At the April 24 Rotary Club of Kirksville meeting, Club President Melissa Stuart presented a $200 check to ATSU-KCOM Student Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons “SAMOPS.” It is for their dog walk fundraiser for Retrieving Freedom, Inc.’s purchase of service dogs for veterans with disabilities. Pictured from left are SAMOPS Members Bryce Tarno, Bryce Dickerson and Megan Woods with President Stuart.
At the Jan. 24 Rotary Club of Kirksville meeting, Marie Murphree provided an update on the Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce, an organization in which she has served as executive director for the past nine months. She is pictured with Rotary club President Melissa Stuart (right).
At the Jan. 3 Rotary Club of Kirksville meeting, newer members Jennifer Chrisman (left) and Mason Garbs (right) spoke about themselves and their backgrounds. Chrisman, marketing and sales manager at Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company, lives on a farm she calls “The Big Hill” west of Novinger. Garbs, born and raised in O’Fallon, is an optometrist at Premier Eyecare Associates in Kirksville. They are pictured with club President Melissa Stuart.
At the Jan. 3 Rotary Club of Kirksville meeting, Melissa Stuart, Annette Sweet and Claire Lloyd received Paul Harris Fellowship pins from Foundation Chair Jeff Romine for their significant financial contributions to the Rotary International Foundation. They are pictured from left with Romine. Stuart and Sweet are four-time recipients and Lloyd, a six-time recipient. Rotary uses the money to improve living conditions and health around the world and for various grants, exchanges and scholarships designed to promote peace and better world understanding between cultures.
The speaker at the Dec. 13 Rotary Club of Kirksville meeting was fellow member Tom Stinson, a cyber security architect. Stinson provided tips on protecting our children or grandchildren from online predators. He is pictured with Rotary Club President Melissa Stuart.