Regular Meeting, May 27, 2009

(Looking mighty serious are our two guests, Dave Varda, left, of the Range Bank, and John Leahy of the Michigan Retailers Association, both guests of Tim Baroni. In this day and age, I guess all bankers are serious.)

The meeting was attended by 17 members and 2 guests.

Vice President Jim Lowell presented some announcements:



1) the highway cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, May 30, at 9 a.m. We meet at the corner of Calumet Avenue and Pine Street.

2) One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded at the Lake Linden H.S. graduation and another at the Calumet H.S. graduation. Winners of the scholarships will be announced to the members after the graduations. Thanks to all CLK Rotarians for this generous award. The plan is to have the winners at our luncheon so that we can all meet them.

3) Sue Dana announced that Region 7 of the Michigan Municipal League will be meeting in Calumet on June 3 to 5. It has been 15 years since there last meeting in Calumet so an all-out effort is being made to make them feel good about the area. Accordingly, Sue is asking for any gifts members might want to donate for distribution to the attendees. Donations should be in her hands by Monday, June 1.

4) Tom Tikkanen announced that 20 members of the Michigan Mainstreet Network will also be meeting in Calumet with a social networking program to occur on June 17 at St. Ann's Church. This is a good chance to show off our Mainstreet accomplishments so a good turnout will go a long way to establish a good public relations with the Mainstreet program.

5. Dan Dalquist, who is the general chairman of the Tamburitzan Fund Raiser, then took the floor to explain in detail the procedures for ticket sales at this important function. He pointed out that there are many ways people and businesses can donate and get some recognition as well. Attached to this blog is a copy of the procedures and the order form. We can't start early enough or work harder to make this the huge success that Dan is expecting, namely, a Full House. The sales teams will be announced next week.


(Here is a happy Chairman Dan with his "Full House." Let's all make this a reality and keep Dan smiling.)