Well--- Ole Fred threw me a curve last week---- according to the schedule I have last Thursday’s meeting was supposed to be a Club Assembly, which I dutifully reported-----buttt------ when I arrived at the meeting, I noticed a whole bunch of strange people--- I don’t mean strange like Scott Evans, I meant people who I didn’t recognize , and I wondered why they were all there . It turned out that We (Our Rotary Club) were hosting the District 5870 Youth Service Above Self Awards. Benjamin Ford, from the Downtown Austin Club came up to host the event and presented the Students from different High Schools , accompanied by their parents and friends, their awards which consisted of a Plaque and a $200.00 savings bond. Ben Ford did a great job of emceeing the event.

Ben Ford honored the following Students with the Youth Service Above Self Awards:
Samantha Orton honored by the Hutto Rotary Club
Hemlata Malani honored by the Round Rock Rotary Club
Sarah Jatzlau honored by the Round Rock Sunrise Rotary Club
Tiffany Samuelson honored by the Taylor Rotary Club
Chris Ratliff honored by the Pflugerville Rotary Club

At the meeting we were honored with the presence of Eric Whitfield, past Pres. of the Round Rock Sunrise Rotary club--- Eric brought us flyers and invited us to go with him and others to The Saltillo Farms Project on May 19, 20, 21 ---- they will leave the Austin Area the morning of the 19th and have dinner in Saltillo that nite—total cost should average about $200 per person. Eric can be reached at 689-1541.
This weeks meeting, I have been officially informed will be a Club Assembly--- this will be a great time to bring a friend and/or potential member to this meeting. Mr Barry Curlee, Assistant Governor, will present his Membership Program and he will give all prospective new members, and our New Members, a good idea what Rotary is all about.
Pres Lori reports that the District 5870 Annual Conference in San Antonio was a huge success. Mike Martin and Dale Riklefs accompanied Lori to the Conference. They attended a lot of good lectures about Rotary, met a lot of good Rotarians from all over the District and just learned a lot about what Rotary is all about. They also spent one evening on the River Walk at the "Nite in Old San Antonio" celebration.

NOTICE: On May 18, our meeting will be held at the Forest Creek Golf course – it will be combination Golf Social and official meeting. Golfers can divvy up $39 bucks to play and Lunch will be served from 12:00 till 1:00 pm for $10. The Golf Tournament starts at 1:00 pm