Posted by Terry Newton on Mar 07, 2018

Petoskey Rotary Noon Club NEWSLETTER
March 7, 2018

Howard Richards led us in “America the Beautiful”

Four Way Test:  Paul Schemanski        

Invocation:  Stuart Fenton

Calendar Winners:  John Calabrese read the calendar winners; Link

Visiting Rotarians:  None today

Visitors:  Sandra Lee and Kurt Grangood

Life Events:

Rotary Anniversaries:

Jeff Bodette; 20 years

Birthday this week; Chris Etienne

Announcements:

Restaurant Week:  Georgia Abbott, with her last announcement as Harbor Springs Chamber director, let us know that it was Restaurant week

Rotary Foundation News:  Dave Thomas presented Chris Etienne and Bob Waldvogel (standing in for Kent Cartwright) certificates of appreciation form the Rotary Foundation for their work this past year

Northern Community Mediation:  Christian Smith let us know about the Northern Community Mediation fundraiser movie night Monday March 12th

Rotary Swirls News:  The first annual Rotary Swirl raised $700 for the foundation.  We are looking forward to next year’s event.  There were members from Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Boyne City and all 3 Petoskey clubs in attendance

PROGRAM:

Jennifer Buchannan from the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council along with Massie Dauster, their AmeriCorps employee presented an interesting program on water friendly landscaping. It is great that we have a group in our area so dedicated to protecting our great fresh water resource

Next Week’s Program:  Coleen Downey: VSA Michigan; The State Organization on Arts and Disability