Mount Clemens Rotary Club The Spokesperson (Feb 27, 2020)

Welcome to Rotary!

Pledge led by Patty Kaufman and “The Four-Way Test” delivered by our favorite engineer Scott Chabot. Prayer was done beautifully by Julie Huttenlocher. Lunch was soup shredded chicken vegetable, salad, pasta, green beans and chicken Panini.

PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Jeff filling in for Karan updated us about the fund raiser. We have 120 tickets left for our 50/50. We need all the help to sell our tickets. As of today we have sold 131 tickets to the event.

GUESTS VISITORS

Eric handled all guests very well. All guests are the presenters as

well. Yuna was a guest as well with Julie Huttenlocher.

BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

Done by Patty Kaufman who bought a flower for Yuna. Glenn bought a flower for Jeff for being his friend. Ken bought a flower each for our speakers. Julie bought a flower for her dad Tom Davies.

MUSIC

Page 7 “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Page 43 “Roll Rotary.” Chosen by Ken Steele

SUNSHINE

Steve saw Kris Howell at the YMCA and she is in good spirits.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Julie spoke about the transition in Rotary bills and everything will be back to normal in March.

RECOGNITION

Anyone not having their pin or name tag was fined $2.
Tom Davies was fined for his vacation recently.
Ken Steele fined $3 for training of Ed Mastry.
Val fined for missing Jeff’s 25-year anniversary.
Bill fined $12 for talking negative about his son.

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SPEAKER/PROGRAM

John Duffy and Beth Pyden from Macomb for Kids www.macombforkids.com talking about upcoming millage vote on March 10 to help all of our students receive the funding they need. @macombforkids on Facebook

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Happy Birthday!
2/24 Michael (Gloria) Murray

Happy Wedding Anniversary!
2/23 Dave & Donna Meldrum (7)
2/25 Mary & James Spaulding (43)

Celebrating Club Anniversaries!
Mary Spaulding (32), Robert Lee (28)

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June 5 gala celebration from Jeff Furest, "The Party of the Century - Celebrating 100 Years of Service - Raising $100,000 for the Community!" We have raised in excess of $250,000 in cash contributions and in-kind services for our beneficiaries

McLaren Macomb Foundation, Turning Point, Macomb Family YMCA, Bravo Programs of America, Comprehensive Youth Services, Crocker House Museum, Interfaith Center for Racial Justice, MCREST, Wertz Warriors.

Visit our

NEW fundraiser website at

www.MCRGala.com

to purchase tickets/tables, sponsorships, ads and raffle tickets. Check out the spectacular live auction packages.

Meetings are at the Italian American Cultural Society Center at 10:30 a.m. prior to our regular club meetings: February 27, March 12, 26, April 9 and 23. Meetings will then be held weekly on May 14, 21, 28 and June 4.
BUY or SELL the three 50/50 Survival Raffle Tickets mailed to you a few months ago and turn in your sales proceeds to Don or Ted. The member to sell the most 50/50 tickets above 12 (excluding me) will win one free event ticket. There are three drawings ($2,500, $5,000 and $10,000) and the winning tickets get put back into the drawing. People do not need to be present to win.
BUY your event tickets, promote the event in every way possible, promote and invite your friends and business associates. To secure a 10 percent discount, purchase tickets by March 1. The discount is 5 percent between March 2 and 31. Mount Clemens Rotarians may lock in the discount but defer having your credit card billed or check cashed until May 1 as long as you complete and turn in the paper form (and check if using that payment method) to me, Don or Ted. Note you wish billing to be deferred on the form.

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CALENDAR of EVENTS

March 5
Sheriff Anthony Wickersham
County Law Enforcement

March 12
Angelo DiDonato and Bob Berta - Warren Astronomical Society - Angelo DiDonato and Bob Berta are both life long amateur astronomers and retired engineers. I retired as a test and development engineer in the defense and automotive industries while Bob Berta is from San Francisco and retired from the Pacific, Gas and Electric Company. An overview of the WAS, our observatory at Wolcott Mill, the services we offer, and how we interface with the general public through our outreach program.

March 19
Karen Straffon
Gold Star Family Monument in Clinton Township

March 26
Diane Banks
Advancing Macomb

April 2
The Macombers

April 9
General Doug "Odie" Slocum
Retired Brigadier General Selfridge ANGB

April 16
Field Trip - Macomb County COMTEC
As a follow up to our presentation from John Abraham in the county roads department, we will hold our meeting at the Macomb County COMTEC site and enjoy a tour of the facility.

April 23
Col. Brian Donnellon
Selfridge ANGB Air Show

April 30
Julie Angst

Harrison Township Boat Parade

May 7
Jenifer DeBellis
Local Author

May 14
Dusty Welsh
The Discovery Center

May 28
Tim Strutz
Business & Personal Security
Tim is the former police chief of Dearborn and calls home Harrison Township. He has a wealth of experience which includes SWAT, hostage negotiation, internal affairs, embezzlement investigation, homeland security and employee assistance programs. Tim is also a fiction writer and paint artist.

June 11
No Meeting President Party

July 2
No Meeting Happy 4th of July
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July 9
Hank Wolfe Rodriguez
Forgotten Harvest

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