ROTARY CLUB of LA CRESCENT, MN
Mark Your Calendars
October 9
Highway Pickup
Signup with Tom Fuchsel to help us keep La Crescent beautiful!
October
Rose Sale
This is one of our most important fund raisers. Please make your goal to see to it that every significant other in La Crescent receives Rotary flowers. Questions: See Doug Harpenau.
October 22
International President
Rotary International President, Ray Klinginsmith, will be speaking in Madison at the Alliance Center. It may never get easier to see & hear such a high ranking Rotary official!.
See Jon Amlaw for car pooling or bus riding opportunities.
Thank You
To Dave Ebner for a great 4 Avenues of Service Banquet, Dan Wilson & Tom Fuchsel for a successful Applefest parade and to Lynn Gundlach for arranging our bartending stint at Oktoberfest!
Fund Balances = 8/31/10
General $ 4,819
Playground $ 2,861
Playground - $ 4,253
International Project $ 37
Community Entrance $ 2,950
Helping Hand $ 591
Rotary/Lions $ 100
Playground Status
American Land & Log has prepared the site for our Donor’s Monument and Circle of Bricks at Rotary Playground in Old Hickory Park and will be installing the bricks soon. La Crosse Memorials is engraving the bricks and monument and will install the monument. Then we are done! Kudos to Doug Harpenau & Mary Grattan!!!!
Still time to buy a brick!
Rotary Club of La Crescent
Club #2676
District #6250
Chartered March 10, 1982
District Governor
Kristen Duckert, our new District Governor, is from Wisconsin Rapids. She works in Stevens Point for Ministry Healthcare. She will be visiting us soon.
Welcome Kristen!
Rotary History
February 23, 1905 – The world’s first service club was the Rotary Club of Chicago. Lawyer Paul P. Harris (born in Racine, WI) and three friends – a merchant, a coal dealer & a mining engineer, formed the club.
NEW MEMBER
Our newest member is Kaitlin Thomas. She is the Administrator of the Golden Livingcenter.
Welcome, Kaitlin!
November
Setup/Takedown: Dahl/Chaput
Greeter: Michelle M. Moore
Songs: John Benton
Fines: Dick Wieser
Rotary Moment: Tami Groth
Programs: Al Bischke
Quote of the Month
The man who cannot enjoy his leisure is ignorant, though his degrees exhaust the alphabet, and the man who does enjoy his leisure is to some extent educated, though he has never seen the inside of a school.
Aldo Leopold
2010-2011 Club Officers
President Jon Amlaw
President Elect Lynn Gundlach
Vice President Ben Barton
Past President Steve Mau
Secretary Eileen Krenz
Treasurer Bev Jiardina
Youth Protection Officer Sam Jandt
Director ‘11 Larry Pupp
Director ‘11 Dan Wilson
Director ‘12 Sean Parker
Director ‘12 Dick Wieser
Service to Club – Bev Jiardina
Membership Bev Jiardina
4 Avenues of Service Dinner Dave Ebner
Christmas Party Bev Jiardina
Newsletter Bill Ohm
Historian Vacant
Changeover Dinner Ben Barton & Bev Jiardina
Fund Raising Jon Amlaw
Applefest Tom Fuchsel &
Dan Wilson
Rose Sale Doug Harpenau
Super Event Lynn Gundlach
Service to Community – Vacant
Highway Pickup Tom Fuchsel
Relay for Life Ben Barton
Rotary Lights Board Leo Chaput & Joe Thesing
Rotary Works Foundation Sean Parker & Board Jon Amlaw
Myrick-Hixon EcoPark Bill Ohm
Playground Doug Harpenau
Memorial Day/Veterans Recognition
Chuck Dockendorff
Community Entrance Enhancement
Eileen Krenz
Neighbors Day Ron Wilke
International Service – Steve Mau
The Rotary Foundation John Benton
Youth Exchange Michelle M. Moore & Doug Harpenau
2010-2011 Exchange Student Mao Fukada (Japan)
Host Families
Fall 2010 Rick & Linnea Jackson
Winter 2010-2011 George & Lisa Kroner
Spring 2011 Anne Anderson
Vocational Service – Eileen Krenz
Robotics/LEGO John Benton
Junior Achievement Vacant
Health Awareness Eric Kiesau, Larry Pupp, Joe Caron
Rotary Club of La Crescent
P.O. Box 56
La Crescent, MN 55947-0056
Building Communities
Bridging Continents
October 2010
1 Program – What’s New with Neighbors in Action? – Sandy Graves
8 Program – ECFE & ECI Update – Val Krage
8 Deadline for Rose Orders
9 Football: Golden Gophers @ Badgers
11 Columbus Day
14 Board Meeting @ 7 AM at Chamber Office
15 Program – School Referendum – Ron Wilke
22 Program – Lung Cancer Awareness – Dr. Vetter
22 RI President Ray Klinginsmith in Madison
24 Football: Vikings @ Packers
25 Rose Delivery Starts
28 Birthday – Mac Dahl
29 Program – Workplace Wellness – Linda Larson
31 Halloween
Setup/Takedown: Dahl/Chaput
Greeter: Dave Ebner
Songs: Ron Wilke
Fines: Eileen Krenz
Rotary Moment: Tom Fuchsel
Programs: Joe Caron
> NEW LOCATION
Friday @ 7:00 AM
The Commodore
215 South Chestnut Street
La Crescent
Area Make-up Opportunities
Monday
Noon - La Crosse East @ Piggy’s
6:00 PM - Onalaska @ Seven Bridges
Tuesday
7:30 AM - La Crosse North @ WTC Lunda Center
Wednesday
7:00 AM – Holmen @ Holmen Village Hall
7:30 AM – Valley View @ Famous Dave’s
Noon - Winona @ Westfield Golf Course
7:00 PM, Rotaract, Oct 6 & 10 Place TBA
7:00 PM – Sparta @ Jakes Northwoods (North Side Sparta on STH 21)
Thursday
Noon - La Crosse Downtown @ Radisson Center
Friday
7:30 AM - Caledonia @ Farmhouse Eatery