The Marion-East Cedar Rapids Rotary celebrated the close of the 2017-18 Rotary year at the Butcher Block Restaurant on June 14. It is a time when the gavel is passed from President Tom Barnes after receiving in from previous Club Presidents to Sarah Hughes, the incoming President who officially takes office on July 1, 2018, the beginning of the new Rotary Year. Awards and recognitions thanking  Club members for their exceptional service to the Club were presented. Jacob Wittrock was selected the 2017-18 "Rotarian of the Year."