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Arden Hills/Shoreview
Service Above Self
We meet Tuesdays at 7:15 AM
Best Western - Shoreview
1000 Gramsie Rd.
Shoreview, MN  55126
United States
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President's Corner
 

Final revenue and expenses have been recorded for Rotary Taste of the Hops and the net income was $6,667.96. That’s a great accomplishment for a first time fundraiser and I want to once again thank the members of the committee who led this event. Participation from all our members was also instrumental. When we set our 2017-18 budget, we were completely unsure how the fundraiser would turn out so we plugged in a cautious target of about a $3,000 net income. This surplus gives us flexibility to do more service in the community and for the goals of Rotary.  

Our club has repeatedly indicated that your primary local focus should be for youth. Accordingly, at our September 18 board meeting, we approved 3 more ways to accomplish this in our community: 1) sponsor a second Mounds View High School student to Camp Enterprise (a three-day camp for high school juniors and seniors interested in learning more about leadership and free enterprise); 2) pay the registration fee for a local high school student to do a 30 day short-term international Rotary exchange (parents must pay for travel, incidental costs and host an international student for a similar 30 days in summer 2018); and 3) be a sponsor of the 2017 Shoreview Y Turkey Trot Family Run on November 18.  

Our Club has been an active supporter of Northeast Youth and Family Services. Their annual Taste of Northeast is coming up on Thursday night, October 5. Please attend if you possibly can.  

Finally, please try to attend our regular meeting on October 17. District Governor Kyle Haugen will make his official visit and it would be nice to have excellent attendance that morning. Those of you who attended the program on the Rotary Foundation that he presented last spring will remember that he is an excellent speaker.   

 

 
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Club Service
 
October is a low key month in our Rotary year. Take advantage of this by consciously trying to wear your Rotary pin. This is a great way to advertise Rotary. You will be surprised how many people will ask you about the pin. Be ready with a pithy response about what Rotary does locally and around the world.
Weekly Greeters

This lists shows people responsible to be the "Greeter" for the day, and also to begin the morning.  If you are unable to be the Greeter on the assigned day please trade with someone and let me know about the change.
 
 
October 3 - Ken Hola
 
October 10 - Brenda Holden
 
October 17 - Blake Huffmann
 
October 24 - Kevin Keenan
 
November 7 - Bill Kiehnbaum
 
November 14 - Bill Klumpp
 
 

 

 

Monthly Celebrations of Club Members

Member Birthdays

Jerry Peterson - October 18

Ginny Sall - October 24

 
 
Spouse Birthdays
 
Cynthia (Mark) Stange - October 30
 
 
Anniversaries
 
John and Lori Suzukida - October 2 (35 years)
 
Sandra and Alan Bahr - October 3 (20 years)
 
Jesse and Ashley Zachay - October 11 (14 years)
 
 
 
Club Anniversaries
 
Bill Klumpp - 23 years
 
Frank Mabley - 32 years (Charter Member)
 
Vern Moore - 32 years (Charter Member - Honorary)
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Community Service
We’re awaiting word on the next volunteer session to sort an pack medical supplies at Mano-a-Mano, the group Valdi Stefanson came to talk about.  Their location is on Pierce-Butler Route, midway between Dale and Lexington.  They just shipped five full 40-foot containers to South America last month and will be starting up a new batch.  Look for a forthcoming announcement of our opportunity to volunteer.
 
 
 
 
 
International Service
The Board of Directors of the Arden Hills Shoreview Rotary club recently voted unanimously to support the Rotary Global Grant project in Bolivia called the Mano-a-Mano that is organized by the St. Paul Rotary Club. Valdi Stephanson is the coordinator for the project and he recently spoke to us about the project. Among other things, Mano-a-Mano, a Minnesota nonprofit organization, endeavors to acquire, package and ship to Bolivia unused medical supplies received from medical providers in the U.S. where these supplies are apparently used. Since 1994 Mano-a-Mano has shipped 3.5 million pounds of medical, school and construction supplies valued at $14 million to Bolivia that would have ended up in Minnesota landfills. We agreed to provide $500 for the project and have requested information from project staffers regarding potential dates when we might volunteer to help package such supplies for transit to Bolivia.
Youth Services
Background on the STRIPES Program:
 
The STRIPES program started in the fall of 2009 at Irondale High School with its initial freshman class. From there, the STRIPES program is now serving students in 2017-2018 within the Mounds View School District at Mounds View High School, Chippewa Middle School and Sunnyside Elementary School. The STRIPES program is a result of an initial investment made by Mounds View Public Schools to ensure the Equity Promise is met for all students.
 
The Equity Promise is committed to ensuring all students have an opportunity to pursue a post secondary education after high school, whether they choose college, a trade school, technical college or military employment. We are partnering with each STRIPES student to inspire them to use education as a pathway to accomplish their dream. 
September 5 - Club Meeting
We were pleased to welcome former District Governor Tom Yuzer to today's meeting.  Also present were Henrietta and Jim Nissler, guests of John Suzukida.  John was today's presenter, giving an updated version of a presentation he first made to our club a number of years ago.  In the ensuing years, John has been asked to give this presentation over 20 times to Rotary clubs and other civic groups around the area.  It is a moving account of his Japanese-American parents' concentration camp experience during WWII.  His mother wrote a book for family members, which became the basis for John's work to capture this history for the many of us who don't know much about this very unfortunate time. President Roosevelt signed an executive order on 2/19/42 which required certain "aliens and non-aliens" to move to so-called relocation centers.  The term "non-alien" refers to the fact that many of these folks were American citizens.  John's parents were both citizens, having been born and raised in the U.S.  They had only days to sell or give away all their posessions, which resulted in "fire-sale" prices, before being moved first to the Santa Anita Race Track in California, then on to other locations.  After the war, John's father went to work for Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in Skokie, IL, where John and his siblings were raised.  John's mother earned a divinity degree and spent her lifetime involved in church work in addition to raising a family.  Perhaps the most amazing aspect of this story is the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Suzukida were able to set this experience aside after the war and harbor no bitterness to any person or their country as a result.   Minor financial compensation and an official apology came years later during George H.W. Bush's presidential term.  There are many lessons to be learned here, but the ability to move forward after a life-altering blow is one of the most important. 
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September 12 - Club Meeting
The Club welcomed Associate District Governor Sandy Campbell from the Anoka Club, and regular visitors Bill Nielson from St. Paul and Ron Hughes from Excelsior. The guest speaker was Paul Vliem who works as the Development Manager for Tasks Unlimited.
 
Paul provided an overview of Tasks Unlimited, an organization that assists people with mental illness. Mental illness can include things like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. He noted that one in five adults experience mental illness and that one in 20 live with serious mental illness. Tasks Unlimited mission is to provide stable employment, supported housing and recovery services for adults with mental illness so they can achieve a full life with the rights and responsibilities in our society.  The organization was founded in 1970 and uses the Fairweather Model that has greatly reduced the hospital recidivism rate for people with mental illness. The model focuses on providing people with mental illness employment, housing and the support they need to be successful. They currently own 24 homes where people with mental illness live. 
September 19 - Club Meeting
We had a full room and a full agenda today.  John Suzukida introduced his guest, Joe Cortella.  John's previous guests, Henrietta and Jim Nissler, were also introduced and were today's speakers.  We also officially welcomed newest members Stephanie Bruggers and Kay Baker to our club!  
 
John met the Nisslers while doing some work in western North Dakota several years ago.  Jim and Henrietta were a teacher and nurse, respectively, with 8 children, living in Dickinson, ND.  When in their 50's, they made a huge change in their lives, moving to Kenya where they stayed for 9 years. Their work was supported by the Catholic Diocese in Bismarck and included medical, educational and other practical forms of support for the people there.  They organized a feeding program with help with UNICEF, staffed a clinic for medical services, organized a project to build desks for the local school, helped repair mud huts, substituted for local teachers, and on and on.  They spoke of the many wonderful attributes of the people there - joyful, loving, and filled with faith.  In addition to Kenyans, they provided help to many Somalians living in Kenyan refugee camps, as a result of the civil war going on in that country. They noted that many of these refugees ultimately made their way to the U.S. and to Minnesota, which now has the largest Somali population outside of Somalia. The Nisslers are now retired and living at Waverly Place in White Bear Township.
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September 26 - Club Meeting
It was announced that the Rotary District Governor would be attending the October 17th meeting. No visitors today, a rare occurrence. 
 
The guest speaker was Ben Leistikow who works for Randolph Wealth Management that is part of UBS in Wayzata. Ben presented information about long term care insurance. He noted three trends - 1) people are living longer; 2) health care is getting more expensive; and 3) expected return on investments are lower than previously expected. He noted that it is estimated that 85% of couples will need some form of long term care which could include assisted living or nursing home. The typical cost of these facilities is $6,000-8,000 per month. 
 
He noted that the Long Term Care market was going through changes but typical approached include 1) self insuring which is relying on your savings to pay the costs; 2) traditional long term care insurance although more companies are pullin out of this type of insurance; 3) a hybrid LTC insurance; 4) Use of health savings accounts; and 5) Long term care riders to life insurance policies.
 
He believes it is important for people to think about how they would handle long term care costs before they have a need for the service.