Barbara Rush (R), Executive Director with Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry, spoke to Hickory Rotary about services provided to area residents in need. Joining Barbara was Colleen Anderson (L), Director of Health Care Services, and fellow Rotarian, Sarah Willis, GHCCM Director of Development. Founded in 1969, the Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry is a 501(c)…
At the Thursday meeting of the Hickory Rotary Club Scott Millar, President of the Catawba County Economic Development Corporation spoke to the club’s members and guests. Scott has served at the Catawba County Economic Development Corporation since 1993 and as its president since 1998. He is a current member of the Charlotte Regional Partnership’s board…
Hickory Rotarians celebrated the season with a social gathering at The Crossing at Hollar Mill Thursday evening, December 12, 2013. Rotarian Stan Bumgarner played the role of “Allen Funt” and documented the festivities with “Candid” photos which are featured in the slideshow below.
Hickory Rotary club’s Thursday meeting featured two head basketball coaches – John Lentz (R), head men’s basketball coach at Lenoir Rhyne University was joined by Todd Starkey (L), head coach of Lenoir Rhyne’s women’s basketball team. It is next to impossible to talk about Lenoir-Rhyne men’s basketball without mentioning John Lentz, not only for what…
Hickory Rotary welcomed world renowned sculpture Jon Hair as the featured speaker Thursday. Jon Hair has fulfilled more than 80 public art commissions since beginning his career in 2000, a legendary accomplishment unequaled among sculptors. Jon would like to build North Carolina’s Premiere art attraction in Hickory, NC. If successful, the area would be host…
On Thursday, November 14, 2013, Dr. Helen Martin, program director for the developing physician assistant program at Lenoir-Rhyne University, spoke to Hickory Rotary Club. In 2008, Helen designed and developed the Keiser University Master of Science in Physician Assistant program in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Her experience and expertise will be a valuable asset for Lenoir-Rhyne…
At today’s meeting Hickory Rotary enjoyed a performance by the renowned Kontras Quartet. Performers included Violinist Francois Henkins from South Africa, Violinist Dmitri Pogorelov from Russia, cellist Jean Hatmaker from Illinois (USA) and violist Ben Webber from Illinois (USA), (substituting for Ai Ishida from Japan). The Kontras Quartet is in the fourth and final year…
Today Newton-Conover Rotarian Sylvia Ray, life-long journalist and editor of the Observer News Enterprise, presented a program about the Hickory area polio epidemic and the 54 hour construction of the Hickory Emergency Infantile Paralysis Hospital in 1944. The swift completion of the facility and the effectiveness of treatments received by patients became known as the…
Hickory Police Chief and Rotarian Tom Adkins spoke to Hickory Rotary today. A twenty-six year veteran of Hickory Police Department, Chief Adkins rose through the ranks of the department to become Chief of Police in 2007. During the course of his career, Chief Adkins has had experience within all the various departmental divisions, thus giving…
Cindy Travis, Catawba County Veterans Service Officer, spoke to Hickory Rotary about how the Catawba County Veteran’s Service Office assists Catawba County veterans and their dependents with filing claims with the Veterans Administration for benefits and service. Cindy is accredited with the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs, American Legion veteran’s organization and is Nationally…
Former Duke University basketball standout, Steve Vacendak, spoke to Hickory Rotary. Vacendak played varsity basketball for the Blue Devils from 1964-1966. During that span Duke twice reached the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament. In 1964 Duke finished runner-up to UCLA and in 1966 Duke lost to Kentucky in the national semifinals. During Vacendak’s…
Hickory Rotarian Mitzi Gellman (L), executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Catawba Valley spoke to Hickory Rotary Thursday about Habitat’s service to the Catawba Valley. Joining Mitzi was guest speaker, Meg Robertson (R), Habitat for Humanity Metrolina Partners’ executive director. Started in 2011, Habitat for Humanity Metrolina Partners includes affiliate Habitat partners and 11…
Dr. Fred Witt, Founding Dean and Professor of the College of Health Sciences (CHS) at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC spoke to Hickory Rotary today. Dr. Whitt was named Dean and Professor of the College of Health Sciences in 2010. In only three years of existence, the CHS has experienced unprecedented growth in numbers…
Hickory Rotarian Lisë Swensson, Director of the Hickory Museum of Art, introduced speakers, Robert Eades (M), Linda Greenwell (L) and Cindy Lundy (R) who spoke to the club about Hickory Museum of Art’s 5th Annual Lake Norman Folk Art Festival. Linda and Cindy serve on the Hickory Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees and are…
Dr. Rand Brandes (center), Martin Luther Stevens Professor of English, at Lenoir Rhyne University spoke to the club about the LR Visiting Writers Series which celebrates 25 years of fine writers tonight when Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham opens the 2013-2014 series, at 7:30 PM, at P.E. Monroe auditorium. Accompanying Dr. Brandes was VWS steering…