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Shamrock Rotary Club Meetings @ 12:00 PM Every Tuesday @ Mesquite Canyon Steakhouse.

April Lilly, has been a long time resident of Shamrock since 1997 and has been a Shamrock Rotarian since 2008.๐Ÿ. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐...
10/26/2026

April Lilly, has been a long time resident of Shamrock since 1997 and has been a Shamrock Rotarian since 2008.

๐Ÿ. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?

I joined Rotary in 2008 while working as the General Manager at Holiday Inn Express (where I stayed for nearly 10 years). It was important to me to join after seeing all the great work Rotary was doing through my friend, Sandy Hatfield. The club was deeply involved with the community, supporting health initiatives like vaccination contributions and educational projects like providing dictionaries and scholarships. It felt right to be a part of giving back alongside like-minded people and applying my efforts wherever I could help.

๐Ÿ. ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง?

After joining the club, I had the privilege of serving as the Shamrock Rotary Club President in 2013โ€“2014, during which our club was honored by District 5730 with the '100% Paul Harris Achievement.' I also had the honor of serving a second term as President in 2020โ€“2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when District 5730 named us 'The Most Outstanding Club.' Our club took safety measures very seriously while continuing to stay active in serving the community. I love that our club actively displays the American flags on holidays and that our members feel like extended family.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ?

After my time at Holiday Inn Express, I worked in the McDonaldโ€™s administration office for four years, overseeing seven different restaurants. In 2021, I was appointed to the position of City Secretary for the City of Shamrock, where I attest to all City Council meetings, minutes, and financial records. This role has allowed me to grow through continuous education; I have been a member of the TMCA Panhandle Chapter since 2022, where I currently serve as Historian.

๐Ÿ’. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐?

Finishing college. I originally started back in 2000 but didn't finish due to life circumstances, starting a family, and working. In 2024, my oldest son, Dominic, who was 17 at the time, was taking online college courses through Clarendon College and encouraged me to go back. I decided to take the leap, and in May 2025, I earned my Associate Degree. Completing something I started two decades ago was a huge boost to my confidence. While Iโ€™ve achieved various professional milestones throughout my career, this was a deeply personal success. It inspired me to keep going, and I am currently a Junior at Angelo State University working toward my Bachelorโ€™s Degree through online courses.

๐Ÿ“.๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?

My family and I have been members of First Baptist Church of Shamrock since 2011. I also recently joined the Shamrock Chamber of Commerce Board in 2026 to support another organization dedicated to giving back to local businesses, the school, and scholarship programs.

๐Ÿ”. ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?

I genuinely enjoy being around people, asking curious questions, and hearing the unique responses I get from folks I meet! Above all, being a mom is the absolute best part of life. Watching my kids chase after their dreams and standing by their side along the way is such a beautiful experience.

End Polio Now: Shamrock Rotary Club Continues Annual Support โ˜˜๏ธโ€‹Ending polio globally remains one of Rotary Internationa...
10/22/2026

End Polio Now: Shamrock Rotary Club Continues Annual Support โ˜˜๏ธ

โ€‹Ending polio globally remains one of Rotary Internationalโ€™s highest priorities. The Shamrock Rotary Club is honored to continue our annual financial contribution toward this critical cause. ๐ŸŒ

โ€‹Through Rotary Internationalโ€™s global infrastructure and strategic matching partnerships, our local contributions help deliver vaccines, support health workers, and monitor disease prevention in areas where it is needed most. We remain steadfast in our commitment until polio is eradicated once and for all.

Up next on our Spotlight a longtime member of the Shamrock Rotary Club! Kelly Livingston ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง...
10/06/2026

Up next on our Spotlight a longtime member of the Shamrock Rotary Club! Kelly Livingston

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
After a dedicated 43-year career as a banker, I am now retired from the financial industry and currently work as a ski instructor.

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›?
The most rewarding aspect of my job is having the opportunity to interact with people every day, especially working with adaptive students who have special needs.

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ?
One of the major challenges in my career was being tasked with completing a loan computer conversion for over 40 banks. At first, the project seemed completely overwhelmingโ€”much like the prospect of eating an elephant. I was able to overcome this monumental task by breaking it down and taking it one step at a time, or one bite at a time.

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ?
If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, it would simply be to be more patient.

โ€‹๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?
I have been a proud member of Rotary for over 30 years.

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?
I originally joined Rotary because I wanted to be actively involved in local community projects, and someone took the initiative to invite me to join.

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ?
I am particularly proud of our Dictionary Project, which has successfully grown and evolved from serving zero to 5 schools.

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ (๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ) ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?
Beyond my primary career, I spent 11 years officiating high school and college basketball, and I also served as an instructor at the Lubbock Fire School for 11 years. In my free time, I love both skydiving and scuba diving. During my naval career as an Intelligence Specialist, I had the privilege of working directly with SEAL Team 2. Additionally, as a ski instructor, I consistently log over 120 days on the slopes each year, and I remain an active board member for the Lamb Board at the Tri-State Fair, serving as an Assistant Superintendent

Come join us today at noon at Mesquite Canyon Steakhouse. We would love to have you!
09/29/2026

Come join us today at noon at Mesquite Canyon Steakhouse. We would love to have you!

The Shamrock Rotary Club had the privilege of hearing from Berlin Saxon, Shamrock ISDโ€™s Ag teacher, during our recent me...
09/24/2026

The Shamrock Rotary Club had the privilege of hearing from Berlin Saxon, Shamrock ISDโ€™s Ag teacher, during our recent meeting. She provided an overview of the upcoming programs, student projects, and key initiatives set for the agriculture department this school year. Her presentation highlighted the growth of local ag education and the valuable opportunities available to our students. We appreciate Berlin taking the time to update our club and for her continued hard work in our schools.

Our next Member Spotlight is Sandy Hatfield. She has been a member for nearly 30 years! We are happy to have her dedicat...
09/21/2026

Our next Member Spotlight is Sandy Hatfield. She has been a member for nearly 30 years! We are happy to have her dedication & commitment to our club.

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
Retired

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›?
Not having to have one! Ha! Ha!

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ?
Dealing with some co-workers โ€” lots of prayers

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ?
โ€‹Have patience

โ€‹๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?
โ€‹Since August of 1997

โ€‹๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?
Community service participation
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โ€‹๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ (๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ) ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?
Served in the Army during the Vietnam Conflict; life member of American Legion; life benefactor member of NRA & TSRA (Texas State R***e Association)

09/15/2026
September 11, 2001, stands as a defining day of profound tragedy, resilience, and unity. The loss of innocent lives lef...
09/11/2026

September 11, 2001, stands as a defining day of profound tragedy, resilience, and unity. The loss of innocent lives left an indelible mark on our history and our hearts. Yet, out of the darkness of that morning emerged extraordinary acts of courageโ€”from the first responders who rushed toward danger to everyday citizens who sacrificed everything for others. We continue to honor the memory of those we lost and the bravery of those who served, keeping their stories alive across generations. We will never forget their sacrifice, their strength, or the spirit of unity that brought us together in our darkest hour.

Our next MEMBER SPOTLIGHT is Kye Harper. She is our past Rotary President.๐Ÿ. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?Writing for...
09/08/2026

Our next MEMBER SPOTLIGHT is Kye Harper. She is our past Rotary President.

๐Ÿ. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

Writing for the County Star News.

๐Ÿ. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›?

Getting to meet and build relationships with all of the people I write about.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ?

Slow down.

๐Ÿ’. ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?

6 years

๐Ÿ“. ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ?

To be able to contribute back to my community.

๐Ÿ”. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ?

The community clean-up.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ There is still time to get signed up for a flag! Our next holiday is coming up at the end of the week! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
09/07/2026

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ There is still time to get signed up for a flag! Our next holiday is coming up at the end of the week! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™™, ๐™’๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™ช๐™š! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Our Flag Program year is officially starting a new year!

We are currently opening up spots for NEW customers.

(If you are a current participant, keep an eye on your mailboxโ€”your renewal letter is already on the way!)

Whether you want to show your patriotism at your home or display national pride in front of your business, weโ€™ve got you covered.

โ€‹Comment "FLAG" below or send us a message if you'd like a flag set up for the upcoming year, and we'll reach out with all the details!

โ€‹๐Ÿ‘‡ Drop a comment below to sign up! ๐Ÿ‘‡

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