Blizzard Assumes the Helm as Club President

2019-20 Club Pres. Steve Blizzard

Pres. Steve Blizzard and the 2019-20 Newport Rotary leadership team was installed at special meeting on Monday, June 26, 2019. Matt Shortway was recognized as President-Elect.

The meeting doubled as the club's final service project of 2018-19 under outgoing Pres. Rick Moreau, an improvement project at the Mann Cemetery in Newport. Click here for the article.

Past District Governor Bevin Wall conducted the installation and remarked on the value of the club to the community, including its member's leadership in civic affairs, their innovation in creating and sustaining of many signature town events such as the Newport Pig Cooking Contest and the Newport Halloween Hootenanny, and their present community project oriented schedule of approximately one project per month. Newport Rotary is looked on by others, including other Rotary clubs, as a "club that gets things done". The future is bright if we continue to innovate and do!

Pres. Blizzard joined Rotary in 2009 and was previously club president in 2011-2012. His wife, Tammy is also an active member of the club. Their daughter, Grace, is on a Rotary Youth Exchange this Summer.