Club of Rotary Houma Katie Portier - Rotarian of the Day Katie Portier is Marketing Director for Synergy Bank. She joined our club in 2018 at the invitation of Billy Foster. Katie's hobbie include working with her husband to renovate their fixer-upper home, volunteering with Junior Auxiliary of Houma, and being outside with their boys, enjoying that newborn life! Katie has been married to her husband Lane for 9 years. They have two children: Ezra, 7 years old, and River, 6 months old. Katie enjoys being active in our community. "Rotary is a great way to give back alongside some pretty wonderful people!" Mike Detillier -- Guest Speaker Mike Detillier is an award winning journalist, talk show host, and sports analyst that has covered the college and pro football scene for over 30 years. Mike started working on WWL-870 AM with legendary sports journalists Hap Glaudi and Buddy Diliberto and now works with former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert on the Second Guess Show each Monday Night from the Silver Slipper Casino in Mississippi, along with the pregame show for New Orleans Saints Radio Network. Mike D. has been the college and pro football analyst for WWL-870 Radio in New Orleans for over 30 years and he has been the editor and publisher of the Mike Detillier NFL Draft Report for 34 years. His Draft Report breaks down the top talent in the college football ranks entering the NFL and also the top players in the National Football League. Detillier also works for ESPN Radio covering the Southeast Conference and NFL and does pregame coverage for WWL-Radio, the LSU Radio Sports Network, the New Orleans Saints Radio Network and the Tennessee Titans Radio/TV Network, along with postgame coverage for WWL-Channel 4 TV for LSU and the New Orleans Saints. Detillier is a contributing writer for Sports Illustrated Magazine and the Saints News Network. Mike D. also is the Sunday lead columnist for the Houma Today newspaper and for SaintsReport.com. You can hear him weekly on ESPN Radio New Orleans/Baton Rouge with Matt Mascona, on ESPN-1420 on Saturday mornings with Ian Auzenne, ESPN Mississippi with Bo Bounds, ESPN Alabama with Drew DeArmond, the VISN Network in Las Vegas and on the Alabama Radio Network with Ryan Fowler. Mike D. is also the host along with former Saints football players in Bobby Hebert and Rich Mauti on HTV-10 with Martin Folse on �Sports on the Bayou� television. Detillier is also a spokesperson for Thibodaux Regional Medical Center/Sports Wellness Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. Announcement Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Meet at the Food Bank Please join us at Terrebonne Churches United Food Bank following our noon meeting to present them with the proceeds from our Happy Bucks through March. With the $1778 raised, they are able to buy 100 cases of corn in order to tie into our Centennial year. The office is located at 922 Sunset Ave (off of Barrow). We project to do this between 1:20 and 1:30pm and take only minutes. Hope you can make it! Thanks, Jerry RYLA Camp RYLA will be held in July: Thursday, July 22, 2021, through Sunday, July 25, 2021. The setting for 2021 Camp RYLA will be Bayou Segnette State Park in Westwego, LA. The Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) provides outstanding student leaders an opportunity to hone their leadership and teamwork skills. The four-day program is staffed and operated by volunteer Rotarians from District 6200. Incoming and outgoing 11th graders, graduating seniors, both males and females are eligible to apply. RYLA is one of the few Rotary sponsored events that children, grandchildren and family members of Rotarians can attend. Deadline for submission of completed applications is Wednesday, May 5. Please submit applications to the Rotary Club of Houma first. We will in turn submit the applications to the District Office. The applications can either be emailed to Brenda Faucheux at [email protected], or mailed to Rotary Club of Houma, Attention: Brenda Faucheux, P. O. Box 811, Houma, LA 70361-0811. Weekly Words of Wisdom All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. -- Havelock Ellis Join our Meeting By Zoom! You can participate in our weekly meeting by teleconference using the Zoom app. Click the link to get started: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83521205429?pwd=YlphejJWeVlyN2pCOTlEZFdtL0ZNZz09 Events April 14th - ROD: Katie Portier 21st - Guest Speaker: Syrita Steib-Martin 21st - Two Truths and a Lie 28th - Guest Speaker: Carl Johnson May 5th - ROD: JJ Buquet 5th - Happy Bucks 12th - ROD: Craig Greene, MD Birthdays Shane P Golmon Dixon Lewis Frank Kolwe April 18th April 25th May 5th Jeremy Gueldner May 5th Years of Service Michael Derek Chaisson D'Angelo 9 Years 9 Years District Officers Catherine Yvonne Lognion Mark Hudson Lee Timothy James Mcnabb Normand DG-Elect DG-Nominee District Governor Harold L. Domingue Jr. iPDG Club Officers Jerry P. Ledet Stephanie Corso Carroll D. McKey III President President-Elect President-Nominee Secretary Morgan Allison Derek Chaisson Brenda M. Faucheux Treasurer iPast President Club Executive Secretary Club Meeting Houma Meets at Ramada Inn - Houma 1400 W. Tunnel Blvd. Houma, LA 70360 Time: Wednesday at 12:00 PM.