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Charlotte Rotary had another huge attendance to hear the executive vice president of Bank of America, Jim Palermo talk about the development and building efforts of Charlotte's Center City.  Seated at the head table, in addition to our speaker,  were:  Jeanne Swenson (BellSouth Mobility DCS,) Mark Norman (Central YMCA,) Bishop Charlene Kammerer (Western NC Conference/United Methodist Church) who offered our invocation and our popular Charlotte Rotary President Ronnie Pruett (Ronnie A. Pruett, Attorney At Law).  Pete DeWitt (Hanover Realty Co./pictured standing at the MIC) introduced our guests and visiting Rotarians.

John Rogers (Covenant Presbyterian Church) gave one of his typically creative Health & Happiness reports --- always a winner!

David Couch, of - yep, you guessed it - TYLER, TEXAS presented President Ronnie with a banner and, in turn, received a banner from our club.  Charlotte Rotary has enjoyed having David as a regular visitor for the past few months while he's been in our city assisting BOA with Y2K-readiness.

Jim Kiser (Bank of America) took the MIC to introduce his friend and colleague, Jim Palermo.

An awesome and powerful duo:  Jim Palermo and Ronnie Pruett.

Two of the good guys --- just look at those great smiles - Jim Palermo and Bill Wood (First Presbyterian Church.)

Charlotte Rotary enjoys an impressive and interesting roster of special guests: Roy Ronquest, visiting Rotarian from Durban, South Africa, Lez Bromfield, formerly of South Africa, Jim Palermo and President Ronnie.

Roy Ronquest, Leroy Mayne (Mecklenburg County Council/Boy Scouts of America), Lez Bromfield and Jim Palermo talk international deals.

Roy Ronquest and Lez Bromfield propose opening a neighborhood branch of BOA in South Africa to Jim Palermo!

Warren Ludlam (Cruise Holidays of Charlotte) and Chuck Lineberry (Southern Packaging Corp.) discuss the pros and cons of uptown development while 61-year Rotarian Ray Brietz looks on.

Sharon King (Kennedy Charter Public School/Elon Home For Children) chats with Chuck Lineberry about our music programs. Sharon is gracious enough to chair our music committee for the upcoming year.

Jay Deyton, Erskine Harkey (Harkey Corporation), Ed Montague and Tom Lane getting talk about Attendance-boosting for Charlotte Rotary.

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