Today we had Dave Kuty as our guest speaker. He is a long-time docent at Henry Cowell State Park. He didn't talk about our redwood state parks in the area, but a recent trip to France where he and his wife paid a visit to the impressionist artist Claude Monet's garden. The French government has preserved Monet's residence and garden as a museum.

Dave Kuty

Monet's Lilies
SLV Rotary
Meeting notes
April 4th, 2018
-Karen rang the bell to start the meeting
-Don led the Pledge
-Bob had the Thought for the Day
-Fraziska introduced our visiting Rotarians and guests:
- Visiting Rotarian Michael Self who exchanged a flag from her club
- Speaker Dave Kuty
- Ken Olson - Boulder Creek Hardware
Announcements:
Saturday, April 7th Area Club Homeless Service Center project
- Several of our club members will be there on Friday to prep the floor
- A group from our club will work on the floors, the rest will sand and paint
- Meet at Felton Faire at 8:15 AM on Saturday to car pool
- Wear old clothes
- Bring tools (sanders, paintbrushes, etc.)
- It will be raining but the benches will be moved indoors, poles can be prepped to paint
-Reminder of upcoming events:
- April 13 BCFD Crab Feed
- April 14th District Training
- April 14th Farm to Table Dinner
- April 21st Wine to Water at the Tannery
- April 28th Lacy J. Dalton
- May 12th SLV Rotary service project at Quail Hollow
- June 9th Lobster Feed in Watsonville
-Karen read a thank you letter to SLV Rotary from Lynn Robinson at VCUM thanking the club for the workday at Valley Churches.
-Karen awarded the perfect attendance scratch off cards.
-Invoices for dues have been sent out, please send your checks to Ken.
-Sue was detective and challenged us with baseball trivia.
-Carol introduced our speaker Dave Kuty and he shared pictures and information about his trip to Monet’s Garden.
-Ed’s number was drawn for the raffle but he didn’t pick the Joker.
-We ended the meeting with our motto Service Above Self and Karen rang the bell.