Roseland Rotary Meeting June 4, 2015
Posted by "Bob" Sones & Brian Bernth
on Jun 04, 2015
Roseland Rotary Meeting June 4, 2015
On this beautiful Thursday morning, we had 16 members, 2 guests, and our speaker in attendance. Robin and The Waterford served up a great lunch of fried chicken and mashed potatoes. In spite of this, we all stayed awake the entire meeting! David Koppana led us in prayer. No music this week.
President Bob Sones introduced Brian Bernth to talk about the upcoming President’s Bash on June 20th. Please RSVP to Brian by June 13th. Maps and invitations were e-mailed to all members. Bob noted that Ann Perri received her PHF and Bill Brennen received an additional PHF. Congratulations to both of you!
Bob mentioned that Benny had to go to Florida to tend to his wife. Please keep them in your prayers.
Signs are available promoting the Roseland Picnic. We have 50 and if you’d like one to put in your yard or business, contact Bob Sones.
Cliff read a thank you note from the Food Bank. 87,399 lbs. of food were collected on May 9th. A special thank you to all who helped with the food drive.
A highlight today was Jay Harwood presenting a check for $5,800 to Nancy Owsianowski from River Bend Cancer Services. They are recognizing the Club’s efforts with a plaque at their new facility. The Auction was a huge success and a lot of fun. Thank you again to Jay for all he does.
A lot of activity to say the least, right? Next, Dave Keck introduced our speaker, Tim Cordell, Ranger from Potato Creek State Park. Tim gave some history of the park, dating back to the original idea starting in 1939 to the actual opening in 1978. Our own Dave Keck’s uncle pushed this project through and the lake at Potato Creek is named after him. The park contains beaches, boat launches, fishing piers, campgrounds, and numerous trails. Paula Sours is going to take her new mountain bike there, right Paula? There is a Friends Group that helps with funding plantings and equipment and a Resource Management Group that helps restore wetlands and oversees prescribed burns. There is also some great birdwatching, including Osprey and Eagles.
Tim finished up by discussing a proposed 24 million dollar inn at the Park, but stay tuned. Funding may not be what it appears. Isn’t it funny how that happens?
Our guest Nancy Owsianowki won the raffle and donated her winnings back to River Bend Cancer Services.
Have a great week everyone!
Roseland Rotary June 4 Meeting
Sixteen members, two guests, and our speaker attended the meeting.
Dave Kopanna gave the invocation, we pledged to the flag, and repeated the Four Way Test.
Brian invited everyone to the President's Bash at his house on June 20. He distributed flyers giving the details at the meeting, and the flyers are also being sent to members via E-Mail. Per Editor, please make every effort to attend. Detail can be found on our web-site 'roselandrotary.com.
Bob Sones announced that Lyman and Cathy each gave a nice donation to the foundation to support the EREY drive. Bill Brennen gave a donation that puts him over the top for another PHF, as did Joe Maloney. The certificate and pin for Ann Perri's PHF came in.
Benny wasn't able to make the meeting today. His wife, Joyce, became unexpectedly ill during a visit to their grandchild in Florida. Benny made a nonstop trip to Florida. She is O.K. now, and they will be back home Monday.
Bob announced that the Roseland Good Neighbor Picnic committee had a meeting Tuesday, and things are moving along well. The Council members will begin calling on businesses for participation, and they were to see the yard signs Rotary donated. We expect to, at least double attendance this year.
Cliff Witkowski read a letter from the Food Bank, thanking our club for the fine work in connection with the Post Office food drive.
Jay Harwood presented a check for $5,800 to Nancy, Treasurer for River Bend Cancer. She indicated that the money will go into the organization capital fund.
Dave Keck took the floor and collected a little money, and then introduced our speaker, Tim Cordell. Tim is a Ranger at Potato Creek State Park. He gave a fine presentation of the park, dating back to its inception. The six square mile park contains 327 acre Worster Lake, restored wet lands, restored natural prairie areas, and something for about everybody. There are walking trails, wetland trails, bicycle trails horse trails, and even a mountain bike trail. They have family camping areas, youth camping areas, family cabins, and picnic areas. In addition there are all kinds of lake activities, swimming, boating, and fishing being the most
Note from Your Little Old Editor, Did you notice something a little weird about the above Bulletin? Well, I sure did! We sure have some wonderful people in this club and I for one appreciate them. In my absence not only one Roseland Rotarian stepped up to the plate but two submitted Bulletins. I am not sure who they were but both did a fine job. What a group of Rotarians we have! I cannot express how much I respect and admire each any every one of you.
Please do not forget to check out the Web-Site for information on the Presidents Bash, www. roselandrotary.com
For those that cannot attend meetings, I sincerely must tell you that you are missed and that we are thinking of you.
Remember, We have enough ":youth". How about a fountain of "smart"?