The End of the Year Rotary Party has been moved to Wednesday, August 18 with the plan to be gathering in person.  An outdoor location will be pursued for a late afternoon gathering.  Awards for the Rotarian of the year and Citizen of the year will be presented at that event. 

 

June 2 meeting speaker will be Erin B.  She will be in Uganda and connecting with us from there and sharing the work she is doing with Africa Strong Inc. 

 

The club officers for 2021-22 were presented to the club membership.  All approved these leaders for the next Rotary year.  There is an opening for President Elect for 2021-22.

Carole P bragged that her son from Silicon Valley is visiting them.  She will be driving back with him to California on Friday.  She thanked Jerry for help setting up the zoom meeting today.  She also commented after Jerry’s story that her son is eyeing her husband’s electric bike with interest.

 

Mahmood Z welcomed Carole as leader of today’s meeting and next year’s President.  He also welcomed our speaker Dr Hamlar.

 

Jerry Y told a story about his 20-mile bike ride.  He started out with his buddies and after 2 miles was having trouble breathing.  This was not normal for him so he sat on the park bench for 5-10 minutes to regain his breath and to decide if he should go back home.  Then he remembered he had changed the bike tire the day before, so he checked his equipment and found that the tire was rubbing on the frame.  He adjusted this, got on his bike again, and had no problem biking the remainder of the 20 miles.  The moral of the story – check your equipment if you are having problems.

 

Dr Hamlar continued on this story saying when he is in the operating room and the patient is not responding well, their respond is to look at the equipment first.  He then bragged about the Twin Cities Red Cross.  He is on their board and wanted to thank our community for the support given the Red Cross during the Covid issues.  They have been able to meet the metrics they set for the organization.