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President Dick opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance at 12:24. Rick Graham led us in prayer and a special request for the Bills on MNF.
Announcements: Donna asked for any late donation for Operation Santa and Kenmore Volunteer Fire Department. Joe Arcara thanked the club for condolences for his sister and for filling in for him during November ,it was a tough month. Cam announced that Evans Bank adopted 50 kids through Gateway-Longview for Christmas. Well done! Chuck announced that the foundation board is meeting this week and next to dole out some money to grant requests that were submitted.
Elisabeth O'Donnell from Gliding Stars is our speaker on 12/13 and on 12/20 the speaker is Lisa Davidson from Kenton School District. No meeting on 12/27
Cathy won $11 on the drawing and Ron drew the 7 of clubs. The pot is growing so we should expect to see John Coogan soon. President Dick asked for confessions and Cathy confessed it is her birthday today and fined herself $6. Some trivia include, who took over as President of Cuba in 1976? Who was crowned on this day in 1804? Name of President Roosevelts speech the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor {Day of Infamy}. And was Otis Readings' song Sitting on The Top of The Bay awarded #1 on the charts posthumously?
Thejan(TJ) Kodituwakku was inducted today as a new member, residential real estate for Keller Williams. Congratulations! TJ moved here from Sri Lank 5 years ago and and also attends UB for Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of Interact in Sri Lanka. Please welcome TJ into the club and get to know him, there is more to this story than i wrote down.
Pat