It was a great day for a Rotary meeting on January 14, 2020!
God Bless America and the Pledge of Allegiance opened the meeting. President Homer found inspiration from broken New Year’s Resolutions and the upcoming Rotary Show as he offered up the Gratitude and Reflection about angels taking up too much space. (You had to be there!)
Al Bonney led a resounding version of King of The Road with Byron on the ivories and help from Vern, Tim, Marsha, Bob, and Greg.
Tim Tate bellied up to the podium to welcome visiting Rotarians and guests.
Two new members were added to the club. Nikki Subkowski introduced Dave Russell. Dave moved here last summer, owns three businesses and has a lovely wife and two beautiful children. Jeff Hickman introduced Gary Faria. Gary is an attorney from southeast Michigan and has lived in TC since 2015. In that time he has been instrumental in developing the VASA program. Welcome, Dave and Gary.
Marcia Billings made a guest appearance as the Assistant District Governor for the Traverse Bay area. She presented a certificate of appreciation to President Homer for the club’s work in the End Polio Now campaign. On another note, since the Twilight club merged with the Sunrise club last October, the traditional Twilight Rotary club calendars were not created this year. Bummer! But if you need a 2020 calendar, they are probably dirt cheap by now. Also, Marcia put out a plea to any past presidents of our club. Her position as Assistant District Governor will be vacant come July 1 and, well...... she’s looking for someone to take over! So you past presidents just think about that.
Our Students of the Week this week hail from Traverse City West Senior High. Mary Roth is a senior and is the proud granddaughter of our Gil Bogley. Mary is a percussionist in several ensembles. She also is active in Model UN and will go on to study Environmental Conservation in college.
Carson Nowak overcame stuttering as a kid to become a fine public speaker! He has excelled in academics and is active with Student Senate. He plans to attend NMC (Go Hawkowls!) for one year and then will go on to earn a degree in engineering.
A plethora of announcements followed: Phil Murphy: Rotary Show production meetings will start this Saturday, Jan. 18 at 9 am. Please meet at the Rotary office - 2nd floor of the Traverse Connect/TC Chamber building. BYOC.....Bring Your Own Coffee! Benjamin Marentette: Once a month our club serves a “home-cooked meal” (usually frozen lasagna and garlic toast) to the guests staying at Munson Manor. It’s a fun gig with lots of good karma and warm fuzzies thrown in. So get with Benjamin to help out with this carb-filled event! Carla Weaver: A Host Family Celebration evening is planned for Monday, Feb. 10 from 6- 7:30 pm at Kirkbride Hall (GT Commons). The evening is to introduce non-Rotarian families who are interested in being a host family to our fabulous Youth Exchange Students and share hosting stories from seasoned host families. Food will be served (hey, it might even be frozen lasagna!). Max Anderson: There was a Rotary Show Ad Sales Captian’s meeting after today’s meeting. Nick Beadleston: Our club will be doing a service trip to Guatemala in May. Nick was also hosting a meeting after the meeting with info for those interested and he was serving cookies.
A whopping $74 when to Sophia Call, Warren Call’s daughter from the day’s 50/50 raffle.
