The Rotary Club of Beaumont, TX, is a large and diverse fellowship of inspired business, professional, and civic leaders with significant community connections that foster the ideals of Service Above Self and high ethical standards.
If you are attending in person, we ask that you use this link to make a reservation by Monday, June 16, 2025.
Gordon S. Williams is the Lamar University Television Studio Operations Manager and adjunct instructor for LUTV News. He is an award-winning content creator whose projects have been screened at over seventy film festivals and earned distribution deals from entities such as Amazon Video and Shorts International.
Gordon is a board member of the Boomtown Film Festival, the Center for Culture and History of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast, the Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), the Beaumont Heritage Society, and an advisor for the Jefferson County Historical Commission. In September 2025, Williams will begin serving as a board member on the Friends Of The Texas Historical Commission for a three-year term.
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June 18, 2025
Invocation
Mary Pat Jones
Tax Partner
Lawrence, Blackburn, Meek & Maxey
Pledges to USA & Texas Flags
Diane Bass
President
Advanced Pediatric Care, Inc.
Introduction of Guests
John Lee
Director
Lamar University Small Business Development Center
Introduction of Speaker
Uliana Trylowsky
Interim Associate Vice President for Advancement
Lamar University
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Dan Jeans
Kym Johns
Pat Anderson
Phil Dunlap
Eddie B. Arnold
Harley Swearingen
Chuck Heare
Shawn Javed
Michael Perez
Diane Thompson
Mary Pat Jones
Daniel Stark
Stephanie Shoemaker
Tim Sudela
Jacques Gagne
Robert Kocot
Cheryl Bilyeu
Terri & Lee Potter
Lane Olson
Brad Brown
Carolyn Fernandez
Harvey Zernial
Kevin Reed
Paul Koester
Dee Lane
John Lee
Jennifer Gregory
Kate and Rod Carroll
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Nathan Jennings
June 18
Athena Mathews
June 19
Roger McCabe
June 20
Shannah Quinn
June 20
Jeannette Fresne
June 22
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Van Greer
June 16, 2004
21 years
Diane Bass
June 20, 2012
13 years
Karyn Husbands
June 20, 2012
13 years
Rebekah Maxwell
June 22, 2016
9 years
Steve Shoemaker
June 20, 2023
2 years
Nathan Jennings
June 20, 2023
2 years
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PROGRAM REVIEW
June 11, 2025
Greg Bostwick
Chief Meteorologist
By Tim Sudela and Joanne Brown
KFDM Chief Meteorologist Greg Bostwick, owner of ‘Bostwick Farms’, was introduced as guest speaker of the June 11, 2025 meeting of the Rotary Club of Beaumont by Past President Larry Beaulieu, 1988-1989. After completing his education in Meteorology at Texas A&M in 1979, Mr. Bostwick joined KFDM-TV to begin his 46 year career for the station. Although it is rare for a meteorologist to work for the same station for that long, it was announced that he recently signed an additional 2-year contract with KFDM-TV. In addition to speaking about tomato plants and flowers, Mr. Bostwick provided insight on the 2025 Hurricane season. He shared that the Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1, is expected to have 17 named storms and 9 hurricanes, 4 of which are expected to be major hurricanes. These figures are only slightly above the 1991-2000 averages. Mr. Bostwick also shared that predicting the path and the intensity of hurricanes continues to improve with technology advancements.
Serving at the Head Table were Chris Ayers, presenting the Invocation, Alan Hefty, leading pledges to the United States and Texas flags, and Becky Mason, Centennial Club President 2012-2013, who introduced meeting guests, including one visiting Rotarian, Vidor Police Chief Rod Carroll. Uliana Trylowsky, President-Elect, introduced two new club members, Harley Swearingen, past Hardin County Rotary scholarship recipient, proposed by Kevin Reed, and Daniel Stark, proposed by past presidents James Broussard,1984-1985, and Rob Robertson, 1974.
In closing remarks, President Michael Perez thanked Rotarians for displaying Rotary signs in their yards during the month of May, and recognized Jay Wilson, Jr., Jay Wilson, Sr., Cheryl Bilyeu, and Dana Timaeus for their dedication to the Rotary Club of Beaumont Layette project in Honduras. Lastly, President Perez reminded members to contact co-chairs Lane Olson, and Past President Pat Anderson, 2015-2016, and to volunteer for flag distributions on Flag Day, June 14th. Meeting speaker on June 18 will be Gordon Williams, Lamar University Television Studio Operations Manager.
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