We welcomed a new member. Mark Carlson from Blaze Restoration was formally inducted. Mark is retired from Hewlett Packard.

 
Terry Westbrook from the East Moline-Silvis Rotary and Norman Lillybeck were this week’s visitors. We also extended a warm welcome-back to Dr. Lois Frels, who has been absent for quite some time.  

 
Our Exchange Student Helenka shared that she traveled to Minnesota with her host family over the weekend.  A highlight was visiting the Mall of America, which Helenka described as "huge." She also informed the membership that her studies at Moline High School are going well.  She took her first History test and achieved an 85%! 

 
Jim Taylor announced the arrival of a healthy new grandson.  Mike Crotty donned a Packers hat and spoke of the upcoming Thursday Night Football game between the Packers and the Bears.

• Terry Westbrook, from the East Moline-Silvis Club
• Mike Locander, from Rock Island
• Mary Bunte, wife of Mike Drymiller and host mom to Halenka
• Kathy Meyer, the mother of Junior Rotarian Megan Meyer
• Tammi O’Donnell, the mother of Junior Rotarian Hannah O’Donnell

Halenka had a busy week. She participated in several MHS Homecoming events. This was all new to her. She rode in the Homecoming parade with the cross country team, attended the football game and went to the dance. While she was happy that MHS won the football game, she said it was too long for her. It’s more than a wedding in Belgium. There were a lot of pictures taken – Halenka thought all the posing was weird. :D  She also ran with the varsity cross country team on Saturday. It was hard but she was happy she did it and it was the first time she has ever had her name in the paper!

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Dan Holland said that only a few people haven’t sent in their birdies pledge. Please do so as soon as possible so they can make their final distribution. You can contact Dan if you would like to confirm if your pledge was received.

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Eric Trimble announced that Watermark Corners won the Forbes Main Street Award for best social media promotion. This is a huge honor for Barb and Amy Trimble. Watermark Corners is featured on Forbes.com and will appear in the December 12, 2017 issue of Forbes magazine.

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