TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AND COUNTING

Twenty eight years after its inception, 230 Rotarians, friends and guests mixed and bid generously to the calls of auctioneer, Past President Walter Dahl. The gala evening kicked off with a silent auction and cocktails to the tunes of your Rotary Rooters.
 
Kitty O’Neal (KFBK Newstalk anchor) then MC’d the affairs of the evening including a live auction of vacation spots to vases of lovely flowers during dinner.

Past President Herb Rodebaugh was honored as founder and brainchild of Bids for Kids (28 years ago) by all the living Past Presidents of the Club purchasing from the auction and framing Herb’s letter to United States President Ronald Reagan requesting an auction item from the White House for the very first Bids for Kids in 1985. (See copy of the letter in this Pulse below). The letter will be installed on the Wall of Fame at the Rotary office in June by ceremony with the Past Presidents presiding.

The evening was sprinkled with lovely orchid table centers pieces and three testimonials from representatives of the event’s beneficiary this year, Society for the Blind. Also on display was your Club’s Exhibit recap of its predominant community and worldwide activities this Rotary year. The Exhibit will showcase this weekend at the Rotary District Conference in Reno.

Patrons danced to the “Carpenters” tunes of the band “Close to You” winding up an enjoyable evening.

Many thanks to so many of you who contributed in so many ways to this Club tradition this year. It was the Rotary spirit in full gear and quite remarkable!

Next week will be Armed Forces Day with Kitty O’Neal and a military history as the program. See you on the 21st.

Enjoy a terrific week! Strive for those summits!

Ken Noack, Jr.