Dr. Roger Breed  served as Nebraska’s Commissioner of Education from March 2009 to December 2013.  He also served as co-chair of the Nebraska P-16 Initiative and the Chief Justice Task Force for Truancy Intervention. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner, Dr. Breed served as an educator for nearly forty years in Nebraska. From 1991 to 2009, Dr. Breed served as the superintendent of the Elkhorn Public Schools.  Dr. Breed has been a long time member of Western Douglas County Rotary and returned to the Club in 2013 following his service in Lincoln as the Commissioner of Education.  Roger is a fan of a founding father, John Adams, who was a strong advocate of public education.

ROTARY GOLF OUTING  Please continue to work on gettng teams, hole sponsors and door prizes for the Reotary Scholarship Golf Outing, July 13th.  We have several teams already but it takes at leasst 12 teams and 15 hole sponsors for us to make enough money to pay for the 3 scholarships we have already awarded.  Any additional money would be nice to have to do other community service projects in the area.  If you have any questions please call Jim Tomanek at 402-669-1019

 

Western Douglas County Rotary Club is collecting bicycles for repair or tune up and delivery to the Christian Outreach Project of Elkhorn for donation to needy children.  Contact Ron Mortensen at ronsbicycleworks@gmail.com if you have any children's bikes to donate.  Receipts will be made available from COPE.

Western Douglas County Rotary is supporting the provision of children's bicycles for clients of the Christian Outreach Project of Elkhorn (COPE).  If you have any surplus children's bicycles, contact Ron Mortensen:  ronsbicycleworks@gmail.com  We will pick them and provide a donation receipt from COPE if desired.