Attendance:

13 of 26 members attended.

 

Schedule:

We rearranged our schedule for upcoming meetings.  See the Upcoming Events section on the left side of this page.  You may click on a specific event to get more details.

 

Next week (May 6) we will tour the construction site of the new high school.  We will meet at 5:30PM behind the current high school by the green house.  To limit traffic in and out of the construction site, we will carpool to the new building.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

Jim Fahrnbruch reported the following balances:

Checking Account = $2,122.95

Scholarship Fund = $6,251.86

Grant Fund = $89.50

Total = $8,464.31

 

Jim reminded us that we will pay $3,000 in scholarships within the next couple of weeks.

 

Split-the-Pot Drawing:

Our guest speaker Adam Zobel won $7 in the drawing and donated the second $7 to polio eradication.  To the feigned disappointment of the attendees, Adam did not draw the Queen of Spades to win the accumulating pot.

 

Miniature Train:

Tom Parker stated that Harold Jones’s health is declining and he is no longer able to maintain and run the miniature train.  Harold has provided the train for numerous public events in Crete and throughout the area for 29 years.  He would really like to have it remain in Crete but needs someone or a group to purchase it and take responsibility for maintaining and running it.  There was general discussion and people were asked to think about options.

 

Matching Grant Discussion:

After discussion of several opportunities for a project to submit for District matching grant funding, we agreed that we will submit a proposal to build picnic tables and benches.  Rotary Park has no tables and the existing tables at the Scout Cabin need to be replaced.  Depending on costs, we would anticipate building 8-12 tables and placing them at the two sites.

 

Program:

Adam Zobel from Public Health Solutions gave a presentation on cancer prevention.  See accompanying article.