INVOCATION
Rachel Aviles gave the invocation, paying tribute to Jeff Whitbey, who passed away last week. Jeff was a member of the Rochester Rotary for 39 years and served as President from 1996 to 1997. Most recently, he served as Club Secretary. Memorials to Jeff may be given to the Rochester Rotary Charities.
GUESTS
Ayana Knox Potts brought one of her daughters and her very young niece.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Although absent, we wished Elizabeth Collins-Mapleh a happy birthday and celebrated Megan Terbrack's (Stoney Creek Interact Advisor) first anniversary as a Rotarian.
FIFTEENTH HANDSHAKE
David Archbold was the 15th handshake, thus evading fines for this week.
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
After four weeks, Bree Clawson finally gave up the Rotarian of the Week award and passed it on to Paula D'Ambrosio, our volunteer pianist! Paula has played the piano for us for over twenty years. She can play any song and can burst out into spontaneous music as appropriate.
HAPPY BUCKS
Paul Haig had a wonderful vacation in Santa Fe, where he went shopping and did not sell at the jewelry market!
Caroll Franciosi is attempting a second club bike ride for Saturday, August 24th, at 9:30. You, your friends, or your family can meet her at the Paint Creek Trail parking lot on Tienken between Rochester Road and Livernois to pedal to the Farmers' Market in downtown Rochester. The ride will be followed by breakfast at Recipes on University Drive. If you don't want to ride, feel free to join the group at either the Farmers' Market or the restaurant.
David Archbold was happy about last weekend's "mostly" fair weather as he drove his 1965 Mustang Convertible on the Woodward Dream Cruise.
Linda Eastman enjoyed making cake pops with her grandkids last weekend. Jay commented that Starbucks's $4.50 cake pops are a great deal.
Bree Clawson announced that she has been accepted into the Apple Developer Program. Membership provides the tools, resources, and support to create and deliver software and services to Apple device users.
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ernie Schaefer gave a great update on our club's support of the Rotary International Foundation. Last year, our club gave the Foundation a total of $18,758. Fifty-three members (63% of our members are Paul Harris Fellows, having donated at least $1,000). Seven members are major donors who have donated over $10,000 to the Foundation. Since our club was formed in 1954, we have given $922,334 to aid the Foundation in helping Rotary members advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.
The Board approved our participation in the community-wide Necessities Drive, which will occur September 3 - 20. Members are asked to bring in children's birth through high school sizes, underwear, socks, pajamas, and diapers, which will be distributed to children in the tri-county foster care system. This project is a collaboration with the Rochester Kiwanis, Rochester Lions, Rochester Hills Lions, and the Rochester Rotary.
SONG LEADER
Bob Lytle tries to select songs that relate to our speakers' topics. Last week, he adapted the song New York, New York to "Detroit, Detroit. " We then sang Happy Wanderer because our speaker had the opportunity to travel a lot. He puts some thought into his song selections.
SHERIFF’S REPORT
Sheriff David Blair paid tribute to Jeff Whitbey by attaching all fines to things "Jeff." Members who had to crane their necks to look at Jeff, listen to one of Jeff's tall tales, go house hunting with Jeff, or are members of the "old guard" (club members of more than 39 years) were fined. If you were introduced to the club as a new member, you had to pay an "introduction fee." If you are a trombone fan, you were charged a "brass tax." The $161 raised at the meeting goes to our scholarship fund.
SPEAKER
Multi-Emmy-winning broadcast journalist Paula Tutman has spent more than 42 years as a news reporter in front of the camera. This year, she was recently inducted into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame.She entitled her presentation The Science and Joy of Chasing Squirrels and Changing Life. Recently retired from WDIV, Tutman has expanded her interests to sculpture, gardening, publishing, serving on boards that benefit children, communications training, and ceramics.
She started her career as a teacher before entering the broadcast industry with no broadcast training or experience. The first time she saw a news broadcast, she was the presenter! Things have changed, but she has succeeded because she is nosey, curious, and willing to try anything.
Her most recent endeavor was successfully taking an idea for a bra-less bra from conception through manufacturing to sales on Amazon. Ultimately, the Bra-Less Bra (https://bralessbra.com/) helps raise a woman's breasts and self-esteem.
