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Our guest speaker this week will be Mike Brown, President of the Coulee Chapter of KAMO. Program is KAMO (Kids and Mentors Outdoors). K.A.M.O. is a unique mentoring organization that provides FREE to children year round activities. Kids get the opportunity to team with mentors over a period of several years so that their appreciation for nature can be more fully developed. KAMO KIDS can learn life-long outdoor skills and become future stewards of our resources. Parents are always welcome to participate in KAMO activities.
Rotary Golf Outing is Wednesday, August 26th at Cedar Creek. 12:30 shotgun start. Cost is $75 for golf and dinner, $45 for Cedar Creek members. $20 for 3 feet of string (limit 3 feet per team). Please register by contacting Bob Allen at robert.s.allen@stifel.com
Our Rotary Youth Exchange Student for 2015-16 will be Anniina, a 16 year-old girl from Finland. We are excited to sponsor Anniina while she is here. She will be arriving on Thursday, August 13th at 1:40 pm at the La Crosse airport. It would be nice to have a welcoming group go from our Rotary Meeting to the airport to greet her. Her first host family will be Robin and Richard Moses.
We hope you will consider opening up your hearts and home to make Anniina feel welcome. She will be staying at three host families while she is here however, we would love to have other Rotary families help make Anniina feel at home in La Crosse. Are you going to have a family gathering or attend a special event....ask Anniina to join your family.
Things she would like to do while she is here...Loves Nature - Hixon Forest Hike to Grandad Bluff; Riverside International Friendship Gardens; Visiting the Shrine an Visiting St. Rose Convent. Let Bill know if you would like to give her a tour of any of the above.....it will be a great way to learn more about Anniina.
We are also looking for Rotarians to pick her up from Onalaska High School and bring her to our Rotary Meetings on Thursdays. If we could get four members to step up and do on a rotating basis each month. Pleases contact Maria Norbergif you can volunteer.
AVENUES OF SERVICE BANQUET...Our 26th annual Avenues of Service Banquet will be on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the Four Seasons Community Center, Caledonia, MN. Save the date for an evening of Rotary fellowship. We will gather with area Rotarians to recognize the hard work of individuals and clubs. Each club will recognize one member of their club for Rotarian of the Year (Matt Boshcka from our club)...we will honor the Lifetime Achievement Award (Phil Quillin from our club and Dirk Gasterland from East) and the Rising Star Award (Matt Boshcka from our club).
Avenues of Service Awards are: Club Service: After Hours Club; Vocational: Caledonia Club; New Generations: All Clubs for their work with Interact; International: After Hours Club and Community Service: East and After Hours Club.
If you have not registered and would like to attend...please email me at rotarylax@charter.net If you would like to ride the bus, please indicate that. Cost will be $5.00 per person - will be charged on September invoice. Pick up will be at the Mall (JC Penny across from BMO Bank), Forest Hills parking lot and La Crescent (place to be determined).
Cards will be for sale before and after our Rotary Meeting.
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!
Happy Birthday
Barry Watkins - Aug 13
Bob Bendiksen - Aug 15
Dave Trapp - Aug 17
Mary Mickelson - Aug 21
Ray Kline (honorary) - Aug 22
Sandra Cleary - Aug 26
Happy Wedding Anniversary Todd and Eva Marie Restel - Aug 13
Barry (Chris) Watkins - Aug 14
Carol (Bill) Abrahamzon - Aug 15
Dave (Bonnie) Koudelka - Aug 16 (honorary)
Sheila (Richard) Wieser - Aug 17
Peter (Susan) Hughes - Aug 18
David (Barbara) Kilpatrick - Aug 18
Mark (Cindy) Cassellius - Aug 21
Dave (Betty) Trapp - Aug 21
Robyn (Michael) Tanke - Aug 25
Tom (Jan) Brock - Aug 26
Robin (Richard) Moses - Aug 26
Michelle (Joe) Skemp - Aug 26
Happy Rotary Anniversary
Jodi Widuch - Aug 14 - 12 years
Roger LeGrand - Aug 15 - 19 years
Merl Case (honorary) - Aug 17 - 26 years
Randy Nelson - Aug 18 - 4 years
Mary Kay Wolf - Aug 19 - 5 years
Joe Gow - Aug 23 - 8 years
Craig Ubbelohde - Aug 23 - 3 years
Thai Vue - Aug 26 - 22 years
Congrats to Mary Ann Gschwind who won $20 from the Marble Raffle
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.
MEMBERSHIP 2015-16
Active Membership
June 30, 2015 - 167 Aug 11, 2015 - 165
Resignation - Jerry Miller - July 31st
Honorary Members 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.
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.
Moon Tunes of La Crosse is a Valley Rotary Project bringing free concerts to Riverside Park most Thursdays in the summer from 6:00 – 8:00 pm....click here for schedule.
If you would like to volunteer to give your Classification Talk, 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.
Rotary Golf Outing is Wednesday, August 26th at Cedar Creek. 12:30 shotgun start. Cost is $75 for golf and dinner, $45 for Cedar Creek members. $20 for 3 feet of string (limit 3 feet per team). 
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