Erica Turner from the Ozaukee chapter of Bridge the Divide was our featured speaker at this week's club meeting. (Photo by Bob Blazich)
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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. - Mark Twain
The Ozaukee County Branch of the NAACP, Bridge the Divide and MATC would like to invite you to attend "Forgiveness Discussion: The Gift of Our Wounds" on Saturday 6 April from 4:00pm-5:30pm. Please click here to learn more about this and to register for this free event.
This forgiveness discussion came about after the 2012 terror attack at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, WI. Pardeep Kaleka lost his father and former White Supremacist and skinhead Arno Michaelis felt responsible due to the attack being carried out one of his disciples. They have come together as friends to demonstrated the triumph of love over hate.
With the recent terror attack on the Mosques in New Zealand we need to find ways to overcome the fear that creates hate filled actions that continue to take the lives of innocent human beings.
Please join us on 6 April.
Brian Monroe
Discoveries by Women That People Still Credit Men For”.
Monopoly: The invention of everyone’s favorite board game has been credited to Charles Darrow, who solid it to Parker Brothers in 1935. But it was Elizabeth Magie Phillips who came up with the original inspiration, The Landlord Game, in 1903. Ironically, she designed the game to protest against monopolists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. She created two sets of rules for her game: an anti-monopolist set in which all were rewarded when wealth was created, and a monopolist set in which the goal was to create monopolies and crush opponents. While Darrow made millions and struck an agreement that ensured he would receive royalties, Magie’s income for her creation was reported to be a mere $500.
Computer Programming Language: Dr. Grace Murray Hopper created the first computer programming language complier tools to program the Harvard/IBM Mark I computer that was often used for WWII efforts. Though it’s noted in history that John von Neumann initiated the computer’s first program, Hopper is the one who invented the codes to program it. One of the programming languages she pioneered, COBOL, is still widely used today.
Pulsars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered irregular radio pulses while working as a research assistant at Cambridge University. After showing the discovery of the pluses to her advisor, the team worked together to uncover what they truly were Neuron stars, AKA pulsars. Seven years later, Burnell’s advisor Antony Hewish and his collaborator Martin Ryle received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for the discovery, while Burnell herself received zero credit. However, just months ago in December of 2018, nearly 50 years after her work as a graduate student, Burnell was recognized and awarded the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for her discovery of pulsars.
Many thanks to these women, and the countless others over time, for all the work they’ve done and never received credit for!
Speaking to our Rotary club this morning was Glenn Grothman, US Congressman for Wisconsin's 6th District. (Photo by Bob Blazich)
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Back Story:
Last year Lynn Streeter introduced us to an exceptional young man by the name of Matthew Ceelen. Matt's story began with a letter to our club requesting financial support for his Eagle Scout project of building two bat houses to be placed in the Mequon Nature Preserve. With the request approved, we heard what Paul Harvey used to call "The rest of the story".
Matthew was diagnosed with bone cancer just weeks shy of his 15th birthday. In medical terms it is a high grade sclerosing subtype of osteosarcoma. Approximately 450 children in North America are diagnosed with osteosarcoma each year. He is 1 of approximately 4 children who will be diagnosed with his subtype of osteosarcoma in 2017.
Update:
Posted by Deb Lehman (3/11/2019)
Matthew’s appointment with oncology was delayed to Feb 22, but the wait was worth it. The CT scan was normal and he is officially nine months cancer free! In the weeks since that appointment, his labs have improved. HIs liver tests went back to normal on Feb 18 after discontinuing Rifampin. His white cell count and neutrophils, which fight infection, have normalized after being really low. The numbers were similar to his counts when he was on chemotherapy. The low counts can be a side effect of Vancomycin, but given Matthew’s history it could have also been a side effect of the high dose Methotrexate chemotherapy. Methotrexate can cause bone marrow issues long term. If the numbers would not have improved, Matthew would have had to have a bone marrow biopsy which he was upset to hear. Luckily, that is not necessary at this time. The “late effects” of his cancer treatments may not show up for years and add a layer to his healthcare that must be taken into consideration throughout his lifetime.
By Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After a long selection process in which three commissioners resigned, the Mequon Police and Fire Commission has chosen Police Capt. Patrick Pryor to serve as the city's next police chief.
Pryor is expected to be sworn in on Friday, May 3. He will replace Chief Dan Buntrock, who will retire.
Pryor joined the Mequon Police Department in 1999. He served six years as a police officer, 12 years as a sergeant and two years as police captain.
He was one of three finalists under consideration for the police department's top job. The other two candidates were Racine Police Lt. Steve Wagner and Fort Atkinson Police Chief Adrian Bump.
By Rob Tidd, District 5060 membership chair and member of the Rotary Club of Wenatchee Confluence, Wenatchee, Washington, USA
In January, we had 61 members in our club, an increase of about 40 percent from the beginning of the Rotary year in July, when we had 43. Our success has been based on two ingredients: encouraging friendships and promoting fun in Rotary.
But just as important to our growth has been a systematic and continuous follow up with potential new members. Too often a potential new member is approached once and then forgotten. Every club needs a champion or champions willing to take the extra time to stay in communication with every potential new member. I am often asked where I find all these potential new members. Our sources grow as we come up with new ideas. Below are some of the practical ways we have found members:
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Dorothy Krupa from Rotary Amigos spoke to our club on a grant application they are working on to help Mirebalais Rotary Club in Haiti.
The Amigos rotary and the Mirebalais rotary club in Haiti have applied for global grant to provide micro loans to women in Haiti. As you know Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. International Research shows that one of the root causes that keeps people in poverty is the lack of access to financial bank services. (Photo by Bob Blazich)
By John Hewko, Rotary International General Secretary
Innovation and flexibility. Those are two words you hear a lot today when we think about any organization adapting to a rapidly changing environment. But what do those two words mean for Rotary?
In short, they will define Rotary’s future, because they are fundamental pillars of our strategic plan for enhanced impact, reach, engagement and adaptability.
If we are really serious about growing Rotary and attracting new members from all demographics, we must innovate.
That innovation will need to take various forms.
Rotary District 6270 Receives Project Partnership Award in Tree Planting from Urban Forestry Council
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, Rotary International District 6270 received the Project Partnership Award from the Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council.
The award was presented at the 2019 Wisconsin Arborist Association/DNR Urban Forestry Conference at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. Rotary District 6270 was recognized for extraordinary partnership between local Rotary Clubs, and municipalities, other service organizations, and citizens in planting trees.
Receiving the award on behalf of Rotary District 6270 were Jeffrey Reed, 2017-18 Governor of Rotary District 6270 and member of Fond du Lac Morning Rotary Club; and Connie Pukaite, former Mayor of Mequon, leader in creating Mequon’s Rotary Park, and a past Director of the Wisconsin DNR, representing District Tree Planting Coordinator Brian Monroe and the Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club.
DualCon 2019 is a collaborative District Conference of two Rotary Districts for Rotarians in District 6220, and District 6270. All Rotarians from Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and eastern Minnesota, with their significant others and families, and other Rotarians and friends of Rotary are welcome.
It is coordinated by District Governor - Ann Fuge, D6220 (Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula of Michigan), and District Governor - Kola Alayande, D6270 (Southeast Wisconsin); with the assistance of Conference Chairs - Barb Senn & Dave Anderson, Conference Treasurer - Steve Handrick, and other members of the conference committees from both Districts.
The goals for the event are to:
- Celebrate Rotarians in both Rotary districts.
- Be family friendly.
- Connect with Youth and the young at heart.
- Present great speakers and programs.
- Exchange information with all attendees.
By Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, will headline the 25th annual Gathering on the Green music festival in Mequon in summer 2019.
Benatar, who rose to fame in the 1980s with top 10 hits like "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Love Is a Battlefield" and "We Belong," will perform the second night of the two-day festival on Saturday, July 13, in Mequon's Rotary Park, 4100 W. Highland Road.
Benatar will be joined on stage by her husband, Giraldo, a songwriter and guitarist who has written, produced, arranged and recorded more than 100 songs with Benatar.
The night before Benatar's performance, on Friday, July 12, Gathering on the Green will host a country music night with headliner Lee Brice and special guest Post Monroe.
With more than 2 billion listens on Pandora, Brice is among the top 25 most-streamed country artists on the music streaming service.
Brice is a Grammy Award nominee, a Country Music Award nominee and a double winner of the Academy of Country Music Awards. He's taken five radio singles to the top of the charts with, “A Woman Like You," “Hard To Love," “I Drive Your Truck," “I Don’t Dance" and “Drinking Class.”
Opening up for Brice is Post Monroe, a country duo influenced by a vast array of sounds from country, pop and rock. The group was featured in Rolling Stone Country’s "10 Artists You Need To Know" and have performed multiple times on The Grand Ole Opry.
