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Welcome!
Our Motto:
Service Above Self
Because of Corona virus safety concerns, we are now conducting Virtual Meetings. Please join us when we are able to have live meetings at our usual location.
Wilmette Golf Club
Wilmette Golf Club
3900 Fairway Drive
Wilmette, IL 60091
United States of America
Wilmette, IL 60091
United States of America
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Joe Goldstein has created an Installation Booklet which celebrates our last Rotary year as we move into the new Rotary year. Click on the instructions link to view the Installation Book in an amazing Flip Book format. documents/en-ca/4cbb934d-3e2f-429e-aad2-3c0d7a9c501f/1
If you are unable to open the Booklet in the Flip Book format, you can view it in Power Point. documents/en-ca/93939724-15f1-42a9-a82f-1c9830fce3a1/1
ALL Club lunch and other face-to-face committee meetings are cancelled for an indefinite period. Our first priority is always safeguarding the health and well-being of our members and their families. Our members are meeting every Wednesday using the technology of Zoom. We have had some amazing virtual presentations from a variety of speakers these past few meetings.
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Sol Flores gave us a comprehensive overview of the State's response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Restore Illinois Plan. Now entering Phase 3, the plan allows non-essential businesses to reopen with certain restrictions. Phase 3 parameters include the rate of infection among those surveillance tested is stable or declining, and COVID-19-related hospitalizations and ICU capacity remains stable or is decreasing. Face coverings in public continue to be required. Gatherings of 10 people or fewer for any reason can resume. Select industries can begin returning to workplaces with social distancing and sanitization practices in place. Determination to move to Phase 4 will be made at the end of June.
It is anticipated that more cases will develop due to the protests happening around the country, where social distancing has not been maintained. Also a 2nd wave may happen in the fall during regular flu season.
Illinois received 2.5 billion from CARES to assist businesses during the crisis. It must be used for specific COVID-related purposes by December 21, as dictated by the US Treasury. The Governor's new Budget Bill will outline exactly how taxes and Fed money was spent. Schools are a priority. The Governor is in daily contact with the CDC, FEMA, IDPH for guidance and information.
Essential services are being provided to address the homeless, the unemployed, and others in need.
Paul Waechtler is a member of our club, and the principal of New Trier Northfield. Paul gave an enlightening presentation about how the New Trier staff is coping and overcoming the obstacles of having to close the school during the pandemic. The primary areas of concern were teacher's pay and evaluation, grading students, curriculum (remote learning), managing illness of teachers and school-wide events that needed to be canceled. Payroll for teachers was continued for all teachers and coaches. A detailed schedule of remote classes was developed for Zoom meetings.
School administrators had to determine what was essential to continue academic success for the students, and ensure that students don't fall behind during this time. Student assistance programs created special problems, but using Zoom, Special Ed, social worker access, advisors and tutoring were made available. Food service was continued for those who relied on this in the form of gift cards and arranged pick-ups. Much attention was given to reaching "disengaged" students and supporting stressed-out teachers.
Major school events like the prom became a virtual event. Graduation included a virtual address and the names of graduating seniors were announced. Eights stages were set up in different locations to video students accepting their diplomas. Summer school will be all remote and offer more classes. Athletes will receive virtual training.
Current seniors are concerned about college entrance in the fall; some are considering a "gap year" and not going to college. Juniors missed taking the ACT and SAT; some colleges may not require these tests.
For the future, New Trier may be blending live and virtual classes; offering virtual classes to outside students, and generally reviewing how to transition to a new way to view education.
Mike Braiman, Wilmette Village Manager, spoke to us about what the Village of Wilmette is doing during the lockdown restrictions. Two major projects will be proceeding soon - the Optima project at Central and Green Bay and the Stormwater Improvement Project.. In response to the pandemic, Mike indicated that the Village closed its offices early on March 10, before the governor's orders. But many of the Village services are continuing (eg. building permits). There are, thankfully, no infections in the police or fire departments. The Village initiated a grant program for small business assistance to tax-paying businesses and service businesses. Going forward, the Village Board is looking at extending outdoor dining options to restaurants and opening beaches. Mike described a Central Avenue Reconstruction Project which will start in August.
Luis Carreon, Resident House and Bar Magician from Chicago Magic Lounge will entertain us with a 30-minute virtual magic show at our Wednesday, June 17 meeting, Starting at 12:15pm. Members and their families are invited. We will welcome outside guests as well. Contact us if you want to attend this event.
Magician and mentalist, Luis Carreon, won the Harlan Tarbell Close up Competition Award from the International Brotherhood of Magicians 2 years in a row, took home 1st place at the Chicago Magic Competition hosted by the Society of American Magicians. Carreon has performed his show Bending Minds and Bending Dreams at theaters around Chicago, has been featured on the Univision Evening News. In addition to being a founding ensemble member of the Chicago Magic Lounge, he is also a frequent performer at The World Famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. Luis also travels the country teaching other magicians about the art of magic and is the head demonstrator at Magic Inc, the oldest family-owned magic shop in the country.
Dr. Bonow is a Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and currently on staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He began his presentation by informing us that the pandemic has resulted in the entire world sharing data, so treatment and vaccines may be developed faster than otherwise possible. He reported that cases are declining in Illinois, but deaths are not. He believes the virus will be active in the population at least through August. New York, the former hotspot, is seeing declines in new cases, but in most other states new cases are on the rise.
Dr. Bonow said there are three strains of the current virus in Illinois: 50% of the strains are the same as in New York; 35% the same as Washington State; and 15% are a unique mutation. There are approximately 20 strains of this virus worldwide.
He advised us that the usual symptoms of fever, shortness of breath, coughing, and fatigue are not reliable symptoms of the virus. Many infected people have shown other or no symptoms. He described some of the extra effects of the virus, like liver and kidney damage, pneumonia, respiratory disease, and Kawaski-like disease in children.
He offered examples of countries that have fewer cases, like Germany who tested early and extensively, contrasted with rampant cases in the UK where testing was not done and precautions were not exercised early enough. The same was true of Iceland with extensive testing and few cases, vs. Netherlands with less testing and many cases.
He went on to explain the structure of the virus, and how it attaches to a receptor on the surface of a cell which allows the virus to enter the cell. Vaccines are being developed to try to block this attachment, as well as other methods to thwart the virus. A vaccine is at least a year away from being developed and tested enough for distribution.
