Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club member and Past President Dick Bullwinkle, right, asks a question to Aubrey ISD PD Chief Scott Collins, standing, during a presentation about school security May 22 to the Rotary Club. The school district's police department added two officers in May and continues to look for ways to make the campuses safer, Collins said.

Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club honored Pilot Point High School ag teacher Blake Hesteande as the teacher of the month for April. Standing with Hesteande are Shawn Dollar, club president, and club member and PPISD Superintendent Dan R. Gist.

Rotarians Shawn Dollar and Whitney Delcourt braved chilly temperatures to help pick up trash along U.S. 377 during Pilot Point's annual Trash-off day on April 7. Volunteers picked up nearly 100 bags of trash around town. Also, people could contribute to the cleanup and recycle day by donating old electronic items that were picked up on The Square. Good job, everybody!

Tuesday's Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club meeting (March 26) at the Whistle Post Brewery in Pilot Point will be the last at the brewery as the club will start meeting April 3 at Moms on Main, 204 S. Main St. in Aubrey.

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored Justin Davis of the Pilot Point Fire Department and Cpl. John Gardner of the Pilot Point Police Department as the first responders for the month of February. Our thanks to Davis and Gardner for all they do to serve and protect our community! Shown with Davis are Rotary member Ric Sadler and Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Cox, and shown with Gardner are Police Chief Tim Conner and Sadler.

 

 

We were honored to have the Pilot Point ISD staff member of the month as our guest at our February 13th weekly meeting.   We honor and recognize the teachers and staff at Pilot Point ISD.  The teacher/staff members of the month are selected by the Pilot Point ISD.  We support and appreciate the teachers and staff at all of our local schools. This months staff member of the month is Angie Price.  Angie is the  Administrative Assistant to the PPHS Principal, the Administrative Assitant to the Athletic Director and the Health Office Aide at Pilot Point High School. 

 

 We enjoyed having our January Rotary Senior as our guests for our January 16th weekly meeting.  Our Rotary Seniors for the month of January were Hannah Hokit and Connor Walker. Each year, in May, the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club will select two Pilot Point High School Seniors to receive a $1,500 scholarship. Each month two seniors are selected from Pilot Point High School as the Seniors of the month.    Each senior shared a bit about who they were, what their school activities are and their plans for the future.  Congratulations to Hannah and Connor!  

 

 In the event of any inclement weather, the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club will follow the guidance of the Pilot Point ISD in regards to closings. If the PPISD is closed tomorrow, then our regular scheduled meeting tomorrow will be cancelled. This will apply to any weather-related events in the future as well. 

 

We were honored today to have our 2017-2018 District Governor, Christopher J McLucas, for the Rotary District 5790.  Rotary District 5790 is composed of 71 Rotary Clubs across the North Central Plains area of Texas. Governor McLucas gave a fantastic presentation about Rotary International and our District, 5790.     He shared with us about some of the wonderful projects of our District and the Rotary Foundation.  He encouraged us in our current efforts to make a difference in our community and around the world. In honor of his visit our club gave $100 to the Phased In matching grant project.  You can find more information on the project here  Thank you, Governor McLucas! 

 

On Tuesday, October 17 members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club gave Pilot Point Intermediate 3rd grade students dictionaries. The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club presents dictionaries to the 3rd-grade students at Pilot Point and Tioga Schools.  The dictionaries are free to the students and they are their own to take home and use.  We presented the dictionaries to the students at Pilot Point Intermediate this past Tuesday.   Our rotary club has joined in  The Dictionary Project ( https://www.dictionaryproject.org/about/) The goal of The Dictionary Project is to ensure that everyone will be able to enjoy the benefits of owning a dictionary.  Dictionaries are presented at third grade as educators have identified it as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn.  It a joy to see the kids faces as they receive their dictionaries and write their name in them. 

 

We enjoyed having our September Rotary Seniors of the month as our guests Tuesday, September 19th,  at our weekly meeting. Each year, in May, the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club will select two Pilot Point High School Seniors to receive a $1,500 scholarship. Each month two seniors are selected from Pilot Point High School as the Seniors of the month.    Each senior shared a bit about who they were, what their school activities are and their plans for the future.  It is always a delight for our club to hear from these outstanding seniors each month.  Congratulations to  Maria Torres and Sara Wooten!