Perhaps I am exaggerating a little with the title. Yes, Brandon Bird, president, says that the Rotary Club of Blackfoot needs fresh blood, but I think he was referring to new members, not some Satanic Halloween event around a boiling cauldron of boiling blood.
And look at Brandon who does not look Halloween scary at all. The executive director of the Eastern Idaho State Fair, Brandon was one the District 5400 called early in July to provide hospitality to a family of bicycle riders traversing the U.S. from Astoria, Oregon to the East Coast. Thanks, Brandon and the Blackfoot club!
AND FRESH BLOOD MAY BE ON THE WAY!
The Idaho State Journal carried an encouraging story two days after I left describing that a local business, Premier Technology, Inc., a manufacturing, engineering and construction firm, had received several new contracts and was seeking to hire at least 50 new employees.
The news article stated, "Jobs at Premier are typically high-paying, and the additional jobs in Blackfoot should provide a boost to the local economy and is an indication that Premier Technology will continue to provide jobs in the future, according to Dan Cravens, the regional economist for the Idaho Department of Labor."
BLACKFOOT CLUB MEMBERS ARE GRACIOUS AND YOUTH-ORIENTED
Scott and Peggy Hansen invited me to stay at their home on Oct. 18 and go to a Gilbert (no relation) and Sullivan production at Snake River High School of the Pirates of Penzance. What a production with thirty actor/singers and a high school and community orchestra of an additional thirty! To my pleasure that evening, I listened to a lovely confident female lead singer with a beautiful voice. Self-effacing Scott eventually told me that the singer was his daughter, Hannah.
Scott is an attorney turned magistrate judge and the important chair of the District 5400 Simplified Grants committee. Thanks Scott and Peggy for your hospitality to me the evening I stayed with you.
MEET THE CLUB LEADERS
I asked the club leaders to describe what motivated them. The common answer was "youth" and "economic development for the community." Buzz Pfeiffer spoke about helping youth be successful and staying off Meth. Brandon said youth, families, education and civic pride. Christian Utley spoke of the club project, "Cattle for Kids," wherein Rotarians purchase a calf on behalf of kids who raise it and sell it. Businessman Bryce Jolley spoke about the necessity of keeping jobs and businesses alive.
This club sponsors an Interact Club at Blackfoot High School! Yes! Yes! Yes!
The club leadership poses,including "Buzz" Pfeiffer, president-elect, Brandon Bird, president,
Christian Utley, and Bryce Jolley, secretary. Taylor Ball, (standing) is past president
and Phil Anderson, is the assistant governor.
Finally, I leave you with pictures of club members, including Bobby, a junior at Blackfoot High School, who was a guest of his uncle, seen immediately below:
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