District Governor International President
Gary Benmark John Kenny
Springfield, TN Grangemouth, Scotland
Rotary 2009-10
The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands
November 13, 2009
Today,
the two Head Round-ball Coaches at U.C.H.S. visit and bring with them their Senior Squad Members. Coach Sisco will let us meet Josh Batee, K.J. Brooks, Rakim Gaston, and Kendhal Warren, while Coach Suiter will let us meet Whitney Smith and Micah Warford.
Though Coach Suiter is in his first year as coach of the girls team, he has put together some impressive numbers prior to coming here. He spent 5 years at Obion County Central, leaving there with an overall record of 124-47, and won at least 21 games per season, he had 2 Sub State visits in 07 & 08. Prior to OCCHS, he had coached at Fulton City and Spring Hill.
He is a 1988 Graduate of Martin West View, earned his BS Degree from UTM in 1992 and his Masters Degree from UTM in 1998. He has been teaching and coaching for 16 years and has 3 children, Will, Abby, and Maggie
Coach Sisco is in his 11th year at U.C. carrying an over-all record of 234-76, winning the State Crown in 07, & 08, winning 30 or more games in 4 seasons, and a perfect 37-0 in 08. He has coached 2 Mr. Basketball’s in Markese Weddle and M.J. Brown, who are both on Scholarships at UTM.
He is a 1988 Graduate of Union City High School, earned his BS Degree from UTM in 1992. He was also a member of UTM Basketball team 1988-1992 and was a Graduate Assistant at UT Knoxville 1992-93. He has been teaching and coaching for 16 years. Coach Sisco is married to Stephanie and has 2 sons, Will and Wes and a stepdaughter Corey Ann.
Next week, is the last of a series of local coaches visiting Rotary for the promotion of the up-coming basketball season. Coach Lyle LaRue, the new Head Girls Coach at Obion County Central will visit and bring with him Head Boy’s Coach Bill Kail and Cheerleading Coach Eva Essary.
Coach LaRue has fifteen years of coaching under his belt, both as an assistant and head coach. He guided both Dyer County and Crockett County to unprecedented success in separate three-season stints before moving then to Martin, where he’s been an aide in a Westview program that advanced to the state tournament in three of his five seasons there.
He takes over a very successful program at OCCHS, which has averaged more than 21 wins per season it its 48 years of existence and counts more than 1,000 all-time victories and 13 previous state tournament appearances.
Eva Essary is originally from Somerville, TN in Fayette County. She graduated from UTM in May 2004 and began teaching Special Education at OCCHS in the Fall of 2004. She began coaching cheerleading in the Fall of 2006.
Last week
, Union City Rotarian’s dedicated the Friday meeting to our Veterans and in doing so, we had the pleasure of having our newest member, Sgt. Keith Dunning, Union City’s National Guard Recruiter, doing the honors.
Keith had a very informing power-point presentation, but before he went into his presentation, he took a few moments to honor the Veterans present at the meeting. He also spoke sadly and briefly of the Viet-Nam Vets and the way they were treated upon their return to the States.
He explained the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day, saying that both honor veterans, but Memorial Day honors those already passed and Veterans Day honors those still living.
Keith displayed some statistics on past wars, starting with WWI, total Service Members world wide were 4,730,000, with 53,402 deaths, other deaths Non Theater, 63,000, non mortal wounding 204,002, and in 2008 there were 3 living veterans of that war. Next he pointed out the date of 1941 and the beginning of WWII, saying that total Service Members were 16,112,566, Battle Deaths 291,557, Other Deaths, Non Theater, 113,842, Non Mortal Wounding, 671,846, with 2,498,000 Living WWII Veterans in 2008. In his viewing of the equipment that was available to the effort during WWII, as compared to what is available today, he said "WWII Veterans were heroes, and he was very proud to be here in the presence of some of them".
The stats on the Korean War were 5,720,000 Service People, Battle Deaths, 33,741, Other Deaths, Theatre 2,833, Other Deaths, Non-Theatre 17,642, Non Mortal Wounding, 103,284, and 2,400,000 Living Veterans in 2008.
He discussed some of the history of Veterans Day, saying that it first began as Armistice Day in 1919 under President Wilson, and in 1938, Nov. 11, Armistice Day was declared a legal federal holiday by the Congress of the United States. He said in 1954 President Eisenhower changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day, and in 1968 Congress passed the Monday Holiday Law, which established the 4th Mon. in Oct. as the day we Observed the Holiday, and in 1975 Congress returned the date to Nov. 11th, which brings it to date.
Coming Attractions
Nov. 20 - Lyle LaRue, OCCHS Girls Basketball Coach
Nov. 27 - No Meeting
Dec. 04 - Voices of UCES, under the direction of Nolin Cloyd
Dec. 11 - UCES Chorus Kids, under the direction of Liinda Harrelson
Dec. 18 - Senator Roy Herron
Dec. 25 - No Meeting
Birthdays
Nov. 13 - Mark Ward
Nov. 15 - David Critchlow, Sr.
Nov. 15 - Ralph Moore
Nov. 19 - Al Oliver
Anniversaries
Nov. 14 - Lee and Connie Fry
Nov. 14 - Bill and Robbie Koupa
Nov. 17 - Dylan and Cortney Bondurant
Union City Hosts So. Fulton
Kick-off 1:30 P.M.
Kick-Off 11:00 A.M.
