LP Rotary Club welcomes new president and inducts three new members
LAKE PLACID - The Lake Placid Rotary Club has passed the torch to a new president and welcomed three new members.
Steve Detwiler, a Realtor and broker associate with Prudential Terry Horrocks Real Estate, has assumed the presidency of the Rotary Club of Lake Placid for 2008-09. This will be Detwiler's second tour as Rotary president, having previously held the position in 1995-96. Detwiler took the helm of the local service club at the annual "Changing of the Guard" dinner on June 19 at Nicola's restaurant in Lake Placid.
Detwiler resides in Lake Placid with his wife, Beverly. He is also a licensed real estate appraiser and past president of the Northern Adirondack Board of Realtors. Steve enjoys many recreational endeavors throughout the Adirondacks and is active in the Adirondack Ski Touring Council.
Detwiler takes over from out-going President Bill Stowe.
Other officers of the Rotary Club of Lake Placid are Ed Finnerty, vice president; Carlos Caguiat, secretary; and Camilla Palumbo, treasurer.
The Rotary Club also recently inducted Michele Byno, Gene Davis and Susan Rose-Hockert at its annual dinner meeting in June.
Byno is vice president of long-term care and administrator of the AMC-Uihlein Skilled Nursing Facility in Lake Placid. She was sponsored into the Club by past president Bill Stowe.
Davis, a retired construction manager, was sponsored by Rotary Memebership Chair Gene Gengel.
Rose-Hocker, owner of Whiteface Risk Management, was sponsored by Rotarian Tina Leonard.
The Rotary Club of Lake Placid was chartered in 1994 and boosts an active membership of business, community and professional leaders. The club supports a number of local and international projects, including parks revilalization and the Jambo Jipya School in Kenya. More information about the Rotary Club of Lake Placid can be obtained at www.rotarylakeplacid.org.
