President David Eardley opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, Four Way Test.
Christine Hage provided our invocation.
HAPPY BUCKS
Rachel Aviles was happy for an amazing Wine Tasting and to have had the honor of having Ray Doerr as a friend.
Don Hobley is happy and filled with pride that his son is the president elect for his Interact Club.
Kyle Johnson is happy for the amazing work that Ray put into the President's Transition Workup and the support it will give him in years to come.
Christine Hage is happy to go on vacation with her son to Spain and Portugal.
Alan Smith is happy to have enjoyed the great Wine Tasting. He is also happy for all the growth the Community House has ahead. With that growth they need supervisors so reach out to him if you know any retired person that wants to get paid to socialize.
Ron Dillido is broken hearted to have lost Ray Doerr but is so happy to have met him years ago in Rochester New York and had him as an asset to our club.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ron Diliddo gave an announcement on our project to assist the OU students from the Ukraine. There are about 14 almost all of which are graduate students. Charities allocated $7,000 and is asking Rotary International to match up to $2,500. We so far have helped with 2 students to support their expenses to stay. We have 2 more students we will be helping with rent this upcoming week as well.
Bill Ebinger shared pictures of Rotary Gateway Park with students that were gathered to learn just this morning as well as the progress on our park progress.
Ernie Schaeffer announced the May 19th Spring Fling at 6. The funds raised here for the foundation will be ear marked for support of Ukraine. Anyone that would like to be a sponsor, please reach out to Ernie. Come for a great time and a good cause!!
BIRTHDAYS AND CLUB ANNIVERSARIES
Happy Birthday to the following Rotarians:
Tim Duncan February 19th
Jeff Whitbey February 19th
Happy Club Anniversary to the following Rotarian:
Stuart Siegner 19 years
SHERIFF'S REPORT
Today's sheriff's report was brought to us by Sherriff Steve Schettenhelm who passed out fines for our 3,000 milestones. All fines collected support Rotary Scholarships. Thank you!
Kyle Johnson gave a recap of our amazing Wine Tasting Event. This event takes a dedicated to committee to get off the ground and we are so grateful for all the work our members put in. Even without the spring expo we had 382 attendees. The silent auction raised over $4,000 so far. To date the total revenue stands at $27,705 though we are still waiting for some odds and ends to come in to provide the final number. The 50/50 raffle for neighborhood house raised about $1,337. The winner also agreed to donate half of their winnings to Rotary. It was an amazing event and we are so grateful for all those who attended and especially those who made it happen.
