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Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Western Douglas county, Nebraska located in beautiful Elkhorn, Nebraska. we have recently celebrated our 25th anniversary of founding.
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Common Ground Comm Ctr
Elkhorn, NE 68022
United States
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METRO LUNCH- Anthony's
Oct 04, 2018
11:31 AM – 1:31 PM -
DEDICATION FOR EPS FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI CENTER
Oct 11, 2018
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
- Areas of interest included Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley) the tallest mountain in North America (20,320’), a trip to British Columbia on a restored 1900’s narrow-gauge train, an abandoned Alaskan gold mine near the Trans-Alaskan oil pipeline, salmon fishing in the Ketchikan area and whale-watching in Juneau bay. Juneau has about 35,000 residents and is the only state capital in the nation that is accessible only by plane or boat.
- Fairbanks (vacation starting point) is often referred to being a part of the Arctic desert, because of its arid climate and extreme temperatures (- 65 degrees below zero) and lack of rain and snowfall. Fairbanks has a very short growing season (50 days) but because the sun shines for nearly 20 hours a day, their vegetables and flowers grow to extreme portions. Resort chefs often have their own gardens, maintained by hotel interns and students from the University of Alaska.
- Rivers in the Fairbanks areas are often used for roads in the winter. Because Alaska has over 100,000 lakes connected by numerous rivers, there are few bridges in the remote areas. Drivers use the lakes and rivers as short-cuts to downtown Fairbanks. The first sign of spring in Fairbanks is often considered the date that a car plunges through the ice!
- Visited the training facility for sled dogs for the famous Iditarod Sled Dog Race (1,000-mile race). The dogs often train by pulling an ATV around a track … actual training on snow involves relocating to more remote areas of Alaska.
- Princess Cruise lines owns the entire range of accommodations (wilderness lodges, restaurants, cruise buses, dome-liner express trains and cruise ships themselves). Excursions along the way were privately owned but were closely monitored by the cruise lines. Many of the tour stop-off points were at town that had a population of only about 1,000 – this quickly increases to over 12,000 every time a new group of cruise ships arrive at port.
- Tourist season in Alaska is generally from May to September … most wait-staffs are from the Russian states or eastern Europe (in Fairbanks) but cruise ship staffs are from all over the world.
LETTER FROM OUR NEW DISTRICT GOVERNOR - JULIE O'HARA
District 5650 Rotarians –
Please join us for a district-wide networking night on Monday, August 6 as the Omaha Storm Chasers take on the Salt Lake Bees at beautiful Werner Park. Tickets for this event are only $8 per person with a portion of the ticket being donated to the Magdalene House, which focuses on helping those escaping sex trafficking.
This is a family centered event supported by District 5650. What a better way to celebrate 5650 than during the Storm Chasers 50th season in franchise history. Rotarians, their families and friends are welcome to enjoy the evening.
When: Monday, August 6 at 7:05 pm (Gates open at 6 pm)
Where: Werner Park (12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, NE 68046)
Cost: $8.00 per ticket (portion of ticket going to Magdalene House)
Ticket/Registration: https://groupmatics.events/s/
I am very excited about this event and as I have the opportunity to visit each club, you will hear that one of my focuses this year is to include our families in Rotary. What a way to kick-start the year!
- Judy reminded the group that the District Annual meeting will be held the weekend of July 27-28 in Lincoln.
- Judy mentioned that donations for the Magdalene House are being gathered as part of the district-wide effort.Please bring items to the meeting on 7/26 and Judy will deliver them.
- Jim T. announce that the COPE Back Pack Project is baaack! Items needed include: Good quality pocket folders, pens, small tissue boxes and computer flash drives.Please bring these items to an upcoming meeting as the back pack pack attack will be occurring on August 2nd at 6:00PM at COPE. If you are interested in assisting with this, please let Jim know.
- The motion was made and passed that the club donate $300 to help in the COPE Back Pack effort.
- Mike Ough, standing in for golf chairman Dan Fitzpatrick, reported that the golf outing went off as planned.Final numbers will be available soon.
- Neil collected a variety of fines.
- $7.00 for breakfast with a reduced (less expensive) menu.$2.00 if no breakfast is desired but coffee is included with the $2.00
- $5.00 for all to attend meeting with breakfast available
- No breakfast.Coffee only. $2.00
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Curtis JohnsonSeptember 5
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Neil KirbySeptember 23
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Rex MoatsSeptember 26
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Judy AcklandLeonardSeptember 14
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Richard KruegerSharonSeptember 25
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