“We never turn away an animal in need.” That’s what Peggy Brown, community outreach coordinator for the Humane Society of North Texas, told members of the Cleburne Rotary Club on Thursday at the Cleburne Conference Center. Founded in 1905, the HSNT is the oldest animal welfare organization in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. |
Dinosaurs — or at least their bones — were roaming the halls of the Cleburne Conference Center on Thursday. Southwestern Adventist University biological sciences professor Arthur “Art” Chadwick spoke to Cleburne Rotary Club members about the university’s dinosaur museum and how they use 21st century technology and innovation to research dinosaur bones during its weekly luncheon. |
The Cleburne Rotary Club will conduct its seventh annual Rotary’s Ragin’ Roundup fundraiser and community celebration from 5-8 p.m. May 27 at the Cleburne Conference Center at 1501 W. Henderson St. If you know a Rotary club member, you can contact them for ticket information you can contact Dale Gosser at 817-558-2855, ext. 2331, or email dgosser@trcle.com for more information or to purchase tickets. Drawing for $2,000 Apple Gift Card and a 50 Inch TV!!  |
Dr. Tony Torres was awarded the prestigious Service Above Self Award for 2016. Tony was recognized for his relief work that he leads for Rotary. |
Rotary had a real Hoedown when Randy and his Students played some great Fiddle |
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 Kids getting fun gifts and making crafts with Santa at the 2016 Rotary Christmas
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Goats, clowns, dogs and robots figured into the Cleburne Rotary Club’s Thursday luncheon as the club presented vocational service awards to a Cleburne fireman, policeman and a Cleburne ISD teacher.
Members of the award winners’ respective professions nominated the recipients who were recognized for their efforts above and beyond duty’s call.
The recipients included Cleburne Fire Department Engineer Danny Wilson, Cleburne Police Officer Charles “Trey” West and Smith Middle School sixth-grade science teacher Roel Pena.
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.JPG) Cleburne Rotarians enjoyed a rare up close and personal look at owls, kestrels and hawks on Thursday. The birds of prey at times, in between occasional bathroom breaks, appeared just as interested in the Rotarians who showed up to see them.
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The
Cleburne Rotary Club will conduct its first Rotary’s Ragin’
Roundup fundraiser and community celebration from 4-8 p.m. May 27, at
the Cleburne Conference Center.
The event, a fish fry for the Cleburne and Johnson County area, will include a Harley-Davidson motorcycle raffle, a 32-inch TV raffle, bounce houses and face painting for kids,live music by Jimmy Jones and others, a motorcycle show, the Cleburne Police Department’s SWAT Team vehicle and a Cleburne Fire Department truck and slide pole for the kids. A portion of a twisted steel-beam located in one of the World Trade Center buildings will also be on display. The beam will eventually be part of a firefighter’s park and 9/11 memorial in Cleburne when Cleburne’s Fire Station No. 4 is constructed on the north side of town. Some of the funds raised at the event will be go to the construction of the park. Cost for the all-you-can-eat fried fish fundraiser is $10 each for adult meal tickets or $10 for two children. Tickets for the Harley-Davidson raffle are $50 each and tickets for the TV are $5 each. Participants do not have to be present to win. A maximum of 500 Harley tickets will be sold. Members of the Harley Owners Group will present a Harley-Davidson show. All funds raised go to Cleburne Rotary Club programs, such as scholarships,dictionaries for third graders throughout Cleburne ISD and some area county schools, academic achievement awards for Cleburne ISD students,computer projects to Mexico and water filtration projects across the world. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Dale Gosser at 817-558-2855, ext. 2331, or e-mail rotaryharleyraffle@gmail.com. |
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Membership Matters
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The Cleburne Rotary Club Fish Fry funcraising team will discuss the new event scheduled for May 27 at the Cleburne Conference Center.
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At a recently regular meeting at the Cleburne Conference Center, members of the Cleburne Rotary Club helped label and prepare dictionaries for the club to distribute to third-graders through Cleburne ISD and the county. Pictured are Mayor Scott Cain, left, and David Barkley. |
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