Ain’t it Great to be Back Home Again!

By Steve Baker

The Denver Lake Norman Rotary Club was feeling really good about being "back home" again at Unity Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, March 9th.  It was a positive meeting with over forty Rotarians and three visitors in attendance.  Rotary welcomed 1) Cindy Guidy (who previously visited on a number of occasions while we were on Zoom), Erika Oliver and Marty from Cowan’s Ford community. We hope that they all will consider joining and become a part of our group.

A super big announcement was that Denny Darr had been presented with the Expo Lifetime Achievement Award from The Federation of American Hospitals for 2022. Doubling the good news was that his sister had also won the same award on the same day.

President Ellen Fichtelman stated that primary focus for the day's meeting was to vote for the 2022 – 2023 Club officers. She then read to nominee’s names and asked for any additional nominee names.  None were offered so paper ballots were passed out for voting. A motion was made to make the vote by a raise of hands which was seconded and accepted. The slate of nominees was then approved for the Denver Lake Norman Rotary 2022-2023 year. They are as follows:

President: Perry Clark
President Elect: Andie Taylor
President Nominee: Craig Buhrendorf
Treasurer: Bill McLucas
Foundation: Jim Perry
Secretary: Cathy Smiley
Club Admin: Steve Baker & Ross Bulla
Membership: Brandon Blell

Committee Chairs:
Community Service: Sherry Reinhardt
International Service: Trudie Crawford
Sergeant at Arms: Jim Minor
Youth and Vocation Services: Thomas Eatmon
PR: Elijah Beatty (with assistance from Craig)