MCM Elegante' Hotel2355 IH­10 SouthSuite 213Beaumont, TX 77705 Phone: 409­842­1913Fax: 409­842­5613

STORIES

This Week's Program

PROGRAM PREVIEW

November 11, 2015"Honoring the Service

of Veterans"

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NO MEETING AT THEELEGANTE Dec 23, 2015NO MEETING AT THEELEGANTEHappy Holidays! Dec 30, 2015NO MEETING AT THEELEGANTEHappy New Year! View entire list

UPCOMING EVENTSShow Your Colors Flag Project­Veterans DayNov 11, 2015 5:00 AM Board of Directors MeetingThe Beaumont ClubNov 17, 2015 11:45 AM Rotary After HoursArt Museum of Southeast TexasNov 17, 2015 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Board of Directors MeetingThe Beaumont ClubDec 15, 2015 11:45 AM Holiday PartyMary & John Gray Library, LamarUniversityDec 15, 2015 6:00 PM

SPONSORS

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Colonel Greg BaineDirector for Modernization and Integration

Fort Bliss, Texas

Colonel Greg Baine has served in command and staffpositions in the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,Germany, Kosovo, and in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.He is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Texas A&MUniversity at College Station, Texas. Colonel Baine served at the national level in the Pentagon.He served within the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a strategicplanner for the War on Terrorism as part of the StrategicPlans & Policy Directorate; and as the executive assistant tothe Director for the War on Terrorism. Within theHeadquarters, Department of the Army, he served as anInvestigations Officer for The Inspector General of theArmy. Colonel Baine's military career is extensive and significantand will be acknowledged appropriately by our honorableMayor Becky Ames as she introduces the Colonel. We will recognize Rotarians who are military veterans onthis auspicious occasion. Veterans are invited to wear any orall of their military uniform that they would like. We arehonored to have you with us.

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Head Table

Head Table for November 11

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Invocation:Barry BryantSales and Marketing ManagerBill Clark Pest Control, Inc.

Pledges to the USA & Texas Flags:Chad MasonVice President of AdministrationMason Construction, Ltd.

Introduction of Guests:Allen LeaExecutive DirectorMcFaddin­Ward House Museum

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Introduction of Guest Speaker:Becky AmesCEOMedical Center of SoutheastTexas­Victory Campus

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Calendar of Events

CALENDAR OF EVENTS(and meeting make­ups)

NOVEMBERNovember 10 Foundation Board of Trustees

meeting at Edison PlazaNovember 11 "Show Your Colors" Flag

Project for Veterans DayNovember ? Service Project workday on

"Brush with Kindness" projectwith Habitat for Humanity

November 17 Board of Directors meeting;11:45am; The Beaumont Club

November 17 Rotary After Hours at the ArtMuseum of Southeast Texas:5:30­7:00pm

November 19 Rotaract­Interact­Rotary Mixerat West Brook High School;6:00pm

November 25 NO MEETING ATELEGANTÉ

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Show Your Colors Flag Project

"Show Your Colors" on November 11

Show Your Colors! Be prepared for a beautiful sight on Wednesday whenvolunteers hit the streets early to post the flags for oursubscribers. Thank you to all who have volunteered to honorour Veterans in this very special way. You will be recognizedfor your service at the Noon meeting.

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GREAT PLACE, GREAT FRIENDS!

Plan to attend the nextRotary After Hours

and enjoy some fun & fellowship!

Tuesday, November 17

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5:30­7:00 p.m.at the

Art Museumof Southeast Texas

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DONE IN A DAY Project Helping Habitat for Humanity

POSTPONED!

The next project work the Club will take on is "Brush WithKindness" for Habitat for Humanity. This wonderful effortwill involve building wheelchair ramps for those people whocannot get out of their own homes due to stairs or steps onthe entry ways. With enough people, it should be a "Done in a Day"project. Good feelings for your work will be pricelessand will last much longer than one day! Chair Shannon Williamson will explain more atWednesday's meeting but plan now to give "Service AboveSelf" to someone who needs you. Watch this video from Lincolnshire on their involvement inthe "Brush With Kindness" program. It will convince you tocome out and help with our first Habitat "Brush withKindness" project, rescheduled for a new date in the nearfuture!

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A Brush With Kindness

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Give a Gift

Give a Gift to Someone You'll Never Meet That's right. You can personallyunderwrite the donation of alayette bag for a mother and childin Nicaragua and though you willnever meet them, you can knowwith certainty that your gift ismuch appreciated. For only a $50 donation per bag,we will purchase all the requireditems and see that it reachessomeone who needs a hand up.

Make your donation at a meeting and we will supply a cardso you can let someone know you made the donation in theirhonor this holiday season! Thanks for your support!

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Save The Date for the 2015 Holiday Party!

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BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD! The Holiday Party will be Tuesday, December 15 at the LamarUniversity Reception Center, Mary & John Gray Library, 8thFloor. Social will begin at 6:00, followed by dinner at 6:30 andan entertaining program. Tickets will be $50 per person and areon sale now through the online reservations (click here). Of course,you may also make your reservations and purchase tickets atany upcoming meeting.

As is our custom, the President Nominee will be announced onthis special occasion. Mark your calendar now for this "don'tmiss" event to celebrate the holiday!

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Congratulations, Rotary University Graduate!

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That smile just about speaks for itself! After a fungroup sing­a­long, Dean of Rotary University LynnCastle presented a Bachelors degree and Blue Badgeto Monique Sennet. Congratulations, Monique! In case you are not aware, even long­time Rotarians canearn advanced degrees. Who will be the first in a longwhile to earn a Master or Ph.D. in Rotary Science?

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Can You Help?

DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 18ROTARACT & INTERACT SERVICE PROJECT

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Interact and Rotaract clubs are joining together to packtoiletry bags for local youth rescued from human trafficking.Please help by saving small personal care items such as soap,deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion, ponytail bands,combs, and hairbrushes, focusing on deodorant andmouthwash. You can bring donations to any meeting or directly to theRotary office, and we will see that it is given to the youthorganizations. We have not collected many items yet soplease look in your vanity drawers and cabinets for itemsyou can donate and bring them this week.

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We send wishes for aquick recovery to ourfriends and fellowRotarians who have beenill or had a recentsurgery. We hope youare better soon!

Bobbie ApplegateLee FreelandSylvester Hill

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Birthdays

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Beaumont Rotariansto be Honored at2015 ACS CattleBarons' Ball

Mary Jane Benning

November 9

Joe Domino

November 13

Linda Williams

November 15

Dan Wright

November 15

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Spotlight

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The Broussard family will be honored at the American CancerSociety's 2015 Cattle Barons' Ball. We are very proud of PastPresident James Broussard (left) and JIm Broussard (2nd fromleft), the club's Centennial Chairman, as they accept this honor. "The Broussard family has served southeast Texas with impeccablecompassion, professionalism and dignity for an incredible fivegenerations through their family­owned and operated business. Built ona solid platform of family tradition, while also maintaining the higheststandards of excellence, the Broussards serve each family withabsolute care, personal attention and understanding during the mostdifficult times of life."

photo & information excerpted from The ACS website

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Wayne Prokopetz Josh Stringer

Program Review

PROGRAM REVIEW November 4, 2015

"The Big Thicket andthe National Park Service Centennial"

Superintendent Centennial CoordinatorBig Thicket National Preserve

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by Ted Moor, III This week, we had two speakers from the National ParkService to talk about the Big Thicket National Preserve. Thefirst speaker, Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz, gave us abrief history of our country’s National Park Service. In theUS, there are 408 national parks, with one in each State.According to Wayne, New Jersey just recently openedits first national park. The National Park Service began in 1916 and will becelebrating its centennial next year. The National ParkService has approximately 20,000 employees and thousandsof additional volunteers. After 11 years of lobbying by the Big Ticket Association,the Big Thicket National Preserve started in 1974. It is oneof the few noncontiguous parks in the United States. Assuch, there is no “grand entrance” into the park. In all, it hasapproximately 110,000 acres and the National Park Servicehas additional money earmarked to purchase additional landas it becomes available. The Big Thicket is also differentbecause it allows hunting and has active oil wells andpipelines across many sections of its land.

The second speaker was Josh Stringer. He is a relatively newemployee and he is charged with being the local CentennialCoordinator for the Big Thicket. He hopes to develop hikingand biking trails and to get more school involvement in thecoming years. Many school children in our area have neverbeen to the Big Thicket, or for that matter, any othernational park. Josh feels strongly that every child should begiven the opportunity to visit a national park.

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