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August 12 – Coach Charlie Stubbs Speaks to Thibodaux Rotary

Charlie StubbsSubmitted by Justin Terrebonne

Coach Charlie
Stubbs was the guest speaker at Rotary who discussed the 2014 version of the Nicholls State University Fighting Colonels football team.  Coach Stubbs enters his fifth season as head football coach, and thirty-fourth year overall in the coaching profession.

During his time as head football coach, Coach Stubbs has striven to build a program with a solid foundation the “right way.”  With five recruiting classes under his leadership, Coach Stubbs’ 2014 team includes seventy one players from the State of Louisiana.  He has guided the football program academically from being last in the Southland Conference in APR rankings to the top in both APR ranking and graduation rate.  He has also instilled the importance of community, as many players routinely volunteer for community service as opportunities arise.

The theme for the 2014 football season is “Finish,” and starts with five of the first six games on the road.  Opening with a trip to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, this will be the first time the Nicholls State Football team plays a team from the SEC.  The first home game is September 13 against Henderson State University and Southland Conference play starts on the road at the University of Central Arkansas on September 27.

In addition to helping fund the budget of the athletic department, Coach Stubbs feels that playing programs from the Football Bowl Subdivision helps in recruiting, as it provides opportunities to play against some of the marque programs in college football.

District Governor Dr. Ezora Proctor Visits Thibodaux Rotary Club

Rotary 8/5/14District 6200 Governor (second from left), Dr. Ezora Proctor visited the Thibodaux Rotary Club on Tuesday, August 7.  During her presentation to the club, she recognized individuals for 40 or more years of service to Thibodaux Rotary.  From left is club president, Sandy Holloway congratulating the service medal recipients:  Cam Frost, Dr. Donald Ayo, Mike Gauthier, Harold Block, Bob Blair, Dr. James Peltier, Charles Shaver, Al Badeaux, Dr. Proctor, and her husband, the Reverend Dr. James Proctor, honored but not included in the photo was C. Lindy HofmanDistrict Governor Proctor

Dr. Proctor discussed her goals for District 6200 during her term as Governor for 2014 – 2015:

  • Each club increases its membership by 10% or more before March 5, 2015
  • Each Rotarian donates $100 or more to the Rotary Foundation
  • Each Club becomes an active participant in District 6200 Governor’s Spouse Literacy Nutrition Project for second graders in local community schools
  • Each club strives to achieve the Presidential Citation by April 1, 2015
  • Each Rotarian donates $13.00 or more to eradicate polio
  • District 6200 publishes a monthly newsletter and a pictorial history book
  • District 6200 uses social media as a means of communication, publicity, and enhancement of public image
  • Every Rotarian attends and supports local club, district and zone activities to enhance quality growth an ddevelopment
  • Rotarians who have been members for 4o or more years will be honored during the Governor’s official visit to local clubs

Camp RYLA – Tim McNabb

Tim McNabb Tim McNabb was the guest speaker at Rotary on July 29.  He has been the lead counselor for the District 6200 RYLA program for the past seven years. Tim is the owner of Pinnacle Computer Services, Inc., has been an active member of Rotary for fifteen years, and is a past president of the Houma Rotary Club and a past assistant District Governor for District 6200.
RYLA is an acronym for “Rotary Youth Leadership Awards” which is a leadership development program for Sophmores, Juniors and Seniors in high school that District 6200 hosts at Lake Fausse Point State Park in St Martinville. The four day camp includes presentations, activities, and workshops that cover a variety of topics such as leadership fundamentals and ethics, communication skills, problem solving and conflict management, and community and global citizenship.
Fifty eight campers from District 6200 attended the June 2014 RYLA camp, of which four participants were sponsored by our own club. Each participant completes a questionnaire to place them in one of four categories based on personality. With those results, each participant is assigned a primary and secondary personality type and assigned to a group. As a group, campers participate in team building excercises focusing on the ability of individuals with various personalities to interact together to achieve a common goal centering on the concept that team competition builds better leadership.

Camp RYLA program was June 12-15. Location was Lake Fosse Point State Park. District 6200 puts on the event. Our club sponsored four students. Two atteCamp RYLAnded our Tuesday meeting. Emma Bourgeois, daughter of club member Ron Bourgeois won the speak off competition at camp. She was able to deliver her talk to our club as well. She will be entering her junior year at EDW. Chloe Collins, a senior at EDW also attended the meeting. She commented on the value of attending the camp and how much she got from it. Her personality characteristic was Gold, which she felt was right up her comfort level. Both thanked the club for sending them. They both thought that a big part of the learning process was working together as a team. Other students who attended the camp were Molly Delatte, a senior at THS and Lauren Bergeron, a senior at EDW. They will carry this leadership training into their futures as role models for their generation. By Steve Landry

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