Invocation: Scott Knight RIVER CITY DAYS. Ron Cossette repeated his request for everyone to find their tropical shirts and sign up to help produce the annual River City Days Steak Fry on Saturday, July 26. Shift sign-up lists still have openings. Four shifts are available: • Food Prep 1:30 – […]
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Ron Cossette introduced his friend Stephen Herman, the Director of BRIDGE, an organization providing training and employment opportunities to recovering chemically-dependent people. It is a non-profit that focuses on providing education and life skills that support re-entry into the community after overcoming the effects of chemical or alcohol addiction. BRIDGE […]
Ken Hiller, his wife Barbara, Dan Keyport, his wife Georgiann and daughter Sammy all travelled to Estonia and visited former exchange student Tom Ellmere and his family. A highlight of the trip was the Estonian Song and Dance Festival which only occurs every 5 years. There were over 9,000 dancers, […]
Brett Johnson happily managed his day as Finemaster by recruiting some of our “newer” members to pick a fine. Lori Anderson picked on our new president for his opening performance. Steve Larson tagged Ray Schalow. Marta Christianson fined Kevin Hegland. Gary Hardel fined Dave Kraus. Brett closed the vendetta session […]
Invocation: Joe McHugh RIVER CITY DAYS. Ron Cossette challenged everyone to find tropical shirts to match his during the annual River City Days Steak Fry on Saturday, July 26. Shift sign-up lists were filled by the most dedicated of our Rotarians who know from experience that this event is both […]
July 17: Invocation: Randy Maluchnik Speaker: Ron Cossette, Re-employing Chemically-Dependent People. July 24: Invocation: Dan Lundahl Speaker: tba. July 25: River City Days, Wine Booth July 26: River City Days, Steak Fry + Wine Booth July 31: Invocation: Tom Moorse Speaker: Guatemala Project August 7: Invocation: TBA Speaker: Speaker: District […]
Club President Tom Croft could not wait to inaugurate his 52-week term. Tom presented Amanda Bloomgren with flowers, a new name button, and a Past-President Rotary pin. The club gave her a standing ovation that only touched the surface of our appreciation for her dedicated service. Tom then gave grateful […]
Joe Hoppe had to wait until the end of the meeting to take the stage, but took advantage of the opportunity to fine more than his usual quota, based on comments during Tom Croft’s soliloquy. Payments were received from Ron Cossette, Dui DeBower, Rick Ford, Phil Solseng, and all World […]
Visiting Prior Lake Rotarian Joan Faucett invited us to attend their hugely successful fundraiser – Lakefront Music Fest on July 18 + 19, at Lakefront Park. A $20 ticket grants access on both days to community booths, artists, and music – rock + roll on Friday and country on Saturday. […]