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This Wednesday, January 22nd, after his introduction by Ralph Smith, fellow Rotarian Bob Meroney reviews the history of American money from the time of the American revolution to today. The art and symbolism found on different denominations will be shown, the story of Hobo nickels related, the Masonic conspiracy described, and proposed evil influences dealt with. If you have any interest at all in money, be sure to be there!
This month our honored teacher was Marge Couget, who has been a kindergarten teacher at Beattie Elementary School for nine years Her career spans 28 years of teaching. She was introduced by her principal, Dave Patterson. Presenting Couget with a check for $250 from RCFC was Committee Member, Marty Bachman.
Past President Steve Laine inducted RCFC's newest member, Grace Taylor, who will join the Evening fellowship. Grace is Vice President of Operations for PVH and MCR, both hospitals are part of UCHealth. She oversees several support services and fosters relationships with network affiliate hospitals. She is sponsored by Stacy Plemmons. 
On January 15, our fellow RCFC member, Randy Kurtz, shared his experiences from some 50 years of interactions with Rotary Exchange Students. To start, Randy compared the experience of himself and his family with that of his father-in-law who spent 83 of his 85 years in the bedroom community of Bernardsville, NJ. In contrast, Randy and all three of his children have spent significant periods living in various countries around the world, some on exchange programs, others for various other reasons.
During RCFC's first meeting of 2020, a $1049.94 STEM grant was awarded to St. Joseph's School to build and supply a "Cooperation Lab" that will be used by all St. Joseph classes. Accepting the grant and representing St. Joseph's were Bri Oronoz and Jana Godenkauf. Presenting the check for RCFC was STEM Committee member Harry Mueller.
