#566, Club Bulletin, July 20, 2015
Posted by Mary Wildermuth
on Jul 20, 2015
Program for July 20, 2015: Drones and Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles with Jim Van Winkle
Invocation: Paul Fitzpatrick
Rotary News: Andrew Anderson guest of Pam Collins would like to join Rotary. Judi Holdorf told us we will be participating in Operation Warm Coat with a $500 match from the Kids First Fund and collaboration with West Liberty. Kids First Breakfast is this Friday from 7-9 at First National Bank..donations going to the Kids First Fund. The Rotary Service Project for July and August is school supply donations. Bring your supplies or donation to the meeting. Loring Miller and his wife, will be joining us on July 27, 2015 as our District Governor annual meeting.
Happy News: Greg Jenkins thanked the Club for helping with the 4th of July Parade. He is very proud of his son has just assumed command of his first squadron. Dawn Sturms Dodds is happy that her daughter is Jr. Miss Iowa and that her son's baseball team is second in baseball in the state!! Pam Collins is happy that the Summer Reading Program is going very well!!
Program: Todd Poci introduced Mark and Robin Mitchell as the owners of Contrary Brewery. Mark is the brewer and has given up his 22 year career with the postal service to take up this new venture. There are 4000 Brewerys
in the U.S. Mark calls Contrary a nanobrewery with 2 kegs being made in a 1 barrel batch. Beginning with 12 beers on tap there are currently 10 available for tasting. The brewery is open Thursday through Saturday from 4-10. It is not intended to be a bar or a tavern but a responsible pasttime. It takes about 10 days to make a beer. Panini Sandwiches are also available for enjoyment with a flight of beer. Mark calls his brewery a glorified home brewery!!