THE MISSING COG

 Rotary 4-way test: Is it the truth?  Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and better friendships?  Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

  April 7, 2014

 President Dean Schlitter opened the meeting at Luigis.

 We welcomed Student Rotarians, Danielle Kanour and Mason Shannon

Guests today included:  Laura Galligan, Rhonda Rottinghaus

 Mike Kerns was presented with a Paul Harris plus one Fellow

 Two on Tap will perform, April 11th at the Williams Center.

Dean’s Honda will hold groundbreaking on Monday, April 14th at 10:00 a.m. Members are invited to attend.

 Board meeting will be held April 14th after the regular meeting.

 Rotary will sponsor the Wednesday, April 16th, Business After 5 at the Oelwein Middle School.  We will honor 3 educators of the year and also have a fundraiser for the Husky dog statue that will be incorporated with the new landscape project at the high school entrance.

 District Rotary Conference will be held April 24-26 in Cedar Rapids. 

 The Rotary Bicycle Poker Run will be held June 19th, 6-8 p.m. Volunteers will be needed to help with this fundraiser.

 Birthdays:       Susan Bauer                       April 8

                        Gene Fuelling                    April 11

                        Kent Nelson                      April 12

                        Candace King                    April 12

Our speakers today were Lori Leo and Karla Duff, Oelwein Middle School, 1:1 technology.

 Upcoming meetings:

April 14th                      Alliant Hometown Rewards

April 16th                      Rotary sponsored, Business After 5 at MS

April 21                         Steve Westerberg, Teacher Leadership Grant

                                    April 28                        Teresa Wiemerslage, ISU extension and Emily Turk, Food & Fitness

Happy bucks were presented by Al Sanderson who was happy to be back, Kathy Larsen was happy to learn she had been a Rotarian for 19 years, and  Joan Loew was happy to have visited her daughter in Spain last week. 

Joan Loew’s name was drawn for the $9.50 jackpot which she donated back to the club.

Meetings will be held at Luigis through June 2014.

April committee: Todd Granberg, Laura Sires, Steve Westerberg