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This week at Rotary Roger and Sondra LeGrand will share their remarkable trip through India. They will share news on an ambitious Rotary Project to support a secondary school of 750 students.
Last week at Rotary....Part 2 - Prescription Drug Abuse. Local doctors talked about the perils of prescription drug abuse, how to recognize the signs and how club members and the community can respond. Thanks to Dr. David Onsrud, the addictions specialist with Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare; and Dr. William Bucknam, an addiction psychiatrist with Gundersen Health System for their personal stories and insight on this issue. Click here to view video of the program.
Cards will be for sale before and after our Rotary Meetings.
Graduation, Birthday, Wedding, Sympathy, Get Well, Anniversary, Congratulations, Note Cards and other cards will be available. All cards are unique and hand-made. Thank you cards are only $1.00, as are the note cards, which are blank inside. The regular cards are $2.00 and $3.00 each. Some cards are three for $5.00 and some three for $10. Anita donates all sales to the Rotary Works Foundation!
Save the date for our Spring Social, Tuesday, June 21st at Valley High Golf Club, Houston. Golfing will start around Noon and Social around 5:30.
Cost will be $55 per person for golf - includes a lunch (brat, hotdog, or ham/turkey sandwich, chips-pickle spear and 18 holes of golf with cart. This would be a 4 person team scramble ($15 will be donated back to Rotary).
Cost of the social will be $20 per person - appetizers will be served. Cash bar.
Online Registration Now Open...click here. Please note you will need to register twice if you plan on golfing and attending the evening social. Click on "Members" to register for the evening social...click on Golf Registration to register to golf.
We are looking for items for our raffle baskets. Click here to view list of some suggested items. We will take whatever you donate...if we don't use it for the Spring Social we will use if for the Avenues of Service Dinner in August. You can drop your donated items off at the registration table. Thank you to those that have already donated.
Money raised will go towards the Rotary Vista Trail...our commitment for signage and a Grand Opening that will be held this summer.
MEMBERSHIP 2015-16
Active Membership
June 30, 2015 - 167 May 23rd - 171
Honorary Members May 23rd, 2016 - 23
Honorary Membership is offered to members who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals. Honorary membership is the highest distinction that a club may bestow and should be conferred only in exceptional cases. Honorary members cannot propose new members to the club or hold office and are exempt from attendance requirements and club dues. Honorary members will continue to receive The Rotarian Magazine compliments of the club.
Excused Membershipis offered to members if the aggregate of the member’s years of age and years of membership in one or more clubs is 85 years or more, the member has been a member of one or more clubs for at least 20 years, and the member has notified the club's secretary in writing of the member’s desire to be excused from attendance and the board has approved. Excused Members will pay the quarterly dues of $67 and only for meals when they attend a meeting.
Membership Proposals....we will no longer ask for three references when you propose a new member. This was a criteria that our club had set not RI. This will help us process new members into our club more efficiently. You can access the membership proposal form online, under the Club Information site page.
Happy Birthday
Anne Snow - May 26
Anna Christopherson - May 29
Peter Grabow - May 29
Randy Nelson - May 29
Steve Schultz - May 30
Happy Wedding Anniversary
Mary (Randy) Mickelson - May 26
Angela (Curt) Czerwinski - May 30
Fred (Hedy) Ross - May 31
Happy Rotary Anniversary
Gary Schettle - May 26 - 11 years
Kelly Krieg-Sigman - May 29 - 13 years
Mark Cassellius - May 30 - 25 years
Cheryl Hanson - May 31 - 4 years
Please note: Raffle, Fines, Birthday, Anniversaries and Scooters are all donations that will go to the club If you are making a donation and would like it to go to the Rotary Works Foundation or Rotary International Foundation, we ask that you write a check to the Foundation of your choice.
May 19th: Raffle $369; Fines $65; Scooters $4; Scrip $80
ROTARY ATTENDANCE May 5th - 62%
May 12th - 60%
May 19th - 58%
Rotary Attendance policy is to attend or makeup at least 50% of the club meetings during the first six months and the second six months. They can be done by: • Attending regular club meetings • Making up meetings at other Rotary Clubs ( which includes E-Clubs) • Engaging in club projects/events/fellowship/board meetings.
Congratulations to Deb Lash winner of the 100% Attendance for April.
As you know, the 2017 Rotary International Convention will take place in Atlanta from June 10-14. While every Rotary Convention is an exciting event, 2017 will be extra special because we will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of The Rotary Foundation. As a matter of fact, it was in Atlanta at the 1917 Rotary Convention, that Rotary President Arch Klumphannounced the formation of OUR foundation with the first contribution of $26.50.
In honor of Arch's birthday on June 6th, and in memory of the first donation,Rotary is offering a special registration fee of $265 - but only from May 28th to June 6th. After June 6th, the registration fee will increase to $340.
If you would like to volunteer do Rotarians in the News be a greeter or raffle ticket seller, or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Program Chairs that are listed above....just click on their name. If you would like to give your classification talk please contact Program Committee Chair Todd Restel.
