Betsy called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m.
Pledge: I forgot who led the pledge.
Invocation: Lisa
Visitors: Clara Sliptula (sp?), Nathan from RotorAct and Patti Sullivan a friend of Jennifer S.
Happy Bucks: Curt wanted to remind us of the dinner fundraiser for his firefighter friend on March 17th; Brand participated in the downtown on tap at United Way and thanked Susan for hosting, he also is receiving new golf clubs in the mail and is looking forward to the poker tournament on Sunday being hosted by the Missoula Downtown Association; Jennifer S is going to PETS this weekend, happy that her friend Patti was attending this morning and also was appreciative of the lunch that she and Joe were able to share; David B was happy for the wonderful dinner and fellowship that Betsy gave as a fundraiser for the Wheeler Property Peace Park in Glacier; Lisa wanted to give a shoutout to Andrew and Fresh market for supplying the lunches for the ski trip with the kids, also a big thank you to Joe and Matt D for organizing it; Dick was appreciative of the dinner party at Betsy's on Friday night; Gary also was appreciative of the dinner party at Betsy's and also mentioned that he would miss everybody next week because of vacationing in NYC; Carl thankful for Betsy's dinner party fundraiser; Betsy thankful for the people that came to support The Wheeler Property Peace Park in Glacier at her dinner; Larry B and Mike B got together for lunch last week.
Trivia: What was the name of the frozen food magnate that worked in the Bitterroot as a naturalist? Birdseye; Also what was the name of the fellow that studies animal diseases and contracted a disease from chickens that he died of? Salmonella
Announcements: April 5th game night at Larry Brehm's home. April 26th is our Ethics seminar; Tonight Rotary Fellowship at Western Cider at 5:30 on California Street
Rotary Minute: Alissa did rotary Trivia and Betsy also mentioned that this year was the 50th anniversary of RotorAct.
David Bardwick introduced our spe4aker Collin Rose from the Missoula Police Depart, former Marine. He talked about his experience in the Gulf War.
Betsy awarded the Rotary coin to Collin for his presentation and the 4-way test was recited.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:25 a.m.