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Kurt Halverson
Welcome Home to Rotary!
Hello Everyone,
Last week was another awesome Rotary meeting with lots of positive energy as members of our club came together for lunch, fellowship, and education! Our guest speaker, Lee Ganske of the Minnesota Pollution Agency, gave a very informative presentation on some serious environmental issues that should have us all thinking about ways that we can make a positive impact though our actions.
As mentioned in last week’s message, we are now posting the recordings of our club meetings on YouTube! I was pretty excited to see that as of Thursday, September 22nd, our first meeting already has 21 views! Here is a link to the recording of the 9/21/2022 meeting: https://youtu.be/cPbSQ_2xcmY
I look forward to enjoying our next meeting together where we will hear from Sherriff Jesse Thomas who will discuss the new Rice County Public Safety Center.
Have a great week and remember that we all have the power to make the world a better place through our service and treating others with kindness.
Kurt
2022/2023 Goals
Club/Meeting Structure- Improved meeting management and experience.
Community – Signature club project of Warm our community
Members- Raise awareness and grow membership through having a first-hand experience with coming to a Faribault Rotary meeting.
Rotary- Our club will do its part to support Rotary International’s goals and initiatives.
Completing actionable items that were uncovered as a part of our club visioning session.
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The meeting started with the Virtue of Confidence was read by Kymn Anderson. Followed by prayer with confidence by Pastor Mark Kenney.
In the club announcement, Natalie Ginter shared a letter from dear Rotarian Mary Ellen Bondhus. Mary is having a couple of major surgeries and will be at Mayo in Rochester, MN, for recovery for several weeks. The club has sent a care package with flowers. Please feel the need to reach out to Mary Ellen to show your support.
Dick Huston presented (Hippy Feet) David Connelly a pair of "Service Above Self" socks in gratitude for all he does for Rotary.
FRYS President Chad Koepke provided the club with his monthly charitable gambling report. The club approved all expenses unanimously. August also saw the end of the fiscal year. In our first year of charitable gambling, we sold $1.8 million in gross sales with a net profit of $93,000. All profits go to support Faribault youth programs.
Fellowship: Greg Ciesluk shares his barbershop quartet performing on October 1st at 4 pm at River Valley Church. No ticket is required. Natalie Ginter shared her dad was being inducted into the Wisconsin High School Hall of fame this weekend.
There will be a Warm Our Community Meeting this Wednesday at 11:30 am before the regular weekly meeting for the committee and those who would like to attend.
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This month’s membership blast is an important and highly informative report as it marks the completion of one year of charitable gambling as August 31 marked the end of FRYS' fiscal year. As such, the report is a little longer on financial data since metrics for both August and the aggregate fiscal year are included. Let’s get right to it:
FRYS’ charitable gambling revenues finished on a curious note as e-tab sales soared to a record high of $138K (monthly average = $92K) whereas paper tab sales were soft at $44K (monthly average = $58K). Unfortunately, profit probabilities did not play out in FRYS’ favor on either front. Although e-tabs had record sales, gross profits were a soft $12K due to the weakest gross profit margin experienced at 8.8% (prior monthly average = 14.5%). Likewise, paper tabs also underperformed with a monthly gross profit margin of 16.3% (prior monthly average = 17.9%) for a gross profit of $7K.
Turning to Bingo, August set a new record of activity with $15K in Bingo sales and gross profits of $2K for a gross profit margin of 14.8%, which was by far the worst performance for Bingo as gross profit margins had been averaging 28.0%. If I recall correctly, a couple sizeable Bingo jackpots were hit in August, driving profits lower.
As a reminder, the month of July was strong with favorable profit margins, which resulted in elevated levels of profit-sharing FRYS recognized in the income statement for August as profit-sharing is paid in arrears. Given the weaker margins observed over August combined with elevated profit-sharing, net income for August was in the red at -$2K. Included in the net loss was an organizational sales volume tax of $3.6K, which if removed, would have resulted in a positive net income for the month.
In summary, August produced record levels of e-tab sales even though August is viewed as the last month of summer (and should have had slower volume), providing positive momentum heading into the busiest season of the year at Boxers. Yes, margins were weak but that is the nature of gambling – sometimes the house does better and sometimes the house does worse.
Now, let’s talk about the aggregate financial performance of FRYS' first year in charitable gambling from October 2021 – August 2022. Over that timeframe, e-tab sales were an incredible $1.06 million with paper tab sales of $641K. E-tabs proved to be less favorable to FRYS, producing a gross profit margin of 14.0% while paper tabs came in at 18.4%; however, even with the weaker gross profit margin, e-tabs produced more gross profit at $148K against paper tabs of $118K.
Bingo, which is the newest operation as gaming has been taking place only since February, produced sales of $68K with a gross profit of 18K, making Bingo FRYS’ most profitable gaming experience with an impressive gross profit margin of 26.4%.
Total revenue from FRYS’ primary gaming activities of e-tabs, paper tabs, Bingo and electronic Bingo was a blistering $1.8 million! Moreover, net income (prior to any charitable gifts) for 11 months of gaming activity was $93K for a net profit margin of 5.24%. Producing almost $2 million in sales and $100k in profits during 11 months speaks volumes to the great work the charitable gambling team has done as well as the team at Boxers on the frontlines selling pull tabs and running bingo - powerful performance team!
Of note, due to FRYS’ great success of $1.8 million in sales, the charitable gambling operation is subject to an audit since sales exceeded the audit threshold of $750K in revenue.
Turning to other news, the FRYS board of directors confirmed the intent to funnel the next couple months’ net profits into repairs and maintenance at the Rotary Camp, sprucing the interior up with an array of projects.
In closing, the charitable gambling team thanks you all for the continued support. No doubt there was a lot of learning to be done and bumps along the way over the last 11 months but year 1 is now officially in the books (hurray!). The FRYS / Boxers partnership is firing on all cylinders as we head into the busiest time of year at Boxers: fall & football.
Much appreciated,
Chad
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Briauna arrived to Chiang Mai, Thailand on August 14th. She has been adjusting very well to the Thailand culture and is loving her experience so far. The food is very different as is the school. She did say school lunches are way better in Thailand. She is taking Thai classes and is getting a better grasp of the language. Her mom and her sister speak some English so that has helped her adjustment. Below are a few pictures of her time so far. Her most recent Facebook post said she's not sure if she will want to come home in 10 months.
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Brandelyn arrived in Rengo, Chile on August 26th where she was greeted by her host parents and her aunt. Since arriving, she has been adjusting well to the culture and the language. She has spent a lot of time with her family and feels very loved by everyone. She started school a week ago and is finding it challenging to understand what is going on in her classes. She has a couple of English-speaking friends who have been helping her through the adjustment. Below are a couple of pictures from her travels thus far.
Arriving in Rengo, Chile.  | Family time!  |
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Jean arrived from Bangkok, Thailand in Faribault on August 23rd. He began school at Faribault High School on Tuesday August 30th. He is taking multiple classes and elected to not have a study hall. His favorite class is his percussion class. He is in a band back home. We got him a guitar to practice on since this is also one of his passions. He has taught us a lot about his culture, life in Thailand, and we have even gotten to try some snacks and food from Thailand. Since arriving, he has met many family members, been cat fishing, camping, to a car show and fishing from our dock. He is settling in well but finds he is often bored between 4-6pm when no one is around. The percussion band will likely help with this boredom as football season kicks in. He will be playing during the football games. He gets cold easy which has us nervous for him for winter... we'll make sure he's warm. Here's a few pictures of our adventures so far: | ||||
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The honorable Dr. Dick Huston proposes Dr. Martha Brown, President of Lunar Tunes Music Inc., for membership in the Faribault Rotary Club. If you have any questions please contact membership chair Keith Kramer.
The honorable Dr. Dick Huston proposes Kathy Wickwire, a retired musician, for membership in the Faribault Rotary Club. If you have any questions please contact membership chair Keith Kramer.
The honorable Dr. Dick Huston proposes Christopher Kaufman, a financial planner for Great Waters Financial, for membership in the Faribault Rotary Club. If you have any questions please contact membership chair Keith Kramer.
Chris will come to Rotary on the Sept. 14th and be inducted by the International President Elect from Scotland on the night of the 18th. Would be fun to have if you were all there. Radison Blu at MOA.
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There will be no lunch meeting this Wednesday. We will meet at the Rotary Camp at 5pm for the annual picnic.
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On Wednesday, August 31st, we meet over lunch at the Inn at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Suzanne Fox provided the club with prayer, and Keith Kramer provided the week’s virtue, Humility. In club announcements, Charlie Cogan from the Northfield club who shared a book project in Nigeria to distribute to second-tier schools.
Chad Koepke sent a sign-up sheet to get plenty of Rotarians at the “100 men who give a damn” event on September 24th hosted by the Faribault Foundation. George Wickstrom asked all Rotarians to wear their Rotary pins out in public.
In fellowship, Greg Ciesluk brought a guest, Ally Meyer from Big Brothers Big Sisters, to update the need for their Avid program. The program is only twice a month during the school year. Twenty-two students require monitors. Please contact BBBS if you are interested. Mindy Reeder asked for prayer for her mother, who was recently hospitalized. Many Rotarians were happy about the start of school. Dr. Huston shared the current need for platelets at the Red Cross center.
Dr. Huston also shared one of our newest members will be inducted at the tri-district Zone Meeting by International President-Elect. Kymn Anderson shared her thanks for what the Faribault Foundation is doing by setting up the two programs for the 100 men & 100 ladies’ events.
Natalie Ginter provided community donations from charitable gambling back to the community youth.
- Community Action Center: Basic blessing food backpack program of $10,000
- Divine Mercy Catholic School: Social and emotional health program of $10,000
- River Bend Nature Center: Education and enrichment activities for Faribault youth of $5,000
- Somali Academic Achievement of $3,000
- Faribault Parks and Rec: Friday night youth nights at Rec Center of $3,000
- Faribault Lutheran Schools: Social and emotional health programs. $2,270
The total amount going into the community to support Faribault youth was $33,270 in August.
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Announcements
- Club picnic is a go for September 7, 2022
- Looking for help with pull tabs at the Baseball field Labor Day weekend
- Dr. Huston exchanged flags with Northfields Rotary club
New Members!!!!
- Melissa Haars and Jim Malterer were inducted into the club
- We all saw an awesome picture of Jim (1974) from before I was born….
Fellowship w/ Chad
- Don Johnson spoke about his daughter Kierra’s ordination as an ELCA minister! Congrats!
- Keith Kramer introduced his youngest child Allison to the group
- Nort Johnson announced how happy he was to help the shop department shop for new equipment
- Nick thanked everyone for supporting his fundraiser last week at 4th Avenue Methodist Church
- Dr. Hanson noted that Dr. Huston should be honored to be mistaken for him
- Dr. Huston had an awesome one liner rebuttal against Dr. Hanson
- Club President Halvorson had an awesome clip from his favorite childhood movie
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The CDC has designated Rice County as Low risk again for Covid at this time. Therefore masks are still optional indoors but strongly recommended. We will continue with 6 seats per table.
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person please use the Zoom link provided.
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President Halverson opened the meeting with the Four Way test and Pledge of Allegiance. The invocation was given by Jessica Amundson in the form of a blessing. Ken gave us perspective into the virtue of perseverance – Stay the course! Don’t give up!
During the meeting, there were special announcements and reminders:
- Dave – Picnic at Rotary Camp – Sept. 7. Will need a “clean-up crew.” Watch for specific details in the next few weeks.
- Jess – Picnic volunteers needed.
- Murray – Need confirmation of who is attending. Respond to your emails.
- Brenda – Dawn Walker’s birthday, owner of Boxers. (Youth group will pay for this.)
- South Central – Whiskey World fundraiser, all invited.
- Riverbend Ramble – Live auction and fundraiser.
Chad Koepke went around the room during fellowship. Edel Fernandez shared that South Central enrollment is up! The Faribault Sheriff was here as a guest, John Sherwin. He looks forward to serving the community of Faribault. Rural Evangelism Mission fundraiser invitation was handed out by Pastor Greg, inviting all to attend and support families in Liberia. Special thanks were extended to all who helped at Blue Collar event. Prayers were asked for George’s grandchild, Stella. Zak Branham, introduced his guest, his wife.
Chad also shared that gambling profits are up with a $15,000 profit posted this month. Brenda noted that additional volunteers are needed to support upcoming events. The Rotary Camp was being updated over the summer and is close to being done.
At today’s meeting, several members were also recognized for their financial gifts. The Paul Harris Society Fellow Recognition was awarded to members who gave more than $1,000 anytime throughout the year. Receiving this recognition at the meeting was: Jake Cook; Eric Craig; and Kay Hoaglin. Congratulations and thank you!
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 Members of the Faribault Rotary Club collect the $10 admission fee and hand out wristbands at the entrance to Teepee Tonka Park Saturday afternoon. (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com) |
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