Spotlight, 07-27-10, Vol 72, No. 36

Brighton Rotary Spotlight

Jeremy Jones, President

July 27, 2010, Vol. 72, No. 36

Guests:           Matt Sova, wk4; Brian Wurtz, wk4; Darlene Leader, Fountain Hills Rotary; Rajiv Kumar, Gaylord Rotary; Larry Lane, Brighton Area Fire Chief; Jim LaCross, Eagle Nest Gallery; Jude Shepard, Brighton Healing Arts Center; Kathyrn Wutz, Brian's wife; and Brenda Smith, Stephen's wife.

Announcements:

Happy Birthday to Brian Wurtz!

Congratulations to Nancy Johnson who has graciously agreed to join our Rotary Board of Directors!

Tina Eichen shared that her sister-in-law just adopted a little boy and that her daughters new baby is due any day.

George & Melanie Moses attended the Detroit Rotary Club gala last weekend at which the President of Rotary International received a $100,000 check to help finish Rotary's efforts to end polio.

Family of Rotary Event joint with Livingston Sunrise Rotary:  Tigers Baseball game versus the Los Angeles Angels on August 6^th cost of $45 per person.  Participants will meet at the Spencer Road/I-96 Park&Ride lot at 5pm to board a bus.  The ball game begins at 7pm , seats will be in left field near the foul post, with fireworks after the victory.  Anticipated return to Brighton is 11pm .  Register your interest on the BrightonRotary.com website or contact Jason Huntley at Jason@ArcherHuntley.com r 810-229-5212.

Rotary Raiders will be building a ramp with the Fenton Rotary Club and the Brighton Interact Club as part of the United Way Day of Caring on Wednesday, 8/18.   The ramp will be built in the Tyrone Township mobile home park where last year's ramp was built.  Piet Lindhout has a signup sheet for either AM or PM times for those interested.  Also another ramp project is "on the drawing board."

Piet Lindhout announced that the fundraising committee will hold their first meeting next week after the formal meeting.

Don Homan has begun initial planning for the annual golf outing at either the Jackel or the Majestic.  Tentative dates are Thursday 9/16 or 9/23.

Stan Schafer circulated a volunteer sheet for Gleaners Food Bank on the first Saturday of every month from 9am to 12noon..

Rotary Leadership Institute, to be held on August 7^th from 8am-4pm in Troy , Michigan , will include Nancy Johnson.  Others interested in joining her, please see President Jeremy.

"Passport to a Cure" Fundraiser at Leaf, Barley & Vine on August 1^st. Silent Auction proceeds going to Multiple Myeloma and Alzheimer's research, includes a raffle for 1967 CT Honda.

Habitat for Humanity is raffling a playhouse on 8/19 to benefit HBALC and the Livingston County chapter of Habitat for Humanity.  Tickets are $10, and if you need a location to display your winning prize, the Brighton District Library's existing playhouse (from the first raffle many years ago) needs replacing (hint, hint!)  See Mark Marker for tickets.

New Member Inductions

Matt Sova, a local CPA and community volunteer, sponsored by Sharon Kartes.

Brian Wutz, a local attorney, sponsored by Jeremy Jones.

Welcome to our Rotary family!!!

Upcoming Events:

08/03/10           1:30pm       Fundraising committee meeting, Piet Lindhout, chair.

08/06/10           5:00pm       Family of Rotary Tigers Game v. LA Angels @ Comerica Park

09/27/10                            Rotary Annual Doris Longfellow Memorial Blood Drive

Program:

Program host Bill Anderson introduced former Brighton Rotarian Larry Lane who has returned as Fire Chief for the Brighton Area Fire Authority.  Larry has 39 years of experience in the fire fighting business, including 12 years in Brighton .  Larry was instrumental along with several other community leaders in organizing the Brighton Area Fire Authority.  The department currently consists of eight full-time people and 85 on-call firefighters.  Each year, the Authority handles roughly 1700-2000 runs, with only 5% of the calls concerning actual working fire runs.  The Fire Authority has jurisdiction over 28 miles of freeway and 30 percent of all runs involve incidents on the freeways.  To become a firefighter, 400 hours of training is required in the first year, and the department spends between $10,000 and $15,000 to equip and train each new member.  In addition, current firefighters each train 4 hours per week. 

Progressive 50/50 Drawing:   $191 pot with 49 cards left to search for the Ace of spades.  Tina Eichen drew a King of diamonds, Don Homan drew a queen of hearts, and Bill Anderson drew a ten of spades.  Since none of them found the ace of spades, the $191 pot will roll-over to next week in hopes that someone will find the ace of spades.