Page 1 of 5 The Coulee Report Rotary Club of La Crosse Mon Oct 14, 2013 Home Editor Lyn Sheffer If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor. Rotary Club of La Crosse CLUB INFO Speakers Oct 17, 2013 DG Dean Ryerson District 6250 Governor Oct 24, 2013 John Pugh Art for Downtown La Crosse Oct 31, 2013 Dr. Jennifer Docktor Title TBA Next Meeting Oct 17, 2013 Meeting at Noon Radisson Center Duty Roster Active Members 164 - Honorary Members 20 Attendance 67% - Sept 26th Attendance 45% - Oct 3rd Attendance 58% - Oct 10th District 6250 Club 2690 View entire list... Club Events and Committee Meetings Rotary Works Foundation Board Meeting Viterbo University Oct 17, 2013 07:00 AM Rotary Board Meeting Radisson Center Oct 17, 2013 11:00 AM THIS WEEK AT ROTARY THIS WEEK AT ROTARY...Please welcome our District Governor Dean Ryerson to our meeting this week. Click here for Dean's bio. Board of Directors will meet with Dean at 11:00 at the Radisson Center. STAR Committee Meeting Radisson Hotel Nov 14, 2013 07:00 AM Come For Supper Our Savior's Lutheran Church Nov 26, 2013 04:30 PM Website Sponsors LAST WEEK AT ROTARY LAST WEEK AT ROTARY...Amy Cooper was our guest speaker. She's a dog team racer and had Thule one of her four German shorthaired pointers with her. Amy has an 18-year career of dog racing and just recently came back with a bronze medal from North Pole, Alaska. Read about this "Extraordinary tale of one woman and four sled dogs" by clicking here. Please visit our Sponsors. Click here to place your ad Website Sponsors
Page 2 of 5 More photos. ROTARY FELLOWSHIP ROTARY FELLOWSHIP... Our Fellowship Committee invites you to an upcoming fellowship gathering on Thursday, October 24th at Dublin Square Irish Pub and Eatery...103 3rd Street from 5-7. A great make-up opportunity. YOUTH EXCHANGE-OUTBOUND STUDENT MADELINE YOUTH EXCHANGE...Jack Haase received the following email from our outbound student Madeline Hedberg. Dear Mr. Haase, Sorry for taking so long! I was in Italy with my host family and we didn't internet. I am doing super well in Switzerland. My host families are wonderful and German is coming to me faster than I anticipated! I would love to tell all the stories I have collected already, but that would take days! Rest assured that I will have plenty of adventures and pictures to share when I return. I hope that you and your loved ones are all doing well! Guten Herbst! Herzliche Grusse, Madeleine Hedberg A LIVE WORLD POLIO DAY EVENT ON OCTOBER 24TH. A live World Polio Day event on October 24...Rotary member Jennifer Jones writes that "polio eradication has helped define who we are." Read about Jennifer's commitment to ending polio and join her as she moderates a live World Polio Day event on October 24. http://ow.ly/pc2ur
Page 3 of 5 TOMAH ROTARY - WINE INTO WATER EVENT TOMAH ROTARY - WINE INTO WATER EVENT..It s a great night and so much fun. Each ticket is $20 and that helps to provide clean water for 20 years for a person in Uganda. Each person receives a hand painted wine glass and can sample 6 African wines paired with wonderful appetizers, gourmet chocolates and a stir fry bar. They have some great live auction items: Mathews bow, Kayak trip, Art from local artists, Gourmet meals, Handmade quilts on and on. Safe the date...thursday, October 17 from 5:30-7:30 at Three Bear's Lodge...Warrens. For more information log onto www.tomahrotary.org. We will be selling tickets at upcoming Rotary meetings. CELEBRATIONS Happy Birthday Tom Fider (honorary) - Oct 18 Dean Dickinson - Oct 20 Michael Nickel - Oct 23 Happy Wedding Anniversary Brian (Kellie) Reitzel - Oct 18 Ben (Laurie) Lachecki - Oct 21 Steve (Sude) Tanke (honorary) - Oct 23 Happy Club Anniversary Maria Peterson - Oct 18-6 years Rick Artman - Oct 19-7 years Tim Johnson - Oct 20-2 years Paul Moore - Oct 20-2 years David Kilpatrick - Oct 21-3 years Judy Kirkpatrick - Oct 21-20 years Tom Thompson - Oct 21-14 years CELEBRATIONS Oct 17th through Oct 23rd
Page 4 of 5 Don Zimmerman - Oct 22-26 years Denise Vujnovich - Oct 23-5 years GREETING CARDS BY ANITA Greeting cards by Anita will be for sale on Thursday, October 24th before and after the Rotary Meeting. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Birthday, Sympathy, Get Well, Anniversary, Congratulations, Note Cards and other cards will be available. All cards are unique and hand-made. Thank you cards are only $1.00, as are the note cards, which are blank inside. The regular cards are $2.00 and $3.00 each. Some cards are three for $5.00. Anita donates all sales to the Rotary Works Foundation! Last quarter she donated $90 thanks to all who bought her beautiful and unique cards. PROGRAM CHAIRS PROGRAM CHAIRS FOR THE UPCOMING ROTARY YEAR... We are in need of a PROGRAM CHAIR for the month of May 2014. If you are interested...please let Bill Pritchard know if you would like to volunteer. Our monthly program chairs are responsible for scheduling programs and volunteers each week. If you would like to volunteer to do Rotarians in the News, be a greeter or raffle ticket seller, or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Program Chair. Link to Program Chairs. RAFFLES RAFFLES...Weekly Raffle: Buy a ticket for $1.00 and you are entered in two drawings. We will draw two tickets. 1st = $10, 2nd = Marble Drawing. We have a bag of: 1 blue marble, 1 red marble and a number of white marbles. If you pick the "blue" marble you win the "$" in the marble pot that day and if you pick the "red" you win "$20" (if that amount is in the pot) and if you pick a "white" you win nothing. October 17th Raffle $10 Drawing & Marble Drawing - $80 Raffle Tickets 1 for $1.00, 3 for $2.00 or 10 for $5.00 PLEASE NOTE: Raffle, Fines, Birthday and Anniversaries and Scooters are all donations that will go to the Club. If you are making a donation and would like it to designate it to the Rotary Works Foundation or Rotary International Foundation, we ask that you write a check to the Foundation of your choice. Please note on the check Rotary Works Foundation or RI Foundation. Oct 10th: Raffle $33.00; Fines $62.00; Scooters $62.00
Page 5 of 5 ROTARY LINKS La Crosse Rotary Club Facebook The La Crosse Rotary Brain Game, Inc. Facebook District 6250 Web Site Link...District Newsletter Link Zone 28 & 29 Web Site Link...Zone 28 Newsletter Link Make-up Opportunity Local Clubs Rotary International Club Locator CONTACT INFO Rotary Club of La Crosse, P.O. Box 1914, La Crosse, WI 54602-1914 608-526-4491 (Phone and Fax) Lyn Sheffer, Administrator rotarylax@charter.net Jodi Widuch, Secretary jodiwiduch@theparentingplace.net Earlamae Dahlby Attendance and Make-up Coordinator earlamae@centurytel.net The La Crosse Brain Game, P.O. Box 384, La Crosse, WI 54602-0384 608-799-7974 Jeanne Meyer, Administrator info@rotarybraingame.org Rotary Works Foundation, P.O. Box 1571, La Crosse, WI 54602-1571 608-796-1201 Kelli Mundinger, Administrator kelli.mundinger@gmail.com 2002 2013 Doxess. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement Online Help System Requirements