Rotary Serving Humanity 2016-2017

Rotary Serving Humanity 2016-2017

Take a walk with District Governor Bill Dendy as we journey through serving humanity from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.

D E D I C A T I O N

This year book is a collection of photographs, stories, highlights, and events of our Rotary year. This year book is dedicated to you.

© 2018 by William (Bill) Dendy JD, MBA, CPA, PFS, CFP®, CLU All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without the express written permission of the publisher.

A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S

Dear Rotarians of District 5810, We had a wonderful Rotary year 2016-2017. And it is not just us saying so, the rest of the world recognized the good that happened here and coming out of North Texas. The aggregate success we had was only possible because of the work from the individual Rotarians led by their club presidents working together with district support to ensure we accomplished all that we set out to accomplish and more. Most importantly we had a whole bunch of fun! I wish to extend much joy and gratitude to all who served on our district leadership team as well as to our club presidents. Our work began way in advance, with articulate pre-planning, that resulted in us achieving well executed projects and activities. What made me the most proud throughout the year was observing our Rotary clubs working together with joint projects, joint collaborations, joint coordinations, and joint accomplishments. Our Rotarians know the meaning of serving humanity and have accomplished this together within their Texas communities and worldwide. We have done so much good this year. We are leaving a lasting legacy of all we have accomplished. Now it is up to you to make sure we hold on to the good we created. It has been a true pleasure for me and my family to serve you and District, Thank you and God bless, Bill

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Rotary History ………………………………………………… 7 Organizational Directory ………………………………… 15 Quarterly Newsletters ……………………………………. 25 Nicaragua Heart of Service ................................ 49 District Conference Cruise and Service …………... 65 Celebration of Life ………………………………………….. 109 The Rotary Foundation 100 Years …………………… 113 District Awards Night ......................................... 121

R O T A R Y H I S T O R Y

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What would it take to change the world? Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotarians are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. Rotary District 5810 had over 2,500 Rotarians in around 65 Clubs scattered around eight (8) counties in the Northern part of Texas. The counties are: Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall.

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“Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.” —Paul P. Harris

In the beginning, Rotary came from a lonely man’s hunger for friendship and fellowship. Today this 1.2 million-member organization was build on his vision. Paul P. Harris, a Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member. Our ongoing commitment. Rotarians have not only been present for major events in history—we’ve been a part of them. From the beginning, three key traits have remained strong throughout Rotary: We’re truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Today we’re working together from around the globe both digitally and in-person to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems. Our commitment to service is ongoing. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. Polio does still exist today, although polio cases have decreased by over 99.9 percent since the

1980s, when the world saw about 1,000 cases per day. There were only 37 cases a reported in 2016. This reduction is the result of the global effort to eradicate the disease. We persevere in tough times. During WWII, Rotary clubs in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Japan were forced to disband. Despite the risks, many continued to meet informally and following the war’s end, Rotary members joined together to rebuild their clubs and their countries.

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A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest days. The

wheel was said to illustrate "Civilization and Movement."

1905 1910 1912 1920

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5th Convention Houston, TX June 22-26, 1914 with 1,288 in attendance

Excerpt from Message to the 1914 Convention Though Mr. Harris was ill and could not attend the convention at Houston, he nevertheless sent the following greeting especially addressed to new clubs and new members. HOW REFRESHING, HOW INSPIRITING, THE INFLUENCE OF NEW FRIENDS. "Rotary is an influence to the acceptance of the broader views of things. In the world of trade, Rotary may reasonably claim to be one of the major influences.” "Glad new Rotarian faces will make Rotary more and more enjoyable. “ “It is to be sincerely hoped that new Rotarians will make Rotary in all respects better as time rolls on.“ "The future of Rotary is shrouded in expectant mystery. It will be for you, mv new Rotarian friends, to aid in the unfurling of the Rotarian destiny. Until the Houston convention in 1914, Rotary had celebrated all its conventions in August. After the convention in Buffalo, 18-21 August 1913, the dates of the Houston convention were changed to 22-26 June 1914. Subsequently, the conventions of San Francisco (1915) and Cincinnati (1916) were celebrated in July. At that point, Rotary established a tradition, programming the convention for a date near the end of the Rotary year, in May or June.

During the convention Rotarian Chas. A. Woodward of San Francisco presented "The Old lronsides" gavel of the Association to President Greiner. Rotarian Woodward at 92 was the oldest Rotary member in the Association. He got a tremendous ovation.

Historical Information obtained through a compilation of information at www.rghfhome.org and The Rotarian 1915

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6th Convention International Association of Rotary Clubs San Francisco, Cal. July 18-23,1915 with 1,988 in attendance

Paul Harris again was absent due to ill health "It's a grand thing in this period of the world's history, when great nations are at war, to see two such standards raised aloft as have been raised by two of the world's great organizations. ‘Truth’ and ‘Service’ herald the dawn of a new day.“ Paul Harris excerpt from message address to the Sixth annual convention, 19th July, 1915.

Rotary's code of ethics were adopted at the 1915 convention. The actual dissemination of the code was discontinued by the RI board in 1952 but the code still exists. The 1915 Convention at San Francisco was held between July 19th and 23rd. The climate was clearly affected by the Great War that had erupted in Europe. The Rotary Marching Song (sung to the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers)

HISTORY OF ROTARY’S DISTRICTS started at this convention. Organizations of all kinds flourish and grow in proportion to the dedication and strength of their membership and their leaders. The growth and strength of Rotary International reflects the service given by its members within their districts over the years. From the beginning of the first Rotary Club in Chicago, until 1915, there were no Rotary Districts. Clubs acted independently and came together in exchanges between clubs that were geographically close in proximity, and at national meetings organized by Paul Harris and Ches Perry of the Chicago club. H. J. “Bru” Brunnier was President of the Rotary Club of San Francisco in 1914. He is recognized as the originator of the district idea in Rotary. His idea came about during a regional fellowship gathering at a six-city meeting in Tacoma, Washington. Returning by train from Seattle following the conference, Bru awakened in the middle of the night with his idea. He summoned a porter to bring him a railroad schedule of the United States, which also included a map of the USA. Bru’s involvement in Rotary provided him with knowledge of the location of most of the 100 clubs in Rotary at that time. He placed them on the railroad schedule map with dots to show their location. He then combined the clubs on the basis of rail transportation and arrived at 13 groupings. His map and his idea formed the basis upon which Rotary leaders adopted the district plan at the Rotary Convention of 1915 in San Francisco.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF DISTRICT 5810 The organization of districts first occurred during the 1915-16 Rotary year with Texas and Louisiana being designated as District 12. In 1917-18, Louisiana was excluded and Texas 12.remained as District Another reorganization in 1922-23 designated Texas as District 18 with the exception of that portion of the state just west of a line drawn from the eastern boundary of New Mexico. The Rotary year 1925-26 saw a further division of the remainder of Texas when it was divided in half by an east-west line drawn just south of Waco. Subsequent reorganization in 1937-38, 1949-50, 1965-66, and 1970-71 when Dr. James Cade of Texarkana was the District governor, saw the designation of what became District 581 as we know it today. With the renumbering of all Districts worldwide, by RI in 1991, District 581 became district 5810 Comprised geographically of eight counties: Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall, in an area roughly seventy miles wide and one hundred forty miles long. District 5810 is the smallest of the ten present districts in Texas geographically, but it is tied with several other districts for the number of clubs. District 5810 is included in Rotary International zone 21B.

Past District Governors……5810

2016-17 William 'Bill' Dendy Dallas

2015-16 Larry Web Prestonwood

2014-15 William 'Bill' Dendy Desoto

2013-14 Ean Sullivan Plano

2012-13 Sandy Forster Garland

2011-12 Charles E. 'Bud' McBrayer Plano Sunrise

2010-11 Linda Elliot Grand Prairie

2009-10 Dave McSpadden Waxahachie

2008-09 L.B. Showalter Plano

2007-08 Richard Gilman Richardson Central

2006-07 Kim Holland Prestonwood

2005-06 Tom Ryan Rockwall

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Year

Governor

Home Club

Year

Governor

Home Club

DISTRICT 5810 2004-05 Gilbert Brown 2003-04 Mark Healy

DISTRICT 581 1974-75 Dr. Wallace Bailey 1973-74 D.U. 'Doc' Parker 1972-73 James O. 'Joe' Tate 1971-72 W.F. 'Bill' Nicol 1970-71 Dr. James E. Cady 1969-70 William E. Herr 1968-69 Austin Watson 1967-68 Doyle McKinney 1966-67 Robert E. Moody 1965-66 Charles E. Walker 1964-65 Leo V. Jackson 1963-64 Jack F. Gibson 1962-63 Foster T. Bean 1961-62 George P. Cullum, Sr. 1960-61 Calvin Clyde, Jr. 1959-60 Dr. Tom E. Smith 1958-59 A. Berkley Childs 1957-58 Trent C. Root, Sr. DISTRICT 188 1956-57 Euclid T. Fant, Jr. 1955-56 Forrest E. Roberts 1953-54 M.H. 'Ed' Edmonson 1952-53 H. Grady Spruce 1951-52 Wilber Smith 1950-51 Cranfill Cox, Sr. 1949-50 Earl C. Reeves 1954-55 Ray Lowe

East Dallas Dallas Trinity

Fair Park Park Cities Bonham

2002-03 Peter M. 'Pete' Snider 2001-02 James L. 'Jim' Tow 2000-01 Linus D. Wright 1999-00 Paul M. Yeager 1998-99 WilliamM. 'Bill' Frew 1997-98 Herbert 'Herb' Kamm 1996-97 Herbert 'Herb' Hoxie 1995-96 Dr. George S. Kadera, Sr. 1994-95 James L. 'Jim' Griffith

Mesquite Breakfast

Duncanville

Dallas

Dallas

Texarkana Richardson Fair Park Irving Sunrise

McKinney Sunrise

East Dallas Duncanville

Dallas

Plano

Gladewater

McKinney

Irving

Dallas

Sulphur Springs

1993-94 Wally Lynch White Rock 1992-93 Wm. Preston 'Dick' Dickson Park Cities 1991-92 Forrest Moore Dallas DISTRICT 581 1990-91 Milton Kessel Fair Park 1989-90 A.J. 'Eric' Erickson Park Cities 1988-89 Vactor H. Stanford Fair Park 1987-88 C.C. Collie Park cities 1986-87 L.T. White Sherman 1985-86 C.C. Collie Dallas North 1984-85 A. Ray Kneggs, Sr. Garland Lakeside 1983-84 WilliamW. 'Bill' Aston Dallas 1982-83 Richard M. Cobb Fair Park 1981-82 Frank L. Meier East Dallas 1980-81 Frank Monroe Park Cities 1979-80 Nathan E. White, Jr. Plano 1978-79 Briggs Todd Dallas 1977-78 Jack Curtis Garland 1976-77 Hubert Owens Irving 1975-76 Emory Christian Whitewright

Kilgore Dallas

Tyler

Park Cities Overton

Dallas

Sherman Carthage Athens Greenville

Dallas

Texarkana

Gilmer Dallas

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O R G AN I Z A T I O N A L D I R E C T O R Y

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District Governor

Rotary District 5810

2016-17

Bill Dendy DG, 2016 - 2017 Rotary Club of e-Club Lisa Nolley Dendy Super Supportive Spouse Rotary Club of e-Club

Rotary District 5810 First Family of Rotary (L-R) Benjamin, Larkyn, Bill, Lisa

District Executives 2016-17

Rotary District 5810

Rick Amsberry DGE, 2016 - 2017 Rotary Club of Park Cities

Bill Slicker DGN, 2016 - 2017 Rotary Club of Dallas

Beverly Grogan DGND, 2016 - 2017 Rotary Club of G. P. Metro

PDG, Larry Webb Immediate Past DG Rotary Club of Prestonwood

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Officers and Directors 2016-17

Rotary District 5810

Daniel Long, Sr. Governor's Aide/Website/Events Blood Drives-Challenge Rotary Club of Plano West

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