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.)