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Oak Ridger wins Paul Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award

Posted at 1:53 pm September 27, 2016
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

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On Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, Jack Bailey of Oak Ridge and Demeco Ryans of Bessemer, Ala., received the University of Alabama’s Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award during halftime of the Crimson Tide’s first home game against Western Kentucky. (Submitted photo)

 

On Saturday, September 10, Jack Bailey of Oak Ridge and Demeco Ryans of Bessemer, Alabama, received the University of Alabama’s Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award during halftime of the Crimson Tide’s first home game against Western Kentucky.

The award, presented by the University of Alabama National Alumni Association, was bestowed on the two men at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

Bailey, past district governor of Rotary District 6780 (which has 3,200 Rotarians in 65 clubs in East Tennessee) and a graduate of Oak Ridge High School, is the first male track and field athlete to receive the award in its 29-year history.

Ryans played football for the Crimson Tide from 2002 to 2005 and in the NFL for 10 years.

The award honors them for “their exceptional accomplishments regarding character, contributions to society, professional achievements, and service to their fellowman.” Past recipients include Bart Starr, Ozzie Newsome, Lee Roy Jordan, Bill Battle, Mal Moore, Joe Namath, and Sylvester Croom Jr. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Community, Education, Front Page News, High School, K-12, Sports Tagged With: Crimson Tide, Demeco Ryans, JCPenney Co., Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, Paul Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award, Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, Rotary District 6780, Rotary District Governor for East Tennesse, state champion track team, Tennessee Cross-Country Championships, track and field official, track scholarship, University of Alabama, University of Alabama National Alumni Association, YMCA

Oak Ridge Rotary Club helps hometown, the world

Posted at 9:58 pm August 17, 2015
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

Elaine Bunick and Adolf King and Ghanaians

Elaine Bunick and Adolf King, members of Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, are pictured with Ghanaians in the village where they led the medical and educational missions. (Submitted photo)

 

The Rotary Club of Oak Ridge is helping its hometown and communities in the world.

The club contributed $2,500, which was matched by a Rotary District 6780 grant, yielding $5,000 that financed the renovation of a room in the Oak Ridge Boys and Girls Club building. Anne Dunthorn, the club secretary and grant writer, helped Jennifer Pettyjohn, the chief and special officer of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Clinch Valley, identify a District 6780 matching grant and prepare and submit the winning application.

Elaine Bunick, club member and endocrinologist in Oak Ridge, spearheaded the successful medical and educational mission in late July in the eastern African nation of Ghana. More than 1,800 patients in the village of Nkonya-Wurupong received medical treatment and used, or will use when needed, $250,000 worth of anti-malarial and other medications. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: Adolf King, Anne Dunthorn, Boys and Girls Club, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Clinch Valley, Carol King, Darrell Akins, David Bradshaw, Devrin Kuipers, Elaine Burnick, Ghana, grant, Jennifer Pettyjohn, Jerry Wear, medical clinic, medical treatment, Renee King, Rotary Club, Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, Rotary District 6780, Rotary Foundation Global Grant

Spotlight: Rotary leads fight against polio

Posted at 11:25 pm October 29, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

‘We are this close to ending polio’

Rotary International, which includes some 1.3 million members in 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries around the world, celebrated October 24 as World Polio Day.

Since 1985, Rotary has led the battle against polio, as worldwide cases plummeted from 350,000 per year to several hundred—a 99 percent reduction.

“This is a source of pride to Rotarians everywhere,” says District Governor Jerry Wear of Rotary District 6780, which includes East Tennessee. “In our relentless fundraising efforts and our participation in inoculation days around the world, Rotarians are committed to carrying this important mission to completion.”

Today, polio is endemic in only three countries—Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. When India came off that list in 2012, it was an important step toward eradicating a human disease from the earth for only the second time in history. (The first disease so eradicated was smallpox.) [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Honors and Spotlight, Nonprofits Tagged With: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Sergeant, East Tennessee, Gates Foundation, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, James Lacey, Jerry Wear, John Germ, Oak Ridge Rotary Club, polio, Rotary, Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Rotary District 6780, Rotary International, World Polio Day

Thirty dragon boat teams ready to race May 31

Posted at 2:10 pm May 28, 2014
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

Penny Behling Dragon Boat Steerer

Penny Behling of Dynamic Dragon Boat Races LLC of Knoxville takes over as steerer of this dragon boat during a race in Owenboro, Ky., and gets the team back on course. (Submitted photo)

 

The inaugural Oak Ridge Dragon Boat Festival will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Oak Ridge Marina and Pavilion in Melton Lake Park.

The three Rotary clubs of Oak Ridge are launching this fundraiser for community nonprofit service organizations.

Dragon boat racing is the eighth-fastest growing sport in the world. And the races will take place on Oak Ridge’s signature rowing venue, considered one of the three best courses for regattas in the nation.

Starting at 9 a.m., 30 dragon boat teams—three from Kentucky and North Carolina—will race at least twice, with the 12 winners of two rounds racing in the third round.

The festival offers food and beverage vendors, beer garden, kids area at the pavilion with bounce houses and 15-minute martial arts lessons on the hour, two Tai Chi demonstrations, and awards ceremonies for winners of the morning Drummers Parade and the third round of dragon boat races. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Nonprofits, Recreation, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Austin Lance, dragon boat, dragon boat races, Dynamic Dragon Boat Racing, Jim Sumner, Kassie Perkins, Keith Kahl, Leslie England, Mark Watson, Melton Lake Park, Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary, Oak Ridge Dragon Boat Festival, Oak Ridge Marina, Oak Ridge Rotary Community Fund, Oak Ridge Sunset Rotary, Penny Behling, Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, Rotary clubs, Rotary District 6780, Tony Jordan

Oak Ridge Peace Forum donates $7,500 to Rotary Peace Centers

Posted at 1:14 am April 26, 2013
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Peace Forum Donates to Rotary Foundation

Past District Governor and Zone 30 Coordinator Karen Wentz, right, presents a check for $7,500 from the Oak Ridge Peace Forum to Rotary Foundation Chair Wilf Wilkerson, left, and Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka at Duke University. (Submitted photo)

The Oak Ridge Peace Forum has donated $7,500 of its net proceeds to the Peace Centers Endowment of The Rotary Foundation.

“The Rotary Peace Centers offer an avenue for extending peace activities throughout the world through its growing cadre of Peace Fellows,” said Fred Heitman, chair of the Peace Forum planning committee, which decided in early April to make the donation.

The Oak Ridge Peace Forum is sponsored by Rotary District 6780, which is now led by District Governor Jack Bailey of Oak Ridge.

More than 250 people attended the Peace Forum on March 9 in Pollard Auditorium. The planning committee consisted mostly of representatives of three Rotary clubs in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: Fred Heitman, Jack Bailey, Karen Wentz, Oak Ridge Peace Forum, Peace Centers Endowment, Peace Fellows, Peace through Service, Rotary District 6780, Rotary Foundation, Rotary International, Rotary Peace Centers, Sakuji Tanaka, Wilf Wilkinson

Why is Rotary International president coming here?

Posted at 12:26 pm February 11, 2013
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

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Jack Bailey

For the second time since Rotary International was born in 1905 in Chicago, a sitting RI president will visit Oak Ridge. He will serve as keynote speaker and hear innovative ideas at the Oak Ridge Peace Forum on Saturday, March 9, at Oak Ridge Associated Universities’ Pollard Auditorium.

The only other time a sitting RI president spoke in Oak Ridge was in 2000 when Frank Devlyn of Mexico came here. Why will RI President Sakuji Tanaka of Japan be in Oak Ridge Mar. 8-10?

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Top Stories Tagged With: Bill Wilcox, Jack Bailey, Oak Ridge Peace Forum, Peace through Service, RI, Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, Rotary District 6780, Rotary International, Sakuji Tanaka, World War II

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