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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Kerrville!
Kerrville
Service Above Self
We meet Wednesdays at 11:45 AM
The Kerrville Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
201 Holdsworth Drive
Kerrville, TX  78028
United States of America
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Stories
Veterans Day program
 
Tom Terrell provided the Veterans Day program this year, as he has for a  number of years, introducing four veterans and telling a bit about their service stories.
 
 
Left to right: Rotarian Ed Hamilton, Keith Selvey, Beck Gibson, and Vernon Ollar.
 
Ed Hamilton was a USAF Lieutenant Colonel, and served tours in Europe and Vietnam. He flew an AC-130 cargo plane and also was a helicopter pilot. He had numerous experiences, including one time his brakes failed and he went off the end of a runway. Ed calmly backed the plane up, and later realized he had gone into a mine field at the end of the runway.  He retired in 1975 after 20 years in the Air Force, and moved to Kerrville, and has made his home here ever since.
 
 
Keith Selvey, pictured above as the captain of this high school football team, was in the infantry in the Army in WWII. He was the fourth of eleven children, and was drafted in June 1941.  By 1944 he was promoted to sergeant, and was sent to the island of New Britain. He fought the Japanese and had several close brushes with mortality, fighting out of a fox hole and spending 120 straight days in the jungle in combat.  After the war, Keith became a commanding officer in the National Guard.
 
 
Beck Gipson was a warrant officer in the US Army during the Vietnam War.  He  wanted to fly planes but ended up flying helicopters instead. Beck had several close calls including one instance where his helicopter was losing power and crash landed 100 yards from shore. He helped his companions swim to shore and later found out he had ruptured disks in his back.  
 
 
 
Vernon Ollar served in the US Army in World War II, achieving the rank of corporal. He was part of the D-Day invasion at Normandy, and his craft took a hit near Omaha Beach.  They hailed another craft and transferred their gear, but had to disembark in 6' of water. They improvised by using life preservers on top of their equipment to float to shore. Their first assignment was to support the Rangers, who lost sixty percent of their men.  His next duty included eleven months serving in France. Vern later returned to Normandy in 2014 and was honored  in a special memorial event.
Song and prayer
George Eychner led us in song, and Stephanie Miller led us in prayer to start the meeting last week.
 
 
New Member
 
John Civello Jr., MD is the newest member of our Rotary Club. John is a retired psychiatrist, as well as an utralight pilot and drone enthusiast.  Welcome to the club, John!
Families in Rotary
 Just giving thanks to all First Responders that responded to the Incident that happened on 
 Monday night and Tuesday.
Rotary News you can Use
Volunteer for ringing the bell for the Salvation Army at Gibson's, starting November 30th, and continuing for four consecutive Saturdays. Just go to the our Rotary Club Website to sign up.  kerrvillerotary.org   
 
 
 
Our Rotary Club has another unique speaker scheduled to speak this Wednesday.  FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs will be speaking on mass shootings and human trafficking.  His program will be longer than most.  For that reason, the buffet lunch service will be available beginning at 11:30, with our meeting beginning at 12:00.
 
A number of special guests will be attending this meeting.  If you plan on bringing a guest, please let Robin Miears (robin@joecookagency.com) or me (charlie@kerrvilletexascvb.com) know by Tuesday afternoon so we can make certain our room will accommodate the larger crowd.
 
Stay warm the next few days; and, we'll look forward to seeing each of you on Wednesday.
 
Charlie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
E. Bruce Curry
February 2
 
Barry Cannon
February 8
 
David Horn
February 8
 
Guy R Overby
February 9
 
Michelle McGinnis
February 12
 
Traci Tenery Davis
February 18
 
Tricia Byrom
February 18
 
Brian Bowers
February 19
 
Diane Green
February 23
 
Jeff Talarico
February 24
 
George Eychner
February 27
 
Delmar Hiller
February 28
 
Ken Asel
February 28
 
Spouse Birthdays
David LeMeilleur
February 3
 
Jessica Binder
February 14
 
Rebecca
February 14
 
Gary Miears
February 17
 
Caryn Talarico
February 19
 
Sandy Lang
February 21
 
Anniversaries
Jeff Wendling
Freya
February 1
 
Mark McDaniel
February 1
 
Bill Crumrine, Jr.
Pam Crumrine
February 5
 
Norma Baldwin
Jim Baldwin
February 10
 
Douglas R. Whinnery
Sue Whinnery
February 20
 
Sue Whinnery
Douglas Whinnery
February 20
 
Tim Cooney
Stephanie Cooney
February 26
 
Ken Asel
February 27
 
Join Date
A.L. (Curg) Starkey
February 1, 1993
27 years
 
Ronald (Ron) Blilie
February 1, 1986
34 years
 
John Miller
February 4, 2004
16 years
 
Mike Wilson
February 6, 2019
1 year
 
Johnny Grimes
February 13, 2008
12 years
 
Kellie Early
February 17, 2016
4 years
 
Andrea Wilson
February 19, 2003
17 years
 
David Jones
February 19, 1991
29 years
 
Bob Rothe
February 20, 2008
12 years
 
Amber Thomason
February 21, 2018
2 years
 
Cayman Gentry
February 21, 2017
3 years
 
Chris Braaten
February 21, 2018
2 years
 
Jon Hepner
February 22, 1983
37 years
 
Bret Ford
February 26, 1997
23 years
 
Quincy Smith
February 26, 2014
6 years
 
Ken Asel
February 27, 2004
16 years
 

Contact The Rotary Club of Kerrville

Club Administrator:
Kristy Vandenberg, (713) 397-6176
Website: www.kerrvillerotary.org
eMail: kerrvillerotary@gmail.com