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Extremely Sad News – As President Kathye announced in an email to all members Friday evening, the entire club membership is shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden death of Kristy Slater, wife of Allen's, in Florida on January 28th. Please keep the entire family in your prays as this is a most difficult and heart wrenching time for them now. Thank You's – Prez Kathye read notes from Goodwill, Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee, the Mayfield Rotary Club, Habitat for Humanity and the Sam Beauford Workshop for our recent support. Passport Program – Yours Truly mentioned that he spoke with Bab Barringer, president of the Blissfield Rotary Club, who said that we were more than welcome to join their club at a weekly Wednesday noon ZOOM meeting. Please let me know if you would be interested and I will send you an invitation as soon as we select a date. President-Elect Training Seminar – PE Chip will be attending the event this year in Kalamazoo in mid-March. Mid Year Presidents Meeting – Prez Kathye and Yours Truly joined approximately 30 District 6400 club presidents for this event which lasted for about an hour and a hal last Thursday, January 27th. DG Aruna led the meeting and discussed the successes and challenges for the first 6 months of the 2021-22 year. Late Afternoon Club Meeting – We're trying something new since a number of members have found it difficult to make our weekly Thursday noon meetings. So, the last Thursday in February - the 24th - we will meet at the Hills of Lenawee (Former Country Club) at 5:30pm for finger food and a regular meeting. We'll see what the turnout is and proceed accordingly. Thanks to Gerry for making the arrangements. |
Tom Crites was our speaker today thanks to Chip who met Tom in Hillsdale about a year ago at a shooting center where Tom was an instructor. As they talked Chip found out that Tom was not only a pilot but a deep sea diver as well. Tom suggested that Chip watch the movie "The Last Breath" and then contacted him to see if he would speak to our club to which he agreed. Tom is now retired as a saturation diver but still a full time shooting instructor. He recounted the intense things that happened to the main character in this movie as well as a couple of close encounters he, himself, went through when he was a diver at 600 feet below the sea. The documentary takes place in the North Sea which is between the UK and Norway around huge oil rigs (North Sea oil rigs) which they are down there to repair. Divers work in 10-12 hour shifts 24/7, Tom said. 
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