Pattie Katcher

The meeting started at 12:30pm with the singing of our National Anthem with Tom Strode at the piano. Our inspirational message today came from Cyril White, who asked us ‘What is your ‘why’?  Self-help materials says we need a strong ‘why’ to achieve goals and the deeper your why, the more it affects the larger […]

After President Mark rang the bell to begin our meeting, Maestro Tom Strode played our National Anthem. Our inspirational message today came from Victor Stoeffler who spoke about an inspirational man who enjoyed a successful baseball career in major leagues including the NY Yankees.  He was the Rookie of the Year, won a Golden Glove […]

12:30 PM “Ring the Bell”  Today’s meeting started with the National Anthem as our patriotic song compliments of Tom Strode.  Our inspirational message today, about Spring, was from one of our newer members, Maggie Williams.  The name of this season was always called Spring.  Initially, the season was called Lent, with the association of the […]

Today’s meeting was called to order at 12:30pm by President Mark Ouimet, followed by Tom Strode’s playing of our patriotic song. Our inspiration message today was provided by Barb Eichmuller who read a poem about words and how impactful our words are in a number of ways, both good and bad.  She ended with a […]

Today’s meeting was called to order at 12:30pm by Mark Ouimet with the Ringing of the Bell, and Tom Strode led us in the National Anthem.   Our inspirational message of the day was from Sara Maddock who noted that February is African American History Month and with that in mind read a moving passage […]

Today’s meeting was called to order at 12:30pm by President Mark with the Ringing of the Bell.  After a long absence from the Anderson Room and it’s piano, Maestro Tom Strode led a full singing crowd with our National Anthem! Kathy Waugh shared our inspirational message today; thoughts from James Quincy, the President & CEO […]

Our meeting was called to order at 12:30 as President Mark rang the bell! Tom Strode’s playing of our National Anthem was a most appropriate Patriotic Song with perfect timing, the day after Election Day! Barbara Niess-May provided our inspirational message today, but not after a hearty congratulations sent to our member, and now State […]

Our meeting was called to order at 12:31 as President Mark rings the bell! Tom Strode played America the Beautiful as our patriotic song. Ryan Peterson provided our inspirational message about rivalry and competition which included some trivia regarding this weekend’s big game – UM vs MSU!  The rivalry between the two teams began in […]

Our meeting was called to order at 12:30pm by President Mark Ouimet, and Tom Strode provided our national anthem for today’s patriotic song. Our inspirational message today was provided by Ryan Peterson.  Ryan spoke about ‘sitting’ in the tension of the near and the far.  Today, here in Ann Arbor (the near) we are comfortable; […]

This week’s meeting was entirely on Zoom, as the Club shifts to a schedule of one meeting per month on Zoom while the remaining meetings of the month will be in hybrid format (Anderson Room & Zoom). Since we were all on Zoom, the meeting was called to order by President Mark using a ‘virtual’ […]