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Vol 3. No 27 May 2, 2017

TIME MARCHES ON...

It seems so long ago that I started down this path with you and yet it seems like yesterday too. As the song says, “Time marches on”. As you make these plans, always looking toward the future, you think “sure, I have plenty of time for that”. But as it is in life, so it is in Rotary: The things we plan do not always go the way we want or expect. Being president is harder than it looks, or maybe the people who are GOOD AT IT make it look easy? So, here we are together, nearing the end of my road and the beginning of another. I now send to you my sincere thanks for joining me on this journey, for your support along the way and even for your criticism of the paths I have chosen. As a club, I feel like we have been successful in our mission to support our communi-ty: Supporting the Wood Angles with the purchase of a much needed hydraulic dump trailer. Supporting the Inter Faith Food Bank with an LED lighting upgrade. Supporting the next gen-eration with things like Interact and RYLA.

Soon it will be Dirks turn in the barrel, I mean leading the club. His direction and leadership will be, I’m sure, differ-ent from mine as mine was different from Irene’s. These differences and changes are good as they keep things fresh and new. Your continued support of the club and its president is KEY to the success of the club as a whole. Sincerely, {Soon to be} Past-President Mike

TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

Many hands make light work and with a club as active as ours, we need everybody to participate in some way. A

Big thank you to all of you that have agreed to chair or co-chair the various needs in our community efforts. A

few of the folks that have stepped up include:

Steve Cilenti and Barbara Long : Speaker Program co-chairs

John Fritz and Jimmy Wilson : Demolition Derby

Dick Campbell, JoAnn Sprenkle and Frank Verardi: Treasurer Committee

Rick Sprenkle and ____________: Wine Booth operations

Marv Hampton: Big Game Dinner Celebration

Mike Flagg: Pre-Fair cleanup and Dinner

Eric Johnson: Off Site Meeting Co-ordinator in September

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Past President D’arcy and Michelle Porter are on a 90 day leave of ab-sence as they tour France. Within the first week of their vacation, they found a Rotary Plaque in Marsielle, France. Dated 2005, it celebrates the efforts of the local rotary club in the community.

When you travel to the four corners of the world, please take a photo of rotary projects from around the world that you find to share with the club.

ROTARY AROUND THE WORLD

BOWL-A-THON 2017 AWARDS DINNER

Participating groups in this year’s Bowl-A-Thon received a 60% increase over pledges that they reaised for their

fund raising efforts. A grand total of $8,082.00 was given to the various organizations that participated in this

long running fun-raiser.

Chairman John Swift announced his retirement as the Bowl-A-Thon chairman and we will be looking for a new

committee to organize next year’s event.

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DISTRICT 5190

CELEBRATING THE STARS

WHEN: May 18-21,2017

WHERE: Atlantis Casino, Reno, NV

SIGN UP: HERE

Be a part of Rotary District 5190’s biggest event of the year!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE AS WE “DEBUNK”

OUR FELLOW JACKSON ROTARIAN WHO HAS SERVED THIS PAST YEAR

AS OUR DISTRICT GOVERNOR

Here are some of the things you’ll see and do:

Keynote Speech from RI President John F. Germ

Women in Rotary Luncheon Event

Keynote Speech from RI Director & Incoming VP H. Dean Rohrs

Rotary Youth Track Luncheon Event

Music & Speech Contests Golf Tournament

Informative Breakout Sessions

House of Friendship Basket Auction

RYE Students Demo Their Favorite Recipes

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Tuesday May 2nd - Anne Platt: Sutter Amador Hospital

Tuesday May 9th - Board Meeting at 4:30pm

Tuesday May 9th - Club Assembly

Saturday May 13th - Club Board Retreat at National Hotel

Tuesday May 16th - Vance Mueller: Oakland Raiders

Saturday May 20th—Op Care Hollywood Night

May 18-20, 2017 - District Conference in Reno

Tuesday May 23rd - Possible Off-Site Meeting at Amador Brewing (TBD?)

Tuesday May 30th - Todd Peterson : STARS

June 10-11, 2017 - Highland Games at Fairgrounds

June 11-14, 2017 –RI Convention in Atlanta, GA

Tuesday July 4th—HOLIDAY: CLUB DARK

>>CLUB CALENDAR: SAVE THE DATE<<

President— Mike Flagg

Past President— Irene Perbal

President Elect— Dirk Wentling

President Elect Nominee— Art Long

Secretary— Tina Flagg

Exec. Secretary— John Sullivan

Treasurer— Richard Campbell

District Governor —John Sullivan

Directors

Club Administration—Ron Floyd

Membership—Marv Hampton

Public Relations—Tammie Crabtree

Service Projects—Alan Roberts

Youth Services—Jim Wilmarth

Foundation Chair—Eric Johnson

Fund Management—Stan Lukowicz

Rotary Club of Jackson 2016-2017

Board of Directors

THANK YOU

We appreciate the assistance offered by the fol-

lowing members in creating this week’s news-

letter:

Dirk Wentling—Photography and Content

D’Arcy Porter—Photography and Content

Barbara Long—Content

Michael Flagg—Content

MAY BIRTHDAYS

Watts Monica May 7

Des Voignes Keith May 31