Suburban Scuttlebutt 3/21/19 (Mar 18, 2019)

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Board meeting

Anthony's

Mar 18, 2019
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Yearlings

Anthony's

Mar 25, 2019
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

After Hours Hosted by Carmela Kramer Karni

Real Property Mgt. Legacy

Mar 28, 2019
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Bridge

770 North 93rd St

Apr 11, 2019

Board meeting with Orientation

Anthony's

Apr 15, 2019
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Adopt a Plot Clean-up

Apr 20, 2019
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

DEA Rx Drug Take Back

Apr 27, 2019
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Tree Planting with Keep Omaha Beautiful

Apr 27, 2019
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Yearlings

Anthony's

Apr 29, 2019
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Trustee Meeting

Apr 30, 2019
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Coming Up 3/21/19

Jeff Moran

Doing good through the Suburban

Rotary Charitable Foundation

Chair of the Day: Jeff Moran

Invocator: Tom Vann

11:15 Greeter: Kevin Story

11:45 Greeter: Deanna Fuller

New Member Table Host: Volunteer needed

Last week re-cap

Last week Roger Utman and Tom Kerfoot served as Greeters. Kelly Adams gave the invocation. We had several announcements and presentations including a celebration of Rotarian Dick Miller's 90th birthday. Tom Adams introduced Jennifer Dil who talked about living and care options for seniors. The RISK bag was at $322 and Angeline Larson won a free lunch.

Join us for the most inspiring meeting of the year.

Thursday, April 18th

Happy Hollow Country Club

11:30 am

Cost $30 (must be pre-registered)

Click HERE to register and pay online

Blue Badge

Congratulations to Ryan Bouda who received his permanent badges from Yearlings Vice-Chair, Connor Lund, last week.

100%er

Congratulations to Cindy Kinsler for 9 years of perfect attendance!

Nominations for Omahan and Suburban Rotarian of the Year

Nominations are being sought by the 4-Way Test Committee for Suburban Rotarian of the Year and Omahan of the Year.

Nominations are due by March 28th.

You can now submit nominations online. Click HERE to nominate a Suburban Rotarian of the Year. Click HERE to nominate an Omahan of the Year.

Engagement Award

Last week Angeline Larson presented Holly Hollenbeck with the Suburban Rotary Engagement Award. This is new for this Rotary year and recognizes Rotarians for being involved at a higher level. Congratulations Holly! To see your engagement tracking, CLICK HERE.

Requirements include:

Community Service - participate in two community service activities.
Committee Meetings - attend two committee meetings.
Donation - make a $100 donation to the two foundations we support: the Suburban Rotary Charitable Foundation and The Rotary Foundation.
Guests - bring two potential member guests to a club meeting.
Miscellaneous - attend two activities of any combination of the following type:
1. Attend a Suburban Rotary Yearlings meeting
2. Attend a Suburban Rotary after hours event
3. Attend a District 5650 meeting or event
4. Serve as greeter
5. Give an invocation
6. This list may be added to or subtracted to at the discretion of the membership committee or at the direction of the president

After Hours

Mark your calendar for March 28th for an After Hours hosted by Realtor Carmela Kramer Karni.

Service Opportunities

Mark your calendars for service opportunities coming up in April and May (so. much. attendance. credit :) Sign ups coming soon.

Saturday, April 20th 930-1230 Prospect Hill Cemetery Clean- Up (contact Ward Peters to volunteer)

Saturday, April 27th DEA Rx drug take-back

Saturday, April 27th Tree planting with the City of Omaha

Saturday, May 11th Polio Plus Car Show (variety of jobs)

About Us

Condolences to Suzi and Jeff Brehmer as Jeff's brother passed away suddenly last week. Their address is 25 Scarlett Oaks Rd., Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Please keep Fritz Stehlik in your thoughts and prayers as he recovers from surgery for detached retina. His address 6228 South 100th St., Omaha, NE 68127

(If you have info for the About Us section) please contact Jennifer.

Rotary Book Club

The next book is: The Tatooist of Auschwitz, which is a novel based on real interviews that were conducted with Holocaust Survivor and Auschwitz Tatooist, Ludwig Sokolov

We will be meeting on April 8th at 5:30 p.m. at Wheatfields on 103rd and Pacific.

Please contact Lisa Neu with any questions.

Hotel/Motel Training Rescheduled to 3/30

If you are looking to make an impact on the scourge of Human Trafficking in our area, consider being a hotel/motel trainer. You will teach employees how to spot and report signs of human trafficking. To learn how to do this, you must attend a training session by the Coalition on Human Trafficking. The final session was rescheduled from this weekend due to weather to March 30th from 9am-1pm in Lincoln. To sign up, go to our website and see the tab on the upper left side. Contact Jennifer at the office with questions.

Rotary Book Club

The next selection is "Bones Don't Lie," by Melinda Leigh. It looks like a suspense thriller, and is an Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Our next meeting to discuss this book is Tuesday, March 12, at 5:30 p.m. at Wheatfields on 103rd and Pacific. Please remember that attendance at the Book Club counts as a Rotary Attendance Credit....new members welcome!

Monthly Lunch Sponsor

Thank you to Suzi Brehmer/ Smith Davis for her sponsorship of speaker and student lunches for the month of March.

Need a Make-up?

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.

MONDAYS
Bellevue , Monday Noon, DJ's Dugout, 23rd & Cornhusker-West of Kennedy Frwy,Bellevue

Millard- Monday Noon, German American Society located at 3717 South 120th Street

TUESDAYS
Omaha Morning Tues., 7 a.m., Happy Hollow

Omaha Northwest , Tues. Noon,

Jerico's, 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154

TUESDAY NIGHT

Omaha Rotary Night Club

They meet the first, third, and fifth Tuesdays of the month at 5:30 pm.

We are now known as the Omaha Rotary Night Club! Our meeting time has also changed, we now meet the first, third, and fifth Tuesdays of the month at 5:30 pm at DJ's Dugout at 176th & Q.

Starting April 2, 2019, we will be changing all future meetings to Vincenzo's, 15701 Pacific St.

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

FRIDAYS

Omaha West Friday Noon, Champions Club,