 
WKCTC - Emerging Technology Center
The center is to serve as the gateway for business and industry training. Much consideration has been given to determine how to best serve existing industry while also recruiting new industry to our region. Along with the National Coalition for Advanced Technology, WKCTC has carefully studied what is needed at the center and who in the way of faculty and staff are key participants in the center's success. Ground breaking for the facility will take place in May or June of this year. The center is expected to open Spring 2010. ROTARY CLUB DONATES $50,000 TO THE NEW EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN HONOR OF MEREDITH AND BILL SCHROEDER The Club's Rotary Education Assistance
Program (REAP) was started in 1988. The annual antique quilt sho Over the last twenty years, REAP has raised nearly $800,000 to provide financial assistance to 400 - 500 students who might not have had the opportunity to attend college otherwise. A portion of these funds have also gone to community programs. The UK College of Engineering in Paducah received $100,000 from the program. Other recipients include the Challenger Learning Center, Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center and the Paducah Symphony Orchestra in support of in-school programs. Today, a donation of $50,000 was made to WKCTC's Emerging Technology Center in the name of Bill and Meredith Schroeder who have been so dedicated to helping the Paducah Rotary Club help others and for their dedicated support of our community with their quilt show efforts. APRIL PROGRAMS April 23 - NO
MEETING - QUILT SHOW
April 30 - Adam H. Edelen
- Director of Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security
Jim Zumwalt- April program chair
ANNOUNCEMENTS Sixteen Rotarians are celebrating birthdays in April. Elaine Spalding was the winner of the weekly birthday floral arrangement from The Flower Galley. The Rotary Board of Directors will meet Wednesday, April 16 at 5:15 pm at Whaler's Catch.  SIGN
UP NOW FOR THE 2008 QUILT SHOW!There will be no meeting on April 23rd
due to the Quilt Show. All Rotarians are encouraged to volunteer to
work our annual fund raising event. If you have not yet signed up,
please contact Phyllis. There is an urgent need for workers Thursday,
4/27 (9 needed) and Saturday, 4/29 (19 needed).
FEATURED ROTARIAN ALLEN DOSSEY This week's featured Rotarian is Allen Dossey. Allen has been a club member since 2006. He is a native of Cave City, Kentucky. He is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration. He began his career in management with K-Mart in Paducah. A transfer led him to Dallas, Texas where he found his calling for insurance. He began as an agent for American States Insurance and later moved back to Paducah where he began working for Western Rivers Insurance. Allen has served as President of Western Rivers for the past two years. When injuries ended his golfing activities, Allen turned his driving range into a vineyard. He is an award winning grower and wine maker. He has 750 plants in his vineyard which produce 5 tons of grapes per year. Allen and his wife, June have two children and one grandchildren. He resides in Paducah. GUESTS Janett Blythe, Bill Murphy, Rebecca Haus, Dr. Tena Payne, John Carrico, Susan Graves, Dr. Steve Freeman, Sherry Anderson - Barbara Veazey, Jimmie Shemwell, Carolyn Shemwell - Debbie Stone, Bill Schroeder, Meredith Schroeder - Club, Beverly McKinley - Lorraine Schramke, Rae Kramer- Richard Veazey, Basil Drossos - David Perry, Bill Holsapple - David Denton STUDENT GUESTS Lainey Harris - CCA REPORTED MAKEUPS Gear Teeth:Amy Clevidence Invocation: Glen Anderson Song Leader: None Featured Rotarian: Debbie Stone Family of Rotary Committee: Don Barger Sgt. At Arms: Art Feather, Marvin Devers, Chuck Heyduck, Ken Schuppert Program:John Halsell ClubOne: Den Johnston
Student
Guests:
Mark
Whitlow
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
CLUB
ANNIVERSARYS
The
following are celebrating the date of their induction into Rotary:
Today's editor -Amy Clevidence List of Unfilled Classifications
Artist/Retail,
Arts Administration, Attorney (Civil, Commonwealth, Social Security
Administration, Marine Law), Banking (Mortgage Lender, Trust Management),
Bed & Breakfast/Hospitality, Building Materials, Cable TV/Advertising,
Chemical Plant, Chemical Plant Management, Commercial Door Contracting,
Communications Systems Integration, Community Development/Administration,
Contractor/Commercial, Day Care Management, Director/Substance Abuse
Prevention, Education ( Pre-school, Administration), Employee Leasing
(Permanent, Temporary) Engineering/U-235 Plant, Equine Farming,
Facility Manager, Film Making, Financial Management/Jewelry Business,
Financial Planning, Government/Risk Management, Hardware/Retail,
Hospital, Human Resources, Industrial Supplies/Wholesale, Information/Management,
Information Technology, Information Technology/Internet Director,
Insurance - Sales, Judge/Family Court, Judge/District, Law (Corporation,
Litigation, Domestic), Medical/Podiatry, Medical Center Management,
Medical/Public Relations, Men's Clothing/Retail, Ministry/Christian,
Motion Pictures Theatres, Moving & Storage, Municipal Human Relations,
Nursing/Geriatric, Orthodontics & Facial Orthopedics, Photography
Equipment & Supplies, Public Service/Emergency Services, Rape Crisis
Manager, Real Estate/Commercial, Refined Oil Products/Retail, Restaurant/Italian,
River Transportation/Port Authority, Sales - Temporary Employees,
Scout Executive, Space Education, Special Gifts/Retail, Total Wellness,
Waste Water Utility
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Dr.
Barbara Veazey spoke to the club today about the new Emerging Technology
Center at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The Emerging
Technology Center is a 75,000 square foot facility funded through
state appropriations and private donations. The center will include
industrial technology training, robotics, rapid prototyping, metrology
and a Haas technical Educational center. Engineering technology
and information technology will also be a part of the center's programming.
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funds REAP. Show objectives are to raise money to support educational
assistance and support the AQS activities with its annual show.