Stories

This week, Rotarian Gina Webber shared with the Club her cruise with our local Rotary 5790 Regional Club Members.

 

This week at Rotary, we welcomed Brian Glenn, a Rotarian and representative of Shelter Box. Shelter Box is a Rotarian organization that helps to provide emergency non-food supplies for those displaced by disaster or conflict.

 

During the meeting, Rotary President Whitney Delcourt presented Shelter Box with a $1,000 donation from the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club.

 

See below for images of our FEMA Tour on Dec. 17! Thank you to tour guide Earl Armstrong for guiding us through the facility, and to Shane Kading and Linda Bullwinkle for setting up for our club members to attend.

This week, we had Linda Davis, our local coordinator for Toys for Tots, attend our meeting to talk about this program and how it impacts our local community. Linda was also supported by our own Rotarian Shawn Dollar, who heads up distribution for Pilot Point and Aubrey!

 

 

Pictured are: Toys for Tots #1 Elf Jim Hutchins, Rotarian and local Toys for Tots volunteer Shawn Dollar, Rotary President-Elect Penni Moening, Rotary President Whitney Delcourt, guest Kay Elvrum and Toys for Tots Volunteer Vicky Aulie.

At November 19th's meeting, Rotarian Rowland Funk gave a presentation on the impact of local food bank Shepherd's Storehouse on our community.

 

 

The Club also elected to make a $1,000 donation to the Shepherd's Storehouse! Pictured are: Penni Moening, Maureen Haverty, Michele Sanchez, Shawn Dollar, Whitney Delcourt, Dick Bullwinkle, Linda Bullwinkle, Brian Murrell, Rowland Funk, Don Richmond, Chad Major, Lee Millikin, Britt Lusk, Monica David, Evon Lusk and Jerry Alford.

At the Sept. 24 meeting, we were joined by Bruce Schultz, chair of the Rotary 5790 Disaster Aid USA unit, along with Richard Hawker, who spoke about their efforts during our severe weather on Memorial Day weekend, and how our club can help moving forward.

 

At the Sept. 17 meeting, our own Rotarian Wendy Haun joined us to tell us all about events on the Square this fall and how the Rotary can join in with those events!

 

Over the past several weeks, our club has taken to heart the work plan laid out by District Governor Andy Eads and is preparing to apply those ideas to our club to increase membership, attendance and projects to benefit our community.

At this week's Rotary meeting, our District Governor Andy Eads stopped by to tell us about #TheMagicOfRotary, share his Rotary story and offer some insights into the District's goals for the upcoming Rotary year.

 

 

This week, Aubrey junior Madison Houck came to our club to talk about her time with RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards). Madison attended the leadership development program at Texas Woman's University from June 27-30.

 

 

Madison with Immediate Past President Shane Kading

This week, our own Rotarian Cindy Kennedy was the guest speaker at Rotary! Cindy spoke about her work with City Center Churches, which has been working to help underserved communities in Pilot Point for the past four years.

 

At our July 23 meeting, we had Dr. Shannon Saylor, new superintendent of Aubrey ISD, speak about the upcoming school year and improvements within the district.

 

 

Pictured (from left to right): Rotarian Dick Bullwinkle, Rotary President Whitney Delcourt, Dr. Shannon Saylor, Immediate Past President Shane Kading and Rotarian Brian Murrell.

At this week's Rotary meeting, we were joined by Jenna Glass, the new Library Director for the Pilot Point Community Library. Jenna discussed changes at the Library and offered information regarding the Library's Summer Reading Program, set to launch May 31.

 

Pictured (from left to right): Rotarian Whitney Delcourt, Library Director Jenna Glass, Rotarians Elizabeth Jones, Brian Murrell, Jerry Alford and Evon Lusk.

 

At this week's Rotary meeting, we were joined by Sara Konz, a personal trainer at Kainos Community CrossFit, to discuss Kainos offerings to the community, the senior population and their growth in their two years of business.

 

 

Pictured (from left to right): Rotarian Whitney Delcourt, Rotary President Shane Kading, Sara Konz, Rotarians Don Richmond, Penni Moening, Evon Lusk, Elizabeth Jones and Jerry Alford.

 

At our weekly Rotary meeting on April 23, our club was joined and heard insights from several judges that serve Denton County in the Criminal and Probate Courts.

 

 

Pictured (from L to R): Ron Marchant (retired Denton County Commissioner), Rotarian Shawn Dollar, Probate Court #2 Judge Chris Everett, Rotarian Elizabeth Jones, Criminal Court #2 Judge Susan Piel, County Court at Law #1 Judge Kimberly McCray, Criminal Court #1 Judge Lauri Ragland, County Court at Law #2 Judge Robert Ramirez, Probate Court #1 Judge David Jahn and Rotary Club President Shane Kading.

Members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club gathered for a working luncheon this week at Pilot Point Coffee House to discuss the technology available on our website and the Helping with Flags website.

 

Rotarian Mike Thompson gave the presentation for the April 2 meeting. Thompson, who works as a Nationwide Insurance agent, spoke about the factors leading to the recent increase in personal insurance rates, including climate change and natural disasters, increasing costs in homes due to cost of construction and supplies, and other factors.

 

Thank you, Mike, for sharing your expertise with us!

 

 

Our club conducted a Work Day to pack donation boxes for Lovepacs Aubrey, one of our benefit local charitable organizations. Our members donated food to fill 10 boxes to go to children and families in need in our area.
 

At the January 30 Rotary Meeting, Bruce Schultes and Richard Hawker attended the meeting to tell our club about Disaster Aid USA, a Rotary-based organization offering additional aid when natural disasters hit.

 

DAUSA goal is to build a significant humanitarian aid organization that provides immediate relief to those victims when disasters strike. DAUSA is not a First Responder. Its role is “Mucking and Gutting”, tarping roofs, chain-sawing, debris removal, helping prep meals, cooking, etc. DAUSA prides itself on being transparent, accountable with the objects of Rotary as its Foundation.

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is proud to support this organization. Learn how you can help by donating or volunteering.

 

(From left to right) Rotarian Don Richmond, Disaster Aid USA Technical Director Richard Hawker, Disaster Response Committee Chair Bruce Schultes, Rotarians Whitney Delcourt, Michele Sanchez, Penni Moening, Elizabeth Jones, Erin Bogar, Gina Webber, Dick Bullwinkle, Mike Thompson and Rotary President Shane Kading.

Thank you to Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Cox for attending our Rotary Meeting on January 23 for the informative presentation titled "Stop the Bleed". This presentation was designed for civilians to assist those who have suffered a traumatic injury until paramedics are able to arrive.

 

(from left to right): Guest Everett Cummings, Rotarians Don Richmond, Whitney Delcourt, Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Chief Bryan Cox, Parademics Dustin Holt and Ryan Crow and Rotarians Penni Moening, Gina Webber, Lenette Cox and Jerry Alford.

 

See below for our Rotarians receiving hands-on training with Pilot Point Fire Department!

 

At the October 24 Rotary meeting, David Golden spoke regarding his observations of working for Homeland Security and the threats to the United States, both at home and abroad. Thank you, David, for taking the time to be at our Rotary meeting!

 

Pictured are: Rotarian Evon Lusk, Club President Shane Kading, LizzyGator venue owner Elizabeth Jones, speaker David Golden and Rotarian Dwayne Edwards.

Aubrey High School students attended the weekly Rotary meeting on September 12 as our seniors of the month.

 

Lexie Ermey spoke of her love of the theater and film production, encouraged by her hometown hero, her grandma. She hopes to attend UPenn or UNT next year.

Brody Burton talked about his faith as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and will be applying to Harvard and Yale in hopes of obtaining his J.D.

 

Posing with them are Rotary Club President Shane Kading and Aubrey High School principal Brett Phipps.

 

 

Read on about the Lake Ray Roberts Club Work Day!

Pilot Point High School students honored as seniors of the month for February by the Rotary were Angela Casillo and Hunter Kulesz. Posing with them are PPHS Principal Todd Southard and Rotary Club President Linda Bullwinkle.

 

Jeff Christie, who owns Christie's Golf Ranch in Pilot Point, talked to the Rotary Club on Feb. 5 about his plans to expand his driving range to a nine-hole, par three golf course in June. Christie discussed the importance of golf in his life and how operating his own course began when he was an 8-year-old boy. 

 

Michelle Rocha, events and community outreach coordinator for the Children's Advocacy Center for Denton County, did a presentation about the center at the Jan. 15 Rotary meeting. The center is constructing a new building for its operations.

Pilot Point High School students Garrett True and Kimberly Burns were honored as the seniors of the month by the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club in December. Standing with them are PPHS Principal Todd Southard and Rotary Club President Linda Bullwinkle. 

Aubrey High School students Addison Flick and Ethan Coppedge were honored at seniors of the month by the Rotary Club in December. Standing with them are AISD Superintendent David Belding, Rotary Club President Linda Bullwinkle and AHS Principal Matt Gore.

 

 

 

The Rotary Club honored two Pilot Point ISD employees at its November meeting. Shown here are Dorcas Boerner, second on left, library aide at Pilot Point High School, and Dee Ann Annett, middle right, instructional coach at Pilot Point Intermediate School. Pictured with them are Tammy Morgan, district executive director of instructional services, PPHS Principal Todd Southard and PPISD Superintendent Dan R. Gist.

 

Aubrey High School students Lauren Knapp, left, and Kye Ranton, center, were recognized by the Rotary Club as seniors of the month for October. Standing with them are AISD Superintendent David Belding, left, AHS Principal Matt Gore and Club President Linda Bullwinkle. 

 

 

 

  

 

Aubrey High School students Megan Childs and Brenden Hough were recognized as seniors of the month at the November Rotary Club meeting. Standing with them are AHS Principal Matt Gore and AISD Superintendent David Belding.

 

 

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Pilot Point High School students Hud Morgan, center, and Kenedee Gist, right, were honored as seniors of the month for November by the Rotary Club. Standing with them are PPHS Principal Todd Southard, Tammy Morgan (Hud's mother) and Dan. R. Gist, Kenedee's father and Rotary Club member.

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored Cole Warren, Pilot Point Intermediate School counselor, and Ann Smith, receptionist at Pilot Point High School, as employees of the month during its meeting on Sept. 11. Shown here also are club president Luke Olson and PPISD Superintendent Dan R. Gist.

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored Aubrey High School senior Luke Sciba as the senior of the month at its meeting Sept. 11. Standing with him are AHS Principal Matt Gore, club president Luke Olson and Aubrey ISD Superintendent David Belding. 

Pilot Point City Manager Alan Guard discusses the Pilot Point $9.5 million bond issue at the Rotary Club meeting on Aug. 21. In November, voters in that city will decide on propositions regarding public buildings (fire and police), streets, sidewalks and drainage. Guard gave an informational talk on the matter.

Shannon Slater, a certified residential real estate appraiser with DW Slater Company in Pilot Point, gave a PowerPoint presentation about the housing market in the North Texas area during the Aug. 14 meeting of the Rotary Club. Slater presented various trends about what is occurring in real estate in DFW.

Pilot Point High School band director Dan Balkema talks to the Rotary Club about the benefits of a high school band program on July 24. Students learn life skills, such as team work, as well as an appreciation for the fine arts through participation in band, he said. Balkema talked about the many activities band does in addition to playing at football games.

Gerald Robinson, District Governor for Rotary District 5790, left, congratulates Ric Sadler, Linda Bullwinkle and Jerry Alford on their service to the club. Robinson visited on July 17 and did a presentation on the benefits of being a Rotarian.

Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club member Lee Millikin gave a presentation on soils at the Rotary Club's meeting on July 10. 

 Denton County Judge Mary Horn discusses her achievements as county judge during a visit to the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club on June 26. Horn announced last year she would not seek another term as the county judge. She has served since 2002.

 

Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club member Jerry Alford puts the final touches on ensuring an American flag is steady on The Square in Pilot Point on July 2. Rotary Club members post flags around the holidays.

 

 

Denton County Commissioner Precinct 1 Hugh Coleman talked to the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club about road projects in the county and the future of Dallas North Tollway on June 12. Coleman told Rotarians that the expansion of U.S. 377 from two to six lanes is a dozen years away from construction. Photo courtesy of Abigail Allen, Pilot Point Post-Signal.

 

 

 

  

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.

Dwayne Edwards, pastor of Grace Point Nazarene Church in Pilot Point, speaks to the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club on Tuesday about the myriad opportunities that exist in Rotary to help and connect with others.

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.

Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored Pilot Point High School seniors Ty Hellman, Kailey Armstrong and Alyssa Mendoza at a meeting on April 10. Pictured here are Shawn Dollar, club president, left, and Dan R. Gist, Pilot Point ISD superintendent. Congrats, seniors of the month!

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!

Ryan Brown, president of Talley Land Development, talked to the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club Tuesday, April 3, at Moms on Main in Aubrey. Brown discussed his company and other goings-on in the area in the way of growth.

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.

Brockett Elementary School Principal Kari Abrams prepares to give a presentation on the Aubrey school's character education efforts at the Rotary meeting on March 20. The school has won National and Texas School of Character awards. Abrams explained to Rotary members that character education functions more as a culture rather than a program at the school.

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.

 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club was pleased to present awards at the annual Pilot Point Chamber of Commerce Banquet.  We present an award for the Police Officer of the Year and the Firefighter of the Year.  Recipients are selected by their departments.  Congratulations to Cpl. Robert Powell receiving the Police Officer of the Year award and to Ryan Burda receiving the Firefighter of the Year award!  Thank you for all you do to serve and protect our community!

 

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 February Rotary Seniors as our guests for our February 13th weekly meeting.  Our Rotary Seniors for the month of February were Madi Hollar and Dani Medina.  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 Madi and Dani!  

 

 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 enjoyed having the PPISD Staff members of the month and our December  Rotary Senior as our guests for our December 12th weekly meeting.  Our Rotary Seniors for the month of December were Alyssa Clowdus and Jael Landaverde. 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.  We also were honored to have  Susan Roth- from  Pilot Point Middle School and Meredith Crouch from the Pilot Point Elementary and Intermediate Schools.   We have great students, teachers, and staff at Pilot Point ISD!  Congratulations!  

 

   

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is continuing to honor the first responders this year.  We are calling them our "Hometown Heroes".    The first responders are selected by their departments.   The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored the first responders from Aubrey at our November 28th meeting.  Our Hometown Hero is Aubrey Police Officer, RyanMcLearen, pictured with Aubrey Police Chief, Tommy Payne and retired Chief Ric Sadler.  Congratulations and thank you for all you do for our local communities! 

 

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! 

 

We enjoyed having the PPISD Staff members of the month and our November Rotary Senior as our guests for our November 7th weekly meeting.  Our Rotary Seniors for the month of November were Sarai Alejos and Evan Billmeier. 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.  We also were honored to have Clint Johnson-  Social Studies and Science teacher at Pilot Point Intermediate School and Kelly Gist- a kindergarten teacher at Pilot Point Elementary School.   We have great students, teachers and staff at Pilot Point ISD!  Congratulations! 

 

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 the PPISD Staff members of the month and our October Rotary Senior as our guests for our October 10 weekly meeting.  Madi Hollar was one of our PPHS seniors that attended the Rotary Youth Leadership program this summer and is our October Rotary Senior of the month. Madi shared with us how much she enjoyed and learned at RYLA camp this summer and her appreciation for the opportunity to participate.   We also were honored to have Ann Smith- PPHS receptionist and Amy Cooper PPIS 4th grade teacher.   We have great students, teachers and staff at Pilot Point ISD!  Congratulations! 

 

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! 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is continuing to honor the first responders this year.  We are calling them our "Hometown Heroes".    The first responders are selected by their departments.   The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored the first responders from Oak Point at our September 12th meeting.  Hometown Heroes are Travis Wells, Oak Point Fire Department, and Andrew McFarlin, Oak Point PD. Congratulations and thank you for all you do for our local communities!  

 

 

 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club has been honoring local First Responders in our area this year.   The first responders are selected by their departments.   The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored  Mark White as Officer of the Month.  Mark is with the Northeast Police Department. Congratulations and thank you for all you do for our local communities!  

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club has been honoring local First Responders in our area this year.   The first responders are selected by their departments.   The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored  EMS Lt. Matt Lollar with the Aubrey Fire Department and Cpl. Stacie Nierste with the Aubrey Police Department at the May 23rd meeting.  Congratulations and thank you for all you do for our local communities! 

 

 

Happy Memorial Day Weekend from the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club!  Our Show Your Colors Flag Program has officially begun with the first set of flags being set out for Memorial Day Weekend.  We appreciate all who participate in this program as we show our colors in our community.  If you are interested in having flags set out for the rest of the year please send in a form with payment and we'd be glad to set out flags at your place on our next flag day which will be  June 14th.   Click here for the Show Your Colors Flag Program Information.  We wish you all a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend!  We also want to take time to remember and honor those in our military who have lost their lives giving us our freedoms.  

 

Congratulations to our 2017 Rotary Senior Scholarship recipients: Madison Shaw and Kyle Roth!  The winners were announced at the Pilot Point Rosecutting Ceremony and presented by the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary president, John Dean.  We had a terrific selection of candidates from Pilot Point High School!   We wish them all well in their future endeavours.  Congratulations again to Madison Shaw and Kyle Roth! Congratulations to the Class of 2017!   Our future is bright! 

Our local Rotarian Scott Ingalls is moving to Prosper to work in the Planning Department at the City of Prosper.  We are sad to see him leave as he has been very involved with our Rotary Club.  Scott has assisted us with our flag program, speaker schedules, Bike Giveaway, Bearcat Bash, Dictionaries to 3rd Graders, Senior Scholarships and has always been willing to help in any way for our programs.  Tuesday, May 9th was his last meeting with us.  He will be missed but we wish him well at his new position.  Thank you, Scott Ingalls for all of your contributions to the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club and our community!  

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club supports the Pilot  Point Middle School by providing a drawing of five gift cards for PPMS students.  All students with perfect attendance for the six-week grading period,  have their names entered into the drawing. Members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club drew five names of PPMS students for the fifth six weeks.  Each student received a $10 PizzaHut gift card.  Congratulations to these winners!   

Members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club were present for the Bike Giveaway at the Pilot Point Elementary school for the 5th SixWeeks. This year the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is supporting the Pilot Point Elementary School with a drawing every 6 weeks for students with perfect attendance to receive a free bicycle, one boy and one girl. The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club and Wal-Mart Crossroads is sponsoring this program. The fifth six weeks bicycle drawing winners were: Erik Martinez- 1st grade and Elle Harrington Kindergarten  Congratulations! Keep up the perfect attendance!  This was our final Bike Giveaway for this school year.  We thank Wal-Mart for their support for this program. 

This year the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is honoring the Pilot Point ISD Teacher/Staff of the month.  Each month the Pilot Point ISD selects Teachers or Staff that have gone above and beyond to assist the school district in its pursuit of excellence.  The Rotary Club is now honoring those selected with a meal and certificate.   For the month of April, the teachers/staff of the month were  Sherri Woodall and Marlene Walker from Selz Middle School.  Congratulations!  We appreciate your work in the Pilot Point schools.  

 

We enjoyed having our April and May Rotary Seniors of the month as our guests Tuesday, April 11th,  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. We combined the May seniors of the month with April so that there would be enough time for each student to present prior to our selection of the scholarship recipients.    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  Jordan Elmiger and Kaitlin Dane April Seniors of the Month and to Chris Trejo and Jordan David Seniors of the Month for May!

 

We enjoyed having our March Rotary Seniors of the month as our guests Tuesday, March 21st,  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   Mercedez Lane and Kyle Roth!  

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club has been honoring local First Responders in our area this year.   The first responders are selected by their departments.   The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club honored Tioga Police Department officer Jamie Skaggs and Tioga Fire Department firefighter Richard Hartman III as the Police Officer and Firefighter of the Month at the March 14 meeting. Hartman is standing with Tioga Fire Assistant Chief Elvin Fisk and Skaggs is standing with Tioga Police Chief Curtis Macomb. 

 

            

Last Friday, members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club were present for the Bike Giveaway at the Pilot Point Elementary school. This year the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is supporting the Pilot Point Elementary School with a drawing every 6 weeks for students with perfect attendance to receive a free bicycle, one boy and one girl. The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club and Wal-Mart Crossroads is sponsoring this program. The third six weeks bicycle drawing winners were: Alexander Torres and Sarah Roberts

 

 Congratulations! Keep up the perfect attendance! 

 

 

 

Saturday night the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club presented awards for the Pilot Point Officer of the Year, Reserve Officer of the Year, and Firefighter of the Year.  Congratulations to Chase Raines- Officer of the Year; George Toon,-Reserve Officer of the Year; and Todd Rimling- Firefighter of the Year! 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club has been honoring local First Responders in our area this year.  Tuesday at our regular meeting we honored two first responders from the City of Pilot Point. The first responders are selected by their departments.  Presenting the certificates were City of Pilot Point Fire Chief, Heath Hudson and City of Pilot Point Police Chief, Ric Sadler.  Congratulations to our Firefighter of the Month, Bryan Cox and to our Police Officer of the Month, Barry Pennell.  We thank them both for their service to our community. 

 

We enjoyed having our January Rotary Seniors of the month as our guests yesterday 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  Maralee Edmonds and Daniel Simmons! 

 

   

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club supports the Pilot  Point Middle School by providing a drawing of five gift cards for PPMS students.  All students with perfect attendance for the six-week grading period,  have their names entered into the drawing. Last Friday, members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club drew five names of PPMS students for the third six weeks.  Each student received a $10 PizzaHut gift card.  Congratulations to these winners!  

 

This past Friday, members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club were present for the Bike Giveaway at the Pilot Point Elementary school. This year the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is supporting the Pilot Point Elementary School with a drawing every 6 weeks for students with perfect attendance to receive a free bicycle, one boy and one girl. The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club and Wal-Mart Crossroads is sponsoring this program. The third six weeks bicycle drawing winners were: 

 

Xavier Leal- Kindergartener

Maria Juarez- Second Grader

Congratulations! Keep up the perfect attendance!

We enjoyed having our December Rotary Seniors of the month as our guests Tuesday 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 what their plans for the future are.  It is always a delight for our club to hear from these outstanding seniors each month.  Congratulations to  Kat Singleton and Sean Hamill! 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is honoring the Pilot Point ISD Teacher/Staff of the month.  Each month the Pilot Point ISD selects Teachers or Staff that have gone above and beyond to assist the school district in its pursuit of excellence.  The Rotary Club is now honoring those selected with a meal and certificate.   For the month of November, the teachers/staff of the month were Susan Roth and Beth Hale.  Susan is a Pilot Point Middle School teacher of Robotics, Video Production and Yearbook. Beth Hale is the Pilot Point Middle School Secretary. Congratulations!  We appreciate your work in the Pilot Point schools. 

 

 

 

 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. Some of the comments from the students were " This is like Christmas" and " I will cherish this forever"

 

This year the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is supporting the Pilot Point Elementary School with a drawing every 6 weeks for students with perfect attendance to receive a free bicycle, one boy and one girl. The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club and Wal-Mart Crossroads is sponsoring this program. The second six weeks drawing winners were: 
Girl—Kenlly Aquirre
Boy-Alexander Ascensio
Congratulations! Keep up the perfect attendance!

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is now honoring the Pilot Point ISD Teacher/Staff of the month.  Each month the Pilot Point ISD selects Teachers or Staff that have  gone above and beyond to assist the school district in its pursuit of excellence.  The Rotary Club is now honoring those selected with a meal and certificate.   For the month of November, the teachers/staff of the month were Barbie Pope, Pilot Point Elementary Librarian and LaTisha Marick, Instructional Coach at Pilot Point High School and Pilot Point Middle School. Congratulations to these teachers!  We appreciate your work in the Pilot Point schools!  

We enjoyed having our November Rotary Seniors of the month as our guests Tuesday 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 what their plans for the future are.  It is always a delight for our club to hear from these outstanding seniors each month.  Congratulations to  John James (JJ) Kulesz and Jessica Schmidt! 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is now honoring the Pilot Point ISD Teacher/Staff of the month.  Each month the Pilot Point ISD selects Teachers or Staff that have  gone above and beyond to assist the school district in its pursuit of excellence.  The Rotary Club is now honoring those selected with a meal and certificate.   For the month of October, the teacher/staff of the month were Shelly Walker, Pilot Point Intermediate Teacher/Librarian and Tom Fish, TA with Special Education at Pilot Point High School. Congratulations to these teachers and staff members!  We appreciate your work in the Pilot Point schools! 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club supports the Pilot  Point Middle School by providing a drawing of five gift cards for PPMS students.  All students with perfect attendance for the six-week grading period,  have their names entered into the drawing. Yesterday, members of the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club drew five names of PPMS students.  Congratulations to these winners! 

 

We were honored to have our October Rotary Seniors of the month as our guests yesterday 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 what their plans for the future are.  It is always a delight for our club to hear from these outstanding seniors each month.  Congratulations to  Mary Grimes and Joel Tetmeyer! 

 

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.    Yesterday, we had both the August and September Seniors at our weekly meeting.  Each senior shared a bit about who they were, what their school activities are and what their plans for the future are.  It is always a delight for our club to hear from these outstanding seniors each month.  Congratulations to the  August Seniors - Madison Shaw and J.W. Morgan.  Congratulations to the Septemeber Seniors- Hannah Sullivan and Parker Hale.   

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club is now honoring the Pilot Point ISD Teacher/Staff of the month.  Each month the Pilot Point ISD selects Teachers or Staff that have  gone above and beyond to assist the school district in its pursuit of excellence.  The Rotary Club is now honoring those selected with a meal and certificate.   For the month of September, the teacher/staff of the month were Jessica Shaw , Middle School Teacher, Rick Bailey, High School Teacher/Coach, and Pam Varnum, Transportation Dispatcher. Congratulations to these teachers and staff members!  We appreciate your work in the Pilot Point schools. ( Rick Bailey, not pictured) 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club met today at the Whistle Post Brewery located at 219 W Division Street, Pilot Point, TX.   This is the club's new meeting location.  The club will have different local restaurants to cater  lunch.  The guest speaker was Pilot Point ISD Athletic Director Robert Best.  The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club meets weekly at noon on Tuesdays.  The club serves the communities of Pilot Point, Tioga, Aubrey and areas around Lake Ray Roberts.  

 

"Passing the Gavel" Today we installed our new Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club President, John Dean as Dick Bullwinkle passes the gavel. Dick Bullwinkle will be our Immediate Past-President as we begin our new Rotary Year 2016-2017.   Our other offices for the new year remain unchanged.  Current 2016-2017 Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club officers are:    

 

John Dean- President

Shawn Dollar- President-Elect
Lenette Cox- Secretary
Don Richmond- Treasurer

Dick Bullwinkle- Immediate Past President

 

Pilot Point's Downtown Square is Covered in Flags! 

 

   

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club enjoyed having our final Rotary Seniors today as our guests.  Congratulations to Madison Hokit and Ashton Malone for being selected as our May Rotary Seniors.  Madison and Ashton are our final seniors for this year to be eligible for our Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club Scholarships.  There have been 2 seniors selected each month from September to May.  These seniors are eligible for the scholarships which will be awarded at the Pilot Point High School Rose Cutting Ceremony.  Madison and Ashton did a great job sharing with us today and both have bright futures ahead of them.  Again, congratulations to Pilot Point seniors, Madison Hokit and Ashton Malone! 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary club enjoyed having our April Rotary Seniors as our guests yesterday.  For the month of April the seniors selected were Reagan Haughton and Alexis Lynch.  Reagan and Alexis both did a great job sharing with us about their current activities at Pilot Point High School and their plans for the future.  Both will be eligible for the Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club Senior Scholarship presented at the Rose Cutting Ceremony at Pilot Point High School. Thank you Reagan and Alexis for visiting and presenting at  our club meeting and congratulations! 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club volunteered this past weekend at the Keep Pilot Point Beautiful Trash Off.  A team of Rotarians volunteered their time this weekend to pick up trash in Pilot Point.  Our team picked up trash along US Hwy 377.   The Trash Off involved several different groups of people in our community working together picking up trash in Pilot Point.  Also included in the Trash Off were recycling of electronics, tires, batteries, oil, and old prescription drugs.  This is a wonderful event the Keep Pilot Point Beautiful hosts.  We are proud to be able to assist our community in Keeping Pilot Point Beautiful!  

 

 

We were honored to have our March Rotary Seniors with us at our meeting this week.  Congratulations to  Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Seniors for the month of March, Leah Henson & Austin Garcia.  Both seniors attend Pilot Point High School and shared with us about their activities and plans for the future.   These students will  be eligible for the Rotary Scholarships awarded at the end of the year at Rose Cutting.  Again congratulations to our March Rotary Seniors, Leah Henson & Austin Garcia!

  

2015 Recap-  As 2015 has now come to an end, we thought that we would recap our year. 

 

The Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club had a fantastic year and it is always good to take a look back to see what we accomplished as we begin our new year.   We would like to share with you a recap of our 2015. 

At today's meeting we were honored to have three Rotary Seniors as our guests.   Daisy Villareal is our other December Rotary Senior and was unable attend earlier thus she joined us today.  We also had our January Rotary Seniors, Carly Carroll and Lindsay Smith.  All three students did well speaking with us.  They each shared with us their current activities as well as their future plans.  Great job ladies and congratulations!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Our 2015 Flag Program has now ended for this year. Our Flag Program consists of flying flags on the following days: Memorial Day, June 14th (Flag Day), Fourth of July, Labor Day, September 11th, Columbus Day and Veterans Day. We ended this year with Veterans Day last week. We have several different teams of Rotary Club Members that put out the flags and pick them up. This year we set out and picked up 262 flags on our special days. Most of the flags are inside the city limits of Pilot Point. There are 32 flags in Timberlake, 25 flags in Butterfield Junction, and 18 flags in the Yellow Rose addition. We also put out 8 flags in the Aubrey area on the north side of Aubrey. The flag program helps funds our Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club programs: Senior Scholarships, the Shepherd’s Storehouse,School Supplies, Dictionaries for Pilot Point and Tioga 3rd Graders, PilotPoint Education Foundation, Special recognition for scholastic achievers in Pilot Point ISD, National Night Out, Pilot Point Angel Tree, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, International Polio Drive and other community needs as they arise. We thank those that were a part of our 2015 Show Your Colors Flag Program! We hope you loved seeing the flags waving on each special day. We will begin accepting applications for next year's flag program in March 2016 so be looking to sign up!  

 

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We enjoyed having our November Rotary Seniors with us at our Tuesday meeting.  The seniors selected for the month of November are Mariah Pallister and Sarah McCormick.  These ladies did a great job speaking to us today sharing their activities and their plans for the future.  These seniors will be eligible for the Rotary Scholarship awarded at the end of the year at Rose Cutting.  Congratulations to Mariah and Sarah for being our Rotary Seniors for November!

 We enjoyed having our October Rotary Seniors with us at our meeting yesterday.  The Rotary Seniors for this month are Cade Edland and Briana Sowers.  Both of these students are very involved in Pilot Point High School.  They both did a great job sharing with us their current activities and accomplishments as well as their plans for the future.  These seniors will be eligible for our Rotary Scholarship presented at the Rose Cutting.  Congratulations Cade and Briana for being selected as the Rotary Seniors for October!

Our Rotary Club presents a scholarship at the end of the school year to a senior from Pilot Point High School.  Each month, beginning in September, the school selects two seniors, a boy and girl, as our seniors of the month.  All seniors selected are eligible to receive the annual scholarship.  This month's Rotary Seniors are Taylor Price and Basil Gist.  Congratulations to these two fantastic students of Pilot Point ISD! 

 This is what our District Governor said about our club on his blog:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are happy to announce that we now have a Facebook Page.  Our page has weekly updates regarding our meetings, speakers, and upcoming events from our club.   There are also links to our website and contact information if anyone has questions regarding our club.  We think this is a great way to promote what we do at the Lake Ray Roberts Club.  Please like and share our Facebook Page!   Here is a link to the the page:  https://www.facebook.com/LakeRayRobertsRotary