May 6: President: Barbara Taylor. Song: Smile. Led by: Ray Beaudreaux. Accompanied by: John Tolleson. Invocation: Doug Kuntz. Sergeant-at-Arms: Donna Pettus.

May 13: President-Elect: Pat O'Brien. Song: Home on the Range. Led By: Ken Ballinger. Accompanied by: John Tolleson. Invocation: Anne Goodman-James. Sergeant-At-Arms: John Holmes.

The final "trashy" day of this Rotary year is Saturday, June 12th, 8:13 am. As usual we will meet at Root Elementary to sign in, divide into teams and get a group photo. Liquid refreshment and morning snack available. See Jim Foster or Bootsie Ackerman to sign up or for more info.

Coming Events

Service Above Self Banquet: June 3, Clarion Inn, Fayetteville. Cocktails at 6:15, dinner at 7:15. Speaker: Author/Columnist John Brummett
Special Awards By Chuck Culver
Rotary and Community Awards by Barbara Taylor
Entertainment by John Tolleson

RSVP by May 31 to Donna Pettus

Ozark Guidance Center Annual Golf Tournament, 8/20. Enter as a team or sponsor a hole. Contact Elaine Longer for more information.

May 6: ROD Bootsie Ackerman presented Tim Conklin, from the City of Fayetteville, who gave a presentation on the Fayetteville Downtown Master Plan. We saw some slides with visions of our beautiful city in years hence, blending pedestrian needs (walking around) with auto needs (parking!!!) and with aesthetic properties. The planner's visions are lovely and will take a lot of cooperation from businesses to fulfill, but wouldn't it be lovely if all of Fayetteville looked more like the Square?

May 13: ROD Bootsie Ackerman introduced Rey Henandez, of Hernandez Marketing. Rey is the authority on the Hispanic community here in NWA. He works on connecting the business community with the Hispanic consumer. Half of the population growth in this country is Hispanic, creating a huge consumer base that is very loyal to brands. With a combined disposable income of over 69 billion, Rey pointed out that it only makes sense for the NWA business community to seek ways to service this growing population. A white paper on this topic is here.

Ask Uncle Ronny

Q. Do I use first names for all Club members, even judges and doctors?

A. At Rotary functions all Rotarians are addressed by their first name, regardless of their lofty status in civilian life. Sneak a peek at the button with one eye while maintaining eye contact with the other if you should momentarily forget a Member’s first name. If they have forgotten their button, “hey Hoss” is a good substitute.
****Editor's Note: Please continue to address me as "Your Highness" or "Hey, Beautiful."

May 2004

Rotarian: Bootsie Ackerman on Community Development

May 20: Marcus Divine, Director Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality:
The Effect of Environmental Issues on Economic Development

May 27: Barbara Prichard: Vocational Awareness of Club Members

June: John Threet on Law

June 3: Service Above Self Banquet

June 10: Arkansas Atty General Mike Bebee

June 17: Circuit Judge Bill Storey

June 24: Fayetteville Chief of Police Rick Hoyt

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