Tim Hunt provided the invocation but we were without a piano player so there was no singing. We greeted visiting Rotarian David Manning, son of Gene's and a member of the Fargo-Moorhead AM Club. Dean Monke proceeded to introduce our Student Athletes, four of the seven female swimmers who represented Fergus at the State Tournament: Brinn Donais (daughter of Shawn and Kia); Madison Hubert (Derek and Heather); Julia Swanson (Kelly and Jennifer); and Emma Koeckeritz (Al and Darci).
President Steve inducted Anna Walescha into the Club, sponsored by John MacFarlane. President Steve also announced there will be no meeting on the Wednesday between Christmas and New Years, that being December 27th.
Ryan Welle encouraged all of us to find ways to interact with Pepe, inviting him to events, over for dinner, etc.
Ben Durbin passed around the Salvation Army bell ringing schedule again. It was also announced that an anonymous donor has stepped forward and promised to match up to $5,000 donated by club members to Salvation Army at our next two meetings. What a wonderful gesture!
There was a report on our just completed Rose Sale. This year our club sold 261 dozen (last year 262 dozen) and Sunrise sold 153 dozen (109 last year). Our proceeds, after paying expenses, total $2,820.77, while Sunrise raised $1,666.62. Thank you to everyone who participated!
Tim Hunt led off the bragging by indicating that he and Desta spent time in Chicago visiting their son Nathan; he also donated $20 because he could not remember if he paid for his dozen roses or not. Lori Larson announced scholarship applications at M State would open as of December 1. Ben Durbin contributed a scooter buck. Steve Leitte talked about being in Youngstown, Ohio, with family members to celebrate his and Sue's 50th wedding anniversary coming up in December. Finally, Katie Mastel reported that Country Inn is in the process of remodeling all their rooms so there are furnishings available at no more than reasonable price for those who may be interested.
We were then asked to meet in our committees to address the work of our club.