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Congratulations to Rose

Hayden! She won a $50 gift certificate to Coley’s donated by Karen Brown. We raised $67 for Metro charities.

Thank you . . .Thank you . . .Thank you . . .Thank you . . . to Karen Brown for providing today’s invocation, leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance and for providing us with a fundraising opportunity.

to Cathy Scroggs and Bette

Wordelman for greeting members and guests as they arrived at today’s meeting.

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Bill Costello ................ Todd Ridgeway

Jan Beckett ................... Shanda Traiser

Tim Sullivan ...................... Ryan Euliss

Tim Sullivan ................. Jim Robertson

Two Metro Rotarians will celebrate membership anniversaries this week.

Congratulations to Scott Mackey (1 year on October 14) and Jan Beckett (4 years on October 17)!

Congratulations to Ryan Maris who will be relocating soon to Chicago to be with his fiancée! We wish Ryan the best.

NEW PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS

Metro recognized three members who have advanced their Paul Harris Fellowships. Rose Hayden (+4), Shane Winter (+1) and Marnie Clark (+4) (above, left to right) were commended for their respective commitments to The Rotary Foundation. Congratulations to Rose, Shane and Marnie!

Next Week @ Metro . . .

Program Richard Mendenhall

History of Business Development in Columbia

Greeter Kristen Dickinson

Invocation/Pledge/Fundraiser

Norm Benedict

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Leah Christian encouraged members to sign up for a Sweet Potato Harvest on October 15 at Douglass High School’s community garden from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Rotary Districts 6080 and 6110 will hold a multi-district conference on October 21-23 at the Hilton Branson Convention Center. You can make your reservations through DaCdb or the District 6080 website.

October 24 is designated as World Polio Day 2016. Boonville Rotary is hosting a luncheon speaker that day at Isle of Capri Casino. Cost is only $7 per person, and the luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m.

The next Rotaract Leadership session will be held October 27 at Woodhaven’s learning facility beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Past Rotary International President (2010-2011) Ray Klinginsmith from Kirksville will be speak at Downtown Rotary on November 3. All Rotarians, family members and friends are encouraged to attend. In order to have appropriate seating and food arrangements in place, please let President Sarah know if you plan to attend.

On November 4, Metro’s Community Service Committee is hosting a celebration bonfire for Douglass students to celebrate the 2016 Sweet Potato Harvest. The event will run from 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Stephens Lake.

This year’s All-Columbia Rotary Club Thanksgiving Luncheon is planned for Tuesday, November 22 at the Courtyard Marriott. Metro is the lead organizer this year for the annual event. Tickets will be available at $25 each at upcoming Metro meetings.

Rob Christensen reported that he recently visited the Novato Rotary Club in California.

District Simplified Grant update: The five respondents to the RFP have been narrowed to two finalists. It was noted that the Cradle to Career Alliance has already expressed an interest in utilizing this new app once it has been developed.

Metro’s Community Service subcommittees will meet next week.

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REVOLVING LOAN FUND HELPS LOCAL PROJECTS Ryan Euliss is the Chief Financial Officer for Boone Electric. One of the programs under his direction is the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF). The RLF was established to provide a local funding source to assist with local economic and community development projects. Priorities of the fund include job creation and retention, diversification of the local economy, improving the skills of the rural workforce, and upgrading the public infrastructure to improve the health, safety and/or medical care of rural residents. The fund is administered by the Boone Electric Cooperative Board of Directors who review and select applications for funding. The initial RLF funds were provided to Ryan Euliss & Jim Robertson the Centralia R-VI school district to purchase an HVAC system. Eligible applications for RLF funding include organizations involved in community or economic development projects. Applications can include new or expanding private businesses, local governments or non-profit community development organizations. Uses for the funds could include land purchase, buildings, fixed assets, machinery/equipment, infrastructure, residential housing projects or medical facilities. Ineligible uses of RLF funds include residential housing, pre-development costs, refinancing of existing debts, illegal activities, projects which have alternative sources of financing at reasonable rates, loans for agricultural production costs and projects with no supplemental financing. The minimum loan amount is $25,000, and the maximum loan amount is $360,000. For more information about Boone Electric or the RLF program visit http://booneelectric.coop/.