Attendance was 18 including guests Dave & Linda Grahek who are relocating to Breckenridge, MI, until spring. Have a peasant winter folks.
Vice President Kathy presided over the meeting in President Tim’s absence.
IMPORTANT UOCOMING DATES:
Ø Tuesday, December 14 from 9 a.m. to noon Meet at Keweenaw County Courthouse to help sort and wrap gifts for “No Kid Without a Christmas.”
Ø Wednesday, December 15 at noon: tegular meeting at Irish Times
Ø Tuesday, February 15 at 5 p.m. at the Irish Times. We need and expect all members to attend. <
Several Happy dollars were collected as well as fines for either not showing up for a bell-ringing shift due to illness or appearing to ring the bell at the correct time but wrong place! No names mentioned; you had to be at the meeting.
Program: Laura Miller, Executive Director of the Calumet Theatre and a CLK Rotary member, gave the club an interesting presentation on the history of the Theatr that opened in 1900. Some of the famous people who performed at the Theatre were Sarah Bernhardt, Douglas Fairbanks, and John Philips Sousa and his band.
The Theatre hosts over 50 plus performances per year including high school plays and concerts. In addition, the volunteers give guided tours. Most importantly, it is included on the National Register of Historic Places and is Participating Historic Site for the Keweenaw National Historic Park.
Built for $75,000, it is in dire need of repairs. Laura focused on the need for a new roof that needs to be re-engineered and replaced. The original design, still in place, brings water off the roof and into the building for disposal. Everything leaks including the roof.
Water damage is severe. Roof rafters are damaged. Ceilings, walls, and floors damaged. Emergency efforts include fastening tarps to ceilings so water is directed to buckets that are emptied by staff and volunteers as needed. The proscenium arch has water running along the backside to buckets.
The Village of Calumet owns the structure but does not have the resources to make the necessary repairs, so they have turned to the Pepsi Corporation “Challenge Grant Program.” If the Theatre is the top vote-getter for December, the prize is $250,000!
Quite simply, you win by getting votes. Therefore, Laura is asking all Rotary members and their families and friends to vote daily. She reminds everyone that they can vote three ways each day: 1) through FACEBOOK, 2) by signing on to www.refresheverything.com or 3) by using your cell phone to Text 73774 and type 104720 as your message. Your Vote Is needed urgently so please vote Daily.
If you wish to donate to the theatre, know that it is a 501(c)3 corporation for tax purposes.
This blog needs another author to share the load with Capt Don and myself. Would be great to rotate the responsibility every month or quarter. Contact Dan Dalquist ddalquist@gmail.com or 370-2206
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