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Chaska Rotarian Bob Chinnock introduced a team from the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter at the University of Minnesota: Lily Hock, Kai Johnson, Andrew Kanewske, Nicole Spence and Ryan Vogt. These students devote their extra-curricular time to helping others, using their developing engineering skills on international projects in Ethiopia and Guatemala. […]
Chaska Rotarian Randy Nelson introduced Rick Berggren, a Development Advisor from Union Gospel Mission, Twin Cities (UGMTC). The mission offers help for the homeless, poor and addicted in the Twin Cities through meals, shelter, recovery, education and job training programs. The goal is to provide pathways to dignity, Rick said, […]
Inbound Exchange Student Isidora Tiska, our exchange student from Chile, watched the Chaska High School Homecoming football game, but is still mystified by the game of American football. She attended the evening dance with her friends, and noted that it closed at 11 p.m. In Chile, she said, dances don’t […]
Announcements New member induction: Rick Ness, fulfilling his Vice-President duties, provided the prologue for the new member induction of Angie Lawrence. Rotarian Paul Maahs sponsored Angie due to their working relationship at Charter Bank, where she is a Mortgage Administrator. She and her Air Force husband, Brian, live in Carver. Marsh […]
On Sept. 28, Ellen Schreder, an attorney and member of the Brooklyn Center Rotary Club, shared her goal to obtain a Rotary Foundation Global Project Grant. She is seeking the grant to support her efforts in providing employment for Haitian women, who, as part of their job sew feminine hygiene […]
Exchange student Our exchange student from Chile – Isidora Tiska, spent the weekend at Gretchen Garcia’s home, undoubtedly enjoying a Spanish-language friendly environment as the Garcias are bilingual. Finemaster Char Weber has been our Finemaster during the month of September and ended her reign with her normal exuberance. Payers included Gary […]
For the Sept. 21 program, Chaska Rotarian David Brecht introduced his successor and the new principal of Chaska High School, Jim Bach. Jim grew up in Richfield and graduated for high school in Richfield. His undergraduate study was at St. Cloud State and he received a Master’s degree from St. […]
Exchange student Our Exchange Student from Chile, Isidora Tiska brought her smile back to our meeting and said she enjoyed her 1st month in Minnesota. Izzi was excited to be participating in the school musical cast or crew. Perhaps this will be the spark for a future career. Finemaster Char […]
Cory Whitmer is the Design and Sales Manager for The Mustard Seed located west of Chaska on Highway 212. He had planned to provide the Chaska Rotary with advice on preparing our gardens and yards for winter. What occurred instead was 30 minutes of questions and answers from the audience. […]