Spoke 6/11/2015

Posted by Forrest Cole 
 
Forrest was off fishing and claimed he left his computer at home, so this Spoke was a little late.
Sounds like a fishy story to me...
 
 
Called to order by: President Garlan
 
Opening Song: “R-O-T-A-R-Y”
 
Patriotic Song: “America”
 
Invocation: Suellen
 
Song Leader: Rich Wallace   Song: “Don’t Fence Me In”
 
Visiting Rotarians:
None
 
Guests:
None
 
Raffle: Heidi Hoskin won the raffle but drew the Ace of Spades.  Too bad, so sad.
 
Announcements:
  • Look for an upcoming member survey regarding member giving preferences.
  • Carla Skinder was appointed Official Club Photographer.
  • Remember the 3rd. Annual Pie on the 4th. Of July Sale.  Members: sell those tickets and bake those pies!
 
Brags:
  • Carla Skinder has been taking lots of interesting bird photos.
  • Marion Steiner celebrates her 1st. wedding anniversary.
  • Ernst Oidtmann has been staking fire wood, building tiny stone houses and selling pie tickets, with varying degrees of success. 
 
Rotary Minute: Ron Carr talked about Rotary Global Rewards and the Rotary Credit Cards.
 
Speaker: President Garlan and Heidi talked about their recent trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to attend the International Rotary Conference.  About 25,000 Rotarians attended the conference from over 100 counties.  Garlan and Heidi attended many sessions on various, interesting subjects.  Last year worldwide Rotary grew by over 45,000 members.  The theme for next year is “Be A Gift to the World”.  Heidi talked about the adventure of the trip and all the wonderful people they met.
 
Submitted by: Forrest Cole