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.
95 Kids registered for Christmas shopping at Kmart in the Citrus County Mall.
This is always a fun & interesting time helping the kids shop for family, friends
and themselves for Christmas. Each child is assigned to a volunteer who helps
them find Christmas presents which may or not be what was on their list. Five
Clubs from Citrus County participated along with volunteers from Rotaract,
Interact and other volunteers. The Central Citrus Rotary Club had 10 volunteers:
John Ceparano, Karen Stephenson, Geri Watrouse, Hazel Carlson, Arthur
Delaby, Nancy Ayres, Gary Ayres, Elif Yegen, Eric Hoyer & Roger Carlson.
After shopping was done everybody went to the Crystal River High School
to wrap presents and for pizza & cookies. This was a great time too with the
volunteers trying to help the kids wrap presents.
Our Rotary Club was privileged to have two great speakers on November 16, 2016.
Linda Petrie, mother of Amanda Petrie gave a great talk on how she appreciated
the scholarships her daughter received from the Rotary Club. Amanda got a
scholarship in 2013 for $1,000. In 2016 she received a district grant & club funds
totaling $5,500. She is graduating from USF in December, 2016 with a 4.0 average
and has applied at several colleges to continue her studies in the medical field.
Amanda’s grandmother also attended the meeting.
Roger , Linda, Grandmother & Ken are in the picture below.
Our second speaker was Linda McCone, a competent communicator. She is
a member of a the Unity/Dunnellon Toastmasters. Public speaking is important
for Rotarians to spread the word about Rotary and function as a leader in their
club on committees and as officers. She gave us information on how improving
public speaking skills can help us in Rotary and our professions. Several members
have taken public speaking training and understand how important it is for
everyone. Linda told us about Toastmasters and how it would help us as to be
better Rotarians. Roger, Linda and Geri are in the picture below.
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Central Citrus County were busy Saturday
morning doing roadside cleanup on Hwy 491 north of Hwy 486. 13 Rotarians,
RYE students & family members participated in the cleanup. The Rotary Club
is responsible for cleanup on a 2 mile section of Hwy 491 north of Hwy 486.
The morning was cool making it much easier walking and picking up trash.
