THE GALLIPOLIS ROTARY CLUB

Gallipolis Rotary Club welcomed Gwen McGraw, RN and Melissa Kunkle, BSN, RN, Director of Nursing from the Gallia County Health Department to our meeting today.  The nurses make their annual visit to provide TB Tests to members in advance of the Bob Evans Festival.  As an added bonus, Rotarians and guests also were able to get their flu shot today.  President Lou Ellen Werry practiced her leadership skills and lead the way to inspire the club to line up and get their shots.   Thank you, Gwen and Melissa for coming to Rotary today!

New Member Induction—President Lou Ellen took a moment to introduce our newest member to the club.  Lee G. Saltzgaber, MD MMM MPH, was personally inducted by President Lou.  Lee has been active in Rotary since 2006 and most recently was President-Elect of the Rotary Club of Northern Guam. He was Vocational Director for the club from 2007-2008.  Lee has had an interesting career in public health arena, aerospace medicine, family practice, and now joins Holzer Medical Center as Vice President for Quality and Clinical Effectiveness.  We look forward to hearing more from our new member in upcoming weeks. Welcome aboard, Lee! (more…)

Sergeant-of-Arms Kurt Dailey officiated with the induction of yet another Rotarian into the Gallipolis Rotary Club.  Dr. Ken Porada, Provost of the University of Rio Grande, joined our club having moved here a few months ago from California where he was active in the San Rafael Rotary Club.  Ken is a Paul Harris Fellow and resides in Gallipolis with his wife, Vicki.  Welcome to the club, Ken!

VP/President-Elect Shirley Doss presided at our club  meeting today in the place of vacationing President Lou Ellen Werry.  Our invocation was provided by Kevin Petrie.  Shirley welcomed our assembled members and directly went to the business at hand. (more…)

Sponsor, Margret Evans, challenges new member, Kevin Dennis, during this induction into Gallipolis Rotary.

An invocation provided by Kevin Petrie started off the meeting of the Gallipolis Rotary Club and President Lou Ellen Werry moved straight into club business for the day. (more…)