Rotary International Convention was exciting and many met new friends, learned more about Rotary, and volunteered to make welcome more than 12,000 Rotarian visitors to the RI Convention in Houston, Texas. Following were seen during the convention from our club: President Dick Robie, Wind Nguyen, PDG Ed Charlesworth, Robin Charlesworth, Bhuvana Krishnan, Ruby Powers, Anais Watsky, Chopin Kiang, Linda Blench, Harish Krishnan, Lynette Wilke and Ed Socha, Isis Meijas, Alfred Adjokatcher, Adriane Miller, Mike Miller, and Robert Stein and Akin Olufowoshe. This list include those seen in the House of Friendship or in meetings, and also those attending our Host Hospitality Dinner. Special thanks and appreciation goes to President Dick Robie, Chopin Kiang, Robert Stein, and the Charlesworth's for sponsorships! Also, we appreciate all who attended and helped entertain our guests at The Silos. Our musicians, Ashley Orlando and Dan Fenn, provided great entertainment with a surprise performance by President Dick's granddaughter, Grace. Next year's RI Convention will be held in Melbourne, Australia.
Jake Stein has moved to Port Arthur and will be traveling to Mexico soon for a vacation.
Dree Miller has completed her fun at Main Theatre in the production of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. And then she went on to be seen in a Lifetime TV Show TextMeWhenYouGetHome, the Hannah Anderson episode. It was her second time in a true-crime show for Lifetime.
Stan Edward made an appearance in the USA from Guatemala, but missed the RI Convention. Let us know when you are in H-town!
Valeriy Iakovenko is busy with a growing drone business, facilitating "drones, robots and agriculture". He is working on advancing an innovative field where technology becomes accessible to every farmer. Despite the war in Ukraine, he is leading his company with new partnerships and growing employment opportunities. The drones are quite efficient such as spraying the crops when manpower is severely limited.
***Send your vacation plans for summer, business news, recognitions, etc. to Robin Charlesworth for future publications, please, so we will have some news to share about our members. robinech1952@gmail.com