Regular Meeting, August 11, 2010

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Our last meeting before the Tammie’s Performance!

Attendance = 20. Guests included Scott Dianda – candidate for 110 District seat, Mark Rusensil – Scott’s campaign manager, Dave & Linda Grahek and their granddaughter Chloe.

Thank You: Thanks to Andy, Tim, Capt Don, Rich Shaefer & Dan for representing CLK Rotary at the Copperman Triathlon. Our station was the Esery Park Bike Turnaround.

A number of Happy $$ were collected today by our Sergeant at Arms – Phil Smythe. Welcome back Phil!

Tammies Announcements: 1. Ushers are needed at the Theatre. Joe E, Jim L, Dan D and Tom T all helped. 2. Tom T distributed the housing assignments. 3. Ticket sales to date are CLK Rotary = 141 and the Theatre 279 for total of 424. More sales were received at the meeting. A final tally will be at the Aug 18 meeting along with the sales prizes. 4. A reminder to all Rotarians to wear their blue Rotary shirts at the concert on Sat 8/14.

Scott Dianda – candidate for the 110 District seat, presented his platform at the meeting. Many of his views and solutions can be found at his web site: www.votedianda.com Interested Rotarians can go to the website for detailed information.

He is conducting a fund-raising social at the Ramada Inn in Hancock on Thursday evening August 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. His special guest will be Senator Carl Levin.

Scott did have several Rotarians address questions & comments to him both during his presentation and after the meeting adjourned.

See you next week for the Tammies' wrap up.

Business Meeting, August 4, 2010

(Dan Dalquist exhorting the troops to sell, sell, sell! so that we can make a few dollars to sprinkle around to the community.)


Monthly Business Meeting. 19 Rotarians attended and 1 guest: Past President Eve Syzlargy.

President Tim announced the following August birthdays: George Kiiskila, Chuck Nelson and Dan Dalquist.

President Tim is looking for program ideas. Any CLK Rotary member who has a suggestion(s) should send them to Tim via email.

July Attendance – perfect attendance included: Jim Lowell, Patsi Bastian, Dan Dalquist, Tim Baroni, Joel Keranen and Amy Roberts.

Board meetings will be the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. at the Range Bank conference room. All officers and club members are invited.

Tammies Report: Total ticket sales as of Wednesday at 11 a.m. were 218 – Theatre and Rotary sales combined. Several Rotary members turned in sales forms at that meeting. WE NEED TO SELL A LOT OF TICKETS THIS WEEK FOR THE EVENT TO BE A FINANCIAL SUCCESS! Each Rotary member was sent a list of businesses to contact. Contact them before Wed. Lets get the total sales up over 600!

Tom Tikkanen reported that all the Tammies have been housed. A BIG THANK YOU to all Rotarians housing the performers.

President Tim announced the Board will have a budget to present in September.

Dan Dalquist reminded the Rotary Group helping at the Copperman to be at Esery Park by 9 a.m. That group includes Rich Schaefer, Andy Murtagh, Tim Baroni, Capt Don Kilpela and Dan Dalquist.

Hope to see everyone at the meeting on Wednesday, August 11, with tickets to report as sold!



(Your photographer caught Andy and James locked in earnest discussion after the meeting.)

Regular Meeting, June 28, 2010

(Left: Aaron & Dan show off their treasured Rotary mugs after their interesting presentation.)

Today’s attendance = 18.

Guests included Aaron Rogers and Dan Kauppi of the Copper Harbor Trails Club.

President Tim made several announcements including reminding the Club about the monthly Board meeting held at Range Bank in the conference room.

Tammies Announcement: Total of 73 tickets sold by CLK Rotary and 64 by the Theatre = 137. Goal is 600 ticket w/400 sold by CLK Rotary! Sponsor list will be sent to the membership again – Rotarians need to contact the appropriate businesses for ticket sales.

Jim Lowell has sent out a sales script – please use it!!

Tom Tikkanen has been working hard on housing for the Tammies. If you can help house 2 or more – please let Tom know.

Program: the Copper Harbor Trails club focuses upon non-motorized use trails in the Copper Harbor area. Recently, the Copper Harbor Mountain Bike Trails were named an EPIC RIDE by the IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association. It is 1 of 48 EPIC RIDE trails in the world.

The CHTC has over 200 members from a wide range of states. They support the trail-building effort and help with the publicity for the Club. Aaron Rogers is the primary trail-builder and Dan Kauppi is in charge of marketing the trails. Several questions/comments were raised about the need to collect data for use in documenting the economic impact of the trails.

Businesses in the Copper Harbor area have noticed the effect of the bicycling public. The cyclists use the trails and spend dollars for food and drink afterward. In addition, they stay in the local motels. Most important, however, is that cyclists who ride the CH trails are happy about their experiences and telling others to head North.

Plans include adding a trail to Hunter’s Point separate from the current walking trail and developing a 30 mile single track trail around the north end of the Keweenaw. Cyclists say "that would be marvelous."

Aaron and Dan's final words were to encourage Rotarians to come up and try the trails.

(Dan, pushing sales, sales and more sales!)





















Oops! Caught Pastor Pete taking a brief nap just as many of his parishioners.

Regular Meeting, June 21, 2010

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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

Regular Meeting, July 13, 2010

(Tim displays one of the our Rotary team's jerseys from the "old days." Matt Vertin donated two of these jerseys for our archive.)

A good crowd at today’s meeting!: 23 Rotarians and guests. Guests included Dave & Linda Grahek, Paul Gauthier, a visiting Rotarian from Fairfax VA, and Tom Tikkanen’s guests, Elmore and Linda who are owners of Thimbleberry Press which publishes Further North Magazine and are involved with MainStreet Calumet.

President Tim displayed a photo of a CLK Junior Hockey team wearing CLK Rotary hockey sweaters. He also had 2 old hockey jerseys donated by Matt Vertin. Both sweaters had CLK Rotary on them. Inasmuch as the new jerseys do not have the CLK Rotary, these are real collectors items and will go into storage for display at a future date. Finally, Tim sent around a "Thank You" card from Mike Fouts, one of our scholarship recipients.

The next Rotary Board meeting will be Tuesday July 20 at 4 pm in the Range Bank conference room. All Board members should plan on attending.

Tammies Announcement: (1) Sales teams were announced. A total of 36 tickets have been sold as of noon Wed. The Team selling the most tickets each week will win prizes. (2) Our Club Goal is for Club members to sell 400 tickets over the next 4 weeks. (3) A list of businesses for Rotarians to contact will be 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.

President Tim announced perfect attendance for June: Joe Enrietti, Capt Don, Laura ,and Rich Schaefer.

[Dan asks, "Where were Phil and Andy today??]

Program: Kathy Johnson gave a very interesting program on the role of volunteers in the local hospice system. Hospice volunteer training will take place in mid-September, from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at Aspirus Keweenaw Home Nursing & Hospice. Kathy has the application forms that interested Rotarians need to complete.

Kathy made the point that hospice volunteers are bringing their personal touch to the patient and are there to help. Volunteers spend 2 hours per week and may be washing windows or talking with the patient. You may be giving the primary caregiver a respite. This is a very enriching experience for the volunteer. Kathy’s message: “Just bring yourself. The experience will be uplifting, rewarding, and personal.”

More Volunteer Opportunities:

Copperman 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 contact Dan Dalquist. See you next week for another great turnout.

(Kathy Johnson addressing members on the need for and rewards of volunteering in the local hospice system.)

Business Meeting, July 7, 2010

(Jim Lowell passes the gavel to our new 2010-2011 president, Tim Baroni.)

Tim Baroni’s first meeting as CLK Rotary club President. Congratulation!

We extend a Big "Thank You" to Past President Jim Lowell who served the CLK Rotary Cub well as our President for the past year.

Our guests this week were Margaret Johnson, Kathy Johnson’s daughter, Bob Sharkey, and Dave and Linda Grahek. Welcome to all!

There were a lot of Happy Dollars and Announcements keeping Phil busy moving around the room collecting the money. Bob Sharkey reported from the International Meeting at Montreal, that Polio is on track for eradication by 2012. The number of remaining known polio cases has been cut in half.

We celebrated July birthdays for Jim Corless and Jeff Primeau.

Third reading of Janice Vivian as prospective member.

Change in Officers: Rich Schaeffer resigned his post as Treasurer after a long period of service. President Tim accepted the resignation "with regret." The Club nominated and unanimously approved Sandy Huuki as our Treasurer.

Club attendance for May was 58%. We would like to see that number consistently higher.

No financial report as the past treasurer and incoming treasurer have not been able to meet.

Tamburitzans report: we have 6 weeks to sell tickets! Rotarians can obtain the ticket sales procedure and sales forms off our web site http://www.clkrotary.org/ Click on “Our Projects” and then on Tamburitzan Ticket Sale Procedures to look at or print the process for selling tickets. Click on Tambutizan Ticket Order Form to print the document you need to sell tickets. TICKET SALES GOAL: 75 per week for the Club. If Each Member Sells 16 tickets, we achieve our Club goal of 450. We are presuming the Calumet Theatre will sell 200 tickets. A total sales effort of 650 tickets will result in a very successful project! SO ….. please get Out And Sell Tickets!

The Tammie Committee will meet Tuesday July 13 at 4 p.m. at the Edward Jones office in Calumet.

President Tim announced the Rotary board is looking for ideas to fund with District Grant money. Any Rotarian who has an idea for a larger community project should contact President Tim.

CLK Rotary Board meetings will continue to be held the 3^rd Tuesday of each month at 4pm at the Range Bank office on Calumet avenue in the Conference Room. The next Board meeting will be July 20.

The 50/50 raffle was won by Captain Kilpela, a cool $55. Congrats!

Reminder to the Club – we need volunteers to staff the Esrey Park bike turn-around for the Copperman

Triathlon on Saturday August 7. If you can help, please let Phil or Dan know.

(President Tim ran a very efficient and interesting first meeting.)

Regular Meeting, June 30, 2010

(As President Jim looks on wistfully, Bonnie Hay answers a question after her presentation. After passing the gavel next week to President Elect Tim, Jim can rest as Past President justifiably proud of his accomplishments.)

President Jim Lowell’s last meeting as President. We meet next Wednesday with President Elect Tim Baroni conducting our meeting and for the next 12 months as well.

Jim, the CLK Rotarians thank you for a successful Rotary year!

Guests included Dave & Linda Grahek, Bonnie Hay , and Capt Ben Kilpela.

Second Reading of Janice Vivian as potential member.

A variety of announcement & happy dollars were collected. Tom Scanlon paid his Happy $$ in foreign currency.

Bonnie Hay, representing the Gratiot Lake conservancy, delivered an interesting program showcasing the Gratiot Lake area. Much of what Bonnie presented is on the organizations web site www.miswa.org/gratiot-lake-1508/ The website includes a map with instructions on how to get to the Gratiot lake conservancy from US 41. Rotarians interested in driving to Gratiot Lake and seeing the area are encouraged to the check the website. Bonnie also suggested travel across the lake by boat to the access point. Visitors can hike, canoe or kayak. Winter visitors come by snowshoe.

The Conservancy is active in both conservation and education. The MTU summer youth program uses the J Bert Noblet cabin as a base to study water ecology. Local public schools also use the conservancy both for summer and winter camping and study.

Summer education programs include the Reading the Landscape. Additional information is available on the website listed above.

A very interesting program about a location many have never visited.

(Bonnie Hay of the Gratiot Lake Conservancy.)