THIS WEEK – Jack Choate, Executive Director

Special Prosecution Unit, Huntsville

The Gyroscope 2019

October Gordon Brown – Oct. 4

Bill Green – Oct. 4 Marcus Gillespie – Oct. 5 Jane Monday – Oct. 17

Luke Gustafson – Oct. 27 Li-Jen Lester – Oct. 29

Aron Kulhavey – Oct. 30

The Gyroscope is a publication of the Rotary

Club of Huntsville Submissions accepted by

noon Friday for the next week

rhondaellisor@shsu.edu

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 VOLUME 21 No. 16

The Mission of Rotary: We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill

and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. Visit www.huntsvillerotary.org

Phillip Allred, Ph.D. FAAA

936-291-2414

1911 22nd St. in Huntsville

Rotary Happenings Pg. 1 Rotary Happenings Pg. 2

Misc. Pg. 3 Leadership Committee Pg. 3&4

THIS WEEK: Jack Choate

Presenting Program

State Rep. Ernest Bailes & Annie Jamarik with President Li-Jen Lester

GUESTS Michelle Wulfson (Li-Jen Lester)

MAKE UPS Newsletter - Rhonda Ellisor; HOPE Garden - Marcus, Bruce & Li-Jen Lester

Good to See You! Buddy Aber Nelson Amaya Todd Armstrong Daniel Bayes Daiquiri Beebe Walter Bennett Clay Bohan Don Burrow Kevin Byal Mike Cochran Bill Daugette Scott Francis Bill Green Karen Hewitt Simeon Hinton Don Johnson Aron Kulhavy Marjolein Lemmon Bruce Lester Li-Jen Lester Carol Mattingly Maria McIver John McManners Jane Monday Lydia Montgomery John Sanders Brent Sherrod Steve Smith Shelley Solow David Standlee J. Turner Mac Woodward

LAST MEETING

Welcome to Rotary

Chad Hargrave Pictured with sponsor, Marcus

Gillespie, District 5910

Governor Betsy Robinson and

President Li-Jen Lester.

THIS WEEK:

Jack K. Choate currently serves as the Executive Director of the Special Prosecution Unit, a statewide prosecutor office. The Special Prosecution Unit is composed of three divisions: a

criminal division that prosecutes criminal cases arising from within the Texas Department of

Criminal Justice; a juvenile division that prosecutes criminal cases arising from within the Texas

Juvenile Justice Department; and a civil division that seeks to civilly commitment sexually violent

predators who are being discharged from a correctional institution. Prior to joining the SPU, Choate

was the Director of Training for the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. He spent most

of his career serving as the First Assistant Criminal District Attorney for Walker County, Texas.

Choate had been with the Walker County Criminal District Attorney’s Office since 1997 and

prosecuted all types of criminal offenses, including juvenile, misdemeanor, and felony offenses.

Choate has lectured frequently to prosecutors and other law enforcement groups on a variety of

criminal justice topics.

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Monthly Rotary 5F Night Friday, Oct. 25 at Carbonero

SAFETY TOWN 2019- 500+ 1st Graders

MEMBERS 2019-20 Buddy Aber Joe Agins

Phillip Allred Nelson Amaya

Todd Armstrong Daniel Bayes

Daiquiri Beebe Walter Bennett Clayton Bohan Gordon Brown

Don Burrow Kevin Byal

Christie Cahill Mike Cochran Terri Coleman Bill Daugette

Jennifer Davis Stephen Davis Will Durham

Stacey Edmonson Kevin Edney

Rhonda Ellisor Stan Foley

Scott Francis Marcus Gillespie

Bill Green Luke Gustafson John Hendricks

Karen Hewitt Simeon Hinton

Ken Holland Chris Holmes

Gary Hood Vance Howard Don Johnson

Carol Joy Aron Kulhavy

Marjolein Lemmon Bruce Lester Li-Jen Lester

Michelle Lyons James Mallery Carol Mattingly Maria McIver

John McManners George Miles Jane Monday

Lydia Montgomery Mari Montgomery

Dana Nicolay Anthony Olivieri

Paul Park Bill Parker

Jacob Paschal Robert Pate

John Sanders Brent Sherrod

Vicki Sides Steven Smith Shelley Solow

Michelle Spencer David Standlee

Anne Stiles David Thompson

James Turner Fred Weinzierl

Darren Williams Mac Woodward Dalene Zender

Abbey Zink

Rotary Club of Huntsville, Texas * Miss the Meeting, Miss the Fun!

Rotary at Fair on the Square 2019

2019-2020 Officers & Board of Directors President, Li-Jen Lester; President-Elect, Todd Armstrong;

Vice President, Karen Hewitt; Secretary, Simeon Hinton;

Treasurer, Todd Armstrong; Past President, Lydia Montgomery;

Sgt. At Arms, David Thompson; Directors: Bill Green, Nelson Amaya, Brent Sherrod, Carol Mattingly, Shelley Solow

Huntsville Rotary Connects the Community

Rotary International President Mark Daniel Maloney’s theme for 2019-20,

Rotary Connects the World, asks Rotarians to strengthen the many ways that Rotary Connects the World, building the connections that allow

talented, thoughtful, and generous people to unite and take meaningful action through Rotary service.

Community Service & Fund-Raising Schedule – Tentative Schedule

Month Event Coordinator/s

July Safety Town Reconstruction I H.O.P.E. Organic Garden Monthly dinner

Bruce Lester, David Standlee Bruce Lester TBA

August Safety Town Reconstruction II H.O.P.E. Organic Garden Monthly dinner

Bruce Lester, David Standlee Bruce Lester TBA

September Safety Town Reconstruction III H.O.P.E. Organic Garden Monthly dinner

Bruce Lester, David Standlee Bruce Lester TBA

October Safety Town Event Fair on the Square H.O.P.E. Organic Garden Monthly dinner

David Standlee Walter Bennet Bruce Lester TBA

November Christmas Stuffing H.O.P.E. Organic Garden

Simeon Hinton Bruce Lester

December Christmas Stuffing H.O.P.E. Organic Garden Christmas Party

Simeon Hinton Bruce Lester TBA

January iLikeMe Book Reading/A2R H.O.P.E. Organic Garden Monthly dinner

Jane Monday Bruce Lester TBA

February Tree Planting WineQuest iLikeMe Book Reading A2R H.O.P.E. Organic Garden Monthly dinner

Marcus Gillespie Karen Hewitt Jennifer Davis Jane Monday Bruce Lester TBA

March I LikeMe! Book Reading

A2R

H.O.P.E. Organic Garden

Monthly dinner

Jennifer Davis

Jane Monday

Bruce Lester

TBA

April iLikeMe Book Reading

A2R

H.O.P.E. Organic Garden

Monthly dinner

Jennifer Davis

Jane Monday

Bruce Lester

TBA

May Trivia Night

H.O.P.E. Organic Garden

ILikeMe Book Distribution

Monthly dinner

Robert Patt

Bruce Lester

Jennifer Davis

TBA

June Rotary Officers Installation

Banquet

Li-Jen Lester