Minutes of Mountain Empire Rotary Meeting
Date: October 12, 2017 5:30 p.m. at the Steak Out Restaurant in Sonoita
Meeting and Pledge: led by Sue
Invocation: A moment of silence for the victims of the fires in California.
Members and Guests: Rosann Clark, Sue Archibald, Susan Scott, Joseph DeWolf, Leslie Kramer, Phil Eiker, Susan Phillips
Happy Bucks:
· Sue Phillips was happy that her daughter is doing so well and happy in school in Showlow, finishing high school and taking college classes, too. She tested into a math class above calculus (THANKS to Mr. Melanson at PUHS)!
· Phil is happy that his granddaughter has gotten married in Vermont.
· Leslie is happy to be back home after all her travels and that her Badgers are doing so well!
· Joseph is happy that he has 2 trucks and 6 firefighters in Napa Valley, helping fight the fires.
· Sue Archibald is happy to have donated blood today and that her son is coming home for 2 weeks vacation from the cruise lines.
Announcements & Club Business:
· RYLA applications were reviewed and 2 delegates, sophomores Russell Sherman & Karina Norton, plus 2 alternates, freshmen Hannah Young & Kurt Whitcoe were chosen.
· We have received an invitation to join the Chamber of Commerce. It was suggested that we should invite them to come visit us as guest speakers to inform us about what the chamber is doing currently.
· Sue will be attending the conference and taking along a case of Kief-Joshua wine.
· At the November 1st meeting with the district governor, we will have him do the honors of initiating Rachell. Her family will be invited to attend.
· Next Tuesday night we are on the agenda at the Fairgrounds Board Meeting at 6, to talk about the park.
· With Jim stepping down as treasurer, Megan Peterson will handle the bookkeeping for the club. Susan Scott agreed to be treasurer and will be available to sign checks, etc.
· Sue and Fred handed out the dictionaries to the Patagonia third graders and had a great time, as usual. She would like to invite that teacher to visit the club and talk about how she uses the dictionaries and how much the students appreciate them.
· Tomorrow morning, the Student of the Month will be awarded at PUHS for Math. Math teacher, Gilbert Melanson will [resent that award to his nominee, Matthew Davidson.
· The next meeting will be October 26th at the Steak Out, 5:30 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 6: 30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Rosann Clark