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COSTCO Chicken Facility project for Fremont
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April 29, 2012
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Stories
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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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THURSDAY'S SPEAKER - COSTCO CHICKEN PLANT

OUR SPEAKER - JESSICA KOLTERMAN OF LINCOLN POULTRY

Costco Wholesale Corp. has been working all spring to get approval for 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. Lincoln Premium Poultry LLC will run the actual poultry production side of the operation. To keep operating, the processing plant would 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.(excerpt from on-line story)

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DOUG GETS HIS BADGE AND LONG HANDSHAKE

doug cunningham

Doug 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)

STORY ABOUT DORIS STEVENS SUFFRAGETTE

SALLY BISSON

Jeanne Weaver introduced her long-time friend, Sally Bisson, Professor at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha. Jeanne said that they were law school classmates at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.  (Jeanne said they were suspected of being partners in various forms of mischief of sorts)  Sally is a professor of paralegal studies at the College of St. Mary.  Her subject was Doris Stevens from Omaha the and her activities as a suffragette in the early 1900's.
 
Following is an excerpt from the Omaha World Herald March 17, 2017 by Matthew Hansen:  Bringing Doris Stevens back to life — and back to Omaha — is what Bisson has been doing for the past few years. She spent a semester on sabbatical studying Doris’ early years and lifelong connection to Omaha. She’s beginning to give presentations to groups in the Omaha area. She also plans to pen several journal articles on the life of this long-forgotten heroine of the women’s rights movement.  (Copy and paste the following link into your browser for details of Doris Stevens, or, simply Google:  Bisson and Hansen and Omaha World Herald and Stevens)  www.omaha.com/columnists/hansen/hansen-she-picketed-marched-and-helped-win-women-the-right/article_1f9276aa-96ef-512b-9f2f-ece0fc05ab1
 
Doris spent a lot of time in New York and Washington DC and elsewhere marching, picketing, confronting, organizing, getting tossed into jail, what ever it took to convince the country's leaders from President Woodrow Wilson  and down to enact legislation to allow women to vote.  Results were achieved with the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920.
DORIS STEVENS - Suffragette from Omaha 1920
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NOTES ON APRIL 13 2017 MEETING
After a tasty HyVee breakfast, arranged by Chef Rex Moats, Steve Kucirek gave the invocation and lead us in the pledge of allegiance.
 
Visiting Rotarian from Suburban Club and WDC Backup Speaker, Eric Stueckrath was introduced and greeted with a hearty HI ERIC!
 
Treasurer Rita reported a check book balance of $5,724.76.
 
Secretary Ron reported that he would be taking attendance at the meetings herewith (until he gets tired of recording the information in Club Runner).
 
Rex Moats was praised for his excellent set up for last weeks Scholarship Award Breakfast.
 
Jim reported on the Wednesday, April 12th Lunch Bunch at Shevvy's.  Jim also reported on forthcoming COPE Golf Event on May 5th.  See Jim for registration forms as May 5 isn't far away.
 
Doug Cunningham received the coveted WDC Rotary Badge, presented by President Dan. 
 
Jeanne Weaver introduced our speaker for the day, her Law School Classmate:  Sally Bisson from The College of St Mary. 
 
 
 
 
 
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