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The Wagner Rotary Club met on Wednesday with another four students from the Wagner Community School present. A warm welcome was given to the four students followed by everyone reciting the Rotary Prayer for our lunch provided by Valley Pump. The four students present for the day were Slaten Podzimek whose parent is Jenni Soukup. Slaten plans to attend Mitchell Vo Tech as well as Brayden Kreber whose parents are Mike and Amy Blaha. Shea Kjeldgaard’s parents are Ty and Kendra Kjeldaard and he is also planning to attend Mitchell Vo Tech. Gannon Knebel’s parents are Jason and Stacey Knebel, and he is planning to attend SDSU.

Members and students recited the Rotary prayer giving thanks for the delicious meal provided by Valley Pump. All joined in singing “Smile” followed by Membership Minute Chairperson Patty Frei giving the Seniors a welcome and an informational guide to what Wagner Rotary is.

The Wagner Rotary Club was chartered on June 25, 1943, which is 82 years of service to our Wagner Community.

Rotary is a worldwide organization. Rotary is where neighbors, friends, and problem solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change. Rotarians benefit from personal growth and development, quality friendships, leadership development and the opportunity to give back to society.

Fast facts: We meet every Wednesday at noon here in our Rotary Club Room. Currently we have twenty-one active members, one of whom is an Assistant District Governor.

Rotary is a service club organization with more than 1.2 million members in over 45,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace and eradicate polio under the motto SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

Wagner Rotary Club’s most visual projects have included the Wagner Lake Rotary Shelter, Aluminum Can Recycling, and Scholarships for High School Seniors. We also provide service for other smaller projects in Wagner.

Together we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change. Rotarian benefit from personal growth and development, quality friendships, leadership development and the opportunity to give back to society.

Sergeant at Arms Gerrit Juffer was back from a trip to Spain where he had the opportunity to visit a Rotary Club in Spain. Juffer fined any SDSU former students for attending Hobo Days, which was Jordan Weber, Rachel Woods, Jeff Doom, Patty and Bill Frei.

The only Happy Fine came from Alison Woods whose twins just turned one and now has four under the age of four and Rachel Woods was $2 Happy that her “football son” has now finished Jr. High football.

Rotarian Patty Frei had a chance at drawing the Queen of Hearts as there were only five cards left but she came up short with an eight of Hearts. The Queen drawing is up to $678.00.

Sergeant at Arms Craig Krsnak announced that the attendance race is now between Alison Woods and Josh Christensen for this quarter. The Woods team has six misses, and the Christensen team has four misses.

The Football Book winners were from Book number 13, and the winners were Kathleen Juffers sold by her father Gerrit and Roger Soukup sold by Kathe Henke.

There are no speakers at the last meeting of a quarter, so a business meeting is always conducted. Patty Frei reminded everyone of the Pints for Polio event which will be held at the Choteau Creek Brewery Company on Friday, October 25th at 5 p.m. CCBC has graciously offered to donate dollars for every pint of beer that is sold that evening to our campaign to eradicate polio worldwide.

Rotarian Bill Frei announced that he would be taking the trailer of aluminum cans to Mitchell that afternoon. President Jamie had a few minutes left for the meeting and suggested that we continue to share how and when we joined Wagner Rotary as was started last week at Alison Woods program. Jamie was asked to join Rotary by his friend Jordan Weber and quickly found out that there is a lot of friendship and laughter to be shared as well as getting to know people better and doing good works for the community. Craig Krsnak was “told” to join by Francis Doom as well as Rachel Woods was by Francis who was her grandfather. Craig says he has been a member for 25 years now. Rotarian Becky Brunsing was told by her mother this was her last chance to join Rotary 13 years ago and she enjoys being able to stay connected with community members. Kathe and Jerry Henke said they felt immediately at home on their first Rotary Meeting with the Wagner Club after moving to South Dakota from North Carolina.

Bill Frei shared a hilarious story about being a new member of Rotary and delivering Meals on Wheels with Doc Schuurmanns, Francis Doom, and Joe Stedronsky. It was a wonderful way to end the meeting followed by our usual recitation of the Four-Way Test: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?