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The June 12th Wagner Rotary Club was brought to order by President Elect Jordan Weber. Weber is getting familiar with sitting in the President’s chair which he will soon occupy for the next year. The Rotary calendar year goes from July 1st to June 30th each year. The only guest for the day was Rotarian Jeff Doom’s Uncle, Bob Maeyaert on his mother’s side of the Doom family. Bob is from Dickenson, North Dakota.
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On June 9th, 2024, the Wagner Pool Fundraising Group known as Catch the Wave received a matching donation award of $200,000 dollars from the Arlene Kirby family to support their efforts to build a new pool. Kirby’s involvement was because relationship with the South Dakota Community Foundation, the parent organization of the Wagner Area Foundation Fund. This award will raise the current and pledged funds raised by the group to 628,000 with their final goal being to raise 1 million dollars from the community. Alto though Kirby is not a member of the Wagner community her father grew up here. She spent many summers in the area playing with her cousins in the Wagner pool that have left her with many fond memories of the town.
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LABOR DAY COMMITTEE AT CZECH DAYS
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The 605 Unity Jam hosted the cardboard boat regatta on Sunday, June 9th. A regatta is a sporting event consisting of a series of boat races. The regatta is an annual fundraiser for the Wagner Pool Fundraising.
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The Wagner Community School high school basketball coaches put on a 3rd through 12th grade basketball camp May 28th through the 31st. Coaches that were involved in the camp included Mike Koupal, Josh Davies, Tera Koupal and Courtney Mack. The camp worked on fundamentals with both the younger and older kids and allowed them to display the things they learned during some full court games. The camp also held contests. It was great for both the kids and the coaches to get into the gym and have some fun while improving their skills.
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President Becky Brunsing called the Wagner Rotary Club to order on Wednesday, June 5th at the Rotary Building on Main Street Wagner. Brunsing read a prayer from Rotary guidelines that gave thanks for our club and the opportunities and challenges it meets each day Song leader Gerrit Juffer led the membership in singing one verse of America the Beautiful!
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Dave’s Motor Supply was owned and operated by Roger Blaha’s father in 1974. In 2009, Roger followed in his father’s footsteps and bought the business from his dad, rebranding it as Rog’s Auto. Roger has been working on vehicles since he was an 8th grader when he began working for his dad in the shop. After graduating from high school, Roger attended the University of South Dakota at Springfield for his bachelor’s degree in automotive before becoming Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified. After that the rest is history and Rog has been a mechanic ever since.
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