The Uptown Weekly
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown, TX USA
the exclusively inclusive Rotary club
Rotary Year: July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
October 7, 2010
Hully and Mo Restaurant and Tap Room
2800 Routh, Suite 115
Dallas, Texas 75201
214-954-0203
www.hullyandmo.com
Thursdays from 11:45am -1:00pm
RI President Ray Klinginsmith, 2010-2011
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Nearby Rotary Clubs to Make-Up Missed Meetings
Dallas Evening Rotary Club Dallas Trinity Rotary Club
La Calle Doce Info Mart
415 W. 12th Street 1950 Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75208 Dallas, Texas 75207
Meeting Day and Time: Thursdays at 7:30pm Meeting Day and Time: Mondays at noon
East Dallas Rotary Club Park Cities Rotary Club
Radisson Hotel Maggiano’s Restaurant
6060 N. Central Expressway 2nd Floor
Dallas, Texas 75206 8687 North Central Expressway
Meeting Day and Time: Tuesdays at noon North Park Center
Dallas, Texas 75225
Preston Center Rotary Club Meeting Day and Time: Fridays at noon
Park City Club
5956 Sherry Lane Rotary Club of Dallas
17th Floor Fairmont Hotel
Dallas, Texas 75225 1717 N. Akard
Meeting Day and Time: Wednesdays at 7:15am Dallas, Texas 75201
Meeting Day and Time: Wednesdays at noon
Special Thanks to the Following…
Karl Graf for presenting today’s program.
JK Harris for presenting the previous program.
Previous Program, Thursday, September 30, 2010
Flashpoint: Seven Core Strategies for Rapid-Fire Business Growth
JK Harris
www.theflashpoints.com
Today’s Program, Thursday, October 7, 2010
Business Development
Karl Graf
TrustPoint Management Group
http://www.trustpointinc.com/philanthropic_services/index.htm
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Service Project
Oak Lawn Community Outreach Center
3:45pm – 6:00pm
3014 Oak Lawn
Dallas, Texas 75219
RSVP or questions: Martha at
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Rev. Gregg Smith
www.olumc.org
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Helping Homeless Children
Jeanne Reyer
Captain Hope Kids
http://www.captainhope.org/?gclid=CIi89JSTuaMCFcpS2godQy5pcQ
Thursday, October 28, 2010
The Importance of Early Childhood Education
Larry Bisno, Educational First Steps
Development Director
www.educationalfirststeps.org
Condolences to:
Bonnie Pautler on the loss of her mother. In addition, Bonnie was hit by a car Sunday while riding her bike. Please keep her in your prayers.
Happy Birthday to …
Millicent Boykin on October 22 and Nathan White on October 24
Special thanks to the following Visiting Rotarians for attending last week…
District Abuse Prevention Chair Griffin Collie, Preston Center
A road trip to remember
By Arnold R. Grahl
Rotary International News -- 27 September 2010
Joanne and Brando Pistorius at the outset of their round-trip journey from Tampa, Florida, to the 2010 RI Convention in Montréal,Québec, Canada in their 1930 Packard. Photo courtesy Joanne Pistorius
Rotarian Joanne Pistorius found a stylish way to travel to the 2010 RI Convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada, in June.
Pistorius, a member of the Rotary Club of Tampa Hyde Park, Florida, USA, and her husband, Brando, drove their vintage 1930 Packard from Tampa to Montréal as part of a three-week, 4,000-mile round-trip journey in late June and early July.
"So many people we met did not know what Rotary International does, and we were able to share that with them," says Pistorius, president of the North American chapter of the Antique, Classic, and Historic Automobile World Fellowship of Rotarians. "It was an exceptional PR opportunity and a chance to stop off at Rotary clubs along the way for a meal and a make-up, and to talk about the fellowship.
"We met some of the friendliest people on earth and saw the most beautiful parts of America," she adds. "The great thing about doing a Rotary make-up is you are treated like royalty wherever you go."
Pistorius's husband has been fixing up antique cars since his youth in South Africa. After the couple met and married in Tampa 10 years ago, they started their own real estate company and traveled extensively to antique car shows as a hobby. When the real estate market went soft, the couple turned Brando's habit of buying, restoring, and selling a "project" car each year into a more substantial income generator.
A couple of years ago, Pistorius discovered the automobile fellowship and was recruited to reorganize the North American chapter. She dreamed up the idea of driving the Packard to the convention to promote Rotary and the fellowship.
Rotary club visits
"Some of our antique car friends thought the idea was crazy," Pistorius notes. "But cars are meant to be driven. This car drove so fantastically for an older car. There's a reason it was the car of choice for Al Capone."
The summer heat, which exceeded 100 degrees in Florida, proved a major challenge. The couple rigged up frozen water bottles and a small fan blowing across an ice chest for relief. "It looks like a prototype air conditioner from the Flintstones," Pistorius wrote in a blog about the trip.
The couple stopped at seven Rotary clubs in all: the Rotary clubs of Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head Island-Van Landingham, and Georgetown, South Carolina; Princess Anne at Town Center (Virginia Beach), Virginia; Camden-Wyoming and Smyrna-Clayton, Delaware; and Middleburgh, New York. Press releases were sent out to local media, generating publicity for the clubs.
In Montréal, Pistorius helped at the fellowship's booth and attended several events. The car was a showstopper. "It got a lot of attention," she recalls. "Afterward, we would hear from people who said, 'I took this picture of this great car at the convention,' and it would be our Packard."
On their return trip, the couple attended the Antique Automobile Club of America's show in Louisville, Kentucky. A chance encounter with the club's president in Virginia Beach had earned them an invitation. "We did a lot of PR for Rotary at the car show too," Pistorius says.
The North American chapter is planning to have members from all over the United States drive their cars to the 2011 RI Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana . Pistorius says there are also tentative plans to have an antique car be part of the fellowship's booth.
Highlighted Member of the Week: Shelly S. Jock
Name: / Shelly S. JockClassification: / Law-Civil Litigation
Name of Business: / Law Offices of Ralph C. "Red Dog" Jones
Your Title: / Attorney
Best way to describe your business: / Representing persons and individuals who have been wronged.
What you like best about your work: / Challenging new legal issues and chance to help people.
Member‘s Birthday-Month and Day: / 17-Jan
Education and Degrees Earned: / BA-East Texas State University-1991
JD-Texas Tech University School of Law-1995
Famous Person You Would Like to Meet: / Joe Jamail
Favorite Kind of Pen and Pen Color: / Montblanc and Blue
Hobbies: / Running, biking, cooking, fishing, travel, and reading
Other Civic Organizations: / Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce and Dallas Bar Association
Foreign Languages Spoken: / Spanish (not fluent)
Pets-Names, # of, Breed Name: / Dan-Cocker Spaniel
Favorite Vacation Spot(s): / Italy
Favorite Music Genre: / All
What you like best about Rotary: / Chance to be around people who want to help people.
Proudest Moment: / Running first half marathon or passing the Texas Bar Exam.
Favorite Sports: / Watching football and participating in running
Favorite Restaurants: / La Calle Doce or Sushi Sake or Queen of Sheba
Email: /
Company website: / www.ralphcreddogjones.com