2017 April 5 Rotary Meeting

We heard from our very own Collyn Peterson.  He shared the success of our April 1st E-recycling Saturday.  Rotary welcomed the help of the Andy Hill and Craig Holtzen boys.  It felt good to save one half a truck load of electronics from the land fill or being dumped along side the roadways.

 

Collyn also shared his 3 month stay on Marco Island. 

Did you know that iguanas are an issue on the island due to their appetite for flowers?

Did you know that it is the last paradise built in the United States.

Did you know that history informs us that probably around 4000 BC the Calusa Indians, who may have been the descendants of the Mayans, inhabited the island.

Did you know that in 1870, W.T. Collier brought his wife and nine children to Marco Island. His son, William D. “Captain Bill” Collier, opened a 20-room hotel in 1896 that is today known as Olde Marco Inn. In 1922 Barron G. Collier (no relation to the other Colliers) purchased most of the island

Find more information about the island by going to their website http://www.marco-island-florida.com/hiscul.htm.

 

Did you also know that when in Marco Island you can run into your neighbors here in Kansas and find out that the best place to buy hearing aids is at Costco?