July 29, 2014 Meeting Recap

Todd Peck introduced Chuck Blake and Chuck's guest, Dori Holt.  Chuck (pictured below with Gerry Tietz) was honored with a Paul Harris Fellowship for contributions to the Rotary Foundation in memory of his wife Pat.  Pat was a very active NBMV Rotarian.  It was wonderful for us to reconnect with Chuck and he knows he is welcome to join us anytime!

 

Rajiv Garg and wife Sangeeta have just celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary.

 

George Winiecki reminded us that helpers for the Stockyard Days Parade Hotdog Feed on Thursday, August 7th, should report at 5:00 to the Bona Brothers location on Old Highway 8 (same location as last year).  We have a lot of hungry mouths to feed and your help will be appreciated.

 

Tim Roche announced that he has accepted a position as president of the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce.  Tim lives in Lakeville, so he'll have a lot less commuting time, and he plans to join the Lakeville Rotary Club.  Tim will be adding his strengths to an already strong Lakeville club.  We will miss Tim's contributions to our club, but we're glad that he'll be continuing his Rotary involvement.  Tim's last day with us is Aug. 19th, so be sure and take a moment to wish him well.

 

Maybe it's just me, but I think MaryAnn Bawden (pictured below) looked quite fetching in her new birthday hat.  What do you think?

 

Margaret will be unable to preside over the August 5th and 12th meetings, so Dana will be wielding the gavel for those meetings.  We had better be on our best behavior so she doesn't change her mind about being president for the 2015-16 Rotary year.

 

As today was a "Fifth Tuesday", we had our first Club Assembly of Margaret's administration.  Each committee met to plan their activities for the year, and committee chairs made brief reports to the entire club.  I, for one, sensed a lot of positive energy in the reports and came away thinking that NBMV Rotary is going to have a great year.