The Bunny Hop Rotary Team

These Rotary Club members helped organize and support the 5K run - from left to right: Gary Youngling, Bill Croxton, John Gregory, Harry T Gladding, Joe Johnston (runner), Tommy Neuman, John Frazier, John Lewis (Club President and runner), Em Hughes. Not pictured: C Norman Wood, Ned Garber, Larry McElroy, Doc Frank, Fred Woodard, Vince Donoghue and David Broad.

El Presidente's $pon$ored diaper run….

Rotary Club fund raiser in partnership with the Tappahannock Regional Free Clinic.... John Lewis takes on additional sponsor funds by running the 5K in diapers.... Along with John Lewis, these Rotarians also completed the course: John Lewis, Michael Faulkner, Dr. Richard Lewis, Joe Johnston, Bruce Thomas and
Jerry Duvall. These Rotary Club members helped organize and support the 5K run by acting as intersection controllers, start and finish line helpers, and providing drinks at various points on the course: John Frazier, Bill Croxton, Em Hughes, Gary Youngling, John Gregory, Tommy Neuman, Harry T Gladding, Vince Donoghue, C Norman Wood, Ned Garber, Larry McElroy, Doc Frank, Fred Woodard and David Broad.

Rotary and Free Clinic Bunny Hop Fund Raiser..

Tappahannock Rotary Club and Tappahannock Regional Free Clinic partnered for a successful fund raiser 5K Bunny Hop. Led (i.e. fastest Rotarian on two legs....) by President John Lewis who challenged the club members to raise additional sponsored funds by daring to wear diapers... the team of Rotary runners included Michael Faulkner (Chief exec of the Free Clinic), Jerry Duval, Richard Lewis, Bruce Thomas and Joe Johnston. A great turn out and a credit to what two kindred organizations can achieve when they put their heads together....

Bill Croxton in Bunbury, Western Australia

My hosts in Bunbury, Western Australia and club President Dr Stephen and Pauline Hinton.  Dr Stephen Hinton took me on a tour of his hospital sleep lab and ICU where I saw the latest BiPAP Vision non invasive ventilator that I helped pioneer in 2004. Home to Virginia this coming week!!

Reese Peck Inducted into Tappahannock Rotary

John Gregory welcomed Reese Peck by inducting him into the Tappahannock Rotary Club on Thursday, March 21st and reading him the basic Rotary mission statements. The club president John Lewis participated in the ceremony and then got double value by having Reese present the program for the evening. Reese detailed his diverse career in public administration in South Dakota, New York state, and in Virginia, along with his alternate career in the financial industry working with Wachovia and Prudential in the investment side of the business. His presentation this evening focused on Essex County and the multi pronged initiatives to get the area designated as an enterprise zone and move ahead on revitalization. An excellent presentation which opened the eyes of many members.

GSE Team’s Blog Highlights Exciting Trip

Link here to view page from District 7610 Newsletter update from the GSE team in Western Australia

The Truth about Ethanol Fuel !

March 14th Rotary presentation featured Mark Hildebrand courtesy of Bob Holt (right) and Louis Muse (left) of Garrett's Marina. The introduction of ethanol is problematic if fuel is left standing for longer than 60 to 90 days. Fuel can separate into water and fuel due to ethanol's attraction to water and cause corrosion, cause poor combustion chamber performance and cause expensive damage. Valvtect meets a proposed industry fuel specification promoted by NNMA. Mark and Louis's recommendations - use non ethanol fuel, change fuel filters at least twice a year, use fuel stabilizers even for non-ethanol fuel.

GSE Rotary Team Radio Interview

 

GSE Team is interviewed by Western Australian ABC radio station in Albany, near Perth
Check out this audio link

Bill BIG Birthday GSE Manjimup Australia

 

Virginia GSE team take a Train Ride

Download Big Croaker Entry Forms!

Entry forms are now available online for the 2013 Big Croaker Tournament - Special extra $500 Bonus to the winner registered by May 1st! Download now at http://www.bigcroaker.com - that's a total of $4,500 prize money for entrants to this year's Tournament on May 25th.....

GSE Team Taste Aussie Fare

On the menu, grilled Kangaroo, Lamb and Chicken at Swann River.... From the left:  Megan Kuhn, Bill Croxton (Team Leader), Jacquie Heron (Inbound Australian GSE Coordinator) hosting us with grilled delights, Dwayne Petersen, Diana Truong, Jordan Clough.

GSE Team greeted by Cyclone Rusty

.Our Rotary Group Study Exchange arrives in Western Australia on Monday February 25th and is greeted by the arrival of another visitor from the Indian Ocean, category 4 Cyclone Rusty..... fortunately the GSE team are in Perth and some distance from the storm's intense battering of the Western Australia coast further north of Perth.

Reception honor bond between Western Australia and Virginia

Nice reception at the Western Australia parliament -  Barry House, President of the Legislative Council of Western Australia receives a pewter Jefferson cup from Bill Croxton (right), Rotary GSE Team Leader, and also receives a special friendship letter from Bill Howell Speaker of the House of the State of Virginia and a letter from Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell .

GSE Team visits the Western Australia Legislative Council

The Virginia GSE team visits Barry House, President of the Legislative Council in Perth, Western Australia. The team was impressed by the amount of time the President devoted to their visit and endorsed the value of the exchange - Barry House was a past GSE scholar so he understood the value of the program. From the left: Jordan Clough, Dwayne Petersen, Diana Truong, Barry House (President of the Legislative Council), Megan Kuhn, Bill Croxton (Team Leader).

President John Lewis graduates the final phase of the Rotary Leadership Institute in Blacksburg on 2 FEB 2013. RLI is a 3-phased program designed to better educate and develop current and future Rotary Leaders.  It is totally on a volunteer basis and one of Club President John Lewis's goals for the year  - which was have 4 RLI grads: John Gregory, Bill Croxton, John Lewis and C. Norman Wood.  John Lewis did this to further develop himself as a leader and also to set the example for more to follow!

Bill Croxton Team Leader on GSE to Australia

GSE Team Members

The situation has (finally) resolved itself, and a new GSE Team Leader has been appointed.  He is Rotarian Bill Croxton of the Rotary Club of Tappahannock, VA.  Bill is a former Assistant Governor of our Rotary District, and an experienced world traveler.  He speaks/understands Australian!

Bill accepted the appointment with appreciation and excitement, stepping up in a situation where he will not have the normal time to become acquainted with you.  As you may gather, he ranked high in the set of interviews that were conducted several months ago for this job.  In other words, he wanted the job from the start!

Bill will hit the ground running, but he will certainly be appreciative of anything you can do to cement the bond between leader and team member.

Michelle, thank you for all that you have already done to assist our team in getting ready for a great trip.  You are a professional in every sense of the word.  I owe you big time!

Chuck Davidson
District Rotary Foundation Chair

Rotary New Year's Eve Cruise Raffle

Top photo: Joanne Ruffa and Bill Croxton welcome the guests to the Tappahannock Regional Free Clinic New Year's Eve party at Hobbs Hole Restaurant - the highlight of the evening was  the drawing for a Rotary sponsored Caribbean Cruise for two.
Bottom photo: Michael Faulkner (left) and Bill Croxton pulled the winning ticket from the spinning
drum and the lucky winner was Sue Hoffman of Alexandria. Congratulations!!

Jenni Armor entertains the Tappahannock Rotary Club!

Jenni Armor, daughter of Jeff and Liz Armor, entertains the Tappahannock Rotary Club this evening December 13th with numbers from her Jazz and Broadway repertoire. Jennifer is an accomplished singer and peforms classical violin, traditional and Celtic fiddle, as well as Jazz, Blues and Broadway vocals. In the center, Jeff, her father is controlling the background music while Ron Geiger is being honored with a special song.

Norman Wood receives his Paul Harris Award

See more of the evening awards at http://www.tappahannockrotary.org/web-2012-present/
including Club Awards and other service awards. Norman Wood is pinned by Chuck Davis , the District 5610 Foundation Chair. Tom Saville (see photo gallery) was recognized for his Citizen of Year evening and honoring Joe and Helen Ware. Also assisting in the presentations is Scott Clary (in green jacket) a District 5610 Foundation leader.