SERVICE ABOVE SELF


We were fortunate to have as guests the current District Governor, Alistair McNair, and his wife Ann. Alistair presented the prizes to the winning golfers. Many thanks to all members who volunteered, especially Mike Dow who not only managed this event but the Crail outing the day before. Five visiting Rotarians from Bridgnorth in Shropshire stayed on to play more golf in St Andrews and attended our Tuesday meeting when George Finley from the St Andrews Club gave a fascinating talk entitled My Life, My Art. George is a graduate from West Point and he briefly discussed his early art which involved military caricatures and in the 1980s paintings commemorating the services of Army commands in


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Europe. On retirement he established himself in Germany with a studio at Gnadental where he spends 6 months of the year. In the 1990s his style became more abstract and in 2002 he introduced his new style, ‘The New Line’. This was in response to 9/11 and he has continued to convey the theme of peace and harmony in his paintings, many examples of which were brought to the meeting. He also showed us the tools of his trade – a series of paint ‘guns’ similar to those that you would use to grout your bathroom. We were all amazed how he could keep a steady hand to produce such clear lines in his work.


John Fernie


The evening of 1st October proved to be a very busy one. Immediate Past District Governor Ian Dow, had travelled from Aberdeen to the area to present us wi th a Presidential Citation – Silver Distinction, awarded to the club for the work c omp l e t e d d u r i n g 2 0 1 8 - 2 0 1 9 . Unfortunately Past President John Spittal, whose year the award was for,


was unable to be present so President John Fernie accepted it on the club’s behalf. The meeting continued, with the introduction of five guests – Colin Mitchell from the Rotary Club of St Andrews, Lou and Kathy Melendez, each a Past President of Gig Harbour Rotary Club, Washington State, USA, and Bob McClellan and Dan Blank, both Past Presidents of Superior Rotary Club, Wisconsin, USA. President John then conducted the draw of the Lottery connected with the Club’s Charity Golf Day. The first prize, a four ball voucher for entry to the competition, went to Andy Allan from Glasgow. Further draws were made for a variety of vouchers for other well-known golf courses, restaurants and spa treatments. Congratulations to all the lucky winners.


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