Northwest Rotary News (Aug 18, 2020)

NORTHWEST ROTARY CLUB FUNDRAISER

Traeger Pro Series 22" Pellet Grill in Bronze

This grill is being raffled as a club fundraiser. Grill features include 572 sq. inches of grilling area; Main Rack 22"x19"; Extra Rack 22"x7"; Digital Pro Controller with Advanced Grilling Logic and Dual Meat Probes; Pellet Hopper Clean-Out, change pellet flavors on the fly; and 49"Hx41"Wx27"D.

You may purchase tickets online to have your name included in the raffle drawing. Click Here to Purchase a Raffle Ticket.

Price: 1 ticket for $20 or 2 tickets for $30.

PROGRAM AUGUST 18, 2020

Mick Mulhall, Mulhall's

"Developing a Northwest Omaha Business"

Join a Zoom Noon Meeting

Click the 'Speaker Name' in Upcoming Meetings for the Meeting Link

Invocation and Pledge - Dave Nelson

Note: Reservations and lunch orders needed by 10:00 a.m. each Monday for in-person meeting.

BOB'S BLURB ABOUT BOBS

BOB FITZSIMMONS

This meeting of the Northwest Omaha Rotary Club honors BOB FITZSIMMONS, professional boxer.

Robert James Fitzsimmons was born May 26, 1863 in Helston, Cornwall, England. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the lightest heavyweight champion ever. He was also the middleweight and light heavyweight world champion. The Ring magazine ranks him as the eighth hardest puncher of all time.

After an amateur career in England and New Zealand, he moved to Australia in 1863 where he became a successful professional and developed his own style. In 1890 he moved to the United States and won his first world championship in 1891 in New Orleans. He had 125 official fights in his career, winning 89, 79 by knockouts. By 1897 he put on many exhibition fights, reportedly including a demonstration at the saloon of Judge Roy Bean in Langtry, Texas. He died in 1917 at the age of 54 as a result of the influenza outbreak.

PROGRAM AUGUST 25, 2020

Jake Lindner, Omaha Parks

"Parks in Northwest Omaha

Join a Noon Zoom Meeting

Click the Speaker Name in Upcoming Meetings for Meeting Link

Invocation and Pledge - Grant Whitehead

Note: Reservations and lunch orders needed by 10:00 a.m. each Monday for in-person meeting.

IN-PERSON MEETINGS AT WEST OMAHA MASONIC CENTER

Northwest Rotary will begin in-person noon meetings on August 4, 2020 at the West Omaha Masonic Center located at 2424 South 135th Avenue. Reservations should be received no later than 10:00 a.m. on Mondays before the Tuesday noon meetings. Members and guests have the option to order a Box Lunch for $17 or make a reservation for Attendance/No Lunch for $10. You also have the option to bring a lunch and pay $10 for Attendance/No Lunch. We will continue to offer the option of attendance via a Zoom meeting. The Zoom meeting link may be found by clicking on the name of the speaker on the website or in the newsletter. On the upper left side of the Home Page under "Links" you will find an "Online Store" where you can prepay for your Box Lunch or Attendance/No Lunch. You can also pay for Fines or Good News at the "Online Store."

We hope you join us at the West Omaha Masonic Center or on Zoom for our club meetings. You can make a reservation by emailing Vickie Backman at nwrotary@cox.net or call 531.600.8420. Please review the Northwest Rotary Meeting Safety Guidelines listed below.