May 25, 2016 Meeting
Guests: Bill Anderson from Tender Reflections Assisted Living and Prospective Member Mayor Howie Reynolds.
Announcements: We need volunteers for RibFest from Friday, July 15th to Sunday July 17th. Rotary will be working the beer tent and collecting tickets (no money handling). See Chris Clapper to sign up.
Ward's installation banquet is June 29th. More to come in the upcoming weeks.
Sgt. Arms: Bill Campbell
Today is National Wine Day!
Pastor Gerry asked for a leave of absence for 3 months while he Bill read a nice story in honor of Gerry's short term absence. No brag bucks.
Presentation: Mark Duran - Military Veteran turned Artist from Delavan
He was born in New Mexico but his mother was born in Williams Bay. He enlisted in the Army in 1999 and was a Military Police Officer. He spent time in Europe and Afghanistan and was hit by a suicide bomber in September 2005 and spent the next 2 years in recovery. Mark used painting and drawing to aid his recovery. In 2007 he was medically retired. He then went back to school at George Williams College for recreational therapy, a graduate program. Mark now works for a rehab program and does a lot of artwork, paintings, drawings, etc. He creates artwork for selling, gifts and his own rehab. Mark was able to bring some of his work and drawings and talk about his process of creation.
