Spotlight 05-21-13, Vol. 75, No. 20

Posted by Elizabeth Walker 
 

Program:

Program Host Frank Mancuso introduced Matias Jara, our Rotary International high school exchange student
 

Brighton Rotary Spotlight

Pam McConeghy, President

May 21, 2013, Vol.75, No. 20

 

Guests:     Demise Couling, wk3;fMatias Jara, Rotary Youth Exchange student; Karen, Jessica, Ken, & Zach Gill, Terry’s family; Kelly & Brooke Armistead, Matias host family; Amber Stewart, WCC student; Sue Urban, LipStync Maestro
Vern Boyajian introduced his daughter Molly, a graduating senior who will head to the University of Dayton next year, and passed the guest coin to Derek Smith along with the honor of bringing a guest to next week’s meeting.

 

Announcements:

Thank you to Matias Jarva for serenaded the Club with his piano arrangements during lunch.

Stan Schafer’s melodious tones sang Happy Birthday to Ed Bottum.

News of Rotarians helping others: President Pam thanked Piet Lindhout for letter her use his putter during a recent golf outing; Kim Welsh thanked her new husband Tom Coates (congratulations!!) for his great attitude and attention to her care during her recent health scare; Mark Marker thanked Lee Gough for taking his call on Saturday morning; and Stan Schafer had ten yards of mulch delivered and thanked Rotarians Peggi Tuggle, Mike Bourke and Piet Lindhout for their help.

Family of Rotary event alert:  Friday, July 26th trip to watch the Tigers play Philadelphia at Comerica Park.  The chartered bus will leave the Spencer Park-n-Ride lot at 5pm and expect to leave Comerica about 10pm after the baseball game and fireworks.  Cost is $65 per person (payable to Livingston Sunrise Rotary) and 40 seats are available.  RSVP to Tom Archer at 810-229-5212 or Tom@ArcherHuntley.com.

LIP STYNC sponsors are needed, and tickets and posters are ready for distribution.  See President Pam at the Chamber or next week to get yours.

The Downtown Main Martini Bar mailed a $105 check to the Club for Scholarships based upon monies earned through their loyalty program.  Thank you for your support!

Tony Gelardi described his newest venture:  SimplyFresh Orchards.  He will be starting an apple orchard from root stock on 10 acres in Northfield Township this year and hopes to have apples within three years.  Planting HoneyCrisp, Gala & Northern Spry apples should allow him to offer educational programs for the community about organic gardening.

Club members are invited to the District Governor Installation and BBQ for Jim Gilmore on June 2nd from 3-6pm at Waldenwoods Resort in Hartland .  Cost is $35 per person.  Register & mail checks to Livingston Sunrise Rotary, P.O. Box 1016, Brighton, MI 48116.

The Downtown Ann Arbor Rotary Club is hosting Governor Rick Snyder on January 5th at 5:45pm at the Michigan Union ballroom.  Cost for the Rotarian-only dinner is about $10.  Please RSVP to Jane McManus today.

Rotary Minute:  Beth Walker spoke about joining the Downtown Ann Arbor Club 22 years ago before joining the Brighton Club four years later at the invitation of Michele Bouhana. It was interesting to note the differences between the two Clubs with Ann Arbor having 300+ members and Brighton with 80 members.
Katherine Lawrence-Copp will present next week’s Rotary Minute.

Upcoming Events:

06/02/13    3-6pm              District Governor Installation & BBQ at Waldenwoods Resort

06/21/13                            LIP STYNC at 242 Church

06/17/13                            Blood Drive

06/25/13                            Presidents Night, American Spirit Center

09/23/13                            Blood Drive

 

Program:

Program Host Frank Mancuso introduced Matias Jara, our Rotary International high school exchange student from Santiago, Chile.  Matias is from Rotary District 4340 and has been in Brighton since August.  He returns home on July 12th after a West Cost tour with other Rotary youth exchange students.  Matias is the youngest in his family of five and will complete one more semester at his home before heading to the National University of Chile to study industrial engineering.  After a 14-hour plane ride from Chile (11 hours to Dallas, TX, and then 3 hours to Detroit, MI), Matias stayed with the Armistead family and learned about GVSU college life from their oldest son, attended a MSU football game with Colin & Stan Schafer, and visited Disney World with the Armisteads. Matias also visited the House of Representatives with the Terry Gill family, attended the Auto Show in Detroit, toured the Eastern US (Washington, D.C., NYC, and Boston) with the Rotary exchange students, and visited Florida to see his parents and celebrate his birthday.  Matias said that this amazing year can be described by this quote:  “Exchange is not a year in your life, it is a life in a year.”

 

50/50 drawing:  No one won the jackpot, and Dave Pothier, Mike McManus, and Greg Strouse were unable to locate the Ace of Spades.