Cottleville/Weldon Spring Rotary Club

Yesterday, Maureen Cunningham of Brain Injury Association of Missouri join us for lunch. She shared how they are creating a better future for survivors and families through Support, Recreation, Education, and Advocacy. Thank you, Maureen!

Today was busy at Rotary! We inducted new member, David Seward, from St. Charles Community College. Next, we presented David Hadden with a token of our appreciation in leading our club for the 2025-26 Rotary year and membership in the 711 Club. Room 711 was the location of the first Rotary meeting in 1905 Chicago. Finally, we inducted our new club officers: Arbuckle, President; Michael Padella, President-Elect; Barbara Be Drant, Treasurer; and Sue Cobb, Foundation Chair; and David Hadden, Immediate Past President.

Tomorrow, we will host Patrick Flynn of Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He will be giving us a market outlook and economic update. Let us know in the comments, if you would like to join us.

As part of our speaker series from Sheriff Scott Lewis in May, Jason Gray shared about his time with the Major Case Squad.
Interesting Facts:
• Started in 1965.
• Consists of 500 detectives.
• At least 22 detectives called on for any case.
• Only a training budget.
• Detectives' time/salary/expenses are covered by participating city departments.
• Call out lasts 5 days.
• Case closure over 80%!

Cottleville Police Officer Garrett Willyerd demonstrated the drone for us.
Some interesting facts:
30x zoom
Almost 1 mile range
Used for 11 hours at Irishfest in Cottleville
Upcoming drone first responder, clarifies incidents before officers can reach location
Real Time Information Center RTIC in O'Fallon
Drones will cover 90% of Cottleville out of RTIC
To operate, one must be licensed drone pilot
Interior drone can clear a house before SWAT
400' height limit per FAA
Up to 30 mph

THANK YOU Cottleville/Weldon Spring Rotary Club for the donation of 1000 coffee cups! ⭐️WOWZA!⭐️