Start time: 12:15; end time 1:30. Pledge led by Gloria Murray. “The Four-Way Test” led by Rotary Interact students from International Academy of Macomb: Lauren Gresnak and Madison Atwell Interact co-presidents.
Blessings given by Tom Davies. Lunch included chicken Piccatta, penne pasta, green beans, salad and rolls with vanilla and chocolate cake.
PRESIDENTIAL MOMENT
Thanks to President-Elect Karan Bates-Gasior for running last week’s meeting while president was on vacation.
1) New Member: Aaron Meadows: New to the area and very excited to be involved in the revitalization of Detroit.
2) Presidential Citation award to our club for Sam D’Angelo’s presidential year 2017/2018.
3) Rotary News: Margo and Bob Baker are on a leave of absence and our club sends them best wishes.
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ROTARY MINUTE
Given by Lauren Gresnak and Madison Atwell the co-presidents of the Interact club of the International Academy of Macomb High School.
After attending last year’s RYLA event, Madison Atwell felt inspired to start an Interact club at her high school. Madison enlisted the help of friend Lauren, and Valerie Miller (Rotarian Aunt) who together spent the summer establishing the club with Rotary International. The girls opened the club for membership in September and currently have 30 members to form the Interact club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mount Clemens. The International Academy of Macomb teacher sponsor is Alice Cook.
The Rotary Interact is a service club which will help the students to identify and complete community service projects to meet their 150 hours of community service required to graduate
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Guests and visitors welcomed by Steve 
Krankota: Lauren Gresnak, Madison Atwell, Scott Chabot and speaker Melissa Roy. Wedding anniversary: Cecilia and Larry Moloney, 57 years!
Flowers presented by Chuck Dib: No birthdays.
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SONGS BY STEVE KRANKOTA without piano. “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” and “All Hail to Rotary.”
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GOOD WILL
Al Zuccaro is a great-grandfather of twins! And a super guy!
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SUNSHINE REPORT
Sarah Lee’s office manager is ill and needs prayer.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nancy D.: two more weeks to gather candy for Mount Clemens Trunk or Treat. We need to give 2,000 Mount Clemens children sugar highs, so bring in the bags!
Valerie Miller: We will be decorating a Rotary float for the Mount Clemens Santa Parade this year. It will be stored at Steve Ternullo’s building on Harper. We need volunteers and the theme is “Be the Inspiration.”
Chuck Dib: Had his kick-off fundraiser meeting for our spring zing on May 17 titled “Cabaret and Cuisine.” Chuck is looking for volunteers to be on the committee.
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RECOGNITION BY JULIE H
Nancy D. paid $5 to ask for help from any Rotarian in getting helpful information on the candidates running on the nonpartisan part of the ballot for our public universities boards.
Tom Davies: Father Tom was fined$5 by daughter Julie for playing with her stuff.
Bill Patterson fined $5 for being the peanut gallery and unable to sit quietly and listen during the meeting. Bill was also recognized for being Top Chicken, or rather his chickens were recognized as being champion and reserve champion birds at the Dayton Fancy Feathers Club event which hosted 1,300 birds. Bill also chirped up and invited us all to the Nov. 3 Michigan Poultry Breeders event at Birch run.
Sarah Lee - $5 for besting Tom as being most-traveled. Sarah spent time in Alaska in August and Europe in September and rounded out her fun with a visit to the Game of Thrones event held in Detroit last weekend. Lots of fantasy fun.
All Rotary residents of Clinton Township and Macomb Township were fined $1 for the absence of the Library Director (and Rotary president) Larry Neal while he toured Greece.
Julie H. fined herself $5 for a mistake. (For the life of me I can’t figure out what my notes say. Oh well, it’s all Greek to me.)
Al Zuccaro’s table was fined $1 each for missing Al as he heads down to Florida for the winter.
Sam D’Angelo was fined $5 for accomplishing the year-long process of meeting all the criteria for a Rotary International Presidential Citation. Congratulations and Thank you to Sam.
Cecilia Moloney $5 for forgetting her 57-year anniversary on the actual day. She was distracted by something in the air in Arizona. Decongestants will do that to you.
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NEXT WEEK’S SPEAKER will be giving us the status of Rotary International’s Polio Eradication progress around the world.
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50/50 winner: Cecilia Moloney $53
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SPEAKER: BOB CANNON INTRODUCED OUR SPEAKER MELISSA ROY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADVANCING MACOMB
Melissa was born and raised in New Baltimore, and Macomb County is near and dear to her heart. So when Mark Hackel approached her to head up the effort to promote Macomb County through establishing a nonprofit to gather foundation funds and use them to promote Macomb County businesses and natural assets, she was happy to serve.
Advancing Macomb has a 23-member board headed by Dave Girodat and Barbara Rossmann.
The program was established in a 2015 vision: Macomb County is a thriving place to live, work and play.
Mission statement: Bringing people together to positively transform Macomb County and strengthening its communities, economy and natural resources.
Values: Excellence, Equity and Equality
In 2017 they accomplished many projects, Mount Clemens Riverfront project, the eastside bike project, downtown Roseville project and many more.
Please see their website for more detailed information on how Rotarians can get involved.
