District 6080

The club had its annual holiday party at Char steakhouse on Dec. 2.   Everyone was in high spirits.

The annual Springfield Southeast golf tournament was Oct. 4 at Millwood Golf and Racquet Club.   It grossed $30,299 and netted $21,058 after expenses; $2,500 goes to Don't Meth With Us and $18,058 goes to the Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast Endowment.

Here are the winners of the various contests, as provided by tournament director Bill McNeill.

Closest to the Pin
#8 Michael Widman
#5 Marc Mayer
#15 Gene Lafaro
#17 Jim Towery

Men's long drive
#7 Nate Angus

Women's long drive
#18 Andrea McKinney

1st Flight
1st Brett Sheets, Steve Cook, Wayne Sheets, Nate Angus
2nd Bob Beine, Jim Towry, Brent Dunn, Ken Stephens

2nd Flight
1st Mike Sharp, Josh Bade, Ethan Wallace, Eric Bruning
2nd Marc Schuster, Justin Ridgway, Devan Bestgen, Chris Lambert

3rd Flight
1st Bill McNeill, Kent Farrar, Jim Farrar, Gregg McKinney
2nd Dave Sawyer, Marty Blount, Doug Lebolt, Rick Herchenroedetz

Greg Beck took these photos.

Volunteers serve dinner to the families of disabled children playing at Miracle Field.

Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast held our annual club assembly on Thursday evening, July 15, at the home of Kim and Patrick Harrington just east of Springfield. Members gathered for drinks and conversation at 5:00, then took a group photo and enjoyed a meal of Caesar salad, boiled shrimp, and toast.

Afterwards, we gathered in small groups for discussions about operations of the club so the board can make plans and priorities. Fortunately, the rain stayed away during the assembly.

It was good to be able to gather for the annual event, which was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. We name our assembly the John Simpson Memorial Shrimp Feed in honor of our late charter member who hosted the assembly at his home, and helped prepare the food, for nearly 50 years.

Dan Emrie took these 77 photos.

Springfield Southeast honored its club officers and committee chairs of 2020 - '21 on Thursday at its annual awards and officer installation lunch.

Those leaders guided the club through a challenging year that started with no in-person meetings because of COVID-19 protocols, and ended with many members still reluctant to attend or out of the habit of going to meetings.

The '20 - '21 officers are President Rusty Worley, President-Elect Lisa Blumenstock, Secretary Scott Rose (first year of two-year term), Treasurer Scott Haney (second year of two-year term), Past President Patrick Harrington, and Board members Brian McDonough, Mike Pessina, Adrienne McCoy, Mark Walker, and Ken Williams.

In his farewell address, Worley thanked the officers for keeping the club together financially and psychologically.  He highlighted the creation of the ROAM app that is designed to fight obesity in the Springfield area by challenging and encouraging people to exercise more.

The '20 - 21 officers are President Lisa Blumenstock, President-elect Lori Johnson Murawski, Past President Rusty Worley,
Secretary Scott Rose, Treasurer Greg Beck (first year of two-year term), and Board Members Judy Bilyeu, Randall Gammill, Michael Kolstad, Adam Toth, and Jim Wilson.

(Photos by Dam Emrie)  [Click on a photo to enlarge it and to see the edges that get cropped by the gallery program.]

Mark Walker is Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast's 2021 Volunteer of the Year.  Tammy Mast (right) in bottom photo), chair of the Rotary Volunteers Committee, presented the award on April 22.

(Photos are by Dan Emrie.)