Rotary Minutes
02/16/15
Joan Loew called the meeting to order.
Student Rotarians: None in attendance due to not school (President’s Day)
Announcements:
                Feb. 20 – Chocolate Fest at Library 6-8pm. $8 each. Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Mar. 13 – OCAD sponsored Trivia Night @ Luigi’s
                Apr. 17-18 – District Conference @ Okoboji
                RYLA – Rotary Youth Leadership Award – 1 week camp for sophomore or junior student July 26 – July 31st. Encourage students to apply at iowaRYLA.org. Oelwein Rotary will pay the $400 fee for student to attend at Grinnell College.
Birthdays:  Feb. 16 – Carrie Gearhart
Anniversaries:  None
Member Anniversaries:                None    
Happy Bucks –Charlene Stocker, Mike Kerns, Joan Loew and Steve Westerberg
Drawing – $6.00 pot,  won by Joan Loew.
Mike Kerns fined anyone who didn’t do something special with someone for Valentine’s Day, someone who is moving closer to a vacation home or anyone who did not attend a Husky Athletic event this week.
Program was provided by Dennis Backes, Faith Discipleship Center, Program Manager. Local organization for rehabilitation programs. 17 centers are in the US in 14 states/.  4 phase,  9-12 month program. 5 area churches are involved locally.
Next meeting will be Feb. 23rd.
Upcoming speakers will be:
                Feb. 23 – Frank Stammeyer – Schools Food Program
                Mar. 2 – Deb Howard, Hometown Rewards Update
                Mar. 9 – Diana Johnson, Upper Explorerland, Revolving Loan Fund
March committee members are Mike Kerns, C.J. Lensing & Jon King