It was great to hear about the upcoming opening of the Kirkwood Washington County Regional Center
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Tera Pickens, Center Director |
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Stacy Sturdevant talks about her story and special award from Kirkwood |
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Mary Kate Horak attended Rotary to say "thanks for the scholarship!" |
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The fun, hip table at Rotary |
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Gary Murphy is not amused |
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Katie Wellington always enjoys attending Rotary. Good luck at Drake. |
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Welcome back to Washington, Kent Dallmeyer |
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Katie Wellington says thanks for the scholarship |
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Kayla Schindler says thanks for being our next RILA student |
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What is it that makes Jim Mostek smile? |
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Thank you Hannah Purner for giving us an overview of your big year in Washington. We'll miss you! |
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Hannah signs a book for the Library |
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Top hats are making a come back |
June 12, 2014
It was really interesting to hear from Cargill Pork's Jim Hinckley about the pork check-off, and farming and food production.
Jim Hinckley is a business development manager for Cargill Pork, a division of Cargill, Inc. Jim is based is Fairfield, Iowa, and is responsible for the company’s pork production sites in southeast Iowa and western Illinois.
Jim was a hog buyer with Excel Fresh Meats, a subsidiary of Cargill Inc., for 18 years before joining Cargill Pork. Jim began his career as a hog buyer for FDL Foods Inc., in Dubuque Iowa.
Jim graduated from Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University), Kirksville, Mo., in 1991 with a degree in agricultural business and was active in Alpha Gamma Rho, an agricultural fraternity.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
June 19 - Club Forum!
June 25 - WEDNESDAY EVENING Annual Awards Dinner @ Marr Park 5:30pm. Catered by Cafe Dodici!
June 26 - NO MEETING
June Rotary club meetings are catered by Halcyon House's Applewood Bistro. Yum.