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Adrian
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
The Center
Corner of Wolf Creek Hwy and US223
Adrian, MI  49221
United States of America
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Official Visit - DG John Chambers
AG Marilyn Kremer introduced DG John along with his wife, Sandy, and gave members a brief bio: became a member of the Detroit AM club in 2004; was club president in 2010 and 2011 and held other officer and committee posts. He was previously a member of the Rotary club in Novi. At the district level he has served on various committees among them an Assistant Governor for Area 1. He has traveled oversees extensively to participate in international programs for RI. John is a major donor to the RI Foundation and a recipient of the COG (Council of Governors) Award. He is a retired financial officer from the court system and the Detroit Public Library. He is a CPA and holds an MBA from the University of Detroit. He serves on a number of boards in the Detroit area. He was a city councilman for the City of Novi. John enjoys golfing, traveling and spending time with grandchildren with his wife Sandy.
 
John spoke about RI President Mark Maloney’s focus this year which were Grow Rotary and Families – they work together. Rotary membership in the US, he said, was going downward and mentioned that Mark was the first RI president in 20 years who admitted he didn’t know why this was happening. His advice to growing membership was to (1) “grow our own club” with younger members in particular (2) starting an e-Club, he said, and that District 6400 already has one – sponsored by Windsor 1918 (3) “add yet another club in our district which we have with Kingsville South Shore with 25 members who meet in the evening” and (4) to add Rotaract Clubs and he commended our club for having two.
 
“Families”, he said “are very important. You have your own family and the family of Rotary”, John said. “How big is our family? There are 1,218,311 Rotarians worldwide as of June 26, 2019 in exactly 35,963 clubs.”  John emphasized the importance of wearing our Rotary pins wherever we go since we don’t know who we’re going to run into and also be sure and put the Rotary app on our phones so we’ll know when various clubs meet in the event we want to make one of their meetings.
 
John said his theme this year is “Do the Right Thing” which he got from former astronaut, Mike Foreman, who has flown on two missions and lives in Houston and is John’s cousin and a new Rotarian. Mike will be the keynote speaker at John’s District Conference next May in Sandusky at the Kalahari resort. John also announced that at the District Governor’s Golf Outing at the Fox Hill Country Club on September 24th, there will be a surprise from Jack Nicklaus. On November 2nd is scheduled the Annual RI Foundation Dinner also at Fox Hills with clubs from District 6380 and their DG – Sparky Leonard.
 
John closed by saying how important it is to thank people for what they do. Thanks you John and Sandy for coming to Adrian and share your knowledge and friendship with us. May you have much continued success!
Announcements
 
UPDATES
Replacement Badges – REMEMBER: If ever you need a replacement badge be ready to cough up $13 to have a new one printed! Should you wish to avoid that cost, protect the one you now have with your life!
 
New Club Directories – Thanks to Secretary Allen, new club directories are now available. Great job Allen. Love the color!
 
Open House a Success – Kathy announced that over 350 people showed up for this important event last Saturday at the new Women’s & Children’s Ministry Center in Tecumseh! State representative Bronna was there to make a presentation as well as present them with a flag that actually flew at the state capital last July 4th! There is still work to be done at the site as the dumpster is required to sit on a cement slab and fencing provided around it which will cost approximately $1,400. If you know of anyone who would like to contribute to this cause, please let Kathy know.
 
Special Recognition – DG John while he was here, in keeping with his theme – Do The Right Thing – presented Luke Barnett with a special certificate for his efforts on the club’s newest program, the Rotary Woodworking Warriors Project! Congrats, Luke.
 
 
Lenawee Humane Society Raffle – REMEMBER that a golf cart resembling a 1958 Chevy will again be raffled off. You can get tickets from Mike Tobey.
 
Lenawee Bike Tour Update – Chip updated members on the program and said that he still needed to know who could help at the SAG stations. It’s not too late if anyone still wants to be a sponsor. Be sure to “like and share” the promotional piece on our FB page. We just need to concentrate on getting riders, he said. Adrian Locksmith & Cyclery have agreed to help out this year to help repair any bikes that need to be repaired. The ad to run in the Daily Telegram is done and will be sent to the newspaper for printing and will be released in the Sunday edition every week for 3 weeks just prior to the event.
 
New Member Brochures – They are now available reflecting our new president, District Governor and RI President along with the address of our new location. It is a tri-fold brochure with an official membership form in the middle. Be sure and pick some up and recruit, recruit, recruit!
 
 
Upcoming Programs:
Aug 22 - Joy Smith from Zonta
 
DATES TO REMEMBER
August 24Welcome Students Back - from 5-8pm anyone who wants to help welcome the new incoming students can do so since we will need a number of volunteers like we did last year in front of the Governor Croswell Tea Room. Please let Nelson know if you can help. AC and SHU Rotaract members to help out! More info coming. A flyer has been made up to hand out to students that afternoon about joining a Rotaract Club!
 
August 30 – Fall Fling – Begins at 5:30pm Sam Beauford Workshop under the pavilion. We will do a corn roast and chicken on the grill. Club to furnish chicken, charcoal, drinks and paper products. Luke corn. Members to do salads and desserts. We are asking the vets in the program to join us so we can meet and share with them. They can have the opportunity to know the group behind them. A sign-up sheet was passed around. Deadline for signing up will be at the meeting on the 22nd.
 
September 14 – River Raisin Cleanup – Nate and Yours Truly again updated members on this event which is also fast approaching. This year we’ll be back to Riverside Park. Volunteers will assemble at Bohn Pool parking lot at 9am. Refreshments will be served at 12noon. Be sure and signup to help. We will be meeting with Jason form the City this coming Monday at Riverside Park to see what areas we will be working on this year. Thanks to Mary and Mark Murray for agreeing to provide the food for the event as well as to Helen who graciously agreed to provide cookies! We just got word that AC Rotaractors will be helping out again this year! The flyer has been sent to the Kiwanis club, Adrian Public Schools, Adrian Morning Rotary, and SHU Rotaract Club. Please “like and share” on Facebook.
 
 
September 21 – Lenawee Bike Tour
 
September 21 – Star Gazing Event – at PlaneWave property that evening.
 
September 24 – One Rotary Summit
 
 
September 30 – Annual District Governor’s Golf Outing
 
October 24 - World Polio Day. Our club will be hosting and invites will be sent to all other Rotary clubs in the county.
 
 
November 14-16 – R.Y.L.A – Our club will be selecting 1-2 Junior/Senior high schools students to attend this annual leadership event. We’ll need drivers to and from the event for the students attending. If you know of some student who would like to attend please let Nelson know. He has applications and more info. Gerry Burg will be assisting our club identify students who will participate.
 
 
November 20 – A Town & Gown Type Event – President Nelson, speaking for Mark Murray, announced a gathering at the Armory for lunch ($12) from 11:30am-1:30pm open to all professionals in the community who want to network.
 
Guests: Floyd Rodgers
FINE SESSION  
 
 
Pre-empted due to length of program.
 
Happy Bucks – Pre-empted
Volunteers
Prayer – Kathye
 
Songs – Nate with Helen 
 
50/50 Drawing – Lorie won $24 and then Masahiro’s name was drawn but he did not pick the right card to win the $620 jackpot!
 

TABLE HELPERS: Kathye & Rhonda

 

 

ROTARACT AT ADRIAN COLLEGE - View their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/rotaractac/

ROTARACT AT SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY

 

 

 
New RI President - 2019-20

Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, is the new President of Rotary International for 2019-20. Maloney is a principal in the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, with a focus on taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. He represents large farming operations in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, and has chaired the American Bar Association’s Committee on Agriculture in the section of taxation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, and the Alabama Law Institute.

 
 
The new theme for 2019-20

 

 

 

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Member Birthdays
Nelson Douglass
August 11
 
Sue Lewis
August 13
 
Mitch Blonde
August 17
 
Susan Tobey
August 22
 
Ray Maxe
August 24
 
Spouse Birthdays
Susan Tobey
August 22
 
Stephan Szewczuk
August 25
 
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Jim Philp
Amy Philp
August 4
 
Mike Olsaver
Tiffany Olsaver
August 7
 
Steve Benz
Connie Benz
August 10
 
Kevin Marti
Korinne Marti
August 11
 
Bob Sack
Audrey Sack
August 24
 
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Rod Pender
August 2, 2012
7 years
 
Floyd Rodgers
August 3, 1995
24 years
 
Kathryn Szewczuk
August 3, 2017
2 years
 
Mark Murray
August 3, 1995
24 years
 
Brent Mercer
August 13, 2009
10 years
 
Ray Maxe
August 13, 2009
10 years
 
Carol Souchock
August 22, 2008
11 years
 
Bronna Kahle
August 30, 2018
1 year
 
Russell Hampton
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