Rotary Honors Monrovia’s Olympian, Kim Rhode

Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz, left, with fellow Rotarian Karen Lujan pick up trash along Myrtle Avenue. Monrovia Historical Museum Board Members Steve Baker and Val Hansen along with Kathy Brandes and two of her children, check out the bench dedicated by the Kiwanis Club in memory of their member Richard Brandes. The bench has been placed in front of the Museum on whose board Brandes served. Olympic Shooter Kim Rhodes is surrounded by Monrovia Rotarians. Rhodes is wearing her Olympic medals, one from each of the last four Olympic Games. -Courtesy Photo

The Rotary Club met earlier this week to help Kim Rhode, Monrovia’s own Olympic Athlete. She attended the club’s meeting Tuesday and was presented with a check to assist in her expenses preparing for the Olympic Games next month. This will be her fifth Olympic games. She has medaled each time she has competed in the Olympics. If she succeeds in winning another medal in this Olympics, she will be the only athlete to ever win medals in five Olympic Games. Rhodes is a trap skeet shooter.

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