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.
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.
The 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.
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.
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)
Information from the Western Douglas County Rotary Club
