MEETING NOTES - June 8, 2011
It was HANNAH’S DAY! Hannah Weilguny, our foreign exchange student for this year is leaving us today and made her final presentation to RER. We will miss her. Hannah has definitely been one of the best exchanges the club has experienced. All the kids are great, Hanna was exceptional. Her guests for the day included her best friend, her parents, her brother and his girlfriend, her little sister and a friend from home. A special thanks to the three host families who helped make Hannah’s stay great and to all of you who found a way to include her in your life this past year.
We had visiting dignitaries today from the District 5160. District Governor Nominee for 2012, Laura Day and Assistant District Governor, Sheila Hurst.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Demotion is June 29th at an undisclosed location with an undisclosed theme. See Bev Stupek or Sue Metcalfe for details. Dinner is only $10 each. Sign up today.
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL WHO DONATED BLOOD TODAY!
The Golf Tourney is this weekend with five teams in play. You might still be able to play or have lunch, contact Tom Price.
Team 5 is having a raffle for a gourmet dinner for six. Tickets are $10 each. See Laura Redwine for details.
Next week is the deadline for increasing your team’s $100. Get with it!
A ribbon cutting for the playground is tonight at 5:30 p.m.
Neal Sternberg has resigned from the club due to business and personal commitments. The King of Ducky Derby will be missed.
The By-Laws were submitted for final approval. A motion was made by Steve Hosler to approve changes to the by-laws and seconded by Kurt Mitchell. The motion was approved.
This week’s Community Builder was presented by Cathy Grindstaff. Carol Diezsi was a teacher for 30 years and is currently the Program Coordinator for the Chemical People, among many other child oriented volunteer programs she has worked on throughout the years. A very deserving person.
Larry Hopson introduced this year’s Camp Royal kids to the club. Beginning on Sunday, 145 future seniors in high school from throughout the District will converge on Camp Royal. Redding East Rotary and Redding Sunset Rotary are sending five candidates this year. Speaking to us today were Marian Mills from Liberty Christian High School and Caitlyn Cinelli and Maddi Carroll from Enterprise High School. (I have no idea We will hear from them again after camp!
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED for our inbound student from France. See Cathy Grindstaff for details.
RECOGNITIONS: Sebastian Newcomb’s dad was fined $50 for the front page newspaper photo of Sebastian having pancakes at the recent Pancake Breakfast.
Garrett Cloney’s dad was fined $100 for being the guest speaker at Foothill High School’s graduation and for handing Garret his diploma.
Tom Smith was thanked for the great coverage in the Record Searchlight of our scholarship recipients.
The 50/50 ticket was Jim Fieder, who gave it to Hannah, who promptly didn’t pull the right marble. Pot is up to $245.
The door prize of the universal $20 was won by Frank Lehmann.