THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities www.parkcitiesrotary.org

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ServiceAboveSelf

Program Chair of the Day: Ed Fjordbak

April 27, 2012

Chartered in 1948

Mary Brinegar The Dallas Arboretum

DISTRICT 5810

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Mary Brinegar joined the Dallas Arboretum in 1996 as President. She is responsible for the management of a staff of 110 and for the operating budget of $14.3 million, and the significant capital fundraising that has taken place and continues on the property today.

Personal achievements include the 1984 Fund Raising Executive of the Year Award from the Dallas Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals; and the 1981 Extra Mile Award recognizing community service by one professional woman each year sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Dallas.

She was named Theta of the Year in 1990 by Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority and Sustainer of the Year in 2000 by the Junior League of Dallas and has chaired or been presi-dent of numerous organizations and chair of many commu-nity fundraising events as a volunteer. In 2004 she receiv-ed the Dallas Historical Society's Arts Leadership Award.

2011-12 Rotary District 5810

District ConferenceMay 17 – May 20,

Choctaw Casino / Resortwww.regonline.com/5810dc

The Resort has extended the discounted rates for hotel

rooms through April 27th.

HILLCREST H.S. INTERACTThe Hillcrest H. S. Courtyard Project by Ley Waggoner

Before

The Interact Club project at Hillcrest High School is making great progress. We hope to have the engraved bricks installed by the

and irrigation of the courtyard also. The entire HHS community – students, faculty, administra-tion, DISD, alumni – are all very excited about the effort. It has brought folks together in a way that is wonderful to witness.  Rotary in action with a very energetic Interact Club.

end of May. Under the leadership of Linda Tunnell, enough funds were raised to allow for landscaping

Recently she was named to her high school's hall of fame on the occasion of its 75th Anniversary. She was named by the YWCA as one of their 100 Women in 100 Years in 2009. In 2010 she was named one of the Women in Business Industry Leaders by The Dallas Business Jour-nal. In 2011 she was awarded honorary membership into the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

In 2012 she was invited to serve as a member of the 83rd Annual Linz Award Ambassadors Committee. She has been a member of Leadership Dallas, Leadership Texas and Leadership America. She served for three years on the twelve member national board for the American As-sociation of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, which serves as the umbrella organization for public gardens in North America. She also is a founding member of the WOW Consortium bringing commissioned traveling exhibits to botanic gardens throughout the country at a nominal cost.

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THE HUBNewsletter of the

Rotary Club of Park Cities (Dallas)Betty Dawson, Editor

Shutterbug CommitteeFred Speno, Chair

Bulletin/Internet AdvertisingDax Seale, Chair

OFFICERS and DIRECTORS2010-2011

Jim Mills, PresidentFred Brown, President Elect

Cleve Clinton, Vice PresidentMark Kashar, SecretaryBarb Jeffries, Treasurer

Mike Jarrell, Sgt. at ArmsSusan Rogers, Club Service I

Chris Clausen, Club Service II Michael Rainwater , Community Service I

Tom Stutz, Community Service IITracy Gomes, Vocational ServicePam Carvey, International Service

Linda Tunnell, At LargeRick Amsberry ,

Immediate Past PresidentRod Pirtle, Parliamentarian

Charles Delphenis , HistorianLaurie Aldredge,Club Administrator

6704 Snider PlazaDallas, Texas 75205

Office Phone: 214-739-4170Office Fax: 214/363-6980

www.parkcitiesrotary.orgEmail: club@parkcitiesrotary.org

Kalyan Banerjee, IndiaPresident, Rotary International

www.rotary.orgBud McBrayer, Plano Sunrise

Governor, District 5810www.rotary5810.org

LAST WEEKPresiding: Jim Mills (Birthday Boy)Invocation: Orville SalmonSong Leader: Gerry MontgomeryIntroductions: E.G. McMillanHub and Web Advertisers: Dax SealePhotographer: Fred SpenoFour Way Test: Brian Coggon Chair of the Day: Ed FjordbakSpeaker: Garrett BooneProgram: The Trinity River

M T W Th F SAED = Defibrillator TrainingBl = Blood DriveBD = Board of Dirs. Mtg, 7 am LaMadeleine, 75 & MockingbirdCM = Circles of Success

Mentoring See T. GomesCn = PCR Connect Event.CP = ChildsPlay Work MtgD = District 5810 EventDH = Dentistry with a HeartFR = Family of Rotary EventF = Fellowship EventFF = RCPC Foundation Fund

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Mc = Ronald McDonald House-See Jina McDaniel

NM = New Member EventPr = Program Committee MtgReading and Radio Resources

See Jodie RaySpE = Special Service EventVV = Vet to Vet - See Bob DillWeb-lite = after noon mtgBlue = Activities on own schedule

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lengthy introduction of our speaker, Garrett Boone who brought us a wonder-ful program on The Trini-ty River. Garret calls the Trinity River "My Texas

President Jim Mills called the meeting to order.  Orville Salmon gave the invocation and

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Karen Ferris are continuing their recoveries.  Gerry

McMillan introduced our vis-iting Rotarians and guests.  Jack Kearney introduced Micah B. Phillips, a pastor in South Dallas who is running

tions! Chris Short introduced our new-est member An-drew Melton,

Ranch".  The Trini-ty furnishes water for half of North Tex-as and continues supplying water for communities all the way down to Hous-ton and into the Gulf of Mexico. He dis-played numerous

stated that Hugh Grif-fith, David Baxter and

Montgomery led the Pledge of Allegiance and "The Star Spangled Banner". He then led us in singing “Hap-py Birthday” to Jim. E G

against John Wiley Price. He got a round of applause and promised not to stand us up if we invited him to speak after the elec-

whose classi-

fication is sales Dax Seale introduced The Hub and Web advertisers of the week  Ed Fjordbak gave a

Thank you to Patsy Warson for these Meeting Notes!

photographs of lush greenery and wild-life and said he feels like he is in a wilder-ness or on the Amazon when he walks along the Trinity and through the Trinity Forest. The Trinity Forest is an area over 6,000 acres of Hardwood Forest of num-erous types of trees and is a rookery for herons, egrets and numerous other birds. Numerous guided canoe trips, along with kayaking, take place from sev-eral areas along the Trinity. Charles Allen from our club does a guided tour and has taken several club members on a tour.  One of the difficulties of canoeing and kayaking the river is knowing where to get into the river. The banks are very steep in a number of places making en-try difficult, but that problem will be ad-dressed as further work is done on the project. The Trinity River Project will con-sist of over 10,000 acres and has a num-ber of partners - Texas Horse Park (600 acre world class equestrian center), Trin-ity River Audubon Center (gateway to Trinity Forest), Trinity Stand Trail (7.8 mile hike and bike trail), Groundwork Dal-las, and Trinity Trust Foundation.

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THOUGHTS ON . .

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approach-es thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

~ Jean Paul RichterA bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

~ Chinese ProverbStretching his hand out to catch the stars, he forgets the flowers at his feet.

~ Jeremy BenthamFlowers are words even a baby can understand.

~ Quentin CrispA cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

~ H. L. Mencken

Our Funders for Next Week areBill HerveyBill HilberthDavid Hill

Clark HodgesLily Hogarth

√ = Contribution made for 2011-12

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS

RCPC FOUNDATION

Weblite for new members, Fri, April 27 immediately after the Noon meeting. See Dennis Harrison.Vet to Vet, Wed, May 2, 6:15pm at Dallas VA Hospital, Transition Care. Bingo and ice cream! See Bob Dill.Dist 5810 Conference, May 17 thru 20, at Choctaw Casino and Resort in Durant, OK. Details at www.regonline.com/5810dc.The next meeting of the RCPC Foundation is May 15. Encourage any worthy non-profit organization to make a grant proposal. Donʼt forget! Make Up Missed Meetings and record them on web.See Special RCPC Links on the left side of the Home Page.

Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org

May 4 Earl NyeChairman Emeritus - TXU Corp.

May 11 New MembersIntroductions

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

THEY PROFIT MOST WHO LAUGH BEST

FAMILY of ROTARY

interesting new thread: 26 global profes-sionals meeting online through Facebook and doing good in the global community. Join us! Tweet of the Week: Why Congressʼ support for polio eradication means so much to me wp.me/p23lKB-d3

Interesting new thread: Rotarian Macon Dunnagan has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro 20 times. In September, he will lead a team of 30 Rotarians from North Carolina, USA, to the summit to raise funds for Rotaryʼs polio eradication efforts.

Check out or add to RIʼs Flickr group often, www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/

RI has its own channel on YouTube offering a growing collection of videos and psas.

James Hampton 5.1Jerry Soper 5.3

Two factory workers are talking. The woman says, "I can make the boss give me the day off." The man replies, "And how would you do that?" The woman says, "Just wait and see." She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling. The boss comes in and says, "What are you doing?"

May 18 Babe LaufenbergThe Changing Dynamic of Local Sports

May 2 5 Maj Gen. James L. Williams, USMC, (Ret) Memorial Day Program

ROTARY CONNECTED

The woman replies, "I'm a light bulb." The boss then says, "You've been working so much that you've gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off." The man starts to follow her and the boss says, "Where are you going?" The man says, "I'm going home, too. I can't work in the dark.”

Flowers

Happy BirthdayWe gratefully acknowledge

ASTRO-GRAPHICSfor the partial funding of the weekly

printing of The Hub.

Champions of Change from DG Bud McBrayerWhite House – Champions of Change‘This story is establishing the awareness of Rotary both locally and nationally.Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Arlington, TX’. -Governor Bud McBrayer

Ten U.S. Rotarians were honored April 20th, 2012, by the White House as Champions of Change for their volunteer work locally and internationally.

One of the ten honorees was one of our Rotary DFW family of Rotarians, Jim Fulgham of the Arlington TX Rotary Club.Jim Fulgham Rotary Club of Arlington, TX

A tireless advocate for higher education in his local community, Jim Fulgham of Arlington, TX has been a driving force behind the Rotary Scholarship Program at Webb Elementary School. Focused on helping children from disadvantaged families, the pro-gram provides a scholarship for every sixth-gra-der who goes on to finish high school and enroll in college. A retired consultant, Fulgham part-nered with local colleges and universities and raised nearly $1 million to support the program. So far, 150 students have gone to college. He also initiated “Read with Rotary,” a literacy pro-gram aimed at teaching adults how to read.