As part of club assembly for the month, Waunakee Rotary Club members met with their committee for the Dec. 29 meeting. Committee chairs then gave reports of the work as follows:
-Community service: Rotarians will take down the Rotary in Lights display on Jan. 7. If you want to help, plan to show up at Village Park at 9 a.m. The club thanked Ray Statz for installing a steel cable along the ballfield to hang the lights from. They remained secure in the recent high winds.
Also, the solar light equipment has arrived and can be installed.
-Fundraising: The Rotary in Lights is the main one now. Collections are a little behind last year, but Christmas Eve and Christmas were big evenings.
-Meetings and programs: Speakers are booked through March.
-Education and vocational: Information about Rotary scholarship is getting out. The high school guidance counselor is lining up students for the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy.
International: This committee is looking to partner with other clubs on projects to help Ukraine. Also, the club has donated funds to support a portable library in Guatemala.
-Fellowship: Keep the Feb. 9 50th anniversary party on your calendar. It will be in the library community room. The club is looking for music, maybe a high school string section. Also, if you have stories from the 50 years of Rotary, be sure to tell them.
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Other News:
-The club voted to nominate Phil Willems as president elect, Kylie West as secretary and David Weishoff as a member of the board of directors.
-The Wauktoberfest committee is considering offering beer flights at that event, and some club members intend to do some research.
Guests: Cordelia Whitley, guest of Sara Whitley.
Visiting Rotarians: None.
Birthdays: Jan. 8, Randy Guttenberg; Jan. 10, Taylor Endres; Jan. 11, Greg Garton.
Anniversaries: Jan. 9, Chris and Lynn Kenney
Greeters: Jan. 5, Allan Dassow and Lori Derauf; Jan. 12, Patrick Durden and Fritz Durst; Jan. 19, Jim Elvekrog and Taylor Endres.
