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The Thursday meeting was called to order at 12:15 p.m. by Vice President Karan Bates-Gasior, in place of President Larry Neal. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mari Jackson.
The club sang the national anthem a cappella since the piano doesn’t work.
Nancy Dedenbach directed the club in reciting “The Four-Way Test.” Tom Davies gave us a prayer.
A delicious lunch was served consisting of sausage cooked with onions and peppers. Green beans, rotini pasta in a tomato sauce, rolls, salad and cake were also served.
PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
- We are still looking for a speaker for the October 11 meeting.
- Friday, October 12, our club will have a wine and cheese tasting at the Anton Art Center.
- Nancy Dedenbach wants club members to bring in bags of candy for Trunk or Treat starting next week.
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Ed Mastry has been a club member for two years. Beth Pryor has been a member for six years.
GUESTS
Phil Gilchrist was our speaker. As guests, we had Aaron Meadow, Scott Chabot and Frank Marella.
MUSIC
Gary Felts led us in singing “We Are Glad to See You Here at Rotary” a cappella.
FLOWERSFlowers were sold by Chuck Dib. Patty Kaufman bought a flower for Sam D'Angelo. Gary Felts bought a flower for Tina who was serving the lunch. Mary Bednar bought a flower for Scott Chabot. Chuck Dib bought flowers for Ed Mastry and Beth Pryor. Paul Woodring bought a flower for Aaron Meadow.
SONGS
Steve Krankota led us in songs. The first song was “Take Me out to the Ball Game.” The second song was “Roll Rotary.”
GOOD WILL & SUNSHINE REPORT
Jeff Furest said his father was getting out of the hospital Thursday.
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ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
President Larry Neal, before leaving on vacation, chose Nancy Dedenbach. Nancy said she’s had a wonderful experience in our club. She was one of the first women to join and now many of her friends are either in the club or part of another service club. Nancy says service clubs are what holds up the community.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Gary Felts says it’s about time to get a new keyboard; he’s willing to donate $200 toward the purchase.
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- Chuck Dib says there will be a fundraiser on May 17, 2019. A planning session will start after next week’s meeting.
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- Ed Mastry says that our club will have a very large float in the upcoming Santa parade. Some time on November 4 club members can help attach the decorations. The theme will be the Rotary International’s Theme, “Be an Inspiration.” The new Interact club members will walk along the float and hand out candy at the parade.
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- Sam D'Angelo says Martha T Berry Hospital is holding a fundraiser at Zuccaro’s on October 17; tickets will be $50. For some reason Sam did not mention Rotary in his announcements so . . .
RECOGNITION
Julie Huttenlocher gave Sam a $1 fine for not mentioning Rotary in his announcements.
Gary Felts was fined $2 for making terrible music with a spoon and glass.
Julie began to quiz individuals at different tables. The first table was fined $2 for not knowing that the United States Supreme Court forced all male service clubs to accept women in 1987 and that the first woman to enter the Rotary club was in 1989. The next table was fined $2 for not knowing that the Mount Clemens Rotary Foundation had donated over $630,000 to local charities. My table was spared a fine because we knew that Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria are the last places polio is still active.
The next table was fined $2 for not knowing that 9 percent of the club’s budget is paid by fines and flowers, $55,000. The last table was fined for not knowing that the Rotary club had adopted a second motto “One profits most who serves the best.” 
Beth Pryor was noted for not being a sister of Julie, despite their similar appearance and was fined $5 for betting again the University of Michigan football team.
LECTURE
Karan Bates-Gasior introduced Phil Gilchrist as our speaker. Last May, Phil became the executive director of the Anton Art Center. One of his principle jobs is to build ties to the community through various fundraisers.
The famous local architect Theophilus Van Damme drew the blueprints for the original building. The building’s design is considered neo classic and was opened to the public in 1905. 
The building received a historical marker in 1979 and was placed in front of the building. In 2005, Gabe Anton gave $1.6 million to renovate the building. There was a considerable protest because the new building did not match the old style, apparently various legal mandates required this result.
The current art center consists of two attached buildings – the older of the two was built in 1904 as a Carnegie Library. Phil told us that over 25,000 libraries were built from the donations of Mr. Carnegie, all together costing $17,000. Older club members such as myself, remember using the library which was very cramped with books.
Phil showed us many pictures of the exterior and interior while pointing out certain details of the building.
Almost immediately after the library opened it was discovered that it was too small for the growing community. Despite the many attempts to expand the library, it wasn’t until 1969 that the library was finally moved to its current location today. The Mount Clemens Art Association took over the old building, starting in 1971, a student art exhibit was held and, by 1976, the exhibit was divided into primary and secondary shows.
50/50
Julie Miller won $30 in the 50/50 drawing.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:34 p.m.
