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.

Again, we need a CLK Rotary member to help write this blog. It would be good to have two or more authors and move the job around. Contact Dan Dalquist


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