Rotary Minutes
02/23/15
Joan Loew called the meeting to order.
Student Rotarians: None in attendance
Announcements:
                Rotary Foundation – Please make your donations soon!
                OCAD Flower Basket – Taking donations now to purchase downtown hanging flower baskets
                Mar. 13 – OCAD sponsored Trivia Night @ Luigi’s
                Mar. 28 – OCAD Easter Basket Hunt
                Apr. 11 – Hometown Rewards “Spring Fling Home Energy Show” @ Plaza 10am-2pn
                April 15 – Rotary Sponsored Business After Five @ High School
                Apr. 17-18 – District Conference @ Okoboji
                May 2 – Walk to Water at OHS track
                May 2- Positively Oelwein “Daddy Daughter Dance” @ Plaza
                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. 23 – Lyle Miller
                     Feb. 27 – CJ Lensing
Anniversaries:  None
Member Anniversaries:                None    
Happy Bucks –Steve Sanders, Mike Kerns, Sarah Lewis and Kent Nelson
Drawing – $7.00 pot,  won by Deb Howard. Donated all to OCAD Flower Basket project.
Mike Kerns fined Jon King for a comment, a person who arrived late and anyone who hasn’t made a donation to the foundation yet.
Program was provided by Frank Stammeyer, Oelwein Schools Food Service Director.
Next meeting will be March 2nd. Speaker will be Deb Howard, Hometown Rewards Director.
Upcoming speakers will be:
                Mar. 2 – Deb Howard, Hometown Rewards Update
                Mar. 9 – Diana Johnson, Upper Explorerland, Revolving Loan Fund
                Mar. 16 – City of Oelwein updates
March committee members are Mike Kerns, C.J. Lensing & Jon King
April Committee members are Steve Westerberg, Paul Schmitz & Todd Granberg