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Upcoming Programs

July 24 - Chris Mitchell - Gavin Jensen of Sauk Valley Media
July31 -  Steve Munson
Aug. 7 -  Dave Murray -    Brian Harger of NIU - "Challenges of Population Decline in Rural IL"
Aug. 14 - Scott Porter -   Brigadier General Walter Lindsley
Aug. 21 - Gunnar Ortgiesen - Bob Sondgeroth - St. Jude Hospital Fundraiser
Aug. 28 - Club Assembly - Important to be in attendance
Sept. 4 -  Pat Pettenger
Sept. 11 - District Governor - Kathy Kwiat-Hess
Sept. 18 - Ron Potthoff
Sept. 25 - Loren Schlomer
Oct. 2 -     Ed Saunders
Oct. 9 -     Tim Schwingle - Meeting at the new Challand Middle School addition
Oct. 16 -   Ray Sharp
Oct. 23 -   Russ Siefken
Oct. 30 -   Russ Spitzer
Nov. 6 -     Mike Sprague
Nov. 13 -   Festival of Trees @ Northland Mall
Nov. 20 -   Ed Andersen
Nov. 27 -   Jan Andersen
Dec. 4 -     Jon Berens
Dec. 11 -   John Berge
Dec. 18 -  Christina Berry
 
 
 

Fun & Frolic

July - Cooper & Murray
 
August - Hellmich and Gvozdjak
 
  
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News & Notes - April 10, 2018
 
Boots & Shoes - $59
50/50 -  $63 - No winner today
Guests - Leo Patterson - DX Rotary, Brandon Schreiner, guest of John Berge and Brice Taylor, outbound exchange student.
Student Guests - NHS - Jillian Roe & Natalie Amezola
SHS - Chloe Halverson, Mitchell Petrosky, Cara Alexander, Richard Jones
Program: Reed Hutchcraft introduced Dale Pfundstein.  Dale spoke about his cattle operation with 1500 cattle on feed daily.  He and his partners have reopened the former rock River Provision butcher shop on Rte. 30 in Rock Falls,  Open 9 - 6, M-F and 9 - 1 on Sat.  You can purchase frozen pies, bundled boxes of various cuts of beef. A brand new item are the smoked roasts.  They sell to restaurants as also participate in fundraisers for local not for profits.  Thanks for a great program. 
Announcements: - Please get your programs to Carolyn in advance so we can include in the newsletter.
  • Upcoming Events:
  • Student Excellence on April 18 at Abiding Word Church - Mark your calendars. event starts at 6:30.  Rotarians should be there by 6pm and please plan to bring a guest.  
  • Noon Rotary BBQ on June 5 - more info to come.
  • Our club is participating in the rotary goal of planting one tree for each rotarian.   We have 60 donated trees to be planted and will utilize the Rotaract club at SVCC to assist with planting. 
  • Note - Rock Falls Rotary club will be meeting off site at the following sites on the following dates:
  •    April 16 - social dinner - location TBA
  •    May 7 - Social for Cinco de Mayo - TBA
  •   June 25 - Rotary Park in Rock Falls
 
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Ongoing Reminders

1.  Please remember the Four-way Test when directing comments and questions to speakers and other members. a) Is it the truth? b) Is it fair to all concerned? c) Will it build good will and better friendships? d) Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
 
2.  Once you have your guest speaker lined up for the meeting program, please email Carolyn Spencer at carolyn@hospicerockriver.org so that it can be included in the eBulletin.  Also, please ask the speaker to stay as close as possible to the microphone when speaking.
 
3.  Please park at the YWCA or by Grummert's, not in a Sterling Federal Bank lot.
 
4.  Think of who you can invite to a meeting as a potential new member.
 
5.  If you have to leave early from the meeting, please apologize in advance to the speaker so that he/she does not think that you were walking out on him/her.
 
6.  Please sit closer to the front of the room than to the back.  And try to sit with the new members whenever you can....get to know them....make them feel welcome.
 
7.  Whenever you host a student guest, as you are chatting with him/her over lunch, please tell them about our club.  Tell them what Rotary is all about.  Tell them what to expect during the meeting;  the opening, fun & frolic, boots & shoes, etc.   Tell him/her about local and international service projects that Rotary is involved with.   Make them feel welcome.
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Erin DeSutter
July 6
 
Tim Schwingle
July 23
 
Christy Zepezauer
July 25
 
Spouse Birthdays
Terri Porter
July 27
 
Anniversaries
Lee Kraut
Laura Welti
July 3
 
Gunnar Ortgiesen
Jessica
July 7
 
Dirk Meminger
Jenny
July 13
 
Ed Saunders
Joan Saunders
July 30
 
Stephan Munson
Melody
July 31
 
Join Date
Erin DeSutter
July 3, 2007
11 years
 
Jeff Coester
July 15, 2008
10 years
 
Mike Sprague
July 17, 2012
6 years
 
Speakers
Jul 31, 2018
Greeters - Porter & Potthoff Sgt. at Arms - Saunders & Schlomer Invocation - Coester
Aug 07, 2018
Greeters - Schwingle & Sharp Sgt. at Arms - Siefken & Spitzer Invocation - Haskell
Aug 14, 2018
Greeters - E. Andersen & Sprague Sgt. at Arms - J. Andersen & Berens - Invocation - Berry
Aug 21, 2018
Greeters - Berge & Berry Sgt. at Arms - Binder & Camarano Invocation - Porter
Aug 28, 2018
Greeters - Coester & Cooper Sgt. at Arms - Haskell & Heller Invocation - Munson
Sep 04, 2018
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 18, 2018
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Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Membership Chair
 
Public Image Chair
 
Literacy Chair
 
Youth Services
 
Youth Exchange Officer
 
Rotary Foundation
 
Russell Hampton
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