Jon Peterson, John McCauley, and Rich DeMong along with Rotary members from Albemarle, and Blue Ridge, and five Rotaract Club members mulched new and old bushes that we planted a year ago, planted new bushes by Shelter 2 of McIntire Park and helped install two new benches made by Butch Gridley.  The weather was perfect for gardening on Friday, April 12, 2013.

This week our Club was visited by the GSE Team of police officers from Western Australia, Australia.  The four officers are are Sergeant Paul Daly, Constable Aaron Biggs, Constable Jeromy Jones, Sergeant Gerald Murphy, and First Class Constable Taryn Werrett.

They regaled the Club with stories of their personal lives, professional lives, and of Western Australia, which is 22 times bigger than Virginia.

Jim Berry was the team leader for the Piedmont Rotary Council.  Jim Berry and Jim Peterson drove the GSE team down from Northern Virginia and more than halfway to their next Club in Tappahannock.  Tom Dunnells, Duane Snow and Rich DeMong hosted the Australians and took them to and from their many stops during their stay in Charlottesville.  The GSE team spent time with one of the local police departments (UVa, Charlottesville City, or Albemarle) during their Vocations Day.  John Griffin, Michael Semanik, and Jim Peterson escorted and drove the Australians on several of their excursions.  Finally, Jeff Gould talked to part of the GSE team about Drug Court while the others visited with the Executive Director of the Shelter for Emergencies.  

You can follow the GSE Team on Facebook (RotaryGroupStudyExchange2013Virginia).  They have posted some great photos and blog posts.

The Rotary Club of Charlottesville was proud to welcome the newest incarnation of Rotaract at the University of Virginia.  Leon Lin and Narin Limlengart, both members of Rotaract inducted Kevin Lim, Victoria Tran, Shivangi Singh, Yashvardhan Rajgarhia, Jairus Ang, Martin Ying.  There are hopes that under the guidance of Chris Wilcox-Elliot and the hard work of the members the club will be a great success story.

Our own Virginia Cruse regaled us with amazing stories of a life spent in service to our country.  

The Rotary Club of Charlottesville Hosted its Annual Salvation Army Bell Ringing December 11th.    

Holiday Party

Our past president Gary Selmeczi makes sense of long term care planning and shows off a new WCBR wing.

WAHS student and RYLA participant Seymore Zhu played piano for the Rotary Club of Charlottesville.

November 27 Virginia Cruse packed the house for a very special speaker.

Mike Milnor of the Virginia State Police and a Professional licensed polygraph investigator walks us through 30 years of Law Enforcement.  From chase till you wreck to polygraph.

• Eat three meals a day 4 to 5 hours apart.  With the last meal 4 to 5 hours before you go to bed
• Get your fiber up, thru natural sources
• Get your fluid intake up, mostly thru water  11 - 12 cups a day
• Eat healthy fats.  Nuts, avocado, fish
• Avoid processed foods and eating out.

Copies of her handouts can be found in the documents section of the web page.

Cook-out picnic at Linden Lane Farm

SPECIAL Rotary Meeting

Saturday, June 16, 2012

4  -  7   O’clock

Directions: From town, Route 250 East, turn left at Shadwell onto Route 22. Proceed 5 miles to Cismont – country store and Exxon gas station on left.  At this point route 22 forks off to the right and route 231 goes straight ahead. Stay straight on 231 and proceed 2.5 miles to Linden Lane Farm on right.

Guests and family members are most welcome.  Attire – Very Casual

Please bring a dish of food (entrée, vegetable, dessert, etc.) and folding lawn chairs if possible. Also, you may want to bring baseballs, gloves or other sporting equipment for your children.
Please RSVP, with names of guests and expected side dish to RichDeMong@hotmail.com.

The Rotary Club of Charlottesville is proud to honor Carol King with a presentation of a Paul Harris Award.  Charlie and Carol King have been strong supporters of the Rotary Club since 1974
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 The Pin is Presented here by Jeff Gould to Mrs. King

Dr. Varon from the University of Virginia shared her interesting insight into the Civil War.  As we start the celebration the sesquicentennial, it was fascinating to listen to new perspectives on Virginia and her citizen’s role in the war.  Much of her presentation focused on her recent historical work, Southern Lady, Yankee Spy:  The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent  in the Heart of the Confederacy (Oxford University Press, 2003)