In review

Posted by Mike Kallas on Apr 13, 2017
 
 
The Thursday, April 13, Rotary Club of Edina meeting featured program speaker Mike Max, sports reporter and anchor at WCCO and host of "Sports to the Max" on WCCO Radio. Andrea Thompson Miller gave her classification talk to the club and shared her varied interests and news of her upcoming nuptials! An Edina Rotary Foundation grant was given to YMCA Camp Induhapi. And Brandon Azbill reminded members that they are encouraged to help assemble furniture at 66 West on April 20! The community Room at 66 West is our 2016–2017 Signature Project.
 
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Club President Ann Platt brought the meeting to order promptly at 12:35 p.m.  
 
President Platt reminded the audience that Rotarian Bob Stehlik’s mother passed away recently, at age 105, and services will be Wednesday, April 19, in Austin, Minnesota.
 
Easter baskets were placed at each table. President Platt invited each attendee to take an egg, which contained Rotary M&Ms. Delicious!  
 
The following Rotarians helped with the meeting:
 
  • Greeters were Bob Solheim and John Solberg
  • At the front desk were Leann Stessman and Deirdre Kvale
  • Providing the invocation and leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance and the Rotary Four-Way Test was Hugh Hadlund
  • Wooj Byun introduced guests
  • The speaker was introduced by Don Hutchison
  • Joe Arends thanked the speaker
The following guests were introduced at the meeting:
 
  • Jennifer Shinners, guest of Lisa Walker
  • Alex Barnett, guest and son of Jon Barnett
  • Dean Wandmacher, guest of Dave Hatzung
  • Mike Andersen, guest of Dave Hatzung
  • Heather Edelson, guest of Josh Sprague
  • Todd McDonald, guest of Dan Hennen
  • Anne Marie Rogers, guest of Jeff Ohe
  • Jim Burns, guest of Jim Roberts
Brandon Azbill reminded us of the opportunity to assemble furniture at 66 West on April 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. Members are encouraged to contact Brandon to volunteer for furniture assembly.
 
Brandon also introduced a representative from YMCA Camp Ihduhapi, Jana Graczyk. She came to the meeting to express gratitude for the grant the camp received from the Edina Rotary Foundation. Jana explained that the grant will be used to help rebuild “Sunset Knoll,” a gathering place at Camp Ihduhapi for young and old campers alike. YMCA Camp Ihduhapi in Loretto, Minnesota, also is where Rotary Camp Enterprise is held each year. She offered an opportunity to all Rotarians to consider coming to Camp Ihduhapi this fall to help in the work of rebuilding Sunset Knoll. If you are interested in volunteering at Camp Ihduhapi, you can contact Jana at jana.graczyk@ymcamn.org or 763-230-9309.
 
President Platt announced that next week is the annual Vocational Ethics Luncheon. Dan Hallberg and his team have arranged for an inspirational speaker who has turned his life around. The luncheon will be attended by Area 3 Rotarians along with local high school students. Please remember that the luncheon next week starts at 11:30 a.m.
 
The District 5950 annual conference is scheduled for April 28 at the Westin Hotel in Edina. The club will reimburse every attending Rotarian up to $60, the cost to attend one session. All are encouraged to attend. Registration is available online through this Friday, April 21.  
All members who have sponsored a new member in the last five years stood and were recognized by the membership. We were reminded that there is a Prospective Member Day scheduled for April 27, and each member is encouraged to invite a prospective member. President Platt said that plans are underway for a drawing available only to those that invite a prospective member. Please consider who you can invite.
 
Rotarian Andrea Thompson Miller provided an overview of her life and career. Andrea is a regional sales director. She talked about and shared photographs depicting her far-reaching interests, including yoga, dancing, gemology, waterskiing and traveling. She shared information about her son and daughter, and announced her upcoming nuptials at Lake Okoboji, Iowa.
The speaker for today was Mike Max. Mike is the sports anchor and reporter for WCCO. Mike’s presentation was inspiring and funny and poignant. With stories of death and life and a little history thrown in, Mike Max gave us messages that we can all live by, including:
 
  • Don’t blame others.  
  • If you want something done, do it yourself.  
  • The most important ingredients for success are attitude and effort, and, fortunately, we can control them both.
  • Live with gratitude and graciousness.
  • We’re all afraid to fail. Overcome it.
  • Success is not about the product, it’s about the people.
The presentation by Mike Max was very well received by the entire audience.
 
President Platt ended with a sports quote by Herb Brooks: “Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.”