Rotary Club of Huntsville Echo Oct 14th 2015
Jennifer Jerrett welcomed out guests
 
Debbie K's Parents Rose and Armond 
Tammy Bowler a guest of Kim O'Grady
Rebecca our exchange student 
& too our surprise led the club in singing "Ive been working on the railroad" 

Peter Redwood spoke and said that we have secured the train station as our depot for our annual rotary auction. 
You can bring your auction items to the train station Wednesdays and Fridays for 11-4. 
You can reach Peter at 705-783-5839 to make arrangements if you are unable to make those times
We will be using Bidding owl again this year. 
Drew spoke about the women s under 18 hockey tournament. The Rotary club has taken on the selling of programs and raffle tickets. The tournament will take place Nov 4th -8th with the Gold Metal game Sunday evening.
 
Bandshell Update. Ross is working with the town on a location and we really need to VOTE on the Aviva grant opportunity. 
 
The District Governor Liz will visit our club Oct 28th thanks to Ron Strickland for the encouragement. 
The following night will be a night of fellowship at the bowling ally. Starts at 6:30 - 8:30 bowling and a meal is $19 what a deal! 
 
Karen Patterson gave her vocation speech. It was nice to hear a little more about Karen. She has contributed so much to our community with her work in Social Services and Mediation!
Kim O'Grady Membership Chair gave a presentation about this years goals and visions. 
We currently have 43 active members. Our Goal for this year is to have 46. 
If you would like to bring a prospective member the club has changed its policy. 
The 1st lunch-Rotary member pays $15, 2nd lunch guest pays $15, if the decide to join the club, Rotary will pay for 2 lunches. 
 
If you have any questions or would like a prospective member to meet with Kim to answer any questions she would be happy to do so.
 
We also had April & Katy talk about what it is like to be a new member to Rotary. It was very enlightening for many to hear some feedback. We hope the more experienced members take a little more time to explain things, like "Dogfest"!!