Rotary gift

Steve Gragert, Will Rogers Memorial Museums executive director, shows Roger Fleming, Reveille Rotary Club of Claremore president, the new admissions desk funded by the Claremore club with matching funds from Rotary District 6110 through The Rotary Foundation. The desk was installed when the Museum started charging admission this year, the first time since the museum opened 73 years ago. A plaque on the desk is dedicated to Reveille Rotary and The Rotary Foundation. Gragert said the $2,000 in grants “essentially covered all the costs of Pixley Lumber’s construction of the desk.” An increasingly constrained budget necessitated the move to charge admission. Income generated will allow the museum to sustain and  increase educational programs, mount new exhibits and conserve the vast collections. (Will Rogers Memorial Museum Photos)

Posted by Rick Mobley