The Suburban Scuttlebutt 6/22/23 (Jun 19, 2023)

Coming up 6/22/23

Omahan of the Year

Todd Schmaderer

Chair of the Day: Warren Hill

Invocator: Angela Chaney

11:15 Greeter: Chuck Hackshaw

11:45 Greeter: Angela Chaney

Rotarian of the Year

Congratulations to Dan Lupardus who was honored as Rotarian of the Year last week. Dan has worked on many projects and committees over the years. He is often behind the scenes supporting meetings, technology, and activities as well. Congratulations, Dan!

Rotary Night at the Storm Chasers

Rotary Night on Thursday, June 29th. Gates open at 6pm and the first pitch is at 7:05. CLICK HERE to order tickets.

Offer Code: ROTARY. Tickets are $17.

Omaha Storm Chasers vs. Iowa Cubs

The First Pitch will be Raffled to a Lucky Rotarian. Jennifer will be checking off her bucket list by appearing as a mascot from Scooters.

$6 from every ticket will go to Polio Plus. Please join us!

To Be Frank....

This section of the newsletter is dedicated to club transparency.

Due to rising food costs, the cost of lunch at German American Club will go to $22 beginning July 1.

We wish all those who are not renewing with us well:

Elaine Allen

Zoe Baumel

Bill Corcoran

Austin Evans

Kay Farrell

Denzel Goolsby

Greg Hanson

Jack Hosking

Sara Huse

Ivan Korganoff

Jim Matgen

Jeff Moran

Ann Olmsted

Steve Riekes

Kevin Story

Jeff Walker

Jordan Walker

Bill Wax

If there is more information you'd like to see in this section, please reach out to Jennifer or Yolanda.

Rotary Book Club and Rotary Golf

If you'd like to be more social with your fellow Rotarians, please consider Rotary golf (contact Frank Goldberg) Rotary bridge (contact Julie Livingston) or book club (Lisa Neu-info below). You get attendance credit for all these activities.

The next book is: "Bibi: My Story" by Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel. This is a New York Times bestselling autobiography. Benjamin Netanyahu tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending his country and securing its future.

This book is 654 pages. We will split reading it for discussion between July and August. For July, we will read up to Chapter 32 at page 329.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, July 18, at Bonefish Grill in Regency.

Attendance Credit is given for attending.

Dues are Past Due

If you have not paid your Rotary dues, they are now past due. Please make payment of your 23-24 Dues of $370 ASAP. If you need another copy of the invoice, please contact Jennifer. Dues can be paid online by CLICKING HERE.

June Meeting Sponsor

Thank you to Curt Peters/Integrated Solutions for Sponsoring our June meetings.

Make Up at Other Clubs

Considering visiting another Rotary club for a make-up! rotary.org has a clubfinder for locations around the world. Please see the District website at rotarydistrict5650.org for details on local clubs.

Metro-area clubs are listed below

Monday: Millard at Noon - in person, no reservations required at the German American Society

Tuesday:

Omaha Morning Rotary and Northwest Rotary are holding joint meetings at a new location - the First Responders Foundation, 10605 Burt Circle, Omaha, NE 68114.

Update on Weekly Rotary Meeting:

As a result of the recent Club Assembly, Omaha Morning and Omaha Northwest will continue to merge meetings and will be alternating the meeting time on a monthly basis as follows:

May 2023 - Lunch

June 2023 - Morning

Unless requested by the speaker, Omaha Morning will continue the meeting in hybrid format. This means Morning meetings will be available both in person and in zoom.

Wednesday: Omaha Downtown at Noon at the Field Club

Friday: Omaha West at Noon at Biaggi's.

rotaryeclubone.org offers online make-ups. Rich Rowland shared a great topic they had just last week: https://www.rotaryeclubone.org/makeups/articles/rotary-internationals-code-of-conduct-for-rotarian/

Jun 22, 2023 12:00 PM

Omahan of the Year -Todd Schmaderer

Jun 29, 2023 12:00 PM

Changing of the Guard

Jul 06, 2023

NO ROTARY MEETING

Happy Independence Day!

Jul 13, 2023

District Governor Kathryn Schubert

District Goals/Annual District Visit

Jul 20, 2023

Joan Squires

Omaha Performing Arts

Jul 27, 2023

Mark Allen

Movie Production

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Board Meeting

Jun 19, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Rotary Night at the Stormchasers

Jun 29, 2023 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Rotary Night at Beyond Golf
Beyond Golf
Jul 13, 2023 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Board meeting with Committee Plans

Jul 17, 2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

IronHawks Junior

Jul 30, 2023 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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