Noon Rotary Hears of Effingham Native's Naval Honor Guard Work

Naval veteran Melissa Koester served as weekly guest speaker at the Effingham Noon Rotary Club meeting July 22.

(NOON ROTARY WEEKLY PROGRAM CHAIRMAN TOM HENDERSON AND WEEKLY PROGRAM GUEST MELISSA KOESTER)

Koester served as a part of the Naval honor guard, principally at Arlington National Cemetery. She also was also a part of the honor guard detachment at the funeral of former President Gerald Ford. 

Koester was also stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during her five-year enlistment.

Noon Rotarian Tom Henderson served as Rotary weekly program chairman.

(NOON ROTARY SECRETARY TONYA SINER, TONYA'S NEPHEW KARTER OVERBECK, AND NOON ROTARIAN MONTE BARTELS)

Meanwhile, Monte Bartels won the weekly 50/50 drawing, but failed to win the grand prize. Club Secretary Tonya Siner had some special help with the drawing; her five-year-old nephew, Karter Overbeck, assisted with making the cards available to Monte.