Directors: Henny Boeters, Kees Boeters, Ben Van Heeswijk, Bob Wilson and David Brian
Attendance:
Members: 14
Guests: Judy Van de Hogen, Barb Rose, Angela B, Glenda P, Claudie G, Elizabeth B and son Finnegan, Wim and Linda Boonzaijer, Cathy Schippers and Carena L, Elaine B, Carla VH
Birthdays: Jeff Geddes, Aug. 2
Anniversaries: David and Elizabeth B, July 24th, 20 years; Angela and Paul B, Aug 7th, 53 years; Carla and Ben V, Aug 9th, 21 years
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Meeting Date: July 29, 2024 at Roesch Meats, with an excellent bbq’d smoke pork chop dinner at 5:30 pm and the meeting at 6:30 pm.
Correspondence: None
Program: Leader Henny Boeters introduced the speaker Louis Roesch
Note: Because of the air conditioning in the room we were in, hearing Louis was very hard, so my notes below are very short and somewhat disjointed
Louis started in the business in 1995, with his father and his brother, when he worked as a summer student
He has been working here for 61 years
Louis and Clara married in 1996, and they have 7 daughters and one son
Their son and his wife work full time in the business, but none of the daughters do
He is always willing to help other farmers
During COVID, they did not shut down
They always do things the way they should be done
Louis spoke about questioning inspectors when they came to their farm and meat business, but I missed most of what he said
Committees:
120 cars
Close to the same net income as last year
$3500 this year, with about $4000 last year
Monetary donations from several companies up from last year
50-50 profits and donations from people entering at the gates was down
2. Kees: Scrap Metal
The bin is full and should be picked up shortly
Quite a bit of material collected from the Ridgetown U. of G. campus
Leader Henny asked if there was “Anything for the good of Rotary?”
Henny closed the meeting at 7:40 pm
The next meeting is on: Aug. 12th with speaker Sharon Ninaber speaking about her support of 36 students in Uganda
Meeting In the Hall 6.00pm start 6.30pm dinner
l-r: Clara Roesch, Leader Henny Boeters and Louis Roesch
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