Fifteen club members met at DeTar Hospital at noon, Monday, March 19, to finalize arrangements for the Fourth Annual Charity Sporting Clay Shoot. Jack reported that the donations had reached $13,925 from 43 donors. This compares to last year’s total of $14,425 form 44 donors. Donald Day estimated that we would collect another four or five thousand dollars before the shoot. There were several donors from last year who had not committed yet, but were expected to do so. Since the meeting donations have risen to $15,125.

Travis reported that arrangements for the grounds committee were underway. He will arrange for a trash trailer to facilitate clean-up. He has arranged for a team to cut wood for the barbecue pits. John Beck is furnishing the wood from some of his clearing activities.

Jack delivered a report from the sheriff on the auction. There are several donated items including a handmade quilt. Mike thinks it will be another good auction. He can still use a few more items. Please look around for some appropriate donations. We are going to send invitations to the auction in hopes of getting a better crowd and better prices. Chief Braaten and the sheriff will donate another meal. The one last year was the highlight of the auction.

Greg has talked to the equipment provider and reported that he and his crew will arrive Thursday evening, so they will have all day Friday to set up the equipment. This year we will have scheduled start times for the Sunday shoot. The starting interval is yet to be determined, but will probably be every 15 minutes. The clay targets are ordered, but not delivered. We increased the quantities of targets by fifty percent in anticipation of more shooters.

The committee agreed that we needed to start concentrating on publicity after April first. We will take advantage of various bulletin boards and public service announcements. Jack will mail postcards to our shooters’ mailing list and will remind donors who have not named their participants to get the names in before the event.

Mary has the food preparation under control. Thanks to our new member, Carolyn Thompson, Homewood Residence will again assist in the food preparation. The steaks are coming from Neumann’s this year. The meal will be similar to those in the past.

Sally will help with getting our manpower aligned for the event. We can still use several people in the field and another two or three to help with registration and the auction.

Cally volunteered the use of her father’s motor home to use as a field office. Carol will do the scoring from there. Jack will give her some training on how the scoring works.

Two big donors. Hypertec, Inc. donated $1,500 to underwrite the cost of clay targets. Ruth Constant donated $1,000 and we gave her credit for underwriting the food.

Corporate sponsors. We have signed ten corporate sponsors so far. They are Suwannee Pipe & Supply, Crossroads Abstract & Title Co., MK Marlow Company, Texas Glass & Tinting, Dow—Union Carbide, Crossroads Cellular, Calvo Janitorial, Brannan Paving, Alexander & Marek, and Chesnick Furniture.

Station sponsors. We, also, have eleven station sponsors who are HEB, Shirley Breedlove, Victoria Business Magazine, Wells-Fargo, The Victoria Advocate, Pryor Sales & Service, Maverick Engineering, Palm Harbor Homes, Greg Haynes Allstate, Jack Whitmire, and Victoria Air Conditioning.

Youth sponsors. This most popular category received donations from: Cole Cole & Easley, Victoria Eye Center, Colonial Funeral Homes, Blackwood Toyota, Hilb Rogal & Hamilton, IBC, Truman Transfer & Storage, Associated Engineers & Surveyors, P&H Goodyear, Hanover Compression, First State Bank of Texas, C.O. Farmer Firestone—Rio Grande, and Six Flags Glass.

Auction sponsors. The following donors donated to the auction—DeTar Regional Healthcare System, Power Street Warehouse, Victoria’s Boutique, Fred M. Fry, Victoria Communications services, Houston Marek & Griffin, Gerald Parker, R.E. Clegg, Cornerstone Properties, and Heritage Mark.

Exchange student news Elliott Perez

In January I went to London and stayed with the Rotary President and her daughter in Holland Park (very, very expensive neighborhood). She is very nice and I still call her from time to time. London was great and the weather was warm with clear skies. The week after I left it snowed! It was probably the best trip I have gone on here.

Second, I went skiing in the Pyrenees. It was warm and it was "tee-shirt and pants" type of skiing. However, it was still fun.

Third, I went to Toulouse to see my American friends this weekend with the Rotary. I met the new New Zealand exchange student in our district. We went to a Chinese restaurant (I call it Chinese-Franco, since they serve baguettes and wine along with the egg rolls). We all had a good laugh together. We went to a dance club that night and danced to Salsa music. It was a lot of fun and then we went back to our cities in France the next day.

April vacation is coming up and I am planning a trip to Belgium or Italy with the girls from Toulouse. My parents are coming here at the end of May and we will be going to the French Riviera and Paris. There will also be a weekend in Spain with my Rotary club here.

Harold joined the club in April, 1962, which is the same year as Bob Martin and Ken Nathan. He was president for 1969-70 and became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1995. He had perfect attendance for the seven years prior to his illness.

He and his son, Bobby—our president, operate Chesnick Furniture Co. in downtown Victoria.

Harold worked to make Victoria a better place by serving on various boards and commissions. These included the Police Department Advisory Board, City Planning Commission, and numerous charity boards.

Income

Dues  Initiation Fees  Meals  Paul Harris Donations  Interest Rotary Foundation Donations  Weekly Raffle Donations 2001 Clay Shoot

5,841  600  33,498  2,475 392 150  1,978  15,246

Total Income                        60,180

Expenses

Total Expenses                                  44,659

Total Income less Expense                   15,521

Assets

Total Assets                                   40,128

Equity                                             40,128