Spotlight 12-16-14, Vol. 76, No. 48

Brighton Rotary Spotlight

Peggi Mintz, President

December 16, 2014, Vol. 76. No. 48

 

GUESTS:       Brighton High School Note-torious male a cappella group and  Philip Johnson, BHS Choral Director.

 

MEET, GREET & LEARN: Bill Anderson and Kevin Brady were this week’s presenters.  Both are Past Presidents of our Club and both are involved in banking.  Bill Anderson was born in Saline, the oldest of five children. He and his wife Cheryl have two sons and a daughter, and five months ago welcomed a new grandchild. Bill started in the banking industry while still in high school working at National Bank & Trust.  Early in his career he worked in the printing of checks and has been involved in all aspects of banking, currently serving in commercial loans.  Bill’s father was mayor of Saline, and when he passed, Bill was appointed to the Saline City Council as the youngest member at age 35 years.  After accepting a job at First of America, Bill and the family decided to move “North:”  as they exited the expressway to look for a house, the first sign they saw said “Bill Anderson for Supervisor”--he quickly assured his wife that it was not him!  Bill has been a Rotarian 19 years and has served 45 years as a University of Michigan sports volunteer.  Kevin Brady originally joined Rotary in 2001, became Club President, left for a time, and recently rejoined our Club.  Kevin was born in Birmingham and moved to Howell in 1976.  His father owned a machining company in Brighton where Kevin worked while in high school.  While pursuing his Michigan State University degree in material logistics, handling and distribution, Kevin held an internship in San Antonio, TX, making prison locks. After graduation he moved to California and traveled extensively to Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Texas. Returning home to work in construction, he spent ten years with Grubb & Ellis and then Lee & Associates before joining Chase Bank and now United Bank.

Next week: LuAnn Loy and Greg Gray

 

December is Rotary’s Family Month.

 

Congratulations to Adrienne, Artie, and Lilly Knack and welcome to their new baby girl Charlotte, born Sunday, December 14^th!

 

Donna Craig had foot surgery on December 11^th, but is doing better and should be back in the new year…

 

Congratulations to Bob Murray’s son David whose book and CDs about ancient Asian music was nominated for a Grammy award!

 

Happy December Birthdays to Steve Bellinger, Rachel Evers, LuAnn Loy, Mark Marker, and Bill Metz!  Happy Rotary Anniversaries to Vern Boyajian (3yrs), and Derek Smith (3yrs).  Happy Wedding Anniversaries to Dennis & Eunice Kallio (42yrs); Brian & Mary Jo Parsons (36yrs); Julie & Dave Smith (22yrs); and Michael & Jasmine Southgate.

 

Melanie Moses reported that former members Gail Allen & Joe Ingber send their holiday wishes to the Club.  All is well, and they are downsizing their home in Long Island, NY.

 

Bravo to Christmas Party Planners April Dertian and Maribeth Regnier for creating a festive and enjoyable party for our Rotary families!  Jane McManus won the fruitcake for her fancy socks!  Thank you to Dennis Kallio for being Santa and to Mike McManus for sharing the photos found at http://mrmphoto.smugmug.com/Rotary-Christmas-Party-2014/n-bV7DN with a password of BrightonRotary.

 

The registration deadline to meet RI President Gary Huang on Dec. 19^th at the EMU Student Center is open through December 17^th at the District 6380 website  www.rotary6380.org.

 

 

Last week for the book auction organized by Nancy B. Johnson  focusing on our Brighton Rotary Foundation efforts, especially relating to high school educational scholarships. Envelopes were included with each book to allow easy donation to the Brighton Rotary Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 designated organization.  Thank you Nancy for organizing this opportunity!

 

Bill Metz reported that the gold collected throughout the year from patient’s teeth netted $8,500 which was matched to bring the total to $16,000.  Over $200,000 has been raised by area dentists for Gleaners since this project began!

 

Thank you notes were received from Sue of C&C Catering for the Club holiday bonus, and from Barbara Sweet for the Thanksgiving meal delivery.

 

Note that there will not be a Rotary meeting on December 23^rd or on December 30^th due to the Christmas holidays.

12/19/14                            Rotary International President Gary Huang visit to the District

12/23/14                            NO ROTARY MEETING

12/30/14                            NO ROTARY MEETING

01/17/15    10am-2pm       Practice ACT at BHS Cafeteria

01/27/15    5:00pm            Rotary’s/Kaplan’s Complete ACT Prep Class Starts

04/24-26/15                       District Conference at Motor City Casino

06/20/15                            Top of the Mountain Dash or Crash 5K run at Mt. Brighton

 

President Peggi identified Jeannie McMillan as the winner of the second quarterly Brighton Rotary Volunteer of the Year.  Jeannie’s initiative in organizing the special fundraising events for the Livingston County Humane Society, the 2015 Howell-based Youth Connection Services, and the Thanksgiving meal deliveries certainly garnered this honor!

The election of officers for the 2015-2016 year included nominations to Cathy Riesterer, President; Adrienne Knack, Vice-President; Rachele Evers, Secretary; Bill Markby, Treasurer, Tom Coates, Director; and Bob Murray, Director.  It was moved by Tom Zizka and seconded by Kim Leugers to accept the slate.  The vote was unanimous.

 

“Light Up Rotary:” John Nagel described making a delivery of the Thanksgiving dinners to a family with a 5-yr-old boy, a 10-yr-old, and a recently passed 8-yr-old girl, whose carpenter father had been laid-off and was working as a handyman, but were having trouble making ends meet.  John’s T2 Girls Softball team has adopted the family and will deliver packages to them to help make the holidays brighter.

 

Program Host Beth Walker introduced Brighton High School Choral Director Philip Johnson and the male a cappella group Note-torious.  Students singing for us today included:  Zach Casper, leader; John Davis-Stockton; Joe Krinke; Clayton Kovath; Chris Maahs; Garrett McPeek; Jacob Pacek; Patrick Rutkowski, and Clayton Sallee. Several holiday selections were shared with our group: “Sweet Caroline, ” “Hallelujah,” “Take Me to Church,” “The First Noel,” “What Child Is This?,” and “Carol of the Bells.”  Note-torious meets twice a week after school, is student-run, and is busy preparing for the March 7^th International Championships of High School A Cappella.

 

50/50 Progressive Drawing:  In the first week of the new drawing (congratulations to Adrienne Knack for winning last week!) Rachele Evers, Mark Cook, and LuAnn Loy were unsuccessful in locating the Ace of Spades.