Rotary Informer

 

Four Way Test:  Thank you Angie Cranney

 

Invocation:  Thank you Tom Morrow for the reflections on living in Northern Michigan. Rotarians were reminded not to take for granted the beautiful part of the earth in which we live as well as the planet where we all reside

 

Life Events:  Please Congratulate Angie Cranney and Mark Coopersmith who will be ”tying the knot” this weekend

 

Song of the Week:  “Singin’ in the Rain” was the song for this week led by the ever popular Dr. Beno

 

Visiting Rotarians:  Currie Andrews - Brentwood, TN; Bill Schewe - Villa Park, IL who also brought his grandson as a guest; Eric Breisach - Kalamazoo, MI; John Van Etten - Terre Haute, IN and Summer Rotarians Tom Morrow and Julian Magnus  

 

 

 

Fellowship:  ”First Thursday”, August 6^th, 2015 will be held this month at City Park Grill. Please bring friends and family and share a cocktail (or two) with fellow Rotarians. Plan on meeting around 5:30 p.m. Many thanks to Steve Cross for hosting this every month

 

CROP WALK:  John Pugsley thanked Rotarians for their $250.00 donation. The event was very successful this year, bringing in around $30,000. These dollars will go far in helping to feed the hungry in our community

 

Fireside Chat:  Moon Seagren and Dr. Guy Golembiewski completed their Fireside Chat. Moon and Dr. Guy are corporate members from McLaren Northern Hospital

 

Simplify Award:  The first Dave Thomas Simplify Award went to Doug Caldwell for taking the simple step of taking his staff to lunch at the Rotary food stand during the Sidewalk Sales

 

Paul Harris Fellows:  Three Paul Harris Awards were presented today which made a generous contribution to the Rotary Foundation. A gift was made on behalf of Kristy Beyer for her continuing and outstanding service to the club. Gow and Liesel Litzenburger were awarded a Paul Harris Fellow Award by Boo and Dianne Litzenburger

 

Healing the Bear:  Bear River Cleanup will be on Saturday August 22, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. till 1:30 p m. Meet at the Bear River Pavilion. If you pre-register (by August 14th) you will receive a free lunch and t-shirt. To register contact Dan Myers (231)-347-1181 or email dan@watershedcouncil.org

 

Michigan Pipeline Workshop:  Thursday, August 27, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. at North Central Michigan College. There is no charge to attend but registration is required. To register, call (231)-347-1181. The objective of the workshop is to raise awareness and understanding of pipelines and the way the community can work collaboratively to reduce potential risks and impacts of pipeline failures

 

MANNA:  Jean Frentz distributed the Meijer Store donation cards. Help Fight Local Hunger is a program created by Meijer to help neighborhood food pantries, which are struggling to keep shelves stocked. Buy a card at Meijer for $10.00. Once purchased, Meijer will contribute an additional $10.00. On September 5^th and 6^th, Meijer will triple their donation. You give $10 and Meijer will give $30. Remember, this assists us in fulfilling the needs of our Back-Pack Program

 

Diamonds & Denim:  Please begin bringing in your bottles of wine for the Basket Raffle. Ingrid Flemming will collect and store them. This item brings in money and we are attempting to have a live-auction item “Wall of Wine”. We need around 80 bottles to accomplish this. Bottles of wine should be $20.00 to $25.00 in value. Bob Maldigan recommended Cabernet, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. This is a very easy way to participate in the event. To date we have collected only 15 bottles

 

Solicitation for Auction Items:  President Dave asked that Rotarians begin to consider donating items or services to the Silent Auction. We are in need of 40 items. Please coordinate with Cindi Bauer or Bill Collins. Let’s attempt to beat last year’s record

 

Gail Gruenwald, Executive Director, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, was our guest speaker for today. The topic was “Line 5 Pipeline” and the work being undertaken by the Watershed Council to prevent toxic and hazardous spills in the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways. Ms. Gruenwald discussed the continued need and refinement of pipeline inspections and new oil spill cleanup technologies. Excerpts from the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force Report were also shared with the audience.  Please see www.watershedcouncil.org for more information and tips on what you can do to help

 

Next week’s Program: Will be our Annual District Governor Presentation; featuring District Governor Tom Schmidt and his wife Denise.