 
WKMS- BRINGING DIVERSITY TO THE AIRWAVES Today the club welcomed Kate Lochte, Station Manager for WKMS-FM from Murray State University.
WKMS employs nine full time employees, four part time employees and a large number of students and volunteers at its home at Murray State University. The station gets half its budget from MSU. The remaining budget must come from community support. The station's major expense is programming much of which is paid for by listener support dollars. The mission of WKMS is audience development. WKMS exposes its listeners to a wide base of programming which includes worldwide news, music and entertainment that so well complement performances that listeners can see locally at venues such as the Market House Theater, the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center and through performances given by the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. Its alignment with MSU is a well designed
match. WKMS' audience base is comprised of college graduates. As
such, WKMS is a supporter of the 2020 achievement which aims at
increasing the number of college graduates in the state of Kentucky.
The station shares in MSU's mission which fosters excellence, and
seeks to create partnerships by reaching out to communities, the
nation, and the world. DECEMBER PROGRAMS December 26, 2007 - No Meeting Elaine Spalding - December program chair ANNOUNCEMENTS SENIOR PREVIEW DAY AT WKCTC Dwane Tucke Sixteen Rotarians are celebrating birthdays in December. Mike Resnick was the winner of the weekly birthday floral arrangement from The Flower Galley. Next Wednesday, December 12, is the Rotary's day to ring the bell for the Salvation Army. There are a couple slots open for volunteers. Please contact Phyllis if you can fill an empty spot. Location assignments and your time slot will be sent to you via email. Please double check your time slot and arrive to your post fifteen minutes early. If you do not receive your assignment by next Tuesday, December 11, please contact the Rotary office. The Rotary Board of Directors will meet Wednesday, December 19th at 5:15 pm at Whaler's Catch. FEATURED ROTARIAN KEN COOPER
President: John Halsell, Vice President: L.V. McGinty, Secretary: Steve Shrewsbury, Treasurer: Scott Taylor, President-Elect - David Bailey Elected to a two year term from 2008-2010: Jim Brown, Jamie Futrell, Chris McNeill, Mike Muscarella Elected for a one year term from 2008-2009: John Anderson, III, Suzanne Farmer, Debbie Wattier THREE NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED FOR MEMBERSHIP Upon recommendation of the Classification, Membership Screening Committees and the Board of Directors the following people have been proposed for membership in the Rotary Club of Paducah. Objections must be filed in writing to the Club Secretary within seven (7) days. Ronda Hays of Harper Industires - proposed by Mary Hammond; classification of Construction/Human Resources Harvey Sadow, Director of the Paducah School for the Arts, proposed by Jim Zumwalt, classification of Arts Administration Darlene Dreyer, Director of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, proposed by Debbie Stone, classification of Orchestra Management GUESTS Marjorie Heyduck - Chuck Heyduck, Ronda Gibson - Elaine Spalding, Rodger Lofton- David Comperry, Harvey Sadow - Jim Zumwalt, Christy Reichle - Mike Muscarella VISITING ROTARIANS PDG J. Duke - Clinton Rotary Club STUDENT GUESTS Matt Poat - Heath; Aspen Davis - Lone Oak; Colin Glass - Reidland IN MEMORIAM - CHARLES "CHICK" WARD Chick was a very active member of Rotary and served as Sergeant-at-Arms. Chick died October 30th in Maryland Heights, Missouri, where he had moved in 2006. If you would like to send his wife a card, her address is: Ann Ward 2158 Butterfield Court Maryland Heights, MO 63043 REPORTED MAKEUPS Gear Teeth: Amy Clevidence Invocation: John Williams, Jr. Song Leader: Michael Cochran Family of Rotary Committee: Pat Withrow, June Antony Sgt. At Arms: Ken Schuppert, Chuck Heyduck, Art Feather, Marvin Devers Program: Elaine Spalding Student Guests: Suzanne Farmer eClub One: Jennifer Dearness, Erin Whitlock Other Clubs: Steve Bright - Owensboro Rotary Club Rotary Election: Danny Evitts, Den Johnston, Debbie Stone, Don Barger HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
CLUB ANNIVERSARYS The
following are celebrating the date of their induction into Rotary:
100 % ATTENDANCE FOR NOVEMBER Brenda Allcock, Glen Anderson, John Anderson, III, June Antony, Ron Bacon, Don Barger, Randy Bratton, Steve Bright, Jamey Brown, Roger Cain, Jill Chambers, Amy Clevidence, Michael Cochran, Rick Coltharp, Ken Cooper, Cathy Crecelius, Dave Denton, Marvin Devers, Bill Dyer, Missy Eckenberg, Danny Evitts, Suzanne Farmer, Art Feather, Jamie Futrell, Bill Gore, John Halsell, BA Hamilton, Mary Hammond, Jim Harris, John Harris, Chuck Heyduck, Betty Higdon, Ron Jackson, Den Johnston, Bob Johnston, Phil Justice, Dan Key, Lynn King, Ric Ladt, Andrew Long, Lisa Long, Lydia May, LV McGinty, Phil McIntosh, Chris McNeill, Melanie McNeill, Mike Muscarella, Tommy Nuckolls, Kelly Nuckols, Kathleen Overlin, Desiree Owen, Mike Resnick, Lorraine Schramke, Ken Schuppert, Robyn Shapiro, George Shaw, Steve Shrewsberry, Jim Sigler, Jay Downs Siska, Debbie Stone, Mike Stone, Ron Stonecipher, Bo Sullivan, Scott Taylor, Dwane Tucker, Shawn Turner, John Williams, Jr., Erik Wolfe 75% ATTENDANCE FOR NOVEMBER Glenda Adkisson, Steve Bright, Jim Brockenborough, Jim Brown, David Comperry, Jennifer Dearness, Gregg Flanigan, Scott Garrett, Trevor Gough, Tony Hamilton, David Jernigan, Robert Johnson, Jackie Jones, Marie Liang, Maurie McGarvey, Wally Montgomery, Dave Perry, Frank Shelton, Deborah Simon, Chris Sims, Elaine Spalding, Jeff Steiner, Hal Sullivan, Debbie Wattier, Pat Withrow, Jim Zumwalt, May Louise Zumwalt 50% ATTENDANCE FOR NOVEMBER David Bailey, George Boland, Allen Dossey, Rick
Grana, Ed Helyl, Gwen Kaiser, Pat Kerr, Lanny King, Tara Kolb,
Brian Laczko, Greg Menke, Charles Moffitt, Allison Ogden, Bill
Pinkston, Lee Powell, Bev Reed, Hardy Roberts, Hutch Smith, Victor
Sredl, Tim Taylor, Michael Walker, Anita Ward, Kristin Williams,
John Williams, Sr. 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), Electronic
Document Management, 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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Kate
last spoke to the Rotary Club 17 years ago. Since then, the station
has developed into a 24-7 broadcast service, and has accomplished
extensive redundancy of its transmission systems, including the
installation of a new 20K analog transmitter alongside the old transmitter
and a dummy load allowing the station to work on its transmitter
in the event of transmission line damage. Over the years WKMS has
also added a full service internet stream of its air signal at 
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and George Shaw spoke at Senior Preview Day at West Kentucky
Community and Technical College on Friday, November 30th. Senior
Preview Day was co-sponsored by the Rotary Club and WKCTC. Approximately
100 seniors from five high schools attended to learn about the
Rotary Club REAP program and what the college can offer them.
Today's
featured Rotarian is Ken Cooper. Ken is a native of Paducah.
He is a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and the University
of Kentucky with a degree in accounting. He has been a member
of Rotary since 1971 and has served on the board of directors.
He has also served on the United Way Board of Directors and
has served as chairman for the Red Cross blood drive after illustrating
his commitment to the cause through personal blood drive activities.
Ken and his wife of 48 years, Frances, have two children and
four grandchildren. He enjoys tennis, golf, and racquetball.
