Up-Coming Event – Friday April 27

Rotary Charity Dinner and Silent Auction

Friday, April 27, 2018 – 6 PM

First Baptist Church of Tellico Village
Fellowship Hall

Tickets: $20 – Must be purchased in advance

Dr. Robin Tricoli, Keynote Speaker
President of Hiwassee College

Dr. Robin Tricoli, president of Hiwassee College

It is a great honor for Tellico Lake Rotary to have the distinguished president of Hiwassee College as the keynote speaker for its Annual Rotary Charity Dinner.   Dr. Tricoli has a passion to help her students be the best they can be by instilling values of faith, excellence, tradition, and community.  Being a small, intimate Liberal Arts and Applied Science learning institution, Hiwassee prepares students for academic and vocational success.  Her talk will focus on teaching students to give back to their communities.

Hiwassee’s Mobile Dental Unit, a gift to the community to help the underserved in East Tennessee

Hiwassee’s Dental Hygiene program will be one of the highlights at our dinner.  Their Mobile Dental Unit will be on hand for touring as an example of its commitment to give back to the underserved residents of our area as well as teach our school children the importance of dental hygiene early on.

Come and be part of this exciting evening where we honor our charities and scholarship winners.  Help our Rotary Club continue to be a vibrant part of Monroe and Loudon Counties where we do a small part to support those who need a helping hand up.

Talbott Paynter, Director of Economic Development for Provision CARES

Talbott Paynter, a director at Provision CARES Proton Therapy Center, will be on hand to update us on recent technological advances in cancer treatment options. Talbott will give a short presentation about Provision CARES expansion plans and share how Proton Therapy is being used in new areas of cancer treatment.

Tellico Lake Rotary Club is very grateful that Provision CARES has been a major supporter of our charitable efforts for 3 years.

All proceeds from our Rotary Charity Dinner, Silent Auction, and Provision’s Tour de Tellico benefit our projects along with numerous local charities that truly offer a “helping hand-up” to those who really need it.   Recent projects and charities supported include:

•    Every 3rd grader in Monroe County and Greenback receives their own English dictionary
•    Boys and Girls Club of Loudon County
•    Good Samaritan of Loudon County
•    Good Shepherd Center of Monroe County
•    Imagination Library of Monroe County
•    Habitat for Humanity of Loudon County
•    Local high school students receive scholarships
•    Children in Wau, South Sudan, have a new water well
•    Haitian children have a school in Momance, Haiti
•    Haitian adults receive vocational training as they learn to construct hurricane-proof and earthquake-proof homes and structures in Momance, Haiti
•    Rotary’s effort to eradicate Polio Worldwide.

Tickets are $20 and must be purchased in advance
from any Rotarian, at the First Baptist Church office –
865-408-0110, or call 423-884-3369 to reserve tickets.
Make checks payable:
“Tellico Lake Rotary Foundation”

Our Next Meeting -Thursday April 19 – Meeting at Hiwassee College

NOT MEETING AT FIRST BAPTIST

Touring Hiwassee Dental Hygiene Facilities

Join us for a special meeting at Hiwassee College to tour the beautiful facilities of the new Dental Hygiene department.   We will first have lunch in the school cafeteria and then have our meeting in the College Conference room located of the far end of the cafeteria.

The public is always invited to our meetings.   Please call John & Sue Everson @ 423-884-3369 to make a reservation by Monday, April 9, 4 pm.

Meeting – Thursday April 12

“Bluebird Population Suffers”

Chuck James gave a great talk about the Village’s Bird Club efforts to increase the Bluebird population in Tellico Village and Rarity Bay.

Chuck James, president and co-founder of the Tennessee Bluebird Society, spoke about the effects of the harsh winter of 2016-17 on East Tennessee’s Bluebird population.  Nearly 80% of Bluebirds North of I-40 died during that winter.   With the help of many volunteers across Tennessee the population has recovered nicely.

Chuck, who is also a board member of the North American Bluebird Society, said the NABS was originally founded to promote the preservation of the cavity-nesting bird species, which had been in decline in the 1960’s.

Bluebirds are a very family oriented bird. Stay all winter in East Tennessee and need our help to propagate and survive.

Chuck, along with others interested in conservation, began a bird club in 2010 in Tellico Village and began setting up bluebird nest boxes in various locations throughout the Village.  Today, club members monitor and collect data from 140 nest boxes to send to Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology.

Mike Maloney Joins our Club

Mike Maloney of Tellico Village is inducted into the Rotary Club of Tellico Lake by President Kathy Dickson and Mike’s sponsor, John Everson

Let’s give a warm welcome to Mike Maloney.   Mike has been in Rotary since 1981 and this is his sixth Rotary club.  His wife Linda joined us today for lunch to hear the Bluebird presentation and was pleasantly surprised to witness Mike’s induction.   Mike is transferring from the Rotary Club of Belvediere, IL.