Thank you District 5830 for a fantastic Rotary year and thank you Rotary Club of Athens for planning and hosting our District Conference in Athens. Congratulations to Texarkana International Rotary Club under the leadership of Sil Gomez received the Club of the Year Award. Accepting the award was Club President Melvin Fagan. 
DGN Damon Donnell received the Rotarian of the Year Award. Record number of clubs received the Rotarians Citation Awards, Congratulations to all who received well-deserved awards.
Thank you to all the Clubs and Individuals that donated funds to sponsor the event. Because of the generous donors we will be sending approximately $5,000.00 to The Rotary Foundation.
Platinum Sponsors: Fay J Winery; Cedar Creek Lake RC.
Gold Sponsors: IPDG Carolyn Franks; Pittsburg RC; PDG Ted Huffhines & PDG Mike Groom; PDG Tom DeWitt, PDG Lee Montgomery, DGE Jeff Johnston & DGN Diane Kavanaugh, Charles Tidmore; Rotary Club of Athens.
Silver Sponsors: Longview Greggton RC; DG Karen & Randy Maines; ETX Luxury Limos; Paris United RC; The Rotary Club Tyler; Texarkana Sunrise RC; PDG Carroll and Mary Greenwaldlt; Hugo Natural Health Center - Dr. Chuck Elswick.
Gift Card Sponsors: PDG Jack and Ava Welge and DA Shirley Pinnix-Evans
District Service Award Winners: Area 1- Shirley Pinnix-Evans, Area 2- Jennifer Broades, Area 3-Roni Arias, Area 4- Steven O'Bryan, Area 5-Terri Deike, Area 6-Mary Burch, Area 7-Angie Keen, Area 8- Barbara Turner, Area 9-Frank Bence 
Rotary Citation Awards Winners: Athens, Canton, Carthage, Cedar Creek Lake, Clarksville, E Club of Leaders in Service, Gilmer, Henderson, Jefferson, Kilgore, Landale, Longview, Longview Greggton, Marshall, Mineola, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Vernon, Paris United, Pittsburg, Quitman, South Tyler, Texarkana International, Texarkana Sunrise and TylerWe enjoyed great fellowship on Friday night at the historic Texan. Saturday was a day full of fun, food, information, eclipse viewing and celebration of our 2022-23 Rotary year at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries! Thanks to all who came and to all who weren’t able to come, but had a part in their clubs’ successes with and 9 Rotarians Receiving District Service Award. Record number of clubs received the Rotarians Citation Awards
All pictures taken at the conference can be found on the District Photo Album located on the main Website page.
IPDG Carolyn Franks
