John Forister led the club in the prayer and pledge.

 

 

Mike Allen was wearing his Rotary pin when his name was called so he won the wine.

 

David Jones, who served in the Coast Guard, reflected on the upcoming 231st birthday of this military branch. "Always Ready", the Coast Guard patrols 95,000 miles of US coastline, has 35,000 members on active duty, and is involved in an average of forty two search and rescues in a typical day.

 

Our guest was introduced by Kellie Early District Director at Representative Andrew Murr.  Kellie then presented a

Resolution from the House of Representatives for appreciation of work done by past Kerrville Convention & Visitor's Bureau President, Charlie McIlvain.

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Murr – an eighth-generation Texan and the descendant of a pioneering family of one of our brave defenders of the Alamo – Representative Murr comes from a long line of Texans committed to making our state a better place to live for future generations.

 

He is extremely busy, this is some of the items he is working on:

 

   

   

  

  

  

                                                             

 

for more info Representative Andrew Murr.  He said the Texas Governor will keep on calling special sessions until they get a quorum. 

 

Mike Allen gets his Paul Harris plus one. Mike won this when he had the best Bur Oak tree planted from seed. Ed Hamilton was providing seeds to all that wanted some.

Bryant Truitt introduced Jeremiah Gunderson, who is the Director of Veteran and Affiliated Services for the University of Texas.

Bryant Truitt

 

Jeremiah Gunderson

 

Jeremiah is a veteran who served two tours in Iraq, and went to college after his military service. As the director of Veteran Services, his office helps student veterans at the University of Texas by providing resources for financial and academic support, health services and career counseling. Veterans are obviously older than traditional students, and have life experiences that are significantly different as well.

 

There are about four hundred veterans on campus at UT. That number is fairly small because the University of Texas has stringent entrance requirements for traditional students (top six percent of their high school graduating class), and there are many more applicants than space available. There is a small percentage of slots available for others that aren't in that 6% category, including transfer students, veterans and international students. The Veterans Office helps evaluate all incoming applications from veterans, and provides recommendations to the Admissions office. Those that are accepted come in as transfer students.

 

If you are interested in supporting our student veterans at UT, you can contact the Vice President for Student Affairs Development at 512-475-6134.

The next trash pickup is scheduled for this Saturday July 24th at 7:30 at. Meet at Talley Elementary.

 

We will do another Rise Against Hunger event on September 18th.

Click on the link below for the Zoom Replay of the Club Meeting 7/7/2021 the first meeting of the New Year!  Jeff Harris and officers and chairs were installed and Jeff provided his goals and action plans for the upcoming year!  It will be a great year as we come together in person for our meetings at the KROC Center, Wednesdays at 11:45am.