July 24 Meeting -- Fine Master Happy (to give for charity) Fines
For the Fine Master segment, there was yet another example of Rotarians stepping up when needed -- Jim Bertucci took the place of Ron Walter today, ably giving us an opportunity to share our Happiness: Chris McClure for being a 1st-time grandparent! Linda Borton to reciprocate and pass the word about husband Edward's fundraising effort, the Woodfield Area Children’s Organization Wingfest (for their website, click here). New member Bill Park was happy his membership opened an opportunity for him to speak about eye health at the Park Ridge Rotary.
Ron Crawford was happy for daughter Andrea's completing an Iron Man half marathon (with all Ron’s biking, there must be exercise in the genes ! For a breathless description of her event, see below). Kris Niemann was happy about club members’ participation in the Sr. Center Golf outing. and Sue Duchek was happy two-fold…for Kris’ great job with the Center and for Sue's own upcoming vacation time in Wisconsin. Mark Tauber was happy for his foursome coming in 2nd and for his Rotarian golf mates Bob Arnold, Bob Heller and Jan Behrens. Mary Cay Chisholm was very happy for the group of club Rotarians becoming the featured sponsor in our sister club's Duffer fundraiser (which even made the news in Detroit!). There was happiness, too, for Rick Koebernick’s impromptu “Rotary meeting" (sic?) Saturday night: Rotary Fellowship can happen at more than at Thursday meetings !
Jim went on to entertain us with (in the spirit of political correctness) a colorful and humorous quiz. Thanks for stepping in, Jim !
Said Ron, "Andrea completed a half Ironman in Muncie, Indiana: it is a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride, and 13.1 mile (1/2 marathon) run. She completed it in 6 hours. We are very proud of her achievement."