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 February: World Understanding Month & R.I.'s (And TR Rotary) Anniversary Month– In The Rotarian, “I had the opportunity to speak at the Rotary institute in Kolkata, India ... The focus ... was on peace and the ways ... we ... could work to build peace. ... just before I arrived ... I spoke at a water conference .... I had to explain what Rotary is and what we do – because ... many people ... had simply never heard of Rotary. ... As I left that event, I began to think again about what to say in Kolkata, ... Because Rotary is able to go ... into homes, ... schools, ... communities, with the trust and confidence of the people we serve. ... we build peace by example – by working together,... and putting others’ needs above our own. We build peace by dealing with the problems that disrupt people’s ability to live normal, peaceful lives ... a lack of water, or sanitation, or safe, affordable housing; ... education or health care, ... In everything we do, we rely on our good name. ... all of us have a responsibility to be sure that our good name is ... known. We need to not just work through Rotary, but talk about Rotary – letting the world know about the work we are doing, the differences we are making, and the benchmarks we are setting. Our Rotary work speaks to our belief that a better, more peaceful world is possible, and we need to be sure that our voices are heard." Kalyan Banerjee read more. See also, District 6270 News. Changes you should know about for the 2011-2012 Rotary year- click here. Rotary Minute- click here. |
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Feb 6- Tom Finley invited Rick Smith and Steve Schwalenberg of USPS to talk about the "Every Door" program. Gillian Evanoff is Jr. Rotarian. Greeter is Bill Webster. Betty Bittner (again) has Happy Bucks.
Feb 13- Mary Kay Slattery, TR Public Schools. Greeter is Jeff Zimmerlee
Feb 13-16 (Mon-Thu)- Reading is Fundamental , L.B. Clark.. Sign-up.
Feb 20- Jane Gates invited YMCA CEO Steve Smith. Greeter is Jane Gates.
Feb 21-24 (Tue-Fri) Meals on Wheels
Feb 27- No Meeting- See Feb 28
Feb 28 (Tue, 7:00 AM ) Sunrise Rotary's Breakfast with Cartoonist Joe Hiller. Felician Village, Village Hall Room, Click for flyer. Sign-Up.
Mar 5- (chair) Greeter is TBD
Mar 10-11, 2012 Midwest Multi-District PETS Westin Hotel Northwest, Itasca, Ill
Mar 12- (chair) Greeter is Tom Finley
Mar 19- 5:00 to 9:00 Visioning sign-up. Greeter is Bob Gahl
Mar 25 (Sun) Annual Dinner
Mar 26- Colleen Inman (chair) Greeter is Jane Gates
Upcoming Events
Apr 16, 2012 Senior Dinner
Apr 27-29, 2012 District 6270 Conference 2012 Host West Allis
The Heidel House Resort Green Lake, WI
May (1st part) Gathering at Schwartz House for Erin
Jun 2012 World Affairs Seminar Carroll University-Waukesha
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Bob Gahl 2-02
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Betsy Benz 2-2011 (1 yr)
Two Rivers Rotary 2-08-23 (89 yrs)
Rotary International 2-23-05 (107 yrs)
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HAPPY 89th ANNIVERSARY
TWO RIVERS ROTARY
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Established February 8, 1923. Read a bit of history.
Past Presidents and District Governor. Click here.
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COMMUNITY READS
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Reading Is Fundamental at L.B. Clark
Monday, February 13 - Thursday, February 16 Click here
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Meals on Wheels
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Kim Henning
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Bruce Fehrman
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2/24/2012
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2012-2013 Rotary Theme Annouced
"However we define peace, whatever peace means to us, we can bring it closer through service."
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RI President-elect Sakuji Tanaka will ask Rotarians to build Peace Through Service in 2012-13.
Tanaka unveiled the RI theme during the opening plenary session of the 2012 International Assembly, a training event for incoming Rotary district governors.
"Peace, in all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal and a realistic goal for Rotary," he said. "Peace is not something that can only be achieved through agreements, by governments, or through heroic struggles. It is something that we can find and that we can achieve, every day and in many simple ways."
Peace has different meanings for different people, Tanaka said.
"No definition is right, and no definition is wrong," he said. "However we use the word, this is what peace means for us.
"No matter how we use, or understand the word, Rotary can help us to achieve it," he added.
Tanaka, a businessman from the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, shared how becoming a Rotarian broadened his understanding of the world. After joining the Rotary Club of Yashio, in 1975, he said, he began to realize that his life's purpose was not to make more money, but to be useful to other people.
"I realized that by helping others, even in the simplest of ways, I could help to build peace," Tanaka said.
He noted that the Japanese tradition of putting the needs of society above the needs of the individual helped his country rebuild after the tsunami and earthquake in March.
"This is a lesson that I think the whole world can learn from, in a positive way. When we see the needs of others as more important than our own needs -- when we focus our energies on a shared goal that is for the good of all -- this changes everything," he said. "It changes our priorities in a completely fundamental way. And it changes how we understand the idea of peace."
Tanaka will ask Rotarians to focus their energy on supporting the three priorities of the RI Strategic Plan , he said. He added that he will ask the incoming leaders to promote three Rotary peace forums, to be held in Hiroshima, Japan; Berlin; and Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
“In Rotary, our business is not profit. Our business is peace,” he said. “Our reward is not financial, but the happiness and satisfaction of seeing a better, more peaceful world, one that we have achieved through our own efforts.”
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Painting Pathways Clubhouse
Selected as Recipient of Annual Fund Raising Dinner
Sunday March 25th
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Jim Lester has been notified that PPC's 501C3 designation has been restored. The suspension was wrongly applied.
Painting Pathways Clubhouse is a community of adults diagnosed with mental illness who give support to each other as they work together to rebuild their confidence, stamina, concentration, social and vocational skills. Painting Pathways Clubhouse is designed to empower and support its members within a psychosocial rehabilitation framework.
There currently are 400 clubhouses that operate in about 30 countries around the world. Clubhouse job training and leadership workshops lead to additional skills.
Click to learn more. See also the December 12th meeting notes with Director June Schultz.
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The Medicine Shop (794-1225) |
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Walgreens (793-8352) |
From The January 30, 2012 Meeting  •
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by Dick Nitch, Photos by Bob Gahl:
Dick Nitsch brought the January 30th Rotary meeting to order, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance and led the club in the 4-Way Test. Kim Henning led the club in prayer.
The business meeting included the following:
Guests: Dick welcomed Brian Ruedinger, the Jr. Rotarian for the month of January. It was Brian’s last meeting and he thanked the club for inviting him to be part of their meetings during the month of January. Neringa our inbound student from Lithuania informed the club that she during the last week she went to the dentist and went bowling.
Miscellaneous Reports
• Dick thanked Tim and Karen Schroeder and Betty Bittner for their work with the Healthy Teeth program at Koenig Elementary School.
• Dick facilitated the election of officers. Officer nominations included: Jane Gates (president), Tim Schroeder (President-elect), Dave Hartman (Treasurer), and Colleen Inman (Secretary). Dennis Swetlik made a motion that we close nominations and cast a single vote to approve the slate of officers. The motion was seconded by Jim Lester and a unanimous club approval occurred. Congratulations to our new slate of officers for the 2012-13 Rotary year.
• Brian Jensen shared information about his trip to Guatemala. He informed the club that the country has changed since his last visit; however, the impact of Rotary in the area is huge. He made reference in particular to the schools and clinics that are sponsored by Rotary. Brian informed the club that in Guatemala most males work in the fields and most females get married at a very young age. The only way out of the cycle is education. However, most Guatemalians cannot afford a secondary education. Brian has asked that the Two Rivers Rotary Board consider offering (2) $130 scholarships to support the secondary education for two Guatemalians.
• Dick reminded the club that the Manitowoc Sunrise Rotary Club will be hosting breakfast with National Syndicated Editorial Cartoonist Joe Heller. The special program will take place on Tuesday February 28th at 7:00 a.m. at the Felician Village (Village Hall Room). The Club agreed to skip the regular Monday meeting (Feb. 27th) to attend the Sunrise meeting on the 28th. A sign-up was circulated to get a headcount for the event.
• Betty Bittner informed the club that L.B. Clarke Middle School will be hosting a reading is fundamental program entitled Community Read. The event will take place from Monday Feb. 13th to Thursday February 16th. She invited club members to participate in the program by volunteering time to read with middle school students. She told club members that it is a great way to interact with students, provide mentorship, and promote reading.
• Dick informed the club that he will be attending a meeting on Monday January 30th to explore the possibility of establishing a joint Interact club with the two Manitowoc Rotary Clubs.
• Tom Finley informed the club that representatives from the Manitowoc Post Office will do a presentation on the new “Every Door Program”. He suggested that this should be a very informative program and encouraged club members to bring a guest.
• Dick informed the club that they need to save the date of March 19th (5:00 to 9:00 p.m.) for Rotary Visioning. All club members are requested to complete a brief survey that will be used as part of the visioning process.
• Betty Bittner did a brief update on the Annual Dinner. She informed the club that the Hoftiezers have donated a picture from “Ducks Unlimited” and Dave Hartman is working hard on recruiting auction items. Each club member is encouraged to provide a meaningful auction item. Betty was seeking volunteers to serve on the tasting committee. Tim Shroeder and Kim Henning volunteered to help her out.
• “Happy Bucks” was facilitated by Betty Bittner in place of Betty Bittner.
1/30/12 J. D. Rockerfeller Jr.•
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by Dick Nitsch Photos by Bob Gahl: Dick turned the program over to Jim Lester. Jim had read a book on J. D. Rockerller Jr. by Raymond B. Fosdick and "I found this book fascinating and I want to share a few facts with you. I’m only relating 1% of the book." J D Rockefeller Jr. was so different from anyone today it is astounding. He was Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and others multiplied several times. I don’t think he ever used the word “greed”, yet we use it every day. He was probably the most highly respected man on the planet for his honesty and integrity. I can’t think of a contemporary person making the contribution to mankind like he did."
Jr's father came from poverty, made a huge fortune in oil and other industries and gave a lot away. Richest man in the world. Born in affluence 1874 in
Cleveland
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Raised by mother values of honesty and integrity. Sr. Church very, very important. 4 services per week. Mother supervised infant Dept. & father Sunday school superintendent. Sunday was a happy day and family day. WHAT A CHANGE FROM TODAY’S WORLD. Took lots of family trips to western US and
Europe
and Jr. observed intently and learned a lot from the trips. A teacher taught Jr. how to summarize his reading of major points into notebooks which helped him greatly in later years. Attended
Brown
University
and lived in a dormitory with 3 other fellows. He enjoyed Music , singing, plays, leadership, church, danced and hosted dances, girls, became more social, good scholar, Jr. class President, Chaired beer party for class with a responsible amount of beer which had not been done before. Still didn’t drink or smoke. Graduated from college and went to work in father’s office and father never gave him direction of what he was to do.
Mr. Gates who worked for Sr. was very helpful and formative to Jr. Office was three rooms, shabby and had 10 employees. NOT PRETENCIOUS which was the Rockefeller way. Learned accounting, projects his father was working on and businesses he owned, remodeled houses for father, helped father with philanthropy. Learned to be very competent business man and very ethical and honest. Sr. and Jr. worshiped each other.
He was a perfectionist. HE WAS A MASTER OF DETAIL AND A PERFECTIOIST. He measured everything and carried a 4’ ruler constantly. It was difficult to delegate details to others. He never paid even a small bill if he didn’t understand every item.
He very competently negotiated the sale his father’s Mesabi iron interests gaining experience and favorable reputation. Sr, transferred more tasks and responsibilities to Jr. telling him “Follow your own best judgment”. Jr, bought many square blocks adjacent to the
Univ.
of
Chicago
so his father could give them to the University. Jr. created the Rockefeller Institute to research medicine., the General Education Board to fund black & white education, the Rockefeller Foundation which Sr. funded with $100 million. Jr. gained experience in being a director, huge company sales, buying large tracts of real estate, medicine, education, human welfare worldwide, and other projects too numerous to mention. He was prepared to initiate his own philanthropy.
He lead a bible class of 200 participants for years. He gave the largest gift given to the Congregational Board of Foreign Ministries to foster religious denominations to cooperate. He built a laboratory for social hygiene.
In 1923 the United Mine Workers struck a company in which Jr. had substantial ownership and hired an independent expert in labor relations. He was the first person to convince the government and the company the workers that had the right to air their grievances against management.
He created the Interchurch World Movement to get Protestants, Catholics, and Jews to cooperate with each other. He funded a fact finding study that was very critical about the selfishness of denominations in missionary work overseas. He ousted the chairman of Standard Oil over corruption. He raised the bar for integrity of all executives.
He personally financed 14 buildings in Rockefeller Ctr.. and he did it all with his own money to give ¼ mil workers jobs. He spent $50 mil equivalent to 5 times that today restoring
Williamsburg
. In later years he spent 3-4 weeks per year living at
Williamsburg
. He restored a crumbling
Versailles
,
Fontainebleau
and
Rheims
in FR because of their historical significance.
He contributed land and developed
Jackson
H
ole WY
, Acadia Park ME, Palisades NY, Sequoias CA, &
Yosemite
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He built the Cloisters at the
Metropolitan
Museum
in NYand he contributed to the
Cairo
Museum
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He contributed time and money to International Education Board, General Education board, United Negro College Fund, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, numerous universities, cure for cancer research using radium, study of atomic physics, agriculture, humanities, the
Mount Palomar
telescope. Started Sunday suppers for foreign students, and built dormitories.
He built and endowed the library for the League Of Nations. Jr identified, bought and presented the downtown proprety for United Nations building. He did it all in 12 hours.
In 1917 the YMCA, YWCA, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, War Community Chest, American library Assoc., and Salvation Army were bickering over how to raise money to serve the soldiers of WW I. He conceived the idea similar to the current
United Way
and after some negotiation, Jr. was made the chair and raised $170 m. He gave away $400 m in 1920 dollars.
He was simple, modest, humble and compassionate for other religions. He did not vacation as we think of it. He learned duty and responsibility from his mother. His father coached him to give up details of projects which he could never do. Like carrying the 4’ rule. He was a great decision maker and never anguished over a poor or past decision. He was very forceful in debating . He was flexible, modest, unpretentious and not dogmatic or arrogant. Flattery annoyed him and did not want publicity. He would not accept honorary degrees. He did many project secretly including a large sum of money to restore
Versailles
. He frequently praised his loyal associates rather than taking credit for himself.
He had great pride of his family and they adored and prided in him. The man that knew him the best other than his family wrote a note to himself “I have known no man who entered life more absolutely dominated by his sense of duty, more diligent in the quest of the right path, more eager to follow it at any sacrifice.” For more complete notes, click here.
THE FINAL PUSH FOR ERADICATION OF POLIO
"Long after this polio is eradicated, you will sit back and
be proud to be a part of that history."
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Polio cases have been slashed by 99 % worldwide; however, polio still exists in India, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Rotary has teamed up with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the final push for freedom from this disease. Rotary International has a $200 million challenge to match against a $350 million challenge grant from the Gates Foundation for this last drive. Rotary District 6270 has asked that each club contribute at least $1000 per year for three years as our contribution to the effort. (read more). Click here for a pledge form.
Rotary Foundation
by Jim Lester (to see earlier talks click here)
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1/23/12- Two types of scholarships are funded by rotary foundation
Rotary World Peace Fellowships. Each year, up to 60 fellows are sponsored to study at one of the six Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution for a master’s-level degree. Since the program’s inception 400 fellows from over 85 different countries have participated.
Ambassadorial Scholarships. The Foundation sponsors one of the largest international scholarship programs in the world. Scholars study in a country other than their own where they serve as unofficial ambassadors of goodwill. Since 1947, more
than 429,000 scholars from over 128 countries have received scholarships. In one year 673 scholars from 72 countries studied in 73 countries. The purpose is to build good will and understanding amoung countries.
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For a copy of the organization chart to print, click here
Rotary Club of Two Rivers
Founded: February 8, 1923
President of Rotary International: Kalyan Banerjee
2011-2012 Board of Directors:
Dick Nitsch President; Jane Gates, President-Elect; Dave Hartman, Treasurer
Colleen Inman, Secretary; Kim Henning, Past President
Brian Jensen, 1 year at-large; Betty Bittner, 2 year at-large
Programs
*Kim Henning, Past President
Club Assembly Days: July 11, 2011, October 3, 2011.
Nancy Rhodes, District Governor (was here on 8/8/2011)
Five Avenues of Service (Service Above Self)
Club Service; Vocational Service, International Service, New Generation Service, Community Service
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Club Service Vocational Service Committee
Membership
Membership Initiative
New member Orientation
Publicity
Social Activities
Monday Speakers
Jr. Rotarian
Classification Talks
Set-up and Take-Down for Meetings
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International & New Generations
Service Committee
Rotary Foundation
Youth Exchnge
Outbound Student
Inbound Student
Find Host Families
Interact Club
International Programs
Shelter Box
Polio Plus
Guatemala
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Community ServiceCommittee
Fund Raising Committee
Rose Sale
Annual Dinner
Lobster Fest
General Service Opportunities:
Senior Dinner
Bell Ringing
Meals on Wheels
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Members
Jane Gates- Co-chair
Betsy Benz
Betty Bittner
Dave Hartman
Colleen Inman
Jim Lester
Dick Nitsch
Tim Schroeder
Ned Jacquart
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Members
Bob Gahl- Co-chair
Kim Henning- Co-chair
Jim Lester
Dick Nitsch
Brian Jensen
Tom Finley
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Members
Betty Bittner- Co-chair
Jeff Zimmerlee- Co-chair
Betsy Benz
Tom Finley
Dave Hartman
Colleen Inman
Tim Schroeder
Brian Jensen
Ned Jacquart
Jane Gates |
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