The Rotary Club of Traverse City meeting highlights for August 22, 2017, submitted by the one and only Ramona Pleva, DC.
President John Racine opened the meeting with the traditional God Bless America and the Pledge of Allegiance. Gary Hogue delivered our invocation.
The Kingsley Trio (and Company – because there’s always more than 3 of them!) first showered our former club president Ed Downing with birthday serenades followed by an extremely appropriate song for this club entitled “Landlord fill the Flowing Bowl” – which is code for “this is a drinking song”.
Mike Wills introduced a plethora of visiting Rotarians and we also had many Rotarians with guests this week.
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Becky Osborne from the Cocktail Twilight Rotary Club invited us to the R.E.A.D. Fundraiser. R.E.A.D. stands for Rotarians Eating and Dancing (but you could insert the word “drinking” for dancing and you’d still be politically correct!) The event will raise funds for their club’s Born to Read program. The eating and drinking fundraiser will be held on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 5:30 pm– 9 pm at the TCG&CC. Limited seating is available and $50 of your $100 ticket is tax deductible. There will be live music and a silent and live auction with some groovy items available.
Ralph Mittelberger announced the Committee for the Handicap is having a dinner today at the home of Tom and Deb Haase to celebrate all the hard work the committee has put forth this year.
So in case, you can’t make it to the two previous parties, we have another one! Sid Van Slyke announced that the Friends of the Boardman dinner tickets will be on sale starting next week!
And one more party for the calendar (I promise this is the last one!) George Powell reminded us that Jeff Hickman is hosting a riveting event at his home next Tuesday, August 29 for any Rotarians who want to hear the inspiring stories that President John and Past President Mike took away from the Rotary International Convention this past June in Hotlanta! RSVP with Kathy Bussell if you would like to join the fun. Be sure to bring your beverage of choice and something yummy to eat and share.
The 50/50 drawing’s $84 went to John Scott.
Gregg Smith introduced our speaker Marlis Mann. Marlis is a 27-year member of the Suttons Bay Rotary Club and was their first woman president. She has served on several boards and is very active in the community. Her new book Becoming Marlis Mann recounts her youth of growing up in Hitler’s Nazi Germany. However, as every presenter fears, technical difficulties dominated her presentation. Since we know this is a riveting topic, we will have Marlis back as soon as we can to present her story minus the technical challenges. Her book is for sale and it would be a great read prior to her returning to our club.
Next week please make a note that we will meet at the Great Wolf Lodge!
