Sunday, January 6, 2008

january newsletter



The Rotator
A Publication of
Shawano Wisconsin Rotary Club.
Jan, 2008



Exchange Student Fernanda Bradford and Host families Melanie Miller and Jane Jaque and hose sisters Avari Miller and Maggie Jacque



Program Schedule for January meetings: from Rob Mickelson.
Jan 7 - monday noon the Boy Scouts of America Rep from Clintonville.
Jan 14 - monday noon - the 14th is Larry Hedrich from Chilton. He is a goat farmer and very involved in the new industry of Goat Cheese.
Jan 21 - monday noon
Jan 28 - monday noon.


Board meeting minutes:
there was a Rotary Board meeting was Dec 10 at noon. The following is a list of the newest members: Tim Barthel, Todd Carlson, James Meyer, Katie Mead, Jay Moynihan, Carrie Verkuilen, Julie Montoure-Bottois, Jim Lotter, Lorna Marquardt and Paul Black. We also regretfully accepted the resignations of Allan "Pete" Peterson and Don Schoedel.
Discussion was held regarding the Rotary Trail signage at Kuckuk Park. (Rob Mickleson is in charge of the actual signage).
Discussion was also held regarding new membership applications, packets and asking new members if they have interest in particular committees.
There will be follow up for those members that are over 60 days delinquent in payment of dues.
We made the 4th payment to the City for the Trail at Kuckuk Park. The check was presented to the Mayor in December. On the same day, a check was received for $1,000 from Walmart.
The next board meeting will be held at CRI at 4:30 p.m. on January 17, 2008.

New Member Biographies.
Todd Carlson
If Todd Carlson doesn't do windows, it's the only thing he hasn't accomplished at a school.
Todd is currently superintendent of the Shawano School District, preparing for the role by teaching, serving as athletic director, principal and athletic director. While superintendent at Suring, Todd also coached the boys basketball team to the 2007 state tournament.
Todd's education degrees were awarded at UW Green Bay, Marian College and Winona State.
Todd and his wife Micki have adult daughterss Emily and Ashley and a son, Brock, still in high school.
Todd expects Rotary to involve him with new people and projects in the Shawano area.
In his spare time, Todd enjoys motorcycling, hobby farming and high school athletics.
James Habeck


Quotes:

“Fear is a great inventor.”

- French Proverb



“The search for someone to blame is always successful.”

- Robert Half


Rotary Pictures - a photographic record of our club activities.

Joe Gellings has lots of our Rotary photos on our Rotary club picasa web site - http://picasaweb.google.com/shawanorotary see Album dated Dec 10, 2007 for Photos from the recent Christmas Party. see also an album of photos from the recent Youth Exchange party on Dec 28. If you wish, you can download pictures from that site to your computer. Select the album you want to see by clicking on it.
Refer to the date in the Bold print for the date of the photos.
The date in the lighter print is when the album was added to picasaweb.

John Kestly also has a "Rotary" photo album posted on the internet. Some of the pictures there include: Pass the Gavel meeting, JR at Gresham parade, and Dani Correia from Argentina.
You can view and/or grab them at http://picasaweb.google.com/jkestly/Rotary



Shawano Rotary Club Blog.
To see present and past newsletters, photographs,
special announcements, etc.
Get on the internet and go to:
http://shawanorotary.blogspot.com



The Other Club Fund Raiser
If you use a professional lawn care service or if you've ever considered
using one this is your chance to get a beautiful, weed-free lawn and support Shawano Rotary Club at the same time!
Community Lawn Care is locally owned and has fertilization, weed control and insect control services custom designed for the turf grasses in the Shawano area.
 And the good news is that 10% of every dollar you spend goes to support
Shawano Rotary Club. Every lawn that we sign up represents a significant contribution to our cause!
The Community Lawn Care services are competitively priced and completely guaranteed. So if you're interested in services starting next spring, sign up for a free, no obligation lawn analysis now at:
http://www.communitylawncare.com/agv/src/
Sign-up sheets will also be made available from John Kestly.
Please forward this information along to anyone in the Shawano area who you think might be interested in supporting Shawano Rotary Club.

Officers, Board of Directors and Key Committee Chairmen.

July 1, 2007 thru June 30 2008.
President- Larry Romuald.
Vice President- Terry Hilgenberg.
Secretary- Judy Judd
Program Rob Mickelson
Treasurer- Rick Carl
Past President- John Kestly
Director- Al Kuck
Director- Steve Miller
Social committee chairman – Jim Zierden
Membership Development - Aaron Wallrich
Fund raising - Rob Mickelson
Steak Fry – John Kestly

Internet sites to visit:
- Shawano rotary Club Blog - http://shawanorotary.blogspot.com
- Photos Shawano Rotary Club. see http://picasaweb.google.com/jkestly/Rotary
- For information on our Rotary District 6220 happenings and plans and club officer lookup: http://www.ridistrict6220.org
- District 6220 Youth Exchange Info: http://www.rotaryyouthexchange.us
- Rotary International Web address: http://www.rotary.org
- Rotary International - General Information phone number: 847-866-3000.

Information gathered and distributed by Joe Gellings 524 2407 jgellings@gmail.com

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