Wayne Ray was introduced as the new president of the Rotary Club of the Battlefords at a dinner hosted June 28.
Ray takes over from Terry Blanchette who now assumes past-president responsibilities. MC Warren Williams and John Jangula each presented a plaque to Blanchette in honour of his time as president.
Blanchette presented Ray with the Rotary pin in recognition of his new role as president.
Also at the meeting, the Rotary presented the Integrity Award to a local non-Rotarian individual who fit the criteria of integrity, uprightness and honesty.
The honoree this year was Sharon Mohagen, who has been a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and had been active on the Centennial and Sask. Winter Games committees, among others.
She tearfully accepted the honour by saying “so many more people out there” deserved the award, a statement Ray and Blanchette disagreed with in congratulating her.
Also honoured at the meeting was Rotary member Keri Payne who received the Paul Harris Fellow Award Plus Four, for exemplary service as well as her contribution made in 2017-18. Payne was presented the pin by Warren Williams.
