Josephine Matela, former Brockport village mayor and owner of the Red Bird Tea Shop and Cafe, was presented with the Rudy Smith Community Service Award. She is shown with outgoing club president Lorrie D’Angelo, Assistant District Governor Bill Gormont (Greece Rotary) and District 7120 Governor Gaven Hurley (Penfield Rotary). Mary Jo Orzech nominated Matela and related Matela’s many achievements to the group. Matela’s plaque reads: “For being a long time proponent, supporter and leader in the ongoing quest to make Brockport a ever better place in which to live.”
Fred Kimmel, three-time club president received the Irv Kropman Award for Club Service, an award Kimmel helped create when he was president years ago, and for which he described its origin at the changeover dinner. Everyone enjoyed his complete surprise at receiving the award. Kimmel is shown with ADG Bill Gormont, DG Gaven Hurley and Incoming President Doug Clare.
