Both Steve and Bonnie grew up near Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. They both received PhD’s from the University of North Texas and both worked in education: Steve as Chair of the Economics and Finance Department at Texas A&M-Commerce, and Bonnie as a teacher and administrator with the Sherman Independent School District. They have three adult children and five grandchildren.
Their appetite for traveling beyond our country’s borders may stem from growing up where most folks had close ties to “the old country.” They and their children all have experience studying in another country; they hope their five grandchildren will continue the tradition. They hosted a high school exchange student from Spain for a year through Youth for Understanding. Rotary International also offers tremendous opportunities for educational exchanges. When the International Convention was in Dallas, they and other Sherman Rotarians hosted Rotarians from South Africa.
Steve is a member of the Grayson County Rotary Club and has been a Rotarian in Texas for more than 50 years. When they travel, Steve and Bonnie like to visit with local Rotarians. Thus far they have attended meetings in 12 countries on 4 continents. Last summer they went to four Rotary meetings in Scotland where each club offered the obligatory Royal Toast, lifting their water glasses and drinking “To the Queen.”
They have made four visits to Guatemala and have been to the country’s Western Highlands three times with Rotary International’s Guatemala Literacy Project on tours organized by the non-profit Cooperative for Education based in Cincinnati. Two years ago, Bonnie and Steve traveled to Guatemala with five of their children and grandchildren. The family toured the Guatemala headquarters of Cooperative for Education in San Lucas Sacatepéquez, just outside of Antigua, perhaps the loveliest of the world’s beautiful Spanish colonial cities.
Please make note of the following!
The cook out last week went great, thanks Bill for the sandwiches, they were wa big hit. Flags come back in tomorrow night Tuesday June 18th and once again we need all hands on deck. Starts at 6:30 p.m. and ends when we get them all in, please come out and help if you can.
Next board meeting is Thursday, June 27th, 7:00 p.m at Mitas Group Office. All outgoing and incoming board members should plan to attend.
The End-of-Year Recognition Banquet & Installation of Incoming Officers/Directors 2019-20 will be held on Sunday, June 23 at Eldorado Country Club at 6:00 PM. All McKinney Sunrise and Sunset Rotarians and their guests are invited. If you are an outgoing or incoming officer/director, you are expected to attend to participate in the ceremonies. A sign-up sheet of attendees will be available at a future meeting, and Dennis will bill the cost of the banquet on a future dues invoice. The Sunrise Rotary Club will not meet on Wednesday June 26 and the satellite Sunset Rotary Club will not meet on Thursday, July 4 because of the national holiday. Both meetings will be moved to the June 23 recognition and installation banquet.
The All-Abilities Playground opened up this past Saturday June 15, 2019. Ceremony went great and lots of people showed up. Was a great event. Thanks to all that joined in the activities and for those who stayed after and handed out water at the tent. Special thanks to Julie and Larry for all they did. They represented out club and the city of McKinney well.
Rusty Gentry and John Kanelis have both applied to become new members, please direct any comments you may have to a member of the board.
If you have announcements that need to be included in the bulletin, please email to Scott. sdgrigg@hotmail.com
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