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WEEKLY BULLETIN  •  NOVEMBER 30, 2018


 
Bulletin Editor
Jack Ferreri
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WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS
DATE
ASSISTANT
CLICK FOR
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REFLECTION
ROTARY
MINUTE
 & RAFFLE
TICKETS
11/30 FOSE MCADOW MARKS MARKS MOEHRING MORAN
12/07 COOPER MOREN MORNER MURRAY NILLES OLMSTED
12/14 SCHALLER  PACE PATENAUDE RECKNOR REES RYERSON
12/21 NO MEETING
12/28 NO MEETING
 
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Last Week’s Speaker: No Meeting … Thanksgiving


 

This Week’s Speaker: Chiropractic Exercises

Dr. Eileen M Isom is a Chiropractic Specialist in Madison, Wisconsin. She graduated with honors from Palmer College Chiropractic - Davenport in 1974. Having more than 44 years of diverse experiences, especially in CHIROPRACTIC, Dr. Eileen M Isom affiliates with no hospital and cooperates with other doctors and specialists without joining any medical groups.

Future Weeks

 
Dec 7               Five for Five
Dec 14             Stoughton High School Madrigal Singers
Dec 21             No Meeting
Dec 28            No Meeting
Jan 4               Mitch Henck: Stump Him on Political/Sports Trivia
Jan 11              Madison Newspaper Reporter Barry Adams on Traveling the State
Jan 18             Peggy Halloran on Housing Programs at Road Home Dane County
Jan 25             Susan Lampert Smith: Cancer Research
Feb 1                Club Assembly
Feb 8                Jess Charles: Bringing the Stones Home – Restoring Gravestones to the Old Dane County Asylum and Poor Farm
Feb 15              Randy Sproule: Limping Through Life
 

Birthdays & Anniversaries

 Member Birthdays
Nov 25        Joe Valenta
Nov 30        Tony Burns
Dec 6           Deb Dieter
Dec 17         Jack Ferreri
 
Anniversaries
Nov 27         Joe & Margaret Valenta, 18 years
Dec 19          Dick & Ellen Meister, 65 years
Dec 20          Jim & Lynne Emerick, 49 years
 
Join Date
Dec 1           Bill Hodgkins, 32 years
Dec 4           Barry Pace, 3 years
Dec 6           Adam Schaller, 5 years
 
 

Officers and Board Starting July 1 2019

  • President Dawn Frank
  • President-Elect Steve Aune
  • President-Elect Nominee TBD
  • Secretary Jack Ferreri
  • Treasurer Rich Cooper
  • Sergeant-at-Arms Jeannine Desautels
  • Club Service Year 2 Mary Ruth Marks
  • Club Service Year 1 Kevin Moran
  • Community Service Year 2 Patrick Rees
  • Community Service Year 1 Barry Pace
  • International Service Year 2 Dick Murray
  • International Service Year 1 Sundar Baladhandapani
  • Vocational Service Year 2 Deb Dieter
  • Vocational Service Year 1 Dennis Zitnak
The Club will be voting on this slate of candidates at our Dec 7 Annual Meeting. Next time you see one of these folks, thank them for their willingness to serve our Club.

Our Club’s Reading Groups

The current Rotarian Magazine has a lengthy article on The Art of Reading, stressing the mind-expanding value of encountering new ideas and beautiful prose. We have two reading groups in our Club. One has about nine members and meets every other month. Here are the last six books they’ve discussed:
  • The Great Bridge, McCullough
  • Empty Mansions, Dedman
  • Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Sullivan
  • 12 Rules for Life, Peterson
  • Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald
  • A Gentleman in Moscow, Towles
A second group meets monthly, with five members.
Recent books they’ve read:
  • The Sun Does Shine, Hinton
  • Destiny of a Republic, Millard
  • A Gentleman in Moscow, Towles
  • The Nightingale, Hannah
  • The River of Doubt, Millard
  • Alone, Hannah
  • The Amistad Rebellion, Rediker
If you’re interested in joining, drop me an email, and I’ll pass you along to the group.

 

Janesville Rotary Club – 100 Years

On Thursday, December 6, 2018 the Janesville Noon Rotary Club will be celebrating its 100th Anniversary. As Rotarians, we always have a lot to celebrate within our clubs, our district and throughout the Rotary world but an event like this only happens once every 100 years!  We would be honored to have you join us for this special centennial celebration dinner and presentation.  Our featured speaker is Past Rotary International General Secretary Ed Futa. 
 
As the second oldest club in District 6250 and the only one chartered in 1918, we are excited to share our history and plans for the future with all our Rotary Friends.  If you have any questions, please feel free to direct them to me.
 
David Warren, PDG Janesville Noon Rotary Club dave@davesace.com

Club Programs

Jim Olmsted has taken over scheduling speakers for our Club. If you have some specific program suggestions or topics you’d like to hear about, contact Jim at jolmsted7562@gmail.com.

Calling All Projects

At our November foundation board of directors meeting we reviewed our funding and commitments. For fiscal year 2018-2019 we funded all approved projects and still had a total of $5,635 available. In one instance we did not receive a district matching grant for Jefferson Middle School.  Further, we did not have approved projects to use all the community service funding.  Due to high demand all district matching grant funds have been committed already.  In keeping with our mission, we would like to find a way to best utilize these undesignated funds.
 
We will accept applications for such undesignated funds no later than December 31, 2018.  If anyone from the club has a project that requires funding, they should complete the Undesignated Funds Request (available on Club Runner) and submit it to the appropriate Avenue of Service Chair as follows:
  • Community – Kevin Welton
  • International – Steve Aune
  • Vocational – Roxanne Brazeau
All funding requests will be reviewed by the chair, who will make final recommendations to the board of directors.  The board will review all recommended projects and vote to approve any such projects at the regularly scheduled board meeting January 15, 2019.  Applicants will be notified of the board decision shortly thereafter.  If you have any questions, contact Matt Loch at matthew.loch@tdsmetro.com


15,044 Miles!

As of Saturday November 24, the McAdow Miles Bike team has ridden 15,044 miles.
Thanks to the riders.
Jerry McAdow    Tony Burns John Olson    Todd Weigand Leo Edelstein    Paul Patenaude Svein Morner    Peter Hoff
Mary Ruth Marks
There are some who will still ride through the end of the year but this is the figure we'll use to wrap up the fund raiser.
If you've pledged and paid, thank you so much for your support!
  • Don't be left behind.  If you haven't pledged yet, you can still do it.  Help make the McAdow Miles Bike Team
  • If you've pledged and have yet to pay -- now is your time! fundraiser a success.
Paul will send out donation receipt letters for tax purposes after the end of the year. If you have questions about your pledge status, contact Paul at  ppaten98@gmail.com.
 

 
 

Items for the Bulletin

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Wrap up for Pigskin Payoff

Twas an early end to the season for the Badgers this year. They still have a bowl game in front of them, but the stats are closed for the Pigskin Payoff (PP).
  • Total Touchdowns – 46 (28 rushing, 18 passing); 54 last year.
  • Total Interceptions – 10 (22 last year)
  •  Total Points – 351 (473 last year)
  • Note: last year’s numbers include Big Ten Tournament.
  • So … regular participants will be billed $56 (TD and picks). We had 13 Club members opt to ‘double-commit’ their dollars, so they’ll be billed $112.
  • The closest guess to the total number of points was Cherie Gon @ 375, so she’ll be billed half her amount: $28.
  • Assuming we ain’t got us no deadbeats or ne’er-do-wells, the Pigskin Payoff will net the Club $3,332.
  • Finally, part of the PP was garnering some non-perishable foodstuffs for one of our food pantries.
  • For every game the Badgers won by 20, participants would bring in 1 item at the end of the season. The Badgers won two games by at least twenty, so each PP player should bring in two non-perishable items.  We’ll let you know which date to bring them in… just to ease the logistics.
  • Thanks to all the members that put their wallets on the line to raise money for the Club!

 

For Your Calendar

  • May 17-19 2019. RYLA at Upham Woods, Wisconsin Dells
  • June 1-5. Rotary International Convention in Hamburg. www.riconvention.org/en
  • June 7-8. District 6250 Conference in La Crosse

 
 
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