Suburban Scuttlebutt 4/7/16 (Apr 04, 2016)

Coming up 4/7/16

Chris Stratman

Keep Omaha Beautiful

Chair of the Day: Ward Peters

Invocator: Ken Jansen

11:15 Greeter: Monique Devillier

11:45 Greeter: Cindy Kinsler

Meeting re-cap 3/31

Last week Magan Smith and Bill Prout served as our greeters. Lisa Neu gave our invocation. We had several announcements and presentations as well as a new member introduction. Terry Ferguson introduced Sandra Reding who talked about the Children's Scholarship Fund. The Risk bag was at $505 and Dave Wilson won a free lunch.

Welcome Gary Piercy!

Last week Kathryn Schubert introduced us to new member Gary Piercy. Gary is a native Omahan and has been a commercial banker for 20 years. Last summer he joined Bank of America where is helping bring the brand to Omaha.

Gary is married to Tina and they have two children. Gary is active in the community having volunteered with Junior Achievement, Special Olympics, TeamMates, and other organizations. Gary's family also hosted a Suburban Rotary exchange student 5 years ago. He is also a U.S. Army Gulf War Veteran. In his free time, Gary enjoys golf and being a Nebraska High School Basketball Official. Welcome, Gary!

Permanent badges

Congratulations to Karen Bremer and Brian Johnson who completed their Yearlings requirements and received their blue badges from Yearlings Chair Holly Hollenbeck last week.

Rotaract Charter Party

Last week Rotaract President Sara Smith attended our meeting to announce the Rotaract Charter Celebration and Installation of Officers. Please join them to celebrate at Old Chicago (425 N. 78th St.) at 7pm, tonight Monday April 4th. Attendance credit given!

After Hours

Thanks to Bill Prout/Big John's for hosting a fantastic fun After Hours last week. Rotarians interested in starting a regular pool league should talk to Rich Craig.

Click here to see all our photos on Facebook.

mmanuel Conception Center Bowlatorium
2701 South 25th St. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/5409/Event/869bbbdf-ff7d-48ce-9efd-f303d67f0a30#sthash.WmDOaRBF.dpuf

Suburban Rotary Charitable Foundation Fundraiser

We are in the middle of our annual fundraiser which supports all of our club's activities including our fabulous Scholarship Program. Our goal for this drive is $40,000. So far with donations last week, we are at $24,470 or at 61% of our goal. Our hope is that all club members will support this drive with a donation of any amount.

Thank you to those who have already donated this year. Scholarship Circle Members (donation or pledge of $300) are indicated in bold.

Paul Adams Ashley Baker Jared Bakewell Gregg Bailey Mary Bernier

John Binderup Angie Bingham Nate Christ Bill Corcoran Ann Coyne

Rich Craig Eric Dawson Nick Eastland Terry Ferguson Ed Fleming

Glenda Friesen Frank Goldberg Don Goldstein Jerry Gordman Jennifer Green

Roger Groff Herb Hartman Rose Mary Hefley Jack Heidel Katie Henry

Walt Horner Jill Hruska Ken Jansen Nick Jasa Scott Keep

Ryan Keiser Dick Kelley Tom Kerfoot Cindy Kinsler Penny Koenig

Terry Kucera David Kutler Dave Laferla Angeline Larson Jim Leslie

Don Leu Marlon Lofgren Dan Lupardus Ken Masimore Frank McGree

Penny McWilliams Jeff Moran Madeline Moyer Bob Mundy Lee Myers

Gary Nachman Roxy Orr Ron Pearson Ranny Perez Bob Perrin

Ward Peters Curt Peters Joanne Peters Walt Price Will Prout

Harry Reyburn Steve Riekes Tracy Rowland John Ryan Lyle Sapp

Joe Sequenzia Kathryn Schubert Nate Schwalb Karl Schaphorst Alan Stanek

John Stewart Byron Stigge Bob Swartzbaugh Mark Taylor Steve Thornburg

Tom Vann Leah Vetter Lisa Walker Sekundiak Dan Wellendorf Kevin Welsh

Randy Wieseler Ralph Williams

(Any omissions are purely unintentional- please contact Jennifer to correct.)

Last week we recognized Scholarship Circle Members:Ryan Keiser, Alan Stanek, Cindy Kinsler, Tom Vann, Walt Horner, John Ryan, Herb Hartman, Kevin Welsh, Eric Dawson, Dave Laferla, and Curt Peters.

ONLY 1 MEETING LEFT TO Sign Up for the Scholarship Luncheon

Don't miss the best luncheon of the Rotary year! We will meet the 2016 Suburban Rotary Scholarship recipients and their families at a special luncheon. You must pre-register and pre-pay for this luncheon. We cannot have walk-ins this year. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BY FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH. You can also register/pay online by clicking here.

When: Thursday, April 14th at 11:30

Where: Happy Hollow-1701 S. 105th St.

Cost: $25

2015 Winners

Omahan and Suburban Rotarian of the Year Nominations

Nominations are being sought by the 4-Way Test Committee for Omahan of the Year and Suburban Rotarian of the Year. Please contact Dick Caulk or Jennifer for nomination forms.

Upcoming Service Projects

We have several opportunities for you to get involved, get attendance credits, and make a difference in our community in April!

Please sign up online or at a meeting for:

Highway Clean-Up- Saturday, April 9th meet at 7:30 am at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn

Rebuilding Together Omaha- Saturday, April 16th at Prospect Village 830-330 (you can just come for part of the time). Skilled contractors will be supervising and both skilled and unskilled labor needed.

DEA Rx Drug Take-back- Saturday, April 30th at Walgreens 135th and Q- several shifts available from 9:45-2:15. Dispose properly of prescription medications to keep them out of the hands of kids and teens.

Rotary Leadership Institute

The next Rotary Leadership Institute session is:

April 23rd, 2016 8:00 - 3:30

Dundee Presbyterian Church in Omaha

$85 per participant for each session (Suburban Rotary has a budget to send YOU)

www.rli-heartland.org

Go to the home page of the Rotary District 5650 website to see the story about the last session or click here.

Rotary Leadership Institute provides an opportunity for Rotary Club Members to discover Rotary. This is not "position-specific training". It is a facilitated, activity-based program that allows all participants to share experiences and solve problems. We all work together:

Participants are:

- Long-term members and New Members

- Young and Old

- Some Members have Club Positions, some do not

- District Leaders will be at the sessions

The Participants will:

- Spend some time learning about Rotary

- Use and enhance your leadership skills

- Make new friends and build partnerships

- Get more out of Rotary

Recent testimonial: I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at RLI. I have met many interesting people and, with each session, leave with a new enthusiasm for Rotary. I believe that everyone should attend RLI.

Please contact Jennifer if you are interested in this opportunity.

About Us

Please keep Monique Devillier and Matt Higgins in your thoughts and prayers. Matt's father passed away last week. Their address is 4209 N. 159th Ave., Omaha, NE 68116.

New Member Proposal

Mike Fosdick "Banking-Mortgage" Security National Bank

Proposer: Gary Stoneburg

(Any objection to this proposal must be within one week to the Board of Directors in writing.)

Monthly Lunch Sponsor

Thank you to our President-Elect Kathryn Schubert/ Merrill Lynch for sponsoring our student/speaker lunches for the month of April.

(Sponsorships for the 16/17 Rotary Year are available. Please contact Jennifer.)

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

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

FRIDAYS

Omaha West Friday Noon, Champions Club,