Oak Hills Rotary Bulletin Feb 5 2020 (Feb 05, 2020)

Mary Denton
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Invite your friends to "the friendliest club in District 5840!"

GOALS OF OAK HILLS ROTARY CLUB

By Bruce Richter

FEED CHILDREN

HELP KEEP CHILDREN IN SCHOOL

SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN

PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

SUPPORT VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR ADULTS

PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

Member Birthdays

Kenneth Ruiz

February 9

Allyson Hamlin

February 13

Anniversaries

Bruce Richter

Gloria Duke-Richter

February 8

Gloria Duke-Richter

Bruce

February 8

President

Rick Tarbell

President Elect

John Legris

Secretary

Mary Denton

Treasurer

Stuart Dudley

Vice President

Rick Rhodes

Immediate Past President

Fred Timmons

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Oak Hills Rotary Bulletin Feb 5 2020

Posted on Feb 05, 2020

Prayer, Pledge and Visitors

President Rick Tarbell opened the meeting with the ringing of the bell. Bruce Richter led us with a word of prayer and the pledges. Vice President John Legris introduced our guest speaker today, Sgt. 1st Class (Ret) Anthony Stickland, US Army. Anthony is a member of the Northeast Rotary Club.

President Rick shared a very nice Thank You Note received from the Fisher House for our donation.

Ken Donoughue announced that Rotary Leadership Institute will be Feb 8 at Spring Creek United Methodist Church in Fair Oaks. Ken will be one of the facilitators. Click HERE for more info!

Happy Hour will be Thurs, Feb 20 at Europa, a new Pan-European Restaurant located at 8811 Fredericksburg Rd, behind USAA. Find out more info about it HERE!

Coffee fellowship will be on Fri, Feb 14 at Einstein Bagels at University Heights on DeZavala. The address is 12730 W IH 10.

Basura Bash 2020 will be Sat, Feb 15 at Walker Ranch. We will meet at 8:30 a.m. Parking is at Coker United Methodist Church (off Wurzbach Parkway) Recommended: wear comfy shoes, bring your own gloves, some of us bring "grabbers" like the ones at Home Depot and don't forget sunscreen. Allyson said that she will bring yummy br

eakfast tacos. There are usually other snacks available as well.

Please remember to invite your friends and family too! Everyone is welcome to help.

If you need a Rotary t-shirt they are always available for sale at our meetings. They are so stylish and only cost $10!

We always have a good crew at these events - please let Allyson know if you are interested so she can know how many tacos to bring! Advertised as "The largest single day waterway cleanup in Texas" - 26th year!

Humor

Past President Fred Timmons couldn't remember if he already shared these with us..then again, we probably don't remember either

We will heel you

We will save your sole

We will even dye for you

Business Lunch Program

Posted on Feb 05, 2020

Vice President John Legris introduced our speaker today: Sgt 1st Class, US Army (Ret.) Anthony Strickland. He spoke to us about his deployments. He has been stationed at Fort Hood TX, Fort Stewart GA, Fort Sill OK, Fort Eusits VA, Fort Riley KS, Fort Rucker AL and Korea. He was deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia and Kuwait. He elected to not bring a powerpoint presentation but rather show some of the many awards and commendations that he has received for his military service. Pictures of some of the items are featured under "Read More" section of this bulletin. He spoke about a few of his experiences while serving. He seemed to have no fear and faced many close calls for his personal safety. He admits to always being willing to do a job but he described himself as "sometimes ornery". We see him as brave and willing to serve his country well.

Thank you, Anthony, for speaking to our club today and for your military service!

A book in honor of our speaker will be donated to the Locke Hills Elementary School Library.

Thank you, Gloria Richter for your book donations this month! Gloria is also donating books for the month of March. She has chosen books focusing on stories about American Indians.

Show Low Pot and Raffle

Posted on Feb 05, 2020

Our show low pot today was $150. John Legris introduced our wine offerings today, both from Texas vineyards: Llano Harvest Meritage Red Blend and Llano Riesling. He said both are from the region where Gloria Richter grew up. The first ticket drawn was owned by Bil Trodlier who had a chance to draw the 2 of clubs and win the pot. Unfortunately he drew the 4 of clubs. As a consolation prize he took home the Reisling. Ken Ruiz owned the second ticket drawn and took home the red wine. Mary Denton donated a bag of popcorn which was raffled - Rick Rhodes held the winning ticket. Ken Donoughue donated some Outback Steakhouse coupons and the winners were Joe Montagna and Mary Denton.

The wines for this month were donated by Ken Ruiz. Thank you Ken!

Brags and Confessions

Either we all had haloes above our heads or we didn't want to admit to anything.....no brags or confessions this week!

Missing Pins and Fines

We must have all had our phones on silent and were proudly displaying our Rotary pins this week!

Did you kno

Rotary and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are extending fundraising partnership to eradicate polio! Read the press release HERE.

Do We Have a Volunteer?

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Volunteering brings fun and fulfillment in your life!

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Invite Someone to Rotary!

President Rick encouraged members to bring a guest to Rotary. He then closed the meeting with the recital of the "Four Way Test" by the Club members.