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Rotarians

Serving Others

Milton

Hutchinson

Money

Table

Charlotta

Nordyke

Raffle

Amanda

Gouthiere

Scanner-

Greeter-4Way

Test

Pat Day

Invocation

Joe Cooper

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Kermit

Poling

Music

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Our Dues Do l la rs A t Wo rk

As Benjamin Franklin once stated, “An investment in knowledge al-

ways pays the best interest.”

Next Tuesday we will make such

an investment. Our club has awarded scholarships to students from the five local institutions of higher learning for at least the past 35 years. The

award was increased from $1,200 to $1,500 a few years ago.

Following our club’s established eligibility requirements, three students are selected by the

financial aid office of each school to submit applications. The students come from various backgrounds and majors. Our Scholarship Committee reviews a total of 120 pages of appli-

cations, recommendations and transcripts during the selection process. Among other eligi-

bility rules, criteria include: excellent scholarship (top 15% of the class), genuine financial need, evidence of some form of “Service Above Self” in their personal and/or student lives.

Scholarship winners receive the $1,500 while runners up receive $100 for participating.

This year’s scholarship winners are:

Centenary College—Lauren Benoit

LSUHSC—Kyle Rose

LSUS—Lindsay Dillon

Northwestern School of Nursing—Emily West

SUSLA—Anthony Rounds, II

Thanks to our Scholarship Committee members: Chair Alan Prater, Wes Attaway, Lindy Broderick, Taylor Brown, David Cook, Rodney Crews, Pat Day, Alan English, Michael

Ferrell, Hardy Foreman, Milton Hutchinson, Ken Krueger, Robert McGowen, Renee

Petree, Darrell Rebouche, Gil Shanley, Stephanie Sievers, Merrill Wautlet, Ron Webb and

Willie White.

Rotary Club of Shreveport

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Jeffrey Thomas

Executive Director/Managing Director

Strategic Action Council

Minority Supplier Institute

Shreveport

Classification

Associations, Business & Government

Proposed by

Bob Hamm

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APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

Unless written objection is received within

seven days, there will be an invitation extended

to join the membership of the

Rotary Club of Shreveport

the following:

Robert “Rob” Eppers moved to Shreveport in join Risk Services of

Louisiana in 2010 to be the senior marketing manager and has served as

the agency’s Chief Operating Officer since 2014. After graduating from

Plano High School, Rob earned his B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech

University. In 2006 he helped to start Saffe Property and Casualty LP

and served that firm as President of Operations. In addition to earning

the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation he is also a Li-

censed Surplus Lines Agent and maintains both a property-casualty li-

cense as well as a life-health license.

Rob is a past Senior Coordinator for the Greater Shreveport Leadership

Program.

Rob and his wife Stacy have three children: Liliana (9), Gavin (7) and

Caleb (18 months). He spends his spare time playing tennis, hunting

and enjoying his family.

His classification is Insurance and his sponsor is Karen Johnson.

Rob Eppers

Rescue Mission March Volunteers

March 3

Zelda Tucker Charles Grubb

Vance Bailes Walter Lamb

March 10

Fred Ratzburg Delbert Chumley

Jerry Boughton Bob Neff

Thank you, Volunteers!

Make-Up Credits For All!

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(Top left) Guest Beau Flavin with Rotarian Chris Lee

(Top right) Guest Michael Walker with Rotarian Jesse Gilmore

(Left) Rotarian Merrill Wautlet with guest Shane Bridges

(Below) Guest Robert Hattan with Rotarian Don Howard

N e w s l e t t e r T i t l e P a g e 4 T h e R o t a r i p o s t

New Paul Harris Fellowships and Level-Ups

On March 8, we recognized Charles Henington who re-

ceived his PHF+1 lapel pin. Charlie is the tax assessor for

Caddo Parish Tax Assessor’s office having first been elected

in 2001. He has worked for the Tax Assessor’s office since

1986. A graduate of LA Tech, Charlie has served as past

president of the Louisiana Assessor’s Association.

Charlie joined the club in December 2000 and was sponsored

by Judge James Clark. He served as a club director in 2004-

2005 and has

served on the

Sgt at Arms

Committee for

many years

working the

registration table at meetings. He’s also been involved in

the Dragon Boat Committee in whatever way he is needed.

After receiving his new pin, Charlie asked his wife Angie to

join him at the podium and he then surprised her with a new

Paul Harris Fellowship. What a great way to share Rotary!

(Above) President Reg Abrams talks about

Charles’ service to the club.

(Right) Charles Henington honored his wife

Angie with a new Paul Harris Fellowship.

The Amazing Shake

Last Tuesday’s presentation by Billy Snow of the Caddo Parish School

Board was a jewel! He spoke of the Amazing Shake competition among

the Transformation Zone schools. This yearlong competition, among its

many components, provides training to the students in social etiquette

skills such as handshakes, eye contact, public speaking and

more. Guess who the guru is who is helping Billy Snow with

the social etiquette portion. Our very own Erica Thomas,

owner of AdPro Promotions and Advertising. WTG, Erica!

(Left) Billy Snow presented a great program on the Caddo Transformation

Zone schools. Rotarian Erica Thomas has helped the schools with this project.

P a g e 5 T h e R o t a r i p o s t

What are Rotary Foundation Recognition Points? For every $1 you give to The Rotary Foundation

(TRF), you earn 1 recognition point.

What can I do with my Recognition Points” Nothing…Absolutely nothing...except give them away to

name someone else a new Paul Harris Fellow.

How many Recognition Points do I have? Log into www.rotary.org, register under MyRotary and check

out your Donor History. OR, ask Judy.

More Paul Harris Fellow News

Next up to the podium on March 8 was Tom

Arceneaux who received his PHF+7 pin.

Tom received his B.S. from LSU Baton Rouge

and his J.D. from LSU Law Center. He served

on the Shreveport City Council from 1982-

1990. In 2003 he joined the Blanchard Walker

Law firm. Tom has served on many commu-

nity boards (too many to even list).

In 1994 he was sponsored by Jay Murrell as a

new member in the club. After serving as a

club director in 2000-2001 he rose in the ex-

ecutive ranks to serve as club president in

2007-2008. Tom has served on almost every

committee in the club and also served Rotary

District 6190 as Foundation Chair 2009-2012.

After he received his new pin, Tom invited Rotarian Alan English to join him and he then surprised Alan

with a new Paul Harris Fellowship.

Alan English first joined the club in 2004. Fol-

lowing that, as he relocated with his career, he al-

ways joined a Rotary club first in Augusta, GA

and then in Conway, AR. He returned to Shreve-

port and rejoined the club in 2014. Alan serves as

President and Publisher of Times Media, The

Times.

(Above) President Reg congratulates Tom Arceneaux on

his PHF+7 pin.

(Left, from left) Alison Bath-The Times executive editor, Janice Rowlett-Alan’s wife, Alan English and Tom Ar-

ceneaux pose with Alan’s new PHF certificate.

Judy Bellew

Executive Director

P.O. Box 380

Shreveport, LA 71162

Phone: 318-221-3053

Fax: 318-221-6093

shreveportrotary@gmail.com

www.rotaryclubofshreveport.org

R o t a r i p o s t

M arc h C l ub A nni v e rs ar ie s *PH F + Past Pr e s i de nt ♦M aj or D on or

( c onse c ut i ve ye ar s se r vi c e )

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48 years Bo Campbell*

40 years Armand Roos*, Wade Sample*

37 years Lionel Eltis*

34 years John David Stewart*

33 years Ernest Lampkins*

21 years Gene Bryson*, Wishy Nolan♦

18 years Jeb Breithaupt*

15 years Stacy Brown

14 years Clay Nelson*

12 years Bob FitzGerald*

9 years John Coutret*

8 years Tom Jackson, Teri Haynes*, Zelda

Tucker

6 years Ken Tate*, Taylor Brown*, Laurie Bos-

well*

4 years Nita Cook, Scott Wysong*

3 years Jarrod Horton

1 year Brian Crawford*, Emily Mott

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Raffle Winners last two Tuesdays

Foundation raffle— Doug Abington & James Ble-

wett

Rose-Neath Flower Shop— Reg Abrams

Andy Shehee’s chicken eggs—Andy Fisher &

Lionel Eltis

Coffee thermos donated by Alan English—James

Blewett

“Business Is A Battlefield” book donated by Karen

Johnson—Wayne Hogue

Program on March 29, 2016

General Robin Rand,

Commander

Barksdale AFB Update,

Global Strike Command

Mark The Date

Thursday, April 28th; 11:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m.

Petroleum Club

Rotary 201 “A Reintroduction to Rotary”

All new members since 07/01/14 and all com-

mittee chairs are invited!