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Notes from the President
Shawn P. Hunt
Vic Gillette shared with us the fact that his 80th birthday is next week. Danny Dunn thought that was special enough to pay a $2.00 BRAG to sing happy Birthday to Vic. If Danny wanted to serenade Vic himself it would have been $20.00 so he decided to let us all join in the singing of Happy Birthday. These are the kind of things going on at our meetings.
Jack Morris paid for a BRAG to talk about how much our Speaker, Ralph Sheffield, has help cater Rotary events through the years. Las Casas has been a staple served at 100% dinners as well at Rotary Christmas parties in past years. I could smell "white wings" as Jack was talking.
Last Week's Program by Shawn P. Hunt
Rotarian of the Day Jack Morris introduced
State Representitive Ralph Sheffield
Like Lloyd Thomas, Ralph Sheffield graduated from Waco-Richfield High in 1973. Unlike Lloyd, Ralph took a career path that was restaurant centric and not real estate centric. Ralph opened his first Restaurant in 1975 at the age of 19. He went on the establish Las Casas in Temple as open of the premier Tex/Mex restaurants in Central Texas. At Las Casas he invented the worlds famous "White Wings."
Last year Ralph was voted into the District 55 Texas State Representative. As President of his freshman class Ralph past more bills than anyone at the 170 day session. One of the bigger bills to impact our area was Ralph's ability to retain the funds necessary to complete the I35 construction.
Another very important bill that Ralph was able to get through was the bill that deports any foreign student who drops out or, is kicked out of and Texas colleges or universities.
Ralph is looking out for the citizens of Bell County and we appreciate him coming by and visiting with us.
FYI: J Kowbys at 5pm tonight for our Rotary Social.
Upcoming Rotary Events
The "Scheduled Programs" page of the website can be found at: (http://www.templerotary.org/ScheduledPrograms.cfm)
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