Guests today included our program presenters Dorothy & Jay Ruohonen (Welcome back Jay!), Linda & Dave Grahek, and Bob Sharkey .
We were happy to see both Phil and Andy attending today however we missed the Cookie Inspector (Rich Schaefer) and Capt Don Kilpela (family reunion).
President Tim reminded the Club of the Board meetings and said he would have a report at the next business meeting. Several members had announcements.
Tammies Announcement: (1) Sales Contest – no new tickets were sold as reported by the Theatre. We need to sell 400 tickets. Total as of wed July 14 = 36. (2) A list of businesses for Rotarians to contact has been sent by email to our membership. Tickets sold to sponsors will be included in the weekly sales contest. (4) Tom Tikkanen will be contacting each Rotarian asking for housing for the Tammies. This is a great opportunity for your household to learn about the Tammies and the kids. Please say "Yes" when Tom calls you. (5) Tammies Ticket Sales forms are available on our Club website: www.clkrotary.org (6)Jim Lowell is writing a document on the history of the Tammies and the Calumet area. This will be routed to each Rotarian.
Jay Ruohonen, President of Talon Research, presented a program on their proprietary product Bridgeguard.. This system uses infra-red technology to “see: delamination cracks in concrete bridge decks.
The key is the technology. Up to this point, a bridge lane would be closed while workers dragged a chain across the deck and listened for hollow sounds indicating a possible delamination. The Bridgeguard system is used from a moving vehicle so bridges do not need to be closed and workers need not walk the bridge.
A vehicle with the infrared system on it, drives across at a constant speed while filing the bridge The data is processed thru the software developed by Talon Research to identify the delaminations. Jay said there were over 600,000 bridges in the US that need to be inspected every 2 years. Michigan has over 10800 bridges! A very interesting presentation.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Copper Man Triathlon on Saturday August 7. If you can help, please let Phil or Dan know. Great Deer Chase – traffic control volunteers needed for start of race. Contact Marc Norton at Copper Island printing or Dan Dalquist
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