Last week Danny Dunbar was our greeter. Rose Mary Hefley gave the invocation. We had several announcements and presentations. Curt Peters introduced Richard Hagedorn who talked about the formation of Patriarch Distillers, how they make their spirits, and how they give back to the veterans. The RISK bag was at $335 and Susan Huntley-Gruenther won a free lunch so she donated the amount to our Military Affairs Fundraiser.
Last week Zoe Baumel introduced us to new member Joe Mackevicius. Joe is an Omaha native and attended Creighton Prep and graduated from UNO with a degree in Criminal Justice. Joe retired as a Sergeant from the Omaha Police Department in 2003. He also served in the Army reserves for 10 years. Currently, Joe is the Marketing Director for Brickstone Services and Investigations.
Joe's parents immigrated from Lithuania in 1950 and founded the Lithuanian Bakery. Joe recently retired from day-to-day operations there to work at Brickstone. He is married to Anna and they have two adult children.
In his free, time Joe enjoys volunteering, golf, hunting, and fishing! Welcome Joe!
Last week several members of our club attended the Rotary Zone Institute in Detroit for training beyond the club and district level. In honor of the event, the Spirit of Detroit statue was clothed in an End Polio Now t-shirt.
Thank you to all those Rotarians who generously supported the Military Affairs Fundraiser. You raised $2842 to be distributed for projects to support local troops (we'll update you as those happen) and donated 200 coupon books to local soldiers and their families.
The Halloween Monster Mash run/walk will be held on Sunday October, 11th. This is a joint project with Rotary and Children's Hospital to benefit childhood obesity education programs. If you'd like to volunteer or sponsor the event, please see the attached form. Please consider signing up for this fun event with your family and friends: monstermashomaha.com
"The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah. We will discuss this book on Tuesday, October 13 at the Bookworm at 5:30pm
New members welcome- join us!
Participation counts as an attendance credit, the books are great "reads", and it is fun to get together to discuss our various opinions on the books at the meetings!
ATTENDANCE at Suburban Rotary needs to be at 50% of the meetings. Make-ups also count.
ONLINE MAKE-UPS 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. Check your attendance status anytime on our website.
Millard Monday Noon, German American Society located at 3717 South 120th Street
North, Monday Noon at Eppley
TUESDAYS
Omaha Morning Tues., 7 a.m., Happy Hollow CC
Omaha Northwest , Tues. Noon, Champions Run
Omaha Southwest , Tues., 5:15 p.m : DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, on the northeast corner of 180th & Q streets. The meeting room is located down the hallway at the southeast corner of the building
WEDNESDAYS
Council Bluffs Centennial Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. HyVee in the Mall of the Bluffs
Downtown -Wednesday Noon, Field Club
Western Douglas County 7 a.m., Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veterans Drive (l block north of Elkhorn H. S.)
Council Bluffs Thursday Noon, Council Bluffs Senior Center
