On June 25, 2025, the Rotary Club of Barre had a presidents changeover lunch at The Aldrich Public Library. Outgoing president Caroline Earle welcomed the gathering of 18 people, including past district governor Louisa Tripp and Montpelier Rotarian Fred Bashara.
After a fine meal prepared by Gustos, she spoke to the group about all the things that the club accomplished during the Rotary year and presented a 100th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet.
She then presented the Rotarian of the Year to Eddie Rousse along with a special golf ball because he likes golf so much.
She then presented a president pin to incoming presidents Emily Stephens, and Zach Lyle-Delong and set aside one for Tony Campos who was not in attendance. They will serve for four months each for the 2025/2026 Rotary year. Then she turned the gavel over to Zachary and Emily. Emily and Zachary both said a few words about the upcoming year and thanked Caroline for a great year and being a great mentor to both. They then presented a past president pin to Caroline who now has two of them and made some closing remarks.
