March 3, 2025 (Feb. 28, 2025)

March 10, 2025

Please join Rotarian Greg Buckner as he welcomes

Logan Harry, the director of the welding program at HCC.

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Congratulations to all of our speech contest participants! Good luck at the next level!

Wild Game Cookout is coming up fast! More details to follow soon!

Check back for upcoming speakers and events!

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***Famous Rotarians***

**Edvard Beneš** (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ^ⓘ; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II.

As president, Beneš faced two major crises, which both resulted in his resignation. His first resignation came after the Munich Agreement and subsequent German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, which resulted in his government's exile in the United Kingdom. The second came about with the 1948 Communist coup, which created a Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Before his time as president, Beneš was also the first foreign affairs minister (1918–1935) and the fourth prime minister (1921–1922) of Czechoslovakia. The de facto leader of the Czech National Social Party, he was known as a skilled diplomat.^[1]

Mr. Benes was an active member of the Rotary Club of Prague, Czechoslavakia.

Member Birthdays

Mary Mathis

March 1

Jake Austin

March 6

Ryan Danielik

March 20

Charles Deusner

March 26

Shawn Jemison

April 4

Clay Joyner

April 8

Felix Haynes

April 9

Charles White

April 11

Steven Wyman

April 11

Coley Riley

April 21

Kayla Drawdy

April 24

Jodi Stevens

April 25

Steve Lambert

April 27

Join Date

TaiIshia Robinson

March 5, 2018

7 years

Bob Roderick

March 10, 1980

45 years

Brett Mueller

March 10, 2008

17 years

Adam Snyder

March 11, 2019

6 years

Nate Kilton

March 13, 2006

19 years

Tim Shuff

March 14, 2011

14 years

Alan Kicklighter

March 18, 2013

12 years

Doug Watson

March 23, 2015

10 years

Terry Jones

March 23, 2015

10 years

Steve Lambert

March 24, 1996

29 years

Steven Riddle

April 4, 2022

3 years

James Boyd

April 9, 2012

13 years

Nick Thurston

April 16, 2018

7 years

Shane Karlson

April 18, 2016

9 years

Bill Hughes

April 21, 2014

11 years

Matt Roberts

April 22, 2019

6 years

Charles Deusner

April 23, 1984

41 years

David Delph

April 28, 2008

17 years

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