On the evening of June 20, about 48 Rotarians, family and friends, participated in the annual ritual of installing our new officers and directors.  Although the new Rotary year doesn't start until July 1, 2019, our club, because of the Duck Dash, has regularly held an early event.

 

In addition to the installation, there were other recognitions, mainly the awarding of Paul Harris Fellows.  We were honored with having our District Governor, Linda Murray, doing the installation and assisting our Foundation Director in presenting Paul Harris Awards.

 

President Paul presided over the evening event. 

 

 

After the flag salute, and invocation, one of our scholarship recipients was introduced.  She is Shelby Allison, Darrington High School, attending Everett Community College in Cosmetology.

One of the highlight's of Paul's year as President was the giving of $55,000 in scholarships to graduates of Arlington, Weston and Darrington High Schools.

 

 

President Paul reviewed the other accomplishments of the last year. The highlight of this year was, of course, the opening of the Spash Pad at Haller Park.  We've been working on the project since 2014, and our club and its partners raised over $1.8 million to complete the project.  Many of our other projects are highlighted in the separate story of how we spend the charitable dollars we raise and the many hours spent on projects.  In addition we "have had fun" with a social event almost every month.

 

Paul had all the current board members who were present come forward to be recognized with a gift.  He added Paul Abramowicz to the group to recognize his weekly contribution to the club with set-up and handling the audio-visual part of our meetings.

 

Left to Right:  Paul Abramowicz--set-up, Jessica Ronhar--Public Relations, Jim Kelley--Service Projects--Carla Gastineau--Club Administration, Jenie Jones--Assoc. Club Administration' Simona Devries--President Elect, Jennifer Hollocker--Secretary, Kathy McCone--Foundation, & President Paul.  Not in the photo: Bryce Duskin--Vice President, Pam Beaton & Cindy Huleatt--Treasurers, Duane Rhodes--Membership, Mel Simpson--Assoc. Membership, Jody Nelson--Community Funding, Alan Erickson--Assoc. Community Funding, Lyanne Rolf--Youth Services, Sue Weiss--Assoc. Youth Services, Ryan Berg--Assoc. Foundation, Adrian Abed--Assoc. Service Projects, Breanne Martin--Assoc. Public Relations, & Jola Barnett--Past President.

 

Following recognition of the board members, Kathy McCone, Director of Foundation, with the assistance of District Governor Linda, presented Paul Harris Awards to those recipients who were present. The Paul Harris Award was established in recognition of Rotary's founder, to honor those who have donated or had donated $1,000 in his/her name to the Rotary Foundation.  As always, the Paul Harris that is most cherished goes to those who are being recognized for the first time with the award.