South Tyler Rotary is accepting applications for grants from the proceeds of the 2019 Spaghetti Supper August 1 through September 9. The Grant Application is available on the STR website. Please share with organizations you think should submit a request.
The grant committee will meet after the September 9 deadline to determine how to distribute the grants this year. We may decide to distribute many smaller grants, as we have in years past. Or, we might choose to make a bigger impact in our community with a larger grant and a few smaller ones. If you have interest in serving on the grant committee, contact Diane Kavanaugh.
EVENTS
Check the UPCOMING EVENTS on the top left column of the weekly bulletin!
Stock Market Challenge - contact John McDougald for more info, john@jatyler.org.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - we would like to know more about YOU! Each week, we feature a South Tyler Rotarian in the weekly bulletin and at our meeting on Monday. Please email Beth Blaisdell, New Member Chair, elizabeth.blaisdell@morganstanley.com, a statement or two about yourself, your family, your profession and other volunteer efforts that are important to you. Help us get to know YOU better!
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATFE),
September 1989 – January 2011
Criminal Investigator/Specialist in Fire, Explosives and Forensic Mapping
Task Force Team Leader, National and International Response Team Member
HONORS / AWARDS
Nominated for appointment to West Point Military Academy in 1973 by Congressman Wright Patman
Outstanding Peace Officer Award 1982 East Texas Peace Officers Association
Arial Rios Memorial Award for Leadership, Bureau of ATFE May 1990
National Church Arson Task Force and U.S. Attorney General Award 1999
Johnny Massengale Memorial Award for Explosives Expertise exhibited in Gerdec, Albania 2009
Two Performance Awards Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
16 additional Special Act or Service Awards from U.S. Department of Justice, ATFE
Career Service Award Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
COMMENDATIONS
Letter of Commendation Director of ATFE for NRT Pentagon Response 2001
FBI Director Louis Freeh Letter of Commendation June 1998 for Church Fire Investigation
Letter of Commendation, ATFE Assistant Director for East Texas Church Fire Investigation 2010
Letter of Commendation, ATFE Special Agent in Charge for East Texas Pipe Bomb Investigation 2010
14 additional local and federal Letters of Commendation
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice, University of Texas at Tyler 1986
Associate of Applied Arts Degree in Criminal Justice, Kilgore Junior College 1976
MEMBERSHIPS
Sharon Shrine Temple competing on the Sportsters Competition Trap and Skeet Team
Lifetime Member of the National Rifle Association
Texas State Rifle Association
COMMUNITY/CHARITY WORK
Supporting hospitals for crippled children, burn victims through the work of the Sharon Shrine Temple
Rose Capital East Youth Baseball Coach
Pop Warner Football Coach
Boy Scouts of America Assistant Scout Master
PERSONAL
Born in Big Sandy, May 20, 1956. Graduate of New Diana High School where he lettered in four sports. Turned down an appointment to West Point to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Married 30 years to the former Leslie Leigh Tillery, native of Mobile, Alabama
Leslie is employed as a registered nurse at Chapel Hill Middle School.
Family includes son, Landan, and daughter, Lauren, who attend the University of Texas at Tyler and Tyler Junior College, respectively.
Attend Green Acres Baptist Church where they have been members since 1989.
Larry serves on the church’s Security Committee and Leslie is a preschool volunteer.
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, shooting trap and playing golf
