Club President Tom Neveau President Tom opened the meeting at 12:05. He led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Paula followed with a lovely arrangement of America the Beautiful. Tom led us in the four way test and Dr. Bill Ebinger led us in the invocation. We had a very tasty meal of ham, au gratin potatoes and peas.
Tom resumed the meeting by asking Secretary Jeff Whitbey to introduce our guest:
-Bill Ebinger is happy to announce that he is leaving Thursday to spend a month at his home in Montana.
-He also announced that in his absence you may see Jeff Whibey if you wish to purchase a brick for Rotary Park.
-Mel Gay simply said “Go Blue”!
-Kelly Dean was happy to announce the annual OPC apple pie sale. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday guests can drive up to the OPC circle drive and pick up a pie, and the OPC will have a booth at the Art and Apples Festival. You may purchase a delicious pie at their booth.
-Alan Mclellan was happy that he and his family spent a nice weekend in Petosky, MI and also happy that his children have started back to school.
-Jan Drobnich was happy that 5 Rotarians have volunteered to peel apples for the OPC on Wednesday beginning at 8:00 AM.
-Mary Lee Kowalczyk was happy that so many Rotarians had shown her great kindness at the passing of two of her sisters in the past 2 weeks.
-Bryan Barnett is happy to announce that the bridge is now open on Adams Rd and all the other construction is complete. He is also happy that he will be judging the apple pie eating contest on September 11.
- Bob Lytle is happy to announce that on Sunday he will be back to work.
- Rodney was happy to announce that he had a great day on the water over the weekend, and only had to fix one thing on the boat during the excursion.
