Fergus Falls Noon Rotary met at the YMCA as usual. Pete handled the admission, Buzz did the greeting and our president Steve Leitte brought the meeting to order. We did have a pianist so we did the anthems, Kathy invoked and Keith was our song leader. We sang “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow” for our immediate past president, Grandfather’s Clock (complete with clink clinks) and did In the Good Old Summer Time in honor of the hail we received the night before. We then sang Smile with the requisite gripping and grinning.
President Steve recognized that Meng was with us again.
Brags and Fines were collected from Tim Hunt who just returned from Kentucky to help marry off a granddaughter but will be leaving tomorrow to visit a brother-in-law with health problems. Wally was canoeing in Hannah Park and Randy bragged about the ducks and was able to say that he can monitor who opens his emails and it sounds like we are a pretty open group.
Announcements were started with Kathy handling attendance recognition with Dave Johnson, Randy Kempfer and Rod Ebersviller in the 90 percentile group. Perfect attendance certificates were presented to Wally Cole, Katie Johnson, Steve Leitte, Keith Olson and Leona Zimmerman, Leona being the only one to do it without the benefit of makeups. Tim kicked in another brag buck or two for Lori’s ability to provide whatever’s needed at meetings after she was able to capture the awards on what used to be known as film.
The committee list was presented by Randy. He said that if you were not comfortable on the committee you attended last year and wanted to change to something more to your liking (he shamelessly plugged the fundraising group) you could speak now or forever, well, you know. If you’re not sure of where you have been assigned, talk to a board member and they’ll let you know or you can let them know your preference.
Katie Johnson reminded us that our club centennial is coming up in a few short years and we have been talking about a project to commemorate the event. An option is to be involved with the new aquatic facility. She is looking for a member of the club who will be able to sit in on a meeting of the aquatic feasibility study group July 25th. You can attend without committing to being the club liaison, at least at first. Talk to Katie for more information.
And continuing on the aquatic front, the Ryan and Randy show took over. Well, it turned out to be the Frank and Josh show with aliases and other accusations floated during the presentation. By the time you read this, the need for all the assignments will have passed and the ducks will be have done their duty as will all of our Rotarians. The nets, waders, kayak and megaphone will return to their normal usage and we will have winners to announce at the next meeting. Mike gets the foresight award for bagging the contenders in bags of fifty each after they were cleaned last year so this year’s job of pulling those without sponsors will be quicker.
Normally this is where the writer would tell all to be at the Duck Derby on the 13th, but timing does not allow so what can be written is, "You shoulda been there.”
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