Caledonia Rotary Club – Caledonia, MN

April Programs:

April programs are courtesy of Rotarian Steve Reiman. 

April 1:            Tom Murphy.  Re-classification talk. 

April 8:            “The Rotarian” magazine quiz.

April 15:         Jane Beseler.  Jane is a member of the La Crosse County Historical Society.  She will share with us a Civil War soldier’s trunk.

April 22:         Happy Easter!   There will not be a meeting today.

April 29:         Steve Bauer.    What do you want to know about wild turkeys?  Steve will be here to answer your questions.

Meeting Location

We meet Fridays at 7:30 a.m. at the Farm House Eatery & Gifts, 219 North Kingston, Caledonia.                                                          

President’s column

Steve Reiman, President

April is Magazine Month

The one thing you can count on in April, other than Tax Day, is that there’s going to be a quiz centered on material that will be in a recent edition of “The Rotarian.”

Aside from that fact, perhaps some hints regarding upcoming questions will center around various AVENUES OF SERVICE (HINT). 

The magazine is a tremendous resource for material that can help us be an effective organization by providing examples of what other clubs around the world are doing to make an impact.

Enjoy the reading and be ready! 

Don’t you really like the idea of being back in school?

Rotary District Assembly is April 9

Rotary District 6250 Assembly will be held on Saturday, April 9, at Glacier Canyon Lodge at the Wilderness, Wisconsin Dells.  Our club has Steve Reiman, Mary Mell, and Tom Danielson committed to attending.  Come to this Friday’s meeting to discuss joining them and arranging carpooling.  The club will pay your expenses.

The District Assembly is the best way to meet Rotarians from other clubs in a casual setting.  This is the place where a Rotarian can get a larger view of Rotary.

Our plans are to be back for those who wish to attend the I.S.D. No. 299 Foundation dinner that night.

Let’s talk about attending the District Assembly and make our plans on Friday.

RI president-elect  discusses humility

Rotary International President-Elect Kalyan Banerjee has been described as both humble and modest.  Some have said that modesty is humility in action.  Banerjee talked about the virtue in an interview in the March issue of “The Rotarian.”

“I don’t think I’m humble enough sometimes.  Humility is, to me, a matter of great strength.  And only a strong man can be humble.  I believe the stronger a man is, the more humble he is, and Gandhi is the best example.  Martin Luther King Jr. is another example.

“They have been my role models, and what better models can you have?  Gandhi was a man who confronted the entire British Empire at its mightiest with his humility.  But he was not weak in any way

“So, to me, humility begins with our inner strength.  You don’t have to show off what you have.  If you do, you haven’t reached your potential, and that’s the reason you want to show it off.

“So, I don’t really know if I am humble or modest, but I hope I will be.”

 Avenues of Service Committee Memberships

At our quarterly Club Assembly, the following committee memberships and chairpersons for the Rotary Avenues of Service were announced:

Vocational

Mike Werner, chair; Sibyl Floyd, Naomi Fruechte, Mary Jane Hendel, Bruce Thomas, Arien O’Heron.

Club

Tom Murphy, chair; Steve Reiman, Bruce Bulman, Merrill Deters, John Pongratz, Jennifer Feely

Community

Ann Thompson, chair; Tom Danielson, Joe Hammell,  Larry Wermager, Julie O’Mara Meyer; Connie Hesse; Manon Hoscheit

International

Mary Mell, chair; George Frisch, John Klug, Bernie McCormick, Nancy Runningen, Beth Stempinski; Vinny Patel

Board Meeting is Monday, April 4

The regular monthly board meeting will be held one week later this month.  It will be held on Monday, April 4, at Noon at the chamber office.

2010-2011 Chairs for Programs,

Greeters, Invocations

Here are the monthly chairs who have volunteered to provide programs, greet people. and provide an invocation.   The emphasis for the month is on the left hand column.

Month   Rotary Emphasis              Programs                       Greeter              Invocation

April    Magazine                        Steve Reiman                  Tom Danielson   Tom Danielson

May      None                             Ann Thompson               George Frisch     Nancy

                                                                                                            Runningen

June     Rotary Fellowship            Beth Stempinski               Jennifer Feely      Tom Murphy

Thanks for serving Rotary!

Rotary Outreach

Caledonia Rotarians have more opportunities to interact with other Rotarians in the near future.

One of the club’s goals is to attend weekly Rotary meetings at the seven other Rotary clubs in the La Crosse area.  Here are the time, date, and location of each of the clubs’ weekly meeting:

Monday, Noon,                      La Crosse East, Piggy’s Restaurant

Monday, 6:15 p.m.,                 Onalaska Rotary, Seven Bridges

Tuesday, 7:30 a.m.,                 La Crosse North, The Lunda Center, WTC, Campus

Wednesday, 7 a.m.,               Holmen Area, Village Hall

Wednesday, 7:30 a.m.,           Valley View Rotary, Famous Dave’s

Thursday, Noon,                    La Crosse Downtown, Radisson Center

Friday, 7 a.m.,                                     La Crescent Rotary, The Commodore

Rotary Work Day proposed for April 30

Our second annual Rotary Work Day is being proposed for Saturday, April 30.  That is the date proposed by Rotary but is subject to approval of our members, and the weather! 

Current plans are to volunteer at the Houston County Historical Society as we did at the first Work Day.

Brewfest will be on Saturday, July 9

Our second annual Brewfest will be held this year on Saturday, July 9. 

Fellow Rotarians Steve Reiman, Bruce Bulman, John Pongratz, Mary Mell, and Tom Danielson are co-chairing the event.

The hours are 1-5 p.m. at the fairgrounds.

Quarterly dues are payable

Our club’s quarterly dues of $100 are payable.

You may mail your check to the club at its post office box 413 or mail them to club treasurer, John Klug, 826 South Marshall, Caledonia, MN  55921.

-One Profits Most Who Serves Best-

2010-11 Rotary Officers

President: Steve Reiman; President-elect, Mary Mell; Secretary, Tom Danielson; Treasurer, John Klug; International Service, Mary Mell; Community Service: Ann Thompson; Vocational Service: Mike Werner; Club Service: Tom Murphy;  Sergeant-at-Arms: John Pongratz

October Programs:

October programs are courtesy of Rotarian Mary Jane Hendel.

October 1: Sister Michaeline Healy. Our Paul Harris Fellow will speak to us about one of Rotary’s Four Avenues of Service, Vocational Service.  Sister Michaeline is the Pastoral Associate at St. Mary’s Parish.  Come and be inspired.

October 8: Julia Crawford. Julia is the owner of Pawsh Pets Grooming & Daycare that offers a number of different services for dogs and cats.  Julia says she is pleased with the growth of her business since her recent move to 119 South Kingston Street.  Although Julia went to college to be a veterinary nurse, she found that grooming and caring for pets is the work she most enjoys.

October 15: Marla Burns. No one does library like Marla Burns, the City of Caledonia’s librarian.  She does it with intelligence, creativity, organization, and service through particular attention to the needs of the readers.  Marla is able to provide the right path for all of the different ways people need to find information.  Listen to Marla and you will be surprised to discover how large our small library really is.

October 22: To Be Announced.

October 29: Fred Sandvik. The La Crosse Tribune recently featured an article about Fred, an apple grower from La Crescent.  “Forbidden Fruit” highlighted the controversy between Houston County apple growers and the University of Minnesota.  Fred will tell us of new scientific methods of growing apples.  This fall, I walked through Fred’s orchards and tasted the apples.  I found him to be articulate and interesting.

Meeting Location

We meet Fridays at 7:30 a.m. at the Farm House Eatery & Gifts, 219 North Kingston, Caledonia.

President’s column

Steve Reiman, President

The Rotary emphasis for October is Vocational Service.  Quite frankly, after having two wonderful visitations in September, coordinated by Mary Mell, you would think it was the theme for last month.

Be that as it may, it is appropriate to spend some time thinking how we can expand the vocations represented in our club.  We have gone through exercises where we’ve identified folks as possible members.  We set some growth expectation in our Visioning experience.

In a recent Rotarian, I read about an idea that makes some sense.  Why don’t we think about various businesses in town that people frequent like hair salons, banks, and public offices and ask if we can leave a copy of the magazine that has something pasted to the cover that says something about our website, who we are and where and what time we meet.  Perhaps that might generate some interest.  We could create the list and assign some folks to recycle magazines of club members.  In fact, I saw a copy of Rotarian in Dr. Herman’s office last week….great!

So, who will be the first to bring a guest?  I think I may have someone coming next week with the help of a Rotarian from La Crosse.

The more members we have, the greater our Rose Sale.  Sell, sell, sell.

Be careful out there!

Avenues of Service Committee Memberships

At our annual Club Assembly, the following committee memberships and chairpersons for the Rotary Avenues of Service were announced:

Vocational

Mike Werner, chair; Sibyl Floyd, Naomi Fruechte, Mary Jane Hendel, Bruce Thomas

Club

Tom Murphy, chair; Steve Reiman, Bruce Bulman, Merrill Deters, John Pongratz, Jennifer Feely

Community

Ann Thompson, chair; Tom Danielson, Joe Hammell, Craig Schroeder, Larry Wermager, Julie O’Mara Meyer

International

Mary Mell, chair; George Frisch, John Klug, Bernie McCormick, Nancy Runningen, and Beth Stempinski

Board Meeting

There will be a monthly board meeting in October although the regular meeting day may change.  Ann announcement of that meeting will be made on Friday.

Rotary Rose Sale is here

The Rose Sale is our club’s best fundraiser.  The return on our investment of time and money is better than any other money-making project.  BUT it depends on us as sellers.  If we want our club to contribute to community and international projects, we have to make this a success.  Keep up the good work.

A few tips:

*  Include the buyer’s phone number on the ticket stub.  We use this to contact people who forget to stop for their roses on October 29.

*  Turn in money to cover all ticket stubs turned in.  There is no way to collect money on October 29.  In other words, if you sell by phone or e–mail and don’t receive the money, cover the tickets yourself and collect from the buyer whenever you can.

*  Final date for team leaders to turn in ticket stubs and money is   Wednesday, October 13, at Noon.  So, be sure your sales team leader has it before that time.

We will need some members to assist with distribution on October 29.  A sign up sheet will be passed around at our meetings prior to that date.

2010-2011 Chairs for Programs,

Greeters, Invocations

Here are the monthly chairs who have volunteered to provide programs, greet people. and provide an invocation.   The emphasis for the month is on the left hand column.

Month – Rotary Emphasis – Programs -  Greeter – Invocation

Oct – Vocational Service – Mary Jane Hendel – George Frisch – Bruce Bulman

Nov – Foundation  – Naomi Fruechte  -  John Klug -  Beth Stempinski

Dec – Family  -  Bruce Bulman  -  George Frisch  -  Ann Thompson

Jan – Rotary Awareness  –   Joe Hammell  – George Frisch  – George Frisch

Feb – World Understanding – Mike Werner -  John Pongratz -  Joe Hammell

Mar – Literacy  -  Nancy Runningen   -  Merrill Deters   –   John Klug

April – Magazine -  Steve Reiman  – Tom Danielson – Tom Danielson

May – None   –   Ann Thompson  –   Craig Schroeder – Nancy Runningen

June – Rotary Fellowship – Beth Stempinski -  Jennifer Feely – Tom Murphy

Thanks for serving Rotary!

Rotary Outreach

Caledonia Rotarians have more opportunities to interact with other Rotarians in the near future.

One of the club’s goals is to attend weekly Rotary meetings at the seven other Rotary clubs in the La Crosse area.  Here are the time, date, and location of each of the clubs’ weekly meeting:

Monday, Noon,                      La Crosse East, Piggy’s Restaurant

Monday, 6:15 p.m.,                 Onalaska Rotary, Seven Bridges

Tuesday, 7:30 a.m.,                 La Crosse North, Days Inn, French Island

Wednesday, 7 a.m.,               Holmen Area, Village Hall

Wednesday, 7:30 a.m.,           Valley View Rotary, Famous Dave’s

Thursday, Noon,                    La Crosse Downtown, Radisson Center

Friday, 7 a.m.,                                     La Crescent Rotary, American Legion Hall

Meet the new RI president

New Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith will visit our District 6250 in Madison on Friday, October 22, at the Alliant Energy Center from Noon to 1:30 p.m.  Details regarding pre-registration and a modest price for a meal and transportation from La Crosse will be provided this week.

-One Profits Most Who Serves Best-