West Jax Rotary

Dan Hicken
Channel 12 Sports Anchor

Dan began working at 12 News (now known as First Coast News, airing in Jacksonville on both NBC12 and ABC25) as an intern immediately after graduating from the University of Florida He was promoted to sports producer in September 1988 weekend sports anchor in June 1988, and sports director in March 1991.

Dan has won several awards for his work at First Coast News News Including an Emmy for his series on Jacksonville’s quest for a NFL team and an award for the best sportscast in the state In 1992

Since the arrival of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Dan’s already busy schedule has become even more hectic. As sports director of the Jaguars official television station during the team’s first six years of existence, Dan had been involved in countless Jaguars shows and reports. He is now host to numerous sports related specials and First Coast News Sunday Sports Final.

Dan is marned to Reagan, a local school teacher and has 3 beautiful children: Danielle, Drew and Brooks.

His community affilations include Church of the Redeemer, Tom Coughlin’s Jay Fund and the Otis Smith Foundation. In what little free time he has, Dan enjoys all sports (of course), and reading.

Perfect Attendance Awards will be presented at the August 27th meeting. Recipients are:

Bill Gay — 41 years

Bill Scheu — 8 years

Rupert Bliss — 39 years

Scott Hudson — 7 years

Frank Houser — 36 years

Scott Imray — 7 years

Harry Roddenberry — 31 years

Frank Scheu — 7 years

Jerry Mackoul — 30 years

Diane Ballard — 6 years

Ken Baker — 26 years

Marshall Butler — 6 years

Bob Kidd — 26 years

David Long — 6 years

Jim Lanier, Jr. — 25 years

Vince Coyle — 5 years

Jim Overton — 23 years

Tom Sandlin — 5 years

Bill Gladney — 21 years

Jimmy Kelly — 4 years

John Barley — 20 years

Jerry Spinks — 4 years

Charlie Wilson — 20 years

Rob Conolly — 3 years

John Runion — 18 years

Will Croft — 3 years

Clint Dawkins — 17 years

Joe Eberly — 3 years

Barry Allred — 16 years

Joe Hayworth — 3 years

Bob Goodwin — 16 years

Tom Watson — 3 years

Tommy Gower — 16 years

Craig Hartwig — 2 years

Dave Collier — 15 years

Tommy Platt — 2 years

Cecil Gibson — 15 years

Frank Surface — 2 years

Ham Cooke — 14 years

Chris Bergey — 1 years

Joe Springer — 13 years

Jeff Collins — 1 years

Ron Roberts — 12 years

Bill Howey — 1 years

Stew Irwin — 11 years

Mark Hulsey — 1 years

Bobby Walton — 11 years

Bob Hyde, Jr. — 1 years

Phil Voss — 10 years

Mark O’Steen — 1 years

Mike Crumpler — 8 years

Drew Story — 1 years

Rob Overly — 8 years

Terry Vereen — 1 years

While we believe this list to be accurate, if there are any discrepancies, please advise the club secretary. Perfect attendance is a very serious matter and we don’t want to shortchange anyone.

Notes

There were several announcements as follow:

* A Dove Shoot will be tentatively scheduled for September in Southern Georgia. Dove season is from Sept. 6-21 in Georgia.
* Jerry Spence - Director of Club Administration updated the group on the latest information, including a new club website that would be available next week.
* Ham Cooke reminded the group of the opportunity to serve at the Salzbacher Center on Saturday August 23rd.
* A board meeting was scheduled after the regular meeting
* Robert Overly returned from Panama and brought a Rotary banner back to the group to commemorate his trip.

Jimmy Kelly, Program Director, introduced Cole Pepper as the Guest speaker. Cole is the Sports Director for WOKV radio and the voice of the Jaguars. He briefed the group on updates in regards to how the Jaguars would fair in the upcoming season, as well as information regarding the GA/FLA game and an interesting opportunity for JU as they travel to Appalachian State. Cole took questions from the group and provided riveting and entertaining comments as well.

Visiting Rotarians:
Marcus Drewa — South Jax Club
Ken Wilson — South Jax Club
Ed Witt, Sr. — Downtown Club
Ed Witt, Jr. — Downtown Club
Henry Beckwith — Downtown Club

Rotary guests:
Tony Cantrone — Guest of Ike Sherlock
Paul Whitmore — Guest of Lee Wimberley
David Taylor — Guest of Frank Surface

Birthdays

August 22 — Irby Exley
August 27 — Jeffrey Collins

Next Week

Greeters — TBD
Invocation — Joseph Myers
Pledge — Steve Noack
Four-way Test — John Bickerstaff
Speaker — Jim Adams, CEO, Family Support
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