ROTARY CLUB OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY

VOL. 69, NO. 16- October 24, 2007
(215-360)

Published weekly except, Labor Day, New Years, Christmas, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Quilt Show

Seven State Track Championships in Eight Years

Paducah Tilghman track coach, Randy Wyatt, has quite the impressive resume. He was the first eighth-grader to win the 100 & 200 meter dash at the Kentucky High School State Track Meet. He was the first freshman to win the Triple Crown in Track & Field. In 1987 he was named National Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year, and has also been named a High School Track All-American. In 1999, he became Paducah Tilghman High School's Varsity Track coach.

When Coach Wyatt started his coaching career with PTHS the track program had many deficiencies. It had only 8 returning players, 5 ½ uniforms, no warm-ups, and a track that was in very poor condition. Regardless, the team was expected to win the state championship. To test his team, Randy selected the best player on the team and made an example of him. Then and there he set the expectation: you do what is asked of you or you leave the team. The exercise was designed to instill discipline in his team members.

The team's discipline was tested at the state championship that year. Coach Wyatt had never coached a team before. In his late 20's, the players saw him more of a peer and less as a coach, and treated him as such. He warned them the night before the championship that if they did not take the meet seriously they would lose. The next day the undisciplined team lost by 1 ½ points as a result of a false start. He vowed they would never lose again and they haven't. The track team has won the state championship seven of the eight years that Coach Wyatt has been a fixture at PTHS. He credits the foundation of discipline that he instills among his members for those wins.

For Coach Wyatt, winning a state title is not the glorious part of his career. He takes the greatest amount of enjoyment from working with students who come from difficult backgrounds - those who are not expected to live a successful life - and seeing the life changes that their involvement in his program has upon their lives and their future.

NEXT WEEK

October 31, 2007 - Dr. Michael McCall - President of Kentucky Community Technical College System

NOVEMBER PROGRAMS

November 7, 2007 - Darlene Dreyer, Executive Director of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra

November 14, 2007 - Ethan Sullivan Smith, Kentucky Chautauqua - Price Hollowell, Black Patch War Hero, 1895-1975

November 21, 2007 - Dr. Bob Haugh speaking on his latest endurance adventure through the Gobi Desert

November 28, 2007 - Bill Bartleman, The Paducah Sun

John Williams, Jr. - November program chair

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Seventeen Rotarians are celebrating birthdays in October. Deborah Simon was the winner of the weekly birthday floral arrangement from The Flower Galley.

The Rotary Board of Directors will meet Wednesday, November 14th at 5:15 pm at Whaler's Catch. The meeting has been moved up one week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Bill Dyer asked Rotarians to mark their calendars - December 12th will be bell-ringing day for the Salvation Army.

As a reminder, Rotarians are encouraged to think of young men and women ages 18 - 30 who might be interested in participating in a newly forming Rotaract program sponsored by our club. A sign-up sheet will be circulated around next week's meeting. This list will be used to send out invitations to prospective members to attend an informational meeting to be held sometime in the first half of December.

NEW MEMBER PROPOSED

Upon recommendation of the Classification and Membership Screening committees, the Board of Directors, the following person has been proposed for membership in the Rotary Club of Paducah. Objections must be filed in writing to the club secretary within seven (7) days. Andrew Long; Business office manager for Oakeview Nursing & Rehabilitation; proposed by Amy Clevidence; Classification of Nursing Home.

THREE NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED

The club welcomed three new members today. Robert Johnson is transferring his membership from the Hazard Rotary Club. Robert is retired but is working for the Marshall County Board of Education as an Instructional Assistant. Robert is a graduate of Murray State Universigy and his home phone number is 898-7327 and his email address: rjcj10403@hotmail.com.

Jennifer Dearness was proposed by Mary Hammond and she is the general manager for the Residence Inn. She is a graduate of Hanover University and has worked for several other hotel chains before coming to Paducah. Her phone number is 444-3966 and her email is jdearness@musselmanhotels.com.

Jayson McKeown was also proposed by Mary Hammond and is the area sales manager for Drury Hotels. Jayson worked for several Christian book stores before working for the Drury Hotel chain. Mary explained that this is the first time in almost 20 years that we have had members in the hotel industry. Jayson's email is jayson.mckeown@druryhotels.com.

COMMUNITY DONATION

Karen Meyer accepted a charity donation today on behalf of the Family Service Society. The donation will be used to provide support to local families in need.

GUESTS

Andrew Long - Amy Clevidence; Karen Mayer - Club; Melanie McNeill - George Shaw; Sarah Bynum - Michael Walker; Amy Anderson - John Anderson, III; Gordon Pugan - Mike Muscarella

VISITING ROTARIANS

Don Wade - Illinois Vallley Sunrise - Peru, ILL; Karami Hagan - Martin, TN

STUDENT GUESTS

John Evanko - Heath; Chris Beal - PTHS; Chase Brasher - Reidland; Rebekka Welch - St. Mary

REPORTED MAKEUPS

Gear Teeth: Amy Clevidence

Invocation: Don Barger

Song Leader: John Williams, Jr.

Family of Rotary Committee: Allison Ogden

Sgt. At Arms: Ken Schuppert, Chuck Heyduck, Art Feather, Marvin Devers

Program: John Anderson, III

eClub One: Marie Liang

Rotaract Committee: Erin Whitlock, George Shaw, Suzanne Farmer, Jamey Brown

Dictionary Deliveries: Tina Mundy, Ron Stonecipher, Steve Shrewsberry, Michael Cochran, Lisa Long, Tony Hamilton, Don Barger, Keith Wilke, Lydia May, Chuck Heyduck, Erik Wolfe, Mike Resnick, Steve Bright, Tara Kolb, LV McGinty, Kelly Nuckols, Jeff Steiner, Missy Eckenberg, Suzanne Farmer, Marie Liang, Don Barger, Glenda Adkisson, Robyn Shapiro, Don Barger, Tommy Nuckolls, Amy Clevidence

Board of Directors Meeting: George Shaw, John Halsell, L.V. McGinty, Steve Shrewsberry, Scott Taylor, Chuck Heyduck, Jim Sigler, Chris McNeill, Suzanne Farmer, Rick Coltharp, Jamie Futrell, Missy Eckenberg, Phil McIntosh, Shawn Turner, Jamey Brown, John Williams, Jr.

REAP Board of Directors: George Shaw, Dwane Tucker, Debbie Stone, Ed Hely, Scott Taylor, John Halsell

ROTORACT Committee: Erin Whitlock, Suzanne Farmer, Gerry Montgomery, Jamey Brown

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

NAME

DATE

Art Feather
October 26
Amy Kight
October 31
Mike Livingston
October 28

CLUB ANNIVERSARYS

 The following are celebrating the date of their induction into Rotary:

Name

Induction Date

Years in Club

Bud Qualk
October 26
2
Wayne Shelton
October 29
21
Kay Travis
October 31
6

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

If you've missed a meeting, visit eClub for your make-up credit! eClub is a fully chartered Rotary Club from Rotary District 5450. In addition to providing an on-line meeting, visitors will participate in a process that reflects the efforts of the visitor to demonstrate an intent to spend time considering Rotary and the positive aspects of seeing other Rotarians in their "service above self" environment.

1) Go to http://www.rotaryeclubone.org
2) Review one or more of the current or archived programs. You will be required to answer questions. Look for an arrow to find various programs.
3) Click on Makeup Form
4) Read Makeup Request Form carefully and follow directions
5) When you have filled out the Request Form, print it and turn it in to Phyllis.

6) We are District 6710

 

Area Rotary Meetings

Monday
Mayfield, 12:00, Mayfield Country Club
Marshall County, 12:00, Majestic Steak House

Tuesday
Cadiz, 11:55, Lakeland Jamaboree Bldg.
Hopkinsville, 12:00, Memorial Bldg.
Princeton, 12:00 Majestic House Restaurant
Fulton, 12:00, Community Center

Wednesday
Clinton, 12:00, Hickman Co. Library Building

Thursday
Metropolis, 12:10, Montego's
Murray, 12:00, Pagliai's