The Rotary district governor representing North Battleford was in the city July 15 for a Monday noon-hour meeting with Battlefords Rotary Club members. Tracey Vavrek, a member of the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie, Alta., is District Governor of District 5370 for 2019-20. Rotary District 5370 covers Northern Alberta, Northwest Saskatchewan, Northeastern British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. She started her term July 1. In her remarks to local members, Vavrek particularly focused on the Rotary theme for the upcoming year of “Rotary Connects the World,” on how Rotary “connects each of us,” in their own communities and internationally. She also invited local members to come to Grande Prairie for Rotary’s People of Action Conference happening Oct. 3-5. Photos by John Cairns
