Today’s Program | Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011

Today: District Governor Judy Freund (Bierman) 

Birthdays: Lee Dilley (11/10), Greg Carlson (11/11), Carl Caskey (11/14)

Next Week: “Inspiring Possibilities, Realizing Dreams” Laura Baker School, Director Sandi Gerdes (Braucher)

Last Week:

   Omar Jamal, a well-known advocate for Somalis in Minnesota, has recently taken a new job with the Permanent Mission of the Somali Republic to the United Nations.   Omar provided us with an excellent summary of the tumultuous history of Somalia, chronicling its status as an Italian colony, a British protectorate, a dictatorship under Mohamed Siad Barre, enduring Civil War beginning in 1991, the brief United Nations and American involvement with Operation Restore Hope, the huge outpouring of refugees, and attempts at formation of a functioning government continuing since 2004.

Omar was born in Mogadishu and fled Somalia with his family as a youngster, going first to Germany, then to England, followed by Canada and later to Memphis where he studied at the University of Memphis.  Later he moved to Minnesota, worked in the Ventura administration in the State Agricultural Dept. and ultimately became Director of the Somali Justice Center in the Twin Cities focusing on legal advocacy for Somali-Americans.

He was very clear in pointing out that the disparity of wealth and history of contradictions that permeate American society contribute to the disillusionment of vulnerable young Somali-American youth who fear that they can never realize the “American Dream”.

Guests: All our exchange students, Emily and Bob Nesvold (Prowe), Kris Flaten (Flaten), Yogi’s father, Gitta Reppmann and Georgene Malecha (Reppmann),

Scholarship Enhancement: Nancy Amerman

New Member Inductions:

- Todd Thompson, Teacher at ARTech Charter School, consultant and music director, sponsored by Mark Cashman

- Megan Allen Tsui, Executive Director for the Northfield Enterprise Center (NEC), sponsored by Rick Estenson

Please welcome these new members to our club.

Announcements:

— Congratulations to club member Chris Richardson who has been named Minnesota Superintendent of the Year!

— Please contact Mike Lane if you can volunteer for the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot and have not already signed up.

— Chris Weber is looking for volunteers to help with interviews for the Rotary International Global Grant Scholarships.

Coming Up:

Nov. 24 – Turkey Trot

Dec. 1 – Felicia Speychal, Exchange student from Sweden, host (Holden)
Dec. 8 – Thomas M. Thorfinnson – Rotary Foundation, (Pritchard and Brown)

Dec. 15 – Round Table, Dreaming of Northfield’s Future, Steve Wilmot (Ellingboe)

Today’s Program | Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011

Today: Omar Jamal, First Secretary of the Somali Mission to the United Nations (Flaten)

 Birthdays: Steve Wilmot (11/3), Sue Boxrud (11/5) and David Brown (11/5)

 Next Week: District Governor Judy Freund (Bierman)

 Last Week:

Who in the world would try to build an airplane in his basement? John Koser, a good friend of Wayne Abdella, would and did.

A licensed pilot, John stumbled across the Sonex airplane while attending the celebrated Oshkosh Air Show. He came home with airplane plans and enough flat-sheet aluminum to build it. It took him three years and a boatload of rivets to get the thing into the air.

His “little hot rod” is 18 feet long and sports a 22-foot wingspan. Its gross weight is 1,050 pounds, and it runs on a four-cycle aluminum engine, which can handle cruising speeds up to 140 miles per hour.

John teaches undergraduate physics at the University of St. Thomas, so he understands this stuff. If I built it, I surely wouldn’t go up in it, but John does both. In what seems a clear case of putting the cart before the horse, his plane, the one with the shark’s teeth on the fuselage, needed 40 hours of test flying before a FAA examiner pronounced it sky-worthy. I don’t make these rules.

John loves cruising the skies in that third dimension, observing the rivers snaking through the prairies and the ribbons of highway crisscrossing the plains. He calls Stanton Airport the best airport in Minnesota.

This Just In….

Kristi Rasmussen is in Sweden, living with Felicia Spechal’s family. She recently traveled to Riga, Latvia on a Rotary service project. They visited a nursing home that had been the recipient of club funds, and there, Kristi met a 92-year old resident who had been waiting all week to thank the people who helped improve her life, even in its last stages.

Kristi also went hunting for the first time! The hunting party of 12 did get a large moose and had to drag it about half a kilometer out of the woods. The moose meat will be divided among the hunters, including Kristi, who is eager to try it. (Linda Willgohs, reporting)

Guests: Andrew Bray (Norvold), Linda Borene (Cogan), Paul Reiland (Blumhoefer), Todd Thompson (Cashman), Darlene Abdulla and Bev Koser (W. Abdullah).

Scholarship Enhancement: Bob Will

Announcements:

— The car raffle was pronounced a huge success. We netted $25,000 for our efforts. Total sales were $47,500. Five thousand of that were sales from The Key. Laurie Williams, the winner of the cool new ride, was present to receive our good wishes. Linda Borene, the third place winner, was there to receive her check for $500. Angie Tanghe won was the second-prize winner. She won a gas grill.

— Tom Durkin announced that February 25 will be the date for our bi-annual winter fundraiser. This year it will be: “To India and Back. Corporate sponsorships will be available.

— Chris Richardson encouraged people to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the school levy election. There will be only five polling places for this off-year election, so make sure you know where your precinct is voting.

Coming Up
Nov. 17 –  “Inspiring Possibilities, Realizing Dreams” Laura Baker School, Director Sandi Gerdes (Braucher)
Dec. 1–  Felcia Speychal, Exchange student from Sweden, host (Holden)
Dec. 8 — Thomas M. Thorfinnson – Rotary Foundation, ( Pritchard and Brown)

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011

Today: John F. Koser:  “You, Too, Can Build an Airplane” (W. Abdella)

Happy Birthday: Doug Crane and Brett Reese (10/25)

Next Week:  Omar Jamal, First Secretary of the Somali Mission to the United Nations (Flaten)

Last Meeting:

I wouldn’t want to be standing next to Bob Flaten in a lightning storm. Everywhere the man goes, there seems to be some sort of trouble.

Drawing on his personal experience in Afghanistan during his time in the Foreign Service, he treated us to a cogent analysis of that international hotspot and the evils that await any move we make.

Despite our decade-long effort to fight terrorism and reshape Afghan society, Bob reminded us that our campaign is a short sidebar to that region’s larger Indian-Pakistani cover story.

“We are just bit players in that drama,” he said.

Pakistan was complicit in creating the Taliban. They see it as a Muslim buffer against Indian infiltration. The U.S. bears responsibility, too.  We persuaded Saudi Arabia to funnel weapons to the Afghan resistance during their war against the Soviet Union. With the weapons came a fierce brand of Islam.

At this point, there are no good choices. If we withdraw support from Pakistan, they will likely cut our supply lines to Afghanistan. If we withdraw from Afghanistan, Bob predicts the Taliban will regain control and pose a threat to both the United States and a wobbly civil Pakistani government. That could mean putting nuclear weapons in the hands of militant jihadists. Bob said this could take another decade to sort out, but we are running out of time.

ROTARY NEWS

This Just In — Laurie Williams is the proud owner of a “new ride,” courtesy of our Rotary car raffle.  Her name was drawn at Dokmo Ford-Chrysler Saturday morning.  Angie Tanghe won the Weber gas grill and Linda Boree the $500. Congratulations to all for a successful event.

New Members: Jacob Conway (Bierman), Robert Craig (Estenson) and Geralyn Sheehan (Taylor) were inducted into the club. Welcome one and all.

Guests: Erin Mayberry (V. Dilley), Megan Tsui (Boxrud), Jesse Streitz (Williams) and Paul Ryland (Rich)

Scholarship Enhancement:  Mathilde Mortensen

Announcements:

— Mike Lane announced that the 11^th Annual Rotary Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving. The committee is looking to expand corporate sponsorships. They will be $200 this year. He could use a couple more turkeys, I mean members, for the committee.

Coming Up

Nov. 10 – District Governor Judy Freund, host – (Bierman)
Nov. 17 -  “Inspiring Possibilities, Realizing Dreams” Laura Baker                                              Nov. 24 — Turkey Trot
Dec. 1– Felcia Speychal, Exchange student from Sweden (Holden)

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011

Today:  Robert Flaten on Foreign Affairs (Ehresmann)

Happy Birthday: Mark Gleason (10/20), Barry Carlson (10/22) and Rob Martin (10/23)

Next Week: John F. Koser:  “You, Too, Can Build an Airplane” (W. Abdella)

Last Meeting:

Jim Holden, Northfield’s legendary tennis coach, held serve during his classification talk last week. He paid tribute to a cavalcade of folks who had been a positive influence in his life.

Among them was his mother (Jim’s not dumb), who gave him life and then saved it twice. There were teachers, coaches, ministers and, of course, his wife of 49 years, Caroline.

He described his formative years in Sherburne, Minn., a small farming community on the Iowa border, as his “Huck Finn boyhood.” Sherburne had all the elements of Mayberry, cherry cokes at the drug store, backyard ballgames, squirrel hunting — in town — everything but Floyd the Barber.

Jim went to Augsburg College on his brother’s advice and went into education. Over 41 years, he taught and coached at the high school level and taught education at Gustavus and St. Olaf. For 21 of those years, he was at the high school in Northfield and built a formidable boys’ tennis program.

Jim’s passions include traveling, sports and music. He said he has tried to keep a balance between the contemplative and the active life, but he admits he tilted towards the active most of his years.

ROTARY NEWS

Guests: Anita Fisher-Egge (Prowe), Joel Schilling (Ophaug), Tate Running (Robertson), Andrew Gray (Estenson) and Todd Thompson (Williams)

Scholarship Enhancement:  The notorious Calamity Jane Fenton

Announcements:

— President Bierman reminded us that we are on the home stretch of our car raffle campaign. Tickets can be sold up until five minutes before the drawing on Saturday, Oct. 22. Keep plugging. Kids around the world are counting on us.

— Mike Lane announced that the 11^th Annual Rotary Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving. The committee is looking to expand corporate sponsorships. They will be $200 this year.

— Community Resource Bank will be hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive Friday, Oct. 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

— The Defeat of Jesse James Bike Tour raised $29,000, our third largest total. Nice going Rotary.

— Vicki Dilley was named team leader of the Rotary GSET trip to Brazil.

Coming Up

Oct. 22 — Car Raffle Drawing, Dokmo Ford
Nov. 3 –Omar Jamal, 1^st Secretary of the Somali Mission to the UN –  ( Flaten)
Nov. 10 – District Governor Judy Freund, host – (Beirman)
Nov. 17 -  “Inspiring Possibilities, Realizing Dreams” Laura Baker
Nov. 24 — Turkey Trot
Dec. 1– Felcia Speychal, Exchange student from Sweden (Holden)

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011

Today:  Jim Holden Classification (Crane)

Happy Birthday: Ed Lufkin (10/15)

Next Week: Foreign Affairs with Bob Flaten (Ehresmann)

Last Meeting:

Four of our five exchange students — Camilo was ill this day — took center stage for a scripted Q&A. We learned more about their backgrounds and their goals for their exchange year, and they were able to practice their English in front of an American audience. Here are a few factoids from that day:

Aishwarya Gokhale from India speaks five languages.

Felicia Speychal of Sweden shares a hometown with Alfred Nobel. For her, this exchange year is a journey of self-discovery. She said.when you meet new people and have new experiences, you always learn more about yourself.

Mathilde Mortensen of Denmark once overcame her fear of heights to once go par-gliding in Spain.

Nichapat Tishyadhigama of Thailand is surprised it is not already cold in Minnesota. So are we.

Certificate of Appreciation: The Northfield High School Administration was honored for its strong working relationship with our student exchange program. Principal Joel Leer; assistant principals Marnie Thompson and Jeff Eckhoff, activities director Tom Graupmann, and high school counselor Kathy Wiertsema-Miller were there to receive the Certificate of Appreciation and a standing ovation.

ROTARY NEWS

Guests: Diane Carlson-Evans (Crow); Todd Thompson (G. Carlson); Charlie Kyte (Bierman); Clara and Rob Hardy, Pat Van Wyland, Marshall and Carla Hansen, Sharon Rasmussen, Angel Dobrow, Patty Geary, Mike Mitchell and Karna Halverson (Estenson); Ballentine (L. Dilley); and Cindy Carlson (V. Dilley).

Scholarship Enhancement:  Sam Gett

Announcements:

—- President Bierman informed the club that Ed Fox, a member of longstanding, has resigned. He has been affiliated with Rotary for 64 years. Plans are being made to celebrate his long service.

— Barry Carlson reported that the Rotary Class of 2010-11 recently volunteered time to a local Habitat for Humanity project.

 — Judy Brown-Wescott needs volunteers to interview prospective outbound exchange students on Monday, Oct. 24, in the evening. If you can help, contact her. She will train.

.— .Mark Abbott, Diane Abbott and Jane Fenton are going to combine a trip to Rotary’s International Conference in Bangkok next May with a visit to Chiangma and  Baan Mai Phattana, the site of our international project. All are invited.

— President Bierman urged us to put the “umph” in triumph as we come down the stretch on car raffle sales. As a measure of his commitment to this campaign, even though he is morally opposed to this form of body art, he has pledged to have a tattoo of our choosing stamped on his derrier.  People,do we need any more incentive than this? Let’s go!

Coming Up

Oct. 27 – John F. Koser  “You Too Can Build An Airplane” (Wayne Abdella)

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011

Today’s Program:  Incoming Students Take Center Stage (V. Dilley)

Happy Birthday: Kyle Nordine (10/7)

Next Week: Jim Holden Classification (Crane)

Last Meeting:

Steve Poskanzer, president of Carleton College, announced last week that he is not running for mayor of Northfield.

Steve had offered that his father’s experience as a college faculty member and mayor in a small, academic community in New York gave Steve a unique perspective on town-gown relations. In response to a question from the floor, he said he, himself, has no designs on political office. Sounds like a “maybe” to me.

What he does have designs on is presiding over what he describes as an “exuberantly whacky” college. His recipe for success? Find the best students and the best faculty. His daughter is among the 524 recruits who showed up on campus this fall. She actually discovered Carleton before he did. The first years bring a lot of intellectual firepower from 42 states and 22 countries.

The college has added four new faculty members, one in public health, another in behavioral neurology, one in music history and another in chemistry. The Weitz Center for Creativity (the old middle school) opened to rave reviews. It will be a focal point for creative thinking and visual orientation.

Steve is shepherding along a question-driven, strategic planning process that will provide a road map for Carleton’s future.

ROTARY NEWS

Good Neighbor Award: Judy Dirks was honored for her longstanding commitment to helping international refugees and to promoting human rights in the community. In 1975, she helped form the Northfield Refugee Committee. Over a period of 24 years, that group helped settle 112 Vietnamese refugees in Northfield. She also serves on the Northfield Human Rights Commission and teaches citizenship classes for Community Education. The committee said her actions have always been motivated by a sense of social justice. Thanks for your good work, Judy.

Guests: Judy Dirks, Jose Payas, Tim McDermott, Justina Owusai and Craig Lissler (Weber); Rich Daly (Porkorney), Lowell King (Brown-Wescott) and our exchange students: Aishwarya Gokhale, Mathilde Mortensen, Nichapat Tishyadhigama, and Camilo Zuluaga Caicedo

Scholarship Enhancement:  Hannah Puczko

Announcements:

 — Retired District Governor Craig Lissler recognized Charlie Cogan and Mark Abbott for their special efforts on behalf of the Rotary Foundation.

— President Bierman’s car-raffle sales tip for the week: You must make the ask to make the sale

 Coming Up

Oct. 20 – Foreign Affairs – Bob Flaten (Detert),
Saturday, Oct. 22 – Car Drawing – Dokmo Ford
Oct. 27 – John F. Koser  “You Too Can Build An Airplane”

 (Wayne Abdella)

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, September 29, 2011

Today’s Program:  “Some Things Happening at Carleton” President Steve Poskanzer (Covey)

Happy Birthday: Gerhard Meidt, Hugh Kaste and Jim Blaha (9/27); Laurie Williams (9/28); Rob Bierman, Kurt Larson and Michelle Lasswell (9/29;) and Tom Durkin (9/30)

Next Week: Incoming Students Take Center Stage (V. Dilley)

Last Meeting:

The Northfield Area United Way campaign is off and running.

Betsy Spethmann, United Way executive director, said this year’s goal is $450,000. There are 17 workplace campaigns in play across the community, which she expects will raise almost three quarters of that amount.

The United Way funds 31 different local programs in five broad program areas: helping people in crisis, serving children and youth, promoting health and well-being, serving people with disabilities and strengthening the community. The recipient agencies are familiar but important to building human capital here in Northfield. They include: Northfield Community Action Center, HOPE Center, Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, scouts, after school programs, HealthFinders, senior programs, the American Red Cross, Project ABLE and many more.

Betsy encouraged members to participate in the community allocation panels. They decide how funds are allocated in the five basic program areas. She said it is both an informative and rewarding exercise.

ROTARY NEWS

Guests: Alene Fink (J. Larson), Sam and Jimmy from St. Olaf (V. Dilley), Beth Vivant (Spethmann) and our intrepid exchange students Aishwarya Gokhale, Felicia Speychal, Mathilde Mortensen, Nichapat Tishyadhigama, and Camilo Zuluaga Caicedo

Scholarship Enhancement:  Barry Carlson

Announcements:

— John Ophaug delivered a $4,700 check for our sponsorship of the Central Park craft fair during Defeat of Jesse James Days.

— Rotary Responders will meet tonight (Thursday) at the Archer House.

— President Bierman thanked the order for all of the work done on behalf of the car raffle. Three and a half weeks and counting.

Coming Up

Oct. 13 – Jim Holden Classification Talk (Crane)
Oct. 20 – Foreign Affairs – Bob Flaten (Detert),
Saturday, Oct. 22 – Car Drawing – Dokmo Ford
Oct. 27 – John F. Koser  “You Too Can Build An Airplane”  (Wayne Abdella)

 TODAY’S PROGRAM

 Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, September 22, 2011

Today’s Program:  How Do You LIVE UNITED? Betsy Spethmann (Braucher)

 Happy Birthday: Jack Hoschouer 9/22, Don Robertson 9/25

Next Week:  “Some Things Happening at Carleton” President Steve Poskanzer (Covey)

Last Meeting:

Nancy Amerman grew up in Moorhead, MN, one of four children.  She married Jeff, an architect, in 1981. Nancy and Jeff spent time as cottage parents for disadvantaged kids in the Virgin Islands and in addition to making important contributions to kids’ lives, enjoyed learning how to scuba dive.

Nancy received her law degree from Hamline in 1983 and practiced in the Twin Cites and later in Northfield. Nancy and Jeff’s three children include Joe, a recent Luther College graduate, Ruth, a second year student at Knox College, and Rachael, an outbound Rotary student now in Quito, Ecuador.

Jeff and Nancy always enjoyed hiking and camping. Jeff died unexpectedly of an enlarged heart while cross country skiing in 2005. Nancy has since remarried and has inherited even more children. Nancy thanked the club for its contribution to the Amerman Pavilion at the soccer fields along Jefferson Parkway.

Through her infectious optimism and energy Nancy always adds so much to our club!

ROTARY NEWS

Mini-Classification:

After growing up in Hector, MN, Rick Estenson attended Luther College.  Rick worked as an investment advisor in Chicago and in Minneapolis with Piper Jaffrey and later with Wells Fargo.  Seven years ago Rick joined the staff at the First National Bank here in Northfield.  For 12 years Rick has contributed much to our club and with his wife, Kris, and their two children has been very generous in providing the Estenson Event Center for our use.

Guests:  Tate Running (Robertson), Wookie (Reese), exchange students Aishwarya Gokhale, Felicia Speychal, Mathilde Mortensen, Nichapat Tishyadhigama, and Camilo Zuluaga Caicedo

Scholarship Enhancement:  Dale Ness

Announcements:

—Many thanks to all the club members and other community volunteers who helped make the annual Defeat of Jesse James Bike Tour a rousing success!   Check out pictures of the bike tour on the club’s website.

 Coming Up

Oct. 6 – “Who Am I?” Incoming students (Dilley)                   

Oct. 13 – Jim Holden Classification Talk (Crane)

Oct. 20 – Rotary Foundation – (Bierman, Pritchard, Brown)   

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011

Today’s Program: The Nancy Amerman Story, a classification (Estenson)

Happy Birthday: Matthew Detert (9/14) and Chris Weber (9/15)

Next Week:  How do you LIVE UNITED? Betsy Spethmann (Braucher)

Last Meeting

In our run-up to the 2011 Defeat of Jesse James Bike Tour, we took time to revisit the early days of our club’s largest annual fundraiser.

It all began in 1995 with Brett Reese and Mike Allen at the helm. Brett said they benefited from low expectations and a lot of on-the-job training. Four hundred nineteen riders participated in Year One.

John Stull and Gary Bollinger co-chaired the event in 2005. That year more than 900 riders participated. John said he learned the value of having a co-chair for an event of this scale; Gary remembered how appreciative riders were of the tour’s organization.

Neil Lutsky, the most recent bike tour chair to speak, tipped his hat to the army of volunteers who make the event such a success. His worst nightmare as chair? The night before the tour, he was kept up all night because he couldn’t remember if the committee had arranged for portable toilets. It had. All was well.

Thanks to Mark Thacher and this year’s bike tour committee for their outstanding job organizing the event for 2011.

ROTARY NEWS

Welcome

Our inbound exchange students will be with us on a regular basis now. They are:

• Aishwarya Gokhale  India
• Felcia Speychal  Sweden
• Mathilde Mortensen  Denmark
• Nichapat Tishyadhigama (she does write Tish often though, if you run out of space on a name tag)  Thailand
• Camilo Zuluaga Caicedo  Colombia

Please take time to introduce yourself and get to know these young people who are far from home and eager to learn.

Guests: Mary Auge, Nancy Child, Sandy Drentlaw, Gene Enders,
Peg Enders, Gayle Henrickson, Pat Hohertz, Judy King-Harvey,Pat Kriesel, Sue Lloyd, Tim Lloyd, Michael Mitchell, Gordy Mickelson, Sharon Rasmussen, Ann Richards, Peggy Sell, Ed Sostek, Kris Vohs and Larry Walsh (Prowe); Tom Porter and Wookie (Reese); Tate Running (Robertson); Tom Rockey and Anna Nielsen (Talen).

Scholarship Enhancement: Rob Martin. He’ll likely put it towards an anchor for the infamous boat.

Announcements:

—- President Bierman paid tribute to Brett Reese who was honored the night before by the Defeat of Jesse James Days Committee with the Joseph Lee Heywood Distinguished Service Award.

— A Cogwheel was circulated and members put well wishes on it for Jan Stevens, who is recuperating from surgery.

Coming Up:

Sept. 29—“ Some things happening at Carleton,”

President Steve Poskanzer (Covey)

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Rotary Cogwheel: Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011

Today’s Program: BIKE TOUR. Saddle Up!

Happy Birthday: Bob Lampe and Chris Richardson (9/6), Bob Reitz (9/8) and Therese Whitesong (9/9).

Next Week:  The Nancy Amerman Story, a classification (Estenson)

Last Meeting

Megan Allen is the new executive director of the Northfield Enterprise Center. She is replacing Blake Abdella, a familiar face to this group.

The Northfield Enterprise Center is a private nonprofit organization that assists businesses of all sizes with business planning, financial modeling, and sustained growth support. It also works with existing companies that are looking for a more attractive place to relocate.

Megan had been on the job all of three weeks when she spoke to us. She continues to work part time with the Southeastern Minnesota Initiative Fund (SMIF) in the areas of entrepreneurship and early childhood initiatives. SMIF’s presence has been felt in Northfield through its financial support of Riverwalk Market Fair and the Rural Enterprise Center.

Megan is the daughter of David and Pat Allen of Northfield. She grew up in Northfield and graduated from St. Olaf College.

She and her husband live in Red Wing and are in the process of restoring a fixer-upper built in 1875.

ROTARY NEWS

Welcome

Our inbound exchange students will be with us on a regular basis now. They are:

Aishwarya Gokhale  India

Felcia Speychal  Sweden

Mathilde Mortensen  Denmark

Nichapat Tishyadhigama (she does write Tish often though, if you run out of space on a name tag)  Thailand

Camilo Zuluaga Caicedo  Colombia

Please take time to introduce yourself and get to know these young people who are far from home and eager to learn.

Guests: Jacob Conway (Bierman) Barbara Dettle (J. Larson); Lindsey Rossler and Nathan Hansen (B. Carlson), Wayne Eddy (Reese), Jack Gibbons (S. Richardson)

Scholarship Enhancement: Sam Gett; Curtis Tiano won a sweatshirt.

Announcements:

—President Bierman reminded the order that the car raffle is our opportunity to generate funds for projects, both local and global, that are important to us. So SELL, SELL, SELL!

— Jack Gibbons, district chair of the Paul Harris Society, is on his farewell tour of the clubs he has managed for the past five years. He recognized Chris Weber and Mark Abbott for their contributions to the foundation this past year.

Coming Up:

Sept. 22 – Betsy Spethmann, How do you LIVE UNITED?  (Braucher)

Sept. 29 Some things happening at Carleton,”

President Steve Poskanzer (Covey)