On a snowy Monday in February, during Happy Bucks at the end of meeting, Harold casually dropped the fact that he would be retiring from Rotary. As a club we couldn’t let him go without a BIG HURRAH. So we met the following week at Red Rock Falls and we all shared memories of Harold. His son and daughter in law were present and a lovely dinner was shared by all. Paul Rizza and Ken Harris shared memories of Horse shows with Harold. Kim Hohmann recalled always having a buddy at the cashiers desk at the Pancake Days and Steve Harding told me that Harold was one of the people…

  On February 21, we gathered at Red Rock Falls to help send Harold off with a big party but also to celebrate Rotary’s 113th birthday!!  What an achievement. RI asked us to celebrate in a number of ways.  Our very own Judy Hughes, as District Governor, donated $113 to the Rotary Foundation and as a club we signed 113 cards for area nursing homes.  I love the idea of being able to celebrate Rotary milestones *as a club*.  I enjoy doing things together.  

Seriously this should probably be put into the Main Headline portion of this newsletter because Rotaractors are the main topic here.  This photo was taken during the set up phase of WinterFest.  Keep this event on your radar folks—this will become a big fundraiser for the Rotaract club.  This club, with the help of Colleen Gray and Brad Killmeyer is bound for great things!  Stay tuned for all they do.