Rotary Informer

Petoskey Rotary Noon Club NEWSLETTER

July 03, 2019

Happy 4th of July!

Have a Safe Celebration of the 243rd Year of the Birth of our Nation!

Four Way Test:  John Scholten

Invocation:  Tim Dykstra

Singing/Song:  Howard & Georgia Abbott led us in a patriotic medley of; “You’re a Grand Old Flag”, “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy”, “This Land is Your Land”; and Smile

Calendar Winners:  Read off by Jean Frentz

Calendar Winners July 03, 2019

Visiting Rotarians:  Brian Wagner, Petoskey Sunrise Rotary

Visotors:  SFC David Peters, SSG Kyle Benke, SSG Nicholas Hagstrom, 1SG David Casteneda, Elaine Keiser, Steve Werner, Mike Pattullo, Bob Berg, Jacob Huntman, Carol Thomas, Valerie St Pierre Smith, Chris Parker – New Superintendent of Petoskey Public Schools

Life Events:

Birthdays:  None

Anniversaries: 

John Calabrese 9 Years

Roger Winslow 19 Years

Other Life Events:

Joe Blachy awarded a Paul Harris Fellow award to both of his daughters; Kristen Stallings DVM and Heather Simmer

Dibby Smith had Betsy Newton come draw names out of the following Paul Harris Pools and these names were drawn for awards: Steve Brown 2015, Angie Cranney 2016, Bill Winslow 2017, Bill Winslow 2018

Announcements:

Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra:  Dibby Smith announced two different performances; the first at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Midsummer Night’s Dream on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 8:00 pm and the second at Mission Point, Mackinack Island; Celestial Summer on July 14, 2019 at 2:00 pm and July 18, 2019 at Raven Hill Discovery Center with a 7:00 pm performance. For further information & tickets please check out their website at the following Link

Certificate of Appreciation:  Jane Millar clarified that the certificate of appreciation that was awarded last week went to the school district itself instead of any one individual

Program:  Bob Berg was the presenter today to discuss the development concept for the infamous undeveloped location that used to occupy the square city block at the entrance to downtown Petoskey. The combination of retail, residential, hotel, conference/event center, restaurant, pharmacy, movie theater, underground parking deck, etc. are being proposed. This would include a brownstone building which would contain rental apartments and a movie theater. The concept was met with glowing reviews from our members. For further information you can access the Link describing the project in greater detail: Link

Next Week’s Program:  Jeff Samyn, PT, OCS, CSCS; Power Over Pain- An introduction to the neuroscience of pain and how to deal with it