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.
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