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WDC Rotary Club Minutes from December 5th, 2019 We were led in prayer and pledge by Gail Stalder We had 15 members present and welcomed Larry, Nick and Jessica as visiting Rotarians Treasurer's report: There is $6,566 in the general fund Announcements/Discussion: - Jim thanked all who helped ring the Salvation Army bells over Thanksgiving week.
- Jim reminded the group that the Food Basket events will be 12/19-12/21. They will be looking for volunteers for sorting and delivery.
- The UNL Rotoract club sent a thank you note for our contribution to their wheelchair campaign.
- Our Rotary Club Christmas Party has been moved tentatively to Thursday, January 9th. More details to come.
- We are in need of a speaker on December 19th and looking to fill our speaker calendar into the new year.
Presentation: Neil introduced Jessica Kolterman of Lincoln Premium Poultry. Jessica has returned to visit our club to give us the latest update on the Costco chicken plant, now open in Fremont. Some of the numbers: - There are 520 new chicken barns at area farms now supplying the plant
- Costco invested $450 Million and area farmers $350 Million making this one of the largest production investments in Nebraska's history.
- The plant has created 700 new jobs
- Starting wages for production workers in $15 per hour and the company offers a full line of benefits.
- At full capacity, the plant will produce 2 million chickens per day supplying about 40% of all of Costco's chicken needs.
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