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Our New Memberby Allen Raffetto

Please welcome Erin Makela as our newest Club 40 member. She is the General Manager of the Superior Telegram, and her club member sponsor is Jim Kari. She is also a "legacy Rotarian" as her father, Mark Johnson, was a member of Club 25 for over 30 years. Erin views Rotary as an outstanding organization for giving service back to the community. Her immediate club service will be as a member of the Publicity & Promotion committee. Welcome, Erin!

A LOT OF FAME AND SOME GLORY TOOEditor: Allen Raffetto

Well, as Team Manager Mike noted, we went to Thunder Bay and made quite a splash. There is no easy way to report on the races and describe the event in general. It is just plain FUN for everyone (maybe or maybe not so much for Mike)! Rotarians, their families and even a pet dog or two all get to have the kind of relaxed participation that you don't find at your typical weekend away. And it's Canada and our currencies are at almost equal value now.

On the serious side, we really need to Rotarian-man-woman-up! That means put aside the reasons/excuses/rationalizations, get up and go do it. You and the family won't regret it and the Thunder Bay Rotarians will value your pesence just like we value their involvement in the LSDBF. It was Thunder Bay that helped us get started and now Thunder Bay could use help populating their event next year. Save a weekend in mid-July, 2011, for your Canadian dragon boat experience.

THE GOV IS ON OUR TEAM!Editor: Allen Raffetto

District Governor Roly Turner (far left in picture) showed up at the Thunder Bay DBF to enjoy the event in his home town and, it turns out, to participate. He joined the Club 40/Harbortown combined crew to paddle to victory in the first two races. Obviously he can discern quality clubs when sees and paddles with them. We should return the favor and empower him to do some good when he makes his official visit in November. What is the Main/Most Important Thing he and the District can help us accomplish during his DG tenure? Send President Tom your ideas and suggestions, please.

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OUR LAKE SUPERIOR DRAGONS TEAM

by Allen Raffetto

Team Captain Mike presented President Tom and the club with a plaque from the Thunder Bay Dragon Boat Festival. It seems that our Superior Dragons team placed third not only in the overall races but also in "team spirit" as judged by members of the Thunder Bay DBF committee. It wasn't made clear if the Spirit Award was for: the number of folks who reinvented the team for each heat; the half-dozen races some team members paddled; the distinctive way the team performed in its third race; or we were just pretty darn good for who we are. Everyone appreciated the recognition.

Dr. Bob Steps Upby Allen Raffetto

One of Past-President Greg's last duties was to recognize a few club members for their service to the club and their overall support to Rotary. Dr. Bob received recognition for his work with and support of The Rotary Foundation. Do you know your status as a Foundation Member? If not, ask Dr. Bob as soon as you can. To learn more about Foundation, go to the RI website.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FRIEND FAMILY PROGRAMby Allen Raffetto

Last week's speaker, Danielle Severin, told us about an interesting opportunity, The Friend Family Program, sponsored by the UWS Office of International Programs. For fuller details contact Danielle at dseveril@uwsuper.edu.

The short story is that a Friend Family hosts (but does NOT provide housing for) an international student. What a Friend Family can do is provide friendship and help to international students while they are far from home. So what's in it for all concerned? The list (available from Danielle) is too long for the bulletin. But you might get some ideas by referring to the 4-Way Test items #3 and 4. I would also point out that programs such as this one make a strong contribution to the UWS banner, "Wisconsin's Leading Public Liberal Arts College".

ONE DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER OPENS

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by Allen Raffetto

The man at the podium is Julius, speaking at the end of a marathon, impressive 4-hour "roast". Everyone had lots to say but most of the presenters celebrated Julius' exceptional, positive impact on UWS, Superior and beyond. Our own Charlie Glazman was the best at bringing the heat to the roast. Even John Munson was impressed! The door closing is Julius' 14-year tenure as UWS Chancellor. The door opening is his broader engagement in Club 40's good deeds. I hope he still gets to be the drummer on a UWS dragon boat.

THE ORIGIN OF IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SUPERIORby Allen Raffetto

Everybody in the club knows Julius' fondness for using that statement. What you may not be aware of is the pervasive recognition that has accrued over time to the words, if not the meaning behind Julius' verbal habit. So where did all this come from? Here is Julius' answer:

" Al, I think I used that phrase for the first time when I spoke to a group off campus on a rainy day under a tent. I don't remember the group or the specific occasion, but the environment is clear in my mind. I used it that day, I think, because the weather was miserable (cold, rainy) in early Fall when we're supposed to have nicer weather than that. Maybe that's what triggered it in my mind; I can't be sure.

In any case I went on to say it and received this series of stunned disbelieving looks for my trouble. After I explained it's really not about the weather (though that's where it began!) so much as it is a mind set about our area and the view we should take regardless of the weather, it began to take hold. So, I persisted and continued to use it. In fact, it's gotten to the point where, if I'm presenting to a larger group in the community, I begin the phrase and it's often finished for me! Occasionally I still have to explain what it really means, but not nearly so often as earlier. Hope this helps! Julius"

It certainly is a "state of mind" (Mindset) and maybe we owe it to Superior to use it whenever we can. Hey, LSDBF Executive Committee, can we get a banner of the saying made up to hang on the Registration tent? We should do it before sharper minds copyright/trademark it.

Live a Life That Mattersby Allen Raffetto

I've been saving this piece for some appropriate moment, and July 28th feels like the moment. Nancy and I attended Julius' retirement "roast" last Saturday and we came away wishing we had gotten to know this guy sooner than we have. The underlying question prompted by celebrations of retirement is: How do you end up living a purposeful, meaningful life to thousands of people throughout your career? My colleague, Dr. Larry Cole Ph.D., sent out a document he said showed up in his email inbox. Here is some of what the document contained.

> "Ready or not, it will all end.> All the things you collected will pass to someone else> Your power will shrivel to irrelevance> Your frustrations will finally disappear as will your plans and to-do lists.> The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.> It won't matter whether you were beautiful ("hot"?) or brilliant. Even your gender, skin color, age and stage in life won't matter.

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?> What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.> What will matter is not your success, but your significance.> What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.> What will matter is every act of integrity and compassion that enriched and encouraged others to emulate your example.> What will matter is not your competence, but your character.On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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> What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who love you."

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance, but of choice, thoughtful choice. As Rotarians we might say that we live a life that matters by way of "the things we think, say and do".

OUR AUGUST 4th SPEAKER

by Allen Raffetto

FR. ANDY RICCIFr. Ricci spoke about Cathedral School at Wednesday's meeting. For more information visit www.superiorcathedralschool.org.

In addition to the school's operating statistics Fr. Ricci cited a National Report on why people send their kids to Catholic schools. The three primary reasons are1. Education;2. Safety; and3. Faith.These reasons probably reflect a gradual shift over the decades in what matters most to families.

Club members noted that while Fr. Dan is still irreplacable, Fr. Andy is able to refill his chair and is more than welcome to visit us whenever his schedule allows.

KNOW YOUR FELLOW ROTARIANSby Allen Raffetto

WHAT IS THE MISLEADING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ROTARIAN?

o Name: Roderic J. Campbello He was born on February 7, 1925o Married to his wife, Judy, for 61 yearso Graduated high school, college and beyond collegeo The best job he ever had was as a Combat Aide in WWIIo Employed at Campbell Lumber to sell two-by-fourso Others don't know that I used to play banjo in saloonso His proudest competitive achievement is staying in business for 62 yearso One item in his "bucket list" is to make a parachute jumpo His next big accomplishment will be to go to Mongoliao "Years ago I wish I'd have known how important family, friends and co-workers are, as well as good health."o He'd like to have had a dinner with President Eisenhower

There are three errors in the above bullet-points. What are they? The answers are:1. Rod's late wife's name is Joyce2. Rod played the piano in "saloons"

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3. Rod's choice for a dinner engagement was Harry S. Truman, not the guy who followed him.P.S. Rod is the handsome rascal on the right

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DRAGON BOATS, RACES & FESTIVALSby Allen Raffetto

"A dragon boat is a human-powered boat (Paddled Water Craft) traditionally made of teak wood to various designs and sizes. It is one of a family of Traditional Long Boats found throughout Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands. It is now used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China over 2000 years ago.

While competition has taken place annually for more than 20 centuries as part of folk ritual, it emerged in modern times as an international sport in Hong Kong in 1976. For competition events, dragon boats are generally rigged with decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails. At other times the decorative regalia is usually removed, although the drum often remains aboard for training purposes. In some areas of China, the boats are raced without dragon adornments (for the full Wikipedia article Click HERE).

Now this historic water vehicle serves as the center of highly competitive races and highly recognized festivals. This coming weekend (August 27th and 28th) you'll find our Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival to be somewhat about racing, somewhat about competition, somewhat about festivities and very much about Rotary clubs doing our communities a lot of good. This community service purpose became a reality through nine years of enormous energy from Harbortown, Superior and Sunrise Rotary Clubs.

Club 40 guidelines state that member participation is a requirement,not an option. At first I resisted this "imposition", probably because of my conservative dislike for unnecessary regulation. But then I stumbled over a fact that I should have anticipated: LSDBF IS HIGHLY SATISFYING. I would go so far as to say that it is FUN; however, I haven't been one to do any of the not-so-fun heavy lifting. And it is exactly because there is an abundance of heavy lifting and light duty work that we require all members to share the load.

So now the hard question: Beyond obligation, what makes LSDBF worth participating in? The answers are many and here are a few of mine. > Watch grown people act silly but in a responsible way.> See if/how Rotarians can disagree without being disagreeable.> Be pleased that it is the least expensive way to have lots of fun around water.> Discover all the ways that "teamwork" actually does work in a big canoe.> Experience the pride that accompanies the Festival and its fundraising success.> Find out about the businesses and organizations that support LSDBF by sponsoring teams and covering other Festival costs.> Spend a day outside at Barker's Island.> Watch entertainment, both planned and accidental.> Get the results firsthand regarding the winners, the players and the watchers on the sidelines.

As of today we have 86 boats, up from last year's 81 but a bit below the 90 we thought we had a few weeks ago. While we are very glad, we are not complacent. Planning for our tenth Dragon Boat Festival (in 2011) has already begun. Get involved and help us get 100 boats/teams in 2011!

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Well, I'll Be Darned!!by Allen Raffetto

QUESTION: What does Glacier National Park have in common with Duluth/Superior Rotary Clubs? No, the answer has nothing to do with old fossils and bears. But there are some interesting connections I wasn't aware of.

For starters Glacier became this country's 10th National Park in 1910. Thus it celebrates its centennial right now, putting it in good company with Club 25 and pretty close to Club 40's 100th anniversary. In 1931, members of the Rotary Clubs of Alberta and Montana suggested joining Glacier Park with Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. The purpose was to symbolize the peace and friendship between our two countries. Thus in 1932 the United States and Canadian governments voted to designate the parks as Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the world's first.

You begin to see the "hand of RI" at work, a hand initiated by the past membership of Club 25. In more recent times both parks have received recognition as Biosphere Reserves and (in 1995)a combined World Heritage Site. The importance of an ecology-based value system to Rotary's vision has been in evidence for many decades in these parks. Perhaps this tradition will be taken to new levels by our Eco-Rotary colleagues. Whatever happens both Glacier and Rotary will need to promote "looking at the land differently", as was the case 100 years ago. Find all the facts about Glacier at their WEBSITE.

Club 40 LOREby Allen Raffetto

ROTARY Club 40 LORE

99 YEARS AGO: It took only 25 days for Club 40 to get its charter from NARCA. Today it can take over a year.

99 YEARS AGO: NARCA (National Association of Rotary Clubs of America) chartered Club 40 because RI was not yet in existence.

25 years ago: Governor Tommy Thompson sent us a note congratulating Club 40 on its community service and longevity. Maybe he's available for a visit in 2012.

Greetings from Wendy GustofsonHello to all my Superior Rotary friends.

Life is good down here in Mid Missouri. Today, President Ray Klinginsmith visited our club, what a treat! Please click on this link to see story done by KRCG (the tv station I manage). Here's the Story Love and miss you all!Paddles up! Wendy Gustofson

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September 2010

ANOTHER FELLOW ROTARIANby Allen Raffetto

WHO IS THIS CLUB 40 ROTARIAN?1. He was born in the 1950s2. He is married and has no children3. He graduated from high school, college and beyond college4. He's employed by a company but he acts like he is a sole proprietor.5. His favorite movie is "The Dead Poet's Society".6. One of his Bucket List items is to visit Poland.7. He didn't answer the "years ago I wish I'd have known" item. So you'll have to ask him once you've identified him.WHO IS THIS CLUB 40 MEMBER? He is our club president, Tom Wondolkowski, and I know everyone would have nailed his identity with any mention of "custom beer".

WHAT A SHOW!!by Allen Raffetto

That's what Ed Sullivan used to say after particularly wonderful performances (like Elvis or The Beatles). And that's the opinion of many who were at our 9th annual Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival. It was a wonderful show!

We call it "festival, signature event, boat race, major fundraiser, year-long opportunity and the biggest dragon boat competition in the U.S.A. and Canada". And it is all that plus much more. I like the label "show" because it may best capture what goes on.

We show Rotary to everyone who is watching. We show that "free family fun" is an alliterative fact, not hype. Our guests show us how much good nature and kindness is still out there to enjoy. Unfortunately our preparations revealed that a few still don't "get" the 4-Way Test. Our paddlers showed us the power of competition. And whatever your belief is about the cause of weather, we all were shown another beautiful day (or two) in Superior.

Look for a photo journal of the event to appear on the website as soon as we get it together. You'll see some of our volunteers, visitors, vendors and signature vessels. Two of our most favorite volunteers, co-chairs Len Campbell and Pat Finney, can be seen (far left) in the photo, on the move from one spot to the next facilitating the flow of the process. Great job, both of you!

YOU'RE NOT GETTING SMARTER, JUST OLDERby Allen Raffetto

My mother was fond of saying, "Too soon old and too late smart". Believing that I could learn from my parents' wisdom, I've worked at getting smarter as I've aged. Of necessity I've had to get smarter about getting older. Mom didn't warn me about that.

So how does old and smart connect up with Rotary and our successful Dragon Boat Festival? The easy connection is that we are nine years "older" in the running of the festival, and we've really gotten smarter over those nine years. But what kind of "smart" have we developed? If smarter means removing the uncertainties of setting up and running a successful festival, then

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we've become amazingly smart. What more do we need? Should we master more details or should we put some energy elsewhere?

In his article Dr. Keyes cited studies showing that hard work focusing on specific types of actions will enhance chances of improving performance within that particular context or venue. Such improvement appears to be in successfully doing the action items. LSDBF is a fine case study demonstrating that our three clubs have mastered a high percentage of details.

However, beyond a certain skill level with "the details" there's little crossover benefit from one activity's context to another, even if the activities themselves are similar. That's hard to believe but it's consistent with 100 years of research. So, from one year's activity context to the next how similar have the LSDBF activities been? And how similar should they be in the future? The answer will ease or challenge our planning.

A final note: We make fun of our event preparation with that well-known saying, "It runs itself". We know better because the only thing that will run itself is a thing that never changes, and that doesn't exist. Say, maybe we have gotten a little smarter!

*Credit the story title and contents to Michael J. Keyes, M.D., in www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com . And the picture is of Keyport Krew celebrating victory in their Silver Division title race.

Helena Miller awarded $1,500 Scholarship

by Mary Lou Andresen

Helena Miller was awarded a $1,500 scholarship by Superior Rotary. Helena attended RYLA camp, was a student Rotarian for the month of October 2009 and was a Interact member at Superior Senior High School. Helena is shown with her parents receiving the check from President Tom.

Request for Host Familiesby Allen Raffetto

Here's an interesting opportunity:

"Host families are needed for thirteen students (nine men and 4 women) from the University of Kassel, Germany who will visit UW-Superior from Saturday, September 25 through Thursday, September 30. The students will interact with their American peers in a strategic management course taught by Dr. Bruce Kibler.

Hosts are asked to provide a bed plus breakfast each day (5) for the student. All other meals will be provided within the program.

If you are interested in hosting, please contact Cherie at csawinsk@uwsuper.edu. OR Bruce Kibler at bkibler@uwsuper.edu..

Indicate if you prefer hosting a male or female student and if you have indoor pets. For more information, please call 715.394.8020."

Cherie A. Sawinski, ManagerStudy Away ProgramsUniversity of Wisconsin-Superior

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2010 LSDB Festival Recognition

by Allen Raffetto

At our September 1 meeting we had a family of special guests, visiting Rotarian guests and our usual cast of fine characters. The theme was recognition for holding an exceptional Dragon Boat Festival and recognition for our excellent student scholar.

In this space there's no way to express thanks and give recognition to everyone who came together as a DBF team every bit as strong as those in the actual races. So with that in mind please visit the photo journal (LINK HERE) showing some of the event's key players.

And to complement the photo (see What A Show) showing our co-chairs always on the move, I've put in a still shot of Pat Finney (right) and Len Campbell (left).

LSDBF 2010 Race ResultsEditor: Mary Lou Andresen

Visit this link to see the race results for the 2010 Festival. HERE

Meeting Times for Weekly Meetingsby Tom Wondolkowski

Club 40 has fallen in love with the new agenda we have used for club meetings. We tried a new format of having the food ready at 11:45am with the meeting starting at 12:15pm vs 12:30pm, as we had done in the past. Consequently, we are finished by 1:00pm or sooner and we have more members staying for the program. We have now offically adopted this new agenda. Meetings are 12-1pm but you may come early for lunch at 11:45am if you choose.

Ryla Students Share Their ExperiencesEditor: Allen Raffetto

On September 15th, Superior Senior High students, sponsored by our club to attend 2010 Ryla Camp, shared their experiences there. This included Peggy Mattson, Ally Keute, Shawn Mattson and Mary Beth Amys Their Advisor, Angela Johnson described the selection process for Ryla attendance.

RYLA MAGICYear after year our sponsored students return from RYLA camp and proclaim that the week changed their lives. Their RYLA advisor, Angela Johnson, had asked them to describe to the club what impact the RYLA program had on their lives.Some of the key descriptors included: overcoming a fear of public speaking; understanding how to face difficult things in general; becoming aware of what a sense of "family" feels like based on one

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intense week; developing life-long friends; and bringing about better emotional awareness.What would you give to get some of those benefits for yourself, your children and your grandchildren? And how would you like to build those benefits in one week before your 18th birthday? RYLA is one of our best "investments" in the future of the Twin Ports community.

Angela Johnson Presented a Special Recognition AwardEditor: Allen Raffetto

DEDICATED TO A WORTHY CAUSE Past President, Greg Guenard, presented the recognition plaque to Angela Johnson, teacher and advisor at Superior Senior High School, for her work with the Interact and RYLA students during the year. We know that the things which "benefit all concerned" are not the result of one person's energy. But this person's dedicated energy acts as a power multiplier for other Rotarians and friends of Rotary who have gotten involved in RYLA. We can't thank Angela enough!Vesting energy into anything is risky business. What bolsters our motivation to take the risk is the reward of positive changes, now and in the future.

Rotary Andes Service Trip Opportunity of a LifetimeEditor: Bob McClellan

Rotary service trip to Bolivia is scheduled for February 18 to February 28, 2011! Read below for the details of the trip and a link to a YOUTUBE video from a past trip.

Dear Rotarians:

We have a service trip planned for February 2011 to the heart of South America -- El Condor Pasa -- Bolivia!

Last year, Harbortown and Superior constructed a large reservoir to provide water to subsistence farmers in the shadow of Mount Tunari deep in the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. The reservoir provides remote Andean Villages with essential water year around. But that reservoir needs trees planted around it to shade the water and stop the evaporation and erosion at the high mountain altitudes. That reservoir needs your help. We will be working hand in hand with the Bolivian villagers to plant trees on the shores of the reservoir to protect the water.

Our work on the service trip will also include interviewing and meeting with the scholarship students in the Harbortown and Superior Rotary Dream Fund Scholarship. We will need to discuss the successes and needs of the program with the staff that administrates the scholarship program to maximize efficiency and effectiveness. You will meet and talk with dozens of scholarship recipients and come to understand their lives.

We will journey to the mountain village of El Rodeo. El Rodeo Medical Clinic was funded by Harbortown. This clinic needs to be dedicated with our presence, and their will be a big fiesta to do so. El Rodeo is at the end of the world and is a two day trip from Cochabamba, but it will certainly give you a chance to appreciate how remote and unique these Andean villages are. We will be also be official delegates of the Twin Ports Rotary Clubs at the grand opening of the Clinic in the parade and dances that follow.

A visit with our Bolivian Rotary counterparts at the Tunari Rotary Club is a MUST! They were essential to the water reservoir project and will be essential to any future projects that require a matching grant from the Rotary Foundation. They are also good people and a lot of them speak English and several of them are Americans.

Side trips to beautiful Sucre and visiting the market in Tarrabuco. Mike Cochrane has a video of the market in Tarrabuco, which is pretty cool. CHECK IT OUT ON YOU TUBE.You will see Mike following his daughter Emily and wife Diane through a crowded market.

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We will also try and visit one of the world's highest cities La Paz, The seat of the Inca Empire Tihuanaco and Lake Titicaca.

Our service trip to Bolivia is February 18 to February 28, 2011!

Airplane fare is approx. $1,200.00 Food and lodging approx. $500.00.

Maria Valley Presents on Summer Immersion Spanish CampEditor: Jonathan Asp

On September 8, 2010 Maria Valley of Superior School District presented on the Summer Immersion Spanish Camp program conducted during the last two summers for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders. Click Here to open the power point presentation.

WHAT CONNECTS US TO OUR WORLD?One answer to this question is "words", particularly English ones. If we don't have a word-name for something, it can barely exist in our everyday world. So when Maria immerses our youngsters in another language, she is helping them start a connection to the world from another perspective. And the BIG benefit is that multiple perspectives will enrich their total linguistic connections to much of what will be known about the world. That's why knowing language(s) is so very cool!But wait, there's more! Our world gives us opportunities to connect with, for example, tastes, smells, touching and moving things, plus un-nameable sounds AND a host of emotions. These experiences have to have some sort of symbolic representation in our heads. Language strength gives us the chance to develop and keep alive these riches we glean from our world.

Peace Garden - Billings ParkEditor: Allen Raffetto

Please find a gallary of photos (courtesy of Rani Gill) at THIS LINK showing the progress of the Peace Garden located in Billings Park. The garden is in honor of the City of Superior's Sister City, Ami Machi, Japan. The garden is a beautiful start and like any garden it can be enhanced, especially by your visit. Bring your kids and grandkids!

The photo with this story comes from the tea garden in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco), and climbing over that bridge as a child created life-long memories in my brain.

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Guest Speakers, September 22by Allen Raffetto

WALK/RUN TO END ABUSE

Our speakers, Erika Leif (right) and Laura Gapske (left), brought to our attention the "Walk to End Abuse" fundraiser CASDA is holding on Saturday, September 25. They also filled us in on some of CASDA's future plans.

Erika is the Assistant Director of CASDA, responsible for grant writing, fundraising and program supervision. She has been at CSADA since 2003. Laura is the Shelter Case Manager, responsible for providing case management services to shelter residents. At the end of this month she will assume the role of Domestic Abuse Program Coordinator.

The Walk/Run's purpose is to raise money and pledges with a goal of $5,000 (or more), which will help meet their 2010-11 budget. They also have a money and household goods drive coming up in October and a New Year's Eve event at Barker's Island.

Their future plan is to successfully complete a campaign for a new facility. This community needs it! They have turned away over 300 people due to inadequate space availability.

At one time or another all of us have felt a sense of helplessness and hopelessness. In the Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse (CASDA's) case those emotions are encountered in a profound manner by all their clients. How profound? Imagine your feeling of helplessness if you needed an ambulance, police car or firetruck but none were around. When you're there in that "emotional abyss", a resource like CASDA is priceless. Let's hope that they get the community help they need.

Michael, Row the Boat Ashoreby Warren Bender

How to Start LSDBF, 2011 by Superior Co-Chair Warren Bender

It seems like the 2010 festival just ended, but it is time to gear up the well oiled machine that runs itself for the 10th Anniversary LSDBF 2011. I plead, beg, and cajole all of this year's participants to please sign on for this very important anniversary year. I pledge to work 23 hours and 59 minutes per day when need be. I also pledge to wear the co-chair shirt to every Rotary meeting that I am able to attend as a reminder that the future of Rotary (and the festival) is in our hands.

So far we have 48 teams signed up for next year and we have Pat Pluntz and Len Campbell signed on to co-chair recruitment. My personal goal is 115 teams signed up and 90%+ fully-paid invoices.

The continued success of the LSDBF depends on all of us. Don't be afraid to ask people to form a team and join the fun. Please join Harbortown Co-Chair Paul Damberg and me on this eleven month voyage.

Please call or email me with any concerns or questions. My Dragon Boat Festival email is lsdbf2011@gmail.com. You can still use the bttt817@hotmail.com one, but I will be setting up

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email groups on the gmail account. My home phone is 715 394-7453 and my cell is 218 590-4464.

Thank you!Warren Bender, Co-Chair, Club 40

KEY PLAYERS BEHIND THE SCENESby Allen Raffetto

Sometimes Rotarians prefer to get things done without the light of recognition shining on them. That might be the defining attribute of the motto, Service Above Self. That said, a moment expressing genuine appreciation never is wasted energy.

At our September 22 meeting Len Campbell (left) recognized Jerry and Pat Anderson (center) and Bill Blair (right) for the special work they do that literally energizes the Dragon Boat Festival. The three are holding gifts of estate-bottled WondoPop. Jerry appears to be reading the safety label. Thanks to all of you!

Rotary ABCs

by Allen Raffetto

ROTARY MOTTOES*

The first motto of RI, "He Profits Most Who Serves Best", was approved at the second Rotary Convention held in Portland, Oregon in August 1911. The phrase was first stated by a Chicago Rotarian, Art Sheldon, who made a speech in 1910 that included the remark, "He profits most who serves his fellows best". At about the same time, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis commented that the proper way to organize a Rotary club was through the principle his club had adopted --SERVICE, NOT SELF. These two slogans, slightly modified, were formally approved to be the official mottoes of Rotary at the 1950 convention in Detroit -- He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989 Council on Legislation established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary, since it best (and simply) describes the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service.

*Taken from "The ABCs of Rotary" published by RI. The picture is of children in India preparing to be vaccinated as part of Rotary's program to completely wipe polio off the Earth.

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Minnesota Ballet Thank You and Invitationby Allen Raffetto

The club has received the follwoing message: To: Superior Rotary ClubFrom: Betsy HolcombMN Ballet Grant Writer

The Minnesota Ballet is thrilled with Superior Rotary Club's support of our presentation for Superior-area third- through fifth-graders:

"Carnival of the Animals"10 a.m.October 5, 2010Superior High School Performing Arts Center

HERE'S THE INVITATION PART. I HOPE SOME ROTARIANS CAN ATTEND AND REPRESENT THE CLUB. We would love to have Rotary members at the presentation. Three came to our Superior presentation two years ago, including Jann Brill; and it was wonderful to have them in the audience. If you like, one of you could introduce Artistic Director Robert Gardner, who from the stage will thank the Superior Rotary Club as a funder of the presentation.

Thank you so much for this grant; it is most gratifying to have Superior civic backing of our outreach work.

Betsy HolcombMN Ballet Grant Writer218-729-7480develop@minnesotaballet.orgbetsy.holcomb@gmail.com

Regarding the picture: The School of the Minnesota Ballet is the most sophisticated ballet academy in the Northland region. Children from age three to adult can learn to dance. The staff of the ballet utilizes a positive approach to the dance arts while developing discipline in our young students and future professionals.

SERIOUSLY NOW!by Allen Raffetto

Where did you guys put my truck?

October

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Grand Opening Disc Golf Course-Central Parkby Mary Lou Andresen

We want to let you know that the disc golf course was installed in Central Park last week! People have already been over there playing on the course and the Community Youth Project Group is quite excited about accomplishing our goal of providing this resource for the community. We could not have done it without your support. We are having a Grand Opening event so everyone in the community can come see this new recreational activity. We are inviting your organization to be recognized as one of the course "mid-range level" sponsors at this event.

The Grand Opening Celebration will be held on Thursday, October 14 at 4 p.m. in Central Park in Superior. One side of the park is 6th Avenue East and another side of the park is Laurel Avenue. Laurel Avenue is the side where the disc golf course actually begins. Laurel Avenue is off of Hill Avenue about halfway between Belknap Street and 21st Street. We will most likely be having the recognition ceremony in the vicinity of the pavilion on the 6th Avenue East side of the park, but some of the events may also be held in other areas of the park.

During the Grand Opening, beside recognizing our sponsors, we will be having a demonstration about playing disc golf, sharing light refreshments and there will also be door prizes. We hope you can come celebrate with us and explore the course. Please RSVP to Sheila Fillmore at 715-395-1576 by Wednesday, Oct. 13 if you plan to attend this event; if you have to leave a message, please leave the name of the individual who will be attending and the company or organization they will be representing so we can share that during the program.Sincerely,The Community Youth Project Group

Superior's Friendship Gardenby Charlene Peterson

Photo, Char Peterson, of the ribbon cutting by former Ami Mayor, Koji Kawata and Mayor Dave Ross, plus Ami delegation and local Sister City Committee members.

As part of the Sister City relationship both cities agreed to work on International Friendship gardens in both cities. The garden is designed to honor Superior's on-going relationship with Sister City Ami-Machi, Japan since 1997. The garden is approximately one acre located on the southern end of Billings Park, along the roadway just past the main entrance. Phase one is complete and phase two will begin as funds are procured. Phase Two will include stepping stones, a bridge and a dry riverbed.

Also see the article in the Duluth News Tribune, September 30th, page B2

Dragon Boat Festival Wrap-upby Allen Raffetto

Calling this meeting a "wrap-up" just might be misleading. It seemed more like the first planning meeting for the 2011 event. And with Pat Finney facilitating the meeting by moving about the room to write comments and ideas on strategically taped-up flipchart papers (standing at far right in photo), it seemed like all the stakeholders present were ready to proceed from ideas to actions(plan to execution in consultant-talk).

Tuula Harris reported some interesting results regarding fundraising. Thirty-four of the eighty-On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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six teams raised money above and beyond the registration fees. Of those thirty-four, five teams raised the majority of that money. Maybe we can get some tips from those successful folks.

The working slogan for DBF-2011 is shaping up to be "One hundred teams on the water in year ten". To accomplish that will take some exceptional execution from everyone.

Let's get started!

McGrath Library News-Lake Nebagamonby Allen Raffetto

At its member dinner last Tuesday (the 21st) Mary Yoshimoto reported on the Friends of the Library Membership Drive. The Library has three membership categories: Annual Members; Life Members; and Principle Donors. As of September 15 the Library has 64 Annual and 19 Life Members plus 11 Principal Donors for a total of 94 dedicated supporters.

But the membership drive went further. The team identified 257 prospective members and did a mailing (with followups I suspect). As a result 42 new Annual members were added to the list. That's a 16% success rate on a mailing, and it's an 86% increase in membership!!

The truth of the matter is that the McGrath Library is a community resource much larger than the building and the books that are in it.

The library is located on County Road B, just down the road from Olie's Market in Lake Nebagamon.

How Do You Fry Rotarians?by Allen Raffetto

I'm a relatively "young" Rotarian, beginning in Beloit in 1985, then starting up (with other interested folks) a Charter Chapter in Sauk City/Prairie du Sac in 1998, and now, with luck, completing my Rotary tenure in Club 40. These and other volunteer organizations have taught me many things, and one vivid lesson has been how clubs can burn out fellow club members.

It's never done intentionally. It just happens. In new clubs there's a small number (usually 7) who become the prime drivers for club activities. Being new and few the other members help out to the extent they can. If the club grows through its activities, then new members appear who, hopefully, become drivers providing relief for those finally willing, able, and ready to step back.

The tricky part has been to keep the drivers and the activities in effective balance. Too much activity and too little driver energy will start to sear some members' edges and, if not remedied, will produce burnout and attrition. Interestingly, too little activity will do the same thing, e.g., apathy and absence of clear purpose. This could be the underlying symptom for clubs feeling the need to have a "visioning workshop".

Well, before we start searching for consultative strategic guidance let's do a self-check on how balanced we are, input against output, socially, financially and altruistically speaking.

Wherever we sense the need for better balance (you know, those things that have never really run themselves properly), that's where we want to do maintenance and improvment. Why? Because if we don't, it puts us out of conformance with 4-Way Test items 2, 3, and 4. And we don't want to fry Rotarians!

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Speaking about CLEANby Mary Lou Andresen

At our October 6th meeting, our speaker,Ben Bertsch, described the role of St. Scholastica's CLEAN program which helps any new student who has chosen to

be without alcohol or substance dependencies, to find help and activities to stay sober upon entering college.

Support Programs include: Sober housing; Advocacy; Community building; Coaching; Academic support; Spiritual/mental fitness and Recovery Seminar.

This program is only on 15 college campuses throughout the United States. It is available to help students, but also reaches out into the community for potential students.

Let's Go Racing Rotarians!!

by Allen Raffetto

Picture, Skip Hunter Photography. Taylor Leuthner literally takes the checkered flag for his victory lap around ABC Raceway in Ashland.

You should also check out his web site, taylorleuthnerracing.com for more information.

Taylor is a 19-years old sophomore at Michigan Tech and the son of our President-Nominee, Brian Leuthner. Taylor is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech. There just might be some connection between his academic major and his major interest in auto racing.

Taylor races in the Midwest Modified Division of both NASCAR and WISSOTA sanctioned tracks. This year he participated in some 40 events at seven different tracks. Of these events he won fifteen of his qualifying races and two overall feature wins for the season. His July 24th win at ABC Raceway made him the winningest Midwest Modified Driver in that receway's history. In sum, Taylor finished the season 2nd in points in his division at both Superior and the Ashland Speedways.

Brian doesn't say too much about this passion he and Taylor have for racing cars, and he downplays the success they have had. That could become more difficult if Taylor's success gets a ride with one of those teams you see on the SPEED channel.

Kambarta Project presented by Bob ShermanOn October 13th, Bob Sherman presented to our club the Kambarta project. Below is an article printed in the September District newsletter. Since this article was printed, the number of clubs have increase from 3 to 6 clubs.

To access Bob's power point presentation, click here.

Three Rotary clubs and Rotarians from the Duluth area, Utah and Washington, DC, are collaborating with one of the newest Rotary clubs in Russia to develop a language school for both "mainstream" and special needs children. What makes this school unique is that all language students will engage in service projects with local Rotarians to improve their community.

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The new school is located in Kambarka, Russian Federation, which is about 1,000 miles east of Moscow. During the Cold War, Kambarka was closed to outsiders because it was the site of a chemical weapons manufacturing facility. The facility manufactured a substance called lewisite which is similar to mustard gas. Lewisite was also manufactured in the U.S. at a site near Tooele, Utah.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, both Russia and the United States agreed to begin disposing of chemical weapons and a disposal facility was constructed in Kambarka using funds supplied by the German government. Today Kambarka is a city of about 13,000 people with limited employment opportunities for its citizens. The Kambarka Rotary, which has less than 10 members, is working hard to improve the community. Rotarian Anna Khramova in Kambarka developed the initial concept for the school and began working with Rotarian Bob Sherman from the Duluth Rotary Club to obtain funding. More than $51,500 has been raised, including a large matching grant from District 5580/The Rotary Foundation under the District Designated Fund program. A total of about $63,000 is needed for the school to begin operating in 2011.

"Working on this school project has been delightful," said Rotarian Bob Sherman. "When I traveled to Kambarka in September of 2009, the original concept was simply to create a school that improved the chances of local students to enter college. Working with the Kambarka Rotarians and a teacher from the Marshall School in Duluth, we were able to add the service learning component that truly makes this school unique".

In addition to the Duluth, Skyline and Harbortown Rotary Clubs, Rotarians from Tooele, Washington, DC, and Duluth have made significant contributions to the school. An English language instructor from the university near Kambarka is working with Rotarians to finalize curriculum design, select and train teachers, and prepare for the opening of the school. The school expects to have 10-15 students the first year and grow to 30-50 students thereafter. Duluth area Rotarians are planning a trip to Kambarka in the summer of 2011 to help install ramps at the entrance to the school and construct accessible restroom facilities for disabled children.

Last May one of the potential students from Kambarka, Dasha Kostina and her mother Anna, came to Duluth to thank Rotarians for creating the new school. Dasha has been disabled since birth and suffers from cerebral palsy and scoliosis, which have caused nearly a ninety degree curvature of her spine. Despite her disability, Dasha is an accomplished poet and has been recognized in her home province for her exceptional poetry. She has published her first book and is now working online with poets around the world to improve her skills. While in Duluth, Dasha was evaluated at St. Mary's Duluth Clinic and received medications that improve her flexibility. Thanks to the generosity of several Rotarians, she will receive a new wheelchair to replace the antiquated one that she received from the Russian government. Preparations are being made for Dasha to return to Duluth sometime in the next year where she will undergo a series of surgeries to correct her spinal curvature and improve her mobility. SMDC has contributed medical services and will perform her surgeries at no cost. Rotarians in the Duluth area are working hard to make all of this possible.

Approximately $10,000 is needed to complete funding for the school. Clubs interested in learning more about the project or contributing to start-up costs should contact Bob Sherman at rtshermanjr@gmail.com. Individual contributions are also being accepted.

"We're very proud of our club's participation in this important project," said Roni Salo, president of Duluth Rotary. "The school is a fine example of Rotary's 2010-11 commitment to build communities and bridge continents. We would welcome support from other Rotarians throughout the U.S. and Canada".

LSDBF Executive Committee 2011: IT BEGINSby Allen Raffetto

Last Thursday (10/14) the Executive Committee held its first meeting for the 2011 Dragon Boat Festival. Chairman Alan Rock stated that the meetings are open to any member of the sponsoring clubs, and that should mean the minutes of the meeting are also available.The operating structures that pull off each year's successful event are, to understate it, quite complex. In addition to the sponsoring clubs we have eleven Rotarians constituting the executive committee and twenty-seven operating committees focused on the many parts that must make the whole, meaning a competitive, fundraising, Free Family Fun event, put on in an ad hoc "stadium" by an all-volunteer staff.When I do organizational consulting, my diagnostic approach involves my 15-factor model of what's needed to be a successful organization (I'll pay $2 for that one). And darn if all 15 aren't

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in play (for better or worse) in the LSDBF Executive Committee. I trust our club will broaden its awareness of how great the irony is when we utter that well-used phrase, "it runs itself!" NOT!!

UWS Friend Family Updateby Allen Raffetto

Diana Severin notified us that the Office of International Programs had exceptional success, enrolling a record breaking 188 International Students from 32 countries.Club 40 discussed hosting these students in some way, but 188 might prove a bit taxing for us. The Board's sentiment is that the "student/international" aspect is a great fit to RI's International service arm. Therefore, you should expect some discussion of the topic at next week's meeting. Bring ideas on how we might get involved.

Club Publicity & Promotionby Allen Raffetto

You all do wear your Rotary pins to publicize the fact that you belong to Club 40, right? In addition the blue vest (see Greg G. for a coming opportunity) and any year of Dragon Boat Festival tee shirt also work promotionally. Inquiring minds will ask, "What does Rotary do around here?"

That's a hard question because we do so much and it's challenging to keep it all "top of mind". The Publicity & Promotion team is tasked with assisting you by getting our "message" out and reaching the greatest number of people as efficiently as we can.

Case in point: the billboard currently up on Hwy 2/53 between the Blatnik bridge and I-35. We decided to thank the greater community for supporting LSDBF and we wanted this "thank you card" to be from the three clubs, in part to publicize our DBF sponsorship role. It's surprising how many people know about the festival but don't know that Rotary clubs provide much of the driving force.

What's on our agenda? With Erin Makela on the team we plan to have a more consistent presence in the Telegram. We'll also start up a blog, a free service through the Telegram. I have no clue on who we will reach with it but Erin says that their system averages 1 million hits per month. I'm still winning in my war against texting but it looks like I'm going to alter my blog-avoidance stance.

Finally, we are increasing our call for stories from all of you. Specifically, we intend to have a piece in this bulletin called "ROAMING ROTARIANS". You folks go to some of the neatest places and we'd love to hear about your journeys (e.g., Bill, Char, Julius). And John Lohse, if you can summarize that great handout about this year's trip, we'd like to share it (again) with the club.

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Superior Rotary's Newest Memberby Allen Raffetto

Photo by Al Raffetto. President Tom and new member Jessica pose for the official photo.

Our newest member, Jessica Burdette, was officially inducted into Rotary during our last meeting of September (9/29/10).

Bentleyville Tour of Lights, 2010

by Allen Raffetto

It's hard not to enjoy Nathan Bentley's presentations about Bentleyville. Christmas/Holiday lights speak to the child in most of us, and they certainly prompt a child-like enthusiasm whenever Mr. Bentley speaks to our club. No, I don't think we bring it out in him. I think it's already there when he walks thourgh the door. As has been wondered about by many, he was asked what motivates/drives him to do this event. He attributes his motivation to "fun" and no doubt enjoyment is part of the package. But you can't help but tell how much satisfaction and fulfillment he gets from meeting the challenge of pulling the event together. And because that just isn't enough motivation, he likes to raise the bar each year to see if he can accomplish still more spectacular effects. If you don't believe me, just ask the late Viktor Frankl (Man's Search for Meaning)

All in all that's a very wonderful motivational focus for anyone to have. Nathan's presentation mixed facts of last year's event with plans for a "bigger and better" 2010 Tour of Lights.

I will be putting more details out on our new blog, Superior Rotary Club 40. This assumes that I can properly use the technology. In the meantime please remember that one purpose of Bentleyville is to gather donations of food and toys for those in need. And if you need a time-filler between Dragon Boat Festivals, you're invited to drop down to Bayfront Park Saturdays, Sundays and/or Wednesday evenings to help out (if you like doing Holiday decorations)

Incidentally, Bentleyville gets a literal head-count of visitors. How about if LSDBF borrows his methods, if at all possible, to do the same.

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Nathan Bentley, founder and driving force behind Bentleyville Tour of Lights, spoke at yesterday’s noon meeting.  Bentley is easy to listen to when he describes what the Christmas/Holiday event accomplished last year, its inagural year at Bayfront Park, and the plans for this year’s festivities.  I think he taps into the “inner child”, both his and ours.  For more on the history of Bentleyville go to: http://www.bentleyvilleusa.org/Home/BentleyvilleHistory.aspx.

“It’s cold down there!, Bentley exclaimed.  You know, it wasn’t all that warm up at Cloquet in previous years for that matter.  But the Big Lake does create its own special brand of chill, so much so that live entertainment won’t be a part of Bentleyville Tour of Lights, 2010.  But here is some of what you can expect at the Tour of Lights:

a new castle entrance a 40-ft building for storing donated food and toys new knit hats for kids who tell Santa what they want for Christmas (last year they

gave away 10,000 hats) more hot chocolate and Famous Amos cookies (last year visitors consumed 6,000

pounds of hot chocolate) tunnels of lights that will add up to 3,000 ft of pure visual joy (incidentally, they

are making the switch to more energy-efficient lighting). And there are a few new features that Bentley will announce next week.  We

promised not to tell.

Last year’s event drew over 150,000 people and that’s an actual head-count, not a guesstimate.  Bentley and his all-volunteer crew began preparations on September 25, and they will be working Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesday evenings.  If you are curious and/or would like to help out the cause, drop down there.  I’m sure they’ll be able to find a few strings of lights to put up.

October Student Rotariansby Jean Till

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Alicia Stack and Alex Tunell, seniors at Superior High School, have been selected as Student Rotarians for the month of October by the Superior Rotary Club.

Stack is a member of the National Honor Society, the Student Council, and the Spartan Girls Soccer Team. She is also a member of the Key Club and serves as the organization's secretary. In addition, she participates in the Superior-Douglas County Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership program, and the Generations of Faith program at the Cathedral of Christ the King. This past summer she volunteered at SMDC Superior and the Polinsky Physical Therapy Unit of SMDC Duluth. Following high school graduation, Stack plans to attend college in the Twin Ports area and to pursue a degree in the field of medicine. She is the daughter of Nairi and Bill Stack.

Tunell is a member of the National Honor Society and serves as vice president of the organization. He serves on the FLA board, and is a member of the Spartan Basketball Team and the captain of the Spartan Track team. In addition, he is the Leader of the Edge Bible Study group. Next fall Tunell plans to attend Bethel University. He is the son of Renee and Rich Tunell.

During the school year, Student Rotarians attend Rotary meetings and provide club members with opportunities to learn about high school programs and activities as well as the accomplishments and concerns of Superior youth. Each year the Superior Rotary Club awards two scholarships to students graduating from Superior High School. Information is available from school counselors.

Angela Johnson, Friend of Rotaryby Jean Till

Pictured from left to right: Alley Keute; Shawn Mattson; Angela Johnson, advisor of the Interact Club at Superior High School and coordinator of the Camp RYLA Program; Mary Beth Amys; and Peggy Mattson. The four students

were sponsored by the Superior Rotary Club to attend Camp RYLA this past July.

Club #40 has presented Angela Johnson with the Friend of Rotary Award for her work connecting Superior youth to community service and to Rotary programs. "Angela has served as the advisor for the Interact Club, a Rotary organization for high school students, since the club was established at Superior High School seven years ago," said club president Tom Wondolkowski.

"During that time, President Tom continued, she has guided the group's service projects and helped students identify service opportunities in our community. In addition, she serves as the coordinator and recruiter for Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award. Angela excells at encouraging students to participate in this outstanding leadership training experience."

Johnson, who teaches chemistry at Superior High School, commented that she stresses the importance of service to Interact Club members as well as the importance of linking to other groups that can help support the group's projects. Each year the Interact Club sponsors school and community events to raise funds for area service organizations and lends support to Superior Rotary Club projects.

The Interact Club is beginning to plan for this year's projects, and students are invited to contact Johnson for more information about the club. "The club is an avenue for developing leadership and for learning more about youth leadership opportunities through Rotary," commented Johnson. "I encourage our students to consider the RYLA program to expand their leadership skills and to learn more about managing and leading community service projects."

Camp RYLA is a week long, all-expense-paid experience for high school sophomores and juniors that is held in July on the University of Minnesota - Crookston campus. "RYLA is a life

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changing experience," said Alley Keute who attended the camp this past summer. "I learned so much, and met so many new friends."

Superior High School students interested in learning more about Camp RYLA may contact Johnson at the school.

Interact

by Jonathan Asp

The Superior Interact Club will be meeting Thursdays during the school year at 7:45am in Room 225 at the Superior High School. A member from our club will be attending once a month to inform students of service projects, and other Rotary functions. Dr. Bob will be attending in November. We need other months filled throughout the school year. To sign up for just one monthly meeting and work with some outstanding young people, you may e-mail Jonathan Asp at: jonathanasp@charter.net

November 5-11 is World Interact Week. Find out how this week is celebrated by CLICKING HERE

Interact is Rotary International's Service club for young people ages 14-18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance.

With more than 250,000 Interactors in over 120 countries and geographical areas, Interact is a worldwide phenomenon!

Interact clubs carry out two community service projects each year, including one that furthers international understanding and goodwill.

A BLOG FOR CLUB 40by Allen Raffetto

As of this morning the club has a blog site activated. It is hosted by The Superior Telegram and is a free service to clubs and others in the community. You can access it by clicking on this link, Superior Rotary Club 40. As we build our understanding of and experience with the unique advantages of blogs as purveyors of information, we will integrate more fully the blog, the web site and NetNews.40.

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Disc Golf Course - Grand OpeningThe Community Youth Project worked hard to help Douglas County and the City of Superior develop a disc golf course at Central Park. The Grand Opening was on October 14, 2010 and the course is already getting a lot of use. At the Grand Opening 2 youth gave a demonstration on techniques of disc golf.

Superior Rotary Club 40 donated $500 to assist with this projects as did a number of businesses and organziations in the community as shown on the sign.

See more photos HERE.

Wisconsin Point: Treasure or Burden?Posted by Superior Rotary Club 40 on October 29, 2010 in Uncategorized with No Comments

Tom Bridge (left) and Warren Bender with photos from Wisconsin Point

First I should note that Warren wears the dragon shirt to Rotary meetings because he is the co-chair of next year’s Dragon Boat Festival.  I don’t think he wears it to City Council meetings but I could be wrong.

Wisconsin Point is a complex topic and thus difficult to describe or discuss in a short space, blog or otherwise.  Tom Bridge got our usual 15-minute speaker space and he barely scratched the surface.  Nonetheless there were many questions posed to him after his talk.  The underlying issue seems to be how best to plan for the future of Wisconsin Point.   Right now Wisconsin Point is both a treasure and a burden.Let’s start with the facts about what Wisconsin Point is.  According to the Official Website of Superior it:

Has a total of 203 acres with 2.75 miles of beach Includes a lighthouse for the Superior entry Has an historical marker for a sacred Chippewa burial ground

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Has activities including bird watching, duck hunting, hiking and “beach use” Is described as a “Watchable Wildlife Area” and I don’t know what that really

means.

Along with these descriptors are ones for a handful of prohibited activities, from horseback riding to bringing in glass “beverage containers”.   When you think about it, the positive features and related activities can conflict very easily.  For example, if you don’t know the life history of John Audubon, you just might believe that hunting and birdwatching can’t coexist.  Actually, even today the two activities serve the same purpose.  On the matter of prohibitions, some of them only apply when the smelt aren’t running.  Unfortunately, Tom’s presentation included a collection of photos showing that the prohibitions aren’t working (regardless of smelt run).  Human intrusion will degrade any environment and does so faster when no one chooses to be resonsible or personally accountable.  Enforcement of the restrictions is nearly impossible under the present conditions.

So, what might be done?  Two overlapping themes emerged from the questions.  One issue is to define the goals of “protection” and ”preservation”.  The other is to understand how ”conservation” can be applied to Wisconsin Point.  Again these are more complex matters than can be casually addressed, but here are a few thoughts.  Protection means to stop abuse and possibly all use, and the term is typically applied to living things that are challenged to survive naturally.  Preservation also strives to stop abuse and/or all use but goes one step further.  Preservation will intervene in the survival struggle and attempt to ensure that failure-to-survive is not an option.  Unfortunately, living things and nature don’t cooperate very well.  That’s why preservation works best with minimally disturbed dead things that nature has left behind.  Ask any archeologist!

The spirit of conservation is that of “wise use”.   Conservation will involve some protecting but will also recognize that all living things are in a state of continual use and are at their healthiest when used wisely.  For more extended material on this topic, follow this link,   http://www.fieldmuseum.org/biodiversity/    , to The Web of Life concept.   Conservation necessitates a prespective of longevity that expects us to know what we’ve got before it’s gone.  What is unknown to us is what will replace that which is gone.  You see,  something always does become a replacement.  More than a century ago, before protection and preservation, timber was clear-cut to feed the lumber needs of our growing country.  What replaced the “barren harvasted” landscape?  A growing city of Superior and a vacation destination called Lake Nebagamon (formerly the Weyerhauser mill town).  Who knew then what we now treat as worthy of saving.

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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NovemberDistrict Governor - Roly Turner Visits Superior RotaryEditor: Bob McClellan

Congratulations on a great meeting today with District Governor Roly. He certainly is a class individual, and President Tom did a great job leading our meeting. We had lots of guests today, and sometimes I think our little old club gets picked on by not always being totally with it, but today you showed all of our shining colors. Dragon Boat proceed presentation, student presentations, Thunder Bay dragon boat awards, review of the Night Without A Home event, the whole package. Roly seemed to connect well with club members during his talk; it was one of the better down to earth presentations by a district governor that really seems to fit our club. Just wanted to share my thoughts with someone; makes me proud to be a member of Superior Rotary, 98.5 years old!!

DG Roly Meets with Board

by Allen Raffetto

Our District Governor, Roly Turner, appreciates team effort, and his message to our board was that club collaboration produces more/better results than can be expected from good but individual club effort. From his observations of other clubs in the District Roly noted that for clubs to successfully cooperate it takes a few key players and a "dropping your guard" shift in their mindsets.

Roly stated that one of the main things he would wish for us is continued/improved club cooperation (maybe even collaboration) between Superior, Superior-Sunrise and Harbortown to master the challenge of an even more successful Dragon Boat Festival in 2011. Maybe we'd better check to see that we all agree on what "successful" would look like in the 2011 DBF.

The other main wish Roly expressed was to "put Wisconsin on the 5580 map". The harsh reality is that we are a small part, geographically speaking, of District 5580. And it's not too hard for the activities in all of Minnesota and all of North Dakota to overshadow the slice of Wisconsin and Ontario at the east side of the District. I know that in our minds our clubs are the center of 5580's universe. I suppose it's for us to figure out if we're happy continuing to do what we've always done or if we care and dare to aspire to some higher profile.

Roly touched on a few other topics of note: - Take the risk and "have a blast" at every meeting. I think we got a handle on that one, but Ron, please keep a costume handy in the off-chance that greater levity is required.- Sustain a high community profile to help member recruitment succeed.- Strengthen new-member orientation to raise retention (lower attrition).- Find where all the "Rotary Stamps" are that have been placed in the Superior area by our club. (A site location map??)- And since we are rather distinctive in our DBF collaborative success, find ways to enhance our role in supporting other clubs. That's not suggesting that we sponsor a fourth new club but rather it's meant to encourage us to find new avenues of support for area clubs already in existence.

More photos of Roly's visit appear in the web site's photo journal. CLICK HERE

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Net News 40 Story ArchivesJul 2010 to present

November Student Rotariansby Jean Till

Janis Avalos and Reba Buczynski, seniors at Superior High School, have been selected as Student Rotarians for the month of November by the Superior Rotary Club.

Avalos is a member of the National Honor Society, the Mock Trial Team, Spartan Orchestra, the Key Club, GSA, as well as the Interact Club, a Rotary organization for high school students. After school, she is a math and Spanish tutor, and has helped raise money for CASDA during the organization's drive at Super One. Following high school graduation, Avalos plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study psychology, and would also like to study abroad. She is the daughter of Lorena Rios and J. Fidel Avalos.

Buczynski is a member of the Mock Trial Team, is captain of the Forensics team, and historian of the Spartan Orchestra. Recently, she played the lead role in a one act play, "The Most Likely Pages." She is also a member of the Girl Scouts, 4-H, and TONS (Teens Only Night) youth group at the Cathedral of Christ the King, and volunteers with the St. Vincent DePaul Society. Next fall Buczynski plans to attend college to study biology. She is the daughter of Wendy and John Buczynski.

During the school year, Student Rotarians attend Rotary meetings and provide club members with opportunities to learn about high school programs and activities as well as the accomplishments and concerns of Superior youth. Each year the Superior Rotary Club awards two scholarships to students graduating from Superior High School. Information is available from school counselors.

Superior Rotary Membership now linked with the District and Rotary Internationalby Mary Lou Andresen

On March 20, 2009 our club ordered Club Runner. We began the move to an integrated website, bulletin, membership database and administrative resource. Prior to this we maintained membership data on spreadsheets, with Club Mate but we were required to enter data in multiple places including our records, the District Database and Rotary International. With ClubRunner we eliminated the need to enter data into the District's website, but did have to email and then check for entry into the Rotary International website. Now that has changed - they are all integrated.

For Rotary International's announcement CLICK HERE

ClubRunner has been a very stable system. Our website has always been accessible. We have tried to use the available functions to the maximum capabilities. This includes the billing and accounting system, emailing members special announcements-which has the members committments listed at the bottom each week; knowing who is scheduled to speak at our club; our weekly bulletin and articles; our club forms and resources all on-line.

ClubRunner is always improving their system and has added things that we have requested like the Birthday and Anniversary Report. It is fairly simple to use for reference and a number of our club members have become contributors to the website and bulletin. As President Tom says, "if I can enter speakers into the system, anyone can use it."

For more information about our use of ClubRunner CLICK HERE

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National Champion Paddlersby Allen Raffetto

Last Wednesday we got to question a Dragon Boat team that has realized paddling success at the national level. Watch this space (or one just like it) for a full story about the "Fast, Fast Women", aka, Wiki, Wiki Wahine, and how they came to be such a a quick team of dragon boat paddlers.

What's This All About?by Allen Raffetto

President Tom might have been making a fashion statement at last week's meeting (11-24) or maybe just proclaiming his participation in the Wisconsin deer hunt. At the same time he used it to express his appreciation to his brother for all those years hunting together, and for a moment the hunter cap served as a birthday symbol for our leader. Now that's how to enjoy a

November in Wisconsin!

December

Rotary on the Road

by Allen Raffetto

Last Wednesday, December 1, Club 40 took its meeting on the road to AA Roll-Off with owner and Rotary member Steve Christen (pictured at right) hosting the event. We managed to Garmin ourselves over to 1021 Garfield Ave in time to drop off some electronic equipment and find a parking spot in the full lot.

The drop-off opportunity and the lunch were courtesy of Steve with the understanding that the Salvation Army bucket would be there to take our usual meal fee and however much more we chose to contribute. Steve hit it out of the park on 4-Way Test #4.

The meal was catered by The Shack. Doug Dalagar (Club 40) and Lynn Jones (Eco-Rotary Club) were handling the buffet line and generally seeing to it that the food facet ran smoothly. Steve ran a video about AA Roll-Off's business and thanked everyone for coming to the kick-off session of Rotary on the Road.

President Tom has talked about the idea of visiting our members' businesses for a couple of years, pointing out that when it started, Rotary meetings "rotated" among the business locations of Club #1's membership (Downtown Chicago). Business has been and will continue to be an integral part of Rotary life. The membership turned out in force to learn about the fundamentals of the AA Roll-Off operation. We certainly were not disappointed and the whole session had a great "feel" to it. Watch our schedule for our next Rotary on the Road.

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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Interact Service Possibilities

Nov 07, 2010 Bob McClellan and Dan Blank attended the Interact meeting on 11/4. Talked with the students about some options for service events for the Interact students:

Salvation Army Bell Ringing (we will give them our dates, as well as opportunities for them to Ring for Rotary at other times.)

Night Without a Home (opportunity to bring food, clothing), even though not technically Rotary.

Collection of items/gifts for the Bolivia trip (used children's books, etc.); international opportunity.

They have previously had a giving tree at Christmas time to collect hats and gloves, etc. We could potentially help collect items at that time at our meetingsto assist with that project. They have participated in spring walk for Breast Cancer on the Millennium Trail. We encouraged them to keep us informed on any projects that they are doing. Also talked about other opportunities, battle of the bands, putting together student Dragon Boat team.

The students were given new Interact T-shirts that they can wear at any public events

Tapper Attends Interactby Allen Raffetto

Jay Tapper attended the Interact meeting at Superior Senior High School (12-9-10). Six students attended. Jay's presentation was on dragon boat racing, including a description of boats, the role of paddlers, steersperson, and drummer. He also discussed how the races were run, timing, and boat loading logistics.

Jay touched on the two facets of teambuilding woven into the Dragon Boat Festival: the concept of teamwork to move the boats efficiently; and the

advantages of coming together as a team to participate and raise money for worthy causes. Future Interact programs could cover the rest of the festival logistics such as set-up, concessions, community participation, and fund raising.

Much like RYLA, dragon boat racing is an experiential learning opportunity. RYLA participants should be great dragon boat team members and paddling a dragon boat competitively should be a neat prerequisite to attending RYLA.

SALVATION ARMY ADOPT-A-FAMILYby Warren Bender

Superior Rotary Club #40 has the opportunity to generously make two families' Christmas merry. Each of you received an email with the details. Please read the list and instructions and decide which gift you could provide.

Please email me (Click Here) or call me at 715 3947453 so I can keep a running list. The need is very great, as evidenced by our family numbers, 82 and 84.

Many, many families and individuals are really hurting and the Salvation Army provides this and many other services and ask nothing in return. I heard Major Rosemary Mattson of the Superior Salvation Army speak recently and she said that Superior/Douglas County always steps up to help with the Christmas needs. Let's all do what we can.

Gracias y Feliz Navidad!Papa Noel Bender

A Night Without a Homeby Tom Wondolkowski On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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It was a dark and stormy night. No, really it was a dark and stormy and cold and snowy night! Here's how President Tom describes the event, which took place on November 13.

"A Night without a Home" is a local sleep-out benefit held during National Homeless Week for the homeless of Superior and Douglas County. The event will take place in City Park at the corner of Belknap Street and Tower Avenue (near the Superior Public Library) beginning at noon, Saturday, November 13th and will continue through noon, Sunday, November 14, 2010.

People will be sleeping out during the event. Food and hot beverages will be served. Donations and funds will be accepted on site and will go to help homeless victims in the Superior and Douglas County area.

One past participant made this comment about the event: "With my past experience with this event, I have seen the needs of homeless in our community. Being involved with "A Night without a Home" is the most meaningful thing that I do each year. I urge local residents and businesses to stop by and consider a donation in support of this event. All are welcome to attend".

The homeless people in our community have many needs. Public support and donations are greatly appreciated and will be collected on site, including:> Winter coats> Mittens> Boots> Blankets> Sleeping bags> Food> Furniture - no mattresses please

"In-kind" donations from local businesses are greatly appreciated and may include:> Gift certificates for food> Meals> Hair cuts> Lodging> Gasoline

Donations of money will be distributed to Harbor House, Solid Rock, CASDA, Salvation Army and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Checks should be written to Faith United Methodist Church c/o "A Night Without A Home".

Chad Scott presents AMIby Allen Raffetto

Picture: Chad Scott chats with Jon Winter after Chad's talk.

If you've ever wondered how the Superior and Duluth harbors are kept in shape and what unique difficulties our twin ports present to those doing business there, sit down and listen to Chad Scott, principal at AMI Consulting Engineers.

The business name stands for "Architectural, Marine and Industrial" Engineering, and those are the areas Chad and his co-principal, Craig Joupp, address with their clients. Started in 2006, AMI's projects can be found all over the country. At present they have 14 full-time and 3 part-time employees. With business possibilities in front of them AMI expects to employ about two-

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dozen people before long.

You can see some of their architecture in the area (like their own office) But the best way to see some of AMI's more challenging projects is to put on a dive suit and get below surface in the Superior harbor. In other words most of us won't get to see what they do but we could see what happens without their harbor work. Bad idea!

AMI does work you don't see but it's work that sustains the foundations of our harbor. Fascinating stuff!

Look It In The Eyeby Allen Raffetto

Our December 22 speakers were Jim Gruba and Kim Matteen from HDC, the Human Development Center. HDC provides integrated, culturally respectful mental health and addiction services to our communities.

Their presentation was a 20-minute compelling video about the difficult process of realizing that something is dreadfully wrong in one's life and then figuring out what, if anything, one can do about it. In the video "one" actually was a married couple. To request a copy of the DVD "Look It In the Eye" video go to www.lookitintheeye.org. To learn more about HDC please visit www.humandevelopmentcenter.org.

The focus of HDC is "on serving those most in need (so as to) improve the quality of life for all." Like so many services you don't hear much about them, but when you need them, you are so glad they are there.

Friend Family Program at U.W.-S.by Allen Raffetto

Danielle Severin at U.W.-S Office of International Programs, sent us the following email:

Yippy, finals are done!! Now what? Most of our international students remain in Superior during the winter break. While their fellow dorm mates visit their families nearby, the campus can get quite lonely during that period (33 days).

-Invite them to go sledding with your family.-Make a snow family in the back yard.-Play board games.-Make hot cocoa with marshmallows, mmmm.

Contact Danielle Severin at either dseveri1@uwsuper.edu, or (715) 394-8138.

PS: There was a cute yet sad snowman that accompanied the message. Use your imagination!

4-Way Test Essay Contest Offers Area Youth $1,000 Top Prizeby Charlene Peterson

An area high school student will be awarded the $1,000 top price in the Annual Rotary District 5580 Essay Contest. In addition to the top award, there will be six $100 regional winners selected.

Rotary District 5580 offers this Essay Contest as an incentive to young people to develop their skills of self-expression and as evidence of a sincere interest in the ideals of our youth. All students in their final two years of high school are eligible to participate.

The essay can deal with any topic of the student's choosing, but it must apply the principles of The Rotary 4-Way Test:

- Is it the TRUTH?On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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- Is it FAIR to all concerned?- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

The Rotary 4-Way Test was first conceived in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression by a Chicago businessman, faced with the challenge of saving a major company from bankruptcy. Looking for a way to save the company, he sought a short yardstick of ethics that could be used. Company personnel were asked to learn the test and to observe it as a guide to every aspect of business. As a result, a climate of trust and goodwill gradually developed among dealers, customers and employees, and the 4-Way Test was credited with returning the company to a thriving status.

The 4-Way Test has inspired safe driving programs, crime and drug reduction activities, and has been the subject of countless secondary school essays. The message has appeared on roadside billboards, bronze plaques and has been translated into more than 100 languages.

The 500-1,000 word essay must be submitted in typewritten form, and the local deadline for entries is February 29, 2011. Detailed information and entry forms may be obtained from: Charlene Peterson.

Just the Facts Pleaseby Allen Raffetto

A great way to stay informed about things going on among the 65 Rotary Clubs in District 5580 is to check out the District's Monthly Report.

There's an absolutely fetching lead-off picture of DG Roly putting in his bell-ringing time. And you'll find useful news about the 2011 District Conference in Grand Forks, April 28 - 30. Some optimistic Rotarians have the annual Golf Tournament scheduled for the afternoon of April 28. Most of the snow should be gone by then.

The last page of the Report provides data about the 65 clubs in our District. With 3,209 members (as of June) the average club size is 49 members. Club 40 is listed as having 68 members at that time. There were thirteen (13) clubs larger than us (Club 25 is the largest in the district) and thus 52 clubs smaller than or equal to Club 40. Our overall attendance percentage was 76.22%. The District average was 60.41%. The range is from 0.00% to 92.52%.

These are the dry facts but they suggest some interesting implications to the discerning Rotarian. What do you think the Main Thing is that can be explored using these data?

The Christmas Partyby Allen Raffetto

Picture: Jean Till "steals" a coveted present away from an unsuspecting club member. Wait a minute, that's her husband, Joe!

Our December 15 meeting was moved to 6PM at the Shack for our Christmas Party. The room was decorated, the drinks were Christmas-appropriate and the sit-down meal was excellent! Many thanks to Doug and the crew at the Shack for helping to make it a memorable evening.

President Tom adjusted the meeting format to fit into a celebratory atmosphere. The seating, eight per table, was identical to our usual noon seating, but our purpose was more than fellowship and conversation.

The evening was highlighted with our usual Christmas gift-giving process. Tuula kicks off the event by reading the rules (too complicated to reproduce here) and with her "go" signal the tables start shaking dice for chances at prizes. When all prizes are distributed, there is a 10-

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

Net News 40 Story ArchivesJul 2010 to present

minute stealing session. At its end you have what you have and that's all I'll say about that.

You can click here (Photo Journal) for a few more pictures, but you really have to be there to feel the fun of the evening. Put it on your calendar for next mid-December.

Brighter Futuresby Ed Anderson

Our program presenter on December 29th will be Tracey Henegar, the Brighter Futures grant coordinator at the Northwest Passage Family Outreach Program. Brighter Futures is a Douglas County prevention initiative designed to intervene early with youth in 3rd-5th grade and their families who are experiencing difficulties, or are at-risk for experiencing difficulties, at school, at home or in the community.As a collaborative effort between Douglas County, Human Development Center and Northwest Passage, and the three Douglas County school districts, Superior, Maple and Solon Springs, the Brighter Futures staff work closely with students, their families, school staff, and other family identified support systems in order to create a successful, "brighter future" for youth and their families.Services for eligible students are provided in the school, in the home and in the community, while community wide outreach services, such as family events and parent education classes, are also provided.

Any questions can be directed to Tracey at 715-392-7525 or TracyH@nwpltd.org

Rotary Friendship Gardenby Allen Raffetto

At our December 22 meeting President Tom presented the plans for what we are calling the Rotary Peace Gardens, which will become an expanded landscape garden at Billings Park. The design plans and an artistic rendition can be seen in the short Photo Journal (click here).

Our club will be investing $20,000 in the project, in part as another tangible contribution to the Superior community. Our other purpose is to have this project mark the celebration of our 100th anniversary as a Rotary club.

The Christmas Partyby Allen Raffetto

Picture: Jean Till "steals" a coveted present away from an unsuspecting club member. Wait a minute, that's her husband, Joe!

Our December 15 meeting was moved to 6PM at the Shack for our Christmas Party. The room was decorated, the drinks were Christmas-appropriate and the sit-down meal was excellent! Many thanks to Doug and the crew at the Shack for helping to make it a memorable evening.

President Tom adjusted the meeting format to fit into a celebratory atmosphere. The seating, eight per table, was identical to our usual noon seating, but our purpose was more than fellowship and conversation.

The evening was highlighted with our usual Christmas gift-giving process. Tuula kicks off the event by reading the rules (too complicated to reproduce here) and with her "go" signal the tables start shaking dice for chances at prizes. When all prizes are distributed, there is a 10-minute stealing session. At its end you have what you have and that's all I'll say about that.

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

Net News 40 Story ArchivesJul 2010 to present

You can click here (Photo Journal) for a few more pictures, but you really have to be there to feel the fun of the evening. Put it on your calendar for next mid-December.

Just the Facts Pleaseby Allen Raffetto

A great way to stay informed about things going on among the 65 Rotary Clubs in District 5580 is to check out the District's Monthly Report.

There's an absolutely fetching lead-off picture of DG Roly putting in his bell-ringing time. And you'll find useful news about the 2011 District Conference in Grand Forks, April 28 - 30. Some optimistic Rotarians have the annual Golf Tournament scheduled for the afternoon of April 28. Most of the snow should be gone by then.

The last page of the Report provides data about the 65 clubs in our District. With 3,209 members (as of June) the average club size is 49 members. Club 40 is listed as having 68 members at that time. There were thirteen (13) clubs larger than us (Club 25 is the largest in the district) and thus 52 clubs smaller than or equal to Club 40. Our overall attendance percentage was 76.22%. The District average was 60.41%. The range is from 0.00% to 92.52%.

These are the dry facts but they suggest some interesting implications to the discerning Rotarian. What do you think the Main Thing is that can be explored using these data?

Look It In The Eyeby Allen Raffetto

Our December 22 speakers were Jim Gruba and Kim Matteen from HDC, the Human Development Center. HDC provides integrated, culturally respectful mental health and addiction services to our communities.

Their presentation was a 20-minute compelling video about the difficult process of realizing that something is dreadfully wrong in one's life and then figuring out what, if anything, one can do about it. In the video "one" actually was a married couple. To request a copy of the DVD "Look It In the Eye" video go to www.lookitintheeye.org. To learn more about HDC please visit www.humandevelopmentcenter.org.

The focus of HDC is "on serving those most in need (so as to) improve the quality of life for all." Like so many services you don't hear much about them, but when you need them, you are so glad they are there.

Friend Family Program at U.W.-S.by Allen Raffetto

Danielle Severin at U.W.-S Office of International Programs, sent us the following email:

Yippy, finals are done!! Now what? Most of our international students remain in Superior during the winter break. While their fellow dorm mates visit their families nearby, the campus can get quite lonely during that period (33 days).

-Invite them to go sledding with your family.-Make a snow family in the back yard.-Play board games.-Make hot cocoa with marshmallows, mmmm.

Contact Danielle Severin at either dseveri1@uwsuper.edu, or (715) 394-8138.

PS: There was a cute yet sad snowman that accompanied the message. Use your imagination!

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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January 2011

New Look to the Superior Websiteby Mary Lou Andresen

You may see that the website has a new look. This change allows our club to be integrated with not only the District, but with also with Rotary International.

The biggest change is that News and Upcoming Events are now only on the menu bar at the top of the screen. I am still working on getting the Photo albums visible on the website. You can still link to the photos through the bulletin articles. The look of the Bulletin has not changed at this point.

Any questions, please let me know.

District Conference - Grand Forks, ND

Registration is now underway for the 2011 District Conference in Grand Forks, ND. To register, go to THIS LINK. You can register on-line (highly encouraged), or you may download and print a registration form to send in by mail.

Charitable Giving Awards for Decemberby Alan Rock

Superior Rotary has issued 2 awards of $300 each - One to Brighter Futures and one to Just Kids Dental.

Brighter Futures is a Douglas County prevention initiative designed to intervene early with youth in 3rd-5th grade and their families who are experiencing difficulties, or are at-risk for experiencing difficulties, at school, at home or in the community.As a collaborative effort between Douglas County, Human Development Center and Northwest Passage, and the three Douglas County school districts, Superior, Maple and Solon Springs, the Brighter Futures staff work closely with students, their families, school staff, and other family identified support systems in order to create a successful, "brighter future" for youth and their families.Services for eligible students are provided in the school, in the home and in the community, while community wide outreach services, such as family events and parent education classes, are also provided. For more information CLICK HERE

Just Kids Dental Program is a school-based dental health program focused on providing children in Kindergarten through 8th grade with oral health education and preventive dental care, including cleanings, fluoride treatments and sealants. These services are at no charge to either the school district or eligible families and administered by a local hygienist...right within Superior schools!

Current participating Superior schools: Four Corners Elementary Cooper Elemetary Bryant Elementary Great Lakes Elementary Lake Superior Elementary Northern Lights Elementary Superior Middle School Children are eligible if enrolled on Wisconsin Medicaid (such as Badgercare and Forward Health) or families are uninsured and income eligible within free/reduced lunch guidelines. For more information CLICK HERE

4-Way Test Essay Contest Offers District 5580 Youth $1,000 Top Prize

A District 5580 senior high school student will be awarded the $1,000 top price in the Annual Rotary District 5580 Essay Contest. In addition to the top award, there will be six $100 regional winners selected.

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

Net News 40 Story ArchivesJul 2010 to present

Rotary District 5580 offers this Essay Contest as an incentive to young people to develop their skills of self-expression and as evidence of a sincere interest in the ideals of our youth. All students in their final two years of high school are eligible to participate.

The essay can deal with any topic of the student's choosing, but it must apply the principles of The Rotary 4-Way Test:

- Is it the TRUTH?- Is it FAIR to all concerned?- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

The Rotary 4-Way Test was first conceived in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression by a Chicago businessman, faced with the challenge of saving a major company from bankruptcy. Looking for a way to save the company, he sought a short yardstick of ethics that could be used. Company personnel were asked to learn the test and to observe it as a guide to every aspect of business. As a result, a climate of trust and goodwill gradually developed among dealers, customers and employees, and the 4-Way Test was credited with returning the company to a thriving status.

The 4-Way Test has inspired safe driving programs, crime and drug reduction activities, and has been the subject of countless secondary school essays. The message has appeared on roadside billboards, bronze plaques and has been translated into more than 100 languages.

The 500-1,000 word essay must be submitted in typewritten form, and the local deadline for entries is February 28, 2011. Detailed information and entry forms may be obtained as follows:For Superior High School students contact the SHS Counseling OfficeFor all other students contact Charlene Peterson by email.

Just the Facts Pleaseby Allen Raffetto

A great way to stay informed about things going on among the 65 Rotary Clubs in District 5580 is to check out the District's Monthly Report.

There's an absolutely fetching lead-off picture of DG Roly putting in his bell-ringing time. And you'll find useful news about the 2011 District Conference in Grand Forks, April 28 - 30. Some optimistic Rotarians have the annual Golf Tournament scheduled for the afternoon of April 28. Most of the snow should be gone by then.

The last page of the Report provides data about the 65 clubs in our District. With 3,209 members (as of June) the average club size is 49 members. Club 40 is listed as having 68 members at that time. There were thirteen (13) clubs larger than us (Club 25 is the largest in the district) and thus 52 clubs smaller than or equal to Club 40. Our overall attendance percentage was 76.22%. The District average was 60.41%. The range is from 0.00% to 92.52%.

These are the dry facts but they suggest some interesting implications to the discerning Rotarian. What do you think the Main Thing is that can be explored using these data?

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Same Time, Different Placeby Warren Bender

Superior Rotary Club #40 has its second road show this coming Wednesday, January 12th at WITC in the Conference Center. Please park in the lot adjacent to the center. Food will be ready by the usual 11:45 am and the meeting and program will begin at 12:15 pm. The meal price is the same price as always $8.50 payable to WITC. Receipts will be available. The guest speaker will be Duane Lasley, Energy Efficiency Tech Instructor at WITC.

Remember the 3 month membership trial. Bring a guest interested in membership during January, February, or March and both your meals are paid by the club. You may, however, decline the invitation for your meal and pay as usual.

The future of Rotary is in our hands.

Pictures from our 2010 Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festivalby Allen Raffetto

Thanks to Charlene Peterson and Allen Raffetto we have a series of pictures of the 2010 Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival. To watch the slide show - CLICK HERE, change the number of pictures to 100 and then click Slide Show.Let's give credit where it's due. Char did the heavy lifting by collecting

pictures and setting them up for CD transport to the web site. Mary Lou got Clubrunner's newest version of "Photo Album" process to work.Because I'm putting the photos in the "album" we still have a work in progress here. Once I overcome the handicaps of being a child of the last half of the 20th century, I might just have an album with about 200 or more photos. Check back and if you have any photographic prizes from the 2010 Dragon Boat Festival, let me know if I can put them in the album.

Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival 2011 - Bigger, Better and Bolderby Bender, Warren

In an October article I reminded everyone that future of the dragon boat festival is in our hands, just like the future of our Rotary Club.  In this second article I plagiarize the words of RI President Ray Klinginsmith-Bigger, Better, and Bolder.  President Klinginsmith has used these words on his page in the last two issues of The Rotarian.  Duluth Harbortown Rotary co chair, Paul Damberg, and I have set our sights on a bigger, better, and bolder dragon boat festival to celebrate our tenth anniversary.  Many are already involved in one or more of the almost twenty committees needed for a successful festival.  There are many needs, but the most pressing ones as of January 1, 2011 are more teams (we are at 51 teams currently) and corporate sponsors.  Please take a minute and give the festival some thought on how you could help.  Email me at lsdbf2011@gmail.com with any help or ideas that you may have.

Thank you.  Warren Bender

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On the Road with Julius

by Julius Erlenbach

Prior to departing the Northland for the season last October, I had talked with President Tom about my plan to visit a number of Rotary Clubs in the Daytona Beach area (our winter home) while snow birding it down here. But, after thinking about it a bit more, I opted instead to visit clubs in areas that we would be traveling to over the winter months. I told Tom I would return one flag from each club I visited to replace the club flags he gave me. So, I left with four flags and now have two new club flags to add to our collection.

My first visit was to the Concordville Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania club in the Brandywine River valley. This is a club of 40 members which meets on Tuesday over the noon hour at a Senior Citizen Residence Center. The day I attended was just before Thanksgiving, so attendance was sparse but the welcome was warm. The luncheon was a preamble to what would be coming two days later with turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings. They characterized it as laying the foundation for the Thanksgiving feast yet to be enjoyed. The guest speaker was the district governor on her next to last club visit for 2010. As she was speaking and speaking, I was thinking about the comment Polonius makes to King Claudius in Shakespeare's Hamlet when he says "Since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief." I was able to give a "happy buck" in honor of my new grandson, but the Concordville Club does not have a "fellowship" period during their meeting as we do. All in all, I had an enjoyable time meeting and visiting with fellow Rotarians who are the business leaders of that part of Pennsylvania.

My second visit was to the Rotary Club of North Mecklenburg in Lake Norman, North Carolina, a club that was founded in 1989. This is a growing area north of Charlotte and right on Lake Norman. This club meets at the Penninsula Country Club and is a gathering of just over 100 members when everyone is present. The day I attended was the Wednesday before the New Year, so attendance was sparse. The luncheon buffet was quite good, but for $15 I would have expected that. Frankly, the buffet we enjoy at Barker's Island Inn is as good and at a much better price. I think you will enjoy the flag I received in exchange from President Richard because it is so colorful and really represents the Lake Norman area beautifully. Indeed, it suggests to me that we might want to consider a redesign for our flag. The speaker turned out to be a musical duet presented by an excellent soprano and pianist who did a wonderful 20 minute program of holiday music that everyone truly enjoyed. As it happened, I was visiting my younger daughter who lives and works in the Lake Norman-Corneilus area, and I was amazed at the number of members of the Rotary Club who knew her and made it a point to come up after the meeting to introduce themselves to me. I talked with her about this after the meeting and strongly urged her to consider joining that club. As it turns out, she had already been thinking about that and plans to pursue it.

Just as no speech is too short, so it is with reports. More to come after my next visits. All best wishes from sunny Daytona Beach!

Julius

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January is Rotary Awareness Monthby Allen Raffetto

Yes it is! And the following comes from the January District 5580 Newsletter, CrossCurrents. I copied it from DG Roly's piece and pasted it below."January is Rotary Awareness Month and I encourage you to educate yourself more about Rotary's impact worldwide but also spread that word to the

greater public.Do you know what our image is beyond our own closed shop? I give you thisexample. Returning home from a Rotary event, I was answering questions from the Customs and Immigration Agent in the Toronto Airport. "How long have you been outside the country?" She asked. "Five days," I replied. "What was the purpose of your travel? Business or Pleasure?". "Business," I responded. "What is your business?" She added. "Rotary," says I proudly displaying my Pin. "Oh, I know all about you guy's. You are the ones who wear funny hats!" No time for my 30 second Rotary Elevator Speech here eh! "Yes that would be us officer," I agreed, just happy to get through customs with time for a cold beer before the flight to Thunder Bay. A funny hat works for me any time. But the sad truth is that we need to promote ourselves. So, if we don't want to be known as the guys in the funny hats let's all focus on the true image of Rotary. I encourage you to learn more about who we are and what we do."The primary mission of the Publicity team is to transform "awareness" from vague (and often inaccurate) to a rich and (accurately) detailed perception of who we are and the most important things we do. How do we do this? REPETITION, REPETITION, REPETITION and then MORE REPETITION from other perspectives and in different contexts (electronic, paper, word of mouth, etc). Without question the issue of "awareness" is bigger than a one-month dedication.

Rotary Awareness: January and Beyondby Raffetto, Allen

As you may have noted elsewhere, January is declared to be "Rotary Awareness Month"  That's an essential purpose because absence of awareness leads to a lost identity followed by the demise of the organization.  But organization awareness doesn't happen in one month's declaration each year.  We need to address how Rotary awareness should be a daily opportunity.

We have become well-known in our own minds because we take the time to develop our grasp of this international organization.  Building this awareness is a long, sometimes tedious journey, and the rewards seem to increase as we continue along our personal Rotary paths.  But there is a drawback to relying on awareness, even if it is enhanced by our efforts.  Awareness is "programmed" to disappear from our consciousness.  That's probably good because if that weren't the case, we would be quickly overloaded by stimulation and grind to a dysfunctional halt.  The downside is that awareness doesn't totally disappear and so we make foolish mistakes thinking that awareness will produce accurate memories.  It doesn't work for college students who study only to the point of awareness.  And it doesn't work when we expect people to know "What is Rotary?" when all we've done is foster some awareness  (read DG Roly's story in January's Cross Currents).  In the end awareness by itself, even twelve month's worth, won't be strong enough to promote a memorable identity for Rotary.

What to do? Let's start by getting smarter about what awareness can and can't do.  With apologies to those who don't tolerate academic talk I'm going to start with what the academic scholars know.  First of all they'll tell us  that awareness is a continuum going from "very vague" up to "very vigilant".  Second, the challenge is to figure out how to move the needle towards the vigilant end for those things that you want others to start being aware of.  Third, they will bring up the concept of repetition (again, and again and again), and they will tell you that when something is repeated, the awareness needle moves upward a bit for that "something".  Fourth, and this one is still disputed, more repetition helps awareness just a little bit more unless what is being repeated is somehow enriched.  Otherwise the awareness meter stalls out.  So for Superior Rotary's awareness challenge we have to repeat and enrich what we are presenting to our community, state and region about Rotary and particularly about Club #40.On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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You might say, "Why should I care about this "academic stuff"?  I'm just one person!".  I understand.  That's how most of us start in Rotary: a single,  unintiated human being.  But then we discover this powerful force called leverage that takes ahold of the situation when, for example, we wear our pin every day we are out in the world, when we put a Rotary emblem in our office or on the car, when we use the word "Rotary" in a conversation or when we make reference perhaps to "fair to all concerned" in talking about how something should be done.  These common examples successfully enrich Rotary awareness because they emanate from different contexts and in different situations. That's the enrichment part.  Better still these events happen to us each and every day.  That's the repetition part.  And best of all it costs us nothing and we don't have to wait for somebody to as us "What is Rotary".

 I have my "What is Rotary" card in my wallet, but finding it takes me awhile thereby allowing the questioner's curiosity to disappear.  Recently i've constructed a new script for the question.  I'm still refining my answers but the four questions are pretty clear.  I received training in them from my friend and fellow Rotarian, Marilyn Holt-Smith who is a member of the Downtown Madison (WI) Club.  I convert "What is Rotary? into: 1) Who are we?; 2) What do we do?; 3) What makes us special?; and 4) Why should you care about (or work with) our club?  I'll answer the first question because all of us know this answer: "We are Superior Rotary, the first Rotary in Wisconsin and the 40th Rotary club in the world (and our club is about to be 100 years old).  The rest of my answers have to be just that: my answers.  They may or may not be right for you.  Nonetheless, we should get a sense of the diversity of answers amongst the membership perhaps as a initial step in our "Visioning Process".

In Inconvenience Lays Opportunityby Allen Raffetto

At December 29th's meeting we discovered the truism in the title. Our fellowship Rotarian and our guest speaker were under the weather, last-minute cancellations. Well, we can always dream up a way to squeeze good fellowship from those in attendance, but what to do for a speaker isn't as self-evident.

The opportunity laying there was the open microphone, and President Tom used it to produce two "Take Five" presentations from our members.It's funny how the opportunity is right in front of our noses so we don't see it! Ironically, January is declared to be "Rotary Awareness Month" (see article on that topic). Maybe we should begin by sharpening our awareness of our fellow members. Who knows! We may even continue that awareness beyond January.

Our two presenters were Amir Permeh and Doug Sutherland. Doug has a "who am I" advantage due to his tenure with the Vikings. Thus he got to tell us entertaining stories about who he is now as a real estate broker and a little bit about his "Top 50 Vikings" honor. He's a good storyteller.

Amir presented a rich picture of who he's been during his life. And here I'll start my point with a confession. I didn't take notes and here's the incomplete picture I remember. He is married, has kids, has an interesting job history and is presently a financial advisor with (I've drawn a blank). His extended family (in Rochester?) has this wonderful tradition of getting together to make sausage in November and then getting together again in December to eat it. What a great concept.

Now to the point: Awareness is WHAT'S IN YOUR BRAIN, not what's on paper, or online, or hanging behind Lucite on your office wall, or in some rule booklet somewhere. And as demonstrated, with apologies to Amir, my awareness in incomplete. Actually awareness is FUZZY, FRAGILE AND MOSTLY TEMPORARY for everybody. Awareness is related to but NOT the same as MEMORY. Regular memory takes REPETITION. I'm "capital-hollering" at you because we all make the mistake of assuming that unrepeated or infrequent awareness will create a working memory. It doesn't and that's more than enough reason for repeating the "Take Five" opportunities monthly and making "awareness" a twelve-month process.

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Annual Calendar Raffle 2011

 

The calendar raffle tickets were distributed Wednesday and will continue again this week. Please make an effort to be at the meeting to get your tickets. Each member is asked to sell a minimum of 4 tickets at $25 each. Ticket stubs and money are due February 16th with the first weekly drawing on March 2. The drawings will run through June 29th with 15 - $100 and 3 - $500 drawings. Additonal tickets are available from Tuula.

New Member

 

Tuula Harris presented our newest Club 40 member, Anne Podgorak, to the assembled membership at our January 5 meeting.

Anne is the Director of the Financial Aid Office at U.W.-Superior. Be sure to welcome Anne as a new member and have lunch with her so as to learn her story. She probably has one of the more challenging jobs at UWS but confidentiality will prevent her from revealing too much.

Energy Efficiency Questions?

The last couple of days have intensified my awareness about how energy efficient my home is, but up here in the Northland's winter deep-freeze thoughts about energy efficiency come to mind easily.Our second "Rotary On The Road" trip took us to WITC on January 12th where guest speaker, Duane Lasley, Energy Efficiency Instructor, presented both information and demonstration.The demonstrations were about the ways they can measure how well a home or structure is using the energy that's within it. The information Duane included focused on where the high-payoff changes usually are for improving a home's efficiency.The fundamental premise is that a house/building is a "living system". That figures because they have to breathe and they decay over time. Right now there is a high demand for trained people who can do home and business efficiency assessments. We all understand the environmental relevance for this industry and are glad Duane and WITC offer a training program.Pictured are Jonathan Asp and Duane Lasley (on the left) chatting about the door-mounted blower equipment behind them.

 

Organ Donor Programs

Our January 19th program was exceptional in many ways. A trio of Student Rotarians, Monika Sziron, Shaun Mattson, and Cody Kitch told us about the need for and some misunderstandings about organ donor programs.Our Twin Ports area has over a thousand individuals in need of some organ, including skin grafts. Skin to graft onto burn victims is the third greatest need with kidney and heart taking first and second place for need/demand.As the three poised presenters related the common misconception, that the little orange sticker on your driver's license will lead to your organs being donated automatically if you are an accident victim, listeners began getting out their drivers licenses. It seems there is a place on the back for you to sign, date and check your organ donation intentions. At least a handful of members, myself included, corrected that omission. Great work speakers!!The picture shows Shaun and Cody holding their organ donor banner,"Give Life: Organ Donor Awareness", while Monika (that's her left elbow) addressed the group.

Boliva Service Trip Update

Rotary service trip to Bolivia has been rescheduled for April 1 to April 11, 2011!    Deadline for Signup is February 14, 2011.  Mike Cochran will be presenting an update at our February 9, 2011 meeting.

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Mano a Mano Programby Raffetto, Allen

Daniel Narr, with an introduction from Mike Cochran, talked about another of those well-kept Rotary secrets, the Mano a Mano program. Incorporated in Minnesota in 1994 Mano a Mano Resources put "surplus into service for better health in Bolivia". They collected and sent 3 million pounds of medical surplus to Bolivia.In the following years in Bolivia they have: constructed and established medical programs in 111 clinics; built 31 airstrips; completed over 1,300km of rural roads; constructed 3 agricultural water reservoirs plus 90 mini-reservoirs; and built schools and housing for teachers in 37 communities The pictures Dan included in his presentation capture some of the great impact Bolivians experience from Mano a Mano. Equally powerful is the effect on all Rotarians who make the trip to Bolivia and get involved in these high-value projects. Mano a Mano is an example you can tell people about, showing how RI takes individuals' energies and leverages them with their resources to take actions that accomplish incredible things. Our GSE Visitor Oscar Strückerby Allen Raffetto

A short bio. of Oscar appears below. For more details on his visit as part of the GSE and if you are interested in hosting him for one or two days, contact Dr. Bob.

OSCAR STRÜCKER

Panambi, Rotary District 4660

Export Manager oscar@fockink.ind.br

My name is Oscar Strücker. I am 30 years old. I was born and I live in a small town (around 38 thousand inhabitants) called Panambi. Panambi is the third metal mechanic pole in our state, because the number and size of its industries. The machines and equipment made in Panambi are exported worldwide. My family is small. I have only one older sister who owns a language school in our town. My father and I love motorcycles and cars, we are restoring and tuning and old car together, my father owns a motorcycle shop, and my mother is retired. I live in my own house with my girlfriend, she is a lawyer. I'm evangelic, as all my family. I am graduated from foreign trade.

Nowadays I work for a company called Fockink (the international division is called Rockink). This company produces electrical installations, industrial automation, transformers, aeration thermometry systems to control grain storage, ear tags, irrigation systems, milking machines, and milk cooling machines. I've worked for Rockink for 11 years, part of this time I worked as a marketing assistant, which gave me the opportunity to visit several regions in Brazil. Now I am the export manager for the agricultural products.

Due to my job responsibilities, I've already traveled to all Latin American countries, New Zealand, and Sudan in África. During my trips, I accompany the salesmen during special visits. I provide technical support for the distributors in their needs. For that reason, I have a good knowledge in milking machines, power fences, animal identification, and irrigation systems.

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Besides Portuguese and English I also speak Spanish, and I can understand German and Italian a little. I am proud of participating in the Scout Boys movement for more than 20 years. At present, I am the group's leader in Panambi. With the scout boys we camp and do rafting, abseiling and hiking. I like extreme sports, during my visit to New Zealand I had the opportunity to jump from a Bungee jump.

I like all kinds of pets, I have a basset hound dog and an aquarium with African Ciclids from Malawi lake. I am a friendly person. I like to meet new people specially to exchange experiences about agriculture, motorcycles, cars, places, and cultures. During mi visit I would like to make new friends, visit other scout boys groups, industries in general but specially irrigation systems and milking machines companies, farms that use irrigation systems, cattle raising and milk farms, and sightsee.

RI Travel Service helps scholars flee Egyptian unrestby Andresen, Mary Lou

By Ryan Hyland  Rotary International News -- 11 February 2011 

Rotary International Travel Service (RITS) stepped in to help Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar Jamie Gajewski and four other scholars to leave Egypt when civil unrest made it unsafe for them to complete their scholarships there.

For full article, click the link below:

http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/110211_news_egypt.aspx

February - World Understanding Month

February 23rd is World Understanding and Peace Day and also Rotary's 105th anniversary.

In designating World Understanding Month, the Rotary International board asks all Rotary clubs to plan programs for their weekly meetings and undertake special activities to emphasize "understanding and goodwill as essential for world peace."

To observe this designated month, many clubs arrange international speakers, invite youth exchange students and international scholars from schools and universities to club meetings, plan programs featuring former Group Study Exchange team members, arrange discussions on international issues, present entertainment with an international cultural or artistic theme and schedule other programs with an international emphasis. Many clubs take the opportunity to launch an international community service activity or make contact with a Rotary club in another country.

Paul Harris Donations - for Rotary Birthdayby Bob McClellan

There is an opportunity for all of us to Celebrate Rotary's Birthday, February 23rd and at the same time Double your Paul Harris credit points for personal Online contributions to the Annual Program Fund. Contributions must be made anytime prior to February 22 to meet that deadline.

Remember that PH Points can only be accumulated AFTER a member has already earned his/her first Paul Harris, and that must be earned through cash contributions totaling $1,000. After a first PH is earned, then points apply for all future donations.

Volunteer Opportunity to Read To Childrenby Jonathan Asp On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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There are opportunities available at the Superior School District, coordinated by Mary Annne Korsch, for Rotarians to read at the grade schools.

These are tentatively set for the week of March 13th-19th.

Please contact Jonathan Asp for exact times and locations.  There will also be signups available at the club meeting. There are varying times of days and grade levels requesting readers. This is a great volunteer opportunity.

MARCH

March is Literacy Month

Here are the things that Superior Club 40 does in support of the goals of Rotary for literacy. 

1) On International Literacy Day - 2010, MariaValley and Jana Stevens spoke to our Club on the Language Immersion Summer Program.

2) We are actively promoting Rolling Readers and have active participants from both our club and Interact as a result of our efforts.

3) We give a book donation to Superior Public Library on behalf of our guest speakers.

4) Our club has sponsored the Dolly Parton Library through the Superior Public Library.

5) Our Club participates in the Four-Way Test Essay Contest through the District and we give a $1,500 scholarship for the best essay written by a SuperiorSenior High School senior.

6) Our Club observes World Rotaract Week (March 13 - March 19, 2011.)

7) We have made contributions to the Scottish Rites Clinic's Language Development Program for the past two years. 

Thank Youby Tom Wondolkowski

To the members of Club 40:

I can not adequately explain in words what it meant to receive a card signed by our members wishing me health and quick recovery form my recent hospitalization and surgeries. Your card and concern deeply touched me and I will never forget your gesture of friendship.

 I also appreciated your individual cards, emails and prayers for my recovery. Thank you for the contribution made to Polio Plus on my behalf with funds collected from our members. Thank you to the board and past president's for filling in for me during my absence.

God bless you members of club 40 I will not forget your compassion and will always be proud to say that I am a member of Superior Rotary club 40.

 Tom

National Champion Paddlers-Wiki Wiki Wahineeby Jay Tapper On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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Aloha,

I have seen or spoken with some of you since the LSDBF but would like to extend another big Thank You to the Superior Rotary for running such a great event again in 2010.  Our ladies had been wanting to do the event together for awhile and finally had the opportunity this year. 

After earning the berth to represent the US in China for the 2012 World Club Crew Championships, we are now faced with doing some significant planning, organizing and fund-raising.  We have spent the last few months working on "bylaws" and other articles of incorporation to become a 501 (c) 3.  Our State documents are finished and submitted last week and the Federal ones are next.  Our first "Annual Meeting" was last Thursday night and our Board of Directors was chosen.  Our members have really risen to the occasion and everyone is chipping in.  I think the process has made the group even stronger and more cohesive.  Some of the folks serve on other Boards or have been through the "start-up" phase before and have brought great insight to the table. 

As Coach, my main focus is giving people the information they need to stay fit in the off-season and providing the opportunity (workout) to stay fit during the Spring and Summer.  I send out info and suggestions from time to time but have no way of insuring that anyone follows it in the off-season (we do have attendance requirements for summer).  The reason these folks have done so well (in my opinion) is:  1.they show up for practice, and  2.they do the off-season work.   Last Spring most of the women showed up more fit than they had been at the end of the previous season!  This means they took their off-season workout routine very seriously.  They came prepared.  From what I know, this winter is going fairly similarly to last winter for most folks.  Although I am enjoying the Winter, I am also excited for Spring again so we can start getting everyone together and see how everyone is doing.  Our practices are like family reunions.  The excitement and greetings and conversations are often so animated that I almost feel like an intruder telling people that "times-a-wastin" and it is time to practice.  Getting together with these folks is truly one of the great pleasures of my life. 

When our ladies presented for the Superior Rotary a few months ago, we were asked to let you know when we became a non-profit and that there may be some interest in sponsoring the team in some way or another.  This letter is just to update you on our progress in that direction.  The big work is done and we are just waiting for the paperwork to be fully processed.

We are proud to be ambassadors for the Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival wherever we go and hope that we will be able to serve you in a more official and more visible capacity in the near future.

Best Regards,

Ron Deters 218-393-5729 

Scottish Rite Clinicby Allen Raffetto

Carol Roberts, Clinic Director of the Scottish Rite Clinic, was our speaker at the February 16 meeting. The full name is "Scottish Rite Clinic: Childhood Language Disorders", and that was the focus of her presentation.

Started in 1990 the Scottish Rite Clinic is the primary philanthropy of Scottish Rite Masons in On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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northeastern Minnesota. Services are at no cost to children due to the generosity of area Masons, foundations and private donors. Their motto strikes at the heart of improving communication abilities: To Hear; To Understand; To Speak. Barriers to these abilities can be removed with early diagnosis and treatment. The earlier the diagnosis and treatment the greater the chance at realizing each child's full learning potential. As Carol noted, "language development is at the heart of (a child's) learning". For more information visit www.scottishriteclinicduluth.org.

District News

District Governor-Nominee Designate:   The time for presenting challenges to the selection of Rotarian Dave Smette (Jamestown Rotary Club) by the District 5580 Nominating Committee, has passed.  No challenges were received, and therefore, the selection of the Nominating Committee stands.  Dave Smette is now the District Governor-Nominee Designate and will serve as District Governor in 2013-14.  His name will now be certified to the General Secretary of Rotary International for official election at the 2013 Rotary International Convention.  Congratulations to Rotarian Dave Smette, and we look forward to your leadership!

Confirmation of 2013 District Conference Site : A majority of the clubs in District 5580 have approved the location of Bemidji, MN as the site for the 2013 District Conference.  Congratulations to the Bemidji area clubs and we know this will prove to be an excellent location and a great Conference.

Leading a Meeting can be Therapyby Allen Raffetto

Pictured is our slimmer president. It wasn't Weightwatchers or Jenny Craig. It was an involuntary, unavoidable result of St. Marys. A somewhat downsized President Tom returned to the podium March 2 and started up the club assembly meeting. The entire membership feels better seeing him feel better.His marching instruction from the doctor was "Don't overdo it!" and he and I have agreed to a strategy for that rule. I'll drive him to and from the meeting.

Sometimes I'll have to leave early for my Webinar and will need a sub to drive him home.By solving an immediate problem I discovered that there are serendipitous effects from co-leading and having Guest Past Presidents lead an occasional meeting. Newer club members can see who has been club president and appreciate our differing styles. And in a certain sense the club will also be leveraging the power of our past and present key leadership players.I really appreciate the will and ability of past-presidents to step up and share the load. In my practice we call it "leadership versatility" and it definitely gets great results.Tom and I (or a Guest Past-President) will co-lead the meetings until he's ready to roll on his own. If the therapy of our meetings continues, he will be ready soon.

Thank Youby Tom Wondolkowski

To the members of Club 40:

I can not adequately explain in words what it meant to receive a card signed by our members wishing me health and quick recovery form my recent hospitalization and surgeries. Your card and concern deeply touched me and I will never forget your gesture of friendship.

 I also appreciated your individual cards, emails and prayers for my recovery. Thank you for the contribution made to Polio Plus on my behalf with funds collected from our members. Thank you to the board and past president's for filling in for me during my absence.

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God bless you members of club 40 I will not forget your compassion and will always be proud to say that I am a member of Superior Rotary club 40.

 Tom

The Purpose of Planning Isn't to Produce a Planby Allen Raffetto

Every organization knows at some level of awareness that it needs planning. Sometimes too there is an illusion of planning. The symptom of that illusion is when the organization's members say that "Planning is done to us, not with us!" To be blunt planning is not when someone hands you a plan you had nothing to do with, nor is it somebody filling out planning forms to appease the organizational top of the hierarchy. But this is the spot I find myself and the club in right now. I've filled out the "Planning Guide for Effective Rotary Clubs, 2011-2012, and Dr. Bob and I completed The Rotary Foundation page. I'm sure within the club these forms can just be a well-kept secret. My experience is that planning information that's not shared is a waste of energy. Well, with the magic of our electronic media I can at least now make it available to you. Please use this link, , to see what the data are so you become aware of WHERE WE ARE NOW. But a plan needs to say, WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE? Of course that document doesn't detail our wishes and so it isn't a plan. Putting a plan document together will be the Board's responsibility, and they ought to ask you for thoughts, ideas and wishes on topics such as: * What will make Club 40 attractive to new members? * Are your wishes for our club to embark on new Service projects? * How can be better use the media for publicity? Again, pardon me for being blunt. Rotary has provided opportunities for clubs to go through a "visioning process". I've run them and done them and they are effective for their stated purpose. BUT there is no point in engaging in visioning because this great new idea won't fix a broken process. Planning is a participative process for the membership and the board. Let's work at being more participative in our planning and save the visioning for our retreat to Florida or Montana depending on the season. And by the way, the purpose of planning isn't to produce a plan. The purpose of planning is to produce RESULTS

Rotary by the Numbers

The March 2011 Rotary Leader has a very interesting link to a map showing the membership numbers for Rotary internationally comparing 2005 to 2010.  Rotary Leader Link

District News

District Governor-Nominee Designate:   The time for presenting challenges to the selection of Rotarian Dave Smette (Jamestown Rotary Club) by the District 5580 Nominating Committee, has passed.  No challenges were received, and therefore, the selection of the Nominating Committee stands.  Dave Smette is now the District Governor-Nominee Designate and will serve as District Governor in 2013-14.  His name will now be certified to the General Secretary of Rotary International for official election at the 2013 Rotary International Convention.  Congratulations to Rotarian Dave Smette, and we look forward to your leadership!

Confirmation of 2013 District Conference Site : A majority of the clubs in District 5580 have approved the location of Bemidji, MN as the site for the 2013 District Conference.  Congratulations to the Bemidji area clubs and we know this will prove to be an excellent location and a great Conference.

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District Conference - Grand Forks, ND- Early Reg

Registration is now underway for the 2011 District Conference in Grand Forks, ND to be held from April 28 - May 1, 2011. To register, go to THIS LINK. You can register on-line (highly encouraged), or you may download and print a registration form to send in by mail.  Early Registration rates end April 1st!

Winners of 4-Way Test Scholarships Selectedby Andresen, Mary Lou

The winners of the Superior Rotary and the District 4-way Test have been selected.

Superior Rotary $1,500 scholarship winner is:

Aubrey Hagen, Superior Senior High School, 12th GradeParents: Tim and Jodi Hagen

Why Are People Homeless?by Peterson, Charlene

At the March 9, 2011 Rotary meeting, we had a presentation on feeding homeless children in Superior and the big question was asked, "What can we do about it?" meaning what can we do about the homeless. To do something we must understand why the problem exists in the first place, then find a way that we can use our resources to find a solution, although it will take more than our one Rotary Club to solve the problem.

POVERTY ON THE RISE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE DECLINEAccording to data released from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Associated Press, poverty in the United States rose a second straight year in 2002 to 12.1%.  This is up from 11.7 percent in 2001. In 2002, 34.6 million individuals lived below the poverty level in the United States, an increase of 1.7 million since 2001. Also in 2002, 12.1 million children were living in poverty. That is 16% of all of the children in the US. Measures to examine the depth of poverty indicate that the average income of poor people are further below the poverty level than in past years. & nbsp;It should be noted that in 2009, the poverty rate rose to 14.3% See Highlights Here Two trends are largely responsible for the rise in homelessness over the past 15-20 years: a growing shortage of affordable rental housing and a simultaneous increase in poverty. Persons living in poverty are most at risk of becoming homeless, and demographic groups who are more likely to experience poverty are also more likely to experience homelessness. (source: The Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Ohio.)

Issues of poverty in Athens County (the Athens County Department of Job and Family Services Blog)

WHY DO PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS? A Good Works staff perspective...

WORK AND HOMELESSNESSIt is a common misconception that poor and homeless people do not work.  The unfortunate fact is that 6.3 million of the nation's poor work full-time.  The percentage of poor people working full-time in the U.S. has grown by 33% since 1979.  Today, 18% of the people who work full-time are below the poverty line (in 2000, 'poverty' meant making $17, 050 for a family of four).  With a steady decrease in affordable housing and a steady increase in inflation and standard of living, poor people are lagging further and further behind.  With the minimum wage at $5.35 an hour and the local housing market dominated by students, the rural poor of this area have a tough time making ends meet.  While a number of this group spend some amount of time in shelters like The Good Works Timothy House, an even greater number are barely hanging on, living from paycheck to paycheck.  A moderate emergency such as a blown water heater or an unforeseen hospital bill can be enough to put them out on the street. On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

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A COMBINATION OF ISSUESUsually there is a combination of factors in someone's life which contribute to their homelessness.   In many cases, the people who come to stay at the Timothy House have been trying to get by with a small amount of money.  Then, if they lose their job, get sick, or something else bad happens to them, they no longer have money to pay for rent.   As a result, they need a place to go so they can save a little money and pay for another place to live.

TRUTH ABOUT HOMELESSNESS Some folks believe that the reason people become homeless is because they are lazy. This is a myth. Many people who become homeless are working or had been working for a long time until something caused them to lose their employment. Sometimes people have injuries that prevent them for doing the kind of work they’re trained to do. Sometimes they lose a job because of cutbacks. Working hard doesn’t always guarantee financial security. This happened to 110 people in Perry County (New Lexington, Ohio) December 31, 2003 with little notice. (Click here for the story)

BECOMING AN ADULTSometimes, it is because basic life skills are not passed from one adult to another.  We take for granted many things we learn from our families and friends such as how to spend our money, how to find and keep a job and stay at them, and how to pay our bills.  Without help in doing these things, it is really difficult to become an independent person.  Then, if someone is having a struggle paying bills, they don’t have anyone in their life who can help them out for a month or two.  This could lead to them losing their home, or other things that they need in their lives.

MANY PROBLEMS AT ONCEWhile there are many reasons people become homeless, everyone has their own story. Some common issues that contribute to persons becoming homeless include: lack of education, lack of affordable housing, lack of employable job skills, addictions, and mental illness. It’s important to remember, however, that these issues, by themselves, usually don’t cause homelessness. It is usually a collision of several of these issues simultaneously which eventually leads to a person’s homelessness.

LEARNING TO GET ALONG--TO SAY "I’M SORRY" The inability to resolve conflicts satisfactorily in one relationship will carry over into another relationship. When we do not learn from the wrongs we have committed against one person, we will wrong another individual in the same way. This piling up of unresolved conflicts will create a situation in which a person has no one to turn to in a crisis situation.

ALIENATIONAnother factor that plagues our society is that of alienation. Particularly in males, they are taught from an early age that men "don’t need anyone" in order to succeed. And that "real men" can make it on their own without help from anybody. This, of course is a myth, but media, as well as the language perpetuate it. Take for instance, the words "self-made-man." This is a term that describes a person who has succeeded in life, i.e. made a lot of money, seemingly without anyone’s help or influence. But nothing could be further from the truth. At the very least, in order to have the education necessary to succeed, the ‘self-made-man" had to have a teacher or two (probably more) to impart to him not only the skills, but the belief that he is capable enough to use those skills. The result of this myth is a lot of young men trying to succeed, thinking that if they ask anyone for help, they are demeaning themselves. They find out the hard way that the lies they have been taught all their youth prevent them from the success that such lies promise.

JOB SKILLSSome people end up homeless because they can’t find a job that pays enough. Minimum wage is about $5.35 an hour. If you show up and do a good job, you might get a raise and after some months, you could be making $6.00 an hour. If you work 40 hours a week, you will take home about $200.00 a week or about $800.00 a month after taxes. That may seem like enough until you have to make a car payment, buy food, buy clothing, go to the doctor, or buy diapers.

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RESPONSIBILITYWhether they are material or financial, resources help us to have stability. The inability to manage or access resources can put us into a downward spiral. Often one resource can lead to the access of other resources. For example, if I have reliable transportation (a material resource) I will be able to get and maintain employment (a financial resource).

I WAS HOMELESSAs someone who has been homeless, I can tell you that loss of employment is one reason people, even whole families, become homeless. This is more likely to occur when there is only one wage earner in the family, if employment is seasonal such as construction or lawn maintenance, or if you both work and each earns only minimum wage. While there is usually a combination of reasons why people become homeless a particular one often stands out: illness.  Injury, sickness, and even mental illness can lead to being fired, laid off or replaced. Most of the time if you're not able to do the work, you are out of a job. When you live from paycheck to paycheck, sometimes all it takes is to miss one or two paychecks and you can end up homeless. This is especially true if you have no friends or family to turn to for help.

HOUSINGPeople become homeless because there is not enough decent & affordable housing. In Athens County there are an average of 650 people at any time waiting from 6 months - two years for a limited number of subsidized housing units.

FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE YOU While there are many issues that contribute to a person becoming homeless, the main reason homelessness happens in someone’s life is due to a lack of an adequate social network in their life.  For various reasons people who become homeless–even temporarily so–no longer have a "safety net" of relationships in their life to help them when their crisis comes. Be thankful today that YOU probably DO have that invisible safety net of people in your life that will be ready to help you when you need it!

REBELLIONIn this society, there is no method for young teens to assert their individuality except for rebellion to their parents. In other words, some young people find their own identity, separate from that of their parents, by going against their parents’ will. To add to the problem, as they are growing up, they get all kinds of messages that tell them that they have to rebel in order to be right, or to do what is right for them. Case in point: Ariel from the Little Mermaid. Her father expressly forbids her to communicate with a young man, but she does anyway because she is "in love." Her father eventually comes around to seeing things her way, but the message is "Your parents don’t really know what is good for you. You should do what you want to do, regardless of what they think. They will come around eventually." There are many such messages in movies and TV today. Is it any wonder then, that many young men come to our shelter in their twenties, having left their family behind, trying to "make it on their own" but without the slightest idea of what that means or how to accomplish it?

DRUG ABUSESome people try to forget about their poverty and troubles by using alcohol or drugs. If they become addicted to them, they will spend a great deal of money on their habit--money that should go towards rent or house payments. Alcohol and drugs also make people act differently. Their families, friends, and jobs become less important to them, and they find new friends instead. These new friends usually only encourage the addiction to get worse. Soon, they lose their job and have very little interest in taking care of their lives.

MENTAL HEALTH/HANDICAPSPeople become homeless for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it is based on personal choices that lead to homelessness and sometimes there are events outside of that person’s control. A segment of the homeless population struggles with mental health issues or handicaps.  Though there are agencies that are available to help this segment of the population, the individual must first recognize that they have a problem and then approach the agency for help. Some who are mentally handicapped are not aware that they are or their handicap holds them back from seeking the help that they need.

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NATURAL DISASTERBecause of a natural disaster such as a fire, tornado, hurricane or flood, some people cannot return to their homes. Insurance coverage is often not enough to help them fix or rebuild their home. Many times, people are left with few choices but to seek shelter or live on the street or in their vehicles. Even if their insurance is enough, it often takes a lot of time to collect their money.

RUNNING AWAY Some individuals or families think that the answer to their problems is to move to a new town. Once they move to the town they may have enough money to get by for a couple of days or weeks until they find a job and a place to rent. This job might not come quickly enough and, instead of successfully running away from their problems, they end up with a bigger problem of homelessness.

MEDICAL PROBLEMSSome people can become homeless through health problems or injuries. Working class people who live pay check to pay check are unprepared for the astounding costs of medical bills. While many “at risk” people have no health coverage at all, even people who have insurance can become a victim as well. The rising cost of medicine and surgery can leave people owing thousands of dollars, even after insurance stops paying. With no one to fall back on, they can easily lose all their possessions and their home as well.

UNPREPARED FOR EMERGENCIESIn poorer communities, where people are working in minimum wage jobs, each family is living from paycheck to paycheck. There is not the middle-class ethic of long-term saving, but even if they had such a desire there simply is not enough money from a minimum wage job to pay the rent, feed and clothe the family, and pay for the many other expenses in life and try to save any additional money. Therefore, when an emergency comes up that prevents someone from working for awhile or the furnace breaks or the car breaks down, or somebody gets sick, there is no safety net of money to pay that month’s rent. This can lead to whole families being evicted.

GOOD WORKS, INC. A COMMUNITY OF HOPEP.O. Box 4 / Athens, Ohio 45701

Timothy House (740.594.3333) Hannah House (740.594.3336)Administrative offices (740.594.3339)

goodworks@good-works.net

Corporate Membership Pilot Programby Tom Wondolkowski

Members of our club will vote next Wednesday, March 23, 2011 to accept or reject our club submitting an application to participate in the Corporate Membership Pilot Program. If our club approves the motion to pursue the corporate pilot program there is no assurance that we will be chosen. RI will determine if we are chosen as one of 200 clubs in the world to participate in the Pilot program.

Corporate Member Pilot July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014This pilot will allow a corporation or company in the club's area to become a member of the Rotary club, through an established membership approval process, and to appoint up to four designees as the individuals attending club meetings, serving on projects, voting on club matters, serving as club officers and on club committees, and so on.

Further information on the Pilot program can be found on the RI website HERE.

Collecting Items for the Boliva Trip

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Dear Club 40 Rotarians:

The humanitarian trip to Bolivia is fast approaching. Warren Bender and Bob McClellan are the 2 Superior Rotarians from our club going on this trip. Harbortown Rotarians are: Jinell Abernathy, Chuck Sjodin, Pat Finney, Jim Gruba.

Part of our mission is visiting some of the remote medical clinics we have funded in the past, as well as helping with some tree planting on the hillsides surrounding the completed water reservoir in Choquechampi and visiting the proposed reservoir that we have committed to help fund in Jusku Molle.

While our past humanitarian efforts have mainly been focused on support of the building of medical clinics and water resources in Bolivia, we do visit schools and interact with school age children in the different locations that we visit. Mano a Mano, the NGO we work with in Bolivia, has invested and committed a lot to building schools and teacher housing in the remote villages in the Andes Mountains; the same places where they have built and supported the medical clinics.

Since that is the case, some of the simple things to bring with us and deliver to these places include School Supply Kits. These include such items as pencils, pens, scissors, notebooks, ruler, coloring pencils, etc.; and maybe give out a few soccerballs and a few books (in Spanish) to the teachers. Collecting items such as these is helpful. Last trip we also took some other items like baseball caps, token pins identifying where we are from, and t-shirts; the caps are enjoyed by adults.

Any of these items collected by our Rotary and Interact Club members would be helpful. We would need the items by March 30 at the very latest; that afternoon is when we head to the cities for the flight early the next AM.

Please contact:

Bob McClellan, drbob@superioranimalhospital.com

 or Warren Bender, bttt817@hotmail.com

Rotary's Support of Japan Disaster Reliefby Andresen, Mary Lou

District Governor, Roly Turner, has informed us of the current relief efforts underway by Rotary in connection with the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.  Rotary District 5580 is also committed to help in this humanitarian effort.  Please read the Governor's letter at this LINK.

Need Your Help/Mark You Calendars- LSDBF Eventby Len Campbell

Fellow Rotarians: RE: Invitation list to Recruitment Meet & Greet Event – May 3, 5:30PM at The Shack  The Recruitment and Corporate Sponsorship Committees of the LSDBF are hosting an important event to recruit teams for the Dragon Boat Festival. We have food and beverage sponsors.   The people invited will be from companies and organizations that have either participated in the past and no longer participate, and others who have not experienced the FUN-FILLED FAMILY FOCUSED, TEAM BUILDING EVENT.  

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Challenges are being encouraged! Financial institutions, car dealerships, churches (Father Andrew has this covered), bars, contractors, restaurants, health clubs, insurance agencies, and realtors…the list goes on and on.  We need your help in developing the invitation list. Who do you think would be interested in attending? Could you please e-mail me,  your lists with a specific person to contact by Monday March 28?   WHY SHOULD YOU HELP? There are two significant methods the LSDBF coffers are established, sponsorships and registering boats to participate in the Festival. You can make the difference in how much money we are able to put back into our community.  

Rotary Leader March 2011

Mar 05, 2011

Rotary Leader Link

March articles include: 

Mentoring Helps Underserved Students

Prepare for a Smooth Transition

See you in New Orleans 

Membership in Rotary Clubs, 2005-10 

 

April 2011

Club 40 Members Travel to Boliviaby Andresen, Mary Lou

Dr. Bob McClellan and Warren Bender are traveling to Bolivia along with other area Rotary Club members to visit projects we have helped to sponsor. 

These joint projects with Mano a Mano include:  constructed and established medical programs in 111 clinics; built 31 airstrips; completed over 1,300km of rural roads; constructed 3 agricultural water reservoirs plus 90 mini-reservoirs; and built schools and housing for teachers in 37 communities

New Member Inductionby Allen Raffetto

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At last Wednesday's meeting (3/30/11)Sage Johnson became Club 40's newest Rotarian. Sponsored by Kevin Podvin (shown pinning on Sage's Rotary pin), Sage continues SMDC/Essentia's representation in the club. Sage is presently the Director of Development for the SMDC/Essentia Foundation. Please introduce yourselves to her at our April meetings.

HAPPY 99th BIRTHDAY!by Allen Raffetto

On April 1 our Club 40 started its 99th year of existence. As described in "Rotary As We Saw It": "It was not long after Duluth Club became a reality until members of that club began to feel out the possibility of a Rotary club for Superior. Ed Filiatrault, who was then the president of the Duluth club, made trips to Superior for that purpose from the Fall of 1911 all through the early months of 1912. As a natural consequence, a meeting was called for dinner on April 1, 1912, at the Superior Commercial Club rooms and abut fifty of the members of the Duluth club came over to it. E.J. Filiatrault presided and Adolph Ritzman of Superior was appointed temporary secretary. In the minutes of that meeting it says, "Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was decided to organize a Superior Rotary Club." First Officers elected were:

President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.J. Culbertson

Vice-president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Yale

Treasurer . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.L. Cass

Secretary. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Hartley

Directors . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.E. Holmes, C.D. Pelletier, Charles Bergeson, H.E. Speakes, A. Hallahan.

And that's the way it was, April 1, 1912

Janet Jennings and the Superior Public Library

by Allen Raffetto

After 13 and a half years Janet Jennings has retired from the Superior Public Library. Her presentation highlighted changes and events during her tenure.Janet started her leadership role by lowering the fines for late books, which also lowered the lost book rate. She began building positive ways to raise money, and The Friends of the Library became a key fundraising operation. Of special note are the thirty-three framed prints that make up the library's "check-out art".Computer capabilities increased during Janet's leadership, not just to run the library but also to provide library users valuable electronic possibilities. In 1998 the library went from no online to

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online availability and dedicated machines for library users. In 2003 and again in 2010 the Gates Foundation funded a total of twenty-two new machines, and of course when you improve the technology, you also need to improve the environment for using the computers.Another change involved discontinuation of the Bookmobile service to outlying communities. To serve Douglas County residents more effectively Janet helped establish its first branch in Solon Springs, open two days each week. More recently, and with Club 40's help, a second branch was established in Lake Nebagamon.With such a servant's heart Janet may be retired but she won't be withdrawing from her work in the club or the community. As chair of the Membership Committee Janet has already lined up her replacement. Another example of one member's Service above Self.

St. Urho Benefits our Polio Plus Campaignby Allen Raffetto

St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16th, the day prior to the better known feast of some minor saint from Ireland, who was alleged to have driven the snakes from that island. The legend of St. Urho says he chased the grasshoppers out of ancient Finland, thus saving the grape crop and the jobs of Finnish vineyard workers. He did this by uttering the phrase: "Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen" (roughly translated: "Grasshopper, grasshopper, go to Hell!"). His feast is celebrated by

wearing the colors Royal Purple and Nile Green. St. Urho is nearly always represented with grapes and grasshoppers as part of the picture. So says the Google listing. With Ed Anderson's generous leadership we celebrated St. Urho's Day on the 17th at Belknap Lounge with corned beef, cabbage potatoes and appropriate drink. Donations were taken for our Polio Plus commitment, which resulted in a $350 check being sent to RI. It looks like we have a tradition being established. Thanks Ed!

Account Records Including Foundation/Polio Plusby Mary Lou Andresen

If you are interested in looking up your Account Balance for the 2010-2011 Club year, you can go to the Admin Page of the website, Log In and then click on My Billing Account Balance on the left column of the page under My Club Runner section.

You will see those transactions since January 1, 2011.  To see all transactions for the Club year, click on All Transactions.

We must submit all Foundation and Polio Plus payments to Rotary International by June 15, 2011.  So please try to submit these payments in May.  I will be sending you a direct link to your account statement on May 1st.

If you are having ANY problems in logging into your account, please send me an email at secretary@superiorrotary.com.  

Superior Community Theaterby Allen Raffetto

Wes Kruse was our guest speaker at last Wednesday's meeting. Wes founded the Superior Community Theater, now located above Marlee's Caribbean Restaurant on Tower Avenue. His talk was a theatric match to his business. He treated us to a video of the theater plus personal descriptions accompanied by music and topped off by his solo rendition of "To Dream the Impossible

Dream". Normally it's our club members who do the singing in classic Rotarian style (we no longer use songbooks however). So Wes' rendition was surprising both for the source and for the club's failure to pick up the tune and sing along.

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While there's a clear emphasis on enjoyment and fun, there is also a serious purpose: "to be a leader in the community, bring together the community together in cooperation, understanding each others abilities, strengths and talents."To learn more about the Superior Community Theater, dinner plans and schedule of shows, contact Wes at klpstudios@gmail.com.

2011-12 Board Electedby Allen Raffetto

On April 13 2011, the following officers were elected for club year 2011-12. On motion by Jim Kehoe, 2nd by Jann Brill to approve the officers as submitted by the nominating committee. President -- Al Raffetto President-Elect -- Brian Leuthner President-Nominee -- Warren Bender Past-President -- Tom Wondolkowski Club Secretary -- Mary Lou Andresen Club Treasurer -- Tuula Harris

1st Year of Two Year Term: Director -- Erin Makela, Director -- Amir Permeh

2nd Year of Two Year Term Director -- Jay Tapper, Director -- Julius Erlenbach, Director -- Jonathan Asp, Director -- Charlie Glazman

Other Appointments for the 2011-12 Club year include: Rotary Foundation -- Dr. Bob McClellan Charitable Giving -- Alan Rock Sergeant at Arms -- Mike Upthegrove, Ron Scott,Scott Carlson Website Manager -- Jon Winter Attendance Manager -- Mark Connolly LSDBF Co-Chair -- Ed Anderson Membership -Scott Carlson

Superior Community Theaterby Allen Raffetto

Wes Kruse was our guest speaker at last Wednesday's meeting. Wes founded the Superior Community Theater, now located above Marlee's Caribbean Restaurant on Tower Avenue. His talk was a theatric match to his business. He treated us to a video of the theater plus personal descriptions accompanied by

music and topped off by his solo rendition of "To Dream the Impossible Dream". Normally it's our club members who do the singing in classic Rotarian style (we no longer use songbooks however). So Wes' rendition was surprising both for the source and for the club's failure to pick up the tune and sing along. While there's a clear emphasis on enjoyment and fun, there is also a serious purpose: "to be a leader in the community, bring together the community together in cooperation, understanding each others abilities, strengths and talents."To learn more about the Superior Community Theater, dinner plans and schedule of shows, contact Wes at klpstudios@gmail.com.

Astronauts and Boy Scoutsby Allen Raffetto

At our Pack 212 Pancake Breakfast yesterday I got handed food for thought along with my breakfast. I knew that the Boy Scouts teach young people to be

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good citizens and take an important step towards leadership, but here's what I didn't know.In our U.S. Astronaut program more than 180 of the 294 pilots and scientists selected for the program since 1959 have been active in Scouting. That's about 62% of all Astronauts! Of the twelve men to physically walk on the moon's surface, eleven were involved in Scouting. In fact 26 of the first 29 U.S. Astronauts had been Scouts.Over the 100+ years of Scouting about 4% reach the level of Eagle Scout and that's less than one percent of the total U.S. male population. At the same time 13% of our astronaut program members were Eagle Scouts.In our country everybody has the potential for leadership. Those of us who provide leadership development opportunities work hard to identify what things turn potential into reality. Programs such as Scouting offer effective opportunities. That's more than enough reason for Rotary to support Scouting Programs.

Gary Reed Joins Club #40

by Allen Raffetto

Gary Reed has become the club's 6th new member since January. On April 13 Gary was led through the rigors of induction by his sponsor, Warren Bender. Gary is pictured with Warren (left) after the ceremony.Gary is a graphic artist who, along with his wife, operate Reed Graphics and have done so for the last 12 or so years.Gary is active in the Douglas County Historical Society and is on its board. He will be a more visible supporter when he appers in "The Strike", a play to be put on by DCHS this month on the 14th (7PM) and 15th (2PM)UWS Foundation Leadership Luncheonby Allen Raffetto

Kay Biga sent us the following announcement: The UWS Foundation is hosting a Leadership Luncheon on May 6th. There is no cost to attend this friendraiser/fundraiser and we will be honoring our longtime foundation board member Rod Campbell. The event runs from noon – 1 p.m. in the Great Room in the Yellowjacket Union. We wanted to make sure that Rod's Rotary friends were invited. If you are able to join us, please call Kay Biga at (218) 390-6507.

UWS Leadership Luncheonby Allen Raffetto

The UWS Foundation held this leadership luncheon Friday, May 6, for two reasons: one was to benefit UWS programs such as student scholarships; the other was to celebrate and honor Superior Rotary's own Rod CampbellAs we all know Rod isn't too big on receiving recognition, so I won't repeat all the very nice things that were said about him. I'm not sure of my math but according to one presenter Rod's service in our club has been so long that he must have become a member at age 12.Here are three comments Rod made during his remarks: "Freedom isn't free; education isn't free; the UWS is a wonderful asset to our community". And he also kept asking "What happened to privacy?" I've often heard that "no good deed goes unpunished", and now I understand what that means. Rod, you're a pippin (and yes that is a very old compliment)!The luncheon was a beautifully done event, and Superior Rotary members were quite apparent. President Tom and I had the pleasure of sitting with the Ellisons. Bill Ellison is a Past-President of the club (early 1980s) and he regaled us with episodes such as when the club

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decided to move meetings to Barker's Island from the Androy Hotel. I hope he accepts our invitation to come visit us for lunch and fill in more about the club's century of history.

Charitable Giving Awards for March and Aprilby Alan Rock

Superior Rotary has issued the following awards in March and April:

March: 

Voyagers Area Council BSA - $750 Night wihout a Home - $500 Spelling Bee Competition:  Dillon Hoover - $100

April: 

Nutrition on Weekends - $750 Bong Historical Center - $500 Ride for Vets - $600 Superior Days - $100 

Superior Rotarians Travel to Bolivia

Bob McClellan and Warren Bender are featured in a Superior Telegram article from April 13, 2011 found at this LINK.

Read the Mano a Mano January Newsletter for inspiring stories at this LINK 

April 27 Meeting At the Duluth Children's Museum

Please be sure to sign up for the Wednesday April 27, 2011 meeting at the Duluth Children's Museum so we can be sure of the number to attend for the caterer.

Please sign up at this LINK 

Please remember that our noon meeting will be at the Children's Museum in Duluth at the Depot.

Check out their website for more information HERE Cost for lunch is $10.00, a portion which will go to the Children's Museum.

You may want to carpool from Barker's Island or there are parking lots nearby or metered spaces right on Michigan Street.

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Levi Feton and Eric LaGesse - March Student Rotarians

Click this Superior Telegram LINK to read about Levi Feton and Eric LaGesse, our March 2011 student Rotarians.

Club 25 Centennial Celebrationby Allen Raffetto

DATE: June 3, 2011 PLACE: DECC TIME: 5:30PM to 12:30AM Club 25 has a lot to remember, and some of the memorabilia and displays of historic relevance will be prominent at the celebration. Their 100th Anniversary gift to the City of Duluth will be presented at 10PM. For more information visit their web site, www.duluthrotary.org .

St. Mary's Dedication of New Digital Mammography

For all the work you have done to help us raise the funds for digital mammography.

Join us for an Open House to dedicate the new digital mammography equipment at:

Essentia Health - St. Mary's Hospital Superior Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5-7 PM St. Mary's Hospital, 3500 Tower Avenue, Superior, WI

Enjoy hors d' oeuvres and beverages. A brief program and tours of the digital mammography equipment and radiology department will take place during the event.

RSVP today at events@smdc.org or by calling 218.786.8966

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Concert for Dasha

Join us for a special evening concert by JAMES MOORS to benefit Dasha Kostina

W H E N Thursday May 26, 2011

6:30 - 7:30 social hour with appetizers and wine

7:30 Live concert

W H E R EMitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica

A D M I S S I O NTickets are $30 / person and are available at the COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA website

P R O C E E D S Will go toward the purchase of a new wheelchair for Dasha

P L E A S E C O N T A C T B O B S H E R M A N A T 6 1 2 - 3 8 6 - 3 3 5 4 W I T H Q U E S T I O N S

Destination, The Shack

Our April 20 meeting was held at The Shack and Doug Dalagher pulled out all the culinary stops: Chicken Marsala, Tenderloin, Risotto, asparagus and dessert. It definitely was a meal to brag about.Following the business part of the meeting, in which we inducted a new member, honored a football coach and made it through our Fellowship-Fines & Fundraiser, our host, Doug, gave a presentation about the past, present and future of The Shack.Considering the serious challenges restaurants in the area have been facing, it takes a strong mix of hard work, entrepreunerial thinking, an emphasis on quality food and even better service, and as in every business, a bit of good luck. Doug, thanks from all of us.

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Who Are We AND What Makes Us Special?

It's been reported that as of March 15, 2011, Rotarians have raised approximately US$163.8 million towards the US$200 million challenge from the Gates Foundation. That is special!!What makes us "Special" is that we are a WORLDWIDE NETWORK of INSPIRED INDIVIDUALS who translate their PASSIONS into relevant social causes to CHANGE LIVES in communities. The words in all-caps tell our unique story.We don't take lightly the words "inspired" or "passions" or "change lives". You see, what makes us and all Rotarians special is our inspired, passionate commitment to changing lives for the better.I hope you'll agree with me that who we are, our identity, is characterized invariably by local qualities. Who we are is Superior Rotary, Club #40 (that means the 40th in a world with over 33,000 clubs), Wisconsin's First Rotary Club.I suppose you could say that we are a notable local organization with a worldwide impact.

Duane Lasley, New Club Memberby Allen Raffetto

Our meeting at The Shack on April 20 included one of our most favorite formalities: induction of a new member. The picture shows President Tom (at left) and Charlie Glazman pinning the Rotary Pin on Duane Lasley. Duane became the club's 69th member and the seventh new member brought into the club since January.Grandma's Marathon-Finish Line Recycling Project

Here's an opportunity from the Duluth-Superior Eco Rotary chapter. Would you like to help us have an impact on our earth as well as in our community on one of the biggest events in Duluth? Join the THE GREEN TEAM, otherwise known as the Grandma's Marathon-Finish Line Recycling Service Project. That's right....we are the GREEN TEAM!

Duluth Superior Eco Rotary will be running the recycling efforts at Grandma's Marathon Finish Line. There will be 11 recycling stations. Each recycling station will have two volunteers. If you have a friend you would like to work with, please let me know by Monday, May 16th.If you are interested in helping out: please let me know your name, email and phone number and your SHIFT PREFERENCE: 6am-10am or 10-2pm. Also....SAVE THE DATE Grandma's Volunteer Meeting, Thursday, June 16-MANDATORY MEETING for all volunteers. This is where you will get your T-shirt and answers to many questions you have. It is a busy place at the finish line, as you know. The better oriented we all are the smoother the process will go. (Grand Rapids folks: I will be doing a conference call with you on Friday they 15th at 11:00 am.) The good news: all of our volunteers will get 2 free T-shirts from the marathon. You'll get the Grandma's volunteer shirt as well as a GREEN TEAM Shirt. And of course, some free beverage tickets. There will also be some waist aprons printed with the words eco-rotary GREEN TEAM on them; these will be used each year.

Here's a chance to cooperate with another club on a unique and inspiring effort!

Superior Senior High School Scholarship Winner Selected

May 10, 2011

Superior Rotary will be granting a $1,500 to Ethan Larson from Superior Senior High School. Ethan is the son of Debbie and Jeffery Larson of Superior, WI.

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Destination, The Shackby Allen Raffetto

Our April 20 meeting was held at The Shack and Doug Dalagher pulled out all the culinary stops: Chicken Marsala, Tenderloin, Risotto, asparagus and dessert. It definitely was a meal to brag about.Following the business part of the meeting, in which we inducted a new

member, honored a football coach and made it through our Fellowship-Fines & Fundraiser, our host, Doug, gave a presentation about the past, present and future of The Shack.Considering the serious challenges restaurants in the area have been facing, it takes a strong mix of hard work, entrepreunerial thinking, an emphasis on quality food and even better service, and as in every business, a bit of good luck. Doug, thanks from all of us.

Bob DeMeyer Presented with Friend of Rotary Award

At the April 20th meeting, Ed Anderson presented to Bob DeMeyer, football coach at Superior High School with the Friend of Rotary award. Bob and the football team gained a good bit of notoriety last fall when he and his players allowed Sam Kolden to score a touchdown. I guess for the coach and his team you'd say that "Winning isn't everything, PERIOD!" Bob is a Superior native who graduated from and played football at UWS. He taught and coached at Northwestern High School in Maple before coming to Superior High School. You can learn more about Bob DeMeyer by visiting the archives of the Superior Telegram.

Wiki Wiki Wahine, National Dragon Boat Champions

As some of you know, Wiki Wiki Wahine (WWW for short) is this area's competitive and successful National Champion dragon boat team. Incidentally, the "Wahine" in WWW signifies that all the paddlers are women, in fact women of all ages. They will be competing at the 2012 World Championships in Hong Kong. What that really means (according to Julie Deters) is that WWW "will be representing the United States in the Premier Women's Division at the World Club Crew Dragon Boat Championship of 2012 in Hong Kong". The need for support is straightforward. They are holding a "Wok Us to Hong Kong" chinese dinner on Saturday, May 21st, 5:30 - 8:00PM at Peace Church in Duluth (1111 N. 11th Ave. E). Julie Deters informed me that WWW made 1,000 egg rolls for the event. How better to train for a team event!

For more information visit their website, www.wikiwikiwahine.org

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A Formal Facet to the District Conference

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Harbortown's very own Bob McLean takes very seriously those events requiring formal attire. The Saturday evening "Governor's Gala Banquet" concluding District 5580's Conference in Grand Forks was one such occasion.The banquet was a two-hour event followed by live entertainment and various open Hospitality Suites. One of the most informative aspects of these conferences are the innumerable, social opportunities to exchange ideas and successes.Two surprising occurrences: one was the mix of dressed-up high school prom kids with dressed-up Rotarians; and the other was the blowing snow/freezing rain that fell on May Day. Indeed, the Forks was with us.

Eradication of Polio from the Face of the Earth

We hear bits and pieces about this battle but the Center for Disease Control (CDC) can give you more detail than you'll ever need to know personally. To read about the details of what is going on in the battle to eradicate polio from the face of the Earth, please use the following LINK. If you want to stay connected to the Polio Plus process, save the CDC link.

Rotary District 5580 Conference in Grand Forksby Allen Raffetto

What value is the District Conference for the individual clubs in that District? Of course each person will have his/her own answer, but for club officers perhaps the consensus answer is new possibilities and other clubs' successful activities that we learn about.

Two of the three days focus on club presentations about special topics such as community service projects, Youth Exchange programs, fund raising projects, scholarship programs and much more. The neat thing is that presenters don't brag but rather inform the audience about how they did a project so that we can do the project too if we wish. The underlying theme is cooperation and collaboration.Then there are the "plenary sessions" where time and again testimony is given about how Rotary is a game-changer in peoples' lives. Some examples reflect international opportunities (Amazon Medical Clinic, Boliva Projects) while others are very much home-grown (Youth Student Exchanges, Rotary Scholars, RYLA). And throughout it all is the fellowship fun and the conversations about what we want to do, could, should and will do. But don't believe me! Find out for yourself at next year's conference which will be held in CLOQUET, May 3-6, at the Black Bear Casino Resort and Otter Creek Event Center.

St. Mary's Dedication of New Digital Mammographyby Allen Raffetto

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The celebration was "for all the work you (Rotarians) have done to help us raise the funds for digital mammography". The open House to dedicate the new digital mammography equipment took place at Essentia Health - St. Mary's Hospital Superior, Wednesday of last week. A spread of hors d' oeuvres and beverages was complemented with a short program and tours of the

radiology department complete with its new digital mammography equipment. Thanks to Jerry Anderson we have a collection of pictures showing those in attendance as well as the star of the show, the new machine.

LSDBF and Lake Bemidji DBF Working Together

LSDBF and Lake Bemidji DBF are working together on securing teams for both festivals.As stated in the official webletter of LSDBF: "Double your fun and save $200! New for 2011, the Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival and the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival have teamed up to offer a $200 discount to teams that participate in both festivals this year. A $100 will be applied to each festival registration once a team has registered for both festivals. The Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival takes place August 5 & 6 on beautiful Lake Bemidji, located in friendly Bemidji, Minnesota."As we learned from Thunder Bay, so has Bemidji learned from us. During Warren Bender's DBF presentation at the District 5580 Conference I learned that the Bemidji DBF has grown in numbers and success. Their cooperative mindset popped out at me more recently when I heard a Minnesota Public Radio "ad" jointly marketing our two festivals pretty much as noted above.There is one unique difference in our two festivals. "Beautiful Lake Bemidji" does NOT have a sheltered area to run its races in as we do at Barker's Island. As long as the wind cooperates they can run heats near the shore in the downtown area. When it blows from the wrong direction, some boats will get swamped. They view it with lake wisdom (that's what happens!) and a little North Country toughness (keep paddling!). We think that swamping is a disaster to be avoided at all costs. Somewhere in there (Thunder Bay Superior Dragons?)is a middle ground of common sense. Be safe, be smart, and if a boat tips over, it's an "inconvenience" to be prepared for. Paddles up!

Grandma's Marathon-Finish Line Recycling Project

Here's an opportunity from the Duluth-Superior Eco Rotary chapter. Would you like to help us have an impact on our earth as well as in our community on one of the biggest events in Duluth?Join the THE GREEN TEAM, otherwise known as the Grandma's Marathon-Finish Line Recycling Service Project. That's right....we are the GREEN TEAM!Duluth Superior Eco Rotary will be running the recycling efforts at Grandma's Marathon Finish Line. There will be 11 recycling stations. Each recycling station will have two volunteers. If you have a friend you would like to work with, please let me know by Monday, May 16th.If you are interested in helping out: please let me know your name, email and phone number and your SHIFT PREFERENCE: 6am-10am or 10-2pm. Also....SAVE THE DATE Grandma's Volunteer Meeting, Thursday, June 16-MANDATORY MEETING for all volunteers. This is where you will get your T-shirt and answers to many questions you have. It is a busy place at the finish line, as you know. The better oriented we all are the smoother the process will go. (Grand Rapids folks: I will be doing a conference call with you on Friday they 15th at 11:00 am.) The good news: all of our volunteers will get 2 free T-shirts from the marathon. You'll get the Grandma's volunteer shirt as well as a GREEN TEAM Shirt. And of course, some free beverage tickets. There will also be some waist aprons printed with the words eco-rotary GREEN TEAM on them; these will be used each year.Here's a chance to cooperate with another club on a unique and inspiring effort!

Club 25 Centennial Celebration

DATE: June 3, 2011 PLACE: DECC TIME: 5:30PM to 12:30AM Club 25 has a lot to remember, and some of the memorabilia and displays of historic relevance will be prominent at the celebration. Their 100th Anniversary gift to the City of Duluth will be presented at 10PM. For more information visit their web site, www.duluthrotary.org .

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DBF Team Recruitment Social Hour a Success

The LSDBF Team Recruitment Committee held its first social event for the purpose of recruiting new teams for this summer's races. All three Rotary clubs were on hand at The Shack to do whatever was needed to keep things running smoothly.Since the room, food and beverages were pretty much taken care of by our own Doug Dalagar, The Shack's food preparers and servers, and a few beverage vendors, there wasn't much to do except wait for guests. Thanks to Doug for the food and most every other cost we could have incurred. And after a quiet start the guests did come! When the dust settled we had seven more teams registered for the races. They are: Racine Dragon Boat Club, M & I Bank, PhyEd Health Club, Carmody Irish Pub, CN-DMIR Ore Docks and 2 teams from UW-Superior Athletics ( I know that some "friendly competition" is brewing already between recently registered teams.) These boats start out as fun and fellowship but escelate rather quickly to personal competition and beating the other teams. So as of May 17 we are approaching 80 teams registered and Mary Lou notes that the busiest registration time is yet to come. If we're not careful, we're gonna end up where we're headed: 100 teams for our tenth anniversary of LSDBF.Mano a Mano Visits Superior Rotary

Our full house of members and guests included Dan Narr, Executive Director of Mano a Mano, and two very key players, brothers, Segundo Velazquez-Minneapolis and Ivo Velazquez-Cochabamba, Bolivia (pictured from left: Warren, Dan, Ivo and Segundo). Our resident Spanish expert, Warren Bender, facilitated the conversation by providing translation as needed. As you would predict at a lunch table the conversation revisited food customs here and in Boliva. Dr. Bob added a unique perspective based on his Andrew Zimmern culinary experiences while down there.The official slide show presentation occurred at The Shack Wednesday evening. It's a bit odd to follow a fine dining experience with a great presentation about the water projects, critical to food production, being completed in Boliva by Mano a Mano. Water, so abundant for us in the North Land, is a change-maker down there as long as it can be captured.

2011 Lucius Woods Music in the Park

Pat Pluntz brought us the good news from Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center: A great concert series that begins July 9 and runs to August 20!The season begins July 9 with Big Bill Morganfield playing the blues. Big Bill is the son of Muddy Waters and a blues heritage doesn't get much better than that. The final concert on August 20 brings virtuoso acoustic guitarist, Leo Kottke to the Giesen Concert Shell. Originally Leo let his 6- and 12-string guitars do all the talking, but somewhere along his career he started to sing and tell stories. He will do a solo performance of playing, singing and story telling.To learn more about all the concerts and events go to the Lucius Woods web site, www.lwmusic.org .

A Better Godfather Role

During the recent Rotary trip to Bolivia my daughter (also a teacher) and I were invited to visit a classroom of high school seniors in Candelaria, Bolivia (about 2 hours outside of Sucre, the constitutional capital). While visiting that class I was named the godfather of the class-el padrino. This is a great honor with responsibilities. The teacher and class of 16 students asked that I try to provide some money for

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their senior to La Paz. Very few of the students have visited Sucre let alone La Paz. La Paz is a long bus ride from Candelaria. The class will need to stay in hostel and eat very economically in La Paz. They also plan to have the class present typical dances of the region in hopes of earning some money while there. I will pledge $100 to the class trip. Is anyone willing to help? If so, see me on Wednesday. The picture is of me, two students, and my daughter Danesa. Do you like my two leis?

What are they celebrating?

You may not be aware of this but Len Campbell and Pat Pluntz are the co-chairs of the Team Recruitment Committee, which itself is a sub-committee of the LSDBF Executive Committee. If I recall correctly, there are 27 subcommittees that together bring off each year's Dragon Boat Festival. Now that's collaboration!Len is shown telling the club how Pat successfully shepherded an idea for some kind of team recruitment event to the "Beat and Meet" team recruitment social at The Shack. This event added 7 (seven) more teams to our year-to-date total. You can count on us holding this one again next year.As a former Club 40 member Pat's organizing "ferver" is well known to members who have been in the club for more than 10 years. From being on the team recruitment committee I only know Pat's current leadership style and I can tell you that it is appropriately directive with an expectation of accountability plus whatever results accrue from our efforts. I think LSDBF would be "upside down and dead in the water" without the dozen or so people with similar motivation styles. Thank you Pat and Len!

May Fellowship

Jay Tapper, our fellowship leader for May, ended his short tenure with a bang. Actually it was more like a "varoooom", at least in our minds.Jay recapped the purposes of the fellowship segment in our meetings: fun; fellowship; and fundraising. Towards that end Jay's request was that each member stand and state his/her first car owned. It should surprise nobody that their first cars to one degree or another still reflect who they are today. And as Jay pointed out each person's recall had an emotional part that shows how long the feelings linger on.

NEVER FORGET

Memorial Day, 2011

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Superior Rotary - Where We Donate Eventby Tom Wondolkowski

Mayor Bruce Hagen and members of the Superior Tree Board will formally thank the following donors on Wednesday, June 22nd at the locations noted below:

10:30 a.m. Barker's Island: west access along Marina Dr.Donation by Superior Rotary Club as Gifts to the citizens of Superior

Please stop by if you can attend.

Banner Exchange

President Tom and Eero Joutsikoski from Lietd Vanhalinna, Finland Club exchange banners at our May 25 meeting.

Fund Raising Event to Help John Munson's Sonby Julianne Raymond

John Munson, former Superior Rotary member and UW Superior Wisconsin Radio's regional manager, has given me permission to share with you information about a crisis he and his family are undergoing. John's son Eric, who also lives in the Twin Ports, was transported by ambulance to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota yesterday after being diagnosed with stage four liver cancer that had spread to his abdomen. John told me this morning that Eric is actually in the pain management ward at St. Mary's at this time, while the doctors look over his tests and records to determine a treatment plan. Eric's new wife Hillary is staying at the hospital with him, while John and his wife Linda are staying in a nearby hotel. John and his wife Linda welcome your thoughts and prayers. If you wish to send John a note, you may do so via email, or by posting on his Facebook page, where he has also been updating Eric's situation. John indicates there may be a Caring Bridge website up in the next few days -- I'll share that information when it becomes available. Several of you have asked about financial contributions, as Eric will not be able to work for awhile, and it seems likely Hillary will also have to be away from her job. Eric's friends have already set up a benefit for Friday, June 10 at Barkers Island in Superior. The event will go from 5-7 p.m. There will be a silent auction, pasta feed, and they will be selling "Team Munson" t-shirts. If you can't make it, but would like to contribute, you can send a check to Superior Choice Credit Union, 2817 Tower Avenue, Superior WI 54880. Checks can be written to "Eric Munson Benefit."

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Every Rotarian, Every Yearby Allen Raffetto

The Rotary Foundation's slogan is its mission: every Rotarian worldwide contributes to the Rotary Foundation every year. Why do that? The answer to that question is much larger than a few lines in this bulletin. So to learn more about where the money goes use this link: Every Rotarian Every Year [apf@rotary.org]. You'll get a better of "what makes Rotary special?"

Superior Rotary - Where We Donate Eventby Tom Wondolkowski

Mayor Bruce Hagen and members of the Superior Tree Board will formally thank the following donors on Wednesday, June 22nd at the locations noted below:

10:30 a.m. Barker's Island: west access along Marina Dr.Donation by Superior Rotary Club as Gifts to the citizens of Superior

Please stop by if you can attend.

Banner Exchange

President Tom and Eero Joutsikoski from Lietd Vanhalinna, Finland Club exchange banners at our May 25 meeting.

Fund Raising Event to Help John Munson's Sonby Julianne Raymond

John Munson, former Superior Rotary member and UW Superior Wisconsin Radio's regional manager, has given me permission to share with you information about a crisis he and his family are undergoing. John's son Eric, who also lives in the Twin Ports, was transported by ambulance to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota yesterday after being diagnosed with stage four liver cancer that had spread to his abdomen. John told me this morning that Eric is actually in the pain management ward at St. Mary's at this time, while the doctors look over his tests and records to determine a treatment plan. Eric's new wife Hillary is staying at the hospital with him, while John and his wife Linda are staying in a nearby hotel. John and his wife Linda welcome your thoughts and prayers. If you wish to send John a note, you may do so via email, or by posting on his Facebook page, where he has also been updating Eric's situation. John indicates there may be a Caring Bridge website up in the next few days -- I'll share that information when it becomes available.

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Net News 40 Story ArchivesJul 2010 to present

Several of you have asked about financial contributions, as Eric will not be able to work for awhile, and it seems likely Hillary will also have to be away from her job. Eric's friends have already set up a benefit for Friday, June 10 at Barkers Island in Superior. The event will go from 5-7 p.m. There will be a silent auction, pasta feed, and they will be selling "Team Munson" t-shirts. If you can't make it, but would like to contribute, you can send a check to Superior Choice Credit Union, 2817 Tower Avenue, Superior WI 54880. Checks can be written to "Eric Munson Benefit."

Another New Member!by Allen Raffetto

Janet Jennings demonstrated a great concept for club membership: If you plan a change in your membership status, then provide the club with your replacement. Sue Heskin, the new head librarian at the Superior Library, has become our newest member. At the same time, Janet's membership

designation is changing to "retired". Once again #4 of the Four-Way Test is affirmed. Welcome to our Club, Sue.

Soles-4-Soulsby Allen Raffetto

Their motto is "Changing the World - One Pair at a Time. That sure has a Rotary ring to it! So it's not surprising that our own Jim Kari's Toyota dealership and Grandma's Marathon have joined efforts to shoes for Soles 4 Souls. Since 2005 Soles4Souls has given away over 10 million pairs of reconditioned shoes to people in need in over 125 countries. So for those of us who can't stand the idea of our "still lots of life in them" footwear accumulation taking up space in a landfill (You know who you are!), here is an excellent opportunity to donate your new, lovingly used, unwanted sneakers, shoes, boots, sandals, flip-flops and so on to a greater purpose. For more information check out www.soles4souls.org .

Dolly Parton Imagination Libraryby Mary Lou Andresen

As we complete the second year of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library we have come to the conclusion that, although extremely important to the success of school children, the price of literacy is not cheap! We have registered over 1200 children from newborn to (the month before they turn) 5 years throughout Douglas County. It costs approximately $30.00 per year for one child to receive an age-appropriate book monthly. Although the cost of each book is inexpensive, i.e. $1.21 - $2.15, the monthly mailing/shipping expense has been just over $500. We are considering several options to keep the expenses in line with the revenue for this program. Early Childhood Literacy/ Kindergarten Readiness is one of the United Way of Superior-Douglas County's three community impact initiatives. We hope you will consider a donation to support the Imagination Library as we begin our third year.

Thank you in advance for your generosity. - Kathi Madsen, United Way

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

Net News 40 Story ArchivesJul 2010 to present

Club 25's Centennial Celebrationby Allen Raffetto

Friday evening at the DECC found a few hundred Rotarians celebrating a great milestone, the first 100 years of service by the Duluth Rotary Club #25. A dozen Rotarians from Club # 40 and spouses/significant others were in attenance to enjoy the celebration and to take notes in preparation for our own Centennial Celebration in 2012.A fine meal and live music got the event off to a good start with President

Roni Salo and Past-President Ken Schoen showing up with the extension cord that would power-up Enger Tower. As things turned out, that extension cord skit could have been put to use later in the evening had the cord actually been connected to the tower. But the power outage was remedied in time, and at 10:10PM Enger Tower was lit up for all to see. Way to go Allete-MP! Special Guest, RI President Ray Klinginsmith, gave the keynote presentation. His theme contained a rhetorical question: "What if they hadn't started a Rotary Club here?" Having been in 3 Rotary clubs (helping start one of them) over the last 25+ years that question really hit home for me. We're all left to wonder what they were thinking about back then. Club 25 says they now have a "vision from visioning" and so we can all enjoy whatever realities they'll bring to fruition over the next 100 years.

Superior Young Professionalsby Allen Raffetto

May 25th presenters, Erin Makela and Eric Siljendahl, talked about the Young Professionals group they are starting. The demographic data certainly support the need for such an organization, whose membership has an average age of about 35. And if you believe in "The Generation Gap", like the one between Baby Boomers and GenX, then you may prefer to be in a more homogeneous

group with shared values and similar growing-up experiences. For more information contact Erin at emakela@superiortelegram.com .

June 14th is Flag Dayby Andresen, Mary Lou

Saluting during the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem

We all know that when saying the Pledge of Allegiance we place our right had over our heart during the pledge. We learned this early in life and do it

naturally. Some don’t know or have forgotten that during the playing or singing of the National Anthem we should be doing the same thing, Saluting. There is a federal statute that defines this salute, but greater than that it shows our patriotism.The SaluteTo salute, all persons come to attention. Those in uniform give the appropriate formal salute. Citizens not in uniform salute by placing their right hand over the heart and men with head cover should remove it and hold it to left shoulder, hand over the heart.

The Pledge of Allegiance and National AnthemOn May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.

Net News 40 Story ArchivesJul 2010 to present

The pledge of allegiance should be rendered by standing at attention, facing the flag, and saluting. When the national anthem is played or sung, citizens should stand at attention and salute at the first note and hold the salute through the last note. The salute is directed to the flag, if displayed, otherwise to the music.

Resource: Click this site for details on flag etiquette:http://www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html

One Good Upthegrove Deserves Anotherby Allen Raffetto

We now have two Upthegroves in Club 40. Mike is shown putting the Rotary pin on brother Jim. Jim is no stranger to the club, having visited us numerous times. Plus he has been a loyal member of the "Superior Dragons", our team entry at the Thunder Bay Dragon Boat Festival. The way I heard it Jim is a Rotarian in Helena Montana, but his job has him traveling a great deal (like Past-President Joe, our LAMAR traveller). So we will have him with us part-time until he returns full-time to the Northland. FYI: THUNDER BAY DBF IN JULY (15-17) AND IT'S MORE FUN THAN IT SHOULD BE (POSSIBLY AN EFFECT THE SOCIALIZERS OF HARBORTOWN BEING THERE. COME PADDLE & PLAY!

Recognition for Net.News 40by Allen Raffetto

District 5580 staff took a look at the newsletters being done in all the District clubs. Following a review and judging of clubs' works we found ourselves in third place for "Best Newsletter". The award was announced at the 2011 District Conference in Grand Forks. Net.News 40 is emailed each Monday to keep the membership informed about what has happened in our meetings and alert us to what events are coming up. If you read this, you're in touch. If you don't, you will lose track of what's happening. It's not the "system" that's the problem! Beyond this immediate purpose I have a wish for there to be some archiving of what will be the club's history in 25 and 50 years and especially at our 2112 bi-centennial. As we near our 100th year I am glad for every bit of evidence left behind by our predecessors. I hope the club "plays it forward".

On May 5, 2009, Superior Rotary began issuing weekly bulletins through the Club Runner system in addition to a monthly Club Communicator newsletter. In October, 2009 the Club merged these to communication resources for the Club. This archive will include articles of interest from the Net News 40 bulletin for future reference.