Southern Rensselaer County Rotary’s  first pool party and cookout of our “Summer Casual” season went off in fine fashion Thursday evening at Canadian Meadows, otherwise known as the Forth residence in East Greenbush. Many thanks once again to hosts Maggie and Murray for their generosity.

We have several other family-friendly events scheduled before the second pool party and cookout (August 10 at Chez Leyhane). Next up is our annual outing for a picnic and ValleyCats pro baseball game at Bruno Stadium next Thursday. All tickets in the reserved block have been sold, so if anyone else wants to attend they will have to obtain tickets for that date on their own. Then, on Thursday, August 3, we’ll be having a picnic at Roberto Martinez’s residence. Check the club calendar for the other events on the August schedule.

Meanwhile, here are a few scenes from Thursday’s get-together.