|
VOLUME 42
NO. 1 |
Lynda Shafer
“Leadership
Chair of the Day:
Invocator: Zoe Baumel
Greeters: Glenda Clark and Mary Bernier
LAST WEEK: We had the Changing of the Guard in the form
of a “Honeymooners” skit. Thanks
to
Upcoming Events and Programs:
7/9 Jim Shaw- Soaring Wings Winery
7/10-11 Mission of Mercy in
Papillion (contact Jennifer to
volunteer)
7/16- Eric Buske-
Omaha Chief of Police
7/20- Board of Directors- Regency Lodge
7/23-26 Cox Classic (contact Mike Sotak to volunteer)
7/27 Yearlings-Regency Lodge at
REMINDER- IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY PAID, YOUR DUES ARE PAST DUE!
Congratulations!
To David Kutler who received his permanent badge last week.
To
Thank you to our
outgoing Board members who have served from 2006-2009:
Roxy Orr, Diane Stewart, Tom Vann, and
Diana Whitman.
Congratulations to Terri
Greenwood who received the Dr. Sol Kutler Yearling of the Year award. Terri has been very active since joining
Suburban Rotary in July of 2008. She has participated in several community service projects and
volunteered to co-chair the Polio Plus sub-committee on the RI Foundation
Committee. She is the new
Yearlings Vice-Chair for 2009-2010.
GET INVOLVED!
2009
Reserve
July 10th or 11th on your calendar to volunteer for the
2009
Sign-ups are needed
on Friday and Saturday
Polio Plus Garage Sale Fundraiser
We are getting
ready for a garage sale to be held later this year (date TBA) to help eliminate
polio. Your gently used donations will
be accepted at Thursday meetings or can be arranged to be picked-up. Please call Terri or Katie if you are
bringing large quantities to a meeting so they can arrange to have a van
there. Terri Greenwood terrigreenwood@cox.net or 740-4900
and Katie Henry khenry@unitedrepublicbank.com or 203-1218
are heading up this effort so please contact them for
more information. Thanks to Mark Krtek/Doubletree for offering a van and John Hoich for providing storage space.
Cox Classic
This year's Cox
Classic is July 23rd - 26th at Champions. Suburban Rotary will be manning
the volunteers for the exciting 9th hole through the event, which raises money
for 12 local charities. If you are interested in volunteering, you can
learn more about it at www.coxclassic.com
and if you want to sign up and help Suburban Rotary at the
event, email Mike Sotak at Mike.Sotak@tetratech.com
Remember....you don't have to be a golfer to help!
Host Families Needed for 2009-2010 (It
doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for the two students Suburban
Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary year. If you can’t host a student, can you
suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family? The Youth
Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested
family. Please think about who you could
recommend and get the names to
About Us
Joanne Peters is at home recovering from hip
surgery. Joanne’s address is 13019
Hawthorne,
(If you have an announcement or
information for the “About Us” section, please let Jennifer know)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
THOSE WITH JULY BIRTHDAYS!
(Join us for some cake this week)
Howard
Schrier 1
Trevor Kula 6 Harry
Reyburn
7
Ken Masimore
27
Ann Olmsted 30 Susan
Huntley-Gruenther 31
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from July 1-
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday
Omaha Southwest, Tues.,
Downtown, Wednesday
Omaha West, Friday Noon, Ironwood C. C.- (7/3) No meeting
|
VOLUME 41
NO. 49 |
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Featuring the Suburban Rotary Players
Chair of the Day:
Frank Lastovica
Invocator: Randy
Herrick
Greeters: Bill Encell and Jim Runyan
LAST WEEK: Jim
Leslie presided. Lisa Walker Sekundiak gave the invocation. Mark Stokes served as
Greeter. We sang “Take Me Out to
the Ballgame” in honor of the College World Series. We also had a few birthdays and clips. Julie told her last jokes as Club Secretary
and received a standing ovation. Jeff Beals talked about the economic situation in
Upcoming Events and
Programs:
6/29- No Yearlings-meeting rescheduled for 6/22
7/2 Master Sgt. Andrew Webster
7/9 Jim Shaw- Soaring Wings Winery
7/10-11 Mission of Mercy in
Papillion (contact Jennifer to
volunteer)
7/23-26 Cox Classic (contact Mike Sotak to volunteer)
REMINDER- IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY PAID, YOUR DUES ARE PAST DUE!
Congratulations!
To Howard Epstein and Ed
Malashock who
received Charlene Tierney citations at Thursday’s meeting for their
donations of $1000 or more to the Suburban Rotary Foundation which sponsors
scholarships for special-needs high school seniors.
Congratulations to those with 100% Attendance!
Allen Harn-22 years David Gerard-28 years
GET INVOLVED!
2009
Reserve
July 10th or 11th on your calendar to volunteer for the
2009
Sign-ups are needed
on Friday and Saturday
Polio Plus Garage Sale Fundraiser
We are getting
ready for a garage sale to be held later this year (date TBA) to help eliminate
polio. Your gently used donations will
be accepted at Thursday meetings or can be arranged to be picked-up. Please call Terri or Katie if you are
bringing large quantities to a meeting so they can arrange to have a van
there. Terri Greenwood terrigreenwood@cox.net or
740-4900 and Katie Henry khenry@unitedrepublicbank.com or
203-1218 are heading up this effort so please contact
them for more information. Thanks to
Mark Krtek/Doubletree for offering a van and John Hoich for providing storage space.
Cox Classic
This year's Cox
Classic is July 23rd - 26th at Champions. Suburban Rotary will be manning
the volunteers for the exciting 9th hole through the event, which raises money
for 12 local charities. If you are interested in volunteering, you can
learn more about it at www.coxclassic.com
and if you want to sign up and help Suburban Rotary at the
event, email Mike Sotak at Mike.Sotak@tetratech.com
Remember....you don't have to be a golfer to help!
Host Families Needed for 2009-2010 (It
doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for the two students Suburban
Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary year. If you can’t host a student, can you
suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family? The Youth
Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested
family. Please think about who you could
recommend and get the names to
New Member Proposals
Dawn Busenbark Aramark Uniforms “Uniforms”
Douglas Bottger Alegent Health Foundation “Foundation-Development”
(Any objections to these proposals must be made in writing to the Board of Directors within one week)
About Us
Congratulations to Dave
Wilson, whose son, Ben Wilson, was
married on 6/13 in
Gary Stoneburg’s father is recovering well from bypass
surgery and
Rose Mary Hefley’s husband, George, underwent bypass surgery last week. He is recovering well at home. George will also be starting chemo and
radiation for cancer in a few weeks.
Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Their address is
Joanne Peters is having hip surgery this
week. She plans to be home in a few
days but will miss some Rotary meetings.
Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Joanne’s address is
13019 Hawthorne,
(If you have an announcement or
information for the “About Us” section, please let Jennifer know)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday
Omaha Southwest, Tues.,
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (6/24) Ayuba’s Story: Polio Plus at Work Gretchen Bren
|
VOLUME 41
NO. 48 |
JEFF BEALS
Author of
Self Marketing Power: Branding Yourself as a
Business of One
“Real Estate Trends in the Metro”
Chair of the Day: Ed
Fleming
Invocator: Lisa
Walker Sekundiak
Greeters: Bill Encell
LAST WEEK:
Upcoming Events and
Programs:
NOTE
DATE CHANGE FOR YEARLINGS
6/22 AT REGENCY LODGE AT
RSVP needed by 6/18.
6/25-Changing of the Guard
6/29- No Yearlings-meeting rescheduled for 6/22
7/2 Master Sgt. Andrew Webster
REMINDER- IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY PAID, YOUR DUES ARE PAST DUE!
Congratulations to those with 100% Attendance!
Nick Eastland- 24 years, Frank Goldberg- 29 years
Correction
Greg Kadrlik won the risk
lunch on June 4th. The winner was incorrectly listed in last
week’s Scuttlebutt.
Thank you to
all those who have participated in the survey about lunch at Anthony’s. They are being responsive to our requests;
join us for lunch on Thursdays to see what’s new.
GET INVOLVED!
2009
Reserve
July 10th or 11th on your calendar to volunteer for the
2009
Sign-ups are needed
on Friday and Saturday
Polio Plus Garage Sale Fundraiser
We are getting
ready for a garage sale to be held later this year (date TBA) to help eliminate
polio. Your gently used donations will
be accepted at Thursday meetings or can be arranged to be picked-up. Please call Terri or Katie if you are
bringing large quantities to a meeting so they can arrange to have a van
there. Terri Greenwood terrigreenwood@cox.net or
740-4900 and Katie Henry khenry@unitedrepublicbank.com or
203-1218 are heading up this effort so please contact
them for more information. Thanks to
Mark Krtek/Doubletree for offering a van and John Hoich for providing storage space.
Cox Classic
This year's Cox
Classic is July 23rd - 26th at Champions. Suburban Rotary will be manning
the volunteers for the exciting 9th hole through the event, which raises money
for 12 local charities. If you are interested in volunteering, you can
learn more about it at www.coxclassic.com
and if you want to sign up and help Suburban Rotary at the
event, email Mike Sotak at Mike.Sotak@tetratech.com
Remember....you don't have to be a golfer to help!
Suburban Rotary
Photos
Are always being
updated- check it out at www.suburbanrotaryofomaha.shutterfly.com
(Send yours to
Jennifer so she can include them)
Host Families Needed for 2009-2010 (It doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for the two students Suburban
Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary year. If you can’t host a student, can you
suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family? The Youth
Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested
family. Please think about who you could
recommend and get the names to
About Us
Mike Gerst is pleased to report that his surgery was successful and he is cancer-free. He thanks everyone for their calls, cards, and prayers.
Gary Stoneburg is
in
A note from Judy Peschio:
It is
with fondness and sadness that I bid farewell to Suburban Rotary. Thanks
to all of you for your kind words, thoughtful comments and grand
memories. Also, thanks particularly to Roxy, Bob, Carma
and Joanne for throwing a great farewell party. I’ve cried as I
read comments from so many of you written in the book.
I will visit
the club when I’m passing through
Our
contact information is: Carry
on the wonderful work of Rotary through the best club I’ve seen.
772-234-4326
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (6/22) Gary Sadlemeyer—KFAB (tentative)
Downtown, Wednesday
|
VOLUME 41
NO. 47 |
KEN DICK, PH. D
UNO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAIR AND POLIO SURVIVOR
Chair of the Day:
Howard Epstein
Invocator: Bob Daisley
Greeters: Doug Geyer
and Rob Crain
LAST WEEK:
Upcoming Events and
Programs:
6/15- BOARD meets at Regency Lodge at
6/18-Jeff Beals –VP of Operations for Coldwell Banker Commercial
6/25-CHANGING OF THE GUARD
6/29- Yearlings at Regency Lodge at
REMINDER- YOUR DUES ARE DUE BY JUNE 15TH
Congratulations
To Dick Kelley an Executive
Director’s Club award for his donations of $10,000 or more the Suburban
Rotary Charitable Foundation in support of scholarships for special-needs
students.
To Phil
Dawson who has been appointed to the
Board to serve out Scott McCoid’s term as Scott will be Treasurer this
year.
To Fritz Stehlik who has been appointed to serve on the Foundation Board of Trustees.
GET INVOLVED!
Moving Party for
Judy Peschio
Will be an open house at Roxy Orr’s
house on June 8th at
2009
Reserve
July 10th or 11th on your calendar to volunteer for the
2009
Sign-ups are needed
on Friday and Saturday
Polio Plus
Garage Sale Fundraiser
We are getting
ready for a garage sale to be held later this year (date TBA) to help eliminate
polio. Your gently used donations will
be accepted at Thursday meetings or can be arranged to be picked-up. Please call Terri or Katie if you are
bringing large quantities to a meeting so they can arrange to have a van
there. Terri Greenwood terrigreenwood@cox.net or
740-4900 and Katie Henry khenry@unitedrepublicbank.com or
203-1218 are heading up this effort so please contact
them for more information. Thanks to Mark
Krtek/Doubletree for offering a van and John Hoich for providing storage space.
Cox Classic
This year's Cox
Classic is July 23rd - 26th at Champions. Suburban Rotary will be manning
the volunteers for the exciting 9th hole through the event, which raises money
for 12 local charities. If you are interested in volunteering, you can
learn more about it at www.coxclassic.com
and if you want to sign up and help Suburban Rotary at the
event, email Mike Sotak at Mike.Sotak@tetratech.com
Remember....you don't have to be a golfer to help!
Suburban Rotary
Photos
Are always being
updated- check it out at www.suburbanrotaryofomaha.shutterfly.com
(Send yours to
Jennifer so she can include them)
Host Families Needed for 2009-2010 (It
doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for the two students Suburban
Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary year. If you can’t host a student, can you
suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family? The Youth
Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested family. Please think about who you could recommend
and get the names to
About Us
Mike Gerst is having surgery for prostate cancer on
Monday. Please keep him in your thoughts
and prayers. Mike’s address is
Best wishes to Bob Abel , Bob Goldberg, and Ed Malashock who have left the club. We thank them for their many years of service.
Did you know that Suburban Rotary has land for sale in
Suburban Rotary has approximately 5.5 acres of land for sale
in
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday
Omaha North, Monday
Omaha Southwest, Tues.,
Downtown, Wednesday
|
VOLUME 41
NO. 46 |
FRED WILSON
SURVIVOR OF VON MAUR SHOOTING
Chair of the Day:
Terry Kucera
Invocator: Roger
Groff
Greeters:
LAST WEEK:
Upcoming Events and
Programs:
6/11- Ken Dick, Ph.D. -Polio survivor
6/15- BOARD meets at Regency Lodge at
6/18-Jeff Beals –VP of Operations for Coldwell Banker Commercial
6/25-CHANGING OF THE GUARD
6/29- Yearlings at Regency Lodge at
REMINDER- YOUR DUES ARE DUE BY JUNE 15TH
Congratulations and Welcome!
To our newest member,
Congratulations
To A.J.
To Andrea Williamson, daughter of Roland
Kunz, who was recognized as a Paul
Harris Fellow thanks to the generosity of her father to the Rotary
International Foundation. ($1000 or more)
To Les Lawless who received a Charlene Tierney citation for his donations to the Suburban
Rotary Foundation ($1000 or more).
To
GET INVOLVED!
Moving Party for Judy Peschio
Will be an
open house at Roxy Orr’s house on June 8th at
2009
Reserve July 10th or 11th on
your calendar to volunteer for the 2009
Polio Plus Garage Sale
Fundraiser
We are getting ready for a garage sale to be held
later this year (date TBA) to help eliminate polio. Your gently used donations will be accepted
at Thursday meetings or can be arranged to be picked-up. Terri Greenwood terrigreenwood@cox.net or
740-4900 and Katie Henry khenry@unitedrepublicbank.com or
203-1218 are heading up this effort so please contact
them for more information. Thanks to
Mark Krtek/Doubletree for offering a van and John Hoich for providing storage space.
Rotary Leadership Conference
Terri Greenwood and Lisa Neu
attended the Leadership Conference last weekend for Suburban Rotary. If Rotary leadership is something that sounds
interesting to you, please let Jennifer or Jim Leslie know. The next Conference
(it’s a 3-part course) will be held March 20th next year.
Suburban Rotary Photos
Are always being updated- check it out at www.suburbanrotaryofomaha.shutterfly.com
(Send yours to Jennifer so she can include them)
Host Families Needed
for 2009-2010 (It doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for
the two students Suburban Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary year. If you can’t host a student, can you
suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family? The Youth
Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested family. Please think about who you could recommend
and get the names to
About Us
Best wishes to C. Thomas Frank and Jerry Guinane who have left the
club. We thank them for their many
years of service.
New member proposal
Mike Godfrey Mike Godfrey Music “Music/Violin”
(Any
objection to this proposal must be made in writing to the Board of Directors
within one week)
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
To
those with June birthdays- Join us for some cake this week!
Nick
Eastland 1 Mike Sotak 1
Mary
Bernier 3 Susie Friedberg 7
Ed
Fleming 13 Walt Horner 15
Shannon
Lantz 22 Julie
Sherman 24 Steve Thornburg 24
Curtis
Reed 26 Jennifer J-B 30
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday
Omaha Southwest, Tues.,
Downtown, Wednesday
|
VOLUME 41
NO. 45 |
TREV ALBERTS
UNO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Chair of the Day: TBA
Invocator: Bob Daisley
Greeters: David Kutler and
LAST WEEK:
Upcoming Events and Programs:
5/28- Trev Alberts, UNO Athletic Director
6/1- Yearlings at Regency Lodge at noon- RSVP by 5/28
6/4- Fred Wilson, Von Maur Survivor
6/11- Ken Dick, Ph.D. -Polio survivor
6/15- BOARD meets at Regency Lodge at
6/29- Yearlings at Regency Lodge at
Congratulations and Welcome!
To our newest member, Randy Herrick. Randy is an Account Executive for Stroh
Corporation which is a Mechanical and Electrical Contractor which helps
companies build and manage efficient facilities. Randy and his wife Rox
Anne just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary and have 2
sons. Randy graduated from UNO, lives in
Congratulations
to
GET INVOLVED!
Moving Party for Judy Peschio
Will be held
at Roxy Orr’s house on June 8th at
2009
Reserve July 10th or 11th on
your calendar to volunteer for the 2009
Polio Plus Garage Sale
Fundraiser
We are getting ready for a garage sale to be held
later this year (date TBA) to help eliminate polio. Your gently used donations will be accepted
at Thursday meetings or can be arranged to be picked-up. Terri Greenwood terrigreenwood@cox.net or
740-4900 and Katie Henry khenry@unitedrepublicbank.com or
203-1218 are heading up this effort so please contact
them for more information. Thanks to
Mark Krtek/Doubletree for offering a van and John Hoich for providing storage space.
Suburban Rotary Photos
Are always
being updated- check it out at www.suburbanrotaryofomaha.shutterfly.com
(Send yours
to Jennifer so she can include them)
Host Families Needed
for 2009-2010 (It doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for
the two students Suburban Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary
year. If you can’t host a
student, can you suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family?
The Youth Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested
family. Please think about who you could
recommend and get the names to
Mark Your Calendars
The date for the Metro-wide Rotary luncheon as been
announced as September 30th. It will be hosted by Omaha West Rotary and will feature Ray Klinginsmith, the Rotary International President-Elect for
2010-2011.
About Us
Best wishes to Dan Reeder, Judy Peschio,
Josie Gilbert, and
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard,
Monday
Omaha Southwest, Tues.,
Downtown, Wednesday
|
VOLUME 41
NO. 44 |
MAY 21, 2009
ERNEST RICHARDSON
RESIDENT CONDUCTOR OF THE OMAHA SYMPHONY
Chair of the Day:
Invocator: David Kutler
Greeters: Todd Fishback and Ryan Keiser
LAST WEEK: A
fantastic and inspirational Scholarship Luncheon was held at Ironwood Country
Club. Ten truly amazing students were
recognized for their achievements in overcoming obstacles and succeeding in
academics, sports, community service, art, and a variety of other areas. Otis 12 did a great job serving as MC.
Also recognized were the
parents, counselors, teachers, and others who have helped these students
succeed. A big thank you goes to Gil
Kettlehut, Pam Carter and the Scholarship Committee who organized this effort.
Also, to Randy Wieseler and the Fundraising Committee
as well as those Rotarians who volunteered their time to get to know the
students and introduced them to the club- you did a great job. And to all Suburban Rotarians who support
this excellent project- you “Made Dreams Real” this year for these
students.
The
2009 Suburban Rotary Scholarship Winners ($2500 each) are:
Genavieve Andersen- Brownell Talbot
Mitchell Kohl- Creighton Prep
Shelby Lange- Millard North
Stephanie Mitten- Millard South
Alexander Perault- Bellevue East
Kiley Peterson- Iowa School for the Deaf
Upcoming Events and Programs:
5/28- Trev Alberts, UNO Athletic Director
6/1- Yearlings at Regency Lodge at
6/11- Ken Dick, Ph.D. -Polio survivor
6/29- Yearlings at Regency Lodge at
GET INVOLVED!
Committee
Sign-ups Deadline May 26th!
If you have not already completed a
committee sign-up form for 2009-2010, please do so by May 26th or
our incoming President will assign you to one.
(We’d rather you pick.)
Suburban Rotary
Photos
Are always being updated- check it out at www.suburbanrotaryofomaha.shutterfly.com
(Send yours to Jennifer so she can include
them)
Host Families Needed for 2009-2010
(It doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for
the two students Suburban Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary
year. If you can’t host a
student, can you suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family?
The Youth Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested
family. Please think about who you could
recommend and get the names to Jeff Bakewell.
Needed: A Few Future Leaders
The Rotary Leadership
Institute will be held Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at Iowa Western
Community College in
Council Bluffs. We would like
at least two members of our club to attend.
Please contact Jim Leslie or Jennifer if this sounds interesting to
you.
Mark Your Calendars
The date for the Metro-wide Rotary luncheon as been
announced as September 30th. It will be hosted by Omaha West Rotary
and will feature Ray Klinginsmith, the Rotary
International President-Elect for 2010-2011.
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means
you need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will find
this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (5/18) "Cliff Herd--Ham Radio Operation"
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(5/18) Vocational talk
Omaha Northwest, Tues. Noon, (5/19) Lou Pol- UNO Dean of
College of Business Administration
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake,
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (5/20) “Experience
the World through SCOLA” Francis Lajba, President/CEO
Council Bluffs, Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center (5/21)
Police/Sheriff Awards
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 43 |
MAY 14, 2009
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON
11:30-1:00 AT IRONWOOD COUNTRY CLUB
Chair of the Day: Carma Scheafer
Invocator: Duane
Gross
Greeters: Scott Keep and Phil Dawson LAST WEEK: Frank McGree presided. Justin Reeves gave the invocation. Rob Crain and Greg Kadrlik
served as Greeters. Bob Loos opened the meeting with a serenade to the two mayoral
candidates, Hal Daub and Jim Suttle. A debate between the two candidates was
moderated by Frank McGree and questions were asked of
both candidates. The risk bag was up
to $1875 and George Miller won a free lunch.
5/18- Board of Directors, 11:30 at Regency Lodge
5/21- Ernest Richardson, Resident Conductor of the Omaha Symphony
5/28- Trev Alberts, UNO Athletic Director
Yearlings will not meet in May but twice in June (1st and 29th)
CONGRATULATIONS!
To John Hoich who was awarded the Outstanding District Committee Chair for his work
as the Membership Chair for the District.
Lyrics to Serenade to our Mayoral Candidates by Bob Loos
Today is a
really great date:
Hall and Jim
are here to debate.
One thing we
can say
Whoever wins
Election Day
Will make a
new mayor that’s great.
Aye, Aye,
Aye, Yi
Hal and Jim
are here.
There’s
Daub, there’s Suttle
Discussion,
rebuttal
That we hope
will make things more clear.
Committee
Sign-ups
If you have not already completed a
committee sign-up form for 2009-2010, please do so by May 15th.
Highway Clean-up
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has
been re-scheduled for Saturday, May 16th so mark your
calendars. We will meet at Terry and
Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at 8:30
a.m. Please sign up at a meeting or
contact Roxy Orr 397-0732 or roxyann1@cox.net
Host Families Needed for 2009-2010
(It doesn’t have to be you)
Host families are needed for
the two students Suburban Rotary is sponsoring for the 2009-2010 Rotary
year. If you can’t host a
student, can you suggest the names of someone who might be a good host family?
The Youth Exchange committee will take it from there, contacting the suggested
family. Please think about who you could
recommend and get the names to Jeff Bakewell.
Needed: A Few Future Leaders
The Rotary Leadership
Institute will be held Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at Iowa Western
Community College in
Council Bluffs. We would like
at least two members of our club to attend.
Please contact Jim Leslie or Jennifer if this sounds interesting to
you.
Mark Your Calendars
The date for the Metro-wide Rotary luncheon as been
announced as September 30th. It will be hosted by Omaha West Rotary
and will feature Ray Klinginsmith, the Rotary
International President-Elect for 2010-2011.
About Us
Congratulations to Howard Epstein as his daughter, Emily, is
getting married this weekend.
(If you have information for the “About
Us” section, please contact Jennifer)
New Membership Proposals
Jay McMartin
American Business Music &
Sound “Background Music
and On-Hold Messaging”
(Any objection to this proposal must be made in
writing to the Board of Directors within one week.)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means
you need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (5/18) "Cliff Herd--Ham Radio Operation"
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(5/18) Vocational talk
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake,
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (5/13) “Nebraska’s Spending Habits—are we
frugal or frivolous?” John McCollister
Council Bluffs, Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center (5/14)
Teacher Awards
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 42 |
OMAHA MAYORAL CANDIDATES
JIM SUTTLE AND HAL DAUB
Chair of the Day:
Steve Oltmans and
Invocator:
Greeters: Rob Crain and Greg Kadrlik
LAST WEEK-Gary
Stoneburg presided. Kathryn Schubert gave
the invocation. Julie Sherman and
Trevor Kula served as Greeters. Julie
told us some “mental health” jokes and we had a few birthdays. Susan Huntley-Gruenther
presented Dr. Lee Simmons of the Omaha Zoo Foundation our “Omahan of the Year” award. Dr. Ed Walsh gave a “short”
introduction and then Dr. Lee Simmons gave us a talk about the future of the
zoo and gave Ed a hard time to boot. It
was a very entertaining lunch. The risk
bag was up to $1818 and Scharlie Fitts
won a free lunch.
5/14-Scholarship
Luncheon at Ironwood
5/18-
Board of Directors, 11:30 at Regency Lodge
5/21-
Omaha Symphony
Yearlings
will not meet in May but twice in June (1st and 29th)
DISTRICT 5650 CONFERENCE RE-CAP
The District Conference for 5650
(that’s us) was held over the weekend in Lincoln. Several members of our club attended and
heard great speakers and enjoyed good company. You can see pictures of the conference at www.suburbanrotaryofomaha.shutterfly.com/25
(Rich
Rowland in a kilt- worth five minutes of your time). Suburban Rotary and individuals from our
club won several honors including:
Our
Scholarship Program for special-needs
kids won best Community Service Project.
#2
Club in the District overall (based on
new members, RI Foundation dollars, club projects, etc.)
Bob
Perrin was elected District Governor
nominee (he will serve 2011-2012)
Joanne
Peters was selected for the Cadwallader award (this is for a Rotarian who shows
outstanding leadership in the Four Avenues of Service)
Suburban received a Presidential Citation (for meeting requirements set out by the District at the beginning of
the year)
CONGRATULATIONS!
To Carter
Jones who received his Paul Harris
fellowship award last week for his contributions to the Rotary International
Foundation. The Rotary Foundation counts
polio eradication, literacy, clean water, and many other causes among its
priorities.
To Walt
Horner, John Hoich, Steve Bartlett, and Mike Starkey who presented their winnings from the
membership drive contest to the Rotary Foundation’s Polio Plus
initiative.
GET INVOLVED!
Committee
Sign-ups
If you have not already completed a
committee sign-up form for 2009-2010, please do so by May 15th.
Highway Clean-up Rescheduled
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has been
re-scheduled for Saturday, May 16th so mark your calendars. We will meet at Terry and Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at 8:30 a.m. Please sign up at a meeting or contact Roxy
Orr 397-0732 or roxyann1@cox.net
ARTicles
Fundraiser for Suburban Scholarships
In case you’ve been
wondering about those great Omaha Riverfront Series prints that have been at
our meetings at Anthony’s (this is the last week), these are a fundraiser
we are trying for the Scholarship fund this year. ARTicles will
donate $25 to the Suburban Rotary Charitable foundation for each unframed print
sold or $100 if a company/individual purchases all three pieces. If the prints are framed, ARTicles will double the donation to $50/$200. Please contact Randy Wieseler
or ARTicles directly for more information.
Happy Birthday to those with
May Birthdays!
Jerry Guinane 1 Jo Anderson 6 Mike
Gerst 6
Tom Vann 8 Phil Dawson 18 Mark Baratta 19
Sol Kutler 24 Henry Zach 26 Wei
Wang Rowe 27
Marie Otis 28 Jeff Moran 31
Join us for some cake this week at the birthday
table!
Congratulations to Al Frank who has a new
grandson! Ethan Patrick Erwin was born
on April 21st.
Congratulations to Jamie and Christa Otto who have
a new daughter! Madison Caeli (ch-a-lee)
was born on April 30th.
Roland Kunz is having rotator cuff surgery this
week. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Best of luck to Marilyn Kelson and Jack Pereira who have
recently left the club.
(If you have information for the “About
Us” section, please contact Jennifer)
New Membership Proposals
Randy
Herrick Stroh
Corporation “Mechanical
Contractor”
(Any objection to this proposal must be made in
writing to the Board of Directors within one week.)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means
you need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (5/4)
TBA
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(5/4) State Senator Tanya Cook
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake, (5/5)
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (5/6) “What Every Businessperson
Needs to Know About Linked In, Facebook &
Twitter”
Council Bluffs, Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center (5/7)
Student Awards
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 41 |
OMAHAN OF THE YEAR
Dr. Lee Simmons
Chairman of the Omaha Zoo Foundation
Chair of the Day:
Invocator: Kathryn
Schubert
Greeters: Julie Sherman and Trevor Kula
LAST WEEK-Gary
Stoneburg presided. Katie Henry gave the
invocation. Daryl Dell’anno
asked everyone to introduce their Staff Day guests. We had about 90 Rotarians and guests for
Staff Day at Georgetown. We enjoyed
entertainment by Michael Lyons who is a fabulous singer, realtor, and host of
our local NPR station. Thank you to
Daryl, Marie Otis, and Sheila Kalhorn who made this a
great event.
5/7-Mayoral
Candidates- Hal Daub and Jim Suttle
5/14-Scholarship
Luncheon at Ironwood
5/18-
Board of Directors, 11:30 at Regency Lodge
Yearlings
will not meet in May but twice in June (1st and 29th)
DEADLINES TO KNOW ABOUT
The District Conference is coming up soon on May 1st-2nd. We’d especially like to have a good
Suburban Rotary turnout for District Governor Rich Rowland’s dinner on
Friday night. For a registration form,
please see Jennifer or the District website http://www.rotarydistrict5650.org/calendar_meetings/Registration.doc
It counts as a double-make-up!
GET INVOLVED!
Scholarship Luncheon
Will be held on Thursday May 14th, in lieu
of our regular meeting. This is a fantastic day to see what an impact Suburban
Rotary’s Scholarship program makes on the lives of local students. You don’t want to miss it! The luncheon will run from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.
and is at Ironwood Country Club (126th and Pacific). Cost is $25 and is good for double-attendance.
Highway Clean-up Rescheduled
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has
been re-scheduled for Saturday, May 16th so mark your
calendars. We will meet at Terry and
Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at 8:30
a.m. Please sign up at a meeting or
contact Roxy Orr 397-0732 or roxyann1@cox.net
ARTicles
Fundraiser for Suburban Scholarships
In case you’ve been
wondering about those great Omaha Riverfront Series prints that have been at
our meetings at Anthony’s (this is the last week), these are a fundraiser
we are trying for the Scholarship fund this year. ARTicles will
donate $25 to the Suburban Rotary Charitable foundation for each unframed print
sold or $100 if a company/individual purchases all three pieces. If the prints are framed, ARTicles will double the donation to $50/$200. Please contact Randy Wieseler
or ARTicles directly for more information.
THANK YOU
To Roger and Cindy Morrissey who gave a presentation to the Crestridge 2nd graders for the Crestridge speakers bureau. The coordinator said, “Cindy and Roger
were just FABULOUS!!!” (If you’d like to give a presentation on a
country for Crestridge, please let Joanne Peters
know.)
To all those who helped staff the Crestridge Carnival last week.
FUN STUFF
Millard Polio Plus Bike Ride
Will
be held, Saturday May 9th at
SW Rotary Charter Banquet and Fundraiser
Will be on Thursday, May 14th
at Tiburon Grand Ballroom from
BRAN
Bike Ride Across Nebraska sponsored by NW Rotary and
will take place June 7-13th.
For more information see www.bran-inc.org
About Us
(If you have information for the “About
Us” section, please contact Jennifer)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means
you need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (5/4)
TBA
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(5/4) State Senator Tanya Cook
Omaha Northwest, Tues. Noon, (4/28)
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake, (4/28)
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (4/29) Honor Roll Luncheon
at the Qwest Center
Council Bluffs, Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center (4/30)
Vocational talks
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 40 |
STAFF DAY at
Entertainment by Michael Lyons
No Meeting at Anthony’s
Chair of the Day:
Gary Stoneburg
Invocator: Katie
Henry
Greeters: Mike Starkey and Kathryn Schubert
LAST WEEK-Gary
Stoneburg presided. Mike Starkey gave
the invocation. Ken Jansen served as
Greeter. We had singing led by David
Gerard and Dave Laferla. There were several
announcements. Julie gave us some jokes
and had a few April birthdays share their ages and a story. We also had a few clips and fines. Fritz Stehlik served as our hanging judge. Susan Huntley-Gruenther
awarded Bob Perrin the Suburban Rotarian of the Year award. Jeff Bakewell
introduced Fernanda Carlessi
and Donjeta Gjuka, our
Rotary foreign exchange students. He
also introduced a student for next year and host families. Fernanda
and Donjeta showed slides and spoke about their
experience in Omaha and the U.S. The
risk bag was up to $1759 and Gary Carrico won a free lunch.
4/27-
YEARLINGS at Regency Lodge at noon.
(Must RSVP by 4/23) Cost $14
4/30-
OMAHAN OF THE YEAR- Dr. Lee Simmons of the Henry Doorly
Zoo
5/7-Mayoral
Candidates- Hal Daub and Jim Suttle
5/14-Scholarship
Luncheon at Ironwood
Congratulations!
To Bob
Perrin who was selected at the Suburban
Rotarian of the Year! Bob has been a member since 1991 and was President in
2001-2002. He has served on the District
level and is currently District Trainer.
He has represented Rotary internationally and has done many things for
both Rotary and our club.
Congratulations, Bob!
To our newest member, Jim Runyan. Jim was born in Lincoln but was raised in
Hawaii from age 5. He graduated from
the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.
Jim started his insurance career in CA and opened an
office in Manhattan, NY in 2003.
In 2008, Jim accepted a position with Zurich Insurance and is the VP
Manager for Property Excess and Surplus lines.
His family is happy to have him back in Nebraska and we are happy to
have him in Suburban Rotary.
DEADLINES TO KNOW ABOUT
The District Conference is coming up soon on May 1st-2nd. We’d especially like to have a good
Suburban Rotary turnout for District Governor Rich Rowland’s dinner on
Friday night. For a registration form,
please see Jennifer or the District website http://www.rotarydistrict5650.org/calendar_meetings/Registration.doc It counts as a
double-make-up!
GET INVOLVED!
Highway Clean-up Rescheduled
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has
been re-scheduled for Saturday, May 16th so mark your
calendars. We will meet at Terry and
Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at 8:30
a.m. Please sign up at a meeting or
contact Roxy Orr 397-0732 or roxyann1@cox.net
Crestridge Carnival
Thanks to all those who signed up to help this week with
the Crestridge Carnival.
Scholarship Luncheon
Will be held on Thursday May 14th, in lieu of
our regular meeting. This is a fantastic day to see what an impact Suburban
Rotary’s Scholarship program makes on the lives of local students. You don’t want to miss it! The luncheon will run from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.
and is at Ironwood Country Club (126th and Pacific). Cost is $25 and is good for
double-attendance.
FUN STUFF
SW Rotary Charter Banquet and Fundraiser
Will be on Thursday, May 14th
at Tiburon Grand Ballroom from
About Us
John
Hoich is recovering from surgery at home. We wish him a speedy recovery. John’s address is
(If you have
information for the “About Us” section, please contact Jennifer)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means
you need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (4/27)
TBA
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(4/27) Rev. Richard L. Burgess, “Growing up in Pre-Castro Cuba”
Omaha Northwest, Tues. Noon, (4/21) Dr. John Deskins,
Creighton Univ. Professor of Economics
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake, (4/21) 3 Millenials, “Entrepreneurship today”
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (4/22) Business Networking
Day (offsite-sign up on Downtown’s website)
Council Bluffs, Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center (4/23) Laural Ronk, “Bluffs Art
Center”
Omaha West, Friday Noon, Ironwood C. C.- (4/24) No meeting
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 39 |
FERNANDA CARLESSI AND DONJETA GJUKA
ROTARY EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Chair of the Day:
Jeff Bakewell
Invocator:
Greeters: Marie Otis
and Ken Jansen
LAST WEEK-Jim Leslie presided.
Ken Jansen gave the invocation.
Terri Greenwood and Roger Groff served as greeters. We had singing led by Bob Loos. There were several announcements. Julie gave us some jokes and had a few April
birthdays share their ages and a story.
Steve Bartlett introduced Harry Zeeve of the
Concord Coalition. Harry showed several
charts illustrating the future results of current government fiscal
policy. The risk bag was up to $1695
and Mark Stokes won a free lunch.
4/23-
STAFF DAY- at Georgetown Club- NO MEETING AT ANTHONY’S!
4/30-
OMAHAN OF THE YEAR
5/7-Mayoral
Candidates- Hal Daub and Jim Suttle
5/14-Scholarship
Luncheon
In Remembrance
George Nothhelfer passed
away last week. George was a Suburban Rotarian since 1978 and a good friend. We
are all saddened by his passing.
Memorial services will be this Friday, April 17th at 2 pm at Heafey West Center Chapel.
(78th and
DEADLINES TO KNOW ABOUT
This is the last week to
sign up for Staff Day at the back table or by emailing Jennifer. We
will have entertainment by Michael Lyons.
Cost is $20 per person. This is
great way to show appreciation for someone who works for or with you or even
your spouse. We will meet at the
Georgetown Club.
WELCOME!
To our newest members, Jamie Andersen and Curtis Reed.
Jamie
Andersen is a Wealth Advisor with Orizon Group. She
is married to Dusty and they have two sons, Kaden (4)
and Jayce (2).
She most recently worked at Charles Schwab in Denver before moving to
Omaha. She is a UNL graduate and enjoys
running, skiing, and spending time with her family and friends.
Curtis
Reed is the Founder and CEO of Windy
City Wealth Management. Born in St.
Louis, Curtis spent much of his youth in Canada and was a competitive hockey
player. He is married to JoAnn and they moved to Omaha in 2008 after 10 years in
Chicago. Curtis enjoys skating and
hopes to be a youth hockey coach here in Omaha.
CONGRATULATIONS!
To Sol Kutler
for receiving 100% attendance award for 22
years of perfect attendance!
To Walt Horner and his
Walt accepted the “big check”
on behalf of his team last week.
CORRECTIONS
Mark Krtek should
have been listed on the 100% attendance report for 1st Quarter
’09. Gary Beller
and Dick Kozal were incorrectly listed on the below
50% attendance list. I apologize for the
errors.
GET INVOLVED!
Highway Clean-up April 25th
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has
been scheduled for Saturday, April 25th so mark your calendars. We will meet at Terry and Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at 8:30 a.m. Please sign up at the back this week or
contact Roxy Orr 397-0732 or roxyann1@cox.net
Crestridge Carnival
Crestridge will be holding a carnival on April 24th
from 5-8pm. Volunteers are needed to
help run the carnival. Please sign up at
the back table or contact Susie Friedberg for more information. sfriedberg@cox.net or 504-1477
District Conference
Is coming
up, May 1-2 at the Cornhusker Marriott in
We hope to have a good
showing from Suburban there! A double
make-up is given for attending the District Conference.
Scholarship Luncheon
Will be held on Thursday May 14th, in lieu
of our regular meeting. This is a fantastic day to see what an impact Suburban
Rotary’s Scholarship program makes on the lives of local students. You don’t want to miss it! The luncheon will run from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m.
and is at Ironwood Country Club (126th and Pacific). Cost is $25 and is good for
double-attendance.
FUN STUFF
Rotary Discount to La Bohème
Rotary members are eligible for a special discount to
this year’s must-see show. Mention
offer code BVROT to receive tickets
at the following prices: President
Circle/Level 1 $89, Level 2 $69, Level 3 $49, Level 4 $29.
SW Rotary Charter Banquet
Will be on Thursday, May 14th at Tiburon
Golf Club.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY to those with April Birthdays!
Mark
Taylor 2 George
Miller 5 Marlene
Sullivan 5
Matt
Darling 7 Mike
Berry 8 Les Lawless 8
Randy
Wieseler 20 Eric
Dawson 21 Frank Lastovica 23
Roland
Kunz 24 Miller Derr 28
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means you
need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (4/20)
TBA
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(4/20) North High Senior Scholarship Award Presentations
Omaha Northwest, Tues. Noon, (4/14) Dr. Cover, “Positive Purpose Building, Good
Company-Good Business”
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (4/15) James Miliken, President of UNL educational system
Council Bluffs, Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center (4/16)
Senator Chuck Grassley
Omaha West, Friday Noon, Ironwood C. C.- (4/17) Skinner
Skyhawk Awards- Honoring 2 outstanding 6th
graders
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 38 |
HARRY ZEEVE- Natl. Field Director of The Concord
Coalition, a non-partisan, federal, fiscal-policy watchdog group
Chair of the Day:
Steve Bartlett
Invocator: Ken
Jansen
Greeters: Terri Greenwood and
Roger Groff
LAST WEEK-Last
week we met at Crestridge School. Susan Huntley-Gruenther
gave the invocation. Diane Stewart presided.
Joanne Peters and Katie Henry served as greeters. Crestridge teachers
showed us a short video about the school and the kids entertained us with
dancing and singing. They also offered
tours of Crestridge before the meeting.
4/16-EXCHANGE
STUDENTS- Fernanda Carlessi
and Donjeta Gjuka
4/23-
STAFF DAY- at Georgetown Club- NO MEETING AT ANTHONY’S!
4/30-
OMAHAN OF THE YEAR
DEADLINES TO KNOW ABOUT
Please
sign up for Staff Day at the back table or by emailing Jennifer. We
will have entertainment by Michael Lyons.
Cost is $20 per person. This is
great way to show appreciation for someone who works for or with you or even
your spouse. We will meet at the
Georgetown Club.
.CONGRATULATIONS!
To Bill Gust who won the print
(courtesy of Leo A. Daly) in the Scholarship Fundraiser Raffle two weeks
ago. His name was accidentally omitted
last week.
THANK YOU!
To Susie
Friedberg, Diane Stewart, Andy Hoig, and Joanne
Peters and all others who worked hard to
make the Crestridge luncheon successful.
To everyone who donated food and money for “Suburban’s March Against Hunger”. Update:
Last week’s Scuttlebutt said that 400 lbs. of food had been
collected for The Food Bank, the actual total was over 800 lbs. Also, final donation amount was $1188.
GET INVOLVED!
Scholarship Table Hosts Needed
You will meet with a scholarship recipient prior to
the luncheon on May 14th and then introduce him or her and their
guests during the program. To volunteer,
please contact Dan Wellendorf at 331-4500 or bsclumber1@aol.com
Highway Clean-up April 25th
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has been
scheduled for Saturday, April 25th so mark your calendars. We will meet at Terry and Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at 8:30 a.m. More info and sign-ups to
follow.
Crestridge Carnival
Crestridge will be holding a carnival on April 24th
from 5-8pm. Volunteers are needed to
help run the carnival. Please sign up at
the back table or contact Susie Friedberg for more information. sfriedberg@cox.net or 504-1477
FUN STUFF
Golf with Your Rotary Friends
Beginning April 21st, some Rotarians will
be holding a weekly golf outing. It will
be at Elmwood Golf Course on Tuesdays beginning 1:15 pm. Cost is $20.00 with cart. Anyone wanting to play that has not already
talked to Jim Rosenquist or Ron Pearson please do so
as we have two spaces open.
Rotary Discount to La Bohème
Rotary members are eligible for a special discount to
this year’s must-see show. Mention
offer code BVROT to receive tickets
at the following prices: President
Circle/Level 1 $89, Level 2 $69, Level 3 $49, Level 4 $29.
ABOUT US
Please keep Lyle Sapp’s wife, Helen, in your prayers as she recovers from her surgery. She is doing better and is back home this week at 3612 South 114th Ave, Omaha, NE 68144
Congratulations
to Jim and Nancy Leslie who will
celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary this week!
(If you have information for the About Us section,
please let Jennifer know)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means
you need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room,
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(4/13) Tim Kaldahl, Head of UNO University Relations
Omaha Northwest, Tues. Noon, (4/7) Dave Edress, Director of
Ticketing- Omaha Royals
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (4/8) “Harry Zeeve, “The Concord Coalition”
Council Bluffs, Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center (4/9)
“Jennie Edmundson Hospital”
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 37 |
2nd ANNUAL CRESTRIDGE
LUNCHEON-
Crestridge School -818
Crestridge Rd. (near 120th and Pacific)
Tours begin at 11:30, Lunch and
entertainment at
Chair of the Day:
Susie Friedberg
Invocator: Susan
Huntley-Gruenther
Greeters: Katie Henry and Joanne Peters
LAST WEEK-Roxy
Orr gave the invocation. Jim Rosenquist
and Ed Fleming served as greeters. We had singing and announcements. Randy Wieseler had
our speaker, Barry Bridger, draw the raffle winners. Roger Groff introduced retired Lt. Colonel
Barry Bridger. Barry talked about his
experiences as a Vietnam POW and related them to situations in today’s
America. The risk bag was up to $1620
and Miller Derr won a free lunch.
4/9-
HARRY ZEEVE- Natl. Field Director of The Concord Coalition, a non-partisan,
federal, fiscal-policy watchdog group
4/16-TBA
4/23-
STAFF DAY- at Georgetown Club- NO MEETING AT ANTHONY’S!
4/30-
OMAHAN OF THE YEAR
DEADLINES TO KNOW ABOUT
Please
email Jennifer immediately if you would like to attend this week’s
meeting at Crestridge School. Cost is $13 and you can choose
a turkey, ham, roast beef, or chicken salad sandwich.
This
is the last week for the President’s Membership challenge. Get
those applications in as soon as possible so they can get approved in time for
the contest. We had 15 guests at last
week’s meeting! Great job!
The scholarship dinner, dance and silent
auction scheduled for March 28th was cancelled due to the low number
of sign-ups. We hope to reschedule this
event.
WELCOME!
To our newest members, Grant Stanley and Jennifer Jirak-Brungardt.
Grant has the honor of being the second-youngest member ever inducted into
Suburban Rotary. A former piano student
of David Gerard, Grant has started his own business called Contemporary
Analysis, a Marketing and Analysis firm.
He has a B.S. in Economics from UNO.
He is also a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and enjoys
landscaping and reading in his free time.
Jennifer is the Executive Director for Suburban
Rotary. She has a B.A. in Spanish and
Creative Writing from the University of Kansas and is married to Lee. They have two children, Ian-7 and
Olivia-9. She enjoys reading, writing,
and following current events.
CONGRATULATIONS!
To Jeff Elliott who was recognized
as a Paul Harris plus 1 fellow for his donation of $2000 or more to the Rotary
International Foundation. The Rotary
Foundation does many good works including efforts to eradicate polio.
To Miller Derr III, Terri Greenwood, and Scott Kennedy who fulfilled all the Yearlings requirements and received their
permanent badges last week.
To last week’s raffle
winners: Gil Kettlehut–flat
screen TV (courtesy of Trenton Magid) Jennifer Jirak-Brungardt –$1000
gift certificate to Menards (courtesy of First
Management), Glenda Clark-hot air
balloon ride (courtesy of Gary Stoneburg/RE/MAX Advantage), Miller Derr III-calendar
from Borsheim’s (courtesy of Bob Perrin)
THANK YOU!
To Randy Wieseler and the
entire fundraising committee for working on the scholarship raffle. $26,000 was raised so far. While it’s too late for raffle tickets,
donations to the scholarship fund are always welcome.
To everyone who donated food and money for “Suburban’s March Against Hunger”. So far, $1038 has been donated and will be
given to the Food Bank and other food pantries. Approximately 400 lbs. of food was picked up
and donated as well.
GET INVOLVED!
Scholarship Table Hosts Needed
You will meet with a scholarship recipient prior to
the luncheon on May 14th and then introduce him or her and their
guests during the program. To volunteer,
please contact Dan Wellendorf at 331-4500 or bsclumber1@aol.com
Highway Clean-up April 25th
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has
been scheduled for Saturday, April 25th so mark your calendars. We will meet at Terry and Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at 8:30 a.m. More info and sign-ups to
follow.
Buy it Local- Omaha
This group is creating
strategies to promote local businesses during economic turmoil. Our own Mike
Gerst is a driving force behind this effort. If you are interested in participating, the
next meeting is on April 1st at 4:30 at Security National Bank-1120
S. 101st Street or contact Mike at 289-1010 or mike@gerstcontracting.com
Golf with Your Rotary Friends
Beginning April 21st, some Rotarians will
be holding a weekly golf outing. It will
be at Elmwood Golf Course on Tuesdays beginning 1:15 pm. Cost is $20.00 with cart. Anyone wanting to play that has not already
talked to Jim Rosenquist or Ron Pearson please do so
as we have two spaces open.
ABOUT US
Please
keep Lyle Sapp’s wife, Helen, in your prayers as she underwent
open heart surgery last week. She is
recovering at
Good
luck and best wishes to Bryan Dring and Pat
Dougherty who have left the club.
(If you have
information for the About Us section, please let Jennifer know)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 13 meetings from April 1 through
June 30th, 2009. That means
you need to attend 7 of our meetings (Yearlings and Board Meetings count) or a
committee meeting held other than before the meeting at Anthony’s.
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday Noon, Bel Air Banquet Room, (4/6) Joe Stothert-
“Omaha Trauma System"
Omaha North, Monday Noon at Eppley,
(4/6) Amanda Jedlicka, Habitat for Humanity
Omaha Northwest, Tues. Noon, (3/31) Dave Edress, Director of
Ticketing- Omaha Royals
Omaha Southwest, Tues., 5:15 p.m., Charlie’s on the Lake
Co. Bluffs Centennial, Wednesday morning at 7
a.m. HyVee in
the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (4/1) “The Diminishing
Family Newspaper--What's Next?” David Kotok,
Managing Editor, Omaha World Herald
Arian Haddix
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 37 |
RETIRED LT. COL. BARRY BRIDGER- former
Chair of the Day:
Roger Groff
Invocator: Roxy Orr
Greeters: Jim Rosenquist and Ed Fleming
LAST WEEK- Mark
Krtek gave the invocation. Scott Keep and Harry Reyburn
served as greeters. We had singing, announcements, and some more March
birthdays. Gil Kettlehut introduced
Rebecca Lowery who was the scholarship alternate for 2008 who will be using the
scholarship this fall at UNO. Ann Coyne
introduced Gretchen Bren who showed us slides and
talked about her polio immunization trip to
3/28-
March 28-Scholarship Benefit
Dinner, Dancing, and Silent Auction (UNO Thompson Alumni House) Cost: $45 a
person, starts at
4/2-
LUNCH AT CRESTRIDGE SCHOOL- NO MEETING AT ANTHONY’S! last day to sign up is 3/26
4/9-
HARRY ZEEVE- Natl. Field Director of The Concord Coalition, a non-partisan,
federal, fiscal-policy watchdog group
4/16-TBA
4/23-
STAFF DAY- at Georgetown Club- NO MEETING AT ANTHONY’S!
DEADLINES TO KNOW ABOUT
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th is the last day to sign up for the
Scholarship Benefit Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction. Email Jennifer to reserve your spot.
Thursday, March 26th
is the last day to sign up for the Crestridge
luncheon next week, April 2nd. Sign up this week at the back table or via
email. Cost is $13. No meeting at Anthony’s.
Scholarship grand prize raffle
is this Thursday, March 26th. Turn in your tickets by Thursday (or mail
them today) to be eligible. We are at
about $23,000. We still need $2000 more
just to break even on our scholarship program.
Please purchase or sell your tickets this week. Thank you for your support.
President’s membership challenge
contest ends, Thursday April 2nd. Get those applications in as
soon as possible. Bring a guest to hear
our great speaker this week.
CONGRATULATIONS!
To Will Prout who was recognized as a Paul
Harris plus 6 fellow for his donation of $6000 or more to the Rotary
International Foundation. The Rotary
Foundation does many good works including efforts to eradicate polio.
To Dick Caulk who was recognized
for 30 years of perfect attendance
last week!
To Jim Elliston, Bob Daisley, and Ken Jansen who have become new Paul Harris Sustaining Members by participating in
Suburban’s matching gifts programs.
To last week’s raffle
winners: Alan Simon
–bike helmet (courtesy of Kay Farrell and the Natl. Safety Council) and
Curtis Reed–golf balls (courtesy
of Chuck Veys)
THANK YOU!
To Glenda
Clark of Rusty Eck Ford for donating a
truck for the collection of non-perishable food items last week and this
week. To all of the volunteers who are
collecting and delivering food this week
and to everyone who donated to the money collection last week for the
Food Bank. Also, to Dan Reeder, Bob
Kment, and Zoe Baumel for
coordinating this effort.
GET INVOLVED!
Scholarship Table Hosts Needed
You will meet with a scholarship recipient prior to
the luncheon on May 14th and then introduce him or her and their
guests during the program. To volunteer,
please contact Dan Wellendorf at 331-4500 or bsclumber1@aol.com
Crestridge Luncheon, April 2nd
Suburban Rotary will host the 2nd annual
box luncheon at
Highway Clean-up April 25th
The bi-annual Suburban Rotary highway clean-up has
been scheduled for Saturday, April 25th so mark your calendars. We will meet at Terry and Linda Kucera’s for coffee beforehand at
Buy it Local- Omaha
This group is creating strategies
to promote local businesses during economic turmoil. Our own Mike
Gerst is a driving force behind this effort. If you are interested in participating, the
next meeting is on April 1st at
Golf with Your Rotary Friends
Beginning April 21st, some Rotarians will
be holding a weekly golf outing. It will
be at Elmwood Golf Course on Tuesdays beginning
Credit/Debit Cards
Suburban Rotary can now accept
credit and debit cards for all your Rotary needs including lunches, donations,
dues, etc. See the back table or
contact Jennifer for more information.
A Special and Unique Gift
If you don’t know what
to get that special someone who has everything, consider a donation to the
Suburban Rotary Charitable Foundation.
We now have cards available that you can to friends and family stating
that a donation was made to the Foundation in their name. We also have cards that can be given in
“honor and memory” of someone who has passed away. Please contact Jennifer if you would like a
card to make a donation.
ABOUT US
Congratulations to Will Prout, whose daughter was recently
married.
(If you have
information for the About Us section, please let Jennifer know)
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the
meetings. Make-ups also count. There are 12 meetings from January 1 through
Have you checked this
out? If you sometimes find it hard to attend a make-up meeting locally or
while out of town, check out the option and opportunity of making up a Rotary
meeting 24/7 via the internet. You will
find this information at http://www.rotaryeclubone.org for
more information.
NEED A MAKE-UP?
Millard, Monday
Omaha Southwest, Tues.,
Downtown, Wednesday Noon, Field Club, (3/25) Dan O’Neill, President of First National Bank
Western Douglas County
– Thurs. 7 a.m., Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veterans
Drive (l block north of Elkhorn H. S.)
|
VOLUME 41 NO. 36 |
Gretchen Bren- Executive
Director of Downtown Rotary
“What
Happens on a Polio NID (National
Immunization Day)”
Chair of the Day: Ann
Coyne
Invocator:
Greeters: Harry Reyburn and Scott Keep
LAST WEEK- Joanne
Peters gave the invocation. Bob Daisley and David Kutler served
as greeters. We had some Irish singing
and Irish jokes from Julie in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. We had some March birthdays share their ages
and stories. We also had several announcements.
Dan Ferris of West Rotary was introduced by Mark Stokes and Dan
introduced Steve Martin of Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Steve talked about the future of healthcare
and how to “cover
3/23-
Yearlings meet at Regency Lodge at
3/26- RETIRED LT. COL.
BARRY BRIDGER- former Vietnam POW and F-4 Phantom pilot- “Leadership and
Ethics”
4/2-
LUNCH AT
4/9-
HARRY ZEEVE- Natl. Field Director of The Concord Coalition, a non-partisan,
federal, fiscal-policy watchdog group
Mark your calendars:
Ongoing- Turn in
your purchased or sold raffle tickets weekly to be entered in the drawing for
weekly prizes. Our goal is $40,000 for
the scholarship program. We are asking
for every Rotarian to sell or purchase $200 in raffle tickets to help make this
goal.
March 28-Scholarship Benefit Dinner, Dancing, and Silent Auction (UNO Thompson
Alumni House) Cost: $45 a person,
starts at
April 2nd- Crestridge
Luncheon
April 23- Staff Day (bring your spouse or someone from your office to Rotary) at
May 1st-2nd-
District Conference in
May 14th- Scholarship Award Luncheon (Ironwood
Country Club)
CONGRATULATIONS!
To John Binderup