President Sandra Lane brought the meeting to order at 12:15 PM at Purkey’s Pink Apple with Ron Furman leading the Pledge of Allegiance and Tommy Kukuchka giving the Invocation.

 

 

Loghan Hirkey - Wyoming/Lackawanna County Dairy Princess
Leslie Hirkey – mother of Dairy Princess
 

 

Ad Buck – Patty Ehrenzeller reminded everyone about the canoe/kayak river challenge on Sunday with the Kiwanis. 

 

There will be a Wyo Cty Chamber Fall Fest Mixer Sept 26 from 5-9 PM at Shadowbrook Resort with live music, hot d’oeuvres, a cash bar, raffles and more.  Tickets start at $25.

 

 

We are being challenged by Kiwanis.  To help the Challenge, the club will pay the registration fee for any Rotarian that wants to participate.  We need to have a larger number of participants than Kiwanis.  Starts at noon, register any time after 10 AM.  Patty will keep track of our members and club will pay for them.

 

 

Norm Kelly talked about the Cluster 2 Installation Dinner. Lots of smaller clubs in our Cluster, Forest City had several great programs.  Trail had 15 different projects.  Even though the small clubs only make $500 to $2,000 per project, they are very active.

 

 

Celebration of Life at Moose Lodge 6-9 PM Wed, July 24. Dick was a 55-year Rotarian and Club President in 1981-1982. Board approved a $500 donation to the Wyoming County Chapter of the Am Red Cross in his memory.

 

 

The next Flash Meeting will be Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 5:30 pm at Bogey’s Restaurant. It will be the first Flash Meeting under Sandy’s Presidency. 

 

 

Ron did a talk on maple syrup for the Peace Camp kids with pancakes and maple syrup.  Mike Markovitz there today.

 

 

 

 

 

The next Meeting will be Monday evening Aug 5 at 6 pm at the Tunkhannock Library.

 

 

Ordering ID badges for everyone. Will be magnetic and in basket, so take it and return at tend of the meeting. 

 

Fireside chat in Spring and Fall for new members, their sponsors and some members. There will also be new member check lists.

 

 

Chelsea wants to organize a PR committee meeting to map out PR needs and plans for the next year. 

 

 

See the July District newsletter for information on the various events and activities happening in District 7410. Please support our fellow Rotarians at other clubs in our District for their fun upcoming activities/events.

 

 

The District is sponsoring seats at an Aug 11 RailRiders Baseball game. Tickets are $12 each with half going to Polio.  Please contact Elaine Walker for tickets since the Club purchased 40 tickets for members, family and friends to repurchase.

Prior to adjournment, Ruth Gorski led the recitation of the 4-Way Test by the attendees.

 

 

Loghan began her reign in June 2019. She has been doing talks to children and this is her first time speaking to adults. 

 

She will compete in the state pageant in Sept.  She will perform a skit and read her speech, “Refueling with chocolate milk”. Loghan read her State Pageant Speech that informs athletic directors/coaches the benefit of drinking Chocolate Milk to refuel your body after an intense game or being active.  If drink 16 oz of choc milk after exercise athletes have fewer muscle injuries than other drinks after exercise. 

 

There is a state-wide campaign to “Fill a Glass with Hope” by several Dairy associations to ensure families do not go hungry by providing them with fresh milk from food banks. She asked for donations to help fund this program. She will take donations to the Pittston food bank, since they have a large refrigeration system to store the milk.

 

Terri asked about advertising the program at Seven Loaves Soup Kitchen to let families know about the availability of milk at the Pittston food bank.

 

At the end of her talk, Loghan gave out recipe books and key chains.  

 

Loghan Hirkey