Rotarians Sharah & David Johnson brought Anna Dreves as a guest last Tuesday. Anna was a Rotary exchange student from Germany 25 years ago, who stayed with the Johnson's & attended Smithville HS. Today, Anna is a social justice attorney living in New York City. She credits her time in Bastrop County, & her experience with a Rotarian family, with influencing her choice of profession. Anna spoke with several Rotarians, including Bo Reynolds.
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Kim Kankel, District Public Image Chair, visited last Tuesday to recognize the Club for its Public Image accomplishments. Michal Hubbard, PI Chair,
accepted the 1925-26 “Rock Star” banner on behalf of Bastrop County Rotary Club. The banner is awarded to clubs which have completed a series of public image tasks recommended by the District PI team.
President Steve Schroeder took a vacation to the European Continent recently. He stopped in England to catch up with former Club member Laurence Richardson on his canal/river boat residence. Steve also wandered over Barcelona, Spain, where he exchanged Club banners with the President of the Rotary Club of Barcelona.
After witnessing a granddaughter's beautiful wedding in Denver at the end of July, Rotarian Michal spent the next 10 days exploring Colorado without snow. Except for some wa-a-ay high white stuff in Rocky Mountain National Park, there was no snow. Weather was generally as hot as an un-greased griddle, and there was no rain. A lot of haze from wildfire smoke…
Despite the lack of cool mountain air, Michal was undaunted. She managed to enjoy the following locations: Rocky Mountain NP, Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP (both rims), Colorado National Monument, a train ride from Durango to Silverton, and a couple of days at Mesa Verde.
There were many "signs" of local Rotary Clubs, but none were on the itinerary. Lots of memories, photos & videos, just three of which are attached:
