August 12, 2014 - Meeting Recap

Next week's speaker will be new member Corrin Secrist, who will give her Classification Talk.  Be sure to be there to learn more about our 2nd newest member.

 

Thank You to all who participated in the Stockyard Days Hot Dog Feed.  Fifteen Rotarians helped out and it couldn't have gone better.  One thousand thirty dogs were served to hungry parade marchers, many of whom expressed appreciation for our participation.  No wonder our parade is the third largest community parade in Minnesota, after only the Aquatennial and Winter Carnival Parades.  Kudos to co-chairs George Winiecki and Todd Peck, and also to Dave Hoel, who always gets us a good deal on some of the food.  Thanks also goes to Brian Bona of Bona Brothers for the use of their parking lot.

 

Val Johnson reported that the NBMV Rotary bingo tent grossed $3,000 and that Rotary's net was about $1,200 after expenses.  This year's agreement was that the net proceeds would go to Stockyard Days.  Thanks to all those who volunteered to help.

 

Paul Fournier is still gathering responses for our group outing to see "The Mystery of Irma Vep".  If you haven't let Paul know your preference for October 1st or 8th, please do so as soon as possible.  This show is a real hoot and you don't want to miss it.  Paul can also get you tickets for another performance if you are unable to go on the 1st or 8th.  You can contact Paul at: lmcsubway1@aol.com

 

We welcomed Nils Friberg back after his 17 day teaching stint in Brazil.

 

 

Mark Beisswenger announced that Bob Barmore had won $500 in the Ducky Race Raffle.  Bob was apparently unaware that he had won...perhaps that's how he will explain the oversight to the I.R.S.

 

We celebrated Gerry Tietz' and Val Johnson's birthdays with a rousing Happy Birthday Song while the dynamic duo wore the birthday hats with uncommon grace (see photo below).