Rotary Minutes
12/01/14
Joan Loew called the meeting to order.
Student Rotarians: Celia DeSilva & Tristan Dittmer
Announcements:
                Congratulations to Ashley Eckenrod and husband, who have welcomed their new baby boy into their family!
                Dec. 5-6 – Olde Tyme Christmas Friday, 4-8pm and Saturday, 9am-2pm
                Dec. 5-16 – 12 Days of Christmas & Christmas Cash Certificate give-aways
                Dec. 10 – Business After Five @ Fidelity Bank 5:00pm
                Dec. 12 – OCAD’s Christmas Trivia 6:00 social, 7:00 trivia.
                Dec. 13 – Santa visits at Dean’s Destination Powersports 11am-2pm
                Dec. 15 – Board Meeting 11am, prior to regular meeting
                Dec. 16 – Debi Durham, Iowa Economic Dev. Authority public meeting @ Mealsite 1:30pm
                Dec. 17 – Rotary Christmas party @ Luigi’s 7-9pm. Bring food for Kitchen Cupboard donations
Birthdays – Dec. 1 – Mike Kerns, Dan Leisinger & Paul Schmitz
                Dec. 5 – Kirk Thedens
Anniversaries - None
Member Anniversaries – Dec. 3rd – Ashley Eckenrod
Happy Bucks – Neil Wilkinson, Al Sanderson, Steve Sanders, Jamie Letzring, Dean Schlitter, Todd Bradley, Mike Kerns, Paul Schmitz, Celia DeSilva & Curt Solsma
Drawing – No carryover and $10.00 pot. Mike Kerns won the pot and donated to the Rotary Foundation.
Fines were assessed to those not attending the recent Williams Center performance, to Mike Kerns and to Paul Schmitz.
Speaker was Bob Larimer and Jon King. They spoke on the Rotary Foundation and showed a video about the help the Foundation provides.  
Dec. 8th program will be the High School Vocal Music to perform Christmas music for the club.