Suburban Scuttlebutt 4/14/16 (Apr 14, 2016)

Coming up 4/14

Annual Scholarship Luncheon

Starts at 11:30

Happy Hollow Club -1701 S. 105th

Chair of the Day: Roxy Orr

Greeters: Gregg Bailey, Dan Schnoes, and Dan Wellendorf

Last week Holly Hollenbeck and Cindy Kinsler served as our greeters. Ken Jansen gave our invocation. We had several announcements and presentations and two new member introductions. Nick Jasa filled in as Secretary for Kevin Welsh. Nick and President Curt Peters presented Nate Christ with a large certificate for his donations to our local Foundation since he keeps "losing" the smaller ones. Ward Peters introduced Chris Stratman who talked to the club about his experiences as a Rotary Goodwill Ambassador to Spain and about his current position leading Keep Omaha Beautiful. The RISK bag was at $547 and Steve Riekes won a free lunch.

Welcome Andy Goranson!

Last week Nate Christ introduced us to new member Andy Goranson. Andy is the President of U.S. Merchant Processing Services. He directs the growth and enhancement of retail, restaurant, and card not present merchants. His company is the new merchant services provider for Suburban Rotary.

Andy holds a B.S. in International Business and a minor in Mandarin Chinese from UNL. He is an Eagle Scout and held several leadership positions as a member of Phi Gamma Delta in college. Andy is married to Abby and they have two young sons as well as a Burmese Mountain dog.

In his free time, Andy enjoys golfing, cooking, reading, and a good cigar. Welcome, Andy!

Welcome Andrew Wesely!

Last week John Hoich introduced us to new member Andrew Wesely. Andrew is with Ayars and Ayars and runs all their Omaha business development and operations.

Andrew holds a degree in Economics, Finance, and Political Science from UNL. He has lived around the country working for Kiewit and relocated to Omaha in November.

Andrew is active in the community and is involved in various organizations including the Omaha Jaycees, Omaha Young Professionals, Habitat for Humanity, and the Omaha Venture Group.

In his free time, Andrew enjoys playing golf. Welcome, Andrew!

Congratulations and Thank You!

to Frank McGree, Mark Stokes, and Curt Peters who were recognized as Patrons of Suburban Rotary for their donations of $5000 to our local Suburban Rotary Charitable Foundation. The local Foundation supports our scholarship program and many other projects of the club including the Rebuilding Omaha project we are doing this weekend.

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 Karen Bremer Edna Brooks-Pittman

Roger Carrell Dick Caulk Nate Christ Judy Cline Bill Corcoran

Ann Coyne Rich Craig Jason Currie Eric Dawson Nick Eastland

Rex Ekwall Howard Epstein Terry Ferguson Ed Fleming Glenda Friesen

David Gerard Frank Goldberg Don Goldstein Jerry Gordman

Jennifer Green Terri Greenwood Roger Groff Duane Gross Herb Hartman

Rose Mary Hefley Jack Heidel Katie Henry John Hoich Walt Horner

Dan Hosford Jill Hruska Ken Jansen Nick Jasa Carter Jones

Jennifer Jirak-Brungardt Sarah Kalhorn- Wisecup Scott Keep Christian Kloster

Ryan Keiser Dick Kelley Tom Kerfoot Cindy Kinsler Penny Koenig

Bob Kment Terry Kucera David Kutler Dave Laferla Angeline Larson

Frank Lastovica Jim Leslie Don Leu Julie Livingston Marlon Lofgren

Dan Lupardus Ken Masimore Jim Matgen Frank McGree

Penny McWilliams Dick Miller George Miller Jeff Moran David Mortiz

Madeline Moyer Bob Mundy Lee Myers Gary Nachman Lisa Neu

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

Judy Sealer Dan Schnoes Joe Sequenzia Kathryn Schubert Nate Schwalb

Karl Schaphorst Dick Skalla Alan Stanek Fritz Stehlik John Stewart

Byron Stigge Mark Stokes Chris Stratman Bob Swartzbaugh Mark Taylor

Steve Thornburg Judy Vann 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: Harry Reyburn, Bob Perrin, Steve Riekes, Walt Price, Don Goldstein, Byron Stigge, Scott Keep, Paul Adams, Frank Goldberg, Penny McWilliams, Tracy Rowland, Ann Coyne, Kathryn Schubert, Glenda Friesen, Jerry Gordman, Gregg Bailey, and Katie Henry. Thank you all!

100%ers

Congratulations to Scott Hahn-2 years, Ralph Williams-6 years, and Jeff Bakewell- 7 years who were recognized for their perfect attendance by Nick Eastland last week!

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:

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.

Thank you to all our highway clean-up volunteers last weekend. A special thanks to Scott Hahn for leading this project.

About Us

Please keep Roger Carrell in your thoughts and prayers for a quick recovery. He is home recovering from pancreas surgery. His address 6640 S. 91st St., Omaha, NE 68127.

Congratulations to Matt and Lizzy Darling. Their new baby Maxwell (Max) was born last week. Their address is 322 S. 54th St., Omaha, NE 68132.

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,