Lynne Walz is a farm kid from outside Fremont who grew up hauling water and feeding animals – lessons in hard work that never left her. After working as a caretaker for women with developmental disabilities, she returned to school as a young mom, earned her education degree, and taught in public and Catholic schools while serving on the Bergan School Board and Fremont Chamber of Commerce.
In 2016, she flipped a State Legislature seat in a district Trump carried by 33 points, and earned a reputation for reaching across the aisle and delivering results on rural broadband, highway projects, and support for first responders. Lynne and her husband, Chris, live in Fremont with their three children and eight grandchildren.
Rotarians are People of Action. On Sept. 24, volunteers socialized and worked at the BookLoop offices at 801 N. 96th St. Our grant funded the purchase of new books for the book swap. Teachers brought a gently used book from their BookLoop classroom library and exchanged it for a new book to add to their collection.
Volunteers helped by welcoming and greeting teachers, assisting with book retiring and the book swap and helping with the art kit and our Little Free Library book giveaways. Here are some pics from the event.
The next Rotary Book Club book recommendation is "River Town" (Two Years on the Yangtze) by Peter Hessler. This is a New York Times bestseller by a journalist who lived in a small town in China, and is a vivid and touching tribute to a place and it's people.
The Book Club will meet again on Tuesday, October 13, at Bonefish Grill in Regency at 5:30 p.m.
Yearlings were asked why they joined Suburban Rotary. Answers ranged from meeting people, networking, fueling their community spirit passion, the international agenda of Rotary, giving back and making a difference in the community, doing more good, creating connections and helping others.
Susanne Shore shared her her personal background and clarified the role of a Nebraska Regent. As first lady of Nebraska she adopted foster care as her agenda and was able to keep 18 % of children in homes. As a Regent, she clarified you are a Board member who oversea five University of Nebraska campuses by setting direction, budgets, strategy, hiring and much more.
She reminded the audience that it is a pivotal time at campuses with a decline of residential students and an increase in non-traditional and older students. She feels it is critical to set an agenda that looks at what the universities need to become. Costs are increasing across the board, but instead of making cuts or just raising tuition, these actions need to be more strategic. She is in favor of bringing input to bear on decision making from students, faculty, personnel from all levels of education and more.
Consider visiting another Rotary club for a make-up! Rotary.org has a club finder for locations around the world. Please see the District website at rotarydistrict5650.org for details on local clubs. Visit one of the following Metro-Area Clubs!
Monday: Omaha Millard Rotary, 12:00 pm, German American Society, 3717 South 120th St.
Tuesday: Omaha Morning 7:00 am, First Watch Aksarben, 1222 S. 71st, Ste. B, Omaha. NE 68106
Tuesday: Omaha Night, 5:30 p.m. at La Voltaire, 569 N. 155th Plaza (first and third Tuesdays) Omaha, NE http://www.omaharotarynight.org/
Wednesday: Omaha Downtown, 12:00 pm, Field Club of Omaha, 3615 Woolworth Ave., Omaha, NE 68105
Wednesday: Council Bluffs Centennial: 7:00 am, Hy-Vee Community Room 1745 Madison Avenue
Thursday: Western Douglas County, 12:00 PM Elkhorn Public Schools Foundation 20272 Veterans Drive, Elkhorn, NE 68022
Thursday: Council Bluffs, 12:00 pm, Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, 1001 South 6th Street
Friday: Omaha West, 12:00 pm, Charlie's on the Lake, 4151 S 144th St., Omaha, NE 68137
Email Deb for make-up/attendance credit to omahasuburbanrotary@gmail.com.
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