UPCOMING MEETINGS
December 10: Officer Mark Lundquist,
“RNC...The Day After”
Chairperson: Bob Morse
Greeters: Brady Ramsay & Greg Bartz
Classification: Ken Baltzer, Past Pres.
Invocation: Nancy Hendrickson
Writer: Mark Sather
December 17: Craig Norenberg, “Let’s Go Fishing”
Chairperson: Bill Foussard
Greeters: Rich Ramsay & Greg Baumberger
Classification: Jim Muellner, Past Pres.
Invocation: Eldon DeWeerth
Writer: Jason Ross
January 7: TBA
Chairperson: TBA
Greeters: Andrea Raths & Sterling Black
Classification: Kurt Norman, Past Pres.
Invocation: Rich Ramsay
Writer: Jan Holtz-Kraemer
FUTURE PROGRAMS:
December 24: NO MEETING
December 28: Rotary Club Holiday Party at Dellwood
December 31: NO MEETING
At least 3 weeks in advance of your scheduled date,
please contact Kevin Lucas with your program title
speaker: [email protected]
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Office: 651.738.3022
e-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: whitebearrotary.org
Bear Bulletin Deadline: Friday, 5pm
Meetings
Wednesday at 7:00 A.M.
Rudy’s Redeye Grill
PUBLIC IMAGE COMMITTEE MEETS THE
AFTER CLUB MEETING
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CLUB SERVICE COMMITTEE, MEETS THE 2ND
TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH,
KEYS
RESTAURANT 7AM.
BOARD OF OFFICERS & DIRECTORS, MEETS
THE 3RD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH, WBL
CITY HALL 7AM .
COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE, MEETS
THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, 12
NOON, LOCATION TBA.
F UND - RAISER C OMMITTEE
MEETS
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE WEEKLY
WEDNESDAY MEETING. (SEP—MAR)
2008--2009 Officers/Directors
President
Eldon DeWeerth
President-Elect
Past President
Bob Morse
Eldon DeWeerth
Treasurer
Curt Akenson
Secretary
Exec. Secretary
Dale Grambush
Marlyce Paulson
Sergeant at Arms
Scott Nelson
Public Image
Dale Grambush
Rotary Foundation Rich Ramsay
Community Service
Steve Carlson
Brady Ramsay
Eric Hendrickson
Janet Newberg
WBL ROTARY OFFICE: MARLYCE PAULSON
P.O. Box 10809 White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Chartered in December 1979
2ND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, RUDY’S
Vocational Service
Mail or phone club news to the
Rotary Club of White Bear Lake
VOCATIONAL/STRIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
THE 1ST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH, KEYS
RESTAURANT 7AM
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE,
MEETS THE 1ST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH,
KEYS RESTAURANT 7AM.
Club Service
Craig McNulty
Chuck Sandstrom
International
Sterling Black
Service
Youth Exchange
Tom Holland
Had Solberg
Bulletin Writers
Jan Holtz-Kraemer
Mark Sather
Jim Metry
Conrad Solberg
Program Coord.
Jason Ross
Kevin Lucas
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Vadnais Heights Rotary Club –The
Vadnais Heights Rotary club has changed
its’ meeting time to 7:15 a.m. on Tuesdays. In hope of adding new members,
they ask that you join them at a special
meeting on Tuesday, Dec 9th for breakfast
at Jimmy’s Conference Center and bring
along three prospective members to join
their club. We have a special connection
to the Vadnais Club, since it was started
by the White Bear Lake Club several
years ago. (Announced by Janet Newberg).
December 3, 2008
MEETING CHAIR:
PAST PRESIDENT DAN ELDREDGE
Greeters: Robb Olson & John Balfanz
Invocation: Bryce Johnson
Writer:
Conrad Solberg
Classification: Dan Eldredge, Past Pres.
Program: Scott Neilson presents:
Dan Soler, Central Corridor Light Rail”
Song Leader: Ken Baltzer
JINGLE BELLS
Ding Dong –Sign up to ring bells for the
Salvation Army December 6th at K-Mart.
Bell ringers are needed from 10 a.m.—6
p.m. Check with Scott Nelson for sign-up
info.
Holiday Party- Sunday evening, December 28th at Dellwood Hills. Contact
Craig McNulty to sign up.
Chorus
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one
horse open sleigh.
Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh
o’er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtails ring, making spirits bright. Oh what
fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.
Chorus
A day or two ago, I thought I’d take a ride, soon Miss
Fanny Bright was seated by my side.
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his
lot, he got into a drifted bank and we were soon upsot.
Chorus
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT 5960
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
FRIDAY APRIL 17, 2009SATURDAY APRIL 19, 2009
UW River Falls Campus
Theme: Make Dreams Real In Our
Sustainable World
Contact Rick [email protected]
WELCOME TO OUR
NEWEST MEMBER
MELISSA TROST
Melissa lives in Lindstrom and is Marketing Director for Langer Construction in West St. Paul.
She has been involved with U.S. Bank’s Special
Olympics for a number of years; and volunteer/
participant in The Walk for Hope through KrausAnderson Construction. Melissa can be reached
at 651-457-5993, or e-mail:
[email protected]
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK:
“You can either take action or you can hang back
and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they
are so unpredictable."
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Peter Drucker (1909–2005)
Author and management theorist
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU…
December 8:
December 20:
December 25:
December 28:
Bill Rust
Fred Treiber
Jeff Mitchell
Kevin Lucas
MESSAGE FROM from
RI President Dong Kurn Lee about
celebrating Family Month.
In December, focus on your family and
involve them in Rotary service, says
Lee in his message. Also, he says, remember that there are many families
and children who need help around the
world.
As Rotarians, he says, "We cannot and
will not rest until all children, everywhere, have the chance for a long and
healthy life."
YOUTH EXCHANGE
Chisaki Iijima
Incoming Youth Exchange Student
from Japam
Attending Mahtomedi High School
HOSTS: Sterling & Meghan Black Family
188 View Road
Mahtomedi, MN 55115
651-407-7096 (h)
651-774-8445 (o)
[email protected]
Hannah Froehle
Outgoing Youth Exchange Student to Germany
[email protected]
Dana Ahlin
Outgoing Youth Exchange Student to Turkey
[email protected]
PROGRAM:
Sally Ross Brown “Every Kid Mobility”
Jim Muellner introduced Sally, a 56 year old woman with Cerebral Palsy that
has authored the book “The Big Red Bike” a story of a 9 year old boy that
walks with crutches and wants to ride a bike. Sally was also voted in 2007 the
“Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Minnesota Council of the Disabled.
At age 50, Sally couldn’t walk very well and thought of biking. Looking on the
internet she came upon Just Two Bikes right here in Hugo. Sally remembers
how it all started when Jim Muellner pushed her, on one of his three wheel
bikes, down the driveway at his shop the first time and working with Jim Muellner to modify her bike.
Lucky not to be too seriously afflicted with CP Sally rode her bike in the 350
mile AIDS ride for a cure. She was the last person to finish the race. During
her ride she spent a lot of time alone and kept thinking about what to do with
her life.
In June of 2005 Sally founded Every Kid Mobility and has partnered with Just
Two Bikes to provide adaptive bikes for children with special needs. Sally
presented some pictures of some of the kids she has helped. There’s Ben
who walks a few feet and then falls, but now on a bike he can keep up with his
normal twin brother and is in heaven when on his bike. There’s Sonja who
has no arms and steers by shifting her weight, when she started she could
only turn one way but the bike was adapted to allow her to turn in either direction. There’s Chloe who uses a hand bike that allows her to ride with her
family.
Every Kid Mobility has found that with the adapted bikes the kids get stronger
and healthier and even at times prevent surgery after gaining strength. The
parents of these kids had no idea how the bikes could change the life of their
kids. The bikes cost between $3500 and $4000 but Every Kid Mobility helps
develop a funding plan for families.
Writer of the week: Jim Metry