Written by Patrick Hart

                    

Our newly installed President Greg Hill presided at the meeting.

 

 

This week we had the pleasure of inducting a new member into our organization.  Brad Gutzler is a twenty-four year resident of Libertyville who works as a financial planner for Edward Jones and who is getting married in September.

 

BRAGS:

 

Larry Neal bragged that his son did a video in Tanzania and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

 

Elliott Pinsel bragged that he will soon have two sons out of the house, and his remaining son will be playing linebacker for LHS.

 

Tony Collins reported that he had gone to Iceland to celebrate his 50^th birthday.

 

John McDonald visited his grandson in Philadelphia.

 

Tucker Olson advised the club that he had a new granddaughter, Amelia Olson, born on June 20.

 

Jim Hessenthaler expressed his pleasure in having returned after an extended absence for medical reasons.  He also informed us that his father, a 96 year old veteran of the Invasion of Normandy, had recently passed away.  

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

There will be a board meeting on July 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pet Factory.

 

There will also be a planning meeting for our summer fundraiser on July 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pet Factory.

 

Rotary provides Youth Protection Program Training which is designed for those working with youth.

 

Greg Hill has put together a club calendar for the entire Rotary Year, which is available online. It is an interactive document, and he urges all members to advise him when they believe it needs updates.

 

Scott Hezner warned us that the air conditioning at the Civic Center is not working well, which worries him, since we will be using the building during our summer fundraiser, and he urges anyone with connections to urge the village of Libertyville to fix the system.

 

 

Since no one was assigned we had no fun and frolics this week.  Despite having no fun though, President Hill fined everyone three dollars anyway, and he then suggested that the standard fine for fun and frolics should be raised from two dollars to three dollars.  Hopefully, whoever follows his advice will at least give us something for our money.

 

 

Our speaker this week was Quinton Snodgrass from United Way of Lake County, and he updated the club on the 211 program. The 211 program, which is in place through most of the United States, allows people to call one number for health and human services.  The service is free, anonymous, and available to anyone living in the county.  Many of the calls they handle deal with domestic violence and drug abuse. 

 

Illinois has unfortunately been behind most other states in installing the service, but just this month Lake County has initiated its first 211 service.  The program is still in the testing stage, but they anticipate a hard launch in September, when they hope to initiate an extensive campaign to bring the service to the attention of the public.  Unlike in many other areas of the country our 211 program receives no state funding and relies entirely on private donations.

 

Everyone who calls 211 speaks to a highly trained operator who will discuss their problem.  The operator’s first task is to determine if this is an emergency, and if that is the case he or she will refer the caller to 911.  Otherwise the operator will attempt to direct the caller to the correct source of help, although in approximately 25% of the cases the operators are able to solve the problem on the phone without having to make a referral.

 

 

Jon Robb took home a cool $25.00 in our weekly raffle; however, despite a diligent effort Seb Karasu failed to pull the Ace of Spades to win the $47.00 prize in our progressive pot

 

NEXT WEEK:

 

Fun & Frolics - Jeff Harger

 

Greeter & Prayer - Seb Karasu