(Dan Dalquist and his daughter, Kari Bangtson, who was our featured speaker.)

Attendance today was 19 including guests Tori Roose, our scholarship recipient, and Kari Dalquist Bangtson our speaker.

At the outset of the meeting, Tori gave the members an update on her progress that was deemed very significant. It is gratifying to see the contribution we make to these scholarship student bear fruit.

After luncheon and some happy dollars we were treated to a video presentation of Kari Bangtson's biking tour of Scandinavia with her friend, April, to study alternative sources of energy and to assess the carbon footprint of four countries, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. She was able to accomplish this with the aid of a grant from "Funds for Teachers," and organization that funds teacher projects with the goal of getting people excited about teaching and also in keeping them as teachers once they are in the profession.

The entire land portion of the study was accomplished by Kari and her friend on their bicycles, bicycles complete with their panniers loaded with tents and all their supplies.

They began in Iceland where geo-thermal and hydroelectric energy was studied and observed. Te beauty of geo-thermal is the fact that the supported infrastructure is hardly affected: "Drill a hole and there it is and when you're finished, move on the another hole." Simple.

In Sweden, they concentrated on observing the massive organization supporting recycling of waste and deriving energy savings through that process. In this manner, one's carbon footprint is greatly reduced if almost nil.

In Denmark they studied Wind and solar energy and in Norway energy through ocean wave technology.

Key to all these systems, they learned, was fourfold: First, one must produce the renewable energy; second, one must have access to an energy grid; third, one must be able to enter the grid; and fourth, it must be shown to have a stable and sustainable price (and I suppose profit) level.

They finished their trip in the cycling capital of the world, Amsterdam, Holland. Kari showed a video of one of Amsterdam's bike parking garage, a four-story parking garage with literally thousands of bicycles parked side by side.

With the beautiful video shots of the Scandanavian countryside, Kari and April had to keep reminding the viewers with a disclaimer, "It's only partially about the bike."

All in all, it was a wonderful presentation and daddy Dalquist was mighty proud of his daughter from Colorado.

Regular Meeting, December 15, 2010

Attendance, 24, including guests Linda Lowell and Bob Sharkey.

President Tim started the meeting by asking for Rotary members to help with setting out and lighting the Italian Hall Luminaries and picking them up. Set up is Dec 24 at 1pm and Takedown is Christmas Day at 11 am. Estimated time is 1 hour for each. Please contact Jeff Primeau at jeff@opusweb.com. This is a project our Club has helped with funding and manpower.

Jim Lowell and Andy Murtagh reported 5 Rotarians and 1 spouse lent a hand to the Keweenaw County Sheriff on Tuesday in organizing the toys for the No Kid Without A Christmas program. Thanks to all who helped.

Program: The CLK High School Business Professional Associatiuon – sent a team to our meeting. The students: Meagan Yeo, Hannah Gregorich, Selena Stromer and George Gruver, are preparing for the Regional BPA Competition in January. This event places students from other UP high schools in various types of competitions. Winners will continue to the State competition with the potential to attend the national competition in Washington DC.

A Financial Analyst team from the CLK School BPA placed 3rd in the nation last year!
This team is focusing upon Presentation management. They delivered a power-point program on intern programs. Each of the 4 students spoke. We learned that intern programs may be available at the high school and collegiate levels. High schools programs are limited to CTE programs such as nursing. College or university programs might be domestic or international.
Several questions and comments were directed to the students after their presentation. The Club felt the students had performed well and wished them luck with their competition.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:

ÿ Friday Dec 24, 1:00 pm at the Italian Hall memorial for the installation and lighting of the luminaries.

ÿ Saturday Dec 25, 11:00 am at the Italian Hall memorial to pick up the luminaries.

ÿ Tuesday Feb 15, CLK Rotary Club Visioning project, 5 p.m. at the Irish Times. We need and expect all members to attend. <> Rich Schaefer is the contact person.

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Regular Meeting, December 8, 2010

Attendance was 18 including guests Dave & Linda Grahek who are relocating to Breckenridge, MI, until spring. Have a peasant winter folks.

Vice President Kathy presided over the meeting in President Tim’s absence.

IMPORTANT UOCOMING DATES:

Ø Tuesday, December 14 from 9 a.m. to noon Meet at Keweenaw County Courthouse to help sort and wrap gifts for “No Kid Without a Christmas.”

Ø Wednesday, December 15 at noon: tegular meeting at Irish Times

Ø Tuesday, February 15 at 5 p.m. at the Irish Times. We need and expect all members to attend. <> Rich Schaefer is the contact person.

Several Happy dollars were collected as well as fines for either not showing up for a bell-ringing shift due to illness or appearing to ring the bell at the correct time but wrong place! No names mentioned; you had to be at the meeting.

Program: Laura Miller, Executive Director of the Calumet Theatre and a CLK Rotary member, gave the club an interesting presentation on the history of the Theatr that opened in 1900. Some of the famous people who performed at the Theatre were Sarah Bernhardt, Douglas Fairbanks, and John Philips Sousa and his band.

The Theatre hosts over 50 plus performances per year including high school plays and concerts. In addition, the volunteers give guided tours. Most importantly, it is included on the National Register of Historic Places and is Participating Historic Site for the Keweenaw National Historic Park.

Built for $75,000, it is in dire need of repairs. Laura focused on the need for a new roof that needs to be re-engineered and replaced. The original design, still in place, brings water off the roof and into the building for disposal. Everything leaks including the roof.

Water damage is severe. Roof rafters are damaged. Ceilings, walls, and floors damaged. Emergency efforts include fastening tarps to ceilings so water is directed to buckets that are emptied by staff and volunteers as needed. The proscenium arch has water running along the backside to buckets.

The Village of Calumet owns the structure but does not have the resources to make the necessary repairs, so they have turned to the Pepsi Corporation “Challenge Grant Program.” If the Theatre is the top vote-getter for December, the prize is $250,000!

Quite simply, you win by getting votes. Therefore, Laura is asking all Rotary members and their families and friends to vote daily. She reminds everyone that they can vote three ways each day: 1) through FACEBOOK, 2) by signing on to www.refresheverything.com or 3) by using your cell phone to Text 73774 and type 104720 as your message. Your Vote Is needed urgently so please vote Daily.

If you wish to donate to the theatre, know that it is a 501(c)3 corporation for tax purposes.

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Business Meeting, December 1, 2010

Sorry for all the mistakes. I'll get this thing right eventually.

Attendance: 21, including 4 guests David and Linda Grahek, Sheriff Ron Lahti and Laura Miller’s mother Catherine Lee.

President Tim Baroni called the meeting to order then started with a round of happy dollars and announcements.

Laura Miller announced that the Calumet Theatre is officially vying for $250,000 from the Pepsi Refresh project. Money would be used for a new roof.

Tom Tikkanen noted that the Chamber of Commerce is looking for members for its Board of Directors and suggested that if anyone is interested they can contact Dallas Bond, C of C Executive Director. Tom noted that CLK Rotary has been well represented over the last decade or do with Dan, Jim, Kevin, Sue and himself representing the Calumet area.

Finance report: Sandy reported the following balances: River Valley - $1508.50, Superior National - $4234.73, Superior National Checking Acct - $4743.14. Motion to accept was approved (Tom T/Kevin S/Unanimous).

Steve Dlubula was recognized for a December birthday.

Attendance for November was 55%. Members with perfect attendance were Dan Dalquist, Joe Enrietti, Don Kilpela, Jim Lowell, Andy Murtagh, Dick Schaefer, Scott See, Pete Vorhes

Committee Reports:

Education – Choices in Lake Linden is done, currently scheduling CLK HS for January.

Spaghetti Dinner – Kevin is working on a poster. Dinner is scheduled for Mar. 11.

Visioning – Scheduled for Feb. 15, Schaefer reports that about 90% of club members plan to attend.

Luminaries – Jeff has ordered and received electric candles which will replace wax candles this year. He expects these to be easier to use and more reliable. We need one or two persons to help place luminaries on Christmas Eve and retrieve them on Christmas morning.

Foundation – Amy reports that we can start another 5x5 club if there is interest. She announced PHF recipients for this year, selected at random from current 5x5 clubs.

Sheriff Lahti talked briefly about the No Kid Without a Christmas program this year. He reported that he is currently collecting requests for help and thanked Rotary and other organizations who help with funding and distribution. President Baroni presented him with a check for $500 from the Club and told Lahti that he would get another $500 when club members have finished donations and Range Bank has contributed enough to reach the $500 level. Club members will convene on Dec. 14 at 9am in the Keweenaw Co. Court House to help sort and distribute gifts.

The monthly 50-50 drawing was won by the NKWC project and $42 was given to Sheriff Ron Lahti.

November 27 Meeting

Regular Meeting of November 27, 2010

Attendance = 17 including guests Dave & Linda Grahek and Laura Miller’s mother Cathrine Lee.

President-elect Kathy Johnson presided over the meeting as President Tim was absent.

REMINDER – IMPORTANT DATES:

Friday Dec 03 = Bell Ringing at Pat’s IGA in Calumet.

Tuesday Feb 15 = Club Visioning project at 5pm Irish Times. We need and expect all members to attend. <> Rich Schaefer is the contact person.

Laura Miller announced the Calumet Theatre expects to be approved to participate in the December 2010 Pepsi Refresh challenge. This opportunity will put the theatre in the national voting competition for funding. The $$ would be used for a new roof. Laura will let CLK Rotary know when to start voting. The key is – vote daily and get friends/family to vote daily!

Jim Lowell – CLK Rotary CHOICES chairperson, gave the program today. CHOICES is a 25 yr old program focused on 8^th/9^th grade students with the objective of 1) Addressing the high school dropout problem, 2) increasing the positive school engagement and, 3) improving students' knowledge, learning, attitude and motivation related to education and their future. Bottom line, help the students learn the short-term and long-term consequences of choices they make today and tomorrow.

Kudos to the CLK Rotary CHOICES team: Tom Tikkanen, Jim Lowell, Keith Stenger, Chris Davidson (Horizon School),Kevin Store, Tim Baroni, Janis Vivian, and Kathy Johnson. These folks have been trained to present the program to the CLK, Lake Linden/Hubbell and Horizon’s Schools. November 11 & 12 saw 41 ninth grade students in Lake Linden/Hubbell receive the CHOICES training. CLK schools will see 98 ninth grade students attend the presentations in January 2011.

CHOICES is presented by community members, not teachers, over 2 days. Each 50 minute presentation is interactive. It is a holistic approach expecting support from the families and teachers. Presentations are done by community members & organizations investing their time and money to get the students engaged in their own future. CLK Rotary will spend approximately $600 for teach materials this year in addition to the time the Presentation Team has invested.

Jim explained the CHOICES program does review the curriculum and presentation methods. The program is being restructured to address 8^th grade children. It is also going digital. Most of the children are cell-phone savvy. The presentation will be completely interactive and focus on using game apps on cell phones for expressing the consequences, both good and bad, of making choices.

Jim closed the program by thanking the CHOICES team and the club. He reminded us all there is always a need for more Rotarians to become trained instructors. If you are interested, contact Jim Lowell.

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Regular Maating, November 17, 2010

(Sarah Shann and Dr. Dave Watkins of the MTU Chapter of Engineers Without Borders.)

Attendance: 25 including guests Linda & Dave Grahek (Breckinridge Rotary), Marie Busch (Hancock Rotary), and Sarah Shann and Dr. David Watkins of Engineers Without Borders, MTU.

President Tim reminded members of upcoming important dates:

Dec 3: Bell ringing for the Salvation Army. We need a few ringers. Contact Tim and 337-2000.

Dec 14: Keweenaw County Courthouse. 9-12, to help with Sheriff Lahti's No Kid Without a Christmas.

February 15: The Visioning Program

March 11: Community Spaghetti Dinner

The program: Sarah Shann, a senior Civil Engineering student at MTU and Dr. Dave Watkins, Advisor, rose to tell us about the MTU chapter activities of Engineers Without Borders. There are about 60 active members of the chapter representing a variety of disciplines all of which are necessary in any given project. In addition to fund-raising, the chapter is involved in university services, conferences, grant writing, and especially the projects themselves. For example:

Project 1: A Nutrition and Day Care center in El Porvenir, Honduras. The project designed a community and day care plan and engineering drawings on a given site.

Project 2: In Bolivia, in conjunction with the Rotary Etta Project, a hygienic composing toilet to replace the pits and unsanitary methods in use.

Project 3: In Guatamala, a clean water project, named the Copper Country Guatamalen Accompiament Project in which sanitary wells are constructed along with hand pumps and health information instruction. One example, is a coloring book for youngsters to help them know and practice good health standards.

An interesting and vital program for 3rd world development. Further information can be obtained from the EWB-MTU President, Stephanie Tuck, stuck@mtu.edu, or Vice President Sarah Shann at sshann@mtu.edu.

See you next week.

Regular Meeting, November 10, 2010

Today, we met at the new Garden View Assisted Living and Memory Care and were hosted by the Director, Janice Vivian.

Attendance was 21 including guests Linda & David Grahek, Chuck Wicker with roses from the Hancock Rotary Club Fund-raiser, and Betty Kilpela. The roses are beautiful and only $50 per dozen all to the benefit of benefit of Rotary. They are still available at Kathy's Country Flowers.

In addition, Karen King represented the CLK schools.

Jim Lowell, who presided, reminded everyone of the meeting from 9-12 on December 14 at the Keweenaw County Courthouse to work on the Sheriff's Annual Christmas Presents.

The rest of the meeting was devoted to honoring our Veterans. Andy Murtaugh played a moving music video entitled, A Pittance of Time, written and performed by Terry Kelly of Newfoundland. Andy reminded us of a Veteran's Day tradition in Canada: at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month, the entire country stops for 2 minutes in remembrance of all veterans.

In addition, Andy ordered a cake decorated with "235" honoring the United States Marine Corps 235th birthday. He presented it to former Sgt. Don Kilpela who shared it with the group.

Kilpela, a noncom, says he was gratified to be in the company of so many retired officers and salutes them all as well as all veterans everywhere.

Following this, the meeting adjourned and Janice took everyone on a tour of the brand new facility. Speaking for the group, it is a warm and interesting home where everyone should feel very comfportable, The sleeping rooms are large and the recreation areas and dinner spaces very pleasant. All in all, it is a wonderful home for our elderly.

(Members on tour through the Garden View Assisted Living and Memory Care in Calumet.)

Business Meeting, November 3, 2010

(Jim networks after the meeting with Amy and Sandy.)

Attendance today was 19 and included 1 guest, Linda Grahek.

Ad hoc President Jim Lowell brought the meeting to order and after lunch and a round of happy dollars, worked his way through the agenda.

First on the agenda was the traditional lusty salute to November birthdays, namely Joel, Phil, Amy, Babette, and Scott.

Financial Report: Sandy delivered the Financial Report showing a "Total on Deposit of $11,104.90." Motion to accept the report was seconded and passed.

Attendance in October was 59% with perfect attendance by Tim, Patsy, Dan, Jim, Dick, Tom T., and Peter.

Upcoming Programs:

November 10: Our luncheon meeting will be held at the new Garden View Assisted Living.

November 17: "Engineers Without Borders"

November 24" "Choices" presentation

Bell Ringers: There are several unfulfilled time slots for the December 3 Salvation Army Bell Ringing assignment. All are welcome to help out the Army.

Committee Reports:

Education/Choices/scholarships: Training for the next Choices program at Lake Linden High School on December November 11, 12 will be help Monday Evening (November 8) at p.m. in

Spaghetti Dinner: No report

Visioning Program: Chairman Dick Schaefer reminds everyone that the program will be held at the Irish Times on February 15, 2011, from 5-9 p.m. This important work session will deal with our future as a viable Rotary Club. Accordingly, everyone is encouraged to attend. Happily, Dick reported that almost everyone is signed up at present. There will be no luncheon meeting on February 16.

Italian Hall Luminaries: Prior to placing the candles, Jeff will look into purchasing a candle (or other source) that will burn longer and resist the weather better.

Foundation 5 X 5 Club. Amy reported that she is considering awarding the 5x5 fellowships at the visioning program in February. She also mentioned that there is still a space available on one of the clubs.

Provisional Membership: The board requested that the club review our Provisional Membership policy. Much discussion followed with the sense of the meeting seeming to favor eliminating the provision. A motion to discontinue provisional membership with the proviso that the two members taking advantage of it, namely Jim Lowrie and Babette Tikkanen, be grandfathered and allowed to remain as provisional members. The motion was discussed thoroughly and passed with a split decision.

Raffle: Won by Patsy. Unfortunately. Patsy had left by the time we got around to the drawing so Dan accepted the money on her behalf and gave it to Tom T. to give to Patsy.

In closing, Jim reminded everyone that the Board Meetings are at the Range Bank Conference Room at 4 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. Next one is on November 16.

(Lisa Ronan of the Irish Times and CLK Rotarian Janice Vivian share a moment after the meeting. They have been close friends for many years. Janice will host our next meeting at the Garden View and Lisa will cater it.)

Regular Meeting, October 27, 2010

(Here's a photo from last week that didn't get published. It is Tom and his Daughter, Christina, who has been redeployed to Afghanistan in December. Good luck, Christina and we will look forward to hearing from you when you get back.)

Attendance was 20 including guests Dave & Linda Grahek, and Dan & Maybelle Harri.

President Tim reminded the Club of the following dates:

➢ NOV 10 MEETING IS AT THE GARDEN VIEW (OLD STILLWATERS) FACILITY IN CALUMET. LUNCH WILL BE CATERED BY THE IRSH TIMES.

➢ Friday Dec 3: Bell Ringing at Pat’s IGA in Calumet.

➢ Tuesday Feb 15: Club Visioning project at 5 p.m., Irish Times. We need and Expect all members to attend. There will be No Wednesday meeting on February 16. A Signup sheet was passed around today and again next week.

Our Club was Happy today, i.e. lots of Happy Dollars and Announcements:

Tom Tikkanen announced Main Street will hold a Business After Hours at the Main Street office in Calumet on Thursday, October 28, at 5 p.m. Come meet the new tenants in Calumet and in the Main St Center.

Dan Dalquist announced a seminar by Franklin-Templeton Investments on Investing For The Next Decade, to be held on Tuesday, November 02 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the De Le Terre Restaurant in Lake Linden. Please call Dan to RSVP.

Chuck Nelson announced the Keweenaw Health Foundation concert at the Calumet Theatre on Thursday. November 4, featuring ventriloquist and comedian, Kevin Johnson, and guaranteed to be a family show.

A number of other Happy dollars were offered causing President Tim to remind us our program needed time!

Program: Dan Harri is the new General Manager of the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. Dan is a professionally trained executive chef. He graduated from CLK Schools in 1980. His work experience includes 18 years as chef and Executive Chef for Don Shula’s restaurants, Chef at Sandal’s Resorts, Planet Hollywood and several other locations. Bottom line, he has a ton of experience in the restaurant and service industry.

Dan has found the move from corporate to county-owned to be a challenge. He is the 15th GM since the Lodge opened in 1934. He has hit the ground running spending time learning the nuances of the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge and organizing the staff and systems. Dan and the staff have been creative in their efforts. Example: Dan delivered all the scrap metal lying around the Lodge and sold it as scrap. The money raised has been used for moving and repurposing the antique Toro tractor to the 1st Tee as a photo opportunity for customers.

Ninety % of the visitors to the Lodge are from outside of our area. In order to encourage residents of Houghton and Keweenaw counties to use the Lodge, Dan announced a 15% discount to any resident of either county. He reminded us the lodge will offer a skating rink, toboggan hill, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing and that it will have a picnic area open with hot coffee and hot water. Of course, users are encouraged to order a meal and beverage.

Dan’s passion for his job is very apparent when you hear him and I think he will be successful. We look forward to our next visit to the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge.

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(President Tim gives Dan our treasured CLK Rotary Cup for his interesting program.)

Regular Meeting, October 20, 2010

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Attendance today was 25, including guests Dave & Linda Grahek, Bob Sharkey, Christine Tikkanen, Linda Lowell, and Elden Johnson,President of Houghton Rotary.

President Tim reminded the Club of the following dates:

Ø Friday December 03: Bell Ringing at Pat’s IGA in Calumet.

Ø Tuesday February 15, 2011: Club Visioning project at 5 p.m. at the Irish Times. We need and Expect all members to attend. No Wednesday meeting on February 16.

Ø Friday March 11, 2011: CLK annual Rotary Community Spaghetti Dinner project at Irish Times.

A variety of announcements and happy dollars: Tom Tikkanen introduced his daughter Airman Christina Tikkanen. She has just graduated from the USAF Intelligence training school and is enjoying a short leave. Amy Roberts announced she had BSA popcorn for sale and raffle tickets for CLK Jr. Hockey.

Elden Johnson gave a brief update on the CHOICES program. Last year 400 students received the program. This year over 500 area students will see the CHOICES message. Elden, and Jim Lowell, our CHOICES chairperson. need more Rotary members to train as presenters.

Program: Jim Lowell talked about his experiences as a bee-keeper. Jim demonstrated how a hive was assembled and explained the function of the brood hives as opposed to the Super where the honey is produced.

We learned the queen uses the brood hives for laying eggs that produce worker bees. The worker bees fly to the various flowers & plants to collect nectar. That process also pollinates plants. Jim told us the true value of bees is their ability to pollinate. A secondary value is the honey.

One of the questions asked was how the bees are prepared for winter. Jim said he removes the Supers and leaves only brood hives. He wraps the hive (containing several brood hives) in waxed cardboard for insulation. The bees will stay inside until temps exceed 40 degrees then they will leave for a cleansing flight. Jim explained one of the threats was ice build up over the combs which stops the bees from having food and they starve. He needs to remove moisture to reduce the chances of ice buildup.

A very interesting program. Thanks Jim!

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Regular Meeting, October 13, 2010

Attendance: 20, including guests Dave & Linda Grahek, Bob Sharkey, and Tom Vichich and Julie Crowl of the Copper Country Marrow Registry Drive.

Welcome: Chris Davidson – Horizon’s Principal - CLK Schools

Glad to report that Andy Murtagh attended today’s meeting. Andy reports his daughter in Canada is “holding her own” in her fight with health issues. We are glad you are back Andy.

(The picture is Julie Crowl and Tom Vichich of the Copper Country Registery Drive for bone marrow donors.)

Announcements:
1. LAST CHANCE HIGHWAY PICKUP Saturday Oct 16 at 0900. Meet at the corner of Pine St and US 41 on the north side of Calumet.

2. Amy Roberts asks CLK rotary members to consider travelling to Green Bay WI on Nov 10 to hear the Rotary International President speak. She also said Paul Harris Fellows will be subsidized for this event only, with the District contributing $250 and RI National contributing $250. In short, for a contribution to Rotary Foundation of $500, you can receive a Paul Harris Fellowship and have it presented to you personally by the International President of Rotark, Tay Klinginsmith. Quite the opportunity!

3. Happy $$: Several contributions were made from members including Happy Dollars for Terry Smythe for receiving the Salvation Army Citizen of the Year award. Congratulations to Terry!

4. Bob Sharkey – incoming District governor, presented an opportunity for our club to make some money by selling coffee from Green Mountain. Selling a bag of ground coffee for $10 will bring $3 to our Club and $1 to any country growing coffee beans for clean water projects. Bob also announced an opportunity to buy winter coats for children at a price of $17. The coats will have a tag inside the coat indicating Rotary donated the coat. For more info, contact Bob Sharkey.

Also, Bob said that the district meeting planning committee will meet on Thurs Oct 14 at 5:30 pm at the Library Restaurant & Bar in Houghton.

Program: Julie Crowl and Tom Vichich talked with the Club about the process of becoming a bone marrow donor. On Wednesday, Oct 20th, from 11:30 to 7 p.m., a Bone marrow registry drive will be held at the Finnish American Center on Quincy Street in Hancock. Cost to register is $25. Donors need to be in good health and between the ages of 18-60. Registry involves some paperwork and taking a swab from inside your cheek. Once complete, the donor stays on the Registry until a match is found.

This effort is being done to help Pete Nissila find a bone marrow donor. Pete, a member of the Hancock Rotary Club, ran Nissila’s Greenhouse in Ripley. He and his wife closed the business and relocated to Oregon where Pete found work as his city’s horticulturist. This summer he developed a cold that became more sever. He was diagnosed with an acute and rapid form of leukemia. His best chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a Scandinavian background.

More info on bone marrow donors can be found at: www.marrow.com which is the site for the Be The Match Foundation.

In addition to actually becoming a donor, you might just offer to sponsor a potential donor by contributing the $25 to the registry. The CLK Rotary Club Board of Directors will investigate at their next board meeting being a sponsor for potential donors.

See you next week.


(Julie makes a heart-felt plea to our members to become bone marrow donors)

Business Meeting, October 8, 2010

(Our two October birthday boys, Dick & Jim.)

Attendance = 21, including guests Dave & Linda Grahek who will soon be heading south. Also, todays school representative was Karyn King, Elementary School Principal of the CLK School system.

We haven't seen Andy for a while. Hmmmm.

Announcements: CLK Rotary Highway Cleanup rescheduled for Saturday October 09 at 0900. Meet at the corner of Pine St and US 41 on the north side of Calumet. Phil: please put this on your schedule!

Birthdays this month: Jim Lowell on Oct 1 and Richard Schaefer on Oct 11. The Club enthusiastically sang them Happy Birthday!

Treasurer's Report: Sandy Huuki gave the financial report. Current balance in the bank = $11,680.66.

Upcoming programs: October 13, Bone Marrow Registry; Oct 20, open; Oct 27, open. Please send President Tim your suggestions for programs.

Attendance report: September attendance = 67%. Thanks to all. Perfect Attendance for September: Patsi, Dan, Steve D, Joel, Sandy, Kathy, Don K, Jim Lowell and Scott.

President Tim announced the following: 1) The Oct 02 Highway pickup was cancelled due to lack of supplies and is rescheduled to Sat Oct 09 at 0900. 2) Salvation Army Bell Ringing is set for Fri Dec 03 from 10 am to 8 pm at Pat’s IGA in Calumet. Sign up sheet will be sent around each week. Need 2 person teams for 1 hour shifts. 3) Nov 10 is a special Rotary meeting in Green Bay with the Rotary International president. This is an opportunity that you will get rarely so check with Tim for more details if you can attend. 4) Board meeting will be the 3^rd Tuesday of each month at the Range Bank conference room.

Committee Reports:

a: Education/Choices/Scholarship: Jim Lowell is looking for CLK Rotary members who can serve as Choices mentors. Jim can conduct the necessary training. Contact Jim if you can help.

b: Spaghetti Dinner: Kevin Store – event date is Friday March 11.

C: Visioning: Rich Schaefer – Tentative date of Feb 01 from 5pm – 9pm at the Irish times. This event will need 70% of the Club members to attend. It is crucial for us to participate to help our Club plan for the next 5 yrs. Put Feb 01 2011 on your calendar.

D: Foundation – Amy not present

E: Italian Hall Illuminary – Jeff Primeau not present

Drawing was help and won by our president.

See you next week.

Regular Meeting, September 29, 2010

(Guest speaker, John Griffith, of the Northwoods Conservancy)

Attendance = 23, including guests Dave & Linda Grahek and John Griffith of the Northwood’s Conservancy

Welcome: Mike Steber – Middle School Principal CLK Schools

Announcements: CLK Rotary Highway Cleanup Saturday Oct 02 at 0900. Meet at the corner of Pine St and US 41 on the north side of Calumet.

Amy Roberts is ready to submit the Rotary Shirt order - $26 per shirt. Last Call to order a shirt! Contact Amy at SNB in Calumet, 337-5983.

Program: John Griffith introduced the Northwoods Conservancy and its role in preserving land and lakeshore in the Keweenaw. The NWC has protected over 2 miles of Lake Superior shoreline and several thousand acres of woodland and marsh. The land generally is multiuse and available for recreation and some for hunting.

Conglomerate Falls is the current project. This waterfall and surrounding land are accessed from S Farmers Block Road off the 5 mile point road. The seller is asking for $115,000. NWC needs to raise $30,000 as the down payment with the balance being financed. The deadline for the deal is Oct 01, 2010. If you have passed the deadline, contribute anyway and they will see that it is made part of the grant. For donation purposes, the NWC is a 501-C-3 corporatrion.

The Conglomerate Falls parcel includes a 15-year-old, 1-room cabin that will be available for rent. Estimated cost will be $500 per week. During hunting season, cabin renters will be able to hunt on the property.

Additionally, the cabin needs several things including installation of a composting toilet, general maintenance of the cabin, and construction of benches. Morover, NWC needs trail work as well. Is this a type of project CLK Rotary wants to adopt? Feedback should be directed to our Board members and officers.

Several questions were directed to John Griffith. John ended his presentation asking for members to consider donating to the Conglomerate Falls campaign. AT that point, Rotarian Sue Dana started the ball rolling with a donation followed by a number of Rotary members. Good gesture of support team!

(At meeting's end, Jim and John shake over a good deal apparently)

(The CLK Rotary club was honored to host District Governor Steve Selvick.)


Attendance = 25 including guests Steve Selvick our District Governor (District 6220), Dave & Linda Grahek, Assistant District Governor Bob Sharkey, and Marie Buche, President Houghton Rotary.

Announcements: Highway Pickup will be Saturday October 02. Meet at corner of Pine St and US 41 on the north side of Calumet at 0900. Phil passed around a signup sheet. This project needs lots of hands so please check your schedule and help.

A multitude of fines and Happy Dollars were collected. Thanks to all who participated.

Program: District Governor Steve Selvick talked about Rotary International motto of ”Buildling Communities and Bridging Continents”. His view was children are the key! Steve reported Rotary has had a focus on children since the start and youth are now our 5th Ave of Service.

Steve talked about the Family of Rotary and Rotarians need to balance family + work + Community + the world + Rotary. Our focus upon Service Above Self as the Rotary motto helps separate Rotary from other civic clubs. We have an amazing variety of local, regional, national, and international on-going projects to support.

Steve, supports emphatically the local clubs of his District 6220 and will help them attain the goals that they themselves set. This is a bottom up district administration that focuses on the individual clubs and their goals. All we have to do is ask for help when we need it. As a club, we need to complete the Visioning program. Keep what is working for and discard what is not and then replace discarded ones with new projects.
Steve reviewed in detail a variety of District 6220 programs including the ETTA project, Power Flour, and SAMP (Surplus medical supplies).

At the conclusion of his talk, Steve awarded a well-deserved Rotary Mug to Past President Jim Lowell for his past and continuing work on all the projects of the CLK Rotary Club. We can think of no one more deserving.

A very good meeting with a great program!




(District Governor Steve Selvick with Jim Lowell, Tim Baroni, and Bob Sharkey.)

Regular Meetings of 9/8 and 9/15

(President Tim poses with Janice Vivian, our new member.)

Meeting of September 8:

Attendance = 23 including guests Dave & Linda Grahek

A warm welcome to new member, Janice Vivian; Janice is the manager of Garden View Assisted Living and Memory Care, of Calumet.

After enjoying the meal, club members paid their Happy Dollars for various announcements and events.

Amy Roberts reminded the members she is collecting Rotary Polo Shirt orders. Estimated price is $28

Jim Lowell asked the membership for a laptop to be donated to the club. The computer is needed by the club's treasurer to track and report our finances.

CHOICES presenters are needed for this fall. If any CLK Club members are interested – please contact Jim Lowell. More presenters make the task much easier.

Program: Dan Dalquist gave a presentation on Investing and our Economy. Basic message was that our economy has the ability to heal itself. Dan said that, "One, we have been in bad economic situations before and two, we are definitely seeing signs of recovery." Thanks for the upbeat and interesting program, Dan.

Meeting of September 14:

Attendance: 22 including guests Dave & Linda Grahek and Assistant District Governor, Bob Sharkey.

Inasmuch as President Tim was not available, Vice President Kathy Johnson presided. Good Job, Kathy!

George Twardzik attended the meeting representing Public Schools of CLK. Welcome George.

Several Happy Dollars & Announcements: A Reminder to all CLK Rotarians that our District Governor, Steve Selvick, will be addressing our next meeting, September 22. We need a full house!

ADG Bob Sharkey reported on his experiences at the RYLA program. He mentioned being in a group with a member of the CLK ROTC contingent and how impressed he was of her abilities.

A reminder of the District Meeting Planning Committee which will hold it’s first meeting on Thursday 9/16 at 5:30 at the KBC. Additional participation from CLK will be appreciated.

Scott See announced that in a voting contest for specific funding. the Keweenaw National Historic Park was the No. 1 park in Michigan.

VP Kathy read a Thank You note from a senior citizen group. They appreciated the Tamburitzan tickets and the CLK Rotary support of the performance.

Reminder: Amy Roberts will be sending in the shirt order! Contact her now if you want one.

Program: A video of the ETTA project in Bolivia. A moving story told by Sara Houghton of Marquette. This project focuses on providing proper food (using the Power Flour program) to help the children become healthy. In addition, education and coaching skills for moms in such areas as job skills and providing micro-financing to help the moms get a business started as well as teaching skills to grow food.

As each center is developed, the local people are trained to maintain and continue the work. At that point, the ETTA project starts another center in a poverty-ridden section of the town. Partners in the project include Rotary District 6220 (our district) and Engineers Without Borders

District 6220 has a goal to provide $50,000 to the ETTA projects. Each Club in the District is encouraged to look at the ETTA project and make a decision about monetary support.

ADG Bob Sharkey fielded a variety of questions from the group.

(At the conclusion of the meeting, I took a picture of Phil as he gathered up the buttons and papers and bell to be put away until next week. Thanks, Phil, for taking care of business for the past many years.)

Business Meerting, September 1, 2010

Attending = 25 including guests Dave & Linda Grahek and Assistant District Governor Bob Sharkey.

(Left: a single Birthday in September, the Reverend, Mr. Peter Vorhes, on September 28. A lusty chorus of H.B. was sung and Peter coughed up the dollar.)

Attendance for August = 65%. Thanks to all! Perfect attendance for August: Dan, Joe, Sandy, Capt Don, Jim Lowell, Andy, Rich and Tom T.

A variety of Announcements made & Happy Dollars collected.

President Tim asked the Club for ideas regarding a Signature Project, something to which the CLK Rotary can attach its name. The idea is to start planning now. Suggestions should be sent to Tim or to any board member.

Tim asked for all members to consider a local dues increase, perhaps to $5.00 per quarter. Dues for District and National are $104 per year. This generated a discussion about tax deductibility of meals for CLK Rotarians. This is an issue that each Rotarian needs to discuss with her or his tax preparer.

(Left: Sgt. at Arms Philip with Sandy and Jim after the meeting.)

Financial Report: Treasurer Sandy announced the Club has $4,221.51 in Savings and $5,156.29 in Checking as of 8/31/10.

The 2010-2011 budget was distributed to the members attending. After discussion, the budget was passed.

Andy requested the Board consider contributing money to the Northwoods Conservancy to help with the purchase of land at the mouth of the Gratiot River. Andy also suggested that individual Rotarians and/or their businesses consider donating toward the purchase. Donations can be sent to: Northwoods, PO Box 124, Calumet, Michigan 49913. Information on the purchase can be found at www.northwoodsconservancy.org.

Here's an early reminder that our September 22 meeting will feature our District Governor, Steve Selvick. This is a meeting we need to have all of our members in attendance.

Finally, be reminded that our board meetings occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 4p.m. Meetings are held at the Range Bank conference room and all members are invited to
attend.


(Amy, Chairperson of the 5x5 clubs talking with Andy after the meeting.)

Regular Meeting, August 25, 2010

(Pictured below is Truman Obermeyer, our speaker, who spoke on the need and solution for a new Justice Center in Houghton)

Attendance: 24 members and guests.

Guests were Houghton County Sheriff Brian McLean, Truman Obermeyer, Houghton County Justice Center Committee, and Sherry Ala, representing the District Court. Also Heidi and Nelson Vitso, Rotarians from Ann Arbor MI. Heidi is Phil Smythe’s sister in law.

President Tim called the meeting to order and promptly paid his fines that were assessed last week. Specifically, he was fined for not wearing his Rotary shirt to the Tammies and not fulfilling the presidential duties of introducing them in the Theatre prior to the show.

A number of members paid Happy dollars for announcements. You had to be there to hear Sue Dana’s announcement about kilts!

Amy Roberts announced a vacancy in one of the 5x5 Foundation clubs. Any interested CLK Rotary member should contact Amy direct. A 5x5 club is consists of five Rotarians who pledge $50 per quarter or $200 per year for 5 years. Each year one of the 5 names is drawn and that member receives a Paul Harris Fellowship. Accordingly, at the end of the 5-year period, each member will have donated $1000 to the Foundation and each will have received a Paul Harris Fellowship. Our Club has two of the 5x5 clubs.

Truman Obermeyer, a member of the Houghton County Justice Center Committee presented information about the current county jail and the proposed Justice Center. He showed a variety of photos of the jail, the “confidential” McDonald’s bench used when prisoners and attorney’s talk, the lack of appropriate facilities for segregating men and women as well as monitoring prisoner activities.

Most importantly, he pointed out that state & federal laws mandate requirements for jails and that the current facility is out of compliance.

(Below: Sherry Ala of the District Court with her Uncle Andy. Sherry is Marilyn's niece.)

Truman also showed pictures of the Sheriff Department's combined armory/evidence room/processing & training center/conference room that was in reality an old bedroom, one the sheriff actually lived in when he stayed in the jail. His last set of photos showed the 97^th district court room and office space. It was small, crowded and provided no separation between prisoners and visitors.

In short, the photos illustrating the poor facilities were pretty convincing evidence for the need for a new Justice Center in Houghton.

The second part of his presentation was a discussion of the proposed facility. It is hoped to build a new facility that will hold the Sheriff Dept and jail (140 beds) as well as the District Court. Locations are limited inasmuch as state law requires that the Sheriff Department and District Court be located in the County Seat. That eliminates all locations other than the city of Houghton. Another consideration is the cost of transporting prisoners to and from the court. It is a requirement that two officers must attend the transportation thereby creating an additional expense as well as making those officers unavailable for ordinary police work such as patrolling the streets.

The recommended location is the old Houghton High school lot which is immediately west of the current courthouse. Transport of prisoners is easy as the court will be in the same building. The old space in the Courthouse will be used for expansion by other departments. Moreover, the old jail would be used for much-needed storage.

Truman said that the needed millage request will be on the November ballot and that approving the millage will only increase the taxes on a $100,000-valued home by approximately $34 per year.

(The other evening, we captured a picture of the rising moon and Copper Harbor light casting their beam across the water.)