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By Melanie Boyung - News Graphic
GRAFTON — Cecile Duhnke will step down as the executive director of COPE Services Friday.
COPE Services, based in Grafton, is a nonprofit offering support and outreach to people struggling with mental illness. Its most well known initiative is the COPE hotline, which people can call when in need of someone to talk to, and trained volunteers answer the phone to help guide people through their difficulties.
Tom Schneider, Executive Director of COA Youth & Family Centers was our featured speaker at last week's club meeting.
Today, COA's mission is to help Milwaukee children, teens, and families reach their greatest potential through a continuum of educational, recreational, and social work programs offered at its urban community centers, rural camp facility, and partnering Milwaukee Public Schools. COA’s philosophy is that the best way to achieve positive outcomes for youth is through a family-centered approach that engages parents in their child’s education, growth, and development. (Photo by Bob Blazich)
Join us for the Mequon Police Department's 3rd annual Holiday Gift Wrapping Fundraiser to benefit Advocates of Ozaukee.
Bring your holiday gifts to Mequon's City Hall (11333 N Cedarburg Rd. Mequon, WI 53092) and have them wrapped by Police Department Personnel for a donation. Many wrapping options will be available to meet every holiday need. Treats and cocoa will be available to enjoy while your gifts are being wrapped.
100% of the proceeds will be donated to Advocates of Ozaukee. Advocates is celebrating over 35 years of supporting, educating, and empowering victims and the community to help end domestic and sexual violence.
Jeff Kim is setting up a Rotary visitation to the Milwaukee Veterans Hospital for Saturday, November 10 at 12:00 PM and Saturday, December 8 at 12:00 PM. Please contact Jeff at 414-534-3117 with your date preference or questions.
Beautiful late-Fall day Saturday, November 2 - 61 Scouts from Pack 3894 and family members, guided by 3 Ozaukee Washington Land Trust Stewards, worked alongside 4 Rotarians to cut & burn buckthorn from the Oak Opening in Rotary Park's Pukaite Woods.
Plans for a Spring workday on May 11, 2019 are in the making to expand the Oak Opening by planting more Oaks in a broader ring around an outdoor classroom. Mark your calendar to join that workday!
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By Kevin Cook in The Rotarian
You again,” the starter said. “Walking nine as usual,” I said. He handed me a flyer. “We’ve got a tournament coming up. And did you know about our men’s league on Thursdays?”
“I’ll probably see you on Friday.”
“Suit yourself,” he said.
It’s not that I’m anti-social. I played high school and college golf, had a regular game with three buddies for years after that, even teed it up in pro-ams at a few famous country clubs. I would never miss my Rotary club’s annual tournament. But lately I’ve joined one of the most exclusive clubs of all — the tiny number of golfers who play alone.
Golf is thought of as a social game, but it doesn’t have to be. According to the National Golf Foundation, 3 percent of golfers play as singletons. And it’s a whole ’nother game.
The other morning, for instance, the course was wide open — all mine.
Connie Pukaite and Lee Symborski lead the discussion on the MT Community Promenade at this week's club meeting. (Photo by Bob Blazich)
Purpose
The area, known as the Town Center, is a mixed-use traditional neighborhood that represents the heart of our combined communities of Mequon and Thiensville, offering a walkable central destination for homes, restaurants, businesses, and local government services. The Town Center promotes new growth, expansion and redevelopment opportunities along Mequon Road from the Milwaukee River to Wauwatosa Road and from Mequon Road north to Concord Road, spanning the communities of Mequon & Thiensville.
One of the original goals, dating back to 2002, was the selection of a design for a community feature at the northeast corner of Mequon Road and Cedarburg Road. In 2017, the Mequon-Thiensville Gateway Committee partnered with Groth Design Group of Cedarburg and Zebradog of Madison to select a design that now has the support of both the Mequon Common Council and Thiensville Village Board.
Lee Marnett is ageless.
It’s not because he chose his own birthday. Or because at over 80 years old he’s still exercising daily. And it’s not because he can still recall events that happened nearly 75 years ago with remarkable detail.
Lee Marnett is ageless because he is eternally optimistic. It’s because he employed more resolve before he was 10 years old than some men do in their entire lifetime. And beyond all else, when you look into his eyes, you see the curiosity of a child and the wisdom of the eldest sage simultaneously looking back at you.
It’s painful to think that those eyes have seen the lightless depths of humanity’s most visceral forms of malice. But Lee’s story isn’t about pain and suffering. It’s about redemption. And for all the horrors that were cast on innocent people, Lee did his part to try to make up for it with good. And still is. (Photo by Bob Blazich)
Kola Alayande, District Governor (right) presents Presidential Citation to MT Sunrise Rotary club President Bobby Fisher. (Photo by Bob Blazich)
I had the wonderful opportunity to attend one of Rotary's six “International Peace Conferences” in Chicago last June. D6270 was well represented with fifteen of us in attendance. We enjoyed the privilege of hearing many phenomenal speakers and participating in thought provoking breakout sessions and panel discussions.
One of those speakers, Xavier Ramey really stood out and I had the pleasure of hearing him speak again at the RI convention in Toronto. Good news, the Ozaukee County Branch of the NAACP has arranged to have Xavier Ramey as their guest speaker at their “Freedom Fund Fundraiser Event” on Saturday 17 November at the River Club in Mequon. The theme for this year’s event is “The Road to Peace is Justice”.
Promoting peace and understanding is one of Rotary’s six areas of focus. Please consider joining us to enjoy dinner and hear fellow Rotarian Xavier inspire us to action. Tickets, sponsorship opportunities and his RI Convention speech are available on this Eventbrite Link. Our emcee that evening will be D6270 AG Rayna Andrews, who is also a public health ambassador, author and activist with her core work in food security.
I know that you’ll love this event. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Best Regards,
Brian Monroe
414.881.6901
monroe.earthbound@gmail.com
MT Sunrise Rotary
6079 Mequon Road
PMB 123
Mequon, WI 53092
