Saving Grace is a grass roots perishable food rescue and delivery nonprofit agency that picks up perishable food donations in refrigerated trucks 6 days a week from local restaurants, caterers, cafeterias, grocery stores, delis and food distributors. Saving Grace will not warehouse food but deliver it the same day free of charge to non profit agencies that serve families in need such as pantries, missions, after-school programs, daycares, senior centers and churches. In most cases the rescued food is being saved from the dumpster and, ultimately, the landfill. We are basically a middle man!
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Don't throw your Rotarian Magazine in the recycle bin. There is a great story about an African who converts bicycles into "hand" cycles for disabled people while he spreads the Polio message. |
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Greetings, Rotary Members! I was thinking about what I should talk about in my newsletter notes and was also thinking about what my schedule looks like the next few days. Of course, first on the list is the Omaha Morning Rotary club meeting with Ernie Goss as the speaker on Tuesday.
Since Rotary is all about serving others, I thought I would share about my “apple” project. Our apple tree is very generous every year. This year, we invited two groups of adults who face challenges to come pick apples, one from Omaha and one from Lincoln. The Omaha group has asked me to come show them how to can apples. So, on Wednesday this week, I’ll be heading to their location in mid-town to show the clients how to make and can applesauce.
I know many of you also participate in many service opportunities outside of what our club does. I would invite each of you to share your experiences with our club and with others around you. J |
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Hello everyone, I hope your weekend was great! It’s time for the Rotary lunch Bunch, we will be meeting on Wednesday, July 10 at noon at Shevys in downtown Elkhorn. Hope to see everyone there! |
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WDC Rotary Club Meeting Minutes 5/2/19 We were led in prayer and pledge by Jim Tomanek We had 16 members present and thankfully the ladies returned. Treasurer’s report: $2,676.66 was the balance in general fund as of 5/2. The special grant fund remains at $725. Almost half way to our goal of $1,500 Announcements/discussion:
Presentation: Neil introduced Herb Hames, who bore a strong resemblance to our speaker from the prior week. Herb has been a volunteer for CWS of Omaha, Inc., and serves as the Secretary of the Executive Committee. Herb spoke about the history of the CWS, now in its 70th year at Omaha. He shared several stories and gave us a nice inside look into the organizational aspects of the CWS, as well as letting us know about this year’s activities and new attractions. If you would like more information about the College World Series, “The Greatest Show on Dirt”, visit: cwsomaha.com Ball Drawing: Mike Ough had the winning ticket. Drawing results were unattained by the scribe. |
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I am filling in for Amanda in getting our newsletter out. It is a fairly easy task after you figure out how to manipulate the Club Runner software. With her position as Certified Public Account during income tax season consuming extra time, I am happy to fill in. I chatted with Del Morgan last week, he is no longer connected to the internet, which is probably a blessing because he won't be getting spam and all the other junk that the internet brings, not to forget all those crooks, national and international, trying to attack your person treasures. Del has difficulty with his balance so probably doesn't get out much. There is probably a lot of activity at the retirement residence where he resides where he can flash is Rotary Badge. Last year at membership renewal time, we had to drop a member or two so that our membership growth since last July is negative and we haven't added any members. I have my eye on my grandson, Nick Samuelson, who is currently going to Orthodontic School in Atlanta GA and will take over his father's Greg's practice when he graduates. The practice is located primarily at one hundred and thirty something Maple Street. Get him signed up for Rotary before he gets too busy. This Thursday will feature our new breakfast format which will consist of coffee and pastries. Rita is going to make the coffee and Mike O is going to get the pastries from the Quick Shop. So, if you want your favorite pastry, you had better get to the meeting early to get your pick. Coffee and Pastry will cost $5 with coffee only at $2. (I don't know if it was mentioned that pastry only would be $3, do the math) I am also worried that Rita might not be unavailable some morning and we will have to survive with coffee made by Rolly. |
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Our speaker for tomorrow will be Neil Kirby with his slides from Ireland. Sounds like fun! |
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Dave Rosacker receives Paul Harris Fellowship Award from President Judy |
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Tod Ringenberg gave a presentation on his 2-week trip to Alaska, to include the wilderness areas of the Alaskan interior (Fairbanks and Denali), followed by a 1,700 mile cruise from Anchorage (Whittier) to Vancouver, Canada.
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Good Morning Fellow Presidents of the Omaha and Lincoln Metro Areas, I would like to personally invite you and members of your clubs to join us for a Metro Luncheon on October 4th to hear from Bill Moos, the Director of Athletics at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. We were very fortunate to be able to get Bill, a gifted and highly desired speaker, to address our club during the football season and wanted to share the opportunity with all of you. The Metro Luncheon is a 40 year tradition designed to bring our clubs together for fellowship and a terrific speaker. I know that some of you probably have programs booked for that day but please try to rearrange your schedules if possible to join us for this magnificent event. We will meet at Anthony’s Steakhouse, one block South of 72nd and I-80 in Omaha, on 10.04.2018 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. A plated lunch will be served and is included in the $25 admission cost. Our executive director Jennifer will be reaching out to your executive directors about the process for reserving seats for this event sometime later this week. If you have any questions please feel free to relay them back to me. Have a wonderful week! Nick Jasa President Suburban Rotary Club of Omaha |
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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! |
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WDC Rotary Club Meeting Minutes 7/19/18 We were led in prayer and pledge by Jim Tomanek 16 members attended and we had no guests Treasurer’s report: $7,613.05 Announcements/discussion:
Official action President Judy presented three options to the club in regard to our breakfast choices:
After brief discussion, the motion for number one was made, seconded and passed. Presentation Mike Ough shared details and pictures of his recent trip to Washington DC with his wife and their 5 grandkids. Looks like a good time was had by all and the kids will certainly remember this the rest of their lives! Next meeting speaker (7/26) speaker: Neil will share his experience of his recent Grand Canyon vacation/hike. If you have ideas for speakers PLEASE contact Neil Kirby at neilkirby@aol.com |
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Jasmine Moats- from our Club, will give a presentation on her recent trip to France and Norway. The Moats have "kin" in Norway. Jasmine is a student at Elkhorn South High School |
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LT Jason Scott is with the Nebraska State Patrol who will speak to us on crime enforcement, including drug crimes. |
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Jessica and her company, Lincoln Premium Poultry has been working with Costco. Costco Wholesale Corp. has worked since Spring of 2017 to get approval and build a $180 million poultry processing plant near Fremont, Nebraska, that would process roughly 1.6 million birds a week. The facility would cater to Costco stores, which sell rotisserie chickens that are popular with customers. Costco will own the processing plant, and all of the product will go to Costco stores. Jessica's company, Lincoln Premium Poultry LLC, will run the actual poultry production side of the operation, To keep operating, the processing plant will need roughly 404 barns built in the local area that would each raise about 43,000 birds per barn for each flock delivered. That would include 332 broiler barns, 24 pullet barns and 48 breeder barns. Jessica has spoken previously to our group in early 2017
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Lt Jason Scott of Nebraska State Patrol will speak on law enforcement, including narcotics items. |
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PICTURES BELOW (l-r) Top Picture: Dan Palmquist, Mike Ough, Adrian Faiers (visitor from UK), Nicki Klein (District Official) and Judy Ackland Lower Picture: Nicki Klein and Judy Ackland |
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Nicollette (Nicki) KleinNicki Klein, in addition to being a member of Lincoln South Rotary, is responsible for several areas in the Nebraska District 5650: Awards District Administrative Assistant Web Master The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Grants. Nicki has been a lifesaver in assisting our Club in adapting Club Runner and her talk will probably mention Club Runner a time or two. |
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Amanda Fleischmann is the newest member of the Rotary Club of Western Douglas County. She came to the club with the desire to become more involved in the community. In 2012 she was married to Ryan Fleischmann and they have three children, Aria (5), Emma (3) and Wade (1). Amanda earned her Masters in Professional Accountancy and her Bachelor of Science Business Administration from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. She started her career in 2008 with Deloitte Tax LLP and had a broad range of experiences before specializing in state taxation since August 2012. She currently is a tax manager for Seim Johnson, LLP which is a public accounting firm that performs Audit, Tax and Healthcare Consulting services. |
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Put the event on your calendar, scheduled for the Pines in Valley for July 9th |
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Mike Peterson, our speaker is from "Out on a Limb" he is an arborist, a member of the NE Arborists Association and helps customers with the following;
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Yuri Gagarin first Human in space April 12 1961 Full Name: Yuri Gagarin Profession: Cosmonaut Born: March 9, 1934 Died: March 27, 1968 (aged 34) |
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RACHEL REIS - HUNGER FREE HEARTLAND Julie Reidl arranged for her good friend Rachel to speak to us. |
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We were led in prayer and pledge by Gail Stalder We had 22 members present and welcomed 1 guest Rotarian Treasurers report: $1,994.33 current balance Announcements: Next Lunch Bunch meeting will be March 14th at Noon at Shevy’s Tod reported that the Rotary scholarship selection committee is finishing up their first phase of candidate selection and that interviews of the top raking candidates will commence in a couple of weeks. The Buy the Big Wheel Tradeshow is a great networking opportunity for current and potential Rotarians. Best of all, it’s a FREE event! See the attached flyer for all the information! Last week, Gail drew the winning orange ball, as the odds were grossly in his favor to do so. He walked away with a cool $66.50, and he apparently went right back to gambling. He won the drawing again this week, but alas, lady luck denied him a winning ball…this time! Next week’s speaker: Our scheduled speaker for March 8th will be Dr. Jeffrey Gold, Chancellor of UNMC and UNO. He became the eighth chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, vice president of the University of Nebraska system and chair of the board of UNMC’s principal clinical care academic health system partner, Nebraska Medicine, in early 2014. As UNMC’s chief executive officer, Dr. Gold is responsible for all aspects of campus leadership, program quality and operations, including seven colleges, numerous institutes, a staff and faculty of about 5,000 and its 3,800 students. Additionally, Nebraska Medicine has over 6,500 employees and an operating budget of well more than $1.5 billion. The combined economic impact of the “500-mile campus” academic health center exceeds $4 billion. In April 2017, Dr. Gold also was named chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the state’s public metropolitan university. The University of Nebraska at Omaha has an enrollment of over 12,000 undergraduate students, 3,000 graduate students, a broad public service mission and an NCAA Division I athletic program. Todays’ speaker was introduced by Tod Ringenberg: Dr. Michael Feilmeier helped to establish the Gift of Sight Foundation with the singular goal of restoring sight to patients living needlessly in darkness. Presently, there are over 39 million people in the world who are blind, and over 50% of them can be cured with a procedure that has a consumable cost of $25 and takes 5 minutes to perform. With vision restored, these individuals can once again look into the eyes of a loved one, walk unassisted across a street, return to work and find their way back to being a part of a family and community that no longer sees them as a burden. Dr. Feilmeier shared his story of how he became inspired to take his talents to the far reaches of the world and to help thousands of people of third world countries regain the gift of sight., Through the efforts of Dr. Feilmeier and his associates, there have been tremendous results and truly lives have been changed. |
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Dr. Bary Habrock, Superintendent of Elkhorn Public Schools will discuss the District's $149 M Bond issue. Dr. Habrock is one our clubs newest members. |
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Drs. Katherine Johnson, Michael Feilmeier and Jessica Feilmeier established the Gift of Sight Foundation with the singular goal of restoring sight to patients living needlessly in darkness. Presently, there are over 39 Million people in the world who are blind and over 50% of them can be cured with a procedure that has a consumable cost of $25 and takes 5 minutes to perform. With vision restored these individuals can once again look into the eyes of a loved one, walk unassisted across a street, return to work and find their way back to being apart of a family and community that no longer sees them as a burden. |
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Happy New Year everyone, I hope you have been feeling better than I have the past couple weeks, that flu junk has been traveling among our entire family and just doesn’t want to go away. This Wednesday, January 10th will be our first Lunch Bunch meeting in 2018. We will meet at Shevy’s in Elkhorn at noon. I don’t have a speaker scheduled but I would like to have a meaningful conversation about the value of continued Rotary lunches, so please plan to attend an express your thoughts. See you Wednesday!! |
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Our speaker for this Thursday will be be Pat Hines from the Girl Scouts. In addition to talking about the Girl Scouts in general, she will discuss a recent trip to Asia. |
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Great job by all involved in the WDC food basket drive ... especially Jim T and Amy D! 197 boxes in a row! Thanks 🙏. Tod. |
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Jessica Kroeker is a Training Specialist and Mental Health Therapist at Project Harmony. Her work is focused on trauma in both therapeutic interventions with victims of abuse and training throughout the community on recognizing trauma and its symptoms. She is currently coordinating Omaha's Trauma Informed Community initiative. Additionally, Jessica provides therapy in rural Nebraska and previously worked several years in foster child adoption and permanency services. Jessica earned her Master's in Public Administration and Master's in Social Work from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. (Neil is speaker host) |
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In anticipation of discussion of the Club Secretary selection for next year, I would like to offer some comments:
CONCLUSION: Decouple Club Runner web master from Secretary duties. Ron Mortensen |
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Eddie Guthrie, current resident of Omaha, is one of the last survivors from Nebraska of the Japanese Bombing Raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Eddie was aboard the USS Whitney, a destroyer tender, as an Electrician's Mate in Pearl Harbor. Following WWII, Eddie became employed as an Electrician at Omaha Public Power District where he served with distinction . Following his retirement, he has been a spokesman for the dwindling number of survivors of the DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY (President Delano Roosevelt - 1941). Ron's note: I worked closely with Eddie at OPPD for 4 years, he was a switch man which meant that he had to travel around the District operating high Voltage switches as required for maintenance or for storm recovery and isolation. |
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Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert is in her second term as Mayor of Omaha. First elected in 2013, and re-elected in May 2017, she is the 51st Omaha mayor and the city's first woman to be elected to the office. Stothert grew up in the St. Louis area and worked as a critical care nurse and later as head nurse and department head of cardiovascular surgery at St. Louis University, where she met her husband, Joe Stothert, M.D. In 1993, the Stothert family moved to Omaha from Galveston, Texas, when Dr. Stothert accepted a new position at Creighton University. When the Stotherts' two children, Elizabeth and Andrew, were old enough to go to school, Mayor Stothert became involved in their schools as a volunteer. Later, she was appointed and then elected to the Millard Board of Education and served 11 years, including three as President. In 2009, she was elected to the Omaha City Council, representing District 5 in southwest Omaha. Jean and Joe have been married 37 years. Joe currently works as a trauma surgeon at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine.
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Ron and Neil, would you please inform our membership in your Rotary email and bulletin to mark their calendars, the Rotary Holiday Party is scheduled Sunday, January 21st at Farmer Brown's in Waterloo. Drinks at 5:30, dinner at 6:30. More information to come. |
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This coming Thursday morning, the Rotary agenda will include discussion of "who" will step forward to become our next Secretary. Also, our District office is asking that we determine our Club's Goals and appoint our Club's Polo Chair & PR Chair. Don't think we will have a speaker so will be having lots of discussion (& bad jokes) |
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Subject: Update for my rotary friends Hey Guys, I thought I would send you a message to let you know how things are going down here. During my time back in the states, I did some carpentry work and other odd jobs to make a little money to bring back to Haiti. Between the work and selling a few items, I was able to bring back around $4,000 US. Not a lot, but better than nothing! I have paid tuition for my girls, they are both in preschool here. I have paid the taxes and fees for the land I purchased last year. I have kept current on all my bills except power...my theory on power is if they can provide consistent power, I will provide consistent payment! With the girls in school now, I have the time to work in my shop and to advance the goal of creating the carpentry school. I have had several small contracts for office furniture. I can usually fill a contract within a couple of weeks. I am trying to build up stock items so that I can officially "open" my carpentry business. I have sold several of those stock items already and I have had to build them again! Nice problem to have. To get the school started, I have to get on my new land. There I will build my workshop, classrooms, showroom and a place for us to live. I need to build a security wall around the property, connect to grid power, build a small structure to live in and a covered area to use as a shop (protected from sun and rain) This is not a solicitation for funds (yet) just want to give you an idea of what it will take. Wall - between $4000 and $7000, depending on quality of materials and height. Grid Power - $2000 for a pole, transformer, wire and installation Our house - $4000 will get me materials to build a couple of rooms and a bathroom Shop - $2000 should get me enough to build out a decent area to work and store material. I have a shipping container that is being stored at a friend's orphanage, I will bring it over once the walls are up. It will serve as a secure place to store things while I build the permanent structures. I would like to get a better generator, solar power system, large water filter system and a truck...but all of that can come later. Neil and Dan, feel free to forward this email to other members. I am excited for the opportunity that is in front of me. This carpentry business and school will serve the community well. I don't plan on stopping with carpentry. Once I have the school up and running, I will add other disciplines that I know such as training for Electricians, Plumbers, Welders and Computer geeks. I also have friends here that teach sewing, cooking and music, but they don't have the space to teach more than a couple of students at a time. All of that can be added as we grow. It was fun meeting all of you and being a part of your group for a few weeks. Scott Peters, Gonaives, Haiti |
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FOAM PLATE ARTOur meeting on the 9th was of great artistic inspiration to Jasmine. |
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Jeff Beckman was named executive director of development for The Salvation Army, Western Division, in October of 2015. In the newly created position, he is responsible for building a stronger Salvation Army development presence in the Western Division that serves Omaha, Lincoln, Greater Nebraska, South Dakota and western and central Iowa. The Pilger, NE native operates from the divisional headquarters in Omaha. Beckman is a University of Nebraska-Kearney graduate. With 30 years of development experience, Beckman will develop and carry out plans to raise funds to support the numerous Salvation Army programs that are “doing the most good” in the community. Most recently, he was senior vice president for Resource Development at United Way of the Midlands (2013-2015). Prior to that, Beckman served as executive director for the NET Foundation for Television and Radio (2006-2013). Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. Eighty-two cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. To find out more about The Salvation Army’s work in Lincoln, visit www.salvationarmylincoln.org. |
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Just a reminder that this Wednesday, November 15th is our Rotary Lunch meeting at noon at Shevy’s. Our speaker is Rich Berrgren the game warden for Douglas County, Rich will update us on any illegal wildlife activity going on in our area. |
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We are 1.2 million neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world. Our differing occupations, cultures, and countries give us a unique perspective. Our shared passion for service helps us accomplish the remarkable. |
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Troy D Krings LTC (R) USA Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Troy D. Krings served in the United States Army from 1986 to 2012. Enlisting as a Cavalry Scout in the US Army Reserves while attending UNO he later entered active duty as an Army Aviation Officer. While serving as a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot during his active career his duties included logistical and operational assignments at the Company, Battalion, Brigade and Corps level. He also commanded a Company and a Battalion. LTC Krings served in the 3rd Armored Cavalry, the 6th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division, 1st Armored Division and the US Army, Europe. He deployed in support of Operation Desert Shield /Storm in 1990 and for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and again in 2006. His final assignment was as the Professor of Military Science at Creighton University. He retired in Omaha in 2012 and has been self-employed in the amusement and real estate industries since. He and his wife, Pamela, have been married for 26 years and have two daughters residing in Tampa, Florida. |
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OUGH THOUGHTS..... You probably have read (either in the October ROTARIAN magazine or online) that there is a major fundraising effort to get more $$$ to use to eradicate polio. The following is from a Rotarian website link.... QUESTION..... "Why is US $ 1.5 billian needed to end polio, if we only have 3 countries left?" ANSWER..... "To end polio, we must stop transmission of wild polio virus in the 3 remaining polio-endemic countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. We must also keep other countries polio free until we achieve certification and officially eradicate polio. Until then, up to 60 high-risk countries continue to operate large-scale immunization campaigns to protect children against polio. We can't stop until we can ensure that all children are protected against the disease. This is why we are Rotarians. Interesting reading on the following websites.... www.endpolio.org and www.gatesfoundation.org |
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Below are notes from the Rotary meeting last week (October19) recorded by Judy Ackland, President-Elect:
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MARK GLEASON Mark will be our speaker on the subject of Heating and Air Conditioning, which should be of interest to anyone who owns and operates a furnace or air conditioner (or heat pump) in their home. Mark has been a member of our Club since March of 2012 and his wife's name is Shelley. |
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Hello all! Just a reminder that this Wednesday, October 11th is the 2nd Wednesday of the month and time for the Rotary Lunch Bunch. We will order lunch at noon at Shevy’s in Elkhorn. Our speaker this month is Dr. Stephen Stinn, a pediatric and family focused chiropractor. Dr. Stinn often works with kids with learning and behavior issues as well as adults that are living with chronic health issues. Dr. Stinn is mostly checking his patients for a primary condition that is called a Nerve System Imbalance that then contributes to several secondary conditions (symptoms). Many health issues and behavior problems are contributed by abnormal neurology so he checks the patients nerve system to see if he can help. Dr. Stinn will provide a demonstration of his work and how it helps people. See you all this Wednesday!! Jim Tomanek Executive Director, COPE |
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If you are interested in attending another Omaha area Rotary Club meeting to meet new people and see what other Rotary Clubs are doing, the chart below, taken from the Rotary Club of Omaha West newsletter (The Westward Ho) MONDAY TUESDAY NORTHWEST 12:00 PM ( Effective August 15th Northwest Rotary will meet Tuesday's at noon at Jerico's, 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154.) SOUTHWEST NIGHT 5:15 PM (DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, northeast corner of 180th & Q streets) THURSDAY SUBURBAN 12:00 PM (Anthony's, 7220 F St.) WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY 7:00 AM (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive) FRIDAY WEST 12:00 PM (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive) |
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Frank Axiotes specializes in a variety of Residential and Commercial solutions including intrusion protection, IP video surveillance systems, Fire and CO monitoring and Access Control Solutions. Frank’s experience has enabled him to support multiple clients across the Omaha Metro Area. His consultative approach allows him to design a solution to meet your specific needs and requirements not only today but also into the future. |
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Ron Woerner is the Director of Cybersecurity Studies at Bellevue University. He has over 25 years of corporate and military experience in IT and Security and has worked for HDR, TD Ameritrade, ConAgra Foods, Mutual of Omaha, CSG Systems and the State of Nebraska. Ron earned a B.S. from Michigan State University and a M.S. from Syracuse University. He was awarded the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in 2001, the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) in 2014, the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Toastmasters Advanced Communicator and Leader designations. He is the Air Force Association CyberPatriot 2013-2014 Mentor of the Year for his work with high school cybersecurity competitions. He loves to talk to others who are passionate about security and privacy. |
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julie's salmonFeatured in our "self serving" FISHING REPORT FROM ALASKA is a photo (L-R) of Donna Jauron (sister-in-law) of Soldotna, Alaska and Julie Mortensen (smirk of Joy) showing Julie's catch of Salmon (Silvers) caught in mid August. These fish were on Julie's "Bucket List". |
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On their wedding anniversary, Steve and Carrie Kucirek brought their twins, Owen and Sidney, to our Rotary Club meeting. Their anniversary is August 17th, of course. |
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Kyle Tredinnik is a social studies and geography teacher at Omaha Public Schools, Zoo Academy. He was selected as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow with National Geographic Education and Lindbald Expeditions and recently returned from a circumnavigation of Iceland as a part of the fellowship program. |
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Judy Ackland served as greeter to golf participants at Number One Tee. |
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Bob Keith of Omaha is Senior Director of Compliance & Education with Assured PerformanceNetwork which works, among other things, to certify technicians associated with the various levels of the Automobile Industry Bob owns four CARSTAR franchises in Omaha and is a Southeast Nebraska Community College graduate in 1974 with a degree in Diesel Technology.Bob is going to give us a presentation on the construction of automobile frames and the impact of vehicle accidents on various frame designs.ASSURED PERFORMANCE IS MADE UP OF 3 ENTITIES:
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Call to order: President Dan opened the meeting promptly at 7:23 AM and gave the invocation and lead us in the pledge of allegiance. He also gave some remarks as a soon to be Past President. He also recognized Curtis Johnson from DLR Group, our latest new member prospect sponsored by Dr. Steve Baker. Treasurer: Treasurer Rita reported $5,757 (rounded off) balance in bank. Secretary; Ron referred to the bulletin for the contents of his report, following which a discussion of our dues collection status was discussed Jim Tomanek: Jim reported on the Pantry Packing at Peace Church where the Jim and his wife Judy and Ron and his wife Julie completed the task in less than an hour and had a "micro" dive at Addys Sports Bar near Elkhorn South High School (soon to be adopted as the faculty lounge - just kidding). Jim passed out a flyer on the COPE Breakfast to be held on June 25th (hope you enjoyed it) at the Elkhorn Eagles Building. Jim also handed out a flyer on our Annual Golf Tounament made an appeal for raffle and hole prizes for the July 10th golf event. Neil the Toll Taker: Neil collected several fines from deserving culprits. Speaker of the Day: President Dan introduced Rob Herringer, Executive Director of the Elkhorn Soccer Club. Rob attended Bellevue East High School and Benedictine College in Atchinson, Kansas. Rob gave a slide presentation which covered his current role, statistics on number of players and coaches (which includes volunteer and professional), an office staff of four and currently operate at 6 different facilities. Rob presented a discussion of the club's Mission, Vision and Values. Also included were the club's philosophy and credo, including a quote from Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B: Forward, always forward, everywhere forward! We must not be held back by debts, bad years or by difficulties of the times. The Elkhorn Soccer Club puts PEOPLE first and relies on communiy leaders and experts. The club participates with curriculum and partnerships, which includes partnerships with other soccer programs, including Celtic Football Club in Scotland. Social responsibility is emphasized in making the community better, help others, promote the game of soccer and be positive role models. Tradition and Leaving a Legacy is important to the club, produce amazing, well-rounded young people and always leave it better than how they found it. Lastly, have FUN while participating. |
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WENDY MISLIVECWendy Mislivec from AAA will discuss the Smart Phone App called AAA Drive which is utilized by AAA Insurance Customers to achieve discounts on automobile insurance rates. This will not be an insurance pitch but an explanation of using GPS for automobile monitoring. Wendy will also tell us about AAA offering services from their "towing" facilities for bicyclists. Shown below is a screen shot from an iPhone showing the results from a "journey". Each trip from start to stop is recorded as a separate "journey" which is added to average score |
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OUR NEWEST MEMBER: Curtis Johnson grew up on a farm between Oakland and Craig Nebraska going to a one room country school house until the 6th grade. He graduated from Oakland-Craig HS in 1988 with 27 classmates and received his Masters degree in Architecture from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 1994. He has worked with DLR Group Architecture, Engineering, Planning & Interiors since 1995. He started the office in Chicago, Illinois for DLR Group in 1999 and moved back to Omaha in 2007. He was appointed the Central Region Leader for DLR Group in 2016 responsible for over 100 employees in their Omaha, Lincoln and Des Moines offices. DLR Group now has over 1,000 employees in 27 offices including 3 international offices. Curtis and his wife Krisa were married in 1993. She is also a 1988 graduate from Oakland-Craig and was the 9th of 9 children. Her dad, Clarence Goracke, was the high school math teacher and football coach for many years. Krisa is also a teacher and is currently a teaching assistant at West Dodge Station Elementary in Elkhorn. Curtis and Krisa live near Manchester Elementary in Elkhorn and their son, Evan, is going to be a sophomore at Elkhorn High School. He enjoyed playing football, wrestling and soccer during his freshman year. He also recently completed his Eagle Scout project with the Boy Scouts of America. |
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Treasurer's Report: Rita reported $4,046.47 bank balance. Secretary's Report: On June 20, members who have not committed to pay dues or have not paid dues will be dropped from club membership. (members who have been drop can easily be reinstated if desired) July 10 Golf Outing: Jim reported on progress of attaining hole sponsors and reminded us to get our foresomes (I think, but if he didn't, he should have) Lunch Bunch: Ron reported on the lunch bunch with DOUG CUNNINGHAM as the interesting speaker Guest and Prospective member: Steve Baker introduced his guest and prospective member, Curtis Johnson, Principal Architect of DLR Group (now performs functions for Elkhorn School District similar to those FORMERLY done by Tod Ringenberg) Speaker of the Day: Our speaker was Debbie Newhouse, who operates Urgent Pet Care, which is an emergency veterinary clinic at 8419 S 73rf Plaza. Debbie is a Certified Veterinarian Practice Manager. She discussed the services her business provides, including emergency availability 24/7. Debbie gave us examples of pets that have received emergency, showed slides listing the foods that dogs and cats shouldn't eat, poison's such as rat poison, human medications, fertilizers and flea/tick products. Debbie mentioned that if any pet ingests such poisons or other questionable products to contact a Pet Emergency Clinic or the Pet Poison Helpline 800-213-6680. The ASPCA has a hot line at 888 426-4431 though a fee may apply for consultation. |
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Hello WDC Rotarians! Just a quick note to let you know that I have thoroughly enjoyed my term as your Club’s President this past year. I appreciate everyone’s support of my efforts and your sometimes forced laughter at my occasional attempts at humor. As I leave my post, I reflect on how much I have enjoyed being a club member for nearly 3 years. I have had the pleasure of getting to know some of you for the first time, and others of you on a new and better level. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for our Club, and am grateful for Mike Ough’s willingness to “lead the troops”! Sincerely, Dan Palmquist |
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It is necessary and appropriate to recognize all the hard work that Neil Kirby does in extracting money from the membership and the photo below portrays a very common pose of Neil doing his job!!!!!!! |
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The Paul Harris Fellow program recognizes individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. The honor was established in 1957 to show appreciation for contributions that support our Annual Fund, Polio Plus, or an approved Foundation grant. In our Club, a portion of our annual dues are directed to the Rotary Foundation which gives individual members credit towards their own Paul Harris Fellowship membership goal. Shown below is a photo of President Dan awarding Jeanne her fellowship. |
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Some things you can't resist, and this sign at a very nice cafe in Emmetsburg, Iowa is one of those things. Julie and I and my nephew had breakfast there on Friday the 16th of June. (Our own Irishman, Neil Kirby may even own part of the restaurant) Emmetsburg is known for its annual Irish Festival and celebrates a famous Irishman, Robert Emmet who participated in the 1803 Irish Rebellion. . Naturally with all it's Irish - American citizens, they have Emmet's statue in the County Courtyard. Shown below is Julie Mortensen (not Irish, but of French decent) |
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Rob Herriger is the Executive Director of the Elkhorn Soccer Club. Following is Rob's Professional Experience: Coerver® Great Plains States (GPS) Co-Director of Coaching, 2014-present. NSCAA National Academy Staff Coach, 2007-present. Benedictine College (Kansas), Head Men’s Soccer Coach, 2004-2015. NSCAA State Technical Coordinator (Kansas), 2003-2007. Kansas Boys’ Olympic Development Program Head Coach, 2007-2008. Kansas Youth Soccer State Director of Coaching, 2005-2006. USYSA Region II Boys’ ODP Staff Coach, 2005-2006. Benedictine College Volunteer Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach, 2004-2005. Leavenworth Soccer Association (Kansas), Director of Coaching and Player Development, 2003-2005. Leavenworth United Thunder, Head Coach for Girls’ Premier Team, 2002-2005. Kansas Girls’ ODP Staff Coach, 2001-2005. Leavenworth High School, Head Boys’ and Girls’ Coach/Language Arts Instructor, 2000-2005. |
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Jim announced the next pantry packing party will be Wednesday, September 20 at Peace Presbyterian Church at 6:30PM with a mini dive to follow. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR ONE HOUR - Mini Dive is Optional |
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Judy Ackland will be our speaker this Thursday Morning, June 8th. Judy will report on the key points of the Rotary District Training Assembly in Omaha on June 3rd, which she attended. Below is an article about Judy's business, "Stolen" from the internet. |
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Email to Neil from Tod - I'm doing well! They told me that I was the poster boy for the cardiology intensive care unit - quickest to be moved to the cardiac progressive care unit. I've been up and going, walking the floor since Saturday. Still have a few hoses and wires hooked up but overall I'm feeling pretty good and gaining energy. I'm definitely not going to be able to golf in this year's Rotary outing but maybe I can drive the beer cart. Thank everyone for their kind thoughts and prayers! Visiting Rotarians: Gary Bren, District Governor, Omaha (Downtown) Rotary Club and Larry Johansen, also from Downtown. The Power of One- Governor Bren discussed the flyer that he distributed to our members concerning the District Conference to be held on August 11-12, 2017 in Omaha at Creighton's Harper Center with a Friday evening event at the Omaha Playhouse. If you left your flyer behind or would like to have a copy, contact Ron Mortensen and a copy will be emailed to you. This conference is open to all Rotarians and guest prospective members and the general public, providing of course the fees are paid, except for the proviso that each club can bring ONE prospective member for free. A Tour of Nebraska School for the Deaf - This tour was mentioned without details. Speaker for the Day - Jim Rickets - Neil introduced Jim and mentioned that he spoke to our club about 10 years ago. Jim talked initially about the Rickets Family strategy for purchasing the Chicago Clubs (great timing with a World Series Victory). He also passed out Chicago Cubs lapel pins which will someday become collector's items perhaps. Jim presented a video on and discussed his service as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Lunch Bunch -Jim Tomanek mentioned the June 14th lunch bunch at Shevy's. (Scheduled speaker will be Doug Cunningham on his services as a State Legislator). |
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President Dan - opened the meeting with a request to Duane for the invocation, to which Duane complied in fine fashion. Treasurer's Report: Rita reported $3,634.98 in our bank balance Secretary Report: Ron reported on a few members that had dropped their membership and volunteered to be club representative to the June 29 District Annual telephone/on line meeting. Ron's offer was accepted by default following a long quiet interval of volunteers. Pantry Packing - Jim Tomanek reported on the Wednesday Pantry Packing volunteer activity at Peace Presbyterian Church where about a dozen Pantry packages were filled with groceries for distribution to COPE clients. In attendance were Jim and Judy Tomanek, Ron and Julie Mortensen, Roger Breed, Jeanne Weaver, Diane Johnson, Rolly Kleeman and Tod Ringeberg. After the packages were filled, a mini-dive was held at Buck's in Venice where all attended except Rolly and Tod. Jim also reported that a similar session will be held every third Wednesday of each month, with possible changes to the mini-dive afterwards. ( A photo is shown below) Program for Club Meeting - May 25th - In spite of computer setup difficulties, a program was presented by Cal Hinz with help from American Legion reps from Valley (Roger Bevington and Gary Wasaberger) on the new Veterans Memorial. There were photos shown on various features of the memorial along with a appeal for commemorative bricks that can be purchased, although no motion was made for our club to purchase a brick or two. Following the Veterans Memorial, a presentation was made on the history of Ford Thunderbirds. (Shown below is Cal with their fancy "dual" screen presentation) Guest Harold Johnson was our guest at this meeting' |
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Jun 01, 2017 Jim Ricketts Opportunity Education Jim Ricketts, a 1974 graduate of Wayne State, received the Alumni Achievement Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 9 at the college. Ricketts serves as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation (www.opportunityeducation.org). The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Ricketts joined Opportunity Education as an experienced businessman, securities attorney, arbitrator, and instructor. He previously served as vice president of TD Ameritrade for 20 years with assignments that included acquisition, legal, compliance and brokerage firm management. He serves the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as an arbitrator and is a past founding member of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) e-Brokerage Committee. He serves on Nebraska's Department of Education Council of International Education. He taught business law and real estate law as adjunct professor at Colorado College. Ricketts earned his juris doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1979. He holds Bar Admission in California. Ricketts was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Omaha after a four year theology program. He serves Jesus Christ in various ministries in the Church. Louisiana College honored Ricketts’ service to students and teachers in Africa and Asia as 2013 recipient of the Trustee's Distinguished Service Award. Jun 01, 2017 Jim Ricketts Opportunity Education Jim Ricketts, a 1974 graduate of Wayne State, received the Alumni Achievement Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 9 at the college. Ricketts serves as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation (www.opportunityeducation.org). The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Ricketts joined Opportunity Education as an experienced businessman, securities attorney, arbitrator, and instructor. He previously served as vice president of TD Ameritrade for 20 years with assignments that included acquisition, legal, compliance and brokerage firm management. He serves the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as an arbitrator and is a past founding member of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) e-Brokerage Committee. He serves on Nebraska's Department of Education Council of International Education. He taught business law and real estate law as adjunct professor at Colorado College. Ricketts earned his juris doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1979. He holds Bar Admission in California. Ricketts was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Omaha after a four year theology program. He serves Jesus Christ in various ministries in the Church. Louisiana College honored Ricketts’ service to students and teachers in Africa and Asia as 2013 recipient of the Trustee's Distinguished Service Award. Jun 01, 2017 Jim Ricketts Opportunity Education Jim Ricketts, a 1974 graduate of Wayne State, received the Alumni Achievement Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 9 at the college. Ricketts serves as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation (www.opportunityeducation.org). The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Ricketts joined Opportunity Education as an experienced businessman, securities attorney, arbitrator, and instructor. He previously served as vice president of TD Ameritrade for 20 years with assignments that included acquisition, legal, compliance and brokerage firm management. He serves the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as an arbitrator and is a past founding member of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) e-Brokerage Committee. He serves on Nebraska's Department of Education Council of International Education. He taught business law and real estate law as adjunct professor at Colorado College. Ricketts earned his juris doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1979. He holds Bar Admission in California. Ricketts was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Omaha after a four year theology program. He serves Jesus Christ in various ministries in the Church. Louisiana College honored Ricketts’ service to students and teachers in Africa and Asia as 2013 recipient of the Trustee's Distinguished Service Award. Jun 01, 2017 Jim Ricketts Opportunity Education Jim Ricketts, a 1974 graduate of Wayne State, received the Alumni Achievement Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 9 at the college. Ricketts serves as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation (www.opportunityeducation.org). The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Ricketts joined Opportunity Education as an experienced businessman, securities attorney, arbitrator, and instructor. He previously served as vice president of TD Ameritrade for 20 years with assignments that included acquisition, legal, compliance and brokerage firm management. He serves the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as an arbitrator and is a past founding member of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) e-Brokerage Committee. He serves on Nebraska's Department of Education Council of International Education. He taught business law and real estate law as adjunct professor at Colorado College. Ricketts earned his juris doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1979. He holds Bar Admission in California. Ricketts was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Omaha after a four year theology program. He serves Jesus Christ in various ministries in the Church. Louisiana College honored Ricketts’ service to students and teachers in Africa and Asia as 2013 recipient of the Trustee's Distinguished Service Award. Jun 01, 2017 Jim Ricketts Opportunity Education Jim Ricketts, a 1974 graduate of Wayne State, received the Alumni Achievement Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 9 at the college. Ricketts serves as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation (www.opportunityeducation.org). The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Ricketts joined Opportunity Education as an experienced businessman, securities attorney, arbitrator, and instructor. He previously served as vice president of TD Ameritrade for 20 years with assignments that included acquisition, legal, compliance and brokerage firm management. He serves the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as an arbitrator and is a past founding member of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) e-Brokerage Committee. He serves on Nebraska's Department of Education Council of International Education. He taught business law and real estate law as adjunct professor at Colorado College. Ricketts earned his juris doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1979. He holds Bar Admission in California. Ricketts was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Omaha after a four year theology program. He serves Jesus Christ in various ministries in the Church. Louisiana College honored Ricketts’ service to students and teachers in Africa and Asia as 2013 recipient of the Trustee's Distinguished Service Award. Jun 01, 2017 Jim Ricketts Opportunity Education Jim Ricketts, a 1974 graduate of Wayne State, received the Alumni Achievement Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 9 at the college. Ricketts serves as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation (www.opportunityeducation.org). The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Ricketts joined Opportunity Education as an experienced businessman, securities attorney, arbitrator, and instructor. He previously served as vice president of TD Ameritrade for 20 years with assignments that included acquisition, legal, compliance and brokerage firm management. He serves the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as an arbitrator and is a past founding member of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) e-Brokerage Committee. He serves on Nebraska's Department of Education Council of International Education. He taught business law and real estate law as adjunct professor at Colorado College. Ricketts earned his juris doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1979. He holds Bar Admission in California. Ricketts was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Omaha after a four year theology program. He serves Jesus Christ in various ministries in the Church. Louisiana College honored Ricketts’ service to students and teachers in Africa and Asia as 2013 recipient of the Trustee's Distinguished Service Award. Jim Ricketts Opportunity Education Jim Ricketts, a 1974 graduate of Wayne State, received the Alumni Achievement Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 9 at the college. Ricketts serves as president and chief operations officer of Omaha-based Opportunity Education Foundation (www.opportunityeducation.org). The foundation serves 1,688 schools in 11 developing countries in Africa and Asia with curriculum, technology, and educational materials along with teacher development. The Foundation has contributed $60 million of support since 2006 to make quality education accessible to children in the poorest of poor areas so they can improve their standard of living. Ricketts joined Opportunity Education as an experienced businessman, securities attorney, arbitrator, and instructor. He previously served as vice president of TD Ameritrade for 20 years with assignments that included acquisition, legal, compliance and brokerage firm management. He serves the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as an arbitrator and is a past founding member of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) e-Brokerage Committee. He serves on Nebraska's Department of Education Council of International Education. He taught business law and real estate law as adjunct professor at Colorado College. Ricketts earned his juris doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 1979. He holds Bar Admission in California. Ricketts was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Omaha after a four year theology program. He serves Jesus Christ in various ministries in the Church. Louisiana College honored Ricketts’ service to students and teachers in Africa and Asia as 2013 recipient of the Trustee's Distinguished Service Award. |
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BARY HABROCKDr. Bary Habrock was appointed to be the new superintendent of Elkhorn Public Schools, succeeding Dr. Steve Baker. He will speak to our club this week on THE STATUS AND VISION OF ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. He has served as Assistant Superintendent since 2009. |
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Jim has scheduled our Rotary Club to help pack food pantries at Peace Presbyterian Church (one block south of Dodge Street on 204th, east side) on Wednesday, May 24th at 6:30PM. We need about 8 people and it will take approximately 1 ½ hours. It has also been requested if Rotarians could donate some of the following items, we could ask our club members to bring items to Rotary on the next two Thursday mornings. Laundry detergent Toothpaste Paper towels Pancake mix Syrup |
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PREZ DAN WITH RACHEL LEAGUE AND DAWN HOVEYDawn Hovey and Rachel League from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) spoke to our group last week. Dawn was new to the CFF so she arranged for her deputy, Rachel League to speak. Rachel described how a combination of genes can lead to a lack of the protein in the body which maintains the mucus in the body in a fluid state so that it does not block the function of several organs in the body, including the lungs. For several years now, infants are tested to determine if they are candidates for Cystic Fibrosis to allow early treatment. There are 30,000 cases in the US and 375 in Nebraska/Iowa. There are 1000 new cases each year in the US. Fifty per cent of the cases depend on medicade There are medications available to reduce the symptoms of the disease but unfortunately, there is no known cure. Treatment of the many symptoms of the disease are complicated often require a multiple disciplinary team of physicians and medical staff. Naturally, the function of the CF Foundation is to collect funds to facilitate research and treatment so if you are inclined to do so, they would welcome your generosity. |
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HEAD TABLE EXPERIMENT Actually, the two table seating arrangement wasn't innovative as we do it all the time for the scholarship banquets, however, it worked fine at our last meeting where there are two speakers because we had places for them to sit reserved and the host didn't have to bounce club members around to seat the speakers, plus the club President has an opportunity to chat with the speaker. INVOCATION Jasmine gave us a very nice invocation dedicated to MOTHER'S DAY. Well done! BUSINESS ITEMS Rita reported $3,839.54 in bank and following her report an action item was approved to maintain club dues at $200. Jim reported on the May 10 Lunch Bunch where the speakers were Alan Tast on Thunderbird cars and Cal Hinz on the Valley Veterans Memorial. (They will be speaking to the Club on the regular Thursday meeting on the 25th) Member Attendees at Shevy's included Duane Prorok, Jack Ott, Ariann Brown, Cal Hinz, Dick Krueger, Jim Tomanek, Rex Moats and Ron Mortensen. A guest was Karl Rohrbaugh of Edward Jones. Jim reported on the club's annual fund raising golf outing at the Pines on Monday, July 10th. Jim also announced a need for Rotary Volunteers for the COPE PANTRY PACKING process. (Peace Presbyterian May 24 evening) This has been officially titled as a CLUB SERVICE PROJECT, the more volunteers, the faster we are done. For your information, BUCK'S BAR AND GRILL in Venice, Nebraska, had a nice write up in Sunday's World Herald Midlands Section. Buck's was the location of a DIVE of our club a few years ago. Maybe its time to go again to see the improvements. |
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Meeting notes for May 4, 2017 Gail Stalder gave an EXCELLENT invocation at the meeting with clear thinking and well chosen words. Guest of Ron's at last week's meeting was David Herzog, Attorney and friend of our speaker. President Dan announced that Judy Ackland has accepted the nomination for the position of President-Elect during 2017/2018 and become Club President for the Club year of 2018/2019. A motion was made and seconded to budget club funds for payment of registration expenses for Judy to attend forthcoming Rotary Leadership Institute in Omaha on June 3, 2017 and the District 5650 Conference 2017 on August 11 & 12, 2017. The motion carried. The expected total for registration fees will be less than $200 for this year. Treasurer Rita reported on the check book balance and reported that the Clubs annual payment of our donation to Rotary International Foundation. For tax purposes, each member will receive a letter from Rotary Foundation acknowledging the deductible donation of $50 NOTE: There might be a little confusion at the Head Table this Thursday as Ron experiments with use of the head table for seating the speaker and speaker host. Having a designated seating for the speaker, will avoid the use of chairs customary "preferred" by the members and will honor the speaker with a reserved place at the head table. It will take an extra table to allow room for the Presiding Officer, the Speaker and speaker host. The speaker will be allowed to "mix" with our members prior to breakfast and have a reserved place to go to. |
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Our speaker for May 10 will be Dawn Hovey, recently appointed Executive Directer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. WHAT IS CYSTIC FIBROSIS? CF affects the cells in your body that make mucus, sweat, and digestive fluids. Normally, these are very thin and slippery to keep systems in your body running smoothly. But if you have CF, they become thick and glue-like. This blocks tubes and ducts throughout your body. Over time, mucus builds up inside your airways. This makes breathing a struggle. The mucus traps germs and leads to infections. It can also cause severe lung damage like cysts (fluid-filled sacs) and fibrosis (scar tissue). That’s how CF got its name. |
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Mary Beth Muskin, regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League discussed the work of ADL in the growing climate of terrorism and conflict. The league works to address each case of violence, threat, vandalism and injuries in the country related to religious persecution and to work to heal and redress the many wounds of HATE. The graph in the upper list displays the anti-semitic incidents in the last couple of years. Note the display addresses incidents actually reported and not the many smaller incidents which occur. If you are interested in supporting and or joining the ADL, just "Google" ADL and information will be found to assist you. |
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President Dan and Del MorganDel was awarded his SENIOR ACTIVE BADGE on Thursday May 4th. This badge recognizes his long service and membership in our Club. Congratulations Del. |
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At Noon Tomorrow, May 10th at Shevy's, the Lunch Bunch speaker will be Allen Tast who wrote a book on Thunderbird History , will discuss how Elvis Presley was almost killed in a Thunderbird . Will also discuss Thunderbirds being left in Cuba . Allen will talk about the upcoming Joslynn Car show and the history of the event . Cal can add something about his vacation . |
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speaker of day -JULIE DAVISJulie Davis is a Nurse Anesthetist, who has volunteered her time and resources to serve as a medical missionary to several countries including the Dominican Republic and most recently this year in the country of Haiti, which by the way, is on the same island mass as the Dominican Republic but quite dissimilar. Julie is a native of Battle Creek Nebraska and his provided medical services in the O'Neill area as Nurse Anesthetist. Julie discussed the particulars of her lodging in Haiti, the living conditions, the medical conditions under which they had to operate and the state of health of their patients. She mentioned that her husband is supportive of her trips as he has done as many trips has Julie has but not as a medical technician but general support work. Julie mentioned that one of the hazards of work in this area is getting sick from the environment, such as water, but she hasn't been seriously ill on all her trips to date. Julie said that she has a DEA number for medication, however, she does not carry medications and packs quite lightly when she travels. She does bring some light children's recreation items such as "wiffle" balls, etc. Her housing in Pour au Prince was quite acceptable including her own room and air conditioning (when there is electricity available). Some of the problems encountered were the antiquated medical equipment such as sterilizers. A common surgery item is Goiter as the result of iodine deficiencies. Thanks to Judith for arranging Julies attendance at our meeting |
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mary beth muskin Our speaker of the day is Mary-Beth Muskin, the Regional Director of the Plains States Region of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Mary-Beth graduated from the University of Nebraska with a BS in Elementary/Pre-School Education, and went on to obtain her MS in Counseling from Johns Hopkins, and her Ph.D in Philosophy with an emphasis in Adult and Continuing Education from the University of Nebraska. Mary-Beth’s ADL roots run deep. Her daughter, Emily Muskin, is the Associate Project Director of Education in the ADL’s Cleveland Regional Office, and Mary-Beth’s grandfather, I.G. Goldbarg was an active member of the ADL family. Her education and professional experience make her a natural leader to strengthen and build new bridges of communication and understanding among the diverse groups we serve throughout our region. The staff of the Plains States Region of the Anti-Defamation League is committed to addressing the issues of prejudice and discrimination that affect the people of Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. In order “to secure justice and fair treatment for all citizens,” the office provides numerous educational programs to the region, monitors and exposes racial and religious extremists, and advocates for the enforcement of hate crimes legislation. |
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SENIOR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Senior active" is a form of membership reserved for members who have provided substantial years of service to Rotary and is usually regarded as a mark of Rotary distinction. Being a senior active member signifies that a Rotarian has been involved in club activities over a long period. A Rotarian automatically becomes "senior active" upon completion of 15 years of service in one or more Rotary clubs. Senior active status is also conferred upon a Rotarian with ten or more years service who has reached the age of 60, or with five or more years service who has reached the age of 65. A Rotarian who serves as a district governor is also eligible for senior active membership. One of the benefits of being senior active is that the Rotarian no longer must reside or have his place of business within the territorial limits of the club. If a senior active member moves to another city, he may be invited to join Rotary without having an open classification. When a Rotarian becomes senior active, his/her classification is released to enable another individual to join Rotary. It is important to remember, senior active is not a classification it is a type of membership. A senior active member is always identified by "former classification," which describes a business or profession. |
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Meeting was called to order by President Dan with an invocation and pledge of allegiance. Treasurers report was $5,825.65 Secretary Ron brought up the question of setting dues for the next Rotary year. No action was conducted. Del Morgan brought up a question whether or not there was a "Senior" discount on dues. Ron responded that there was membership status of SENIOR ACTIVE MEMBER, which has no attendance requirement (we don't have that - Yet) which allows clubs that strictly observe attendance requirement to give those in senior status flexibility. Further review of Senior Active Status is being conducted. Tod reported that the scholarships will be presented next week on Wednesday or Thursday. Jim reported on the COPE Golf Outing for May 5th Neil conducted his usually highly efficient funds extraction from members present. Neil introduced our Guest Jessica Kolterman from Lincoln Premium Poultry. Jessica is originally from Seward, her Dad was in the State Legislature. Jessica served as a staff person to the State Agriculture Committee, served in the Governor's office and was associated with the Nebraska Farm Bureau. The Governor asked Jessica to help with communication coordination with the Fremont/COSTO proposed Chicken Production Projected. The project was initially operated like a political campaign with the various stakeholders for such a vast project as the COSTCO project. Sixteen states were considered for the facility before Nebraska was selected, mainly because of corn facilities, water and farmers available to participate. |
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Our speaker for this Thursday will be Julie Davis, who recently participated in a medical mission to the Country of Haiti. |
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STEVE NICHOLS Services were held Tuesday and Wednesday for Steve Nichols, our beloved club member and friend. He fought the good fight with ALS with the support of his dedicated wife Toni and children. We will miss him. The photo below was taken while loading bicycles from storage at the American Interstate Bank and for shipment to one of the Native American tribes in Nebraska, via Jim Tomanek's trailer. |
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doug cunninghamDoug Cunningham received his official WDC Rotary Badge from President Dan at the April 13th meeting. Welcome to Doug. Doug is with the Midlands Insurance agency. Doug has a special status, Wikipedia has his bio on line and here it is for those who are interested in Doug's background: Doug Cunningham (born October 13, 1954 in Osmond, Nebraska) is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2001 to 2007. Cunningham graduated from Wausa High School in 1972. He was elected in 2000 to represent the 18th Nebraska Legislative District. In redistricting following the 2000 U.S. census, Wausa became part of the 40th District. Cunningham was elected to the 40th District seat in 2002. In the legislature, he chaired the Business and Labor Committee, and sat on the Agriculture Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee. (from Wikipedia, however, we are currently checking WIKILEAKS for additional details of interest) (The reason for the long handshake and extended grins is that the photographer took extra time while fumbling with his iPhone/camera) |
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President Dan opened our special scholarship award meeting with a prayer for the graduates Tod Ringenberg introduced the graduates, Victoria Oestermann, Olivia Taylor and Lane Eggen. Steve Baker addressed the graduates and Rotarians and guests with a brief, concise talk on the "Book of Life" with the graduates now completing Chapter One. There were 27 members in attendance, which is a great response to the appeal for a good turnout from membership. Below is the head table with graduates, Tod Ringenberg and President Dan Palmquist. Speaker for next week, April 13th will be Sally Bisson, hosted by Jeanne Weaver, who will speak on suffragette's in Nebraska and Nationally. |
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These notes are for those who never logged on to Club Runner for information or to view personal information contained in the membership records. To get started, go to the following site: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/6 it will ask for your user name which is based on your name (first.last.6112) The 6112 is our club club runner number. your temporary password is 6112. Please log on and when a page comes up with a large blue bar, there will be words on the upper right hand side saying: Welcome (your first name) On the left side of the blue bar will be a tab titled admin, click on that tab and directly below that tab will be the word admin. Click on that and a page titled administration will show up. In the right column of options titled membership manager, click on the line ACTIVE MEMBER LIST. An alphabetical list of names will show up and you should click on your name. The details of your membership list will show up. If you see any incorrect or missing information, you can click on edit box at the bottom of the page and you will be able to make changes and then save them. Having done the above, while on your detail page which you saved, you can click on SETTINGS tab (at top of page) and change your temporary password of 6112 to something you prefer, it can include letters and numerals. Click save when done and you can log out. Call me on my cell phone at 402 676 0781 if you get stuck in this process. Ron Mortensen |
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We are meeting next Wednesday, April 12th at noon at Shevys in downtown Elkhorn. Our speaker will be Sue Hamilton, Director of the Elkhorn Schools Planning Region. Sue will explain to the group about how they utilize early childhood education in Elkhorn. |
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Our banquet on Thursday the 6th was a grand success. There was a great turnout of members and parents and school officials, and in addition of course, the three awardees. In the photo below, Left to Right … Lane Eggen (DC West), Victoria (Tori) Oestmann (Elkhorn High) and Olivia Taylor (Elkhorn South). Supt. Steve Baker gave a nice speech to the scholarship awardees and to our group as well. |
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BETH SMITH - SAVING GRACE PERISHABLE FOOD RESCUE |
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - Brian Smith Neil introduced Brian Smith from the National Weather Service in Valley, Nebraska. Brian talked about the following areas:
Of special interest to smart phone users who are looking for new APPS is the Red Cross Tornado warning App. There is also a Red Cross Hurricane app, which is probably not much use around Nebraska except perhaps monitoring the hurricanes affecting friends and relatives living on the coastal areas. |
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President Dan opened the meeting with an invocation and lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Doug Cunningham, of Midlands Insurance Agency, was introduced as a prospective member. Doug is formerly from Wausa, Nebraska and is sponsored by Neil Kirby. Treasurer Rita presented the check book balance of $6,081.70 Speaker of the March 30 meeting was announced by Jim Tomanek. Beth Smith of Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue will speak to us on their mission in Omaha. (see separate story). The speaker from the Costco Chicken Facility project was announced for April 20th. Our speaker of the day was Brian Smith of the Valley Office of the National Weather Service. |
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Our March 16 meeting opened with an invocation by Dan Fitzpatrick and the Pledge of Allegiance. Eric Strueckrath, from Suburban Rotary, was welcomed as our guest. Badge was awarded to Ashlei Johansen, who gave a brief bio afterwards. Mike Ough announced his intent to serve as our Club President for the 2017-2018 Club Year. Ron Mortensen will serve the remainder of Jill Muegge's term as Secretary and serve as Secretary for the forthcoming club year also. "Retreads All!" Jim Tomanek confirmed the Lunch Bunch meeting for the 2nd Wednesday in April which happens to be the 12th. Jim also announced May 5th as the COPE Golf Event at Pacific Springs. Rita announced her and Rolly's 45th wedding anniversary. President Dan announced our speaker this morning ( in place of our second "No Show" this year) would be our visiting Rotarian, Eric Stueckrath, on the subject of the organization he leads, OUTLOOK NEBRASKA. |
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ASHLEI GETS HER OFFICIAL WDC BADGEPresident Dan presented Ashlei Johansen with her badge this morning and we are all please to welcome Ashlei to the club, although she has been officially a member for a few weeks. Ashlei is the Marketing Director at Commercial State Bank and is a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa |
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FOLLOWING IS A REPRINT FROM THE CLUB RUNNER WEBSITE ABOUT THEIR NEW APP
We're very excited to announce that the ClubRunner Mobile App is now available for download! The ClubRunner Mobile App is your key to connect to your ClubRunner website on the go! Completely, free to download and use, this app will let you access the key info you need while you're on the go. Password (your regular password to access our web page) locate the nearest club right from your iPhone or iPod, bringing you even closer to being able to connect, collaborate and communicate!
To download the app from the Apple App Store or from Google Play, simply type in 'ClubRunner' in the search bar. Our mobile app is compatible with all versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch sets that have iOS 3.1 or later and with versions of Androids that are 2.3.3 or better. Ron's comment: The app is ideal for Club Officers when you need quick access to membership list.
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Thank you to Lisa Hansen from Eat Fit Go for being our speaker on Thursday, March 2. Eat Fit Go specializes in healthy food on-the-go, that can be purchased and taken home or eaten in-store. They just celebrated their 1-year anniversary and now have 17 stores across the midwest and AZ, (6 in Omaha). All of the food for the Omaha stores is locally made in their main kitchen on 144th & Giles. For more information visit https://eatfitgo.com/
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BIKES FOR COPEJim and Ron hauled about 7 bikes to temporary storage at Dino's Storage in Elkhorn after the meeting last Thursday. This space was donated by our newest member, Diane Clark. The bikes will be provided to needy youth in the Elkhorn Area as part of our Club's on-going bicycles for youth project.
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2016 COPE Golf ClassicThe 2016 COPE Classic Golf Tournament will be Friday, May 6th, 2016 at Pacific Springs Golf Course. This will be a 12:00 shotgun start. Christian Outreach Program-Elkhorn (COPE) provided 7500 services to families for rent, utilities, special community distributions, clothing and food pantries last year. However, the need is great and through organizational partnerships we can break the pattern of poverty. By being a sponsor of this event you will be promoting your company and supporting people in need. Your Company Logo will be prominently displayed during the event. After the event, your company will be recognized on our website, The Post-Gazette, and our Annual Report. For a Golf Registration form, please click on the adjacent link: http://copeinfo.org/2016-cope-classic For questions or to register for the outing call Holly at (402) 203-5291 |
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I would like to remind one and all to dress up and come early to recognize our scholarship winners
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TIFFANY JONESJim Tomanek introduced our speaker of the day, Tiffany Jones. Tiffany graduated from UN-O with a BS Degree in Speech Communication, worked a year of service with AmeriCorps in Baltimore, and worked at Boys Town as an Assistant Family Teacher before joining Hunger Free Heartland. According to their flyer, Hunger Free Heartland serves as the backbone organization leading the collective impact effort to decrease food insecurity, food insufficiency, and maladaptive hunger coping behaviors in households with children in the Nebraska Area. HFH does this by convening organizations and people together to build community buy-in and bring the issue of food insecurity to the fore front of the Nebraska Landscape.
According to Tiffany, in Nebraska 1 in 5 children and 1 in 7 adults are food insecure. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income people living in the U.S. Nationally in 2014, SNAP lifted 4.7 million Americans, including 2.1 million children out of poverty.
Accessing and affording healthy foods can be a struggle in many communities. In some areas of Nebraska, a grocery store may not be within walking distance, causing families to depend on city transportation, their own vehicles or even friends to get to a store for food. The lack of accessible grocery stores in an area is known as a food desert. Many children, (13 %) don't know where their next meal is coming from.
HFH works with organizations to fight to end childhood hunger, by bringing together partners that cover multiple disciplines to address the root causes of childhood food insecurity. HFH works heavily with the public school system across Nebraska as well as food pantries, food banks, the dairy council, government entities, urban gardeners, foundations, corporations, community and faith-based organizations and anyone who has a passion to end hunger for children.
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Our speaker of the day was Mike Ough, Dodge County Sheriff's Sergeant, son of Mike Ough. Mike (The Sergeant) is a graduate of Chadron State College in Criminal Justice. Mike has been with Dodge County Sheriff's office for 16 years and his collateral duties search and rescue diver, swat team, homicide, petty theft, designated coroner and accident reconstruction investigations. Mike gave us an example of an accident where driver A ran a stop sign and collided with driver B. Reconstructioon of the accident scene, including the condition of vehicles is very important and often requires roads to be closed for extended periods of time. Mike pointed out that fire and rescue folks love to hack up the vehicles involved so it is in the investigators best interest to get there before the fire folks hack up evidence with their saws and cutters.
Mike's closing comments included the statistic that 20 to 30 percent of accidents are caused by driver(s) under the influence of alcohol.
BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING
We had two visiting Rotarians, Randy Parks from Omaha West and Larry Johansen from Downtown. Ron reported getting access to 18 free bicycles from the Bike Masters Shop on 130th and Fort Street. Treasurer Rita reported $9,649.86 in the bank according to her check book balance.
Jim reported a lunch bunch meeting scheduled for Wednesday the 14th at noon at Chevy's. The speaker will be from the National Weather Service.
During the fines portion of the meeting, Jim was observed to donate an extra fine amount recognizing his multiple email address skills.
Jill will be attending the Rotary Leadership Institute session this Saturday the 17th.
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OCTOBER 1 BUSINESS MEETING
Our meeting was opened with our Acting Chair, Mike Ough who mentioned his son, a Dodge County Sheriff's Deputy was going to be speaker on October 8th (anyone with outstanding warrants in Dodge may want to skip this meeting).
Jim Tomanek gave the invocation in his usual fine style and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Treasurer's report was given (I think, as the writer may have been distracted)
The Rotary Leadership Institute was mention by the Secretary and elsewhere in the bulletin is a reprint of the leadership institute announcement giving details and a website to register. The event is scheduled for Omaha on October 17th.
Jim Tomanek announced the next LUNCH BUNCH scheduled for Chevy's on October 14th with Rebecca Kern, Forecaster with the National Weather Service in Valley as featured speaker..
Mke Ough's humor session: A Duck walks into a pharmacy and asks for a TUBE OF CHAPSTICK,, and upon receipt, requests the pharmacist to put it ON HIS BILL!
Diane mentioned the Dive Night this Friday the 9th in Ashland (see separate article on Dive Night Details in this bulletin).
Special Note: Our membership attendance at our meeting was 24 plus Jasmine and our speaker. We tied our 6 month meeting attendance number.
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MAKE UP OPPORTUNITY The Chief of Staff of USSTRATCOM, Major General Allen Batschelet will be speaking to the Rotary Club of Omaha at the Field Club at noon on Wednesday the 7th. His subject will be Our National Security and STRATCOM. In case you are in the area and can't get to the Lunch Bunch (sounds like a chance for you Tod).
BULLETIN FEATURES: When reading our bulletin, if you click on the speakers name featured in blue print, in the left column listing speakers, you can obtain more information on future speakers, plus a picture of the speaker sometimes.
WANTED (AND NEEDED): Someone to meet with Ron Mortensen for a couple of hours to learn how to use the web site and bulletin features of club runner. The club runner bulletin feature was designed so that committee members could access sections of the bulletin development feature to write stories and announcements for their area of responsibility. Additionally, someone is needed to learn how to edit and develop the club bulletin. Advanced computer skills are not necessary as there is no programming, the club runner web site and bulletin features are very simple once you are shown how to perform the required tasks. Contact Ron and we can make an appointment at some location where wifi is available your my computer and yours (lap top is preferred, however desk top can be utilized if you allow the access of my lap top to your network). Following the training session, we can start with small items and proceed slowly to increase your skill level. The entire process is web based so you can access club runner from HyVee or Panera Bread, etc if you please.
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SPEAKER OF THE DAY-NANCY SHIRLEYNeil introduced our speaker of the day, Dr. Nancy Shirley, Associate Professor, Creighton University College of Nursing. Nancy spoke on her missions trips to the Dominican Republic in the last 30 years, in conjunction with the Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) which is an international Christian, Ignatian-inspired, collaborative health care and educational organization that e3xists to promote the integral well-being and spiritual growth of all its participants. Nancy is a student of the late 60's and was influenced by the Peace Corps, JFK and the book, "A NURSE'S STORY.
Many of the participants include students from several Omaha Area High Schools as well as Medical and Community Health specialists. Nancy discussed the specific locations in the Dominican Republic that she had served as an ILAC volunteer. She also had slides showing the mountain path they had to walk daily from their living quarters (did I say cold water showers yet?) to the upper villages where they served.
Nancy discussed the indigenous health workers that are training by the ILAC, the high schools developed by the ILAC, the living quarters for volunteers at Santiago and elsewhere. Nancy told us about Santo Hoyo De La Cruz with is the remains of a church at the site of where Christopher Columbus planted the first cross in the New World. (in the face of protests, some violent, from the local indigenous population).
Nancy concluding slide had the following quotation; PREACH THE GOSPEL AT ALL TIMES; WHEN NECESSARY, USE WORDS. Saint Francis of Assisi
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meeting notesOur speaker of the day was Jill Muegge who talked about her recent trip to the Peoples Republic of Viet Nam. Jill had a very nice slide show showing pleases she visited and some of the food she ate or didn't eat.
(my hearing isn't good in my right ear, but I thought I heard something about eating a snake of some sort) One of her first slides shows a captured Navy AD Sky Raider (see photo at end of articles) on display in Hanoi. She also showed photos of North Viet Nam "comfortable guest quarters" for captured US airmen and others during the Viet Nam War era. In other photos below, from left to right, on a boat in Halong Bay and after a hot and sweaty hike near Sapa
Jill had several guests for her presentation, including Royce and Kae Mack (Kae tried on a $2.3 million ring at Borsheims during a recent Berkshire Hathaway meeting weekend) and her parents Jim and Sally Muegge.. Visiting Rotarians at the meeting included Father Lloyd Gnirk (former District Governor) from Omaha Downtown Rotary and Wayne Case of of Prescott West Rotary of Arizona.
Business items included announcing the Dive for October (See separate DIVE article), Fines conducted by Jim Tomanek, and our treasurers report that we had $10,050.64 in or somewhere near the bank.
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This Thursday, the 15th, Doug Heim is bringing Randy Thelen from the Greater Omaha Economic Development Commission as his guest to tell us about what's going on in the Omaha area. (Click on speaker in left column of this bulletin for details on speakers.) There are openings for speakers on October 22nd and beyond.
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Just a reminder that the Rotary Lunch Bunch will be meeting this Wednesday, September 23rd at Noon at Sam & Louie's Pizza in Elkhorn. Our speaker will be Jill Muegge sharing pictures and stories about her recent two week trip to Viet Nam. Those that missed the regular club meeting on Sept 17 will have another opportunity to hear Hanoi Jill.
Mark your calendars for our annual Rotary Salvation Army bell ringing. This year we will need volunteers for one hour increments from 10:00AM to 8:00PM on the days of November 23rd, 24th, and 25th. We will be back at the Family Fare Store on 204th & Pacific Street. Sign-up sheets will be out around the 1st of November.
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TREASURER RITA
It is appropriate from time to time to recognize those club officers who serve in the same office for several years in a row and of course, it is therefore important to recognize all te work that Rita Kleeman does as club treasurer. She arrives early at the meeting to set up the check in sheet, processes the funds collected for meals, fines, the kitty drawing and then following the meeting takes those funds to the bank for deposit. Then there is the work away from the meeting where she has to pay the bills and balance the check book. Of course, lets not overlook the semi-annual dues collection and the collection and accounting for the golf outing funds.
THANKS RITA
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This week, on September 3rd I am bringing Tripp Sutter. As you may know Tripp is a Big Ten football referee and he will update us on college football and the new rules. He is always entertaining. On September 10th I am bringing Ethan Copple. Ethan recently received the award for the American Legion 2015 National Eagle Scout of the Year. He will tell us about his scouting career and also his Eagle Scout project in Elkhorn. Ethan attends Elkhorn South so I suppose Roger and Steve will try to take credit for his award. FYI: We are currently scheduled for regular meeting speakers out to and including October 1st
September 3 - Tripp Sutter - NFL Referee - (Neil)
September 10 - Ethan Copple - Eagle Scout
September 17 - Jill Muegge's trip to Viet Nam - (Neil)
September 24 - Dan Schnoes from ESU 3 - (Mike O)
October 1 - Nancy Shirley,, 30 years traveling to the Dominican Republic - (Neil)
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speaker of the dayOur speaker of the day was Tamera Fenske, Valley Plant Manager of the 3M Personal Safety Division. Tamera was introduced by Jim Tomanek, however Neil Kirby was visiting Tamera before the meeting and was drawn into a photo opportunity with Tamera.
Tamera is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and was educated in the region receiving a MS Degree in Environmental Engineering. Tamera came to the Valley Plant in 2014 . Tamera said that her connections with Rotary are strong, her Grandfather was a District Governor and her sister is currently a Club President in Flint, Michigan. Tamera showed us some videos about 3M in general and specifically about the Valley Plant. She pointed out that 3M has 260 plants in the US and at the Valley Plant there are 545 employees.
The Valley plant has received numerous awards, including the Number ONE plant in the world last year. The plant enjoys an excellant central location in the US and has excellent site performance. Products from the Valley Plant hae featured prominently in crisises and disasters such as the Ebola outbreak, the 911 Disaster, and the Exxon Valdez debacle. In discussing plant budget Tamera pointed out that her plant is not capital or R&D constrained.
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Our August 13 meeting was held at Western Douglas County Chamber of Commerce offices because of our temporary LOCKOUT from the Common Ground Facility. It is understood that we will be allowed back in to our regular room at our next meeting on August 20th. We hope that no one arrived at Common Ground wondering where we were, except for the staff at Common Ground, of course. We are grateful to Jenni for making her offices available, except perhaps for the aforesaid folks who showed up at Common Ground.
Jim Tomanek, our Chief of Staff presided in the absence of our President, Roger Breed. Our treasurer reported that there was $14,134.54 in the bank. Rex Moats commented that it was his parents 66th Wedding Anniversary and he was taking them to Estes Park, Colorado for the occasion. CONGRATULATIONS TO REX'S FOLKS.
Mike Ough made another attempt at humor and that is good. Jim Tomanek reported on the Lunch Bunch meeting on the 12th (see story elsewhere in the bulletin). It was noted that Jill Muegge was on a trip to Viet Nam, we are hopeful that Jill will be our speaker of the day in the near future to tells about her trip.
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DEPUTY JAY WINGLERDeputy Jay Wingler, Community Services Officer with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office provided us with an interesting presentation on the various ways that identity thieves and other nefarious individuals from around the world can steal from vulnerable people and computer systems. He had literature available to assist us in taking precautions to avoid hackers and identity thieves, including home and mail box protection. One precaution notable was that there are thieves who roam our streets at night stealing mail from mail boxes and we should always remove mail from our boxes as soon as possible after it is delivered and not leave it over night. Jay noted that about 90 percent of theft in Douglas County is from garages and motor vehicles.
Regarding the adjacent photograph of Jay, notice the AA emblem in the upper right, representing a program focusing on substance abuse, and a tray of donuts in the lower left, within arms reach of a profession notorious for adddiction or at least a strong lust for donuts.
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LUNCH BUNCH WITH STORMCHASERSLast Wednesday the 12th we had lunch with Brett Pollock, Manager of Baseball Operations for the Omaha Storm Chasers. In attendance were Steve Davis, Roger Breed, Ron Mortensen, Ariann Brown, Steve Kucirek, Doug Heim, Steve Tomanek, Duane Prorok, Jenni Chleboun and Jack Ott. Brett shared details on his job with the Stormchasers, including the great program they offer for baseball fans and families. He explained the complexity of process of transporting the team from city to city. It was ironic that Brett commented that it would be a great boost to their program if the stadium had sports bars and restaurants located nearby. (Author''s commennt: Recall the debate about locating the Royals/Stormchasers downtown at the TDAmeritrade Park)
Bret commented that the Omaha Stormchasers (and predecessor The Royals has been in Omaha since 1959 which is a record for their league.
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COPE BACK PACK PROGRAMOn Saturday, August 8th, 75 area students were able to shop for a back pack and school supplies at the COPE office. Area churches and organizations donated the supplies kids needed to begin school this week. Thanks to the generosity of our Rotary Club and members, we were able to donate 20 new locker combination locks and 15 large back packs. Tammy Green, Executive Director of COPE wanted to send her thank you to all Rotarians that supported the back pack program. Mike Ough,past Rotary President is participating in the project as shown in the adjacent photo
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NOTE FROM PRESIDENT ROGER BREED: Following is the text of a letter from Brian Moon, Past District Governor, encouraging attendance at the August 21st and 22nd District Conference in Council Bluffs. Our club members are encouraged to attend if possible.
Where can you hear talks from a former NASA astronaut, an expert on Ebola and a nationally recognized motivational speaker? Where can you get four great meals and share camaraderie with other Rotarians? Where can you celebrate all that Rotary is, and what it can be?
Why, at your District 5650 Conference! Come register to be part of it today by clicking here.
Follow this link https://youtu.be/
Also, don't forget that our reduced rate on hotel reservations ends on Monday August 10. The specifics are in the article on the home page of the District website (www.RotaryDistrict5650.org). Make your reservation right away.
See you on the 21st.
Brian Moon, PDG
Rotary District 5650
District Governor 2014-15 Global Grants Chair, Nominating Committee Chair, Finance Committee Co-chair 2015-16
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DEPUTY JAY WINGLEROur regular club meeting will be held at the Western Douglas County Chamber of Commerce Offices at 20801 Elkhorn Drive -just East of Ta-Ha-Zouka Elkhorn City Park. Our speaker will be Deputy Jay Wingler, Community Services for Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Jay has gained a great deal of expertise dealing with various forms of consumer fraud by telephone and internet and will share his knowledge with us. Ron Mortensen is program arranger for the day.
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OUR COMMON GROUND MEETING LOCATION IS UNAVAILABLE FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH MEETING AND OUR ALTERNATE LOCATION WILL BE AT THE WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICES AT 20801 ELKHORN DRIVE, WHICH IS TWO BLOCKS WEST OF DOWNTOWN ELKHORN, ADJACENT TO TA-HA-ZOUKA CITY PARK.
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lunch bunchJust a reminder that this Wednesday, August 12th is our regularly scheduled Rotary Lunch Bunch meeting. We will be meeting at Noon at Shevy’s in beautiful downtown Elkhorn.
Our speaker will be Brett Pollock, Director of Baseball at Werner Park.
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July 23 meeting notesSpeaker of the day, Mike Kemp, UNO Associate Athletic Director, is shown in the photograph to the left visiting with our club President Roger Breed. Mike presented the club an update on the Baxter Arena scheduled to open with a family show in October.
Guests at our meeting included Larry Johansen from the Rotary Club of Omaha (Downtown) and Nick Eastland of the Suburban Rotary Club. Treasurer Rita reported a balance of $18,024. Secretary Ron reported our semi-annual dues check in hand for mailing to Rotary International and reported that a couple of members haven't paid their dues yet. Jim Tomanek reported on the Lunch Bunch which met Wednesday noon the 22nd at Sam and Louie's in Elkhorn with about 8 in attendance. The speaker was Bob Roos, General Manager with Lymann Richey. Bob talked about the interesting aspects of sand and gravel pit developing, operating, and ultimate conversion to valuable lakeside property (in some cases). The topic Blasting was quite interesting to the group. Jasmine was the winner of the kitty recently and was personally awarded her proceeds in a special ceremony. in photo below.
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MORNING TABLE/CHAIR SET UP AND TAKE DOWN
The club has been notified that the Common Ground Crew will no longer take down and store the chairs and tables from our regular weekly meetings. Now, not only will we have to set up the tables and chairs before the meeting but we will have to stay after adjournment to take down all chairs and tables and return them on the storage racks to the storage room. This extra take down task will not take long if everyone stays briefly after the meeting to help out.
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It can only be assumed that Jill Muegge was in Colorado from the name on the trailer owned by the Rotary Club of Grand Lake, Colorado, however, there is a slight chance that the trailer was parked at Walmart on 168th and West Maple Street. Going with the probably location in Colorado, it is commendable that Jill chose a "Selfie" near a Rotary Emblem rather than a open Omaha World Herald Newspaper (Or Douglas County Gazette) near a herd of Elk.
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Just a few remarks on the Dive Night at Finicky Frank's. Thanks to Diane for arranging the event. Go to the photo album located in the left column to see who was there and what condition they were in. I will not comment on the food but will say my Reuben was terrific. The folks at the North end of the table nearest the entrance were entertained by a musical duo of a guitar and fiddle player (Violin to formal folks) The fiddle player is a young lady from the Netherlands who had this to say about our group: "Ik wou dat je mensen zou stoppen met praten zo veel en luister naar onze zoete muziek !" (I wish you folks would stop talking so much so you could hear our sweet music. (just kidding, she didn't say that and the whole "joint" was noisy and having fun)
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Hello all, I hope you are staying cool.
This Wednesday, July 22nd is our regular scheduled Rotary Lunch Bunch meeting. We will be meeting from noon to 1:00PM at Sam & Louie’s Pizza in Elkhorn.
Our guest speaker will be Bob Roos, Bob is the General Manager for Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company. Lyman-Richey has been and still is a very large business in our communities and has been very involved with the lakefront development in western Douglas County. Bob will enlighten us with information about Lyman-Richey and what new things are happening in the industry.
I hope to see you Wednesday!!
Jim Tomanek
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ROD AND ROGER SHOWThe photo taken of Rod and Roger was taken near the end of the meeting when fatigue was setting in, observe Roger's upside-down banner.
Guests at the meeting included Gov Rod Bates and his lady Robin, and Area Gov Madeline Madden, and of course Jasmine. Diane Johnson announced plans for the Dive night for Friday evening at Finicky Frank's in Florence. Jim Tomanek announced that the Scholarship Golf Tournament will probably net about $5,300, with 44 players and 26 hole sponsors. Del discussed Youth Golf and how playing hockey ads to your golf skills, which reminds the author of a few people he would like to whack with a hockey stick, none Rotarians of course.
During Gov Rod's introduction including mention of his major contributions to public television and radio, it was leaked out that Rod and Roger served on a state commision together. The big news is that Jasmine Moats was the winner of the orange ball at our drawing.
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Several of our club events including visit by the District Governor, Scholarship Golf Outing, and recent dives have been documented with photographs. Click on an event in the photo album in the left column of the web site or bulletin. Not all individuals have been identified or alas, identified correctly, but somebody you know will certainly be featured. If you have photos of past events that you would share, email them to Ron, Jim or Neil for inclusion in some appropriate manner.
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GOV. ROD BATES
Gov. Rod began his address to our club by discussing the Rotary International President who told an Indian folk tale a man making a gift of rice without regard to the impact on his own circumstances and subsequently received back a substantially larger gift of wealth. The story was to emphasis the rewards that return in some form for making a gift, likening this to Rotary.
Gov. Rod discussed the goals of our District which are listed on the District 5650 website. The goals included a net increase of new members by 3%, Polio Eradication donations to be a minimum of $32 per capita per club, Foundation annual fund goal of $200,000, 100% use of Rotary Club Central to set Club Goals, increased awareness of Rotary through traditional and social media, every club should have an up-to-date website and/or social media presence, increased use of "Brand Center", increase of 15 % in club attendance at District Conference, completion and participation in Strategic Plan for District and Clubs, compliment at least one persen at every Rotary Gathering and lastly, HAVE FUN! Gov Rod also discussed networking, service and social benefits of Rotary.
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WELCOME TO ARIANN BROWN, OD. Our newest member is Ariann Brown, OD. Arian works as an Optometrist at ViewPoint Vision located at 180th and Burke Street, near Village Pointe. Arian has practiced since 2005 and previously worked for 9 years with an Ophthalmologist in the Bellevue area. Now Ariann lives in the Elkhorn area, and she really enjoys servng her local community. In her spare time, Ariann likes to spend time with her family and dabble (her words) with photography. Although Ariann will mostly attend the Lunch Bunch meetings, we look forward to her sharing with us at our Dives and Holiday parties.
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Your Title hereThis is a fine opportunity to experiment with the story writng function. I sure as heck hope I can get it figureed out so stories are easy to develope.
Ronald a. Mortensen, authoor
Treck bicycles are fine
Watch out for bicycle phone theives when walking with your cell phone.
signing off, but i wonder about the effects of the photo size.
Finicky Frank.
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SPEAKER OF THE DAY - JAY McARDLE
McARDLE GRADING COMPANY
Jay presented a slide show on their current project at
174th and Fort Street area, which is the grading of a
45 foot high dam for the Papio Missouri NRD site
currently named as 15A. Jay provided a site map
featuring many aspects of the new flood control lake
for water control and public recreation, including
hiking, bicycling, fishing, camping. The lake will be
about 220 acres in size (for you ex-farmers, that
is slightly more than a third of a section, depending
on the height of the water of course. Shown in the photo
is club member Jill Muegge and Jay McArdle, speaker.
The Lake will be on the West Papio Creek.
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Your Title hereAriann is an Optometrist at ViewPointe Vision on180th and Burke, West of Village Pointe.
Ariann has been practicing since 2005 and just recently started seeing patients in the
Elkhorn area. Prior to that she was working for an Ophthalmologist in Bellevue
where she worked for 9 years. Ariann lives in Elkhorn and has really enjoyed serving her
local community. In her spare time, Ariann likes to spend time with her family and dabble in
photography. Ariann will be attending most of her meetings at the Lunch Bunch and we hope
at future DIVES and Holiday Party.
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Your Title hereThis past Monday was a wonderful day for golf, the sky was blue the grass was green and the humidity matched the temperature, but you can’t keep a good Rotarian down. We had 44 Rotarians or friends of Rotarians ignore the heat and humidity to help raise over $5,000 for the three scholarship winners this year. I want to thank everyone who played in the outing, bought hole sponsorships and raffle tickets. Thanks also to those who provided door prizes and volunteered to help the day of the outing. Thank you Ron Mortensen for taking all the pictures of the outing so we will all have something to laugh at during my next slide show!!
Congratulations to our team winners, Neil Kirby owes one dollar for his team winning the second flight and to Judy Breed’s team for winning the championship flight, now we know who the good golfer is in the Breed household!! Thanks again to everyone who supported the golf outing.
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ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MEMBER RENEWAL
Our club had a one hundred percent renewal of current members during our annual membership renewal period this year, plus a new member, Ariann Brown who is an Optometrist at ViewPointe Vision located on 180th Street across from Walgreen's.
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JUNE BIRTHDAYS
Linda McDermitt - 22
Carlie Johnson - 25
Cal Hinz - 26
JUNE ANNIVERSARY
Cal and Laurie Hinz - 12
Neil and Terri Kirby - 16
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The Rotary Lunch Bunch met Wednesday, May 27, at Sam & Louie's Pizza in Elkhorn. Our guest speaker was Judy Kramer with Berkshire Hathaway Homes Services. Judy told us about a program she is involved with called Homes for Heroes, the program helps military personnel find housing. The program includes discounts in real estate broker fees and additional discounts from related services. Eligibility applies to military members, fire and police, teachers, first responders and healthcare workers. Judy can be reached at jwk122912@gmail.com In attendance at the meeting were six members, our speaker, and two guests, Ryan Hinz, son of member Cal HInz and Kristi Scott of Whispering Ridge
Guests interested in learning more about Rotary are always welcome to attend the Lunch Bunch.
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What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
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For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
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Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school.
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Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."
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