The Uptown Weekly

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown, TXUSA

the exclusively inclusive Rotary club

Rotary Year: July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013

January 3, 2013

Texas Land & Cattle

3130 Lemmon Ave.
Dallas, TX, 75204
Uptown - Lemmon & Cole, near the West Village
Thursdays from 11:45am -1:00pm

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TODAY’S PROGRAM, Thursday, January 3, 2013:

Program: / Annual Chinese Wine Exchange Party
Please bring a wrapped bottle of wine ($10-$20) for the exchange.
Speaker: / Party-No speaker

Here are some pictures from the induction of Kim Roulias. She is our 23rd member!

Rotary Visits the ChineseLanternFestivalatFairPark!

Please join us for a Multi-Rotary club social at the Chinese Lantern Festival!

Date:Friday, January 4, 2013

Time:6pm

Place:Gate 5 at Fair Park on Grand Avenue

1318 South 2nd Avenue

Dallas TX 75210

Tickets:$11/person. (Group rate) Pay Happy in advance or at the event

Parking:$15/car (Recommend car-pooling and sharing the expense.

RSVP:Please contact Happy Franklin if you are attending the Chinese Lantern Festival event and/or joining us ordinner at Sissy’s Southern Kitchen & Bar. or 214-621-4596

Feel free to share with others. The more the merrier!

For those wanting to continue the fun after the Chinese Lantern Festival!!!

Dinner Afterwards: Sissy’s Southern Kitchen & Bar-2929 N. Henderson Avenue Dallas TX 75206

Rotary Cares

This section is for health and personal concerns that you would like to share with the club. Please also feel free to email Rev. Gregg Smith with any personal and confidential concerns.

  • Rev Gregg Smith-prayers for healing and strength.

Member Birthdays

Colladay, Steve Jan 27

Nye, Daniel Jan 16

Uptown Rotarian of the week: Randy Watkins

Name: / Randy Watkins
Classification: / Mortgage Banker
Name of Business: / W.J. Bradley Mortgage
Your Title: / Residential Mortgage Loan Officer
Best way to describe your business: / Residential Home Loans
What you like best about your work: / Helping people get into their homes
Spouse or significant other’s name: / Suzanne Booth
Member‘s Birthday-Month and Day: / 13-Feb
Spouse’s Birthday-Month & Day: / 6-Apr
Education and Degrees Earned: / High School Grad
Famous Person You Would Like to Meet: / Former President George W. Bush
Favorite Kind of Pen and Pen Color: / Pilot G2-Blue
Hobbies: / Running/Triathlon
Foreign Languages Spoken: / None
Children’s Names: / None
Pets-Names, # of, Breed Name: / Rocco-a Selkirk Rex
Favorite Vacation Spot(s): / San Francisco
Favorite Music Group or Genre: / Any
What you like best about Rotary: / Helping people
Proudest Moment: / Graduation from recruit training with UMC
Favorite Sports: / Running/Triathlon
Favorite Restaurants: / Blue Fin
Email: /
Company website: /

Dallas-Uptown Rotary Club Members:

# / Club Member / Occupation / Company Name / Work Phone / Cell Phone / Email Address / B-day / Date Joined
1 / Durane Castleberry / General Contractor / Durane Castleberry / 214-766-7017 / 214-766-7017 / / 6/12 / Charter**
2 / Leslie Clay, PP / Chief Dev. Officer / Hope Cottage / 214-526-8721 / 214-537-4038 / / 6/30 / Charter**
3 / Steve Colladay / Pastor / Unity on Greenville / 214-826-5683 / 214-642-1478 / / 1/27 / 5/5/11
4 / Suzie Collie / Attorney/Banker / Compass Bank / 214-346-6121 / 214-794-3229 / / 8/9 / 8/9/12
5 / Lori Crider / Rental Manager / Semi-Trailer Big Box / 803-873-6332 / 803-873-6332 / / 3/11 / 8/14/10
6 / Owen Devlin / Controller / Neuberger Berman / 469-236-8735 / 469-236-8735 / / 5/4 / 3/8/12
7 / Happy Franklin, PP / Financial Advisor / SWS Financial Svcs / 214-890-4066 / 214-621-4596 / / 7/12 / Charter**
8 / Isabel Giannone / Forensic Investigator / Garland Police Dept / 972-205-2094 / 972-299-5193 / / 8/30 / Charter**
9 / Michael Grishman / Acctg/Bookkeeping / SOS Consulting, LLC / 214-810-8537 / 225-247-8410 / / 10/2 / 3/31/11
10 / Krista Hartman, CP / Personal/Bus. Coach / She Kan! Kompany / 214-762-2477 / 214-762-2477 / / 11/12 / 7/1/10
11 / David Helfer / President / TX Institute for Surgery / 214-647-5390 / 214-437-8869 / / 5/9 / 10/4/12
12 / Melissa Jordan / Corporate Trust/Mktg / Wells Fargo / 469-245-8893 / 469-245-8893 / / 11/29 / 3/4/10
13 / ZZ Kamruddin / General Manager / Southpoint / 615-975-0111 / 615-975-0111 / / 7/9 / 1/5/12*
14 / Gary Kindley / Pastoral Counseling / CCIA, LLC / 817-312-9919 / 817-312-9919 / / 11/29 / 6/28/12
15 / Greg Larrick / Retired Banker / Bank of America / 214-616-4611 / 214-616-4611 / / 7/26 / Charter**
16 / Sissy Littlefield / Business Dev Mgr. / Dallas Credit Union / 214-695-8999 / 214-695-8999 / / 4/4 / 5/15/10*
17 / Daniel Nye / VP-Treasury Mgt / Hillcrest Bank / 214-756-6716 / 214-784-2797 / / 1/16 / 9/8/11
18 / Bonnie Pautler / Realtor / Dave Perry-Miller / 214-558-3655 / 214-558-3655 / / 7/11 / 10/8/09
19 / Kim Roulias / Realtor/Sales & Leasing / Kim Roulias Realty / 214-403-3661 / 214-403-3661 / / 8/25 / 12/19/12
20 / Alicia Slay, PP / Etcetera Style Cons. / Preston Hollow Couture / 214-902-8250 / 214-725-4049 / / 7/25 / 9/4/09
21 / Gregg Smith / Pastor / Oak Lawn UMC / 214-521-5197 / 469-995-6176 / / 1/26 / Charter**
22 / Randy Watkins / Mortgage Banker / W.J. Bradley Mortgage / 972-381-2426 / 214-684-1164 / / 2/13 / 11/8/12
23 / Nathan White / Attorney / The Collie Firm / 214-484-4323 / 214-649-1653 / / 10/24 / Charter**
*Transferred in from another Rotary club
**5/26/09
CP-Club President
PP-Past President