Boy’s & Girls Club

We had 2 speakers representing the Boys & Girls Club. Travis Anderson the new
the new Executive Director of the Citrus County Boys & Girls Clubs gave an
interesting talk on his career and how he got involved with the Boys & Girls Club
and ending up in Citrus County.
Harvey Gerber spoke about the cover for the back of the building at the Central
Ridge Boys & Girls Club. The cost is lower.  He covered several options for raising
funds for the cover and other projects at the club.
Harvey Gerber, Travis Anderson & Roger Carlson in the picture below.

Fifth Annual Spell-A-Rama

The Fifth Annual Spell-A-Rama was held on February 7, 2017 at the Forest Ridge
Elementary School. Eleven teams from the elementary/primary schools competed
in a spelling bee. Each team consisted of 3 fifth grade students and one teacher
for support. Many parents and teachers attended to support their team. It took
several spelling rounds to determine a winner. The three final teams were from
Central Ridge Elementary, Homosassa Elementary & Pleasant Grove Elementary
with Central Ridge Elementary finishing first. The winning team students received
bicycles from Walmart.

Elif Yegen had a great presentation about her home country, Turkey.
She had a short video and then a slide show presentation on customs,
areas of Turkey, her family & home. Turkey is a bridge between Asia
and Europe with many ancient historical sites and history. She
presented the club a banner from her host club in Turkey.
She is a Rotary Youth Exchange student going to school at Lecanto
High School.

For the 2nd year Central Citrus County Rotary Club was in the Citrus Springs
Christmas Parade. Our float had the sleigh with Santa Claus(Mike Busler)
and Mrs Claus(Dee Clardy) on it being the featured float. Obviously everybody
watching the parade was looking for Santa Claus. Kids watching were more
interested to see Santa Claus than get candy. Other Club volunteers in the parade
were Arthur Delaby, Elif Yegen, Nancy Ayres, John Clardy, Lou Newman,
Angela Busler & Roger Carlson.