Joe Theismann Dates to Remember

Weekly Update of the Greensboro Rotary Club
www.greensbororotary.org
December 2, 2013
Dates to Remember
This Week at Rotary…
Dates in blue are regular Rotary meetings.
Wednesday, December 4
Joe Theismann
December
We welcome Joe Theismann, former pro
football quarterback and father of Greensboro
Rotarian Patrick Theismann. He will
discuss the relationship between the world
of business, the world of sports and our own
lives.
4 Board of Directors Meeting, 11:30AM
4Joe Theismann, Super Bowl Champion
NFL quarterback
11Holiday Luncheon, 12Noon – 2PM,
Greensboro Country Club
Joe achieved his most enduring fame in
his 12 seasons playing for the Washington
Redskins, where he was a two-time Pro
Bowler and quarterback of the winning
team in Super Bowl XVII. He was inducted
into the College Football Hall of Fame in
2003. Theismann was also an All-American,
Academic All-American and Heisman Trophy
runner-up during his collegiate career at
Notre Dame.
18Bob Brueggeworth, CEO,
RF Micro Devices
Following his retirement from football,
Theismann began a career as a sportscaster.
He worked as an analyst with ESPN, primarily
with Mike Patrick, for the network’s Sunday
Night Football package and for one season of
Monday Night Football with Mike Tirico and
Tony Kornheiser.
In addition to his broadcast career, he is
also a frequent speaker to groups on motiva­
tion and team building.
25NO MEETING.
CHRISTMAS DAY
January
1NO MEETING. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
8Board of Directors Meeting, 11:30AM
8 Woody Durham
15Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan
22 Ben Sutton, President, IMG College
29 NO MEETING AT THE COLISEUM
30Club Social at Ovations Lounge,
Greensboro Coliseum
Celebrate the Festive Season Next Week!
Gr ee nsboro Ro ta ry Hol iday Lu ncheon
Wednesday, December 11
12 Noon – 2:00PM
Greensboro Country Club
Bring Your Spouse or Special Friend!
This will be a lovely occasion, beginning with a social hour at noon with the Grimsley High
School Jazz Band playing. The luncheon will be delicious and lovely, the country club beautifully
decorated for the holidays, and our holiday entertainment will be the nationally recognized
Madrigal Singers from Grimsley High School!
No charge for Greensboro Rotary members. Guests - $25.00.
Sign up at the December 4 luncheon meeting or contact Anne Fragola
at [email protected] / 292-4806.
Sign-up deadline is Monday, December 9.
The Greensboro Rotary Club will present the Guilford County High School Defensive & Offensive
Player of the Year awards at our meeting on December 4. These awards will be based upon the
season’s body of work of the Guilford County high school players nominated by coaching staffs.
The player of the year award places significant emphasis on the leadership, academics and character
influences the player has had in his school and in his role with his team.
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Family of Rotary
Please let Trip Brown or Pat Soenksen
know of any Rotarian or Rotarian family news,
illnesses, special needs, etc.
You can reach Trip at 541-5500 /
[email protected] and
Pat at 621-2500 / [email protected].
Birthday Congratulations
December 4 – G
erald Austin
Terry Weatherford
December 6 – Greg Holland
Membership Anniversaries
(Date Joined)
December 2, 1966 – Irwin Smallwood
December 2, 1998 – Charles Saunders
December 3, 1957 – Alan Cone
Newsletter Deadlines
Want/need to get information in our newsletter?
Deadlines are one week before publication, i.e.,
the deadline for the December 9 issue
is December 2.
Send information to Betsy Farmer,
newsletter editor, at [email protected] /
fax: 370-9007 / telephone: 333-9086.
December 3, 2003 – Matthew Rankin
December 3, 2008 – Frank Gavigan
December 4, 1954 – Austin Lane
December 4, 1985 – Frank Mascia
December 4, 1991 – Cynthia Doyle
December 5, 1990 – Bob Rodman
December 5, 2001 – Greg Holland
December 6, 1989 – Jim Rucker
Makeup Meetings
You can conveniently make up attendance at any of these nearby clubs:
DaytimePl ace
Monday 12:00pm Furnitureland – String & Splinter Club
*12:30pmCrescent – Greensboro Regional Realtors
Association Building, 23 Oak Branch Drive
Tuesday
* 7:00am Airport Rotary – Cardinal Country Club
12:00pm Triad – String & Splinter Club, High Point
12:15pm Alamance – Ramada Inn, Burlington
12:15pm Lexington – YMCA
12:15pm Eden – Meadow Greens Country Club
*12:30pm Guilford – Starmount Country Club
12:30pm Winston-Salem – Benton Convention Center
6:00pm Jamestown – Jamestown United Methodist Church
* 6:30pm Southern Guilford New Generation – Taste of Thai
Wednesday
7:00am Kernersville – First Christian Church, 1130 N. Main St.
* 7:30am East Greensboro – Bennett College
12:00pm Randolph (Asheboro) – AVS Banquet Center
12:05pm Thomasville – Women’s Club
*12:30pm Greensboro – Coliseum, The Terrace
Thursday
* 7:00am Gate City – O. Henry Hotel
12:00pm High Point – High Point Country Club
12:30pm Winston-Salem Stratford – Forsyth Country Club
6:30pm Liberty – Reitzel Center
Friday 7:15am Oak Hollow – Tex and Shirley’s (High Point)
12:00pm Asheboro – AVS Banquet Center
*12:30pm Summit – Starmount Country Club
12:30pmWinston-Salem Reynolda – Winston Room
of LJVM Coliseum
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* Reciprocity on meals
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Rotary Club
of Greensboro
meets at 12:30PM on Wednesdays
in The Terrace at the Coliseum
Freddy Robinson, President
Anne Fragola, Executive Secretary
[email protected]
292-4806
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