 
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE "VISION"
Jamie Futrell, September program chair OCTOBER PROGRAMS October 3. 2007 - 4-H Awards Program October 10, 2007 - Dr. Lee Todd - President University of Kentucky October 17, 2007 - Scott McGee - News anchor for WPSDTV. October 24, 2007 - Randy Wyatt - Paducah Tilghman's boys track coach October
31, 2007 - Dr. Bob Haugh - Speaking on his latest endurance
adventure through the Gobi desert. Eileen Duobinis-Gray was the winner of the weekly birthday floral arrangement from the The Flower Galley in Lone Oak. Report, which was 58.1% Fifty four Rotarians had 60% attendance, while 61% had an a 100% attendance record. Mike said, clearly we have some Rotarians who are simply not attending. He suggested that club members call others and encourage them to attend more regularly. Dwane Tucker was the winner of the monthly attendance prize drawing: A $30 gift certificate from The Pasta House. The Rotary Board of Directors will meet Wednesday, September 19 at 5:15 p.m. at Whaler's Catch. POSTAL SERVICE NOTIFICATION Statement of Ownership: Gear Teeth is published by the Rotary Club of Paducah. A total of 222 copies are distributed. ONE NEW MEMBER PROPOSED Upon recommendation of the Classification and Membership Screening committees, the Board of Directors, the following 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. Jayson
McKeown - Area Sales Manager for Drury Hotels; classification of
Lodging/Sales; proposed by Mary Hammond
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK DESIREE OWEN
Her legislative clients have included the Kentucky Coal Producers, Old Hickory and KT Clay Companies, along with health care and pharmaceutical companies. Desireé was the first executive director of the Carson Four Rivers Center, helping to guide the project from the fund raising and design phases through construction. Several of you may remember her early career years in the 1980's when she was the news director and morning anchor for WKYQ-WKYX and WDDJ-WPAD. She left broadcasting to become the public relations director at Paducah Community College, followed by executive positions in the tourism industry, including Kentucky's Western Waterland and the Kentucky Tourism Council. She has an eleven year perfect attendance record in Rotary, mainly due to her job has Gear Teeth Editor since 2002. She has also volunteered for shifts at the Quilt Show and for Bell Ringing each of those years. Desireé is a native of Lyon County and a graduate of Murray State. She is the mother of a 9 year old son and is engaged to David Hereford, who moved to Paducah last year from Austin, Texas. 2007 - 2008 Rotary Club of Paducah Charities The Charity Committee met on Monday, September 10, 2007 and approved the following charities: 1. Chamber of Commerce Leadership Paducah 2. Bear Creek Girl Scouts 3. Shawnee Trails Boy Scouts 4. Museum of AQS 5. Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club 6. Project Graduation (HHS, LHS, PTHS, SMHS, RHS) 7. Family Services 8. St. Nicholas Clinic 9. Paducah Cooperative Ministry 10. Paducah Day Nursery 11. Yeiser Art Center 12. Habitat for Humanity 13. Paducah Symphony Orchestra 14. Market House Theatre 15. Purchase Area Sexual Abuse Center 16. Senior Citizens 17. Child Watch 18. Paducah Summer Festival 19. Crime Stoppers 20. River City Mission 21. Dream Factory 22. Paducah Railroad Museum 23. FOCUS Series 24. Special Olympics 25. Paducah Film Society 26. Paducah Red Cross 27. Easter Seals of West Kentucky 28. Lloyd Tilghman House 29. Four Rivers Center - Class Acts Education 30. Upper Town Heritage Foundation 31. Challenger Learning Center 32. River Heritage Museum 33. New Pathways for Children GUESTS Andrew Long - Amy Clevidence; Crit Luallen - Cathy Crecelius; David Lovelace - Gerry Montgomery; Glenn Denton - David Denton; Jack Conway - Dan Key; Robert Johnson - Ken Wheeler VISITING ROTARIANS Dr. Bob Imhoff - Mayfield Rotary Club STUDENT GUESTS Trevor DeJarnett - CCA; Neal Millay - Heath; Kyle Oetjen - Lone Oak; Ann Waldrop - PTHS; Audrey Harned - Reidland; Louesa Akin - St. Mary REPORTED MAKEUPS
100% ATTENDANCE FOR AUGUST Brenda Allcock, Glen Anderson, John Anderson, III, June Antony, Don Barger, Steve Bright, Jim Brown, Jill Chambers, Amy Clevidence, Michael Cochran, Rick Coltharp, David Comperry, Ken Cooper, Cathy Crecelius, David Denton, Marvin Devers, Eileen Duobinis-Gray, Missy Eckenberg, Danny Evitts, Suzanne Farmer, Art Feather, Jamie Futrell, Bill Gore, John Halsell, BA Hamilton, Tony Hamilton, Jim Harris, John Harris, Chuck Heyduck, David Jernigan, Den Johnston, Bob Johnston, Jackie Jones, Dan Key, Amy Kight, Tara Kolb, Lisa Long, LV McGinty, Phil McIntosh, Chris McNeill, Tina Mundy, Mike Muscarella, Tommy Nuckolls, Kelly Nuckols, Kathleen Overlin, Desiree Owen, Mike Resnick, Lorraine Schuppert, Robyn Shapiro, George Shaw, Steve Shrewsberry, Jim Sigler, Chris Sims, Bo Sullivan, Tim Taylor, Scott Taylor, Dwane Tucker, Shawn Turner, Debbie Wattier, Erik Wolfe 80% ATTENDANCE FOR AUGUST Ron Bacon, David Bailey, George Boland, Randy Bratton, Jim Brockenborough, Jamey Brown, Roger Cain, Greg Flanigan, Rick Grana, Mary Hammond, Ron Jackson, Sherry Kahne, Pat Kerr, Lanny King, Marie Liang, Mike Livingston, Wally Montgomery, Dave Perry, Bud Qualk, George Sirk, Jay Downs Siska, Jeff Steiner, Debbie Stone, Dick Veazey, Antia Ward, Erin Whitlock, Mark Whitlow, John Williams, Jr., John Williams, Sr., Pat Withrow, May Louise Zumwalt 60% ATTENDANCE FOR AUGUST Allen Dossey, Bill dyer, Bill Feiler, Scott Garrett, Tim Heller, Betty Higdon, Gwen Kaiser, Brian Laczko, Ric Ladt, Lydia May, Gerry Montgomery, Allison Ogden, Larry Propst, Frank Rasche, Bev Reed, Hardy Roberts, Elaine Spalding, Victor Sredl, Mike Stone, Ron Stonecipher, Kay Travis, Michael Walker, Jim Zumwalt HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
CLUB ANNIVERSARYS The
following are celebrating the date of their induction into Rotary:
Today's
editor - Desiree Owen
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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Winston
Bennett's father gave him a "vision" at the age of six years. While
watching the University of Kentucky Wildcats play basketball on
TV, his father asked, "Can you see yourself doing that some day?"
Desireé
is a political and legislative consultant, who has managed several
state senate and state house campaigns (including our own Frank Rasche's
campaign last fall) in addition to consulting in statewide political
races. She is currently assisting with State Auditor Crit Luallen's
re-election campaign part time. 