Agnes Reading

President Rosemarie quieted the busy conversations at 12:25pm. We sang The Star Spangled Banner. Art Williams quoted some well known philosophers about the joy of giving of oneself. John Wooten, legendary basketball coach: “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” James Russell Lowell […]

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Practice President Joanne Pierson clanged the very crowded meeting to order at 12:25pm. We sang The Star Spangled Banner. Matt Boylan reminded us to laugh. It has lots of health benefits, and is fun, too. We responded tentatively at first to Dave Keosaian’s rendition of The Judge’s Song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Yeoman of the Guards […]

Practice President Joanne Pierson called her first meeting to order at 12:25pm on National Bow Tie Day (seriously). Accompanied by Tom Strode, our bow tie devotee, we sang The Star Spangled Banner. Dave Keosaisan read a very moving piece from Carl Sagan. Sagan had asked that Voyager 1 take one last picture of Planet Earth […]

President Rosemarie rang the opening bell promptly at 12:25. After we sang My Country ’tis of Thee, Agnes Reading quoted several pundits commenting on the census. Noting that people are the ‘glue’ that make the meetings run smoothly, she thanked the usual suspects. She then recognized Visiting Rotarians, guests, and birthdays. Past President Greg was […]

President Rosemarie quieted a room full of committee meetings with the opening bell promptly at 12:25pm. She called for a Moment of Silence to remember the lives lost over this last weekend. Vic Stoeffler asked where we get our inspiration? He gets his from the indomitable spirit of the people he meets in his psychotherapy […]

President Rosemarie rang the opening bell for our last meeting in July. After the patriotic song, Mary Steffek-Blaske read a very appropriate and inspirational passage from Rachel Carlson about the beauty of nature and the necessity to take care of the environment so each day will be as beautiful for our children as those given […]

Our First Art Fair Meeting, July 17, 2019 President Rosemarie clanged the opening bell for the second time in her presidency. After our singing The Star-Spangled Banner, James Corey read Teddy Roosevelt’s inspirational piece, “The Man in the Arena”, which tells us that the man we should praise is the man who’s out there fighting […]

Dues are Due!  PayPal has been compromised to don’t use the website to pay until further notice. Ryan Petersen opened our Memorial Day meeting with a moving tribute to the U.S Army Old Guard, which attends the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. Slides showed these dedicated young men performing the Memorial […]

Memorial Day was on Jim Irwin’s mind as he reminded us of the beautiful physical features of America and the service of our military personnel.  He and Tom Strode then led us in singing America the Beautiful and God Bless America.  Our Speaker’s topic was anticipated with an inspirational quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson about […]