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President 2007 -
2008 |
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Her goal was
to have every member of the Kings Bay club involved in fellowship
and service. |
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District Conference in Clearwater was one of the highlights of
Shelby’s years in Rotary. She received the award for “President of
the Year”-mid-sized club and accepted the Zone 34 Literacy Award on
behalf of Kings Bay. Programs for Children and Literacy Issues are
her passions. Over the past years, she has led the Kings Bay club in
Dictionary distribution to third grade students; she has served on
the Leadership Council of Take Stock in Children since its inception
four years ago and mentors a student in Lecanto High School.
Receiving their first District
Simplified Grant to continue the club’s work in developing Kings Bay
Park in Crystal River, the members did two major clean-ups and
installed an historic marker to earmark its continued support of
this beautiful city park. Additionally, the club contributed
$10,000 as they joined a community effort to purchase the land
surrounding the Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River-Kings Bay and
see it turned into an environmental sanctuary.
The Weingarten's are retired. Shelby
is a former educator (administrator, teacher, and trainer.) Julian
is a retired Lt Col., USMC. Married for fifty years, they have a
son, Jeff, and daughter, Beth, and two beautiful granddaughters who
will soon be heading off to college.
Shelby holds degrees from the
University of Maryland- a B.S. in political science and economics,
and M.Ed. in educational administration. She enrolled in The Rotary
Leadership Institute and graduated on May 19, 2007.
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President 2006 - 2007
Edward R. Johnston (Ted)
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Edward Johnston joined Rotary in 1981 and has been involved in the
various aspects of Rotary for more than twenty-five years.
What really keeps Edward Johnston involved in Rotary is the
fellowship of the people in the club united in the ideal of service.
His primary business since 1976 has
been
Edward Russell Johnston Inc.,
a construction company. As a master builder of residential and
commercial buildings, Edward Russell Johnston has made a reputation
of quality craftsmanship by paying attention to customers needs.
Edward holds a Florida State Certified General Contractors license,
Florida Real Estate Brokers license, Federal Aviation Private
Pilot’s license, United States Coast Guard Master Captain’s license,
PADI open water diving license, and is a Certified Fly Casting
Instructor with the Federation of Fly Fishers.
During his
term Kings Bay
Rotary celebrated its 20th Anniversary as a club. Ted initiated a bi-weekly newsletter
a review and rewrite of our By-Laws was done and Jennifer
Jones developed The Rotary Club Of Kings Bay Foundation, a
501c3, organization.
Fellowship and camaraderie were touchstones
of this 20th year. Starting with a "Margarita"
party on Kings Bay, other events included gatherings at the home’s
of members: Chris Gregoriou and Lisa Van Deboe (host for the Wilde
Beast Feast). Participation in fellowship opportunities was at an
all time high.
A check for twenty thousand dollars was
presented to District Foundation chair, Gene Biel and Past District
Foundation chair Paul Slosberg for The Rotary Foundation- the
largest gift in our twenty year history. This gift represented one
thousand dollars for each year of our club’s existence.
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President 2005 - 2006 |
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Roger Proffer, Sr. 2005 - 2006
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Born in Rankin, Michigan in October of 1941 and
raised up on a small farm. Joined the Air Force in 1964, schooled in
electronics and worked as an aircraft radio and radar tech. Spent 3
years overseas in the far East including a time in Viet-Nam. Went back
to Michigan and spent several years working as an Electronics tech. Met
my wife Linda in 1974, we have six children and 16 grandchildren. Spent
the next part of my life as a Baptist missionary to Mexico and was
ordained into the Ministry in 1981. We moved to Crystal River, Florida
in 1987 and started a business,
Military Outlet, Inc. which my wife and I are still operating.
Served on the Crystal River City Council 2002 - 2006 and have served on
political action boards including Heart of Florida, and the Suncoast
League of Cities. I am a Amateur Radio operator "KG4MOI". |
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The international project was a water project for a primitive
village in Honduras. Proffer, Chris Gregoriou, and Joe Festante
traveled to Honduras to assist in the installation of the wells,
pumps, piping and faucets in every home.
During this year, the Kings Bay club landscaped Copeland Park
partnering with Keep Citrus Beautiful, a Master Gardener, and
members of the neighborhood. This project included a major face lift
to the pavilion. Also working with the City of Crystal River, Kings
Bay club provided the manpower to make Kings Bay Park an area
of pride and usefulness to the community.
We hosted the GSE team from
Bangladesh.Other Community
contributions went to the Boys and Girls club, Big Brothers/Big
Sisters, and the Take Stock in Children’s scholarship/mentoring
program. The club moved its meetings to Nicole’s Fine Dining
Restaurant and placed a permanent sign in front of the restaurant.
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President 2004 - 2005 |
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Robert (Bob) Boleware
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A native
Mississippian; born 9/6/38 second of five children born to Leonard &
Geneva Boleware. Graduate of U.S.M., degreed in industrial engineering
and human resources.
Bob spent thirty-eight years in the apparel industry and semi-retired in
1995 as president of a 2000+ employee apparel company in New York.
During his career he left the apparel industry to enter into politics
and served a four year term on the staff of governor William L. Waller
of Mississippi. |
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This year, the club joined with all Citrus Rotary clubs to make a
financial commitment to furnishing the new Hospice House in Lecanto.
Through the generous gift of a building lot given by Rotarian Hugh
McElvey and his wife.
The International Project this year our club purchase a used
Fire Engine with financial support from
C.R. Rotary & delivered it to San Fernando, Mexico, a town of
115,000 without fire protection. The drivers and support team came
from Kings Bay Rotary.
On-going support was given to
community and international organizations: Jessica Lunsford fund,
Tsunami Disaster Relief. This year we hosted the GSE team from New
Zealand.
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President 2003 - 2004 |
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Carolyn Caffee
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This was a monumental year for our Sportsman's Showcase. We were
able to bring the net proceeds from around $7,000 to over $14,000 -
which, ultimately, was more that we could give back to the community
and overseas. During the year, we hosted the GSE team from Holland
and took them for a tour of the Chronicle, Publix (they wanted to
shop in an American store and were given a first class tour by Ray
Pharis, manager of the Citrus Hills store), Citrus County Art League
and then a boat ride provided by member, Galen Clymer. This was the
year, we participated in the Adopt-A-Shore, painted the DAV hall in
Inverness, painted the Boys & Girls Club, supported CASA, the Boy
Scouts and many other fine organizations. We held the Wild Beast
Feast at Phil Noll's house and had our first silent auction.
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President 2002 - 2003 |
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Joseph (Joe) Turck
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The club held its meetings at the Peking Garden Restaurant. To
encourage contributions to Rotary’s Polio Plus Fund, an Iron Lung
was brought from St Pete and placed in the Crystal River Mall.
During a three day period, $1400 was raised to help fund this major,
international project. Other projects included Upward Bound, a
project to encourage student performance in school, the
Adopt-A-Shore cleanup, contributions to Boys Scouts, Boys and Girls
Club, Christmas shopping for students of need, and Relay for Life,
support for the American Cancer Society. G.S.E. was sponsored and a
cocktail party was held at Morning Star Ranch, the home of Joe and
Lynn.
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President 2001 - 2002 |
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Curtis Rich, Sr. and Paul Slosberg
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Curtis Rich
receiving the Fourth
Sapphire
Paul Harris Pin
from PDG
Paul Slosberg
2005 |
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Rich has been
an active member of Rotary since 1975 when he was invited to
join the Inverness Rotary Club. In 1998, he transferred his
membership to the Kings Bay Rotary Club. Under his leadership,
the small club grew by a net 18 members, which is almost
unprecedented. During this tenure, he was involved in several
local projects and a joint international project that helped
provide a renewable energy system for the non-profit youth
environmental education camp in Lameshur Bay within the Virgin
Islands National Park on St. Johns, U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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President 2000 - 2001
Russ Lewandowski |
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President 1999 - 2000
Robert Granger, Charter Member |
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President 1998 - 1999
George Wunch |
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President 1997 - 1998
Julie Kidder First Woman
President. |
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President 1996 - 1997
Jack Reynolds |
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President 1995 - 1996
Mark Yerman |
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President 1994 - 1995
Al Lesbirel |
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President 1992 - 1993
Father James Hoge, Charter Member |
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President 1991 - 1992
Rick Brown |
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President 1990 - 1991
Dick Gustafson |
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President 1989 - 1990
Ronald O’Connell, Charter
Member |
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President 1988 - 1989
Bruce VanVlack, Charter Member |
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President 1987 - 1988
Bill Brockman, Charter Member |
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President 1986 - 1987
Al Lesbirel, First Elected President |
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The club was
chartered in 1986
John Gibbs Appointed as President |
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Charter Members
Jim Blackshear, Bill Brockman, Roy Brown, Eugene Bush. John
Gibbs, Robert Granger, Dick Gustafson,
James Hoge, Foster Jones, Al Lesbirel, Mark Lowe, Charlie Nugent,
Ronald O’Connell, Al Stillman, Del Swafford, Bruce Van Vlack, Tom
Utsey, Ed Velez, Bruno Zioerjen
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