Posted by Ramona Pleva
President John Racine opened the meeting with God Bless America and the Pledge of Allegiance. Nikki Subkowski delivered our invocation.
Leading us in song and getting us psyched up for this week’s big Show was the Mighty Rotary Chorus.  Under the direction of Chad Hill, our chorus performed their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band Medley.
Mother Fred introduced visiting Rotarians and guests.
President John Racine introduced our newest Rotarian….drum roll please…… Linda Racine!! (Wow, didn’t see that coming!) Linda originally hails from Indiana, attended Ball State University where she earned degrees in music and psychology. She has been a Training Specialist and  Project Manager at NMC. (And somewhere in the middle of all this, John snuck in a kiss to his lovely wife!) Linda retired 3 weeks ago. She’s been very active with a variety of community projects and now she has one more to add to the list! Welcome to the club Linda!
Mark Eckhoff announced that tickets are still available for this week’s show.  As of this time, Wednesday night has sold over 400 tickets! Now we just need to get a more butts in the seats for the other nights.  There might be a few tickets left to the President’s reception for tomorrow night as well. Mark also proclaimed that people in this club have talent – like “real” talent, like enough talent to put on a show! (Whew!!)
Susan Kraus also mentioned that she needs a firm head count for the afterglow at Sorellina’s.  That event takes place Saturday after the last show and is $15/person.
Dan Rickard gave an update on Camps and Services. In March, Camps submitted applications for three federal grants. The requests have been filled, one for Green Lake and the other two for Discovery Peer! There will be work bees and volunteer opportunities coming up. May 19 is a work bee day and Kids Free Fishing Day is slated for June 16.
Happy Birthday to Susan Kraus and Rob Lovell!
The 50/50 had a whopping $139 due to last week’s pot being donated back.  Mike Caruso was the lucky winner!
President John Racine with New Member Linda Racine