President Michael-jon Pease called the meeting to order at 12:19 pm. The Club 10 Band (Joe Kovarik, ukulele; Bill Given and Jerry Faletti, guitars; Ed Coleman, drums) led the singing of the Grand Old Flag. Al Zdrazil gave an Inspiration Minute with some of John Chandler's words of wisdom and led the club in the 4-Way Test. Cary Felbab introduced visiting Rotarians and guests Dana Taylor, father of outbound Rotary Exchange student Evan Taylor, and Erin Groble, Rotary Foundation Planned Giving Officer. Bill Collins and Mary Knudsen were greeters. Lynne Beck was the scribe.

 

President Michael-jon Pease announced the new club schedule starting in August. There will be regular noon meetings on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays, a Happy Hour on the 3rd Thursday, and an informal "lunch club" the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

 

Linda Mulhern introduced Evan Taylor, our outbound exchange student to Willisau Switzerland, located near Lucerne. He lives in West St. Paul and is a freshman at Minnehaha Academy. Evan is on the ski team and plays in the school orchestra. His academic interests are science, technology, engineering, and math.

 

Clyde Nelson and Bob Jones, long time friends of Bob Hanle, gave a touching memorial.

 

President Michael-jon Pease started the Roast for Past President Bo Aylin by interviewing his double John Chandler. He congratulated John for jumping the chain of command to become president before his time. During his term, the club received some district awards. Were they payoffs? Was luck involved? Club 10 won the challenge with #9. The suburb of Minneapolis gave up because they couldn't compete with Saint Paul. Membership went up - thanks to Dana Bruce. John Chandler took orders from the legal president, Bo Aylin. Pam Chandler was part of the conspiracy, a co-member who dictated Rotary policy. John's memorable moments were: the joint holiday party, the vote to take Trixie Goldberg's place as president, and the Winter Carnival.

 

Jerry Faletti talked about listening to John's emails from the night before. He was able to perform numerous tasks while listening to the long emails. Carla Hauge discussed how John made a 2018 resolution to cut down on his mansplanning.  For the first 6 months it worked but then it flared up again. Jerry complemented John Chandler for a great year. He was truly an inspiration.

 

The Get to Know a Rotarian featured Bill Given. He has been a Rotary member for 37 1/2 years and joined when Jerry Miegs was president. Two memories are an On to Winnipeg trip for 9 hours on an all-male bus. They played bridge and watched movies. The other one was he was the only Rotarian who had a special board order to be removed as a red striper. Bill ran the Prom Center for years and has catered PGA tournaments all over the world. He has catered a total of 732 golf tournaments. Bill's hobbies are skiing, playing golf and water skiing. He was the captain of two national ski teams.

 

Carolyn Will introduced the next meeting. The speaker is Louis McGee, an 18-year-old who has his own Ted Talk. He will talk about "Focusing on Possibility, not Disability."

 

Michael-jon Pease collected Happy Dollars from Rotarians. There will be a Happy Hour at Landmark Jewelers for the Planned Giving Club on Thursday. All are invited. Tickets are still available for the Saints game on July 25 for $20. There will be an "Inspiration Lounge" for Happy Hour on the Padleford on Sept. 5.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.