 
POPULAR NFL PLAYER VISITS PADUCAH
"I
love the sounds and the smells of the stadium and the fans," he
said. "He
gave the team roots," said fellow commentator and head of the Tennessee
Titan Radio Network, Larry Stone. The Titans play the 0-2 New Orleans Saints in the Super Dome this Monday night. The game is broadcast on Paducah radio station WKYX-AM. Jamie Futrell, September program chair OCTOBER PROGRAMS 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. Eleven Rotarians are celebrating birthdays in September and birthday winner Sherry Kahne took home a huge pot of mums provided by the Flower Gallery in Lone Oak. The Flower Gallery will hold an open house this Sunday from 2 pm to 4 pm. Jim Brown reminded members that the United Way's Annual 5K Fun Run will be held as part the BBQ Festival on Saturday, Sept. 29th beginning at Paducah Bank at 9 a.m. A Kid's Fun Run is also scheduled this year. Kay Travis invited Rotarians to the Annual WKCTC Scholarship Auction on Tuesday, September 25th at 5:30 at the Executive Inn. Individual tickets are $35 or tables for 8 are also available. The auction raised $140,000 for scholarships last year. Call 534-3086 for reservations. Mike Resnick announced the Paducah Symphony Children's Chorus is selling Krispy Kreme donuts as a fund raiser. Donut reservations must be made by 5 p.m. Thursday for Saturday delivery. Please call or stop by the PSO office on Broadway to order. Mike Livingston announced a free concert by the award-winning University of Louisville Orchestra, Chorus and Dance Team, on Monday, Sept. 24th at 7 p.m. at the Carson Four Rivers Center. U of L President, James Ramsey will also be in attendance. On October 3rd the club meeting will be held at the Civic Center, 2701 Park Avenue. This is the 44th 4-H Awards program that we have sponsored. It was very crowded last year and we hope this move will accommodate everyone. The meeting time will remain the same. Community Donation Gail Robinson - Butler accepted a Club donation on behalf of the WKCTC Arts in Focus Series, which is celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year.
NEW
MEMBER INDUCTED- GLENDA ADKISSON President George welcomed our newest Rotarian Glenda Adkisson, who was sponsored for membership by L.V. McGinty. Glenda recently moved to Paducah with her husband, who is the General Manager for the Paducah Sun. She is the new Executive Director for the Red Cross. She is a native of Gastonia, N.C., but lived most of her adult life in Texas. She holds a degree in nursing and a degree in organizational management and development. She has three children. Welcome Glenda! ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK JOE POWELL
Today's Featured Rotarian is Joe Powell. Joe is a native Texan, but came to Paducah with his bride, Nancy. Joe received his BA from Abilene Christian University. Joe did graduate work at the University of Texas, but received his Masters in Ceramic Engineering from Ohio State University. I asked Joe, "exactly what is a Ceramic Engineer" and he told me in a word, a "crackpot!" After graduation, he and Nancy moved to Paducah and Joe started to work at Old Hickory Clay Company, a company that was started by Nancy's grandfather in 1918. Joe tells me that he worked on all levels of the totem pole.starting at the bottom. Today Joe is CEO of the company Old Hickory Clay Company mines a high refractory clay, called ball clay. They have mines in Graves, Hickman and Carlisle counties and in Weakley County in Tennessee. Ball Clay is an extremely rare mineral that is only found a few places in the world, and the clay activity in our area produces some of the finest ball clay in the US. This is a type of clay that has been used in such products as the AC Spark plug, bonding material for the space shuttle bricks and familiar ceramic products made by Kohler, Crane and American Standard. Joe and Nancy have three sons and 7 grandchildren. All 3 of the sons have attended Abilene Christian University and Joe currently is a Trustee at the University. Joe's professional and civic involvement has included being a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and service on such boards as: Paducah School Board Citizens Bank Board of Directors The Carson Center Board Joe attends the Broadway Church of Christ, where he recently retired as a church elder, after 33 years of service. He also is involved in and has served as the Chairman of World Christian Broadcasting, a non-profit organization that communicates the "Good News' via shortwave broadcast to locations around the globe. The first broadcast station is located in Anchor Point Alaska and has been on the air since 1983 and the second location is currently under construction in Madagascar. Joe has been a Rotarian since 1971. He served as Club President in 1979-1980 and became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1988. Joe is now an honorary Rotarian. I asked Joe about his hobbies and he tells me that he is a "sports nut". (So far he has described himself as a crackpot and a nut!) He likes to watch basketball and track & field. And his interesting fact is that he played as a quarterback while at ACU and they played against Florida State and beat them! GUESTS Gary Feather, John Feather - Art Feather; Chris Cunningham - Club; Phil Steadham, Greg Dunker - Jamie Futrell; Larry Morris - BA Hamilton; Darlene Dreyer - Debbie Stone VISITING ROTARIANS Robert Johnson - Hazard 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
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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Tennessee
Titans fans know all about Frank Wycheck, arguably the most popular
player who ever played in Nashville, and one of the best tight ends
in the NFL, due to the heart he demonstrated for his team, the game
and the fans. 
The
fun part of this job, if there is a fun part, is getting to talk to
fellow Rotarians and really find out about them. When I select the
featured Rotarian each week, I give them a call and ask them to tell
me about themselves. I usually get "oh, I'm not very interesting".so
then I have to start digging, or in today's case, "mining", for information
and trying to pull together a theme for the introduction. 