Our regular scheduled speaker was unable to present because of a medical emergency. Therefore, we heard from two of our own Rotarians.
Chuck Erickson - Jack was born in Knox County in a log cabin and live in that country for a number of years. His family moved to Papillion, NE where he attend first grade. Chuck moved to Lincoln with his family in 1945, where is father worked for the Farm Bureau. In his early years, he didn't care much about studying and said he felt like he was immature. He just didn't care to study. As he grew up, he worked hard and decided to make something of himself. When Chuck started college, he realized that he must study if he wanted to be a successful person. Chuck started to work with human behavior, especially child behavior. He became a very successful Pediatrician. He had a very successful practice here in Lincoln. His father, who was a member of Lincoln Northeast Rotary Club, invited his son to join him at a Rotary meeting and since then Chuck has been a member of Rotary. In 2003 Chuck retired and wanted to do some type of work in another country. Lincoln East Rotary Club gave him $500 and so off to Zambia he went with helping with putting in water wells. Rotary heard about it and asked him to create a project and strengthen what he had started to do in Zambia. This has lead him to the Zambia Project which has been supported by local Rotary Clubs, and Rotary International. At the time, John Herdman (Lincoln South) was District Grant Chairman. Chuck says he is an innovator and loves to come up with creating projects. Getting involved in Rotary has shown him is strengths by being involved with the Zambia Project. Chuck told us to always look for the strengths in people because that is how you can get people involved in your projects.
Darrel Huenergardt - Darrel is a Nebraskan. Born in Elkhorn, NE. His parents met at Union College in Lincoln during WW II. After his father served in the military, at the age of 2, his parents and siblings moved to Colorado until he was 6, then they moved to Loma Linda, CA where he went to the Seven-Day Adventist Academy, where he went to grade school and high school. He, also didn't care much about studying. He felt that he could all his homework done in school and that way had to taken nothing home. When it came time for Darrel to graduate high school, his German teacher decided he should get an "F", which met not graduating. But Darrel did some negotiating and ended up with a "D" and did graduate. He applied to several different colleges, where was accepted, but Union College in Lincoln, NE won out. He found the classes interesting and really studied. He wanted to become a lawyer, so he applied to five different colleges. One of those colleges was Hastings College in San Francisco, CA but his cousin was going to the University of Nebraska, and thought it would be nice if the two of them could share a place together, which they did. Darrel went to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln law college and he graduated with honors. This was during the Vietnam war and he thought he might get drafted, so looked for a short term job which he found in Beatrice, NE as the Deputy County Attorney. He avoided the draft, and moved to Kimball, NE where he practiced law for 42 years before retiring and moving to Lincoln. Today he keeps busy working as an attorney for the Seven-Day Adventist Churches in nine states. He and Carol have three sons, one lived in Montana, Kansas City area, and Lincoln.
In 2006, Jones returned home to Nebraska to keep doing what she loved: helping clients build brands and connect with consumers through digital and social media. She put her experience to work as an associate director at Bailey Lauerman, developing award-winning multimillion dollar communication plans for clients such as Allstate, Union Pacific, Disney and TierOne Bank as well as pro bono client Autism Family Network. Media plans ranged from mobile and guerilla marketing to digital and traditional advertising.
“Speeches that Changed the World”. So far I have read speeches by Jesus of Nazareth, The Prophet Mohammed, Queen Elizabeth I, King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Napoleon Bonaparte. The speech I have just finished is perhaps the best know speech that changed the world, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. As I read it, I was struck by the notion that with some changes, that speech could reflect on LERC. So, without the permission of its author, here is my version of the restated Gettysburg Address that I will call “The LERC Address”.
The Annual Salute to Business will be held on November 1st at the Cornhusker Marriott. The Salute to Business will be honoring Sampson Construction this year. Cost is $40 per person and the doors open at 11:30 am. The 4 Rotary Clubs of Lincoln - Lincoln 14, Lincoln East, Lincoln Giving Spirits Evening and Lincoln South.
October 22 -- Lincoln South Rotary Tree Distribution -- Mahoney Park (70th & Fremont), 8:00 am
October 22 -- Rotary District 5650 Anti Human Trafficking Fellowship - 10:00 am -- via Zoom.
October 31 - November 6 -- World Interact Week
November 1 -- Salute to Business by the Rotary Clubs of Lincoln, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm -- Cornhusker Marriott, Cost $40/person, Honoree -- Sampson Construction
November 6 -- Glenwood Rotary Club 100 Year Anniversary - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm -- Mills County Historical Museum, 20 Lake Dr., Cost $12, Glenwood, IA
Thanks go to the following for "Happy Dollars" on October 19: Greg Schansse, Lyle Schoen, Gordon Bair, Al Burdick, Tom Carson, Dick Cumming, Chuck Erickson, Dave Brolhorst, Darrel Huenergardt, Tom Mortimer, Chris Klingenberg, Nathan Rink, John Herdman, Betty Ourecky, and Andrew Mawpe
"Kindness -- since our world needs more of it ---is not optional. Anything that needs to be said can be said with kindness. Any tough position we need to take can be taken with kindness. No exceptions." -- Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. -- psychologist and relationships expert.
In 2006, Jones returned home to Nebraska to keep doing what she loved: helping clients build brands and connect with consumers through digital and social media. She put her experience to work as an associate director at Bailey Lauerman, developing award-winning multimillion dollar communication plans for clients such as Allstate, Union Pacific, Disney and TierOne Bank as well as pro bono client Autism Family Network. Media plans ranged from mobile and guerilla marketing to digital and traditional advertising. 
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ellness Chairman Greg Schnasse has requested information in regard to any illness by club members and/or their family members.
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