July 1 2013 Eureka Rotary Meeting

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This meeting was the first in the 90^th year of Eureka Rotary, and the venue has changed.  Now we meet at the Elk’s Club on Herrick Avenue.  The Lunch charge was  only $14, and the meal consisted of breaded cutlets, pork, mixed vegetables, rice with slivered almonds, a nice salad bar and a slice of chocolate pie for dessert. 

Greg Pierson gives Nancy five.

Nancy Dean rang the bell as her last official duty as president.  She called on Tom Shallert for the pledge, and John Gierek Jr. for the invocation.  She thanked the members of her board of directors.

Nancy's crew

Present were Keith Crossley, Eric Bergel, and Greg Bowen, and each got a gift.  She also thanked Secretary Dan Heinen and sergeant at arms Dale Warmuth.  Greg Pierson then presented her with the past president’s pin and badge.  She then gave “Ziggy” Ziegenfuss his president’s pin.

Ziggy gets his president's pin

 Ziggy announced that Gregg Gardiner was the new president-elect.  John Harper, Alicia Cox and Mike Downey got director’s pins.  President Ziegenfuss announced the theme of his year “Honor the past, enter the future with the keys to success”. Will the new slogan fit on the cover of the Roster?  We’ll find out in a week.  His first order of business was to reduce annual dues by $80.  He then said those who paid their dues would get a free t-shirt.  He promised more off site meetings, closer scrutiny of attendance, and more world service projects.  “We’re going to make this one heck of a year, and have fun doing it!” 

Dan Kadurna

Dave Dillon presented a special guest, Dan Kadurna.  He was a former Rotary exchange student who we sent to Brazil.  He thanked Rotary and said the experience helped him get into West Point.  He flew helicopters for a while, then retired to go to work  for Aflac in Valparaiso Indiana.  Gregg Gardiner then came up to announce an urgent project. 

Gregg and Kathy Gardiner

Winship School is reopening and needs refurbishment.  280 6^th and 7^th grade students are coming this fall.   It needs Sports equipment, musical instruments, reseeding and leveling the playground, fixing the pot holes on the basketball court, and repairing the gymnasium scoreboard.  It’s a $100,000 project.  They have 7,000 plus 13,000 for musical instruments.  It all needs to be done before August when football camp starts.  Should be a Piece of cake.  Contact Gregg or Kathy Cloney Gardiner if you would like to contribute. 

The Elks Club

Ziggy then promised us that the meetings would all end at 1:30 pm or before, and let us all go at 1:15pm.  It was a promising start to our 90^th year.

They're pinned

Submitted by PP Hank Ingham