Friday night, May 29, we celebrated the installation of our new Board of Directors with dinner at Westborough Country Club. Representing District 6060, Kate Schwadron installed incoming officers: President, Tim Graham; Vice President, James Carlton; Secretary, Ann McReynolds; Treasurer, Scott Krejci; Sergeant-at-Arms, Gerry Kettenbach; Director, Chuck Weed; President-Elect, Gail Fernandez; and Past-President, Kim White.
Before the installation ceremony, Rotary Foundation Chair, Steve LaBarge, presented Paul Harris Fellow awards to more than a dozen members who have been recognized for their donations to the Rotary Foundation over the past year; Kim White presented the award for Outstanding Rotarian of the Year 2014-2015 to Ann McReynolds; and Gerry Kettenbach presented our club's 2015 Alan J. Hoener Awards for Business of the Year to the Shepherd's Center of Webster-Kirkwood and for Citizen of the Year to Rotarian Dick Peterson. The new Board of Directors will assume office on July 1; "Be a Gift to the World" will replace "Light Up Rotary" as the 2015-2016 Rotary Theme.