Past President Margaret Parson called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m.
Pledge: Claire
Invocation: Jenny
Guests: Mike McGowan
Happy Bucks: Chris talked about the legacy of Charlie Russell and Chris and his wife are hosting a Charlie Russell party at their house next Thursday; David asked for a laptop to use for today’s presentation; Hugh thanked everybody for successful planting last Thursday; Arnie’s daughter graduated with high honors from nursing school and he got to play in the new fields at the Fort; Gayle’s daughter is graduating from college this Saturday; Curt has his last physical therapy appointment and he is going fishing on the smith river; Cynthia’s grandson is graduating from the U of M, and her awning and bench went down in the storm, they got a senior development thru the city planners off of Dore Lane; Clare has a good friend that is graduating from college and got a job already and she is looking for gift ideas for Mother’s day; Matt did a poker tournament and is going back to Massachusetts to spread the ashes of his folks: Gordy is going to Vegas to play poker with his son and then they will go to Portland for a car show; Lisa flys to Indianapolis to see her kids and then they will be going to Wisconsin to spread her parents ashes and go to a family reunion; Brian skied yesterday and last week his younger brother got married in Seattle; Gary promoted their event at Morgenroth Music and Gary’s condo association had a Cinco DeMayo party and talked everybody into a pedicure on Monday morning; Sandy graduated from leadership Missoula and had a wonderful experience participating; Arnie is going to Seattle to Amazon to talk to them about using timber in their new buildings; David thanked Chris for getting a computer to work for our meeting this morning; Curt’s niece had a friend that had been suspended from school and his mom wanted him to do hard labor. Curt had him muck out horse stalls;
Trivia: Marcus Daly built Riverside the largest house in Montana. 25 Bedrooms, 15 bathrooms;
Steve Clawson gave the Rotary Minute. He talked to us about Rotary and tree planting.
Announcements: Claire mentioned the Insectarium outing with the kids from the youth homes. Curt also mentioned that Wild Life feed at Curt’s house on June 16th. Margaret heard from the Missoula Rotary Foundation Bob Minto and next Wednesday will be presenting a ceremonial check to the Rotary Foundation from the law firm of Garlington Lohn and Robinson in honor of Ty Robinson. Our club is invited just let Margaret know. It is Rotary’s 101st birthday then.
David Bardwick Mike McGowan is an investment advisor and is talking to us today about Bitcoin.
Our speaker was presented with a rotary coin showing the 4-way test and a mention in the dictionary project.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:32 a.m.