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This week at Rotary: Friday Jan. 28th

Posted by Tom Leuenberger on Jan 26, 2022

This week, Friday January 28th, our Rotary meeting will be at Racine Country Club at 7:00 AM. The greeter will be Jim Hall, Finemaster will be Dimple Navratil and the Thought will be given by Daniel Widmar. Our speaker will be new our own Daniel Oaks:

Upcoming duties:

*Date*	*Location*	*Greeter*	*Fine*	*Thought*



Friday, January 28	RCC	Hall, Jim	Navratil, Dimple	Widmar, Daniel
Friday, February 4	Meadowbrook	Harmann, W Thomas	Nicholson, Douglas	Wyant, Peter
Friday, February 11	Meadowbrook	Heidorn, Beth	O'Connell, Patty	Young, Toni
Friday, February 18	Meadowbrook	TBA	Olesen, Eric	Zimmermann, Angela

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Last week at Rotary: 1/21/22

Greeter - Ali Haigh

Guests Police Chief Robinson and Sergeant Wilcox

Thought of the Day: Claire W

Poem “A Cop Today”

https://www.police1.com/national-police-week/articles/police-week-poem-a-cop-today-HCAjER5ilg94RKWG/

Announcements

RCC Next Week, but February will be meeting at Meadowbrook CC

Vegas Night -

- Help Sell The Cash Raffle Tickets, Post the QR Code

- https://one.bidpal.net/rotaryvegasnight/welcome

- Ticket sales end the day before

60 Second Rotarian

Liz Rosenberg

Todays Speaker

City of Racine Police Chief Robinson
- A fantastic introduction about how he got into policing and how he is growing into the new role as our Police Chief
- An re-introduction to the COP House Program and taking it nation wide
  - Looking to expand Downtown
- Chief took questions from the crowd

-Daniel Oakes

Oakesd@AWOakes.com

(262)770-1455

In history; Jan 26th, 1788

See the source image — On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship, the fledgling colony began to celebrate the anniversary of this date with great fanfare and it eventually became commemorated as Australia Day. In recent times, Australia Day has become increasingly controversial as it marks the start of when the continent's Indigenous people were gradually dispossessed of their land as white colonization spread across the continent.
Australia, once known as New South Wales, was originally planned as a penal colony. In October 1786, the British government appointed Arthur Phillip captain of the HMS Sirius, and commissioned him to establish an agricultural work camp there for British convicts. With little idea of what he could expect from the mysterious and distant land, Phillip had great difficulty assembling the fleet that was to make the journey. His requests for more experienced farmers to assist the penal colony were repeatedly denied, and he was both poorly funded and outfitted. Nonetheless, accompanied by a small contingent of Marines and other officers, Phillip led his 1,000-strong party, of whom more than 700 were convicts, around Africa to the eastern side of Australia. In all, the voyage lasted eight months, claiming the deaths of some 30 men.
The first years of settlement were nearly disastrous. Cursed with poor soil, an unfamiliar climate and workers who were ignorant of farming, Phillip had great difficulty keeping the men alive. The colony was on the verge of outright starvation for several years, and the marines sent to keep order were not up to the task. Phillip, who proved to be a tough but fair-minded leader, persevered by appointing convicts to positions of responsibility and oversight. Floggings and hangings were commonplace, but so was egalitarianism. As Phillip said before leaving England: “In a new country there will be no slavery and hence no slaves.”
Though Phillip returned to England in 1792, the colony became prosperous by the turn of the 19th century. Feeling a new sense of patriotism, the men began to rally around January 26 as their founding day. Historian Manning Clarke noted that in 1808 the men observed the “anniversary of the foundation of the colony” with “drinking and merriment.”
In 1818, January 26 became an official holiday, marking the 30th anniversary of British settlement in Australia. As Australia became a sovereign nation, it became the national holiday known as Australia Day. Many Aboriginal Australians call it "Invasion Day."

Posted by Tom Leuenberger on Jan 26, 2022

Rotary Vegas Night, Feb 12th 2022

Posted by Tom Leuenberger on Jan 19, 2022

Vegas Night is back Feb. 12 at Fountain Hall

After a year off due to the pandemic, Vegas Night is back and better than ever, as the Racine Founder’s Rotary Club Foundation presents its annual fundraiser to support Camp Anokijig and the local Rotary Club for local community service projects. The main event will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12 at Fountain Banquet Hall in Sturtevant.

Get a taste of Las Vegas with funny money Black Jack, Craps, and Roulette. Enjoy the music of Night Wing and special appearances by Elvis himself! Between games, browse the silent auction in person or login online.
The $10 admission ticket to Vegas Night, presented by Safari Lake Geneva, will provide an evening of entertainment plus a chance to win a $1,500 voucher toward a trip to Las Vegas through LaMacchia Travel in Kenosha. The lucky winner will be randomly drawn at 9 p.m. on the night of the event.

Those with a preference for poker are invited to come early for a Texas Hold’em Tournament. Registration for limited seats will begin at noon and the game starts at 2 p.m. Participants will receive 35,000 in chips for a $70 buy in and one $10 add on for 10,000 in chips will be available.

In addition, an online raffle is currently taking place until noon on Friday, Feb. 11 or when 500 tickets at $50 each are sold - whichever comes first. The drawing for the following prizes will take place at 8 p.m. on the night of the event, although participants don’t need to be present to win. All winners will need to present a receipt for the purchase and photo identification to collect a prize.

Raffle prizes include: $7,500 Grand Prize, $2,500 Second Prize, $1,000 Third Prize, $100-10 Winners and $50-10 Winners.

To purchase tickets to the event (which include the Las Vegas trip voucher) or raffle tickets, go to http://bidpal.net/rotaryvegasnight or text rotaryvegasnight to 243725.

For more information, contact Rotarian Daniel Widmar at (262) 994-5334.

January Birthdays

Posted by Tom Leuenberger on Jan 05, 2022

And the answer is.............

Posted by Tom Leuenberger