President Cheryl, continuing with her theme of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” surprised Ron Nelms, Denise Haynes, and Kay Pitts with shiny new Past President badges. “Um, what about me?” uttered Queen Jackie Maxwell. While Ron was hoping to get rid of extra pacifiers, Cheryl deemed it worthy of a little whine. No worries; a new badge will be ordered posthaste.
Welcome back to Sandra Quigley who had a short leave of absence. Sandra is now serving as Vocational Service Director. She would like to bring back Vocational Moments, so if she asks you to give a short talk on what you do, say Yes!
This week’s Rotary Connection Moment was brought to us by the letter A, as in Athena Collup. The lovely Athena shared how the connections made in Rotary have assisted her in her new role as President of the Bakersfield Association of Realtors.
Announcements
- Club Service – Saturday, August 17 at Nethercutt Museum and Collection (Sylmar). The tour is FREE, but cost of transportation TBA. Sign up on ClubRunner.
- Ridgecrest Earthquake Relief efforts are being conducted through China Lake Rotary. See the District site for details. https://www.rotarydistrict5240.org/
- For more Upcoming Events see below
Finally, to relieve the sting of fines and recognitions, we were introduced to the Coffer Management System or CMS. (Did anyone else notice that these are our president’s initials?) And who was the first? Ken Quarnberg who was super excited about his trip to Crater Lake and gifted our president with a citronella candle and bug spray. The gifts can only go up from here!
We are dark next week! Enjoy those few extra moments of sleep.