President Jordan Weber called the Rotary Club to order at the beginning of his last month as President. Club members recited the Rotary Prayer and since there were no guests except for the program the meeting went along quickly.

The Song leader was absent, but his assistant insisted that we sing “Smile.” It is our “go to” song when we are not sure about going out on a limb to sing something with which we aren’t familiar.

Membership Minute Chair Patty Frei gave the club an update on the Internation Rotary Conference coming up in this month of June on the 21-25. This year the conference will be held in Calgary, Alberta. Calgary sits at the junction of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, which spans the grasslands of Canada and the United States. It is a city of many cultures, with people representing more than 240 ethic origins and speak 165 languages. It would be wonderful if some of our Wagner Ro-tarians could attend, but attending a conference of that size requires a lot of planning! There will be thousands of Rotarians in Calgary for those selected dates. Calgary is also known as The Stampede City, which began in 1912 as a cowboy sporting event to celebrate the city’s rural and cattle-ranching heritage. Visitors can expect a “White Hat” welcome!

Rotarian Jeff Doom was assistant songleader as well as Assistant Ser-geant at Arms and levied the following fines: $2 to Linda Soukup for the dessert she brought (is that even fair?); $3 to Rachel Doom for not going on a recent Canadian fishing trip; $2 to Amanda Bechen for taking up all of Valley Pumps parking lot; $3 to Jamie Soukup for using road construc-tion equipment around his business parking lot; $2 to Bill Frei for trying to steal the show last week. A $20 Happy Fine came from Jeff Doom for two herons that he received last week (for the yard); $4 from Jamie Soukup for having two pieces of dessert; $3 from Jordan Weber for his little baby boy already gaining weight.

Rotarian Becky Brunsing held the winning ticket again and tried once again for the Queen but failed with the six of Spades. She lost $398.00.

The Attendance Race is widening. Kathe Henke has ten misses, and Jerry Henke has fourteen misses.Just so you readers know, the Kathe team has all women, and the Jerry team has all men, so we know where the blame lies.

There was discussion on the upcoming Chamber of Commerce Customer Appreciation night and prospective Rotarians for membership. If you are interested in joining Rotary talk to a current member.

Brunsing also oversaw the program, so she introduced her successor at her former job, Wagner City Administrator Debbie Houseman. Deb gave a little update on the city business starting with the new Mayor, Alyissa Mathis. Mathis has attended meetings for some time in the past before running for office. She is full of ideas and energy and is well versed with the past city decisions. She has already called two special meetings, one to deal with the swimming pool and the ordinance concerning the ETJ area. There was discussion on both subjects. Houseman informed everyone that the current swimming pool has been adjusted to be able to hold swim meets now which was good news for those who attended meets.

The current water tower is being sandblasted by a professional company and Housemen is getting weekly updates on the current road construction. She stated that the State is good at keeping her informed on progress. There is also construction going on within the city, outside of the WCS on Walnut Street. That street is closed now and there will be construction on the water lines to allow for “water looping” which will help the water supply. When the road is finished it will have a concrete finish.

Houseman was happy to report that Wagner is now covered with six police officers. Damon Griffth, Jimmy Joe Wade, Robert Abdo, Cam Field, Eli Kuhlman, and Sianna Conlin. There are now two officers on every night shift. There was considerable discussion on the 9:30 curfew whistle. Offenders are given a ticket and told to go home. The Wagner Pollice Department has no jail holding facility for juveniles. Repeating juvenile offenders will be dealt with on a one-to-one basis in the future.

The Wagner Airport is “a very progressive airport” stated Deb. They have been following a comprehensive project plan that was put in place several years ago. There is a brand-new hangar and there is a vacancy in it in case you have an airplane you would like to store there! The runway is also being resurfaced.

It was an informative program and could have gone on for some time but we ran out of time and Rotarians have to get back to their work so we adjourned in our usual fashion of reciting The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do----Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWIL & BETTER FRIENDSHIP? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?