THIS MEETING GOT A LITTLE BIT SPICEY....BUT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
President Ed Harris presided over his 35th meeting.
22 club members attended.
Ken Shadell lead us in prayer to open our meeting.
Kelly Rickert lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance from what seemed like a spacecraft.
No announcements?!
Brags aplenty.......
Mary Myland bragged that her granddaughter excelled in high school cross country and now is on the varsity team! good job!!
Kat Stowell bragged that she was about to have a birthday.
Ken Shadell had a birthday last week and has circled the sun 82 times.
Bill Puccirelli has new grandson! (that makes 12 grand kids)
Jim Harrison celebrated his 24th wedding anniversary and on a side note his grandson had his 35 birthday.
Ken Whites grand child a freshman in college is making straight A's........
Now we get to the good part. Our speaker had to cancel and things starting getting spicy.
Rotarian Odell Lee volunteered to give a talk on the 4 years he worked in the spice business for a business in Kalamazoo and his travels from Taiwan to Australia and points in between. We learned of the important role oleo resins play in that business and ultimately in the flavors of our food. He spoke of the Scoville Scale for measuring heat in peppers and had slides showing us what a variety of different spices look like before being processed. It was an excellent presentation.