Weekly Meeting: started at 12:00 by Club President Ken Ruiz. Zoomie attendees included Stuart Dudley
Prayer & Pledge given by: Bill Patterson
Visiting Guests: Peggy Thompson was guest of her husband Roger Thompson, Jay Ball had a guest, Abagail Hilliard, and Past Dist Gov Dwayne Hopkins was a guest to the Club.
Announcements:
- The next Rotary Coffee will be at Taqueria on DeZavala right past the railroad track crossing and start at 9:00am on April 12th
- The Pass The Hat proceeds for April 2024 will go to Kinetic Kids
- The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) will meet on April 20th and our own members Allyson and Theodora will graduate from it.
- Tickets for the Rotary Dist cruise set for May 2-6 are $10 each and can be purchased from Fred Timmons
- Our next community outreach event will be the San Antonio Food Bank, on May 18th, show time will be 8:30 am; Derek has sent out an e-mail for a show-of-hands on those planning on participating
- April 15th is the deadline for ISA and Clark students to submit their resume for scholarship consideration. John Legris and his Scholarship Committee will be meeting soon to review the resumes
- The Speaker gift books this month have been donated by Rand Smith;
- June 27th will be the date of our Club banquet this year with the location being Paesanos’ on Loop 1604. The cost will be $50 per person, starting at 5:30 pm with more details to follow.
This Day in History by John Legris:
This is a national day of:
1. Library outreach Day
2. Farm animals Day
3. Cinnamon crescent Day
On this day in History:
1. On this day in 1912, the Titanic set sail to America and never made it.
2. On this day in 1919, Emiliarr Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary was ambushed and fatally shot.
3. On this day in 1931, Omar Sharef was born.
4. On this day in 1938, Voters in Austria approved the union of Germany and Austria (at the point of a gun)
Fred's Funnies:
Fred’s joke was about a son introducing his girlfriend to his mom and how his mom proved that “Moms Know All”
Membership Minute by Kris Richter:
Club's April social event will be held at the Botika at the Pearl complex on April 17th. More details to follow,
Brags & Confessions:
- None
Umbrella Time:
JD Kitchens owns the umbrellas for the month of April but wasn’t here to use his time.
