Meeting Notes for Oct 1st

Dear Sub-West Rotarians,

It was good to see everyone this week. John Stein got us started with a Groaner. AG Ted Kirchharr led us in Prayer, followed by Al Swann with the Pledge to our Flag, and Harry Tuttle with the 4-Way Test.

I showed a 30 second video about how Rotary needs each one of us.

Happy Dollars were started by Andy Hinton because Alabama was going to play football again this week. Bill Cleary was happy to be at Rotary. Courtney Peterson got a round of applause because he and his wife are expecting a new baby in April. Paul Sinor’s son-in-law is returning from Iraq today.

Sgt-at-Arms Johnny Fayard introduced our Visitors and Guests. Visiting were Dr. Deck Couch, guest of Harry Tuttle; and Bob Bothfeld, Jr., son of Bob Bothfeld. We had one Visiting Rotarian, Bob Campbell of Five Flags.

We celebrated Rotarian anniversaries’ this week with Al Swann (39 years); and Mike Henderson (26 years).

We received a letter from Kathy Karsten, Program Manager at USO Pensacola thanking us for our donations of goodies and cutlery last week. This is an ongoing need so please feel free to bring items to any club meeting. Al Swann gave us a caution from his personal experience with arterial blockages in the legs. Suggested we have our doctors check the blood flow in our legs during routine exams.

The Woolly Booger was AG Ted Kirchharr with an intriguing look at the history of Sub-West in The Rotarian magazine.

Harry Tuttle had the winning raffle ticket and drew the King of Diamonds from a deck with only 42 cards left to miss out on a $475 pot.

The program was yours truly and I went over what the Sub-West Leadership has been doing since July. We are involved in projects that will ultimately affect the lives of over 10,000 people on 2 continents. Thank you for your contribution to Rotary.

Next week our program was changed from Gulf Coast Aerospace & Defense Coalition to Historic Pensacola in Pictures by Deborah Dunlap (tentatively).

Be blessed or be a blessing,

Rick