Rotary Forsyth County (Cumming) Speakers This week in history: 1994 Nov. 7, 2019 Secretary of State, courtesy of Dennis Gravitt Nov. 14, 2019 George Foreman becomes oldest Off-Site Lunch Meeting -- Junior Achievement Discovery Center (MUST BRING ID) heavyweight champ Nov. 21, 2019 Ronda Rich, author, courtesy of Stephanie Woody On November 5, 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing�s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Nov. 28, 2019 Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Happy Thanksgiving!! No Meeting! Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to �all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail.� Birthdays Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson�s Jobs Corps work program and None This Week discovered a talent for boxing. �Big George,� as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal Greeters for November for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO�d �Smokin'� Joe Frazier after two Richard Neville rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974�s �Rumble in the Jungle� in James Otwell III Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George Upcoming Events morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room Nov. 4-10: National Interact Week after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center. Dec. 8: Rotary Christmas Party at Bello's, 5 p.m. A decade later, the millions he�d made as a boxer gone, Foreman returned to the ring at age 38 Club Leaders and staged a successful comeback. When he won his second heavyweight title in his 1994 fight against Moorer, becoming the WBA and IBF champ, Foreman was wearing the same red trunks George Galphin he�d had on the night he lost to Ali. President Foreman didn�t hang onto the heavyweight mantle for long. In March 1995, he was stripped of his WBA title after refusing to fight No. 1 contender Tony Tucker, and he gave up his IBF title in June 1995 rather than fight a rematch with Axel Schulz, whom he�d narrowly beat in a Claire H. McDonald controversial judges� decision in April of that same year. Foreman�s last fight was in 1997; he President-Elect lost to Shannon Biggs. He retired with a lifetime record of 76-5. Rotary Foundation Chair Outside of the boxing ring, Foreman, who has five sons, all named George, and five daughters, has become enormously wealthy as an entrepreneur and genial TV pitchman for a variety of J.B. Bader products, including the hugely popular George Foreman Grill. Secretary https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-foreman-becomes-oldest- heavyweight-champ Donna S. Wade Treasurer Zack A. Rice Jr. Welcome Video from District Governor Don Martin Family of Rotary Membership Chair By Leo J. Lawrenson on Monday, July 1, 2019 See video here! Denise Leeson Public Relations Chair Rotary Club of Forsyth County http://www.rotarydistrict6910.org Terri L. Willett PO BOX 57 Club Socials Chair Cumming, GA 30028 [email protected] Stephanie Woody Bulletin Editor Social Media Links Club Programs Chair For more information about our club click on one of the links below: Website Twitter Denton B. Ashway Facebook Sergeant-at-Arms Past Presidents Josh Bray 1975 Tommy Bagwell 1986 Steve Jackson 1997 Bill Kehres 2008 Mike Palmer Club Service Chair 1976 Terry Smith 1987 Tim LeBlanc 1998 Jeff Stephens 2009 Burton Blackmar 1977 Jackie Welch 1988 Denton Ashway 1999 John Weaver 2010 Shan Mize 1978 Larry Boling 1989 Bobby Thomas 2000 Jim Whitney 2011 Taylor Rice Burton Blackmar Youth Services Chair 1979 Zack Rice 1990 Jim Wheeler 2001 Jon McDaniel 2012 George Pirkle 1980 Roger Williams 1991 Rich Brown 2002 Keith Argo 2013 George Pirkle 1981 Tom Miller 1992 Tim Perry 2003 Rich Neville 2014 Mike Smith 1982 Gabe Dukas 1993 Bob McGuinn 2004 Melissa Durand 2015 Rusty Smith Austin McNeely Interact Club Sponsor 1983 Eddie Stowe 1994 Robert Thuss 2005 Brandon Barron 2016 Donna Wade 1984 Dana Miles 1995 Brian Carpenter 2006 Chuck Welch 2017 Eric Duncan 1985 Mike Gravitt 1996 Charles Ammons 2007 Gabe Arango 2018 Ken Terry Ken Terry Past President Paul Harris Fellows In 2016 our club became 100% Paul Harris Fellows! Hans A. Meier II Assistant Governor 1977 Tommy Bagwell Penny McGuinn Jim Whitney Seth Thomas 1978 Jim French Rafe Banks Rex Abbott Donna Wade 1986 Bob McGuinn Rich Brown 2000 Nancy Abbott Lucy Thuss Larry Boling Malvelene Vaughan Melissa Durand Matt Richmond The Four-Way Test Bobby Thomas 1993 Stan Gault Tim Perry 2006 Chuck Welch Of the things we think, say or do... 1987 Gary Allen 1994 Mike Gravitt 2001 Mike Smith 2008 Dana Miles Is it the TRUTH? Bill Carter Shannon Mize Bill Levensalor Eric Duncan Is it FAIR to all concerned? 1988 Jack Manton Charles Welch George Pirkle Mike Palmer Zack Rice Brenda Thomas 2002 Burton Blackmar John Heath Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER 1991 Robert Thuss Chantal Bagwell 2003 Lorne Twiner 2010 John Martin FRIENDSHIPS? Vic Shirley Shaun McGuinn 2004 Bruce Hearn 2014 Linda Duncan D'Arcy Duncan Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Lou Douglas Brian Carpenter Jack Godwin Andrews 1992 Rafe Banks Michael O'Bryan 2005 Jon McDaniel Erin Duncan Topel Jack Heard 1996 Leslie McGuinn Mike Montgomery 2015 Sam Siemon Gabe Arango Jim Wheeler 1997 Denton Ashway Joni Owens Murray Rice Will Watt Fellows 1986 Tommy Bagwell 1999 Rex Abbott 2007 Donna Wade Lorne Twiner 1990 Dick Neville 2001 Jon McDaniel 2008 Eric Duncan Bill Guilfoil Bobby Thomas Rich Brown 2009 Dana Miles Lou Douglas Bill Kehres 2010 John Hall 1995 Brian Carpenter Mike Gravitt 2012 George Pirkle Bob McGuinn 2002 Malvelene Vaughan Dennis Gravitt 1998 Jim Whitney 2003 Mike Montgomery 2013 Jim Wheeler If you have a question about the bulletin/programs, or have a program of interest to the club, please contact Stephanie Woody at [email protected] or mobile 678-878-0516..