Rochester Rotary Club RotoScoop
Regular Weekly Meeting Summary– August 23, 2016
Club President Tom Neveau gaveled the meeting order earlyat 12:08 pm EDT and led 56 Club members and 8 guests to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Paula followed with My Country Tis of Thee, which all attending sang. President Tom led us to recite the Rotary 4-Way test and Gerry Carvey completed the opening of the meeting with a timely invocation citing thanks for country, community service and a better world. Lunch was then served – Sweet Corn, Chicken/Vegetable wraps, Salad Bar and Ice Cream
Tom resumed the meeting by asking Secretary Jeff Whitbey to introduce our guest:
Robert Cruciger from Poland, OH Guest of Jeff Whitbey
Kyle Johnson Guest of Rhonda Panczyk
Val Alef Guest of Jay Eastman
Jim Craig visiting from Houston Texas Rotary
Katalin Schmidt past Paul Harris Scholarship winner and Foreign Exchage Student Guest of Jo Allen
Gerry Jackson PDG Davison
John Somerville Guest of Alan McLellan
Andrea Walker-Liedy Guest of Rhonda Panzcyk
HAPPY BUCKS
Renee Cortright was happy that Kelly Dean was joining the staff of Rochester OPC. Gerry Jackson was happy because today's speaker was his friend and Rodney Hulbert was happy because his sister and nephew had visited Rochester and thoroughly enjoyed geocaching, walking along Rochester's trails and absorbing the beautiful sights.
Do Good leader Janet Drobnich was happy that Abiding Presence Lutheran Church fundraiser for Neighborhood House was a huge success due ample donations of school supplies and overwhelming help from Rotarians like Shirley Gofrank, Maria Willet, Kelly Dean, Jerry Gross, Renee Cortright, Mary Ann Reidinger, Linda Eastman and, Janet's husband, Vaughn,