A “community” is a “group of people who live in the same area…a unified body of individuals… a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community.
President Gayle Selden called the meeting of the Rotary Club of Lakewood to order promptly at 12:30 p.m. on an August day that did not seem that windy. But just wait. A somewhat sparse but vociferous crowd of Lakewood Rotarians was on hand, which just proves that “it is an ill wind that blows no good.” (Just wait for it.)
The District Governor of District 5020 was our speaker for this last Friday in July 2018. He spoke on many memorable themes but one phrase resonated with us, so we make that our theme for today. If you are an active member of Lakewood Rotary, then you are truly making a difference or as he said, "moving the needle" with respect to one or more of the issues facing our world where Rotary International is an inspiration.
It was December 16, 2011, at the Lakewood Rotary meeting at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. The Club's president was adorned in a stylish sweater with a nice green skirt. He (yes, it was a "he".....we can't be judgmental about personal attire, after all) was near tears upon the receipt of a giant trophy, named "The T. Torvald Torvaldssen III Award", commemorating T. Torvald Torvaldssen interestingly enough.
