"Do something!" is President David's inspiring message for Lima Rotarians. Rotary International's motto this year is "Be a gift to the world" and President David says we should discover what we're passionate about, and then do something about it. David says we have a long track record of giving through such things as the Rotary Riverwalk, the Children's Christmas Party, scholarships, Polio Plus, and much more. This year he'd like to see us be more active and visible in the community and take on new projects, like the effort to clean up Lake Erie and the outreach to treat those with cataracts in Costa Rica. "We can stand out from the crowd in new and exciting ways. We will achieve great things for those less fortunate, and bring our gifts to the world."
Also at today's meeting, Elaine and Andy Maravola presented a $1,000 check to the Abilities Ball Field...proceeds from Sunday's car show at Westgate Entertainment Center; and during Fellowhsip, Dave Cockerell shared some inappropriate comments from the Bad Boys' Table, along with Ralph's response to them: "What'd he say?"
We said goodbye to President Esther and hello to President David at the Changing of the Guard.
Our MC today was Tim Stanford, with some assistance from Michael Schoenhofer. Invocation by Roy Baldridge, who seemed to utter a small prayer of thanks under his breath...
Cindy Wood gave us a review of the Rotary Foundation's stellar year, and introduced the foundation board's three new members: Jeff Fitzgerald, Butch Kirk, and Judge Warren.
Esther took the podium for the last time as president. She has been saying all year that this is the best Rotary Club in the World, and promptly started listing many of our accomplishments:
Centennial Gala
$100,000 Gift of the Abilities Field
Renovation of Rotary Pavilion
Formation of the first local Interact Club
2 shelter boxes for Nepal
Attendance Increase
64 scholarships this year - over $540,000 total
Many grants to nonprofits, including a great Rottery Year
$16,650 for Rotary International Fund
We also said goodbye to 2 great members - Ken Scott and past president Tom Martin
Esther recognized several members for over 40 years of club service
The Rex Perry award was awarded to Anne Decker
The John Randolph award went to Roy Baldridge
The Goodnight International Service award went to Dr. David Steiner
The Wemmer Vocational Service award went to Joe Patton
Rita Brown received a centennial sculpture for her tireless work on the centennial events this year.
Michael and Tim then took the stage for a gentile (gentle?) roast of our outgoing president - and welcomed in our new president - David Runk.
The Rex Perry Memorial Golf Outing has been rescheduled for July 29.
The Rex Perry Memorial Golf Outing which was flooded out has been rescheduled for July 29. The start time will be a 9:00 a.m. shotgun. Hopefully if you had signed up before you will still be able to attend. I also hope some of you who had schedule conflicts on the previous date will now be able to participate. If you have any questions, please contact Matt Otto at all@wcoil.com. His phone number is (419) 222-2711 or his cell is (567) 371-9395.
The next “Inside Scoop” will be held on September 10th at the Wingate by Wyndam at 7:30 am. These meetings, which are an easy makeup if you need one, are more informal and offer those attending the opportunity to more easily interact about mutual interests and the relationships of Rotary. Please contact David Runk with any questions. His email address is david@csspub.com and his cell phone number is (419) 235-9873.
