Dogs, and upcoming events

Our speaker this morning was club member Chris Luhn, who talked about his participation in the breeding, raising and placement program for the Monks of New Skete in Cambridge, NY. (See: https://newskete.org/our-dogs to learn more.)
Tom Disinger also requested volunteers Friday evening and (especially) at 8:30 Saturday morning to help set up for the 1 p.m. Saturday ceremony near Malta Town Hall to inaugurate the new veterans memorial.
And club members will be participating Friday and Saturday at the District 7190 day of service and conference in Schenectady.

Engineers

Justice Williams, a graduate of Ballston Spa High School and a former recipient of a Malta Sunrise Rotary Scholarship, stopped by on Thursday to update us on the next step of his career path. Justice recently completed a master's degree in industrial engineering and will soon start a job with United Technologies in Indianapolis. He shared the speaker's stage for a while with fellow engineer, longtime Rotarian and former club President Larry Levine, who is receiving a Life Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mohawk Hudson Chapter.

Chamber President, Then a Parade

Todd Shimkus, president of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, was our speaker Thursday, discussing, among other things, the possibility of GlobalFoundries constructing a second chip fab plant in Luther Forest.

He also talked about how the planned aquatic center at Exit 12 will fill hotel rooms, and the need for public transportation on Routes 9 and 67.

On Saturday, quite a few Rotarians were in or were watching the Armed Forces Day/first responder parade, despite the rain.

Carol Hale, and Fire Relief

Jim Hale introducing his wife, Carol, who was our speaker on Thursday. Carol Hale, a retired teacher, now volunteers teaching English to a woman from China, at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library.

It was also announced at the meeting that our board has agreed to send $200 to assist the Broadbent family of Malta, after last week's tragic fire at their home.

Pancakes and Business

A week ago today, we held a successful pancake breakfast fund-raiser with the Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary at the fire house.

Then on Wednesday and Thursday, we held our regular board and business meetings. Among the decisions made, was designating our second-quarter "happy dollars" collections to a relief fund for Puerto Rico following last year's storms, through Rotary International. We also pledged $100 to ongoing efforts to preserve the former Boyhaven Boy Scout camp in Milton, and convert it into a public park.